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plaintiff
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpleɪntɪf/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English plaintif, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French plaintif (“complaining; as a noun, one who complains, a plaintiff”) from the verb plaindre. Doublet of plaintive.
[Noun]
editplaintiff (plural plaintiffs)
1.(law) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.
Synonyms: complainant, litigant, (English law) claimant, (Scottish law) pursuer
Antonyms: defendant, suspect
Hypernyms: litigant, litigator
Hyponyms: suer, petitioner
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scratched
[[English]]
ipa :/skɹæt͡ʃt/[Adjective]
editscratched (comparative more scratched, superlative most scratched)
1.Produced by scratching.
2.c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, OCLC 1015511273, Act I, scene i, page 1:
My Lord, my thanks; but theſe ſcratcht limbs of mine have ſpoke my love and truth unto my friends, more than my tongue ere could: my mind's the ſame it ever was to you; where I find worth, I love the keeper, till he let it go, And then I follow it.
[Verb]
editscratched
1.simple past tense and past participle of scratch
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scratch
[[English]]
ipa :/skɹætʃ/[Adjective]
editscratch (not comparable)
1.For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.
2.Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
3.1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
A scratch company of two innocuous youths and a pacified veteran was therefore what now offered itself to Mrs. Stringham, who rustled in a little breathless and full of the compunction of having had to come alone.
4.1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 740:
Bluecoats began crossing the James on June 14 and next day two corps approached Petersburg, which was held by Beauregard with a scratch force of 2,500.
5.(computing, from scratchpad) Relating to a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
6.(sports) (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
7.1964, Charles Price, The American golfer, page 48:
... the shot that does most to make a genuine scratch golfer is the mashie shot up to the pin — not merely up to the green.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English scracchen, of uncertain origin. Probably a blend of Middle English scratten (“to scratch”) and cracchen (“to scratch”). More at scrat and cratch.
[Noun]
editscratch (countable and uncountable, plural scratches)
1.A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
I can’t believe there is a scratch in the paint already.
Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.
2.1591, William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene iv]:
God forbid a shallow scratch should drive / The prince of Wales from such a field as this.
3.1677-1684, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises
The coarse file […] makes deep scratches in the work.
4.1709, Matthew Prior, Henry and Emma, line 503
These nails with scratches deform my breast.
5.1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619:
Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between; his clerks, however, understood him very well.
6.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[3]:
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].
7.An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
The dog sat up and had a good scratch.
8.(sports)
1.A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Grose to this entry?)
2.A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
3.(cycling) The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
4.1901, “Gleanings”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record[4], volume 4, number 1, page 31:
Eventually the elephant and camel were despatched by themselves with two laps start of the bicyclist and horse, the motor car being scratch.
5.(billiards) An aberration.
1.A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
2.(archaic, US, slang) A shot which scores by chance and not as intended by the player; a fluke.(horse racing) A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
There were two scratches in race 8, which reduced the field from 9 horses to 7.(slang) Money.
- 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 153:
He and Bruce cooked up a script together, and Bruce flew home to raise the scratch.A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.(in the plural) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
- 1887, James Law, The Farmer's Veterinary Adviser
These are exemplified in the scurfy, scaly affections which appear in the bend of the knee (mallenders) and hock (sallenders) and on the lower parts of the limbs, by scratches, and by a scaly exfoliation […].(now historical) A scratch wig.
- 1775, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 26 March:
[H]e turned to him with a dejected Face, and said ‘ – pray Sir, – could you touch up This a little?’ taking hold of his frightful scratch.(music) A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
[References]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “scratch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- The Jargon File - Scratch
[Synonyms]
edit
- scrattleedit
- (Virgin Islander music): fungi, quelbe
[Verb]
editscratch (third-person singular simple present scratches, present participle scratching, simple past and past participle scratched)
1.To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
Could you please scratch my back?
2.1733, [Jonathan Swift], On Poetry: A Rapsody, Dublin; London: […] [R. Fleming] [a]nd sold by J. Huggonson, […], OCLC 702325540, lines 85–90, pages 7–8:
Then riſing with Aurora’s Light, / The Muse invok’d, ſit down to write; / Blot out, correct, inſert, refine, / Enlarge, diminiſh, interline; / Be mindful, when Invention fails, / To ſcratch your Head, and bite your Nails.
3.To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
I don't like that new scarf because it scratches my neck.
1.For a man, when kissing someone, to irritate the skin of that person with one's unshaven beard.To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
A real diamond can easily scratch a pane of glass.To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
1.Hence, to remove, ignore or delete.
Scratch what I said earlier; I was wrong.
When the favorite was scratched from the race, there was a riot at the betting windows.(music) To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).(billiards) To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
Embarrassingly, he scratched on the break, popping the cue completely off the table.(billiards, dated, US) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game.To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
- 1714 February, [Jonathan Swift], The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: […], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Barber] for John Morphew, […], published 1714, OCLC 1015508897, page 1:
If any of the Labourers can ſcratch out a Pamphlet, they deſire no more; There is no Queſtion offered about the Wit, the Style, the Argument.(transitive, intransitive) To dig or excavate with the claws.
Some animals scratch holes, in which they burrow.To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
The cat scratched the little girl.(swimming, athletics) To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
2021 June 21, Brandon Penny, NBC Sports[1]:
Kerley, 26, is the 2019 World bronze medalist at 400 meters, a distance he is known for and with which he also won the 2017 and 2019 U.S. titles, but surprised the track world by announcing one week ago that he scratched the 400m and would focus on the 100m and 200m in Eugene, Oregon, despite not having raced the 100m between 2015 and 2020.
