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skewing
[[English]]
[Noun]
editskewing (plural skewings)
1.The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.
unfair skewings of the evidence
[Verb]
editskewing
1.present participle of skew
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skew
[[English]]
ipa :/skjuː/[Etymology 1]
editThe verb is derived from Middle English skeuen, skewe, skewen (“to run at an angle or obliquely; to escape”), from Old Northern French escuer [and other forms], variants of Old French eschuer, eschever, eschiver (“to escape, flee; to avoid”) (modern French esquiver (“to dodge (a blow), duck; to elude, evade; to slip away; to sidestep”)),[1][2] from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread; to avoid, shun”), from Proto-Germanic *skiuhijaną (“to frighten”). The English word is cognate with Danish skæv (“crooked, slanting; skew, wry”), Norwegian skjev (“crooked, lopsided; oblique, slanting; distorted”), Saterland Frisian skeeuw (“aslant, slanting; oblique; awry”), and is a doublet of eschew.The adjective and adverb are probably derived from the verb and/or from askew,[3] and the noun is derived from either the adjective or the verb.[4]
[Etymology 2]
editA skew (sense 1) at the foot of the slope of a gable is indicated by the letter “A” in this drawing.[n 1]The stones placed over the end of a gable (left, in an inverted V-shape), or forming the coping of a gable (right) were formerly also called skews (sense 3).[n 2] Especially in Scotland, the entire coping is also known as a skew (sense 2).From Middle English skeu, skew (“stone with a sloping surface forming the slope of a gable, offset of a buttress, etc.”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman eschu, escuwe, eskeu, or Old Northern French eschieu, eskieu, eskiu,[5] from Old French escu, escut, eschif (“a shield”) (modern French écu), from Latin scūtum (“a shield”),[6] from Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (“to cover, protect”) or *skey- (“to cut, split”).
[Further reading]
edit
- clock skew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- skew lines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- skew (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Notes]
edit
1. ^ From [John Henry Parker] (1845), “Skew, Skew-table”, in A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, volume I, 4th enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker; London: David Bogue, OCLC 951962440, page 340.
2. ^ [John Henry Parker] (1850), “Skew, Skew-table, Scuwe, Scwe”, in A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture, volume I (Text), 5th enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Henry Parker; London: David Bogue, OCLC 68091111, page 429.
[References]
edit
1. ^ “skeuen, v.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “skew, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1911; “skew, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
3. ^ “skew, adj. and adv.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1911; “skew, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
4. ^ “skew, n.3”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1911; “skew, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
5. ^ “skeu, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
6. ^ “skew, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1911.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/skiu̯/[Etymology 1]
editFrom an earlier form of Old Norse ský, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją; doublet of sky.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old French escu, from Latin scūtum.
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cinemagoer
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editcinema + goer
[Noun]
editcinemagoer (plural cinemagoers)
1.One who visits a cinema in order to watch a film.
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professed
[[English]]
ipa :/pɹəˈfɛst/[Adjective]
editprofessed (comparative more professed, superlative most professed)
1.Openly declared or acknowledged.
His professed religion was Catholicism.
2.Professing to be qualified.
She is a professed expert in mechanics.
3.Admitted to a religious order.
4.1887, chapter XI, in Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, transl., Les Misérables[1], volume II, Little, Brown, and Company, translation of original by Victor Hugo:
The rule of the Perpetual Adoration is so strict that it horrifies; novices hold back, and the order is not recruited. In 1845 a few lay sisters were still found here and there, but no professed nuns.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- profest (archaic)
[Verb]
editprofessed
1.simple past tense and past participle of profess
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gridiron
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈɡɹɪdaɪən/[Etymology 1]
editOrigin uncertain, perhaps related to griddle. The ending was assimilated to iron,[1] as if from grid + iron, whence grid was later derived. A gridiron
[Etymology 2]
editFrom resembling the shape of a gridiron (a square rectilinear grid)
[References]
edit
1. ^ https://www.lexico.com/definition/gridiron
[See also]
edit
- gridiron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- gridiron on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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semi
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛmi/[Anagrams]
edit
- EMIs, ESMI, IMEs, MSIE, Meis, Sime, eSIM, mise
[Etymology]
editThe prefix semi- (from Latin) used as a noun.
[Noun]
editsemi (plural semis)
1.(Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, informal) A semi-detached house.
2.2008, Elliott Placks, quoted in Helen Isbister, Morris Bryant, Property, Career FAQs, Australia, page 40,
I′m selling two side-by-side semis that are currently under construction, a waterfront apartment and a house in Rose Bay.
3.2008, Barry Goodchild, Homes, Cities and Neighbourhoods: Planning and the Residential Landscapes of Modern Britain, page 52,
The smaller semis of the 1920s and 1930s were closely related to the three bedroom pre-1919 narrow fronted terraces, at least to the larger pre-1919 terraces.
4.(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, US) A semitrailer; a tractor-trailer; an eighteen-wheeler; an artic.
5.2011, Eamonn Duff, Schapelle Corby: The Untold Story Behind Her Ill-Fated Drug Run, Allen & Unwin, Australia, unnumbered page,
All night we couldn′t hear each other speak because of the sound of semis changing gear to get over the hill.
6.(informal) A semifinal.
7.(slang) A partial erection.
8.2010, Mickey Erlach, Video Boys (page 158)
The twink got a semi just from that look.
[[Esperanto]]
ipa :/ˈsemi/[Etymology]
editFrom semo + -i.
[Verb]
editsemi (present semas, past semis, future semos, conditional semus, volitive semu)
1.(intransitive) to sow
[[Italian]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- mesi, mise
[Noun]
editsemi m
1.plural of seme
[[Japanese]]
[Romanization]
editsemi
1.Rōmaji transcription of せみ
2.Rōmaji transcription of セミ
[[Old Norse]]
[Verb]
editsemi
1.third-person active present subjunctive of semja
[[Pali]]
[Alternative forms]
editAlternative forms
- 𑀲၂ါ် (Brahmi script)
- सेमि (Devanagari script)
- সেমি (Bengali script)
- සෙමි (Sinhalese script)
- သေမိ (Burmese script)
- เสมิ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᨾᩥ (Tai Tham script)
- ເສມິ (Lao script)
- សេមិ (Khmer script)
[Verb]
editsemi
1.first-person singular present/imperative active of seti (“to sleep”)
[[Swahili]]
[Noun]
editsemi
1.plural of usemi
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editsemi c
1.Clipping of semifinal.
[[Venetian]]
[Adjective]
editsemi
1.masculine plural of semo
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pedigree
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɛd.ɪ.ɡɹi/[Adjective]
editpedigree (comparative more pedigree, superlative most pedigree)
1.Having a pedigree.
2.Purebred.
[Etymology]
editFrom Anglo-Norman pé de grue, a variant of Old French pié de gru (“foot of a crane”), from Latin pes (“foot”) + grus (“crane”).
[Further reading]
edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “pedigree”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Noun]
editpedigree (countable and uncountable, plural pedigrees)
1.A chart, list, or record of ancestors, to show breeding, especially distinguished breeding. [from 15th c.]
2.A person's ancestral history; ancestry, lineage. [from 15th c.]
3.(uncountable) Good breeding or ancestry. [from 15th c.]
4.The history or provenance of an idea, custom etc. [from 16th c.]
5.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 33:
This connection between sexual and spiritual impurity had an immense pedigree.
6.The ancestry of a domesticated animal, especially a dog or horse. [from 17th c.]
[See also]
edit
- genealogy
[Verb]
editpedigree (third-person singular simple present pedigrees, present participle pedigreeing, simple past and past participle pedigreed)
1.(transitive) To determine the pedigree of (an animal).
[[French]]
ipa :/pe.di.ɡʁe/[Noun]
editpedigree m (plural pedigrees)
1.Alternative spelling of pédigrée (“pedigree”)
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editpedigree (plural pedigree, comparable)
1.purebred; pedigree
[Noun]
editpedigree m (plural pedigrees)
1.pedigree (chart of ancestors, showing the breed of an animal)
[[Spanish]]
[Noun]
editpedigree m (plural pedigrees)
1.pedigree
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trait
[[English]]
ipa :/tɹeɪt/[Anagrams]
edit
- Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Doublet of tract.
