36516
buy off
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- bouffy
[Verb]
editbuy off (third-person singular simple present buys off, present participle buying off, simple past and past participle bought off)
1.(transitive) To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
2.1742, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The history and proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to the present time, Volume 8, page 166:
Then, Sir, as to Bribery and Corruption at Elections ... every Elector has a natural Byass to vote for one Man rather than another, and every Elector will vote according to his natural Byass, if he is not bought off: whoever endeavours to buy him off, must certainly come up to his Price, and this Price will be higher or lower, according to the Elector's Honour and Circumstances, and the natural Byass he has for the other Candidate. A great many Men may be perhaps bought off with 100 or 1000 Guineas, who, if half that sum were offered, would spurn it away with an honest Disdain.
3.(transitive) To gain release for (a person) from military service by payment of money.
Synonym: buy out
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buy-off
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- bouffy
[Noun]
editbuy-off (plural buy-offs)
1.An act of, or method of, buying someone off; a bribe.
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afford
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈfoɹd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- afoord, affoord, affoard, affowrd (all obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English afforthen, aforthen, avorthien, from earlier iforthen, iforthien, ȝeforthien, from Old English forþian, ġeforþian (“to further, accomplish, afford”), from Proto-Germanic *furþōną, from Proto-Germanic *furþą (“forth, forward”), equivalent to a- + forth. Cognate with Old Norse forða (“to forward oneself, save oneself, escape danger”), Icelandic forða (“to save, rescue”).
[Verb]
editafford (third-person singular simple present affords, present participle affording, simple past and past participle afforded)
1.To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough.
I think we can afford the extra hour it will take. We can only afford to buy a small car at the moment.
2.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314:
“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic? […]”
3.1981, Wizardry: A Game of Fantasy and Adventure [user manual][1], Ryan Press, page 19:
If a party member can afford the fee, then the syncophants[sic] will go to work.
4.To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury.
Alfred affords his goods cheaper than Bantock.
5.To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue.
Grapes afford wine. Olives afford oil. The earth affords fruit. The sea affords an abundant supply of fish.
6.To give, grant, or confer, with a remoter reference to its being the natural result; to provide; to furnish.
A good life affords consolation in old age.
7.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
8.1940 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: Running Powers”, in Railway Magazine, page 318:
This was done, and in many cases still is done by the main-line railway groups, through the exercise of running powers, which on application to Parliament by the company using them have been granted for the express purpose of affording this access without the necessity for building independent tracks. In other cases, such running powers have been granted without recourse to Parliament, by voluntary agreement between the parties.
9.1960 June, “Motive Power Miscellany: Eastern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 376:
The 2,800 h.p. Brush "Falcon" diesel-electric prototype Co-Co with two Bristol-Siddeley-Maybach high-speed engines will be afforded facilities for service trials on the G.N. main line when it makes its debut - in the autumn of this year, if construction proceeds according to schedule.
10.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
Writing a “Treehouse of Horror” segment has to be both exhilarating and daunting. It’s exhilarating because it affords writers all the freedom in the world.
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canon
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæn.ən/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ancon, Conan, ancon
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English canoun, from Old French canon, from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew קָנֶה (qane, “reed”) and Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh, “reed”)). Doublet of qanun. See also cane.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English canoun, ultimately from Latin canonicus (either by shortening or back-formation from Old English canonic, or via Old Northern French canoine).
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “canon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “canon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ˈkaː.nɔn/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).
[Noun]
editcanon m (plural canons, diminutive canonnetje n)
1.canon (set of representative or pre-eminent literary works)
1.(chiefly Christianity) canon (set of authoritative religious books, especially those constituting the Bible)(Christianity) canon (religious law)(music) canon (round, music piece consisting of the same melody sung by different voices)(Roman Catholicism) canon (part of a mass following the Sanctus up to the end of the Pater Noster, consisting mostly of prayers)(dated) canon (principle, rule)
[[French]]
ipa :/ka.nɔ̃/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old French canon, from canne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French canon, borrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).The 'attractive person' sense comes from an ellipsis of canon de beauté.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom the above noun (see sense 4) by conversion.
[Etymology 4]
editcanne + -on.
[Further reading]
edit
- “canon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈka.noːn/[Etymology 1]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”), akin to κάννα (kánna, “reed”), perhaps from Semitic (compare Hebrew קנה (qaneh, “reed”)).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom canna (“pipe”), compare Italian cannone and Old French canon.
[References]
edit
- canon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- canon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- canon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “canon”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/kaˈnoːn/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle French canon, from Italian cannone, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû, “reed”), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[[Norman]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French canon.
[Noun]
editcanon m (plural canons)
1.cannon
[[Old French]]
[Etymology 1]
editcanne + -on, corresponding to Italian cannone.
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from Latin canōn, from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”).
1.canon
[Noun]
editcanon m (oblique plural canons, nominative singular canons, nominative plural canon)
1.tube
2.cannon
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Greek κανών (kanón), possibly partly through a South Slavic language intermediate.
[Noun]
editcanon n (plural canoane)
1.canon
2.(usually in regards to religion) tenet, dogma, rule, norm, precept
3.punishment or penance for breaking such a religious rule
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈkanon/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin canōn[1], from Ancient Greek κανών (kanṓn, “measuring rod, standard”) (compare κάννα (kánna, “reed”)), perhaps of Semitic origin.
[Further reading]
edit
- “canon” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editcanon m (plural cánones)
1.canon (principle, literary works, prayer, religious law, music piece)
Synonyms: norma, precepto, regla
2.tax, fee
[References]
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1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/ˈkanɔn/[Alternative forms]
edit
- canasom (literary, first-person plural)
- canasant (literary, third-person plural)
[Mutation]
edit
[Verb]
editcanon
1.(colloquial) first-person plural preterite of canu
2.(colloquial) third-person plural preterite of canu
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time of day
[[English]]
[Noun]
edittime of day (plural times of day)
1.The time according to the clock.
2.A loosely specified period of time, minutes or hours in duration, especially daytime, or point in time.
"At what time of day and year are the winds strongest?" / "Winter mornings, I think."
She would fold laundry at this time of day.
I love that time of day. The light is magical.
3.The greeting appropriate to the time of day.
That girl walking down the street wouldn't give me the time of day.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (time according to the clock): time, clock time, o'clock (mostly dialect)
- (loosely specified period of time): time
- (loosely specified point in time): time, hour
- (greetings appropriate to the time of day):
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equirectangular
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editequirectangular (not comparable)
1.(cartography) Mapping meridians to equally-spaced vertical straight lines, and circles of latitude to evenly-spread horizontal straight lines.
[Etymology]
editequi- + rectangular
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diaphragm
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdaɪəˌfɹæm/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek διάφραγμα (diáphragma, “partition”), from διά (diá, “across”) and φράγμα (phrágma, “barrier”), from the verb φράσσω (phrássō).
[Gallery]
edit
- The thoracic diaphragm.
- A contraceptive diaphragm.
- A mechanical diaphragm.
- An acoustic diaphragm.
[Noun]
editdiaphragm (plural diaphragms)
1.(anatomy) In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
2.(anatomy) Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
3.A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
4.(mechanics) A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
5.(acoustics) In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
6.(optics, photography) A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
7.(chemistry) A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
8.1921, Wilder Dwight Bancroft, Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory[1], page 207:
The mass of liquid transported through a porous diaphragm in a given time is directly proportional to the current.
9.(construction) A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
[Verb]
editdiaphragm (third-person singular simple present diaphragms, present participle diaphragming, simple past and past participle diaphragmed)
1.(optics, photography) To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
2.1870, D. Appleton & Co., Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1869[2], page 43:
He employs an equatorial with an object-glass having a focal length of five metres, and which was diaphragmed down to eight centimetres.
3.To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
4.1996, Tom Drozda et al., Tool and Manufacturing Engineers Handbook, vol. VIII: Plastic Part Manufacturing[3], →ISBN, page 16-24:
The holes and burning are caused by the part diaphragming at 20000-40000 cycles/second.