2008 July 26, P-J Vazel, World Athletics[2]:
Hurtis-Houairi, in lane three, quickly caught Arron, who was in lane four, winning in 22.80. Arron, who scratched the 100m semis in order to focus on the longer sprint, could only run 23.44.
[[French]]
ipa :/skʁatʃ/[Etymology]
editFrom English scratch.
[Noun]
editscratch m (plural scratchs)
1.Velcro
[Synonyms]
edit
- velcro
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scratch.
[Noun]
editscratch m (invariable)
1.(music) scratch
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English scratch.
[Noun]
editscratch m (plural scratchs)
1.(music) scratch
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Scratch
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom scratch.
[Proper noun]
editScratch
1.(programming) A free educational visual programming language developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab.
2.A surname.
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Bode
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Debo, Obed, bedo
[Etymology]
edit
- As a Dutch and German surname, from bode (“messenger”).
- As a German and Danish surname, from the name Bodo, derived from Old Saxon bodo (“messenger”), related to above.
- As a Dutch and German surname, from Bude (“booth, small house”).
[Further reading]
edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bode”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editBode
1.A surname.
2.A male given name
3.A city in Iowa
4.A village in Nepal
5.A river in Germany, a tributary to the Saale
6.A small river and tributary to the Wipper
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uncharted territory
[[English]]
[Noun]
edituncharted territory (countable and uncountable, plural uncharted territories)
1.an area of land that has not been surveyed
2.Synonym of uncharted water (an unknown situation)
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elongate
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪ.ˈlɔŋ.ˌɡeɪt/[Adjective]
editelongate (comparative more elongate, superlative most elongate)
1.Lengthened, extended, elongated; relatively long and slender.
Painted turtles lay oval, elongate eggs.
2.1958, Han Suyin, chapter 11, in The Mountain Is Young[13], New York: Putnam, page 341:
He stood in the shadow of the pagoda, achieving a kinship between the building and himself by his elongate elegance, an air of old, uninsisting nobility.
3.1976, Don DeLillo, chapter 3, in Ratner's Star[14], New York: Vintage, 1980, page 46:
He tilted the glass slightly now, the surface of the liquid assuming an elongate outline.
4.2006, E. O. Wilson, chapter 6, in The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth[15], volume Part 1, New York: Norton, page 59:
The teeth [of Thaumatomyrmex ants] are sometimes so elongate that when the mandibles are closed, the largest pair curve all around the opposite side of the head and stick out behind its posterior rim.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Eagleton
[Etymology]
editNew Latin elongare, a combination of ex- (“out”) + longus (“long”). Doublet of eloign.
[References]
edit
1. ^ Thomas Blount (1661) Glossographia[1], London: George Sawbridge: ““Elongate [...] to remove afar off, to defer or prolong.””
2. ^ Samuel Johnson (1755) A Dictionary of the English Language[2], volume 1, London: Strahan: ““To ELONGATE. [...] To go off to a distance from any thing.””
[Verb]
editelongate (third-person singular simple present elongates, present participle elongating, simple past and past participle elongated)
1.(transitive) To make long or longer by pulling and stretching; to make elongated.
Synonyms: extend, stretch
2.1794, Erasmus Darwin, chapter 7, in Zoonomia[3], volume 1, London: J. Johnson, 14, page 123:
When the muscles of the heart cease to act, the refluent blood again distends or elongates them; and thus irritated they contract as before.
3.1857, Anthony Trollope, chapter 26, in Barchester Towers[4], volume 2, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1859, page 335:
As Mr. Arabin had already moved out of the parsonage of St. Ewold’s, that scheme of elongating the dining-room was of course abandoned;
4.1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter 8, in Far from the Madding Crowd[5], volume 1, London: Smith, Elder, page 105:
[...] elongating his gaze to the remotest point of the ashpit, [he] said [...]
5.1911 October, Edith Wharton, chapter IV, in Ethan Frome (The Scribner Library; SL8), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 895192758, page 91:
The cat, unnoticed, had crept up on muffled paws from Zeena's seat to the table, and was stealthily elongating its body in the direction of the milk-jug, which stood between Ethan and Mattie.
6.(intransitive) To become long or longer by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
7.1798, Thomas Malthus, chapter 1, in An Essay on the Principle of Population[6], London: J. Johnson, page 10:
A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him. But before he can expect to bring any reasonable person over to his opinion, he ought to shew, that the necks of mankind have been gradually elongating [...]
8.1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 8, in A Tale of Two Cities[7], volume book 3, London: Chapman and Hall, page 204:
Here, Mr. Lorry perceived the reflexion on the wall to elongate [...]
9.1951, Herman Wouk, chapter 3, in The Caine Mutiny[8], volume part 1, New York: Doubleday, page 27:
His face elongated daily, and his melancholy eyes burned in deepening sockets like dim candles [...]
10.(transitive, obsolete) To move to or place at a distance (from something).[1]
11.1547, Andrew Boorde, chapter 3, in A Compendyous Regyment or a Dyetary of Healthe[9], London: William Powell:
[...] let the common house of easement [i.e. the outhouse] be ouer some water, or els elongated from the house.
12.1652, Anthony Burgess, Spiritual Refining[10], London: Thomas Underhill, Sermon 119, page 688:
[...] let us shew in how many particulars they [wicked men] are thus elongated, or made afar off from God.
13.1667, George Sikes, chapter 15, in The Book of Nature Translated and Epitomiz’d[11], London, 2, page 77:
The principal force and property of hatred then, is to divide, separate, alienate, and elongate a man from what he hates.