[Further reading]
edit
- trait at OneLook Dictionary Search
- trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- phenotypic trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- trait (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
edittrait (plural traits)
1.(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
Synonym: characteristic
2.1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:
The English, of all classes, value themselves on this trait, as distinguishing them from the French, who, in the popular belief, are more polite than true.
3.1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.
4.2003, Robert S. Siegler, Judy S. DeLoache, Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan (→ISBN), page 89:
Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait.
The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
5.(object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Coordinate terms: mixin, interface, class
Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.
6.2006, Nathaniel J. Nystrom, Programming languages for scalable software extension and composition[1]:
Traits are parametrized on other methods, which must be provided to create a class using the trait. Using a trait-like mechanism to compose large collections of mutually-dependent classes or traits could lead to parameter explosion.
[[French]]
ipa :/tʁɛ/[Anagrams]
edit
- tarit, tarît, tirât, titra, triât
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French trait, from Latin tractus.
[Further reading]
edit
- “trait” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
edittrait m (plural traits)
1.line
2.trait
3.color of a mineral
4.(dated) the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden)
5.(dated) straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls
6.(obsolete) an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another
7.a remarkable or influential historical event
8.a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech
9.a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea
10.(religion) verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading
11.connection or link between one thing and another
12.(geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral
13.(chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move
14.(oriented-object programming) trait
[Verb]
edittrait
1.third-person singular present indicative of traire
2.third-person singular past historic of traire
3.past participle of traire
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devote
[[English]]
ipa :/dɪˈvoʊt/[Adjective]
editdevote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)
1.(obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout
2.1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, 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:
A world devote to universal wrack
[Anagrams]
edit
- vetoed
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin dēvōtus, past participle of Latin dēvoveō (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”).
[Verb]
editdevote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)
1.to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
They devoted their lives to following Jesus Christ.
I devoted this afternoon to repainting my study, and nothing will get in my way.
2.1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son
He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.
3.1879, Asa Gray, Botanical Text-book
a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing
4.to consign over; to doom
to devote one to destruction
The city was devoted to the flames.
5.to execrate; to curse
[[Dutch]]
[Adjective]
editdevote
1.Inflected form of devoot
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editdevote
1.inflection of devot:
1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
2.strong nominative/accusative plural
3.weak nominative all-gender singular
4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
[[Italian]]
[Adjective]
editdevote
1.feminine plural of devoto
[Anagrams]
edit
- dovete
[Noun]
editdevote f
1.plural of devota
[[Latin]]
ipa :/deːˈu̯oː.te/[Participle]
editdēvōte
1.vocative masculine singular of dēvōtus
[References]
edit
- devote in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
[[Portuguese]]
[Verb]
editdevote
1.first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of devotar
2.third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of devotar
3.third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of devotar
4.third-person singular (você) negative imperative of devotar
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reclaim
[[English]]
ipa :/ɹɪˈkleɪm/[Anagrams]
edit
- Maricle, Miracle, Ramciel, car mile, claimer, miracle
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English reclaymen, recleymen, reclamen, from Anglo-Norman reclamer (noun reclaim and Middle French reclamer (noun reclaim), from Latin reclāmō, reclāmāre.
[Noun]
editreclaim (plural reclaims)
1.(obsolete, falconry) The calling back of a hawk.
2.(obsolete) The bringing back or recalling of a person; the fetching of someone back.
3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto x:
The louing couple need no reskew feare, / But leasure had, and libertie to frame / Their purpost flight, free from all mens reclame […] .
4.An effort to take something back, to reclaim something.
[Verb]
editreclaim (third-person singular simple present reclaims, present participle reclaiming, simple past and past participle reclaimed)
1.
2.(transitive) To return land to a suitable condition for use.
3.(transitive) To obtain useful products from waste; to recycle.
4.(transitive) To claim something back; to repossess.
5.(transitive, dated) To return someone to a proper course of action, or correct an error; to reform.
6.1609, Edward Hoby, A Letter to Mr. T[heophilus] H[iggons], late Minister: now Fugitive ... in answere of his first Motive
Your errour, in time reclaimed, will be veniall.
7.1667, John Milton, “Book 6”, 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:
They, hardened more by what might most reclaim, / Grieving to see his glory […] took envy.
8.a. 1729, John Rogers, The Goodness of God a Motive to Repentance
It is the intention of Providence, in all the various expressions of his goodness, to reclaim mankind.
9.(transitive, archaic) To tame or domesticate a wild animal.
10.1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:
an eagle well reclaimed
11.(transitive, archaic) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
12.1697, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
They were the head-strong horses, who hurried Octavius […] along, and were deaf to his reclaiming them.
13.(transitive, archaic) To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
14.1719, Daniel Waterland, A Vindication of Christ's Divinit
Scripture reclaims, and the whole Catholic church reclaims, and Christian ears would not bear it.
15.1882, Alexander Bain, Biography of James Mill
At a later period Grote reclaimed strongly against Mill's setting Whately above Hamilton.
16.1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], OCLC 1238111360:
True it is he was very wild in his youth till God (the best Chymick who can fix quicksilver it self) gratiously reclaim'd him
17.(obsolete, rare) To draw back; to give way.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
18.(intransitive, law, Scotland) To appeal from the Lord Ordinary to the inner house of the Court of Session.
19.(sociology) To bring back a term into acceptable usage, usually of a slur, and usually by the group that was once targeted by that slur.
Once a term of homophobic abuse, the term “queer” has been reclaimed as a marker for some gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (GLBT), and other marginalized sexual identities.
[[Old French]]
[Noun]
editreclaim m (oblique plural reclains, nominative singular reclains, nominative plural reclaim)
1.reputation
[References]
edit
-
- reclaim on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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vehicular
[[English]]
ipa :/viˈhɪk.jə.lə(ɹ)/[Adjective]
editvehicular (not comparable)
1.Of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks.
Ernest had a fear of vehicular travel, and ended up walking everywhere.
2.Of or pertaining to a language that is used as a contact language between two groups who do not share a common native tongue nor a common culture.
English is used as a vehicular language in many business settings.
Latin was a vehicular language for natural philosophers and others from the late Renaissance to the late 18th century.
[Etymology]
editPresumably from vehicle + -ar, although it could be related to French véhicule.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/və.i.kuˈla/[Adjective]
editvehicular (masculine and feminine plural vehiculars)
1.vehicular
[Verb]
editvehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, past participle vehiculat)
1.to vehicle, transmit
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/beikuˈlaɾ/[Adjective]
editvehicular (plural vehiculares)
1.vehicular (of a vehicle)
2.vehicular (of a common language)
3.2015 September 14, “Los niños vuelven al colegio con la ‘ley Wert’ en el aire”, in El País[1]:
Desde la Asamblea por una Escuela Bilingüe (AEB) aseguran que hay varias familias que han solicitado vía judicial el uso del castellano también como lengua vehicular y que esperan una resolución.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[Etymology]
editFrom vehículo + -ar.
[Further reading]
edit
- “vehicular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Verb]
editvehicular (first-person singular present vehiculo, first-person singular preterite vehiculé, past participle vehiculado)
1.to serve as a mediator
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court of appeals
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- courts of appeal
[Noun]
editcourt of appeals (plural courts of appeals)
1.(law) appellate court
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court of appeal
[[English]]
[Noun]
editcourt of appeal (plural courts of appeal)
1.(law) An appellate court.
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pressing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/[Adjective]
editpressing (comparative more pressing, superlative most pressing)
1.Needing urgent attention.
2.2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism' (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]
Argentinians support the "Malvinas" cause, which is written into the constitution. But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.
3.1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, ch. 75,
“I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”
4.Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
5.1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 2,
You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
6.1908, Joseph Conrad, "The Duel,"
He was pressing and persuasive.
[Anagrams]
edit
- Persings, Spigners, spersing, springes
[Noun]
editpressing (plural pressings)
1.The application of pressure by a press or other means.
2.A metal or plastic part made with a press.
3.The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
4.A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
5.The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
6.A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
7.Urgent insistence.
[Verb]
editpressing
1.present participle of press
[[French]]
ipa :/pʁɛ.siŋ/[Etymology]
editA pseudo-anglicism.
