35834
apartment
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈpɑːt.mənt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- APT (The US Postal Service prefers this variant)
- apt.
[Etymology]
editFrom French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart.
[Noun]
editapartment (plural apartments)
1.(chiefly Canada, US) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
apartment dwellers
2.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2.
3.
4.(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
5.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Mildendo, the Metropolis of Lilliput, Described, together with the Emperor’s Palace. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput):
By this contrivance I got into the inmost court; and, lying down upon my side, I applied my face to the windows of the middle stories, which were left open on purpose, and discovered the most splendid apartments that can be imagined. There I saw the empress and the young princes in their several lodgings, with their chief attendants about them.
6.(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
7.1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664,
The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated....
8.(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (domicile occupying part of a building): flat (UK); unit; (compare with) condominium
[[Malay]]
[Noun]
editapartment (plural apartment-apartment, informal 1st possessive apartmentku, impolite 2nd possessive apartmentmu, 3rd possessive apartmentnya)
1.apartment
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35835
dweller
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdwɛlə/[Etymology]
editdwell + -er
[Noun]
editdweller (plural dwellers)
1.An inhabitant of a specific place; an inhabitant or denizen.
The new couple are apartment dwellers.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈdwɛlər(ə)/[Alternative forms]
edit
- dwellar, dwellare, dwellere
[Etymology]
editFrom dwellen + -er.
[Noun]
editdweller (plural dwellers)
1.dweller, inhabitant
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35837
attendant
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈtɛndənt/[Adjective]
editattendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)
1.Going with; associated; concomitant.
They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
2.1822, [Walter Scott], Peveril of the Peak. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., OCLC 2392685:
The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
3.2012 November 13, European Court of Human Rights, Hristozov and others v. Bulgaria[1], number 47039/11 358/12, marginal 120:
The applicants […] seek to argue that because of the dire prognosis attaching to their medical condition, they should have been allowed to assume the risks attendant on a potentially life‑saving experimental product.
4.(law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
the widow attendant to the heir
(Can we find and add a quotation of Cowell to this entry?)
[Alternative forms]
edit
- attendaunt (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.
[Noun]
editattendant (plural attendants)
1.One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.
Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
2.A servant or valet.
3.(chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4.That which accompanies or follows.
5.(law) One who owes a duty or service to another.
[See also]
edit
- part and parcel
[[French]]
[Verb]
editattendant
1.present participle of attendre
En attendant Patrick, j'ai croisé David.
While waiting for Patrick, I ran into David.
[[Latin]]
ipa :/atˈten.dant/[Verb]
editattendant
1.third-person plural present active subjunctive of attendō
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Channel
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editthe Channel
1.(Europe) Ellipsis of English Channel.
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0
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35845
insure
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈʃʊə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ursine, inures, nursie, rusine, urines, ursine
[Etymology]
editRecorded since about 1440, as a variant of Middle English ensuren (from Anglo-Norman enseurer, itself from en- (“make”) + seür (“sure”), probably influenced by Old French asseürer (“to assure”)); took on its particular sense of "make safe against loss by payment of premiums" in 1635, replacing assure.
[See also]
edit
- inshore
[Verb]
editinsure (third-person singular simple present insures, present participle insuring, simple past and past participle insured)
1.(transitive) To provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs. Often agreed by policy (contract) to offer financial compensation in case of an accident, theft or other undesirable event.
I'm not insured against burglary.
2.(intransitive) To deal in such contracts; subscribe to a policy of insurance
3.(chiefly US, transitive, dated) Alternative spelling of ensure; to make sure or certain of; guarantee.
4.1787, Preamble to the United States Constitution,
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
5.1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 19, [1]
[…] the sentry placed over the prisoner had strict orders to let no one have communication with him but the Chaplain. And certain unobtrusive measures were taken absolutely to insure this point.
6.1954, Packard Motor Car Company, Packard Clipper Owner's Manual
The latest in automation equipment, combined with highly skilled craftsmen, insure the high quality of the Packard Clipper.
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35846
mountainous
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmaʊntɪnəs/[Adjective]
editmountainous (comparative more mountainous, superlative most mountainous)
1.Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
2.Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
3.(figuratively, of a problem or task) Very difficult.
4.(obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.
[Etymology]
editFrom mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, itself from montaigne or Late Latin montāniōsus, in turn from Latin montānus.
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:gigantic
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0
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35853
obtrusive
[[English]]
ipa :/əbˈtɹuːsɪv/[Adjective]
editobtrusive (comparative more obtrusive, superlative most obtrusive)
1.Sticking out; protruding.
The facade of the building was ornamented with obtrusive sculpted designs.
2.Noticeable; prominent, especially in a displeasing way.
He has an obtrusive forehead.
3.Pushy.
The office manager is an unpleasantly obtrusive individual.
[Etymology]
editLatin obtrūsus + -ive. See obtrude
[Synonyms]
edit
- (sticking out): bulging, jutting
- (pushy): impertinent, intrusive
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editobtrusive
1.feminine plural of obtrusivo
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35854
compliancy
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editcompliant + -cy or comply + -ancy or compliance + -y
[Noun]
editcompliancy (usually uncountable, plural compliancies)
1.The condition of being compliant; compliance, complaisance
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35856
appreciation
[[English]]
ipa :/əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/[Antonyms]
edit
- (rise in value): depreciation
[Etymology]
editFrom French appréciation.Morphologically appreciate + -ion
[Noun]
editappreciation (countable and uncountable, plural appreciations)
1.A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.