14.(intransitive, obsolete) To depart to, or be at, a distance (from something); especially, to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its orbit.[2]
15.1646, Thomas Browne, chapter 2, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica[12], volume book 2, London: E. Dod, page 63:
[...] about Capo Frio in Brasilia, the south point varieth twelve degrees unto the West, and about the mouth of the Straites of Magellan five or six; but elongating from the coast of Brasilia toward the shore of Africa it varyeth Eastward,
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editēlongāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of ēlongō
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curveball
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editcurve + ball
[Noun]
editcurveball (plural curveballs)
1.(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
He bit on a curveball in the dirt.
2.(by extension) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance.
Life has thrown him a few curveballs.
[See also]
edit
- knee-buckler
- bender
- breaking pitch
- curveball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Synonyms]
edit
- (baseball): curve (slang), deuce (slang), yakker (slang)
[Verb]
editcurveball (third-person singular simple present curveballs, present participle curveballing, simple past and past participle curveballed)
1.(baseball) To throw a curveball.
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bow out
[[English]]
ipa :/baʊ aʊt/[Anagrams]
edit
- outbow
[Etymology]
editbow + out
[Verb]
editbow out (third-person singular simple present bows out, present participle bowing out, simple past and past participle bowed out)
1.(idiomatic) To resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.
Jane had a long spell as chairman, but bowed out after she had a child.
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bowing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbaʊɪŋ/[Noun]
editbowing (countable and uncountable, plural bowings)
1.The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
The courtier had practiced his bowing.
2.A bending.
The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf.
3.A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
4.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461:
The bowing arm, the fingers on the strings, and then the violin itself polished brown, and the soloist's chin pillowed on it.
[Verb]
editbowing
1.present participle and gerund of bow (all senses)
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writing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- twiring
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.
[[Old English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom wrītan + -ing.
[Noun]
editwrīting f
1.writing
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writing on the wall
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹaɪtɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈwɔːl/[Etymology]
edit Rembrandt’s 1635 painting Het feestmaal van Belsazar (Belshazzar’s Feast), collection of the National Gallery, London, UKFrom the Biblical story in Daniel 5, where, during a feast held by King Belshazzar, a hand suddenly appears and writes on a wall the following Aramaic words: מְנֵא מְנֵא תְּקֵל וּפַרְסִין (mənē mənē təqēl ūp̄arsīn, “numbered, numbered, weighed, and they are divided”) (Daniel 5:25). Daniel interprets the words as pointing to the downfall of the Babylonian Empire.
[Noun]
editwriting on the wall (countable and uncountable, plural writings on the wall or writings on walls)
1.(idiomatic) An ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.
He could see the writing on the wall months before the business failed.
2.1965, Noël Coward, “Note on ‘The Sixties’”, in The Lyrics, London: William Heinemann, OCLC 221087197, page 361:
However, regardless of evil portents, prophetic despair and a great deal too much writing on the wall, I have managed so far to write two fairly cheerful musical comedies.
3.2011, M. P. Prabhakaran, “Goa was Not a Settler Colony as Falkland is”, in Letters on India The New York Times Did Not Publish, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 43:
The Portuguese refused to read the writings on the wall and clung to their colonies, including the one in India.
4.2012, Jan Nederveen Pieterse, “Global Rebalancing: Crisis and the East-South Turn”, in Jan Nederveen Pieterse and Jongtae Kim, editors, Globalization and Development in East Asia (Routledge Studies in Emerging Societies; 2), New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 36:
Without a doubt these trends represent the "next big thing". Consider a sampling of recent headlines as writings on the wall: […]
5.2014, Daniel Carnahan, The Manipulator, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 594:
Don't you see the implications and writings on the wall for our family's future?
6.2014 September 15, Rhonda Cook, “Regulator may push for state-mandated Taser training”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[1], archived from the original on 25 October 2016:
It gets to the point to where you see so much writing on the wall where we may not have a choice but to step in and say 'yes, you will train every year and you'll report that training to POST' in order for things to be done right.
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writ
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- ITRW, Wirt
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English writ, iwrit, ȝewrit, from Old English writ (“letter, book, treatise; scripture, writing; writ, charter, document, deed”) and ġewrit (“writing, something written, written language; written character, bookstave; inscription; orthography; written statement, passage from a book; official or formal document, document; law, jurisprudence; regulation; list, catalog; letter; text of an agreement; writ, charter, deed; literary writing, book, treatise; books dealing with a subject under notice; a book of the Bible; scripture, canonical book, the Scriptures; stylus”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).
[Noun]
editwrit (countable and uncountable, plural writs)
1.(law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
2.Authority, power to enforce compliance.
3.2009, Stephen Gale et al., The War on Terrorism: 21st-Century Perspectives[1], Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 30:
We can't let them take advantage of the fact that there are so many areas of the world where no one's writ runs.
4.1913, Elizabeth Kimball Kendall, A Wayfarer in China
Within Lololand, of course, no Chinese writ runs, no Chinese magistrate holds sway, and the people, more or less divided among themselves, are under the government of their tribal chiefs.
5.(archaic) That which is written; writing.
6.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto XII, stanza 25:
Then to his hands that writ he did betake, / Which he disclosing, red thus, as the paper spake.
7.1603, Richard Knolles, The Generall Historie of the Turkes, […], London: […] Adam Islip, OCLC 837543169:
Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ
[Synonyms]
edit
- claim form (English law)
[Verb]
editwrit
1.(archaic) past tense of write
2.c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II scene iv[2]:
I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;
And whiter than the paper it writ on
Is the fair hand that writ.
3.(archaic) past participle of write
4.c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II scene iv[3]:
I know the hand: in faith, 'tis a fair hand;
And whiter than the paper it writ on
Is the fair hand that writ.