[Noun]
editpressing m (plural pressings)
1.dry cleaning shop, a dry-cleaner's
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈprɛs.sinɡ/[Noun]
editpressing m (invariable)
1.(sports, especially soccer) Continuous and pressing action that does not allow the opposing team to catch its breath, aiming to remove the ball from its possession
2.(figuratively, transferred sense) pressing (application of pressure)
il governo è stato costretto a subire il pressing della sinistra
the government was confined to undergo the left's pressure
[References]
edit
1. ^ pressing in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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mentoring
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Remington
[Noun]
editmentoring (plural mentorings)
1.An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
[Verb]
editmentoring
1.present participle of mentor
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mentor
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛn.tɔː/[Anagrams]
edit
- Ermont, Merton, Monter, Termon, meront, metron, montre, termon, tormen
[Etymology]
editFrom French mentor, from Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece, shares the same root as English mind.[1] Cognate to Sanskrit मन्तृ (mantṛ, “advisor, counselor”) and Latin monitor (“one who admonishes”), and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *monéyeti (compare Latin moneō (“to warn”), causative form of *men- (“to think”)).[2]
[Further reading]
edit
- mentor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editmentor (plural mentors)
1.A wise and trusted counselor or teacher
[References]
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1. ^ "mentor, n.". OED Online. March 2013. Oxford University Press. 1 April 2013, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/116575?rskey=EAtx24&result=1&isAdvanced=false.
2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “mentor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Related terms]
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- mentee
[See also]
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- coach
- nestor
- sponsor
- Article on the etymology and history of the word “mentor” on languagehat.com
[Verb]
editmentor (third-person singular simple present mentors, present participle mentoring, simple past and past participle mentored)
1.(transitive) To act as someone's mentor
[[Danish]]
ipa :/mɛntər/[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey.
[Noun]
editmentor c (singular definite mentoren, plural indefinite mentorer)
1.mentor
[Synonyms]
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- læremester
- vejleder
[[Dutch]]
[Etymology]
editFrom the Homeric mythological figure Mentor
[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentors or mentoren, diminutive mentortje n)
1.A mentor, wise/grey adviser, tutor etc.
[Synonyms]
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- raadsman m
- leidsman m, gids m
[[French]]
[Anagrams]
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- monter
- montre, montré
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr).
[Further reading]
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- “mentor” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentors)
1.mentor, guide
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”)
[Noun]
editmentor m (definite singular mentoren, indefinite plural mentorer, definite plural mentorene)
1.a mentor
[References]
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- “mentor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Portuguese]]
[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentores, feminine mentora, feminine plural mentoras)
1.mentor (a wise and trusted counsellor or teacher)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French mentor, from Latin mentor.
[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentori)
1.mentor
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek Μέντωρ (Méntōr, “Mentor”), a mythological character in the Odyssey, whose name, a historical name from Ancient Greece may share the same root as English mind, would mean that mentor ultimately descends from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-.
[Further reading]
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- “mentor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentores)
1.mentor
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
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- monter
[Noun]
editmentor c
1.A mentor
[[Welsh]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English mentor.
[Mutation]
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[Noun]
editmentor m (plural mentoriaid)
1.mentor
[References]
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- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mentor”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- Definition of 'mentor' from the BBC.
- Alternative definition of the source of 'mentor' from Peer Resources.
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exce
[[Afar]]
ipa :/eɖˈħe/[Verb]
editexcé
1.(transitive) say
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like-minded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editlike-minded (comparative more like-minded, superlative most like-minded)
1.Of similar opinion, given to holding similar opinions.
The like-minded politicians voted the same way so often they were thought of as one person rather than two.
2.2020 July 29, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
With the ability to network with like-minded young professionals from across the railway industry, while experiencing the history and culture of Japan and its railway network, YRTs first inter-continental tour can be deemed a great success!
[Etymology]
editFrom like + mind + -ed.
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likeminded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editlikeminded (comparative more likeminded, superlative most likeminded)
1.Alternative spelling of like-minded
2.1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode XIII, page 44.
For therein dwell Order, and her sisters, sure foundation of states. Justice and likeminded Peace, dispensers of wealth to men, wise Themis' golden daughters.
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Like
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
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- Kiel, Kile, kile, liek
[Etymology]
editDutch surname, probably a variant of Luik, a city in Belgium.
[Further reading]
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- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Like”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
[Proper noun]
editLike (plural Likes)
1.A surname.
[Statistics]
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- According to the 2010 United States Census, Like is the 21878th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1187 individuals. Like is most common among White (81.3%) individuals.
[[German]]
ipa :/laɪ̯k/[Etymology]
editEnglish like
[Further reading]
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- “Like” in Duden online
[Noun]
editLike m or n (genitive Likes or Like, plural Likes)
1.(Internet) like (individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet)
2.2017, “Meine Welt”, in Nichts war umsonst, performed by Prinz Pi:
Ich trage meine Lieblingsnikes / Nach der Wäsche sind sie wieder weiß / Wie könnt' ich nicht zufrieden sein / Scheiß auf die Likes, nix geht über Familienzeit
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minded
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editminded (comparative more minded, superlative most minded)
1.(in combination, usually hyphenated) Having or exemplifying a mind of the stated type, nature or inclination.
a fair-minded person
a fair-minded decision
literary-minded, literature-minded, two-minded
2.Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.
I am minded to refuse the request.
Order another drink if you are so minded
He seems minded to go ahead with the plan.
[Anagrams]
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- midden
[Etymology]
editFrom mind + -ed. Compare Old English -mōd (“minded”), Old English ġehyġd (“minded; disposed”).
[Verb]
editminded
1.simple past tense and past participle of mind
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Minde
[[Norwegian]]
[Etymology]
editUncertain, also recorded as Minda since 19th century.
[Proper noun]
editNorwegian Wikipedia has an article on:MindeWikipedia noMinde
1.A district of Årstad in Bergen, Norway
2.(rare) A female given name
[[Portuguese]]
[Proper noun]
editPortuguese Wikipedia has an article on:MindeWikipedia ptMinde
1.A civil parish in Alcanena, Portugal
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dated
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdeɪtɪd/[Adjective]
editdated (comparative more dated, superlative most dated)
1.Marked with a date.
The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.
2.Outdated.
"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.
3.Anachronistic; being obviously inappropriate for its present context.
Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.
4.No longer fashionable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Slang can become dated very quickly.
[Antonyms]
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- (marked with a date): undated
- (out of date, old): up-to-date, current
- (anachronistic):
- (no longer fashionable): a la mode, trendy; see also Thesaurus:fashionable
[Synonyms]
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- (marked with a date):
- (out of date, old): outdated, old-fashioned, retro; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
- (anachronistic): anachronous; see also Thesaurus:anachronistic
- (no longer fashionable): démodé, old hat; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
[Verb]
editdated
1.simple past tense and past participle of date
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apprenticeship
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editapprentice + -ship
[Noun]
editapprenticeship (plural apprenticeships)
1.The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
2.The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
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metaverse
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmɛtəvɜː(ɹ)s/[Etymology]
editmeta- + (uni)verse. In the sci-fi sense coined by writer Neal Stephenson in 1992.[1]
[Further reading]
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- metaverse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- multiverse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editmetaverse (plural metaverses)
1.(science fiction, Internet) A hypothetical future (counterpart or continuation of the) Internet, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space.
2.1997 July 7, Zina Moukheiber, “The geeks have inherited the earth”, in Forbes, ISSN 0015-6914, pages 354–356:
It is closer, in other words, to another science fiction vision, the “metaverse” Neal Stephenson envisioned in his 1992 Snow Crash. That particular moniker has not caught on, but many of Stephenson's ideas about what the on-line world can look like are driving a new generation of entrepreneurs to try to match it.
3.2020 May 15, Keith Stuart, “Fortnite Party Royale is the most fun you can have in the metaverse”, in The Guardian[1]:
But now, with 350 million players who are used to hanging out in a vibrant, ridiculous online world filled with dancing bananas and cartoon skirmishes, Party Royale could be the experience that finally realises the idea of a playful, mass participation online metaverse.