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fluorine
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈflʊ(ə)ɹˌin, -ɪn/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin fluor (“flow”) + -ine. Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1813.
[Noun]
editfluorine (countable and uncountable, plural fluorines)English Wikipedia has an article on:fluorineWikipedia
1.
2.(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol F) with an atomic number of 9. It is the lightest of the halogens, a pale yellow-green, highly reactive gas that attacks all metals.
Hypernym: halogen
3.(chemistry, countable) A single atom of this element.
an octahedron of fluorines
[References]
edit
- Fluorine on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
[See also]
edit
- fluorene
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CMOS
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsiːmɒs/[Alternative forms]
edit
- C-MOS
[Anagrams]
edit
- .coms, MCOs, OMCs, coms, mocs
[Etymology]
editC, for complementary, + MOS
[Further reading]
edit
- CMOS on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editCMOS (uncountable)
1.(electronics) Abbreviation of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor.editCMOS (uncountable)
1.(photography) a CMOS based image sensor
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CMO
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- .com, COM, Com., MCO, MOC, OMC, com, com-, com., moc
[Noun]
editCMO (countable and uncountable, plural CMOs)
1.(finance) Initialism of collateralized mortgage obligation.
2.(US, military) Initialism of civil-military operations (“a military activity”).
3.(manufacturing) Initialism of contract manufacturing organization.
4.2015, Anselm Gaynor, "Advanced Filtration Optimizes High-Viscosity BFS", Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, September 2015, Putnam Media, page 15:
Unolab Manufacturing S.L., a Spanish CMO dedicated to the manufacture of sterile monodose parenteral products, offers its customers....
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Vanderbilt
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Dutch van Der Bilt (“from De Bilt, Netherlands”).
[Proper noun]
editVanderbilt (plural Vanderbilts)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Vanderbilt is the 15947th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1822 individuals. Vanderbilt is most common among White (77.88%) and Black/African American (17.73%) individuals.
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phenomenal
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editphenomenal (comparative more phenomenal, superlative most phenomenal)
1.(colloquial) Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing.
2.(sciences) Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience.
3.(philosophy) Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- phænomenal (archaic)
[Etymology]
editphenomenon + -al
[Synonyms]
edit
- (very remarkable): awesome (slang)
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dop
[[English]]
ipa :/dɒp/[Anagrams]
edit
- -pod, DPO, ODP, PDO, PO'd, POD, po'd, pod, pod-
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English doppe, from Old English *doppa (“diver”), as in Old English dūfedoppa (“pelican”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English doppen, from Old English *doppian (“to dip, dive, plunge”), related to Old English doppettan (“to dip, dip in, immerse”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Dutch dop, Dutch doppen.
[See also]
edit
- dop kit
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/dɔp/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Dutch doppe.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Ido]]
ipa :/dop/[Antonyms]
edit
- avan
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian dopo.
[Preposition]
editdop
1.behind, after (in place), back of
L'automobilo esas dop la parieto.
The car is behind the wall.
[[Indonesian]]
ipa :[ˈdɔp][Etymology]
editFrom Dutch dop.
[Further reading]
edit
- “dop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
[Noun]
editdop (first-person possessive dopku, second-person possessive dopmu, third-person possessive dopnya)
1.A cap of axis.
2.An arc lamp.
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Transylvanian Saxon Dop (“stopper”).
[Noun]
editdop n (plural dopuri)
1.A cork (of a bottle), stopper
[Synonyms]
edit
- astupuș (popular)
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editRelated to doppa (to dip), döpa (to baptize).
[Noun]
editdop n
1.A baptism, a christening ceremony.
[References]
edit
- dop in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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36550
turn over
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- overturn
[Etymology]
editto turn + over
[Verb]
editturn over (third-person singular simple present turns over, present participle turning over, simple past and past participle turned over)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, over.
2.To flip over; to rotate uppermost to bottom.
Turn over the box and look at the bottom.
3.(transitive, idiomatic) To relinquish; give back.
They turned over the evidence to the authorities.
4.(transitive, idiomatic) To transfer.
5.1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. IX, Working Aristocracy
But what is to be done with our manufacturing population […] This one thing, of doing for them by ‘underselling all people,’ and filling our own bursten pockets and appetites by the road; and turning over all care for any ‘population,’ or human or divine consideration except cash only, to the winds, with a “Laissez-faire” and the rest of it: this is evidently not the thing.
6.(transitive, idiomatic) To produce, complete, or cycle through.
They can turn over about three hundred units per hour.
7.(transitive, business) To generate (a certain amount of money from sales).
The business turned over £1m last year.
8.(transitive) To mull, ponder
9.1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
Thus they dwelled for nearly a year, and in that time Robin Hood often turned over in his mind many means of making an even score with the Sheriff
10.(transitive, intransitive) To spin the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine using the starter or hand crank in an attempt to make it run.
11.(transitive, sports) To give up control (of the ball and thus the ability to score).
The Giants didn't turn the ball over in their last four games.
12.(transitive) To cause extensive disturbance or disruption to (a room, storage place, etc.), e.g. while searching for an item, or ransacking a property.
I've turned over the whole place, but I still can't find my glasses.
Thieves turned over the apartment while the owners were away on holiday.
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retain
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈteɪn/[Anagrams]
edit
- Reitan, atrine, ratiné, retina, tanier, tearin', tin ear
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French, Old French retenir, from Vulgar Latin *retinīre, from Latin retineō (“hold back”), from re- + teneō (“to hold”)
[Synonyms]
edit
- keep
[Verb]
editretain (third-person singular simple present retains, present participle retaining, simple past and past participle retained)
1.(transitive) To keep in possession or use.
2.1596, [attributed to William Shakespeare; Thomas Kyd], The Raigne of King Edvvard the Third: […], London: […] [T. Scarlet] for Cuthbert Burby, OCLC 1203266930, [Act I, scene i]:
Robert of Artoys baniſht though thou be, / From Fraunce thy natiue Country, yet with vs, / Thou ſhalt retayne as great a Seigniorie: / For we create thee Earle of Richmond heere, [...]
3.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
Be obedient, and retain / Unalterably firm his love entire.
4.1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, first published 1856, Part III Chapter XI
A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.
5.1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Metropolitan service revised”, in Trains Illustrated, page 584:
The electric locomotives, which have been a familiar sight for so many years, are to be withdrawn from passenger service, but a few will be retained for miscellaneous non-passenger duties.
6.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess[1]:
The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
7.(transitive) To keep in one's pay or service.
8.1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 1051505315:
A Benedictine convent has now retained the most learned father of their order to write in its defence.}}
9.(transitive) To employ by paying a retainer.
10.(transitive) To hold secure.
11.(transitive, education) To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year.
12.(obsolete) To restrain; to prevent.
13.1677 June 28, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Cure of Gout by Moxa. […]”, in Miscellanea. The First Part. [...], 3rd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], and Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1691, OCLC 1113628240, page 331:
preceeded or followed the Words we retain and desire to make up
14.(intransitive, obsolete) To belong; to pertain.
15.1661, Robert Boyle, A Physico-chemical Essay, Containing an Experiment Touching the Differing Parts and. Redintegration of Salt-Petre
A somewhat languid relish, retaining to bitterness.
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nothingburger
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editnothingburger (not comparable)
1.(informal) bland or unremarkable in appearance
2.1970, Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the New Single Girl, B. Geis Associates, page 186:
Well, I think better a splendid fake than those little-bitty, itsy-poo nothing burger gold dinkies you wear only because they're real.
3.1981, American Photographer, volume 27, CBS Publications:
There are some good pictures here but the Brand-X reproduction and nothingburger design reduces the overall look to a clutter...
4.1984, Car & Driver, volume 30:
For years you have touted anemic nothing-burger cars because they "cornered" and "handled".