5.1682, John Dryden, Mac Klecknoe
Let Virtuosos in five years be writ; / Yet not one thought accuse thy toil of wit. (Mac Flecknoe)
6.1859, Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerlad (translattor), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
The moving finger writes, and having writ, not all your piety or wit can lure it back to cancel half a line […]
7.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter I, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book IV:
For as this is the liquor of modern historians, nay, perhaps their muse, if we may believe the opinion of Butler, who attributes inspiration to ale, it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ.
8.1821, John Keats
Here lies One whose Name was writ in Water.
9.1971, “Life on Mars?”, performed by David Bowie:
But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editwrit
1.Romanization of 𐍅̹͂̈́
[[Old English]]
ipa :/writ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- ġewrit
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *writą, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit.
[Noun]
editwrit n (nominative plural writu)
1.writ
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airlift
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɛə.lɪft/[Etymology]
editair + lift
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:airliftWikipedia airlift (plural airlifts)
1.The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
2.Such a flight.
3.(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
[Verb]
editairlift (third-person singular simple present airlifts, present participle airlifting, simple past and past participle airlifted)
1.(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
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daunted
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editdaunted (comparative more daunted, superlative most daunted)
1.(Normally with a copular verb). Mildly afraid or worried by some upcoming situation.
I was daunted by the prospect of interviewing such a heavyweight politician.
[Anagrams]
edit
- undated
[Verb]
editdaunted
1.simple past tense and past participle of daunt
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chit-chat
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- chitchat, chit chat
[Etymology]
editReduplication of chat. Compare tittle-tattle, flim-flam, pitter-patter, etc.
[Noun]
editchit-chat (countable and uncountable, plural chit-chats)
1.Light conversation; casual talk, usually about trivial matters.
2.2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 50:
He speaks rapidly, with clarity and with obvious enthusiasm. No time is wasted on idle chit-chat.
3.Gossip.
[See also]
edit
- chitter-chatter
[Synonyms]
edit
- chinwag
- claver
- See also Thesaurus:chatter
[Verb]
editchit-chat (third-person singular simple present chit-chats, present participle chit-chatting, simple past and past participle chit-chatted)
1.(intransitive) To engage in small talk, to discuss unimportant matters.
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chitchat
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- chit chat
- chit-chat
[Noun]
editchitchat (countable and uncountable, plural chitchats)
1.Alternative spelling of chit-chat
[Verb]
editchitchat (third-person singular simple present chitchats, present participle chitchatting, simple past and past participle chitchatted)
1.Alternative spelling of chit-chat
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chit
[[English]]
ipa :/t͡ʃɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- itch, tich
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English chitte (“a young animal, cub, whelp”), from Old English *ċytten, *ċietten, *ċitten, from Proto-Germanic *kittīną (“young animal, fawn, kid”). Cognate with Scots chit (“chit”), Low German kitte (“young animal”), German Kitz (“fawn, kid”). See also kid.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English *chit, *chitte, from Old English ċīþ (“germ, seed, sprout, shoot”), from Proto-Germanic *kīþą (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *ĝī-, *ĝey- (“to divide, part, split open, sprout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kiede (“sprout”), dialectal German Keid (“sprout”). Doublet of scion.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom chitty, from Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī, “letter, note, written message”).
[Etymology 4]
editPerhaps from specialized technical use of Etymology 2, above, “a bud; an excressence” (Hunter 1882).
[Etymology 5]
editEuphemistic variation of shit.
[References]
edit
- chit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “chit”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Hunter, Robert (1882) The Encyclopædic Dictionary: A New, and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language with a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use[5], Cassell, Petter, Galpin and Company
[[Min Nan]]
[[Pnar]]
ipa :/t͡ʃit/[Adjective]
editchit
1.hot
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Pnar-Khasi-Lyngngam *ʧit (“warm”). Cognate with Khasi shit.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Greek κήτος (kítos), partly through the intermediate of Slavic *kitъ (cf. Old Church Slavonic китъ (kitŭ)). Used around the 16th century.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from French quitte, itself from Latin quietus (and therefore a doublet of the inherited încet). The variant cfit is from German quitt.
[Etymology 3]
editBorrowed from German Kitt.
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hallway
[[English]]
[Etymology]
edithall + way
[Noun]
edithallway (plural hallways) A hallway.
1.A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
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get past
[[English]]
[Verb]
editget past (third-person singular simple present gets past, present participle getting past, simple past got past, past participle (UK) got past or (US) gotten past)
1.To continue around a blockage; to get around (something); to surpass something that is in the way.
2.To cause something to get around a blockage; to cause to get around or surpass something that is in the way.
3.(figuratively, by extension) To get through a difficult time; to overcome a source of grief.
4.(figuratively, by extension) To cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.
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35498
bummer
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʌ.mə(ɹ)/[Etymology 1]
editFrom German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”), from bummeln (“loaf, loiter, stroll, ramble”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom bum + -er (“comparative forming”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom bum + -er (agency forming).
[Etymology 4]
editFrom bum (“buttocks”) + -er (“agency forming”).
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underserved
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunderserved (comparative more underserved, superlative most underserved)
1.Underresourced; not having sufficient service.
Many families who live paycheck-to-paycheck are currently underserved by the financial services industry.
1.(medicine) Disadvantaged with regard to health services because of inability to pay, inability to access care, or other disparities for reasons of race, religion, language group or social status.
2.Poorly served.
3.2021 February 24, Philip Haigh, “A shift from cars: Scotland's railways are friends of electric!”, in RAIL, number 925, page 31:
It's too early to say precisely which corridors it will use, but TS notes a potential focus on underserved areas with poor connectivity - a need to improve access to the city centre, hospitals, colleges, employment centres, shopping centres and leisure facilities.