4.2021 July 10, John Herrman; Kellen Browning, “Are We in the Metaverse Yet?”, in The New York Times[2], ISSN 0362-4331:
Video games like Roblox and Fortnite and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, in which players can build their own worlds, have metaverse tendencies, as does most social media. If you own a non-fungible token or even just some crypto, you’re part of the metaversal experience. Virtual and augmented reality are, at a minimum, metaverse adjacent.
5.2021 July 30, Brian Merchant, “The Metaverse Has Always Been a Dystopian Idea”, in VICE[3]:
In the world of Snow Crash, the metaverse is not viewed as particularly cool—it is necessary, because the real world has become so unbearable.
6.A set or the composite of all universes.
Synonym: multiverse
7.2003, Ervin Laszlo, The Connectivity Hypothesis, page 108:
A single-cycle universe comes to eternal rest. But further instabilities in the virtual energy domain may occur, and some of these may be potent enough to create new universes. The thesis of a metaverse giving rise to local universes is cogent, […]
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1. ^ Neal Stephenson (1992) Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 24: “So Hiro’s not actually here at all. He’s in a computer-generated universe that his computer is drawing onto his goggles and pumping into his earphones. In the lingo, this imaginary place is known as the Metaverse.”
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voracious
[[English]]
ipa :/vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/[Adjective]
editvoracious (comparative more voracious, superlative most voracious)
1.Wanting or devouring great quantities of food.
2.1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe, ch. 6:
I never had so much as . . . one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages.
3.1867, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, ch. 45:
The old man was up, betimes, next morning, and waited impatiently for the appearance of his new associate, who after a delay that seemed interminable, at length presented himself, and commenced a voracious assault on the breakfast.
4.1910, Jack London, "The Human Drift":
Retreating before stronger breeds, hungry and voracious, the Eskimo has drifted to the inhospitable polar regions.
5.Having a great appetite for anything.
6.1922, Walter Lippmann, Public Opinion, ch. 7:
If he carried chiefly his appetite, a zeal for tiled bathrooms, a conviction that the Pullman car is the acme of human comfort, and a belief that it is proper to tip waiters, taxicab drivers, and barbers, but under no circumstances station agents and ushers, then his Odyssey will be replete with good meals and bad meals, bathing adventures, compartment-train escapades, and voracious demands for money.
7.2005, Nathan Thornburgh, "The Invasion of the Chinese Cyberspies," Time, 29 Aug.:
Methodical and voracious, these hackers wanted all the files they could find.
a voracious reader
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin vorāx, from vorō (“I devour”).
[Synonyms]
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- (devouring great quantities of food): See Thesaurus:voracious
- (having a great appetite for anything): See Thesaurus:greedy
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above
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈbʌv/[Adjective]
editabove (not comparable)
1.Of heaven; heavenly. [first attested around (1150 to 1350).]
2.(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page. [first attested in the mid 18th century.]
[Adverb]
editabove (not comparable)
1.Directly overhead; vertically on top of. [first attested before 1150.]
2.2013 May 11, “The climate of Tibet: Pole-land”, in The Economist[2], volume 407, number 8835, page 80:
Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.
3.Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. [first attested before 1150.]
4.1913, Ambrose Bierce, Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories:
Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some three years before the date mentioned above, it was occupied by the family of Charles May
5.1905, Emanuel Swedenborg, chapter 19, in Heaven and Hell:
That angels are men in the most complete form, and enjoy every sense, may be seen above (n. 73-77); and that the light in heaven is far brighter than the light in the world (n. 126-132).
6.Into or from heaven; in the sky. [first attested around 1150–1350]
He's in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.
7.In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream. [first attested around 1150–1350]
8.Higher in rank, power, or position. [first attested around 1150–1350]
He appealed to the court above.
9.(archaic) In addition. [first attested around 1150–1350]
10.More in number. [first attested around 1350–1470]
11.Above zero; above freezing. [first attested in the mid 20th century.]
It was a cold day at only 5 above.
12.(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below.
[Alternative forms]
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- aboue (obsolete)
[Etymology]
edit A circle above (sense 2) a squareFrom Middle English above, aboven, abuven, from Old English ābufan, onbufan, from a (“on”) + bufan (“over”), (akin to Icelandic ofan (“from above”), Middle Dutch bōven, Old Frisian bova, Middle High German bobene) from bī (“by”) + ufan (“over”); also cognate with Danish oven, Dutch boven, German oben, Swedish ovan, Old Saxon oƀan, Old High German obana.The preposition, adjective and the noun derive from the adverb.
[Noun]
editabove (uncountable)
1.Heaven. [first attested around 1150–1350]
2.Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
3.Higher authority.
4.(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
5.1896, William Morris, The Well at the World's End:
Withal they saw of him that he had no doubt but that they should come to their above on the morrow,
[Preposition]
editabove
1.Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing. [first attested before 1150.]
He always put his coat on above his sweater.
2.In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. [first attested before 1150]
Antonyms: below, beneath
3.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 1:20:
And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the moving creature that hath life, and foule that may flie above the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
4.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
5.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 206-7:
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
6.Farther north than. [first attested before 1150]
Idaho is above Utah.
7.Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise. [first attested around 1150–1350]
8.(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts. [first attested around 1150–1350]
Even the chief of police is not above suspicion.
He was always above reproach.
I thought you said you were above these kinds of antics.
That's above my comprehension.
to cut above average
9.1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, Act I, scene i:
Thy worth, sweet friend, is far above my gifts,
10.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 26:13:
At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightnes of the Sunne, shining round about mee, and them which iourneyed with me.
11.Higher in rank, status, or position. [first attested around 1150–1350]
to stand head and shoulders above the rest
12.1791, John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] [1], London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, OCLC 37805775, page 557:
☞ This word [wrap] is often pronounced wrop, rhyming with top, even by ſpeakers much above the vulgar.
13.(Scotland) In addition to; besides. [first attested around 1150–1350]
above and beyond the call of duty
over and above
14.Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. [first attested around 1350–1470]
That amount is way above our asking price.
15.In preference to.
16.Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
The owner was above taking more than a token salary.
17.Beyond; on the other side.
18.(theater) Upstage of.
[References]
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- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
- Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 4
- Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 4
- above in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- above at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “above, prep.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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pre-order
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpre-order (not comparable)
1.Alternative form of preorder
[Noun]
editpre-order (plural pre-orders)
1.Alternative form of preorder
[Verb]
editpre-order (third-person singular simple present pre-orders, present participle pre-ordering, simple past and past participle pre-ordered)
1.Alternative form of preorder
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gel
[[English]]
ipa :/dʒɛl/[Anagrams]
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- ELG, ElG, leg, leg.
[Etymology 1]
editCoined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin, from French gélatine, from Italian gelatina, diminutive form of gelata (“iced”), from Latin gelata, past participle of gelo (“to freeze”), from gelu (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”)
[Etymology 2]
editImitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.
[[Catalan]]
ipa :/ˈʒɛl/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Occitan, from Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
[Noun]
editgel m (plural gels)
1.ice
Synonym: glaç
2.gel
[[Cimbrian]]
[Adjective]
editgel
1.(Luserna) yellow
[Alternative forms]
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- ghéel (Sette Comuni)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German gël, from Old High German gelo, from Proto-West Germanic *gelu, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz (“yellow”). Cognate with German gelb, English yellow.
[References]
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- “gel” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/ʒɛl/[Anagrams]
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- leg
[Etymology]
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
[Noun]
editgel m or n (plural gels)
1.gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
2.gel (cosmetic preparation)
[[Dutch Low Saxon]]
ipa :/ɡeːl/[Adjective]
editgel
1.yellow
[[French]]
ipa :/ʒɛl/[Etymology]
editFrom Latin gelū, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). For the sense of "gel", cf. English gel; compare gélatine.
[Further reading]
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- “gel” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[Noun]
editgel m (plural gels)
1.frost
Synonym: givre
2.gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
3.gel (cosmetic preparation)
[[German]]
[Adjective]
editgel (comparative geler, superlative am gelsten)
1.(obsolete) Alternative spelling of gehl, alternative form of gelb (“yellow”)
[[German Low German]]
ipa :/ɡeːl/[Adjective]
editgel
1.Alternative spelling of geel
[[Icelandic]]
ipa :/cɛːl/[Noun]
editgel n (genitive singular gels, no plural)
1.gel
[[Nalca]]
[Noun]
editgel
1.woman
2.wife
[[Old French]]
[Alternative forms]
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- jel
[Contraction]
editgel
1.Contraction of ge + le (I […] it)
[[Old Irish]]
ipa :/ɡʲel/[Adjective]
editgel
1.bright
2.clear
3.white
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Celtic *gelos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
[Further reading]
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- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
[Mutation]
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[[Old Saxon]]
[Adjective]
editgēl (comparative gēloro, superlative gēlost)
1.wanton, lustful; wicked
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). Cognate with Old English gāl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”).