2.Accurate perception; true estimation.
an appreciation of the difficulties before us
an appreciation of colors
3.2014, Ian Jack, "Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian, 16 September 2014:
The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable, as if Britain was just a bigger England. Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?
4.1874, John Richard Green, History of the English People, Volume I:
His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character.
5.A rise in value.
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0
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35857
overwhelmed
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌoʊvɚˈ(h)wɛlmd/[Verb]
editoverwhelmed
1.simple past tense and past participle of overwhelm
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0
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35859
little
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈlɪtəl/[Adjective]
editlittle (comparative less or lesser or littler, superlative least or littlest)
1.Small in size.
This is a little table.
2.Insignificant, trivial.
3.2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
It's of little importance.
1.(offensive) Used to belittle a person.
Listen up, you little shit.Very young.
Did he tell you any embarrassing stories about when she was little?
That's the biggest little boy I've ever seen.(of a sibling) Younger.
This is my little sister.(also Little) Used with the name of a place, especially of a country or its capital, to denote a neighborhood whose residents or storekeepers are from that place.
- 1871 October 18, The One-eyed Philosopher [pseudonym], "Street Corners", in Judy: or the London serio-comic journal, volume 9, page 255 [1]:
If you want to find Little France, take any turning on the north side of Leicester square, and wander in a zigzag fashion Oxford Streetwards. The Little is rather smokier and more squalid than the Great France upon the other side of the Manche.
- 2004, Barry Miles, Zappa: A Biography, 2005 edition, →ISBN, page 5:
In the forties, hurdy-gurdy men could still be heard in all those East Coast cities with strong Italian neighbourhoods: New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. A visit to Baltimore's Little Italy at that time was like a trip to Italy itself.
- 2020, Richa Bhosale, "Croatian Hall in need of repairs to remain open," Timmins Daily Press:
"The theatre was bought by the Croatian immigrants as so many immigrants came here in the ’30s and mostly for mining jobs, but in Schumacher itself it was called little Zagreb, and Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. There were so many of them that they wanted to have their own little community, so they bought the theatre and they renovated it at that time, remodelled it and made it into a Croatian Hall," she explained.
1.(derogatory) To imply that the inhabitants of the place have an insular attitude and are hostile to those they perceive as foreign.
2.2012, Comedian Steve Coogan on Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, "He is the embodiment of Fleet Street bullying, using his newspaper to peddle his Little-England, curtain-twitching Alan Partridgesque view of the world, which manages to combine sanctimonious, pompous moralising and prurient, voyeuristic, judgmental obsession".Having few members.
little herdShort in duration; brief.
I feel better after my little sleep.Small in extent of views or sympathies; narrow; shallow; contracted; mean; illiberal; ungenerous.
- 1855, Alfred Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1013215631, page 20:
The long-necked geese of the world that are ever hissing dispraise, / Because their natures are little.
- 2001, Nicholas Petsalis-Diomidis, The Unknown Callas: the Greek Years, pg 547.
Showing unmistakably what a little person he really was, in June 1949 he wrote his newly married daughter with nauseating disregard for the truth
[Adverb]
editlittle (comparative less or lesser, superlative least)
1.Not much.
This is a little known fact. She spoke little and listened less.
We slept very little last night.
2.1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter I, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915, OCLC 40817384:
Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.
3.Not at all.
I was speaking ill of Fred; little did I know that he was right behind me, listening in.
4.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
5.2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
But as United saw the game out, little did they know that, having looked likely to win their 13th Premier League title, it was City who turned the table to snatch glory from their arch-rivals' grasp.
[Anagrams]
edit
- tillet
[Antonyms]
edit
- (small): large, big
- (young): big
- (younger): bigedit
- muchedit
- (not much): muchedit
- (BDSM): big
[Determiner]
editlittle (comparative less, superlative least)
1.Not much, only a little: only a small amount (of).
There is (very) little water left.
We had very little to do.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English litel, from Old English lȳtel, from Proto-West Germanic *lūtil, from Proto-Germanic *lūtilaz (“tending to stoop, crouched, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (“to bend, bent, small”), equivalent to lout + -le. Cognate with Dutch luttel, regional German lütt and lützel, West Frisian lyts, Low German lütt, Old High German luzzil, Middle High German lützel, Old English lūtan (“to bow, bend low”); and perhaps to Old English lytig (“deceitful, lot deceit”), Gothic 𐌻̹̿̈́̓ (liuts, “deceitful”), 𐌻̰̿̈́̾̽ (lutjan, “to deceive”); compare also Icelandic lítill (“little”), Swedish liten, Danish liden, lille, Gothic 𐌻̴̹̹̻̈́̓ (leitils), which appear to have a different root vowel. More at lout.
[Noun]
editlittle (plural littles)
1.A small amount.
Can I try a little of that sauce?
Many littles make a mickle. (Scottish proverb)
Little did he do to make me comfortable.
If you want some cake, there's a little in the refrigerator
2.(BDSM, slang) The participant in ageplay who acts out the younger role.
3.(colloquial, college slang) A newly initiated member of a sorority.
[Pronoun]
editlittle
1.Not much; not a large amount.
Little is known about his early life.
[Related terms]
edit
- a little
- li'l, li'l', lil
- little by little
- little old
- belittle (cognate verb)
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anticipating
[[English]]
[Verb]
editanticipating
1.present participle of anticipate
0
0
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35862
buzzing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbʌzɪŋ/[Noun]
editbuzzing (countable and uncountable, plural buzzings)
1.The action of the verb to buzz.