[Etymology]
editunder- + served
[Usage notes]
editNot to be confused with undeserved.
[Verb]
editunderserved
1.simple past tense and past participle of underserve
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0
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35508
run rampant
[[English]]
[Verb]
editrun rampant (third-person singular simple present runs rampant, present participle running rampant, simple past ran rampant, past participle run rampant)
1.(idiomatic) To go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.
The weeds have long run rampant in the garden and it would be difficult to regain control.
2.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:
Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
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rampant
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɹæm.pənt/[Adjective]
editrampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant)
1.(originally) Rearing on both hind legs with the forelegs extended.
The Vienna riding school displays splendid rampant movement.
2.(heraldry) Rearing up, especially on its hind leg(s), with a foreleg raised and in profile.
3.1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
‘I forget your coat of arms.’
‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
4.1892, Thomas Hardy, The Well-Beloved
little pieces of moustache on his upper lip, like a pair of minnows rampant
5.(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
6.Unrestrained or unchecked, usually in a negative manner.
Weeds are rampant in any neglected garden.
7.2012 March 1, William E. Carter, Merri Sue Carter, “The British Longitude Act Reconsidered”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, page 87:
Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined, including combat.
8.2013, Phil McNulty, "Man City 4-1 Man Utd", BBC Sport, 22 September 2013:
In contrast to the despair of his opposite number, it was a day of delight for new City boss Manuel Pellegrini as he watched the rampant Blues make a powerful statement about their Premier League ambitions.
9.
10. Rife, or occurring widely, frequently or menacingly.
There was rampant corruption in the city.
[Adverb]
editrampant (comparative more rampant, superlative most rampant)
1.(informal, nonstandard) Rampantly.
Things seem to be running rampant around here lately.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- rampaunt (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
edit
- man-trap, mantrap
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English rampand, rampend, present participle of rampen (“to rise by climbing, shoot up, sprout, sty, ascend”), from Old French ramper (“to creep, climb”) (see below), equivalent to ramp + -and or ramp + -ant. Recorded since 1382, "standing on the hind legs" (as in heraldry), later, "fierce, ravenous" (1387). Compare Scots rampand (“rampant”).Alternatively from Middle English *rampant (not found), from Old French rampant, the present participle of ramper (“to creep, climb”), equivalent to ramp + -ant. Old French ramper derives from Frankish *rampōn, *hrampōn (“to hook, grapple, climb”), from *rampa, *hrampa (“hook, claw, talon”), from Proto-Germanic *hrempaną (“to curve, shrivel, shrink, wrinkle”). More at ramp.
[Further reading]
edit
- rampant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rampant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rampant at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[French]]
ipa :/ʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/[Adjective]
editrampant (feminine singular rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes)
1.(heraldry) rampant
2.(architecture) tilted
3.humbly inclined
4.(botany) extending over the ground rather than climbing upward
5.(literature) base; common
6.(military) stranded on the ground as opposed to flying staff
[Further reading]
edit
- “rampant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Verb]
editrampant
1.present participle of ramper
[[Old French]]
[Adjective]
editrampant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular rampant or rampante)
1.(heraldry) rampant
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editrampant m or n (feminine singular rampantă, masculine plural rampanți, feminine and neuter plural rampante)
1.rampant
[Etymology]
editFrom French rampant.
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run on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- unorn
[Verb]
editrun on (third-person singular simple present runs on, present participle running on, simple past ran on, past participle run on)
1.(idiomatic) To continue without interruption
We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.
2.Using a certain time zone.
I was still running on daylight savings time.
3.2016 April 9, Bill de Blasio, "Shamilton" at the Inner Circle Dinner:
Sorry, Hillary. I was running on CP time.
4.(idiomatic) To continue talking for a long time.
She ran on and wouldn't let anyone get a word in edgeways.
5.To operate with a particular energy source.
This car runs on bio-alcohol.
6.To make numerous drafts or demands for payment, as upon a bank.
7.2009, Heidi Mandanis Schooner, Michael W. Taylor, Global Bank Regulation: Principles and Policies (page 27)
Accordingly, depositors may run on a bank upon the receipt of adverse economic news that induces them to revise their assessment of a bank's soundness.
8.(printing, historical) To carry on or continue (e.g. the type for a new sentence) without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.
9.(transitive, dated) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on.
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run-on
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrun-on (not comparable)
1.Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate.
2.Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry.
Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries.
[Anagrams]
edit
- unorn
[Noun]
editrun-on (plural run-ons)
1.(soccer, rugby, etc.) An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities.
2.A run-on sentence.
3.Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary.
4.(machining) The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.
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35513
and all
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- an all
- Uncle Tom Cobley and all
[Phrase]
editand all
1.(idiomatic) Including every object, attribute, or process associated with preceding item or series of items.
He ate the whole fish, bones and all.
2.1995 August 21, “Pros and Cons of the Balanced Budget Amendment”, in Ind_Limbaugh:
Now proper French tradition requires that when you eat the ortolan, you drape a napkin over your head and consume the bird in one bite, beak, bones and all.
3.1998 May 15, Barry Bearak, “Hailing Danger; Behind the Wheel: Long Hours and Hard Feelings”, in New York Times:
The facts of the accident, however, are too ambiguous to reek of malice or recklessness. And the drivers involved, flaws and all, are hardly demons.
4.2008 September 16, Ken Hoffman, “An oak tree is no longer mighty”, in Houston Chronicle, page STAR 1:
We had six large trees ripped from the ground, roots and all. A firefighter told me that the wind hit 110 mph in West U.