5.1994, Helen Gurley Brown, The Late Show: A Practical, Semiwild Survival Guide for Every Woman in Her Prime Or Approaching It, Avon, page 285:
I just know about small busy squares or rectangles with computers, word processors, files and telephones, gray, beige or brown really nothingburger desks.
6.(informal) disreputable, as of a person
7.2013, Steve Ulfelder, Shotgun Lullaby, Macmillan, page 118:
You can help me figure out why a pro like you, who looks to've spent time in some serious places, is babysitting Charlie Pundo's nothingburger baby-raping turd of a son.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- nothing burger, nothing-burger
[Etymology]
editMetaphorical use of a burger missing a patty (compare Where's the beef?), coined by Hollywood movie columnist Louella Parsons and first used in her daily gossip column "Louella's Move-Go-'Round" of June 1, 1953.
[Noun]
editnothingburger (plural nothingburgers)
1.(informal) A person who is a nonentity.
2.1953 June 1, Louella O. Parsons, “Louella's Move-Go-'Round: Goldwyn Throws In Sponge, Gives Farley Granger U-Month Release”, in Albuquerque Journal, page 5, column 1:
After all, if it hadn’t been for Sam Goldwyn Farley might very well be a nothingburger.
3.2014, Fannie Flagg, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, →ISBN, page 278:
I've had two fantastic mothers—one a hero who flew planes—and I turned out to be just a big nothingburger with no courage at all.
4.(informal) Something of less importance than its treatment suggests.
5.1984, Congressional Record, US Congress, page 21664:
She calls NACOA a "joke" and a "nothingburger" ...
6.1993, Appalachian Journal[1], volume 21, page 104:
Browner admitted that the new policies would have no impact ... Kaufman ... called Browner's announcement "a nothingburger."
7.2005 October 17, Don Tennant, “Just Wondering”, in Computerworld[2], page 26:
... the announcement was "a model for how well-known companies can make a major media event out of a nothingburger."
8.2017 March 15, Cillizza, Chris, “This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger”, in The Washington Post[3] (heading), retrieved 15 March 2017:
This 2005 Donald Trump tax return is a total nothingburger
9.2017 June 28, Newsweek[4], Newsweek:
The two shake hands and Jones is asked: "What do you think is going to happen this week with the whole Russia thing?" Jones responds: "The Russia thing is just a big nothing burger."
10.(informal) A person or object that is bland or unremarkable in appearance or impact.
11.1991, Helen Gurley Brown, Cosmopolitan[5], volume 210:
Except for Easter, isn't March kind of a nothingburger (unless your birthday is in it!) month?
12.2007, Lucinda Rosenfeld, What She Saw..., Knopf Doubleday, page 60:
That's how ugly she was—ugly by virtue of the fact that she was unmemorable, a slab of alabaster awaiting a sculptor who never arrived, a "nothing burger" if ever there was one.
[Synonyms]
edit
- nothing sandwich
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cog
[[English]]
ipa :/kɒɡ/[Anagrams]
edit
- CGO, OGC
[Etymology 1]
edit Cogwheel showing the teeth (cogs).From Middle English cogge, from Old Norse [Term?] (compare Norwegian kugg (“cog”), Swedish kugg, kugge (“cog, tooth”)), from Proto-Germanic *kuggō (compare Dutch kogge (“cogboat”), German Kock), from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (“hump, ball”) (compare Lithuanian gugà (“pommel, hump, hill”)), from *gēw- (“to bend, arch”).The meaning of “cog” in carpentry derives from association with a tooth on a cogwheel.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English cogge, from Middle Dutch kogge, cogghe (modern kogge), from Proto-Germanic *kuggō (compare German Kock (“cogboat”), Norwegian kugg (“cog (gear tooth)”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (“hump, ball”) (compare Lithuanian gugà (“pommel, hump, hill”)), from *gēw- (“to bend, arch”). See etymology 1 above.
[Etymology 3]
editUncertain origin. Both verb and noun appear first in 1532.
[Etymology 4]
edit
[[Irish]]
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from cogadh (“war”).
[Further reading]
edit
- “cog” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 158.
[Mutation]
edit
[Verb]
editcog (present analytic cogann, future analytic cogfaidh, verbal noun cogadh, past participle cogtha)
1.(rare or archaic) to war, wage war
[[Middle English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French cogue, itself from Middle Dutch kogge.
[Further reading]
edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
[Noun]
editcog
1.a ship of burden, or war with a round, bulky hull
2.a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034:
As the Kynge was in his cog and lay in his caban, he felle in a slumberyng […].
[[Scottish Gaelic]]
[Etymology]
editBack-formation from cogadh (“war, fighting”).
[Verb]
editcog (past chog, future cogaidh, verbal noun cogadh, past participle cogte)
1.fight
[[Welsh]]
ipa :/koːɡ/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle Welsh coc, from Proto-Brythonic *kog, ultimately imitative, similar to Old High German kā (“crow, jackdaw”), Middle Low German kâ (“crow, jackdaw”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle Welsh coc, from Proto-Brythonic *kog, from Latin coquus.
[Further reading]
edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
[Mutation]
edit
[Synonyms]
edit
- (cuckoo): cwcw
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COG
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editCOG
1.The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for the Republic of the Congo.
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- CGO, OGC
[Noun]
editCOG (plural COGs)
1.Initialism of center of gravity.
2.(nautical) Abbreviation of course over ground.
Coordinate term: SOG
[Proper noun]
editCOG
1.Initialism of Church of God: numerous, mostly unrelated Christian denominations.
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convexity
[[English]]
[Antonyms]
edit
- concavity
[Etymology]
editconvex + -ity
[Noun]
editconvexity (countable and uncountable, plural convexities)
1.The state of being convex.
2.A convex line or surface.
3.(finance) A measure of the curvature in the relationship between the prices and yields of bonds.
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36569
50# bond paper stock
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
edit50 (previous 49, next 51)
1.The cardinal number fifty.
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ish
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪʃ/[Anagrams]
edit
- His, Hsi, IHS, Shi, his, shi
[Etymology 1]
editFrom is
[Etymology 2]
editFrom the suffix -ish.
[Etymology 3]
edit
From Pitman ess and eff, which it resembles phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ish.
[Etymology 4]
editPhonetic spelling of the clipping of issue.
[Etymology 5]
editMinced oath for shit.
[References]
edit
- (Periodical): Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “ish”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 101–102.
- (Periodical): Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2021), “ish n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.
[[Albanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- ush
[Etymology]
editOnomatopoeic.
[Verb]
editish
1.chase chicken away
[[Pipil]]
ipa :/iːʃ/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Nahuan *iːx-, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pusi. Compare Classical Nahuatl īxtli (“eye”). Cognate with Yaqui puusim, Hopi poosi'(at), Comanche pui, Shoshone buih, Cahuilla púchill, and Cora hɨʔɨsi.
[Noun]
edit-īsh (plural -ijīsh)
1.eye, (sometimes "face" in compounds)
Shiktzajtzakwa ne muish!
Close your eyes!
2.seed, grain
Tikichkwat ne tal ipal tiktukat ne ish ne kakawat
We plough the land to plant the cacao seed
3.eyehole, hole, opening
4.bead
[[Scots]]
[Noun]
editish
1.issue; liberty of going out
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syntactic
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪnˈtæktɪk/[Adjective]
editsyntactic (comparative more syntactic, superlative most syntactic)
1.Of, related to or connected with syntax.
The sentence “I saw he” contains a syntactic mistake.
2.2001, Martin Haspelmath, Language Typology and Language Universals: An International Handbook, page 674:
the rules specifying how agglutinative morphemes are combined with each other are more syntactic than morphological by their nature and thus are closer to rules specifying how word-forms are combined with each other.
3.Containing morphemes that are combined in the same order as they would be if they were separate words e.g. greenfinch
[Etymology]
editDirectly borrowed from Ancient Greek συντακτικός (suntaktikós), or from syntax + -ic.