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ˈʒɛw/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.
[Noun]
editgel m (plural géis or geles (rare))
1.gel (suspension of solid in liquid)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom French gel.
[Noun]
editgel n (plural geluri)
1.gel
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈxel/[Etymology]
editFrom gelatina or borrowed from French gel, cf. English gel, gelatine.
[Further reading]
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- “gel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
[Noun]
editgel m (plural geles)
1.gel (semi-solid colloid of a solid and a liquid)
2.gel (cosmetic gel, especially body wash)
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English girl.
[Noun]
editgel
1.girl
[[Turkish]]
ipa :/ɟɛl/[Verb]
editgel
1.second-person singular imperative of gelmek
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unwieldy
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌnˈwɪəl.di/[Adjective]
editunwieldy (comparative unwieldier, superlative unwieldiest)
1.(obsolete) Lacking strength; weak.
2.(obsolete) Ungraceful in movement.
3.Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
4.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 175:
The railways that would be fused to create the unwieldy Northern Line were the City & South London and the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway, known as the 'Hampstead Tube'.
5.2017 February 9, Rob Long, “Why I won’t invest in anything that involves effort”, in The National (UAE)[1]:
Recorded music came in unwieldy packages and odd shapes.
6.Badly managed or operated.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
[Alternative forms]
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- unwieldly (less common, possibly nonstandard)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English unweldi, equivalent to un- + wieldy. Cognate with Middle Low German unweldich (“unwieldy”).
[References]
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- Douglas Harper (2001–2021), “unwieldy”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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track down
[[English]]
[Verb]
edittrack down (third-person singular simple present tracks down, present participle tracking down, simple past and past participle tracked down)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, down.
She'll track him down the mountain and catch him before long.
The hurricane tracked down past the cape before blowing east.
The cameraman tracked the plane down so we have a recording of the crash.
2.(idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.
I need to track down a computer so I can check my e-mails.
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guesswork
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- guess-work
[Etymology]
editFrom guess + work. Compare Dutch giswerk (“guesswork”).
[Noun]
editguesswork (countable and uncountable, plural guessworks)
1.An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.
2.1911, William Anthony Granville, Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus:
By a careful study of the figure we might suspect that when the rectangle becomes a square its area would be the greatest, but this would at best be mere guesswork. A better way would evidently be to plot the graph of the function (1) and note its behavior.
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Champaign
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʃæmˈpeɪn/[Proper noun]
editChampaign
1.A city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States.
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champaign
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈtʃæmpeɪn/[Adjective]
editchampaign (comparative more champaign, superlative most champaign)
1.Pertaining to open countryside; unforested, flat.
2.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the Caniballes”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821, page 102:
They are ſeated alongſt the ſea-coaſt, encompaſſed toward the land with huge and ſteepie mountains, having betweene both, a hundred leagues or there abouts of open and champaine ground.
3.1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 71:
A fine champagne country, well stored with corn.
4.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 35:
In England mobility was taken for granted, at least outside the champaign agricultural areas.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- champeyne [15th c.]
- champaine [15th-17th c.]
- champagne [16th–18th c.]
- champain
[Etymology]
editFrom Old French champaigne, from Late Latin campānia.
[Noun]
editchampaign (plural champaigns)
1.(geography, archaic) Open countryside, or an area of open countryside.
2.[a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “Capitulum Sextum”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786, leaves 85, recto – 85, verso; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034, pages 169–170:
Thenne ſyre Gawayne was ſore greued with theſe wordes / and pulled oute his ſwerd and ſmote of his hede / And therwith torned theyr horſes and rode ouer waters and thurgh woodes tyl they came to theyre buſſhement / where as ſyr Lyonel and ſyr Bedeuer were houyng / The romayns folowed faſt after on horſbak and on foote ouer a chãpayn vnto a wood [...]
Then Sir Gawain was sore grieved with these words, and pulled out his sword and smote of his head, And therewith turned their horses and rode over waters and through woods till they came to their bushment, where as Sir Lionel and Sir Bedivere were hoving, The Romans followed fast after on horseback and on foot over a champaign unto a wood [...]]
3.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, 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 i], page 283, column 2:
Of all theſe bounds euen from this Line, to this, / With ſhadowie Forreſts, and with Champains rich'd / With plenteous Riuers, and wide-ſkirted Meades / We make thee Lady.
4.1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed [by Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, OCLC 932915040, partition 2, section 2, member 3, page 261:
So Segrave in Leiceſterſhire (which Towne I am now bound to remember) is ſited in a Champain, at the edge of the Wolds, and more barren than the villages about it, yet no place likely yeelds a better aire.
5.a. 1775, Oliver Goldsmith, “A Description of an Author’s Bed-chamber”, in Poems and Plays. […], London: Messrs. Price [et al.], published 1785, OCLC 1016221269, page 10:
Where the Red Lion ſtaring o'er the way, / Invites each paſſing ſtranger that can pay; / Where Calvert’s butt, and Parſon’s black champaign, / Regale the drabs and bloods of Drury-lane; [...]
6.(obsolete) A battlefield.
[Synonyms]
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- champianedit
- champian
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approximate
[[English]]
ipa :/ə.ˈpɹɒk.sɪ.mət/[Adjective]
editapproximate (comparative more approximate, superlative most approximate)
1.Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
2.Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
approximate results or values
NASA's Genesis spacecraft has on board an ion monitor to record the speed, density, temperature and approximate composition of the solar wind ions.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- approx. (abbreviation, also for adverb approximately)
[Antonyms]
edit
- exact, precise
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin approximatus, past participle of approximare (“to approach”); ad + proximare (“to come near”). See proximate.
[Synonyms]
edit
- close
[Verb]
editapproximate (third-person singular simple present approximates, present participle approximating, simple past and past participle approximated)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
I approximated the value of pi by taking 22 divided by 7.
2.(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
3.1911, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
When you follow two separate chains of thought, Watson, you will find some point of intersection which should approximate to the truth.
4.1802, Jedidiah Morse, The American Universal Geography
The telescope approximates perfection.
5.(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
6.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
to approximate the inequality of riches to the level of nature
[[Latin]]
[Verb]
editapproximāte
1.second-person plural present active imperative of approximō
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supplanted
[[English]]
[Verb]
editsupplanted
1.simple past tense and past participle of supplant
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subcontractor
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editFrom sub- + contractor.
[Noun]
editsubcontractor (plural subcontractors)
1.A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.
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seminal
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈsɛmɪnəl/[Adjective]
editseminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
1.Of or relating to seed or semen.
2.Creative or having the power to originate.
3.Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
Synonyms: influential, pioneering
4.1827, Julius Hare and Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth
The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" was a seminal work in the modern philosophy of science.
5.2000, Walter Nicholson, Intermediate microeconomics and its application:
For a seminal contribution to the economics of fertility, ....
[Anagrams]
edit
- Elamins, Malines, Melians, isleman, menials, salmine
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin sēminālis.
[Noun]
editseminal (plural seminals)
1.(obsolete) A seed.
2.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A. Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], OCLC 152706203:
the seminals of spiders and scorpions
[Synonyms]
edit
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative
[[Catalan]]
[Adjective]
editseminal (masculine and feminine plural seminals)
1.seminal
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sēminālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “seminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “seminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “seminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “seminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
[[Portuguese]]
[Adjective]
editseminal m or f (plural seminais, comparable)
1.(botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2.(anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3.seminal; creative; inventive
Synonyms: criativo, inventivo, fértil
4.seminal (highly influential)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sēminālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “seminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editseminal m or n (feminine singular seminală, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)
1.seminal
[Etymology]
editFrom French séminal, from Latin seminalis.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/semiˈnal/[Adjective]
editseminal (plural seminales)
1.(botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
2.(anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
3.seminal; creative; inventive
4.seminal (highly influential)
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin sēminālis.