2.The sound produced by something that buzzes.
I can hear buzzing coming from the television.
[Verb]
editbuzzing
1.present participle of buzz
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35864
Buzz
[[English]]
[Proper noun]
editBuzz
1.A male given name
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0
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35871
off day
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- off-day
[Anagrams]
edit
- day off
[Noun]
editoff day (plural off days)
1.A day in which an employee is not scheduled to work.
Until they gain a little seniority at this hospital, newly hired nurses need not expect to have two consecutive off days.
2.A day in which a person is not performing up to their usual level of ability.
I understand any pitcher can have an off day but walking four batters in one inning is ridiculous!
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0
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TaN
35872
malignant
[[English]]
ipa :/məˈlɪɡnənt/[Adjective]
editmalignant (comparative more malignant, superlative most malignant)
1.Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
malignant temper; malignant revenge; malignant infection
2.1863 August 26, Abraham Lincoln, Letter to James Conkling[1], page 7:
[…] while, I fear, there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart, and deceitful speech, they have strove to hinder it.
3.(medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
4.1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[2]:
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes […] . And then, when you see [the senders], you probably find that they are the most melancholy old folk with malignant diseases. […]”
malignant diphtheria
a malignant tumor
[Antonyms]
edit
- (medicine): benign, non-malignant
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French malignant, from Late Latin malignans. See malign.
[Noun]
editmalignant (plural malignants)
1.A deviant; a person who is hostile or destructive to society.
2.1823, The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants […]
3.1999, National Institute of Business Management, Difficult People at Work, →ISBN, page 8:
A malignant in a position of real power immediately becomes a tyrant.
4.(historical, derogatory, obsolete) A person who fought for Charles I in the English Civil War.
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editmalignant
1.third-person plural present active indicative of malignō
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35873
conjuring
[[English]]
[Noun]
editconjuring (plural conjurings)
1.(gerund of conjure) An act in which something is conjured
2.1988 March 11, Anthony Adler, “Nervous Chatter”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
In between conjurings, Jan and Anka swap cures for insomnia […] .
[Verb]
editconjuring
1.present participle of conjure
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35880
foley
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Foyle, foyle
[Etymology]
editNamed after foley pioneer Jack Foley; the surname Foley itself is from Irish Ó Foghlú and Old Irish Ó Foghladha (“plunderer”).
[Noun]
editfoley (countable and uncountable, plural foleys)
1.(uncountable, US) The creation of sound effects, and their addition to film and TV images.
2.(countable, US) A foley artist.
3.(medicine, colloquial) A Foley catheter.
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35881
bussing
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- subsign
[Noun]
editbussing (uncountable)
1.Alternative spelling of busing
[Verb]
editbussing
1.present participle of bus
2.present participle of buss
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35882
busing
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bussing
[Anagrams]
edit
- Bungis, biguns
[Noun]
editbusing (uncountable)
1.The transportation of schoolchildren, by bus, to schools in other neighbourhoods in order to alleviate social inequalities or to achieve racial integration.
[Verb]
editbusing
1.present participle of bus
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35883
buss
[[English]]
ipa :/bʌs/[Anagrams]
edit
- SSBU, USBs, subs
[Etymology 1]
editOrigin uncertain; possibly ultimately imitative. Compare Persian بوس (būs, “kiss”) and Latin basium (“kiss”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Dutch haringbuis.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Estonian]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editbuss (genitive bussi, partitive bussi)
1.bus, a vehicle to transport people
[Synonyms]
edit
- autobuss
[[Faroese]]
[Noun]
editbuss
1.accusative singular of bussur
2.genitive singular of bussur
[[Latvian]]
[Noun]
editbuss m (1st declension)
1.(slang) bus (vehicle)
[Synonyms]
edit
- autobuss
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editEither a direct shortening of Latin omnibus (“for all”), dative plural of omnis (“all”), or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.
[Etymology 2]
editUncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded".
[References]
edit
- “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “buss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “bus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/bʉsː/[Etymology 1]
editEither a direct shortening of Latin omnibus, "for all", dative plural of omnis, "all", or from English bus, itself a shortening of the Latin word.
[Etymology 2]
editUncertain, perhaps akin to butt, "blunt, thick, rounded".
[Etymology 3]
editPerhaps from Low German or Dutch, compare boezem and its English cognate and equivalent bosom.
[Etymology 4]
editFrom Low German busse, "short case or ring of metal for lining of an axle, shaft or bolt".
[References]
edit
- “buss” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “buss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “bus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Skolt Sami]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editbuss
1.bus
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/bɵs/[Adjective]
editbuss (not comparable)
1.(dated) like an old friend
att vara buss med någon
to be an old friend of someone
[Anagrams]
edit
- subs
[Interjection]
editbuss
1.command to a dog to attack: get, bite, catch
buss på tjuven!
get the thief!
[Noun]
editbuss c
1.a bus, a vehicle to transport people.
kommer inte bussen snart?
doesn't the bus ever arrive?
2.(computing) a bus
3.an (old) soldier or sailor
4.a portion of chewing tobacco
han spottade ut bussen som han hade tuggat på
he spat out the tobacco he'd been chewing
[References]
edit
- buss in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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banding
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbændɪŋ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ngbandi
[Noun]
editbanding (countable and uncountable, plural bandings)
1.A pattern of band-like markings.