[Further reading]
edit
- syntactic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- syntactic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (of, related to or connected with syntax): syntactical
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pred
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpred (not comparable)
1.(informal) Abbreviation of predefined.
[Anagrams]
edit
- PDRE, derp
[Etymology]
editShortening.
[Noun]
editpred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)
1.(countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
2.1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)
Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.
3.2001, "Xip", FUR:Shasta! (on newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)
Non-consentual[sic] is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.
4.(countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
5.(informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
6.(uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
7.(uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
8.(chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
Antonym: succ
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/prêd/[Alternative forms]
edit
- prȅda
[Antonyms]
edit
- (in front of): iza
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
[Preposition]
editprȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)
1.(accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
pred rat ― just before the war
2.(instrumental) before, in front of, before (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
S(j)edim pred kȕćōm. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
3.(clipping of ispred, accusative) in front of, to the front of, before (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
s(j)edni preda me ― sit in front of me
4.(figuratively, instrumental) in face of, before, facing
5.(regional) ago
Synonyms: prije, pre
To se dogodilo pred 150 godina. ― That happened 150 years ago.
[Related terms]
edit
- ispred
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/prɛt/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
[Preposition]
editpred
1.(with accusative) before, in front of (motion to)
2.(with instrumental) before, in front of (stationary)
3.(with instrumental) before, previous to (in time)
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in all
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Llani, Niall, all in, all-in, nilla
[Prepositional phrase]
editin all
1.With everything included, considered or counted.
There were twenty-one in all.
[Synonyms]
edit
- altogether
- all told
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fend
[[English]]
ipa :/fɛnd/[Anagrams]
edit
- Fed'n, def'n, defn
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English fēnd, feond, from Old English fēond (“adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil, Satan”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, present participle of *fijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate”). More at fiend.
[[Albanian]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Gheg) fên(i)
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *spenda, from Proto-Indo-European *spand-, related to Ancient Greek σφαδάζω (sphadázō, “to shiver, tremble”), Sanskrit स्पन्दत (spandate, “to quiver, shake”),[1] Old Norse fisa (“to fart”), Norwegian fattr (“id”)).
[Synonyms]
edit
- pjerdh
[Verb]
editfend (first-person singular past tense fenda, participle fendur)
1.I break wind, fart (silently)
[[French]]
[Verb]
editfend
1.third-person singular present indicative of fendre
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈfɛnd][Etymology]
editfen + -d
[Verb]
editfend
1.second-person singular imperative present definite of fen
Synonym: fenjed
[[Manx]]
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Verb]
editfend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit)
1.to protect, defend
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editfend (plural fendes or fendis)
1.Alternative form of feend
2.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[4], published c. 1410, Matheu 4:1, lines 3–4, page 2r, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
Thanne ıḣc was lad of a ſpirit in to deſert .· to be temptid of þe fend /
Then Jesus was led of a Spirit into desert, to be tempted of the fiend.[5]
3.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)[6], published c. 1410, Matheu 4:24, lines 18–23, page 1v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
and hıs fame .· wente in to al ſirie / ⁊ þei bꝛouȝten to hĩ alle þat weren at male eeſe · ⁊ þat weren take wiþ dyīiſe langoꝛes ⁊ turmentis / and hem þat haddẽ fendis · ⁊ lunatik men · ⁊ men in þe paleſie .· ⁊ he heelide hem /
And his fame went into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were at mal-ease, and that were taken with diverse languors and torments, and them that had fiends, and lunatic men, and men in palsy, and he healed them.[7]
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fend off
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editfend + off
[Verb]
editfend off (third-person singular simple present fends off, present participle fending off, simple past and past participle fended off)
1.To defend against; to repel with force or effort
Synonyms: turn away, drive away, ward off
They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail.
2.(nautical) To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.
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fen
[[English]]
ipa :/fɛn/[Anagrams]
edit
- ENF, nef
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English fen, fenne, from Old English fenn (“fen; marsh; mud; dirt”), Proto-West Germanic *fani, from Proto-Germanic *fanją (compare West Frisian fean, Dutch veen, German Fenn, Norwegian fen), from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”). Compare Middle Irish en (“water”), enach (“swamp”), Old Prussian pannean (“peat-bog”), Sanskrit पङ्क (paṅka, “marsh, mud, mire, slough”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
editFrom fan, by analogy with men as the plural of man.
[Etymology 4]
editCompare fend.
[Etymology 5]
editFrom Middle English *vene, Kentish variant of *fine, from Old English fyne (“moisture, mold, mildew”), from Proto-Germanic *funiz, *fun- (“moisture, mold”); compare vinew.
[[Catalan]]
[Verb]
editfen
1.third-person singular present indicative form of fendre
2.second-person singular imperative form of fendre
[[Chuukese]]
[Adjective]
editfen
1.holy
[Adverb]
editfen
1.past tense marker for verbs
2.already
[Synonyms]
edit
- pin
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈfɛn][Etymology 1]
edit
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- fen in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
[[Dalmatian]]
[Adjective]
editfen (feminine faina)
1.fine
2.subtle
3.pure
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin fīnitus. Compare Italian fino.
[[Faroese]]
ipa :/feːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse fen, from Proto-Germanic *fanją.
[Noun]
editfen n (genitive singular fens, plural fen)
1.bog, quagmire
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin faenum, fēnum.
[Noun]
editfen m (plural fens)
1.hay
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈfɛn][Etymology 1]
editFrom Proto-Finno-Ugric *pänɜ (“grindstone; grind”).[1]
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- (to whet): fen 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. ^ Entry #728 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary. Internet Archive
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/fɛːn/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse fen, from Proto-Germanic *fanją.
[Noun]
editfen n (genitive singular fens, nominative plural fen)
1.fen, marsh, morass
[[Istriot]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin faenum, fēnum.
[Noun]
editfen
1.hay
[[Lombard]]
[Etymology]
editAkin to Italian fieno, from Latin fenum.
[Noun]
editfen
1.hay
[[Mandarin]]
[Romanization]
editfen
1.Nonstandard spelling of fēn.
2.Nonstandard spelling of fén.
3.Nonstandard spelling of fěn.
4.Nonstandard spelling of fèn.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/fɛn/[Alternative forms]
edit
- fenne, ven
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English fenn; from Proto-Germanic *fanją. The "dung" sense is influenced by Old French fien.
[Noun]
editfen (plural fennes)
1.fen, bog, swamp
2.dirt, muddiness
3.dung, feces
4.(rare) rubbish, refuse
5.(rare) quagmire, lure
[[Old Norse]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *fanją.
[Noun]
editfen n (genitive fens, plural fen)
1.bog, quagmire
mýrar ok fen
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
[References]
edit
- fen in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Föhn.
[Noun]
editfȇn m (Cyrillic spelling фе̑н)
1.hair dryer
2.(meteorology) foehn
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editfen
1.definite singular of fe
[[Turkish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ottoman Turkish فن (fen, “kind, variety; art, science”), from Arabic فَنّ (fann).
[Noun]
editfen (definite accusative fenni, plural fenler)
1.science
[References]
edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “fen”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1397
[Synonyms]
edit
- ilim
- bilim
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lay bare
[[English]]
[References]
edit
- lay bare in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- “lay bare”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (to make bare): crack, open, unseal
- (to expose to view): nake; see also Thesaurus:reveal
[Verb]
editlay bare (third-person singular simple present lays bare, present participle laying bare, simple past and past participle laid bare)
1.To make bare; strip.
2.1816, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], OCLC 1015450009, canto III, stanza LVIII, page 34:
And laid those proud roofs bare to Summer's rain—
3.(figuratively) To expose to view, reveal, uncover.
4.1919, Sidis, Boris, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
The central and centralized, imperial governments, guided by the big interests of the country, induced in their unfortunate subjects this last pestilential epidemic of military mania by means of a persistent course of direct and indirect suggestion in which the conditions of normal and abnormal suggestibility were specially emphasized, laying bare the social subconscious, stimulating in it the fear of invasion and attack by neighboring nations, stirring up the impulse of self-preservation, rousing the entranced, hypnotized mind of the populace to a frenzy of self-defense, while the junkers, the officers, the soldiers, the professors, the journalists of the middle-classes were entranced with beatific visions of world-dominion.