[Further reading]
edit
- “seminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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dreaded
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdɹɛdɪd/[Adjective]
editdreaded (comparative more dreaded, superlative most dreaded)
1.Causing fear, dread or terror.
I have got the dreaded flu.
2.Wearing dreadlocks.
[Anagrams]
edit
- dead-red, re-added, readded
[Verb]
editdreaded
1.simple past tense and past participle of dread
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dread
[[English]]
ipa :/dɹɛd/[Adjective]
editdread (comparative dreader, superlative dreadest)
1.Terrible; greatly feared; dreaded.
2.1879, Arthur Sullivan, 'The Pirates of Penzance', Gilbert & Sullivan:
With cat-like tread / Upon our prey we steal / In silence dread / Our cautious way we feel
3.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure[3]:
I even remember thinking that no human being would go down that dread path again.
4.(archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.
5.1633, John Hay, editor, The Acts Made in the First Parliament of our Most High and Dread Soveraigne Charles, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.: Holden by Himselfe, Present in Person, with His Three Estates, at Edinburgh, upon the Twentie Eight Day of Iune, Anno Domini 1633, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Young, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, OCLC 606535094:
The acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraigne Charles [I], by the grace of God, King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. […] [book title]
[Anagrams]
edit
- adder, dared, radde, re-add, readd
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English dreden, from Old English drǣdan (“to fear, dread”), aphetic form of ondrǣdan (“to fear, dread”), from and- + rǣdan (whence read); corresponding to an aphesis of earlier adread.Akin to Old Saxon antdrādan, andrādan (“to fear, dread”), Old High German intrātan (“to fear”), Middle High German entrāten (“to fear, dread, frighten”).
[Noun]
editdread (countable and uncountable, plural dreads)
1.Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.
my visit to the doctor is filling me with dread
2.a. 1694, John Tillotson, The Advantages of Religion to particular Persons
the secret dread of divine displeasure
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 III, scene i]:
the dread of something after death
4.2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)[2], London, page R11:
In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.
5.Reverential or respectful fear; awe.
6.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 9:2:
The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth.
7.c. 1596–1598, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, 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 IV, scene i]:
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, / The attribute to awe and majesty, / Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
8.Somebody or something dreaded.
9.(obsolete) A person highly revered.
10.1590, Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene
Una, his dear dread
11.(obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.
12.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 6, canto 9:
The mightie ones, affrayd of every chaunges dread
13.A Rastafarian.
14.(chiefly in the plural) dreadlock
15.2006, Earl Stevens, Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels (lyrics), Lil Jon (music), “Tell Me When To Go”, in My Ghetto Report Card:
Jesus Christ had dreads / So shake 'em / I ain't got none / But I'm planning on growing some.
[See also]
edit
- dreadlocks
- dreadnought
[Verb]
editdread (third-person singular simple present dreads, present participle dreading, simple past and past participle dreaded)
1.(transitive) To fear greatly.
2.To anticipate with fear.
I'm dreading getting the results of the test, as it could decide my whole life.
3.1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty Chapter 22[1]
Day by day, hole by hole our bearing reins were shortened, and instead of looking forward with pleasure to having my harness put on as I used to do, I began to dread it.
4.(intransitive) To be in dread, or great fear.
5.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Deuteronomy 1:29:
Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
6.(transitive) To style (the hair) into dreadlocks.
[[Portuguese]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- dreads
[Noun]
editdread m (plural dreads)
1.Clipping of dreadlock.
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muster
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmʌs.tə/[Anagrams]
edit
- Sumter, estrum, mustre, muters, stumer, turmes
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English musteren, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mostrer, Middle French monstrer, moustrer (whence the noun monstre, which gave the English noun), from Latin mōnstrāre (“to show”), from monere (“to admonish”). Cognate with French montrer (“to show”), Italian mostrare (“to show”), Spanish mostrar (“to show”). See also monster.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
- muster in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- muster in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
[[German]]
[Verb]
editmuster
1.singular imperative of mustern
[[Silesian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Muster.
[Noun]
editmuster m
1.design, pattern
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Muster
[[German]]
ipa :/ˈmʊstɐ/[Antonyms]
edit
- Antimuster (architecture, software)
[Etymology]
edit15th century, via Italian mostra (“exhibition”) (Vulgar Latin mōstra), from Latin mōnstrum (“omen”), linked to Latin monstrāre (“to show”) (Vulgar Latin mōstrāre).
[Further reading]
edit
- “Muster” in Duden online
[Noun]
editMuster n (genitive Musters, plural Muster)
1.example
2.pattern
3.(architecture, software, design) pattern
[[Hunsrik]]
ipa :/ˈmuʃtɐ/[Further reading]
edit
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
[Noun]
editMuster n (plural Muster)
1.patten
Ich sihn en Muster dart.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
[[Saterland Frisian]]
[Etymology]
editLikely from German Low German Musterd, Mustert.
[Noun]
editMuster m
1.mustard
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must
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmʌst/[Alternative forms]
edit
- mus'
[Anagrams]
edit
- MTUs, UMTS, smut, stum, tums
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English moste ("must", literally, "had to", the past tense of Middle English moten (“to have to”)), from Old English mōste (“had to”), 1st & 3rd person singular past tense of mōtan (“to be allowed, be able to, have the opportunity to, be compelled to, must, may”). From Proto-Germanic *mōtaną. Cognate with Dutch moest (“had to”), German musste (“had to”), Swedish måste (“must, have to, be obliged to”). More at mote.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English must, from Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Persian مست (mast, “drunk, inebriated”), from Middle Persian 𐭬୮୲ (mast).
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/mʏst/[Etymology]
editFrom English must, from Old English mōste, from the past tense of Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, whence native moeten.
[Noun]
editmust m (plural musts)
1.a must (necessity, prerequisite)
Synonym: moetje
Een rijbewijs is een must als je taxichauffeur wil worden.
A driver's license is a must if you want to be a taxi driver.
[[Estonian]]
ipa :/ˈmust/[Adjective]
editmust (genitive musta, partitive musta, comparative mustem, superlative kõige mustem or mustim)
1.black (color)
Lindude sulestik on must, aga tiibadel märkame valget laiku.
The plumage of the birds is black, but you can notice a white spot on the wings.
2.Dark, without light, illumination (and poorly visible).
Mustad sügisööd.
Dark autumn nights.
1.Without snow.
Maa on must ja kelgutada ei saa.
The ground is without snow and you can't go sledding.Having dark skin.
Must poiss muudkui naeris.
The black kid kept laughing.Dirty, unclean, full of garbage and/or grime.
Mu riided said mustaks ja pidin neid pesema.
My clothes became dirty and I had to wash them.
1.Not requiring special skills, making something or someone dirty.
Hauakaevaja must töö.
The dirty job of a gravedigger.
Synonym: räpaneGrim, dreary, hopeless, without any (good) solution.
Meeleolu on must.
The mood around here is dark.
1.Illegal, unofficial, disgraceful.
Kartsin, et mu mustad teod tulevad päevavalgele.
I feared, that my dark acts will come to light.
[Antonyms]
edit
- valge
[Derived terms]
edit
- mustus
- mustuma
- mustendama
- mustenma
- mustama
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *musta. Cognate with Finnish musta, Veps must and Livonian mustā. Possibly from Proto-Germanic *mus-ta-, compare Norwegian Bokmål must (“steam, fume, mist”).[1]
[Noun]
editmust (genitive musta, partitive musta)
1.The color black.
Halli värvi kombineerimine musta ja valgega suurendad enda usaldatavust.
By combining gray with black and white, you increase your own reliability.
2.Something colored in black.
Otsustasime, kumb mängib valgete, kumb mustadega.
We decided, who plays with whites (white chesspieces), and who plays with blacks (black chesspieces).
3.A person having dark skin.
Meie tulevikulootus ei ole enam lapsed, vaid hoopis mustad.
Our hopes for the future aren't our children anymore, but blacks.
[References]
edit
1. ^ http://eki.ee/dict/ety/index.cgi?Q=must&F=M&C06=en
[Related terms]
edit
- must auk
- mustvalge
- musträstas
- süsimust
- must sõstar
[See also]
edit
[[Finnish]]
ipa :/ˈmust/[Etymology 1]
editA variant of musta < minusta (“of me”).