You can recognize this species of bird by the banding on the wing.
2.A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic tag to their legs or wings.
3.A division into bands or brackets.
property tax banding
4.The formation of a band or brigade.
5.1848, The Odd-fellows' Offering (page 60)
Was he aiding the man-redeeming movements of the day, the beautiful associations, the useful bandings together for human improvement, love and truth? No.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (technique in study of birds): ringing
[Verb]
editbanding
1.present participle of band
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :/bandiŋ/[Etymology]
editFrom Malay banding (“comparison”).
- For sense of appeal (law), probably a semantic loan from Chinese 告 (“to check; to compare”), a variant of 校 (“to check; to compare”). For comparison, see 上告 (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”) and naik banding (“to appeal”, literally “to raise an appeal”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “banding” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editbanding (first-person possessive bandingku, second-person possessive bandingmu, third-person possessive bandingnya)
1.comparison
Synonyms: imbangan, persamaan, tara
2.(law) appeal: an application to a superior court or judge for a decision or order by an inferior court or judge to be reviewed and overturned.
Synonym: apèl
[[Malay]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Further reading]
edit
- “banding” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
[Noun]
editbanding (plural banding-banding, informal 1st possessive bandingku, impolite 2nd possessive bandingmu, 3rd possessive bandingnya)
1.comparison
2.(Indonesia) synonym of rayuan (“appeal”), see Indonesian banding for more information.
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impeccable
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪmˈpɛkəbəl/[Adjective]
editimpeccable (comparative more impeccable, superlative most impeccable)
1.Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
The only impeccable writers are those who never wrote. - William Hazlitt
He grew up in Norway, but he writes impeccable English.
2.Incapable of wrongdoing or sin; immaculate
It was easy for James V to imprison Lady Glamis, but actually convicting her was far more difficult; her character was impeccable and she was highly respected by all who knew her.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French impeccable, from Latin impeccabilis (“not liable to sin”), from im- (“not”) + peccare (“to err, to sin”).
[Further reading]
edit
- impeccable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- impeccable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impeccable at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:flawless
[[French]]
ipa :/ɛ̃.pɛ.kabl/[Adjective]
editimpeccable (plural impeccables)
1.perfect, faultless, impeccable
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin impeccābilis, from peccāre (whence pécher).
[Further reading]
edit
- “impeccable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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roll over
[[English]]
[Verb]
editroll over (third-person singular simple present rolls over, present participle rolling over, simple past and past participle rolled over)
1.(intransitive) To make a rolling motion or turn.
The SUV rolled completely over.
2.1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
That night, and for many nights after, the Velveteen Rabbit slept in the Boy’s bed. At first he found it rather uncomfortable, for the Boy hugged him very tight, and sometimes he rolled over on him, and sometimes he pushed him so far under the pillow that the Rabbit could scarcely breathe.
3.(transitive) To cause a rolling motion or turn.
The mob rolled the SUV completely over.
4.(intransitive or transitive, usually followed by to) To give in to.
He doesn't meekly roll over to all her demands.
I'm not going to roll over this time.
5.To reinvest funds from a maturing financial security in the same or similar investment.
6.To reinvest funds from a lottery into a subsequent one, because nobody won it
7.(transitive, computing) To move the cursor over.
8.2004, Shaowen Bardzell, Jeffrey Bardzell, Macromedia Studio MX 2004
In this task, you'll revisit the button symbol so that it reacts when the user rolls over it.
9.(intransitive) To increment, especially back to an initial value.
10.2001, Mark Lutz, Programming Python: Object-Oriented Scripting:
[…] to check if the system time has rolled over to the next second.
11.2005, Michael Koryta, Tonight I Said Goodbye:
The dashboard clock rolled over to midnight, and a song lyric popped into my head: lonely midnight drivers, drifting out to sea.
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roll-over
[[English]]
[Noun]
editroll-over (plural roll-overs)
1.Alternative spelling of rollover
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colocate
[[English]]
[Verb]
editcolocate (third-person singular simple present colocates, present participle colocating, simple past and past participle colocated)
1.Alternative spelling of co-locate
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co-locate
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editco- + locate.
[References]
edit
- Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 1997[1]
[Verb]
editco-locate (third-person singular simple present co-locates, present participle co-locating, simple past and past participle co-located)
1.To locate or be located at the same site, for two things or groups, military units, etc.
2.To locate hardware within another company’s facilities.
3.To be in two places at once.
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hacer
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/aˈθeɾ/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Spanish fazer, facer, from Latin facere, active infinitive of the verb faciō (“to do, to make”), from Proto-Italic *fakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). The first-person indicative and present subjunctive may have been influenced by Latin agō.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hacer” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- “hacer” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.
[Noun]
edithacer m (plural haceres)
1.doing, action
[Verb]
edithacer (first-person singular present hago, first-person singular preterite hice, past participle hecho)
1.to do
¿Qué haces?
What are you doing?
No sé que hago.
I don't know what I'm doing.
2.to make (something)
3.to make (eg. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz.
He doesn't know how to make her happy.
Lo hiciste llorar.
You made him cry.
4.(transitive, of the weather) to be
hace frío ― it's cold
hace calor ― it's hot
5.(with de) to play (a part in a play)
6.(reflexive) to become; to get
¡Hazte vegetariano! ― Become vegetarian!
Me haré rico. ― I will get rich.