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Roar
[[Norwegian]]
[Etymology]
editOld Norse Hróarr, from hroðr "fame" + geirr "spear".
[Proper noun]
editRoar
1.A male given name.
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prosodic
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈzɒdɪk/[Adjective]
editprosodic (comparative more prosodic, superlative most prosodic)
1.Of, or relating to, prosody.
[Synonyms]
edit
- prosodiac, prosodiacal, prosodial, prosodical
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artefact
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- farctate
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin arte factum.
[Noun]
editartefact (plural artefacts)
1.(Australian spelling, British spelling) Alternative spelling of artifact
[References]
edit
- “artefact”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ɑr.tə.fɑkt/[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editartefact n (plural artefacten, diminutive artefactje n)
1.artifact
[[French]]
[Noun]
editartefact m (plural artefacts)
1.Alternative form of artéfact
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French artéfact
[Noun]
editartefact n (uncountable)
1.artifact
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sinusoid
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsaɪnəsɔɪd/[Adjective]
editsinusoid (comparative more sinusoid, superlative most sinusoid)
1.(mathematics) sinusoidal.
2.(anatomy) Characteristic of a sinus.
[Etymology]
editFrom the French sinusoïde.
[Noun]
editsinusoid (plural sinusoids)
1.(mathematics) A curve having the shape of a sine wave.
2.(anatomy) Any of several channels through which venous blood passes in various organs.
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vocal tract
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editCompound of vocal + tract.
[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:Vocal tractWikipedia vocal tract (plural vocal tracts)
1.(phonetics) Portion of the human body where speech sounds are articulated; the oral cavity, nasal cavity, and pharynx.
2.2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, and Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 18:
...the tube of the throat between the larynx and the oral cavity, which is called the pharynx; the oral cavity; and the nasal cavity. These passages are collectively known as the vocal tract.
3.(ornithology) Portion of a bird's anatomy that filters or modifies sound; the syrinx, oral cavity, and beak, plus portions of the esophagus and trachea.
4.1998, Abbot Gaunt and Stephen Nowicki, “Sound Production in Birds: Acoustics and Physiology Revisited”, in Steven Hopp, Michael Owren, and Christopher Evans, editors, Animal Acoustic Communication: Sound Analysis and Research Methods, →ISBN, page 308:
Beak motions are not necessarily the only means by which birds might vary the acoustic properties of the vocal tract.
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cavity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkæv.ɪt.i/[Etymology]
editMid 16th century borrowing from Middle French cavité or Late Latin cavitās, from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”) + -tās (“-ity”, nominal suffix).
[Further reading]
edit
- cavity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- cavity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- cavity at OneLook Dictionary Search
[Noun]
editcavity (plural cavities)
1.A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
Hyponyms: microcavity, minicavity, nanocavity
1.(anatomy) A hollow area within the body.
Hyponyms: abdominal cavity, body cavity, buccal cavity, chest cavity, endocavity, exocoelomic cavity, haemal cavity, nasal cavity, oral cavity, orbital cavity, pleural cavity, thoracic cavity, tympanic cavity(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
Synonym: caries
Jim got two cavities filled at the dentist's office yesterday.
[References]
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- “cavity”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “cavity”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- See also Thesaurus:hole
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trachea
[[English]]
ipa :/tɹəˈkiː.ə/[Anagrams]
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- atreach
[Etymology]
editFrom late Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin trāchīa (“the windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîa, “jagged, rugged, rough”), ellipsis of τρᾱχεῖᾰ ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (trākheîa artēríā, “rough artery”).
[Noun]
edittrachea (plural tracheae or (obsolete) tracheæ or tracheas)
1.(anatomy) A thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
Synonym: windpipe
2.(botany, dated) The xylem vessel.
Synonym: vessel
3.(entomology) One of the cuticle-lined primary tubes in the respiratory system of an insect, which extend throughout its body.
[References]
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- “trachea”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “trachea”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
[See also]
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- esophagus
- gullet
- throat
[[Italian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin trachia (“windpipe”), from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα (trakheîa, “windpipe”), feminine of τραχύς (trakhús, “rugged, rough”).
[Noun]
edittrachea f (plural trachee)
1.(anatomy) trachea, windpipe
2.(botany) trachea
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
edittrachea f (plural tracheas)
1.Obsolete form of traqueia.
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larynx
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈla.ɹɪŋks/[Etymology]
edit A diagram of the human larynx.Borrowed from New Latin larynx, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lárunx, “larynx; windpipe; gullet, throat”).[1]
[Further reading]
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- larynx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
[Noun]
editlarynx (plural larynges or larynxes)
1.(anatomy, zootomy) A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
Synonym: (informal) voice box
2.1727, Walter Harris, “Section II. Of the Wonderful Works of God.”, in The Great and Wonderful Works of God Humbly Represented: And the Just and Equal Distributions of Providence Demonstrated. […][1], London: James Roberts […], OCLC 1103159737, page 29–30:
There is one thing, among abundance of others, in Anatomy, which has always much affected me with Admiration, [...] It is the Situation and Elaſticity of the Epiglottis, a ſoft Cartilaginous Cover to the Larynx, or Orifice of the Wind-pipe; that this Epiglottis ſhould, all a Man's life, be drawn up, for the Benefit of Reſpiration, and fall down and ſhut, whilſt every bit we eat, and every drop we drink, paſſes over it into the Gullet and Stomach; and that we ſhould ſo ſeldom have Occaſion to cough up a crum, or drop, that may accidentaly ſlip into the Larynx; [...]
3.1809, William Nicholson, “PHYSIOLOGY”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume V (N … R), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], OCLC 978021632:
The larynx is the instrument of the voice, of which the rima glottidis is the immediate organ. [...] The change of the voice from acute to grave at the time of puberty, when the larynx undergoes a remarkable development, as well as its acuteness in females, whose glottis is less by one third than that of man, shew that the size of the aperture has a great influence.
4.1819, Abraham Rees, “LARYNX”, in The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. [...] In Thirty-nine Volumes, volume XX, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, […] [et al.], OCLC 1857697, column 1:
The differences in the voices of man and woman cannot but have been always obſerved; and their larynxes exhibit, on a merely ſuperficial inſpection, a great diſproportion in ſize.
5.1830 March 16, Joshua Brookes, “XXIX. On the Remarkable Formation of the Trachea In the Egyptian Tantalus”, in The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, volume XVI, London: Richard Taylor, […]; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, […]; William Wood, […], published 1833, OCLC 1131684322, page 502:
I hope to be understood as not implying that there is no peculiarity of the larynges and tracheæ, except in some genera; for I believe all have the admirable mechanism of the organ of voice differently constructed, with corresponding muscles, and distribution of nerves, producing those various modulations of sound so familiar to us, and destined for the excitement of love, as well as for other purposes.
6.1968 April 25, John E. Bordley, witness, Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1969: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session: […], part 7 (Members of Congress, Interested Individuals and Organizations), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, OCLC 960767929, page 259:
The work on larynx transplantation has been discussed in the previous paragraphs. Corollary to this is the possible development of an artificial larynx which can be implanted just as an artificial heart might be implanted. Design of such larynxes might permit a quick solution to the problem of tissue rejection.
7.2003, John Maynard Smith; David Harper, “Indices of Quality”, in Animal Signals[2], Oxford, Oxforshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, 4.2 Are Mammalian Sounds Reliable Indices of Size?, page 47:
The ability of Red Deer stags to lower their larynx when roaring appears to be one of the exaggerators of formant dispersal, since the resting position of the male larynx is already lower than the typical mammalian position. [...] Size exaggeration provides an intriguing, non-linguistic explanation for the descent of the human larynx [...].