5.(idiomatic, informal) Used to suggest certain unstated relevant implications or what has been stated.
What with you saying he was sick and all, I figured neither of you were coming.
6.(Northern England, Scotland) Used to add emphasis.
He starts yelling and we come running to help, but a fat load of thanks we get and all!
7.(Britain, informal) As well; in addition.
I'll have some of the red ones, some green ones, and them yellow ones and all.
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policymaker
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- policy maker
[Etymology]
editpolicy + maker
[Noun]
editpolicymaker (plural policymakers)
1.One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists.
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35521
level playing field
[[English]]
[Noun]
editlevel playing field (plural level playing fields)
1.A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.
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A level
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- A-level
[Anagrams]
edit
- Vallee
[Etymology]
editShort for advanced level.
[Noun]
editA level (plural A levels)
1.A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools; the qualification obtained by passing such an exam
I took my A-levels last year.
Applicants must have at least one A level.
2.(Internet, prostitution, euphemistic) anal sex.
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35523
level with
[[English]]
[Verb]
editlevel with (third-person singular simple present levels with, present participle leveling with or levelling with, simple past and past participle leveled with or levelled with)
1.(idiomatic) to be frank or particularly honest and clear with someone.
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35525
come out
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/[Anagrams]
edit
- outcome
[Verb]
editcome out (third-person singular simple present comes out, present participle coming out, simple past came out, past participle come out)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
The mouse came out of the hole.
2.To be discovered, be revealed.
It finally came out that he had been lying all the time.
3.To be published, be issued.
My new book comes out next week.
4.(old-fashioned or historical) (as a debutante) To make a formal debut in society.
5.(copulative) To end up or result.
There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end.
6.(cricket, of a batsman) To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.
7.(idiomatic, informal) To come out of the closet.
He came out to his parents as gay last week.
8.2011, Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History
I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay.
9.August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian:
In March 2017, a 90-year-old second world war veteran called Patricia Davies came out as a transgender woman and began taking hormones, shortly after discussing her lifelong gender dysphoria with her doctor.
10.To be deducted from.
That comes out of my paycheck.
11.To express one's opinion openly.
You had come out in favor of the French Revolution.
12.(of the sun, moon or stars) To become visible in the sky as a result of clouds clearing away.
It's quite warm now the sun's come out.
13.To go on strike, especially out of solidarity with other workers.
We got the folks at the Detroit plant to come out too.
14.To make a debut in a new field.
Spirit-rapping made easy; or, how to come out as a medium.
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come out in
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcome out in (third-person singular simple present comes out in, present participle coming out in, simple past came out in, past participle come out in)
1.(transitive) to be afflicted by (a visible disruption of the body)
He's come out in spots.
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fertile
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɜːtaɪl/[Adjective]
editfertile (comparative more fertile, superlative most fertile)
1.(of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
2.(biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
Most women at the age of fifty are not fertile.
3.(biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
4.(physics) Not itself fissile, but able to be converted into a fissile material by irradiation in a reactor.
There are two basic fertile materials: uranium-238 and thorium-232.
5.(of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
[Anagrams]
edit
- firelet
[Antonyms]
edit
- barren
- infertile
[Etymology]
editMiddle English, from Middle French fertile, from Old French fertile, from Latin fertilis (“fruitful, fertile”), from ferō (“I bear, carry”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:productive
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editfertile (plural fertiles)
1.fertile
[Anagrams]
edit
- flétrie
- flirtée
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin fertilem
[Further reading]
edit
- “fertile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈfɛr.ti.le/[Adjective]
editfertile (plural fertili)
1.fertile
Antonym: infertile
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin fertilis, fertilem.
[Further reading]
edit
- fertile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[[Latin]]
[Adjective]
editfertile
1.nominative neuter singular of fertilis
2.accusative neuter singular of fertilis
3.vocative neuter singular of fertilis
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35529
grassland
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).
[Noun]
editgrassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)
1.An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
[References]
edit
- grassland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[See also]
edit
- ing
- lea
- llano
- meadow
- outback
- pampa
- paramo
- prairie
- savanna
- steppe
- veld
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onboard
[[English]]
ipa :/ɑnˈbɔɹd/[Adjective]
editonboard (not comparable)
1.Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel
2.(by extension, figuratively) Being a part of, being included in, participating in
When it comes to security, everybody seems to be as onboard as I am.
James is onboard as a production manager.
[Adverb]
editonboard (not comparable)
1.On or in a vehicle or vessel; aboard; on board.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- on-board
[Anagrams]
edit
- Boronda, bradoon
[Antonyms]
edit
- offboard
[Etymology]
editFrom on board, equivalent to on- + board.
[Verb]
editonboard (third-person singular simple present onboards, present participle onboarding, simple past and past participle onboarded)
1.(figuratively) To become a part of a group; to incorporate (someone) into a group.
2.(figuratively) To begin to use a product or service; to take (someone) on as a new customer of a product or service.
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35534
mandarin
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmæn.də.ɹɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Mirandan
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).Chinese folk etymology sometimes erroneously claims that the word originates from 滿大人 (Mǎndàrén, literally “Manchu important man”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Spanish mandarín.
[Noun]
editmandarin
1.mandarin (fruit)
[References]
edit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Portuguese mandarim.