7.(reflexive) to get used to
8.(reflexive) to sham, dissimulate
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pedazo
[[Galician]]
ipa :[peˈðaθʊ][Etymology]
editFrom Old Galician and Old Portuguese pedaço, from Vulgar Latin pitaccium, metathesis of pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).[1]
[Noun]
editpedazo m (plural pedazos)
1.piece, fragment, part, patch, bit
2.1349, Anselmo López Carreira, Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 296:
per tal condiçon que vos e todas vossas voses que chantedes de viña todo o dito monte que perteensçe aa dita viña que esta por chantar, pedaço e pedaço de cada anno ata que o dito monte seia todo chantado
under the condition that you and your heirs plant with vines all of said wilderness that belongs to said vineyard and which its pending, bit by bit each year till said wilderness is totally planted
Synonyms: anaco, bocado, cacho
3.a little time, a little while
Synonyms: bocado, chisco, pouco
[References]
edit
- “pedaço” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “pedaço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “pedazo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “pedazo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pedazo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991), “pedazo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/peˈdaθo/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Spanish pedaço, from Latin pittacium, from Ancient Greek πιττάκιον (pittákion).
[Further reading]
edit
- “pedazo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editpedazo m (plural pedazos)
1.piece, chunk, hunk, bit, bite (a part of a larger whole)
Synonyms: cacho, pieza, trozo, parte
2.1935, Guillermina Aramburú (lyrics), María Teresa Vera (music), “Veinte años”:
Un amor que se nos va / Es un pedazo del alma / Que se arranca sin piedad
(please add an English translation of this quote)
3.patch (e.g. of sky, cloth, skin, space)
4.scrap (e.g. of paper, information)
5.lump (e.g. of metal, rock, clay, wood)
6.slab (e.g. of meat, of cheese)
7.shard (e.g. of glass, ice)
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bachata
[[English]]
ipa :/bəˈt͡ʃɑːtə/[Etymology]
editFrom Caribbean Spanish bachata (“party, good time”).
[Noun]
editbachata (uncountable)
1.A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
2.2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, in New York Times[1]:
“All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata.
3.A style of dance accompanying this music.
4.2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times[2]:
From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/baˈt͡ʃata/[Etymology]
editShortening of cumbanchata, augmentative of cumbancha (“fiesta, merrymaking”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “bachata” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editbachata f (plural bachatas)
1.bachata
2.(Antilles) party
Synonyms: carrete, farra, fiesta, guateque, jolgorio, juerga, marcha, parranda
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Tejano
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English.
[Further reading]
edit
- Tejanos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tejano music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editTejano (countable and uncountable, plural Tejanos)
1.(historical) A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
2.A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
Synonyms: Texican, Tex-Mexican
Coordinate term: Tejana
3.(music, uncountable) Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.
Synonyms: Tex-Mex music, Tejano music
Coordinate term: norteño
4.2000, David Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz, María Herrera-Sobek, Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends, University of Arizona Press (→ISBN)
Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano record sales worldwide, and the meteoric rise of the young late Tejano recording artist, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.
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flourishing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/[Adjective]
editflourishing (comparative more flourishing, superlative most flourishing)
1.growing, thriving, doing well
a flourishing economy
[Noun]
editflourishing (plural flourishings)
1.The action of the verb flourish; flowering.
[References]
edit
- Oxford Dictionaries [1]
- flourishing at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Synonyms]
edit
- fortunate, prosperous, successful; see also Thesaurus:prosperous
[Verb]
editflourishing
1.present participle of flourish
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prudent
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹuːdənt/[Adjective]
editprudent (comparative more prudent, superlative most prudent)
1.Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.
Synonyms: careful, considerate, discreet; see also Thesaurus:cautious
2.1864, Jules Verne, chapter 30, in Around the World in 80 Days[1]:
He did not hesitate what to do. It would be prudent to continue on to Omaha, for it would be dangerous to return to the train, which the Indians might still be engaged in pillaging.
3.1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce
Moses established a grave and prudent law.
4.Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:wise
His prudent career moves reliably brought him to the top.
5.Frugal, economical.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frugal
Antonym: extravagant
Only prudent expenditure may provide quality within a restrictive budget.
[Anagrams]
edit
- prunted, uptrend
[Antonyms]
edit
- imprudent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English prudent, from Old French prudent, from Latin prūdēns, contracted from prōvidēns (“foresight”) (English providence), the past participle of prōvideō (“I forsee”). Unrelated to prude. Doublet of provident.
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editprudent (masculine and feminine plural prudents)
1.prudent
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin prūdēns.
[Further reading]
edit
- “prudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prudent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “prudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁy.dɑ̃/[Adjective]
editprudent (feminine singular prudente, masculine plural prudents, feminine plural prudentes)
1.prudent, careful, cautious
[Antonyms]
edit
- imprudent
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin prūdēns, prūdēntem.
[Further reading]
edit
- “prudent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Romanian]]
ipa :/pruˈdent/[Adjective]
editprudent m or n (feminine singular prudentă, masculine plural prudenți, feminine and neuter plural prudente)
1.prudent, careful, cautious
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French prudent.