8.2015, George H. Zalzal; Robin Thomas Cotton, “Glottic and Subglottic Stenosis”, in Cummings Pediatric Otolaryngology[3], Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders, Elsevier, →ISBN, 6: Pharynx, Larynx, Trachea, and Esophagus, page 350, column 2:
Study of intubated larynges from infants of 22 to 40 weeks' gestation who survived a few hours to 300 days showed acute injury was almost invariable, and up to 100% of the subglottic epithelium was lost within a few hour of intubation, but progression of injury was relatively short-lived.
Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx
Hyponyms: electrolarynx, mechanical larynx
[References]
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- “larynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “larynx”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
1. ^ “larynx, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1902; “larynx, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[See also]
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- pharynx
- syrinx
[[Czech]]
[Further reading]
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- larynx in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- larynx in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editlarynx m
1.larynx
Synonym: hrtan
[[French]]
ipa :/la.ʁɛ̃ks/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek λάρυγξ (lárunx).
[Further reading]
edit
- “larynx” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editlarynx m (plural larynx)
1.larynx
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈla.rynks/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lárunx, “larynx, upper part of the windpipe”).
[Noun]
editlarynx f (genitive laryngis); third declension (New Latin)
1.(anatomy) larynx
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syrinx
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɪɹɪŋks/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). Doublet of syringe.
[Noun]
editsyrinx (plural syrinxes or syringes)
1.A set of panpipes.
2.1982, John Fowles, Mantissa:
Actually, to cut a long story short, he began...well, playing with a rather different sort of pipe. Or syrinx, as we called it. He obviously thought he was alone.
3.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 247:
Inside, somebody was playing a duet on syrinx and lyre.
4.A narrow channel cut in rock, especially in ancient Egyptian tombs.
5.(ornithology, zootomy) The voice organ in birds.
6.1999, Irene M. Pepperberg, The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots, 2002, page 293,
The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds.
7.2007, Gisela Kaplan, Tawny Frogmouth, page 121,
The primary sound-producing organ in a bird is the syrinx and the secondary system aiding sound production consists of the larynx, mouth, tongue and laryngeal muscles.
8.2010, Peter Simmons, David Young, Nerve Cells and Animal Behaviour, 3rd Edition, page 247,
The organ responsible for producing sounds during song is the syrinx, located where the trachea joins the bronchi of the two lungs (Fig. 9.14).
9.(medicine) A rare, fluid-filled neuroglial cavity within the spinal cord or in the brain stem
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/siː.rɪŋks/[Etymology]
editUltimately grom Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
[Noun]
editsyrinx f (plural syrinxen or syringes)
1.(ornithology) syrinx (voice organ in birds)
2.(medicine) syrinx (fluid-filled neuroglial cavity)
[[Finnish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sȳrinx, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, tube, channel, fistula”).
[Noun]
editsyrinx
1.(rare) Alternative spelling of syrinks
[[Latin]]
ipa :/ˈsyː.rinks/[Etymology]
editFrom the Ancient Greek σῦρῐγξ (sûrinx).
[Noun]
editsȳrinx f (genitive sȳringos); third declension
1.reed, reed flute, reed pipe, pan flute, panpipe
[References]
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- 1 sȳrinx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette: “1,535/1”
- syrinx in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- syrinx in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- syrinx in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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normatively
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editnormatively (comparative more normatively, superlative most normatively)
1.In a normative manner or context.
[Etymology]
editnormative + -ly
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descent
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈsɛnt/[Anagrams]
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- cedents, scented
[Antonyms]
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- (going down): ascent
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
[Noun]
editdescent (countable and uncountable, plural descents)
1.An instance of descending; act of coming down.
We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
2.1961 October, "Voyageur", “The Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 601:
To the north the towering scree-strewn slopes of Saddleback begin to draw nearer as we start the abrupt descent towards Keswick.
3.2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
The next one surrendered his bike, only for that, too, to give him a second flat as he started the descent.
4.A way down.
We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
5.A sloping passage or incline.
The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
6.Lineage or hereditary derivation.
Our guide was of Welsh descent.
7.A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
8.A falling upon or invasion.
9.(topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
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recidivism
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French récidivisme, from Latin recidīvus (“returning, recurring”). Compare recidivous, -ism.
[Noun]
editrecidivism (countable and uncountable, plural recidivisms)
1.Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past.
The increase in criminal activity was attributed to recidivism.
2.(psychology, psychiatry) Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior.
3.(by extension) Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time.
alcohol(ic) recidivism
[References]
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- "recidivism" at OneLook Dictionary Search
- Synonyms, antonyms, and example usage at recidivism.com/definition/
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parole
[[English]]
ipa :/pəˈɹoːl/[Anagrams]
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- Aperol, Lopera
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French parole (“word, formal promise”), from Old French parole, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabola, parable, and palaver.
[Noun]
editparole (usually uncountable, plural paroles)
1.(with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour. [from 17th c.]
He will be on parole for nearly two more years.
He was released on parole.
2.Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases. [from 17th c.]
The defendant shall be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
3.(now historical) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released. [from 17th c.]
4.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:
This man had forfeited his military parole.
5.1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor (1991), p. 167:
In hospital he gave his parole, and was enlarged after paying for the torn blanket.
6.(now rare) A watchword or code phrase; (military) a password given only to officers, distinguished from the countersign, which is given to all guards. [from 18th c.]
7.1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford 2008, p. 1143:
‘Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.’
8.(linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system. [from 20th c.]
9.(US, immigration law) The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
10.(law) Alternative form of parol
[Verb]
editparole (third-person singular simple present paroles, present participle paroling, simple past and past participle paroled)
1.(transitive, law) To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/paˈrole/[Adverb]
editparole
1.verbally
[Etymology]
editFrom paroli + -e.
[[French]]
ipa :/pa.ʁɔl/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French parole, from Old French parole, inherited from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; later, speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabole and palabre.
[Further reading]
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- “parole” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editparole f (plural paroles)
1.utterance, expression (a unit of discourse, firstly oral)
2.voice, spoken word
3.1973, Leo Chiosso, Giancarlo Del Re, Michaële (lyrics), Gianni Ferrio (music), “Paroles… Paroles…”, performed by Dalida & Alain Delon:
Que tu es belle / Parole, parole, parole / Que tu es belle / Parole, parole, parole, parole, parole / Encore des paroles que tu semes au vent
(please add an English translation of this quote)
4.(in the plural) lyrics, words (of a song)
paroles d'une chanson ― words of a song, lyrics of a song
5.promise, word
il tient parole ― he keeps his word
tenir parole ― to keep one's word
donner sa parole ― to give one's word
manquer à sa parole ― to break one's word
revenir sur sa parole ― to go back on one's word
6.floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly
le député a la parole ― the member has the floor
avoir la parole ― to have the floor
prendre la parole ― to take the floor
donner la parole, céder la parole, passer la parole, laisser la parole ― to give the floor
couper la parole ― to cut someone off
[[Italian]]
ipa :/paˈrɔ.le/[Anagrams]
edit
- palerò, polare
[Noun]
editparole f pl
1.plural of parola (“words”)
Ci vogliono fatti e non parole. ― Action is needed, not words.
2.(music) lyrics, words
Synonym: testo
Musica di Paolo, parole di Lorenzo ― Music by Paolo, lyrics by Lorenzo.
[[Latvian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Parole, French parole.
[Noun]
editparole f (5th declension)
1.(military) password (identification word used in military operations or in secret, covert activities (e.g., by a secret service, in a revolutionary movement, etc.))
prasīt paroli ― to ask for the password
pateikt paroli ― to say, give the password
parole iekļūšanai sapulcē bija: “uz satikšanos” ― the password to be admitted to the meeting was: “till we meet again”
lai tiktu cauri visām trim apsardzības ķēdēm, vajadzēja zināt trīs dažādas paroles ― in order to get through all three defense lines, it was necessary to know three different passwords
2.(computing) password (sequence of characters that gives access to a website)
agrāk vispopulārākā parole bija “password” — previously the most popular password was “password”
[[Middle French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French parole.