[Noun]
editmandarin c (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner)
1.mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
2.mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)editmandarin n
1.Mandarin
[References]
edit
- “mandarin” in Den Danske Ordbog
[[Faroese]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Danish mandarin, from Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
[Noun]
editmandarin f (genitive singular mandarinar, plural mandarinir)
1.mandarin orange, mandarin (a small, sweet citrus fruit)editmandarin n (genitive singular mandarins)
1.Mandarin
[See also]
edit
- mandarinur
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editmandarin (feminine singular mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines)
1.mandarin (of the former Chinese empire)
[Further reading]
edit
- “mandarin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmandarin m (uncountable)
1.Mandarin (language)
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈmɒndɒrin][Etymology 1]
editAn internationalism mainly via German, originally from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri.[1]
[Etymology 2]
editAn internationalism mainly via German, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
[Further reading]
edit
- (Chinese government bureaucrat): mandarin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (mandarin orange): mandarin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
[References]
edit
1. ^ mandarin in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[manˈdarɪn][Etymology 1]
editFrom Portuguese mandarim (“mandarin”), from Malay menteri (“minister”), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī, “minister”). Doublet of mantri and menteri.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom English mandarin (“mandarin orange”), from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
[Further reading]
edit
- “mandarin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim.
[Noun]
editmandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandariner, definite plural mandarinene)
1.(uncountable) Mandarin (official language in China)
2.a mandarin ((formerly) a Chinese official; (now) a bureaucrat)
3.(fruit) a mandarin or mandarin orange
[References]
edit
- “mandarin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim.
[Noun]
editmandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandarinar, definite plural mandarinane)
1.(uncountable) Mandarin (official language in China)
2.a mandarin ((formerly) a Chinese official; (now) a bureaucrat)
3.(fruit) a mandarin or mandarin orange
[References]
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- “mandarin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French mandarin.
[Noun]
editmandarin m (plural mandarini)
1.mandarin
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/mandǎriːn/[Noun]
editmandàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling манда̀рӣн)
1.mandarin (Chinese Imperial bureaucrat)
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Portuguese mandarim.
[Noun]
editmandarin c or n
1.(common) mandarin orange
2.(common, historical) mandarin; a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire.
3.(uncountable, neuter) Mandarin
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respondents
[[English]]
[Noun]
editrespondents
1.plural of respondent
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respondent
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editrespondent (comparative more respondent, superlative most respondent)
1.Disposed or expected to respond; answering; according; corresponding.
2.1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
wealth […] respondent […] to payment and contributions
[Noun]
editrespondent (plural respondents)
1.One who responds; one who replies.
2.(law) A defendant, especially in a case instituted by a petition or in appellate and divorce proceedings.
3.A person replying to a questionnaire.
[[Crimean Tatar]]
[Noun]
editrespondent
1.respondent (in sense: the person who participates in research involving questionnaires).
[References]
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- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
[[Czech]]
[Further reading]
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- respondent in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- respondent in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
[Noun]
editrespondent m
1.respondent (one who responds to questions or questionnaire as part of research)
Synonyms: dotazovaný, dotázaný
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editrespondent
1.respondent (one who replies to a questionnaire)
[Synonyms]
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- svarperson
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editrespondent
1.third-person plural present active indicative of respondeō
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allegiance
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈliː.dʒəns/[Alternative forms]
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- allegiaunce (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English aliegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege.
[Noun]
editallegiance (countable and uncountable, plural allegiances)
1.Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.
[References]
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[Synonyms]
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- fidelity, loyalty, adherence
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prohibitive
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editprohibitive (comparative more prohibitive, superlative most prohibitive)
1.Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
2.Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
3.(Of a contender in a competition): presumptive winner, likely winner.
4.2017 July 23, Olivia Beavers, “GOP consultant:Kid Rock would be prohibitive favorite if he enters Michigan Senate race.”, in The Hill[1], 2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., archived from the original on 07/24/2017:
“I think there’s no question about that. I think he’s the prohibitive favorite if he gets in,” Dennis Lennox, a Michigan-based Republican political consultant, told Politico.
5.2020, Andrew Yang endorses Joe Biden, and delivers message to Bernie Sanders supporters[2], CNN, published 2020, archived from the original on 15 March 2020, 00:00:20 from the start:
[B]ut the math says Joe is our prohibitive nominee, we need to bring the party together[.]
[Etymology]
editprohibit + -ive
[Noun]
editprohibitive (plural prohibitives)
1.(linguistics) negative imperative
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editprohibitive
1.feminine singular of prohibitif
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fiercely
[[English]]
ipa :/fɪɹsli/[Adverb]
editfiercely (comparative fiercelier or more fiercely, superlative fierceliest or most fiercely)
1.In a fierce manner.
The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.
2.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
3.1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
He helped himself to a cigar and leaned back with a fiercely critical pair of eyes, taking note of the effect which this document would produce.
4.extremely; to a large degree
5.2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport[2]:
Tuchel made it three out of three against Guardiola by producing a fiercely disciplined, positive Chelsea performance that has brought a season that was shrouded in uncertainty to the most glorious conclusion.
fiercely competitive
a fiercely loved woman
a fiercely proud father
fiercely disappointed
fiercely loyal
[Etymology]
editfierce + -ly
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journalism
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/[Etymology]
editFrom French journalisme (beginning of 19th century).
[Noun]
editjournalism (usually uncountable, plural journalisms)
1.The activity or profession of being a journalist.
2.The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications and broadcast news media, for the purpose of informing the audience.
3.The style of writing characteristic of material in periodical print publications and broadcast news media, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events with an attempt to minimize analysis or interpretation.
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Per
[[Breton]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin Petrus.
[Inflection]
edit Mutation of Per
[Proper noun]
editPer
1.A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Peter.
[[Danish]]
ipa :/per/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Denmark ca. 1350.
[Proper noun]
editPer
1.A male given name from Latin.