[Synonyms]
edit
- precaut, atent, îngrijit
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rechristen
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- christener
[Etymology]
editre- + christen
[Verb]
editrechristen (third-person singular simple present rechristens, present participle rechristening, simple past and past participle rechristened)
1.christen again
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cran
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Carn, NRCA, cRNA, carn, crna, narc
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Goidelic. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Etymology 2]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[[French]]
ipa :/kʁɑ̃/[Etymology]
editDeverbal of créner (“to kern”), from crenedes (“notched”), from Vulgar Latin *crinare, probably of Celtic/Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krini-, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (“to divide, separate”).[1] Or, less likely, from Latin cernō (“I separate”), itself from the same root.[2]
[Further reading]
edit
- “cran” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editcran m (plural crans)
1.notch
2.(firearms) safety catch
3.(belt) hole
4.(hair) wave
5.(colloquial) guts, bottle, courage
Ce garçon a du cran, pour oser sauter en parachute.
This boy has guts, jumping with the parachute.
6.1998, Ol Kainry (lyrics), “Agrévolution”, in Ce n’est que l’début, performed by Agression Verbale:
Tu sais pourquoi on voit grand, depuis qu’on est grand, qu’on a du cran / C’est que la merde nous a pendu, on est adolescent / Cran d’arrêt en guise de porte bonheur
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[References]
edit
1. ^ “cranny”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “cranny”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Old English]]
ipa :/krɑn/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *kranō.
[Noun]
editcran m
1.crane (bird)
Se cran wæs standende on ānum sċancan.
The crane was standing on one leg.
Oft man ġehīerþ cranas lange ǣr hē hīe ġesiehþ.
You often hear cranes long before you see them.
Þā cranas wyrċaþ heora nest on ċiriċena belhūsum.
The cranes make their nests in the bell towers of churches.
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programmatic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editprogrammatic (not comparable)
1.Of, relating to, or using a step-by-step program, especially a computer program.
2.2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecy010, page 489:
This allows programmatic tabulation of senses concerned with RELIGION, or ISLAM, or FESTIVALS, or any combination of these.
3.(music) Of, or relating to program music.
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perchance
[[English]]
ipa :/pɜː(ɹ)ˈtʃɑːns/[Adverb]
editperchance (not comparable)
1.perhaps; by chance
2.1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:
A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English parchaunce, from Old French par cheance (“by chance”).
[Synonyms]
edit
- by any chance
- maybe
- peradventure
- perhaps
- possibly
- mayhap
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unquestioned
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editunquestioned (comparative more unquestioned, superlative most unquestioned)
1.(of a person) Not subjected to an interrogation
2.(of a fact) Accepted without question; indisputable
[Alternative forms]
edit
- unquæstioned (archaic)
[Etymology]
editun- + questioned.
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full-bore
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editfull-bore (not comparable)
1.Thoroughgoing; complete; total.
The problem had grown into a full-bore crisis.
He is full-bore environmental activist.
2.(of a firearm) Having a relatively large caliber.
Mounted on the wall was a full-bore elephant gun.
[Adverb]
editfull-bore (not comparable)
1.At top speed; with full power.
The car raced full-bore into oncoming traffic.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- full bore
[References]
edit
- “full-bore” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
[Synonyms]
edit
- full-blown
- full-fledgededit
- full tilt boogie
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bore
[[English]]
ipa :/bɔɹ/[Anagrams]
edit
- Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, robe
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen. Boring a hole through a wooden plank with an auger.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”). Cognate with Icelandic bára, Faroese bára.
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Cornish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Compare Breton beure, Old Irish báireach and Old Irish bárach, whence i mbáireach and i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amáireach (Munster, Connaught) and Irish amárach (Donegal).
[Mutation]
edit Mutation of bore
[Noun]
editbore m
1.morning
[[Czech]]
ipa :/borɛ/[Anagrams]
edit
- oreb, robe
[Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
1. ^ Čmejrková, Světla; Hoffmannová, Jana; Klímová, Jana (2013) Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním (in Czech), →ISBN, page 433
[[Dutch]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- boer, Ebro, robe, ober
[Verb]
editbore
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of boren
[[French]]
ipa :/bɔʁ/[Anagrams]
edit
- orbe, robe, robé
[Etymology]
editCoined by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard in 1808, from the same root but independently of English boron.
[Further reading]
edit
- “bore” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editbore m (uncountable)
1.boron
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/ˈbɔːr(ə)/[Etymology 1]
editA back-formation from boren; reinforced by Old Norse bora.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse bora
[References]
edit
- “bore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Verb]
editbore (imperative bor, present tense borer, simple past and past participle bora or boret, present participle borende)
1.to bore or drill (make a hole through something)
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Verb]
editbore
1.past participle of bera
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈbɔrɛ/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Compare Breton beure, Old Irish bárach (whence i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amáireach and amárach).
[Mutation]
edit
[Noun]
editbore m (plural boreau)
1.morning
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up-and-comer
[[English]]
[Noun]
editup-and-comer (plural up-and-comers)
1.(idiomatic) someone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to become even more successful in the future
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weave
[[English]]
ipa :/wiːv/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”). Cognates:Cognate with Saterland Frisian weeuwe, West Frisian weve, Dutch weven, German weben, Danish væve, Swedish väva, Norwegian Nynorsk veva, Icelandic vefa.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English weven (“to wander”); probably from Old Norse veifa (“move around, wave”), related to Latin vibrare.
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gumby
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- by gum
[Noun]
editgumby (plural gumbies)
1.(climbing, sometimes derogatory) An inexperienced climber.
2.1984, Steve Roper, Ascent: The Mountaineering Experience in Word and Image, page 61:
Eddy Delwood wove an exaggerated tale about him. It was a story about the day's big climb.