[Noun]
editparole f (plural paroles)
1.word
[[Old French]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Late Latin, from Latin parabola (“comparison; later, speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).
[Noun]
editparole f (oblique plural paroles, nominative singular parole, nominative plural paroles)
1.word
2.circa 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
A ceste parole a grant bruit
Saying this caused uproar
Synonym: mot
3.(by extension, figuratively) the right to speak
[[Slovak]]
ipa :/ˈparɔɫ/[Etymology]
editFrom French parole.
[Further reading]
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- parole in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
[Noun]
editparole f
1.(linguistics) parole
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English parole. Doublet of palabra.
[Noun]
editparole m (plural paroles)
1.parole
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distributive
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈtɹɪbjʊtɪv/[Adjective]
editdistributive (comparative more distributive, superlative most distributive)
1.Relating to distribution.
2.Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3.1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], OCLC 220146796, page 40:
[I]t is worth obſerving the diſtributive Juſtice of the Authors, which is conſtantly applied to the Puniſhment of Virtue, and the Reward of Vice; […]
4.(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then f ( a , g ( b , c ) ) = g ( f ( a , b ) , f ( a , c ) ) {\displaystyle f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c))} .
If the operation ⋆ {\displaystyle \star } is distributive with respect to the operation ∘ {\displaystyle \circ } , then a ⋆ ( b ∘ c ) = ( a ⋆ b ) ∘ ( a ⋆ c ) {\displaystyle a\star (b\circ c)=(a\star b)\circ (a\star c)} .
5.(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
6.(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every"
a distributive numeral, such as Latin "bini" (two by two)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French distributif
[Noun]
editdistributive (plural distributives)
1.(grammar) distributive case
2.(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
3.(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.feminine singular of distributif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.feminine plural of distributivo
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.absolute definite natural masculine singular of distributiv.
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distributive
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪsˈtɹɪbjʊtɪv/[Adjective]
editdistributive (comparative more distributive, superlative most distributive)
1.Relating to distribution.
2.Tending to distribute; serving to divide and assign in portions; dealing a proper share to each.
3.1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], OCLC 220146796, page 40:
[I]t is worth obſerving the diſtributive Juſtice of the Authors, which is conſtantly applied to the Puniſhment of Virtue, and the Reward of Vice; […]
4.(mathematics) A property of functions that have a rule describing how the function can be performed to the individual components of another operation.
If function f is distributive with respect to function g, then f ( a , g ( b , c ) ) = g ( f ( a , b ) , f ( a , c ) ) {\displaystyle f(a,g(b,c))=g(f(a,b),f(a,c))} .
If the operation ⋆ {\displaystyle \star } is distributive with respect to the operation ∘ {\displaystyle \circ } , then a ⋆ ( b ∘ c ) = ( a ⋆ b ) ∘ ( a ⋆ c ) {\displaystyle a\star (b\circ c)=(a\star b)\circ (a\star c)} .
5.(logic) Assigning the species of a general term.
6.(grammar) Expressing separation; denoting a taking singly, not collectively.
a distributive adjective or pronoun, such as "each", "either", or "every"
a distributive numeral, such as Latin "bini" (two by two)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle French distributif
[Noun]
editdistributive (plural distributives)
1.(grammar) distributive case
2.(grammar) A distributive adjective or pronoun.
3.(mathematics) A distributive numeral.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.feminine singular of distributif
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.feminine plural of distributivo
[[Swedish]]
[Adjective]
editdistributive
1.absolute definite natural masculine singular of distributiv.
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causal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɔːz.əl/[Adjective]
editcausal (comparative more causal, superlative most causal)
1.of, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing
There is no causal relationship between eating carrots and seeing in the dark.
2.2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 44:
Time changes attitudes, and while Hart's actions in driving when not fit to do so were certainly in the causal chain of the Great Heck accident, how many other drivers were out there driving when too fatigued to do so?
[Anagrams]
edit
- Calusa, casual, casula
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin causalis, from Latin causa (“cause”); see cause.
[Noun]
editcausal (plural causals)
1.(grammar) a word (such as because) that expresses a reason or a cause
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editcausal (masculine and feminine plural causals)
1.causal
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
[[French]]
ipa :/ko.zal/[Adjective]
editcausal (feminine singular causale, masculine plural causaux, feminine plural causales)
1.causal
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
[Further reading]
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- “causal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :-al[Adjective]
editcausal m or f (plural causais, comparable)
1.causal (of, relating to or being a cause of something)
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :-al[Adjective]
editcausal (plural causales)
1.causal
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Late Latin causālis, from Latin causa.
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counterfactual
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkaʊntɚˈfæktʃuəl/[Adjective]
editcounterfactual
1.Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.
Synonym: contrafactual
2.2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
What would have happened if those great Chinese voyages [by Zheng He] had continued? It's one of those questions in counter-factual history about which it is impossible to be sure.
3.Of or in comparison to a hypothetical state of the world.
4.2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian[2]:
The counterfactual 1982 of the novel plays variations on our historical record and contains clear allusions to the present.
[Etymology]
editcounter- + factual
[Further reading]
edit
- counterfactual history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- counterfactual conditional on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcounterfactual (plural counterfactuals)
1.A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
2.A hypothetical state of the world, used to assess the impact of an action.
3.2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times[3], ISSN 0362-4331:
Just as counterfactuals employ too much imagination to qualify as historical works, alternate history often labors under too great a load of artificial "facts" to take flight as fiction.
4.2010 September 1, Ross Douthat, “Iraq in the Long Run”, in New York Times[4], retrieved 2021-07-15:
We can spin out complicated counterfactuals that justify the Iraq invasion, and complicated counterfactuals that make it look even worse.
5.2015 December 3, Lee Drutman, “Here's the real reason we don't have gun reform”, in Vox[5]:
The implicit counterfactual — that these members would support gun control if not for the $1,000 they received from the NRA — seems unlikely to me.
6.2016 February 11, Noah Berlatsky, quoting Neal Roese, “'What if?': Why we can't get enough of counterfactual shows”, in The Guardian[6]:
Roese also says counterfactuals can serve emotional purposes. You can think about how things could have been worse, and so feel better about yourself, and grateful for where you are.
7.2021 May 14, Dashiell Young-Saver, “The Math of Ending the Pandemic: Exponential Growth and Decay”, in The New York Times[7], ISSN 0362-4331:
Imagine a counterfactual in which we started relaxing restrictions at an even earlier time, just as the cases began to trend downward.
8.(linguistics, philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false.
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counterfactual
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌkaʊntɚˈfæktʃuəl/[Adjective]
editcounterfactual
1.Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue.
Synonym: contrafactual
2.2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[1]:
What would have happened if those great Chinese voyages [by Zheng He] had continued? It's one of those questions in counter-factual history about which it is impossible to be sure.
3.Of or in comparison to a hypothetical state of the world.
4.2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian[2]:
The counterfactual 1982 of the novel plays variations on our historical record and contains clear allusions to the present.
[Etymology]
editcounter- + factual
[Further reading]
edit
- counterfactual history on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- counterfactual conditional on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editcounterfactual (plural counterfactuals)
1.A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
2.A hypothetical state of the world, used to assess the impact of an action.
3.2004 September 5, Laura Miller, “Imagine”, in The New York Times[3], ISSN 0362-4331:
Just as counterfactuals employ too much imagination to qualify as historical works, alternate history often labors under too great a load of artificial "facts" to take flight as fiction.
4.2010 September 1, Ross Douthat, “Iraq in the Long Run”, in New York Times[4], retrieved 2021-07-15:
We can spin out complicated counterfactuals that justify the Iraq invasion, and complicated counterfactuals that make it look even worse.
5.2015 December 3, Lee Drutman, “Here's the real reason we don't have gun reform”, in Vox[5]:
The implicit counterfactual — that these members would support gun control if not for the $1,000 they received from the NRA — seems unlikely to me.