[References]
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- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 41 939 males with the given name Per have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.
[[Faroese]]
[Proper noun]
editPer m
1.A male given name.
[[German]]
ipa :-eːɐ̯[Alternative forms]
edit
- Peer
[Etymology]
editFrom Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Per in the 19th century.
[Proper noun]
editPer ? (genitive Per)
1.A male given name
[[Norwegian]]
[Alternative forms]
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- Peer (less common)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Norway ca. 1440.
[Proper noun]
editPer
1.A male given name from Latin.
[References]
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- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 40 795 males with the given name Per living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.
[[Swedish]]
ipa :-æːr[Alternative forms]
edit
- Pär
[Anagrams]
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- rep
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin Petrus. First recorded in Sweden in 1428.
[Proper noun]
editPer c (genitive Pers)
1.A male given name.
[References]
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- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 168 066 males with the given Per name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 9th, 2011.
[See also]
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- Percy
- Pernilla
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PER
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editPER
1.The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for Peru.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- EPR, ERP, RPE, Rep, Rep., pre, pre-, rep
[Noun]
editPER
1.(nutrition) Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.
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eventual
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈvɛn(t)ʃʊəl/[Adjective]
editeventual (not comparable)
1.Finally resulting or occuring (after a period of time); inevitable.
2.Pertaining to events; event-related, evential.
3.(proscribed, non-native speakers' English or European Union) Possible, potential.
They both opposed an eventual imposition of anti-dumping measures as they considered that it could lead to a cessation of imports of the product concerned from the PRC79.
[Etymology]
editFrom event + -ual; compare French éventuel. The third sense is influenced by any of several European languages, including German eventuell, French éventuel, Italian eventuale, Spanish eventual.
[[Galician]]
[Adjective]
editeventual m or f (plural eventuais)
1.This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/i.vẽ.ˈtwaɫ/[Adjective]
editeventual m or f (plural eventuais, comparable)
1.infrequent
2.casual
3.eventual
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin eventus (Portuguese evento) + -al.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editeventual m or n (feminine singular eventuală, masculine plural eventuali, feminine and neuter plural eventuale)
1.prospective
[Etymology]
editFrom French éventuel.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ebenˈtwal/[Adjective]
editeventual (plural eventuales)
1.potential, possible
2.sporadic
3.temporary (employee, contract)
4.eventual (anglicism, proscribed, mostly Latin America)
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two-fold
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittwo-fold
1.Alternative spelling of twofold
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twofold
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittwofold (not comparable)
1.Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
2.Having two parts, especially two different parts.
a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
3.1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.
Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]
4.2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, "Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy
"Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."
[Adverb]
edittwofold (not comparable)
1.In a double degree; doubly.
[Alternative forms]
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- two-fold
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.
[References]
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- twofold in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- twofold in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[Synonyms]
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- (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
- (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dualedit
- double; see also Thesaurus:twice
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regressive
[[English]]
ipa :-ɛsɪv[Adjective]
editregressive (comparative more regressive, superlative most regressive)
1.That tends to return, revert or regress.
2.(of a tax) Whose rate decreases as the taxed amount increases.
[Antonyms]
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- progressive
[Further reading]
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- regressive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- regressive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- regressive at OneLook Dictionary Search
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editregressive
1.inflection of regressiv:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editregressive f pl
1.feminine plural of regressivo
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landline
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
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- land line
[Etymology]
editland + line
[Noun]
editlandline (plural landlines)
1.A fixed telephone communications cable.
2.(by extension) A telephone connected by such a fixed wire, specifically not wireless/mobile.
3.(attributively) That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.).
[Synonyms]
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- wireline
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behemoth
[[English]]
ipa :/bəˈhi(ː)məθ/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת (behemót). The Hebrew word is either:
- an intensive plural of בְּהֵמָה (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ብህመ (bəhmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”), Arabic ب ه م (b-h-m)), or
- less likely, a borrowing of Egyptian (*pꜣ-jḥ-mw, “hippopotamus”, literally “the ox of the water”), from pꜣ (“definite article”) + jḥ (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ⲡ- (p-) + ⲉϩⲉ (ehe) + ⲙⲟⲟⲩ (moou).
[Further reading]
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- behemoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editbehemoth (plural behemoths)
1.(biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
Coordinate term: leviathan
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Job 40:15–18, column 1:
⸿ Beholde now Behemoth which I made with thee, hee eateth graſſe as an oxe.
Loe now, his ſtrength is in his loynes, and his force is in the nauell of his belly.
Hee moueth his taile like a Cedar: the ſinewes of his ſtones are wrapt together.
His bones are as ſtrong pieces of braſſe: his bones are like barres of iron.
3.(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
4.2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 58:
Next she doused the smouldering troll with the contents of the restaurant's fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn't revive the sleeping behemoth.
5.(figuratively) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
Synonyms: colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titan
6.2011 January 18, Lovejoy, Joe, “Cardiff City 0 Stoke City 2”, in Guardian Online[1]:
The diehards who did turn out were at least rewarded with a first sight of Jon Parkin, the behemoth striker signed from Preston, who scored a stunning goal on his debut at Norwich last weekend.
7.2012, James S. A. Corey, Gods of Risk, →ISBN:
The wide access corridors passed slowly, the conduits and pipes like the circulatory system of some vast planetary behemoth.
8.2021 January 4, Parul Koul; Chewy Shaw, “We Built Google. This Is Not the Company We Want to Work For.”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
We are the workers who built Alphabet. We write code, clean offices, serve food, drive buses, test self-driving cars and do everything needed to keep this behemoth running.
[See also]
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- leviathan
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