"So the gumby's up there fifteen minutes now...He's not movin', just standin' there."
3.2008, V. M. Jones, Out of Reach, page 230:
"Beattie...What's a gumby?"
"It's what I thought you were the first day: a beginner, a rookie, green as grass and wet behind the ears. Something you've never been, Spider-Man. Though the way you climbed just now...well..."
4.2011, Stephen E. Schmid, Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone, page 155:
You do notice one guy (not a gumby, he's done A5 climbs) who doesn't really hoist any equipment, never leads the climb, never finds routes, and conveniently forgets to bring his ropes.
5.2018, Sarah Nicole Lemon, Valley Girls, page 183:
Caroline was silent. Probably standing there, watching with pity. Or maybe she'd left. Why would she stay to watch the gumby climb anyway?
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illicit
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈlɪsɪt/[Adjective]
editillicit (comparative more illicit, superlative most illicit)
1.(law) Not approved by law, but not invalid.
The bigamous marriage, while illicit, was not invalid.
2.2008 January 8, Albright, Madeleine, Memo to the President Elect: How We Can Restore America's Reputation and Leadership, New York: HarperCollins, →ISBN, OL 9952500M, page 225:
Such migrants may violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do then they are trespassers, not criminals.
3.Breaking social norms.
4.1993, Clark, Alan, Diaries: In Power 1983-1992, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, OL 1046930M:
I only can properly enjoy carol services if I am having an illicit affair with someone in the congregation.
5.Unlawful.
6.2010 July 29, McDonald, Ian, The Dervish House[1], →ISBN, OL 25418126M:
Ayşe Erkoç learned long ago that the secret of doing anything illicit in Istanbul is to do it in full public gaze in the clear light of day. No one ever questions the legitimacy of the blatant.
[Anagrams]
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- illitic
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French illicite, from Latin illicitus, from in- (“not”) + licitus (“allowed, permitted”), from licet (“it is allowed”).
[Noun]
editillicit (plural illicits)
1.A banned or unlawful item.
2.2011, Shane Darke, The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes:
A large number of studies, however, have reported that it is rare for the user of 'hard' drugs not to have initiated cannabis use prior to the other illicits.
[Synonyms]
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- criminal
- illegal
- illegitimate
- prohibited
- unlawful
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editillicit
1.third-person singular present active indicative of illiciō
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sovereignty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɒv.ɹən.ti/[Alternative forms]
edit
- soveraigntie (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English sovereynte, from Anglo-Norman sovereyneté, from Old French souveraineté, from soverain.
[Noun]
editsovereignty (countable and uncountable, plural sovereignties)
1.Of a polity: the state of making laws and controlling resources without the coercion of other nations.
Synonyms: autarchy, independence, nationality, nationhood
2.2019, Manuel Valls, What have Britain and Catalonia got in common? Delusions of independence in the Guardian
In today’s interconnected economies and societies, a formal independence is the opposite of gaining real sovereignty and control. This is because the excluded party would be absent from the table when decisions are made, unable to participate as choices are taken that, sooner or later, will affect them.
3.Of a ruler: supreme authority over all things.
4.c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, 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 II, scene ii], page 8, column 2:
But Fortune, oh, / She is corrupted, chang’d, and wonne from thee, / Sh’adulterates hourely with thine Vnckle Iohn, / And with her golden hand hath pluckt on France / To tread downe faire reſpect of Soueraigntie, / And made his Maieſtie the bawd to theirs.
5.Of a person: the liberty to decide one's thoughts and actions.
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customs
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌstəmz/[Etymology 1]
editPlural of custom. Perhaps influenced by or taken as a corruption of customhouse, from Middle English custome hous.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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custom
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkʌstəm/[Adjective]
editcustom (not comparable)
1.Created under particular specifications, specially to fit one's needs: specialized, unique, custom-made.
My feet are very large, so I need custom shoes.
2.Own, personal, not standard or premade.
We can embroider a wide range of ready designs or a custom logo.
3.(archaic) Accustomed; usual.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English custume, borrowed from Anglo-Norman custume, from Old French coustume, from a Vulgar Latin *cōnsuētūmen or *costūmen, from Latin cōnsuētūdinem, accusative singular of cōnsuētūdō (“custom, habit”), from cōnsuēscō (“accustom, habituate”), from con- (“with”) + suēscō (“become used or accustomed to”). First element con- derives from cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“with, along”). Second element suēscō is from Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sk-, from *swé (“self”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”); related to Latin suus (“one's own, his own”). Displaced native Middle English wune, wone (“custom, habit, practice”) (from Old English wuna (“custom, habit, practice, rite”)), Middle English side, sid (“custom”) (from Old English sidu, sido (“custom, note, manner”)), Middle English cure (“custom, choice, preference”) (from Old English cyre (“choice, choosing, free will”)). Doublet of costume and consuetude.Adjective form circa 1830.
[Further reading]
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- custom in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- custom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Noun]
editcustom (countable and uncountable, plural customs)
1.Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 16:21:
And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
3.1847, Alfred Tennyson, The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 2024748, part 6:
Moved beyond his custom, Gama said
4.c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, 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 I, scene iv]:
A custom
More honour'd in the breach than the observance.
5.Traditional beliefs or rituals
The Ancient Egyptian culture had many distinctive and interesting beliefs and customs.
6.(Britain) Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, factory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
7.September 28, 1710, Joseph Addison, The Whig Examiner No. 3
Let him have your custom, but not your votes.