[Etymology 2]
editBorrowed from English must.
[[French]]
ipa :/mœst/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English must.
[Noun]
editmust m (plural musts)
1.(informal) that which is compulsory; an obligation; duty; must
Synonyms: essentiel, impératif
2.2003, Élisabeth Badinter, Fausse route, Odile Jacob, →ISBN:
Comme le fait remarquer Daphne Patai, Loïs Pineau, contrairement à Catherine MacKinnon, postule que les femmes sont tout à fait capables de donner un consentement explicite et verbal sans en rester au geste et au sous-entendu. Non seulement l'explicitation n'est pas un problème, mais c'est un must.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
3.(often humorous) must-have (item that one must own)
4.2014, Annie Ernaux, Regarde les lumières mon amour, Seuil, →ISBN, page 62:
La fête des Mères s’affiche partout dans le centre commercial. À Auchan, un espace lui est réservé, rempli de robots, d’aspirateurs, de machines à café – le must apparemment – parfums, etc.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[[Hungarian]]
ipa :[ˈmuʃt][Further reading]
edit
- must 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
[Noun]
editmust (plural mustok)
1.must (sweet fresh grape juice that has not fermented yet)
[[Ludian]]
[Adjective]
editmust
1.black
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *musta.
[[Middle English]]
ipa :/must/[Alternative forms]
edit
- most, moste, moust, muste
[Etymology]
editFrom Old English must and Old French must, most, both from Latin mustum.
[Noun]
editmust (uncountable)
1.must (wine that is not fully fermented)
2.(rare, with qualifier) fruit juice
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin mustum, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mews- (“damp”).
[Noun]
editmust n (plural musturi)
1.unfermented wine; grape or other fruit juice
2.must (of grapes)
[[Swedish]]
ipa :/mɵst/[Anagrams]
edit
- stum, tums
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Norse muster, moster, from Latin mustum.
[Noun]
editmust c (uncountable)
1.A kind of soft drink, more commonly known as julmust
2.
3. Unfermented fruit juice
[[Veps]]
[Adjective]
editmust
1.black
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *musta.
[Noun]
editmust
1.black
[References]
edit
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “чёрный”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
[[Volapük]]
[Noun]
editmust (nominative plural musts)
1.must (new wine; sweet cider)
[[Võro]]
[Adjective]
editmust (genitive musta, partitive musta)
1.black (colour)
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *musta.
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jovial
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈdʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/[Adjective]
editjovial (comparative more jovial, superlative most jovial)
1.(comparable) Cheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:happy
Antonyms: saturnine; see also Thesaurus:sad
2.1593, Gabriel Harvey, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, OCLC 165778203; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London: [s.n.], 1870], OCLC 23963073, page 161:
A melancholy boddy is not the kindeſt nurſe for a chearely minde, (the joviall complexion is ſoverainly beholding to nature,) […]
3.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Democritvs Ivnior to the Reader”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, page 57:
The moſt ſecure, happy, Ioviall & merry in the worlds eſteeme, are Princes & great men, free from melancholy, but for their cares, miſeries, ſuſpicions, Iealoſies, diſcontents, folly, & madneſſe, I referre you to Xenophons Tyrannus, where king Hieron diſcourſeth at large with Simonides the Poet, of this ſubject.
4.1711 March 13, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “FRIDAY, March 2, 1710–1711 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 2; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697, page 88:
But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards.
5.1790 August, “Art V. The Devil upon Two Sticks in England: Being a Continuation of Le Diable Boiteux of Le Sage. 12mo. 4 Vols. about 230 Pages in each. 12s. Sewed. Walter, Piccadilly. 1790. [book review]”, in The Monthly Review; or, Literary Journal, Enlarged, volume II, London: Printed for R[alph] Griffiths; and sold by T[homas] Becket, […], OCLC 901376714, page 392:
[I]n polite ſocieties, he is the eaſy, well-bred man of faſhion; and, in the more convivial parties, he is the jovial companion.
6.1797, Richard Graves, “On the Death of an Epicure”, in Select Epigrams. In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Printed by and for Sampson Low, […]; and sold by W. H. Lunn, […], OCLC 1004252375, page 31:
At length, my friends, the feaſt of life is o’er; / I’ve eat ſufficient, I can drink no more: / My nigh is come; I’ve ſpent a jovial day; ’Tis time to part; but, oh!—what is to pay?
7.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Five. The End of It.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, pages 154–155:
Running to the window, he opened it, and put out his head. No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring, cold; cold, piping for the blood to dance to; Golden sunlight; Heavenly sky; sweet fresh air; merry bells. Oh, glorious. Glorious!
8.1905 January 12, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “Lord Grenville’s Ball”, in The Scarlet Pimpernel, popular edition, London: Greening & Co., published 20 March 1912, OCLC 235822313, page 115:
A long, jovial, inane laugh broke the sudden silence which had fallen over everyone.
9.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071, page 267:
She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.
10.1951 December, Rock Island Lines News Digest, volume X, number 12, Chicago, Ill.: Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, OCLC 31916124, page 1:
[A] jovial Santa Claus with an understanding heart and an attentive ear— […]
11.(not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
12.1682, Joseph Blagrave, “[The Effects of Directions.] The Ascendant to the Body of Jupiter.”, in Obadiah Blagrave, editor, Blagrave’s Introduction to Astrology. In Three Parts. […], London: Printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Obadiah Blagrave, […], OCLC 228724142, part III, page 226:
This Planet [Jupiter] being a Fortune, and Friend unto nature, inclineth the native, upon this direction, not only unto healthfulneſs, but alſo to be jovial and merry, affable and pleaſant, and to delight in the company of religious men: […] [T]his direction importeth good from jovial perſons, and is an excellent time to have dealings with, or to receive any courteſie from, or benefit by them, […]
13.1852, William Lilly; Zadkiel [pseudonym; Richard James Morrison], “Of the Fourth House, and Judgments Depending thereon”, in An Introduction to Astrology […]: A Grammar of Astrology, and Tables for Calculating Nativities. […], London: H[enry] G[eorge] Bohn, […], OCLC 1077929409, page 145:
As ☉ is near to a ⚹ of ♃, so did a jovial man endeavour to procure the purchase (after I began), but ♃ is cadent and in detriment, which shewed he should not prevail.
[Etymology]
edit The planet Jupiter photographed on 12 February 2019 by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Juno spacecraft. The word jovial can mean “pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter” (sense 2).Borrowed from French jovial (“jolly, jovial”), from Italian gioviale (“jolly, jovial; (obsolete) born under the influence of the planet Jupiter”), from Latin ioviālis (“relating to the Roman god Jupiter”), from Iuppiter, Iovis (“the Roman god Jove or Jupiter, counterpart of the Greek god Zeus”) (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to be bright; heaven, sky”)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship); analysable as Jove + -ial.[1]Sense 1 (“cheerful and good-humoured”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Jupiter were believed to have that disposition.
[Further reading]
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- Jupiter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Jupiter (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- jovial (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- jovial in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- jovial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- jovial at OneLook Dictionary Search
[References]
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1. ^ “jovial, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1901; “jovial, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
[[French]]
ipa :/ʒɔ.vjal/[Adjective]
editjovial (feminine singular joviale, masculine plural joviaux, feminine plural joviales)
1.jovial, jolly
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Italian gioviale, from Latin ioviālis.
[Further reading]
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- “jovial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
[[German]]
ipa :/joˈviaːl/[Adjective]
editjovial
1.jovial
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French jovial, from Italian gioviale, from Latin ioviālis.
[Further reading]
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- “jovial” in Duden online
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
ipa :/ju.vi.aːl/[Adjective]
editjovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)
1.jovial
[Etymology]
editFrom German jovial, from Latin jovialis.
[References]
edit“jovial” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
ipa :/ju.vi.aːl/[Adjective]
editjovial (neuter singular jovialt, definite singular and plural joviale)
1.jovial
[Etymology]
editFrom German jovial, from Latin jovialis.