6.2016 February 11, Noah Berlatsky, quoting Neal Roese, “'What if?': Why we can't get enough of counterfactual shows”, in The Guardian[6]:
Roese also says counterfactuals can serve emotional purposes. You can think about how things could have been worse, and so feel better about yourself, and grateful for where you are.
7.2021 May 14, Dashiell Young-Saver, “The Math of Ending the Pandemic: Exponential Growth and Decay”, in The New York Times[7], ISSN 0362-4331:
Imagine a counterfactual in which we started relaxing restrictions at an even earlier time, just as the cases began to trend downward.
8.(linguistics, philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false.
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affi
[[Jamaican Creole]]
ipa :/ˈafɪ/[Etymology]
edit'ave (“have”) + fi (“to”)
[Verb]
editaffi
1.Alternative spelling of haffi; have to; must
2.2020 December 31, Jason Cross, “Man Shot Dead On Quick ATM Run On Christmas Day”, in Jamaica Gleaner[1] (in English):
Mi a try mi best because mi affi deh yah fi mi son.
I'm trying my best because I have to be here for my son.
Y'affi trang if yuh waan mek it inna di worl'.
You have to be strong if you want to make it in the world.
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trick
[[English]]
ipa :/tɹɪk/[Adjective]
edittrick (comparative tricker, superlative trickest)
1.Involving trickery or deception.
trick photography
2.Able to perform tricks.
A trick pony
3.Defective or unreliable.
a trick knee
4.(chiefly US, slang) Stylish or cool.
Wow, your new sportscar is so trick.
[Etymology]
editUncertain.
- Perhaps from From Middle English *trikke, from Old Northern French trique (related to Old French trichier; French: tricher), itself possibly from Middle High German trechen (“to launch a shot at, play a trick on”), but the Old French verb more likely is derived from Vulgar Latin *triccāre, from Late Latin tricāre, from Latin trīcor, trīcārī (“behave in an evasive manner, search for detours; trifle, delay”).
- Alternatively, perhaps from Dutch trek (“a pull, draw, trick”), from trekken (“to draw”), from Middle Dutch trekken, trēken (“to pull, place, put, move”), from Old Dutch *trekkan, *trekan (“to move, drag”), from Proto-Germanic *trakjaną, *trekaną (“to drag, scrape, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreg- (“to drag, scrape”).If the second proposal is correct, the term is cognate with Low German trekken, Middle High German trecken, trechen, Danish trække, and Old Frisian trekka, Romanian truc and other Romance languages.Compare track, treachery, trig, and trigger.
[Noun]
edittrick (plural tricks)
1.Something designed to fool or swindle.
It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced.
2.A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag.
3.An entertaining difficult physical action.
That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?
4.1995, All Aboard for Space: Introducing Space to Youngsters (page 158)
Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.
5.An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?
6.2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.
7.Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
the tricks of boys
They played a crude trick on the teacher.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)
8.(dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning
9.c. 1595, William Shakespeare, King John Act I, scene I
He hath a trick of Cœur de Lion's face.
10.1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear act IV, scene VI:
The trick of that voice I do well remember.
11.A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
12.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, OCLC 316392309, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
I cannot tell , but it stirs me more than all your court curls , or your spangles , or your tricks
13.(card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts.
14.1712, Pope, Alexander, “Canto III”, in The Rape of the Lock, lines 93–94; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 94:
And now (as oft in some distemper'd state) / On one nice trick depends the gen'ral fate!
15.(slang) A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
16.1988, John H. Lindquist, Misdemeanor Crime: Trivial Criminal Pursuit, page 43:
Perhaps the most important thing a prostitute learns is how to "manage" the client; how to con him into spending more money than he planned. Learning how to perform tricks takes only a few minutes. Learning how to "hustle" the client takes longer.
17.2010, Richard Gill, Paloma Azul, page 139:
"How did you get into all this?" "I started doing tricks when I was young and I don't mean the magic circle. I learned about sex from an early age. There was nothing else to do in Pitsea except heavy petting and getting F grades at school."
18.2019, Julie S. Draskoczy, Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin’s Gulag:
When he later asked her to strip and perform tricks for him, she refused, and he chased her away. She had similar experiences with other men until she eventually fell into prostitution: […]
19.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trick.
20.(slang) A customer to a prostitute.
As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."
21.2011, Iceberg Slim, Pimp: The Story of My Life (page 99)
Ten minutes after she got down she broke luck. A white trick in a thirty-seven Buick picked her up. I timed her. She had racehorse speed.
22.A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
23.1885, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, The Conductor and Brakeman, page 496:
On third trick from 12 m. to 8 am, we have W. A. White, formerly operator at Wallula, who thus far has given general satisfaction.
24.1899, New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Deptartment of Labor, Annual Report:
Woodside Junction—On 8 hour basis, first trick $60, second trick $60, third trick $50.
25.1949, Labor arbitration reports, page 738
The Union contends that Fifer was entitled to promotion to the position of Group Leader on the third trick in the Core Room Department.
26.(nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
27.1902, John Masefield, Sea Fever:
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
28.A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
29.1599, William Shakespeare, The Passionate Pilgrim
the tricks and toyes that in them lurke,
[Synonyms]
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- (something designed to fool): artifice, con, gambit, ploy, rip-off, See also Thesaurus:deception
- (magic trick): illusion, magic trick, sleight of hand
- (customer to a prostitute): john, see also Thesaurus:prostitute's client
- (entertaining difficult physical action):
- (daily period of work): shiftedit
- (to fool): con, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, rip off
- (to trick out): mod
- See also Thesaurus:deceive
[Verb]
edittrick (third-person singular simple present tricks, present participle tricking, simple past and past participle tricked)
1.(transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced.
2.(heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
3.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 II, scene ii]:
The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms, / Black as his purpose, did the night resemble / When he lay couched in the ominous horse, / Hath now this dread and black complexion smear'd / With heraldry more dismal; head to foot / Now is he total gules; horridly trick'd / With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters, sons […]
4.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, OCLC 316392309, Act 1, scene 2:
They forget that they are in the statutes: […] there they are trick'd, they and their pedigrees.
5.To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.
6.1735, Alexander Pope, Of the Characters of Women
Trick her off in air.
7.1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Tricking up their children in fine clothes.
8.1825, Thomas Macaulay, An Essay on John Milton
They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little tricked out for the public eye as his diary would have been.
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈtˢʁɛɡ̊][Etymology]
editFrom English trick.
[Further reading]
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- “trick” in Den Danske Ordbog
[Noun]
edittrick (singular definite tricket, plural indefinite trickene)
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[Synonyms]
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alarmingly
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈlɑːm.ɪŋ.li/[Adverb]
editalarmingly (comparative more alarmingly, superlative most alarmingly)
1.In an alarming way, frighteningly.
He sneezed alarmingly.
2.Causing fear or concern.
Alarmingly, he went into a severe sneezing fit.
3.To an extent that causes alarm.
He went into an alarmingly severe sneezing fit.
[Anagrams]
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- marginally
[Etymology]
editFrom alarming + -ly.
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friendly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɹɛndli/[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English frēondlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *frijōndlīkaz, equivalent to friend + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English frēondlīċe (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend + -ly.
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take-away
[[English]]
[Adjective]
edittake-away (not comparable)
1.of, or relating to food intended to be eaten off the premises
[Noun]
edittake-away (plural take-aways)
1.A conclusion, idea or lesson learned at some event for future use.
2.2009, John-David Phyper, Paul MacLean, Good to Green: Managing Business Risks and Opportunities in the Age of ...
The following take-aways are critical when developing corporate strategy.
3.(chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand) A take-out restaurant, or food from such restaurant.
4.2010, Miri Song, Helping Out[1]:
The small scale of Chinese take-aways is an important factor in making these businesses viable for families.
[See also]
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- take away
- takeaway
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