8.(law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
9.1888, Wharton, Francis, A Commentary on the Law of Evidence in Civil Issues, volume 2, third edition, page 188:
The distinction between custom and usage it that usage is a fact and custom is a law. There can be usage without custom, but not custom without usage.
10.(obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
11.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, 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 II, scene ii]:
Age can not wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety.
12.(archaic, uncountable) Toll, tax, or tribute.
13.1769, Bible, Authorised King James Version, Oxford standard text, Romans, xiii, 7:
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
[Related terms]
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- consuetude
- costumal
- costume
- customary
- customer
- customization
- customize
[Synonyms]
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- fashion
- habit
- wone
- practice
- usage
- wont
[Verb]
editcustom (third-person singular simple present customs, present participle customing, simple past and past participle customed)
1.(transitive, obsolete) To make familiar; to accustom.
2.a. 1771 (written, published posthumously) Thomas Gray, Agrippina
Have not forgot your sire; the eye of Rome
And the Prætorian camp have long revered,
With customed awe the daughter, sister, wife,
And mother of their Cæsars
3.(transitive, obsolete) To supply with customers.
4.1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], OCLC 932932554, folio 52, recto:
But yet a man might reply, that if a Shooemaker ſhould haue no Shooes in his Shoppe, but onely worke, as hee is beſpoken, hee ſhould bee weakley cuſtomed.
5.(transitive, obsolete) To pay the customs of.
6.(intransitive, obsolete) To have a custom.
7.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for VVilliam Ponsonby, OCLC 932900760, book V, canto II, stanza 7, page 198:
For on a Bridge he cuſtometh to fight, / Which is but narrow, but exceeding long; / And in the ſame are many trap fals pight, / Through which the rider downe doth fall through ouerſight.
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withstand
[[English]]
ipa :/wɪðˈstænd/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English withstanden, from Old English wiþstandan, equivalent to with- (“against”) + stand. Compare Dutch weerstaan (“to withstand, repel”), German widerstehen (“to withstand, resist, defy”).
[Verb]
editwithstand (third-person singular simple present withstands, present participle withstanding, simple past and past participle withstood)
1.(transitive) To resist or endure (something) successfully.
2.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 65:
Tests showed that a tin ceiling could withstand a temperature of 1,369° for an hour and 10 minutes, whereas plaster collapsed in 12 minutes.
3.2014 October 26, Jeff Howell, “Is the Japanese knotweed threat exaggerated? Our troubleshooter calls for calm about Japanese knotweed in the garden – and moss on the roof [print version: Don't panic about an overhyped invasion, 25 October 2014, p. P13]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)[1]:
Some old, underfired clay pantiles might be damaged by button mosses rooting in cracks and fissures. But most post-war tiles are hard enough to withstand a bit of moss growth.
4.To oppose (something) forcefully.
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insurmountable
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editinsurmountable (comparative more insurmountable, superlative most insurmountable)
1.Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable
Synonym: (archaic and rare) unsurmountable
Antonym: surmountable
Getting everybody to agree proved to be an insurmountable difficulty.
[Etymology]
editin- + surmountable
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dominion
[[English]]
ipa :/dəˈmɪnjən/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English dominion, from Middle French dominion, from Medieval Latin dominio, equiv. to Latin dominium (“lordship, right of ownership”), from dominus (“lord”), from domus (“house”). See demain, demesne, domain, dominium.
[Noun]
editdominion (countable and uncountable, plural dominions)
1.Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
2.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Daniel 4:34, column 1:
And at the end of the dayes, I Nebuchad-nezzar lift vp mine eyes vnto heauen, and mine vnderſtanding returned vnto me, and I bleſſed the moſt high, and I praiſed, and honoured him that liueth for euer, whoſe dominion is an euerlaſting dominion, and his kingdome is from generation to generation.
3.1881, Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides Translated into English
To choose between dominion or slavery.
4.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[1]:
'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and those who breathe therein.'
5.predominance; ascendancy
6.1695, John Dryden, transl., Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy:
Objects placed foremost ought […] have dominion over things which are confus'd and transient.
7.(sometimes figuratively) A kingdom, nation, or other sphere of influence; governed territory.
the dominions of a king the dominion of the passions
8.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, page 137:
Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!
9.(taxonomy) kingdom
10.(biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above virtues and below thrones.
Synonym: domination
11.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Colossians 1:16, column 2:
For by him were all things created […], whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.
[[Finnish]]
[Noun]
editdominion
1.Genitive singular form of dominio.
[[French]]
ipa :/dɔ.mi.njɔ̃/[Noun]
editdominion m (plural dominions)
1.dominion
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English dominion, from Latin dominium
[Noun]
editdominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominioner or dominions, definite plural dominionene)
1.a dominion
[References]
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- “dominion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “dominion” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English dominion, from Latin dominium
[Noun]
editdominion m (definite singular dominionen, indefinite plural dominionar, definite plural dominionane)
1.a dominion
[References]
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- “dominion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French dominion
[Noun]
editdominion n (plural dominioane)
1.dominion
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eponymous
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪˈpɒnɪməs/[Adjective]
editeponymous (comparative more eponymous, superlative most eponymous)
1.Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which something or someone is named; serving as an eponym.
2.2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 24:
Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.
Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἐπώνυμος (epṓnumos), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma), Aeolic variant of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). See -onym.
[Further reading]
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- “eponymous”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[References]
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- “eponymous”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
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