[References]
edit“jovial” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Portuguese]]
ipa :/ʒo.viˈaw/[Adjective]
editjovial m or f (plural joviais, comparable)
1.jovial; merry, cheerful
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Latin ioviālis.
[[Romanian]]
[Adjective]
editjovial m or n (feminine singular jovială, masculine plural joviali, feminine and neuter plural joviale)
1.jocose
[Etymology]
editFrom French jovial
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/xoˈbjal/[Adjective]
editjovial (plural joviales)
1.Jovian
2.cheerful, jovial
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin ioviālis.
[Further reading]
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- “jovial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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plaster
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈplɑːstə/[Alternative forms]
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- plaister
- plastre (obsolete)
[Anagrams]
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- Alperts, Platers, palster, palters, persalt, plastre, platers, psalter, replats, stapler
[Etymology]
editOld English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre.
[Noun]
editplaster (countable and uncountable, plural plasters)
1.(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
2.(countable, Britain, New Zealand, Canada) A small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound; a sticking plaster.
3.(uncountable) A mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings; render, stucco.
4.(countable) A cast made of plaster of Paris and gauze; plaster cast.
5.(uncountable) plaster of Paris.
[Verb]
editplaster (third-person singular simple present plasters, present participle plastering, simple past and past participle plastered)
1.(transitive) To cover or coat something with plaster; to render.
to plaster a wall
2.(transitive) To apply a plaster to.
to plaster a wound
3.(transitive) To smear with some viscous or liquid substance.
Her face was plastered with mud.
4.(transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.
The radio station plastered the buses and trains with its advertisement.
5.(transitive, figuratively) To smooth over.
[[Danish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom late Old Norse plástr, from Medieval Latin plastrum, from Latin emplastrum.
[Noun]
editplaster n (singular definite plastret or plasteret, plural indefinite plastre)
1.band-aid, plaster or sticking plaster
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈplas.tɛr/[Etymology]
editFrom German Pflaster, from Old High German pflastar, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron).
[Further reading]
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- plaster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- plaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editplaster m inan (diminutive plasterek)
1.plaster, sticking plaster, band-aid
Synonym: przylepiec
2.slice (thin, broad piece cut off from a whole)
3.comb, honeycomb
[[Swedish]]
[Anagrams]
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- platser, spalter
[Noun]
editplaster
1.indefinite plural of plast
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endearing
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈdɪəɹɪŋ/[Adjective]
editendearing (comparative more endearing, superlative most endearing)
1.Inspiring affection or love, often in a childlike way.
Synonym: cute
Antonym: unendearing
2.1711 November 3, Joseph Addison; Richard Steele, “TUESDAY, October 23, 1711 [Julian calendar]”, in The Spectator, number 203; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, OCLC 191120697, pages 26–27:
[…] I dare not call him father, nor he, without shame, own me as his issue, I being illegitimate, and therefore deprived of that endearing tenderness and unparalleled satisfaction which a good man finds in the love and conversation of a parent.
3.1808, John [Andrew] Stevenson; Thomas Moore, “Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms”, in A Selection of Irish Melodies. […], second number, London: Printed and sold at J. Power's Music & Instrument Warehouse, […], OCLC 78035330, stanza I, page 112:
BELIEVE me, if all those endearing young charms, / Which I gaze on so fondly to-day, / Were to change by to-morrow, and fleet in my arms, / Like fairy-gifts fading away,— / Thou wouldst stil be ador'd as this moment thou art, / Let thy loveliness fade as it will; / And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart / Would entwine itself verdantly still!
4.1907, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Baby-worship”, in The Defendant (The Wayfarer’s Library), 3rd edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co. […], OCLC 233984870, page 116:
But the humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.
5.1983, Chad Evans, “The Road to British Columbia”, in Frontier Theatre: A History of Nineteenth-century Theatrical Entertainment in the Canadian Far West and Alaska, Victoria, B.C.: Sono Nis Press, →ISBN, page 143:
In legitimate comedy actresses conformed to a Victorian image of coquetry. Most comediennes were termed soubrettes, after their inclination for depicting young women in a variety of situations, in which the soubrettes employed their diverse popular talents to heighten their endearing magnetism.
6.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road Might Already be the Best Action Movie Ever Made”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2018:
And yet [Nathan] Jones is perfect in Fury Road, a deeply dangerous human weapon who, because of his infantile need for respect from his father, somehow turns out endearing even though we see him ripping an engine from the hood and throwing it at the good guys.
[Anagrams]
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- Grenadine, engrained, grenadine
[Etymology]
editendear + -ing.
[Noun]
editendearing (plural endearings)
1.Synonym of endearment.
2.1919 September, Jack London, “On the Makaloa Mat”, in On the Makaloa Mat, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, OCLC 288484, page 23:
It was arms around, and perpetual endearings, and all that I had missed for a weary twelve-month.
[Verb]
editendearing
1.present participle of endear.
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endear
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪnˈdɪə/[Alternative forms]
edit
- indear
[Anagrams]
edit
- Andree, Dearne, deaner, earned, neared, readen
[Etymology]
editFrom en- + dear.
[Synonyms]
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- bedear
[Verb]
editendear (third-person singular simple present endears, present participle endearing, simple past and past participle endeared)
1.(obsolete) To make (something) more precious or valuable. [16th-17th c.]
2.(obsolete) To make (something) more expensive; to increase the cost of. [17th-19th c.]
3.(obsolete) To stress (something) as important; to exaggerate. [17th c.]
4.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
Salvianus Massiliensis […] saith, that amongst French-men, to lie and forsweare is no vice but a manner of speach. He that would endeare [transl. encherir] this Testimonie, might say, it is now rather deemed a vertue among them.
5.To make (someone) dear or precious. [from 18th c.]
By giving candy to the children the man tried to endear himself to them.
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purportedly
[[English]]
ipa :/pə(ɹ)ˈpɔː(ɹ).təd.li/[Adverb]
editpurportedly (not comparable)
1.supposedly, putatively, or reputedly
2.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
In addition, none of the purportedly more common terms of these pairs appear to be especially frequent in modern Indian English.
[Etymology]
editFrom purported + -ly.
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halfway
[[English]]
ipa :/hæfweɪ/[Adverb]
edithalfway (not comparable)
1.Half of the way between two points; midway.
2.Moderately; somewhat.
a halfway decent place to sleep
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- + way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).
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nitty-gritty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌnɪtiˈɡɹɪti/[Etymology]
editOf uncertain origin; said to have been first used by black jazz musicians from the United States, the word is perhaps a reduplication of gritty (“resembling grit”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *greutą (“grit”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd-) with alteration of the first syllable.[1]It has been suggested that the word originally referred to the debris remaining in the holds of slave ships after the slaves had been disembarked, but there is no evidence of such use before the 20th century when slavery was prevalent.[2]
[Further reading]
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- nitty-gritty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[Noun]
editnitty-gritty (uncountable)
1.(originally US, colloquial, also attributively) The core or essence of something; the gist.
Synonyms: brass tacks, nuts and bolts; see also Thesaurus:gist
He gave a short summary without getting into the nitty-gritty of the problem.
[References]
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1. ^ “nitty-gritty, n. and adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2003; “nitty-gritty, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
2. ^ Gary Martin (1997–), “Nitty-gritty”, in The Phrase Finder; Michael Quinion (created 11 November 2000, last updated 25 October 2008), “Nitty-gritty”, in World Wide Words.
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nitty
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈnɪtiː/[Anagrams]
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- tinty
[Etymology 1]
editFrom nit + -y. The “foolish, inane” adjective sense is from nit (“fool, nitwit”), possibly under the influence of nutty (“crazy, mad”).[1]The origin of the noun sense (“dope fiend, druggie”) is unknown, but could refer to a person who is under the influence of drugs to the extent that he or she is careless about personal hygiene and unkempt. Compare the verb nit (“to be a nitty”).
[Etymology 2]
editProbably from nitty(-gritty).
[Etymology 3]
editA clipping of nitid (“bright, lustrous, shining”), or directly derived from Latin nitidus (“glittering, shining”), from niteō (“to glitter, shine; to look beautiful or bright”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ney- (“to shine”)) + idus (“suffix meaning ‘tending to’”).
[Further reading]
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- nitty (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
[References]
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1. ^ Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors (2013), “nitty”, in The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1584.
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