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41642 unifier [[English]] [Etymology] editunify +‎ -er [Noun] editunifier (plural unifiers) 1.Agent noun of unify; one who unifies. [Synonyms] edit - (one who unifies): harmonizer, integrator, mediator, reconciler, uniter, consolidator [[French]] ipa :/y.ni.fjɑ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French unifier, borrowed from Late Latin unificare. [Further reading] edit - “unifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Verb] editunifier 1.to unify 0 0 2022/03/04 10:27 TaN
41645 secretly [[English]] ipa :/ˈsi.kɹət.li/[Adverb] editsecretly (not comparable) 1.In secret, covertly. [Antonyms] edit - cōram [Etymology] editsecret +‎ -ly 0 0 2022/03/04 10:28 TaN
41650 challenged [[English]] ipa :/ˈtʃæl.əndʒd/[Adjective] editchallenged (comparative more challenged, superlative most challenged) 1.(euphemistic) Lacking some physical or mental attribute or skill used after adverbs to make politically correct adjectives. 1. mentally challenged 2.(humorous) Used following adverbs to make adjectives in imitation of and mocking adjectives of this kind. vertically challenged [Verb] editchallenged 1.simple past tense and past participle of challenge 0 0 2013/01/29 11:58 2022/03/04 10:31
41651 poll [[English]] ipa :/pɔl/[Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), probably from or else cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”),[1] from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”).Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, skalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”), Low German polle (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from notion of "counting heads". [Etymology 2] editPerhaps a shortening of Polly, a common name for pet parrots. [Etymology 3] editFrom Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”) [References] edit 1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "poll, n.1" Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2006. 2. ^ 1859, Alexander Mansfield, Law Dictionaryedit - Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967 [[Catalan]] ipa :/ˈpoʎ/[Etymology 1] editFrom Old Occitan, from Latin pullus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Compare Occitan pol. [Etymology 2] editFrom Old Occitan, from Late Latin peduclus < peduculus, variant of Latin pēdīculus, from pēdis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pesd-. [[Dutch]] [Verb] editpoll 1.first-person singular present indicative of pollen 2. imperative of pollen [[German]] [Verb] editpoll 1.singular imperative of pollen 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of pollen [[Icelandic]] [Noun] editpoll 1.indefinite accusative singular of pollur [[Irish]] ipa :/pˠɑul̪ˠ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle Irish poll (“hole”), from Old English pōl (compare English pool). [Further reading] edit - "poll" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill. - Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “poll”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language [Mutation] edit [Noun] editpoll m (genitive singular poill, nominative plural poill) 1.hole 2.storage pit; disposal pit; extraction pit 3.pool, puddle; pond, sea 4.burrow, lair 5.dark, mean place (of prison) 6.shaft, vent hole 7.aperture 8.(anatomy) orifice, cavity 9.perforation 10.(figuratively) leak 11.pothole [References] edit 1. ^ M. L. Sjoestedt, 1931, Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, p. 28. 2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 209. 3. ^ Tomás de Bhaldraithe, 1975, The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 215. 4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 23 [Synonyms] edit - (pothole): linntreog [Verb] editpoll (present analytic pollann, future analytic pollfaidh, verbal noun polladh, past participle pollta) 1.(transitive, intransitive) hole; puncture, pierce, bore, perforate (make a hole in) [[Middle English]] [Etymology] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Noun] editpoll 1.A head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which the hair (normally) grows [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/pɔlː/[Etymology] editFrom Old Norse pollr. [Further reading] edit - “poll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Noun] editpoll m (definite singular pollen, indefinite plural pollar, definite plural pollane) 1.a small branch of a fjord, often with a narrow inlet [[Scottish Gaelic]] [Etymology] editPossibly borrowed from Old English pōl (“pool”).[1] Or, from Late Latin *padulus, metathesis of paludis, palus (“marsh, swamp, bog”).[2] See also Welsh pwll (“pool swamp”), Irish poll, Middle Breton poull. [Mutation] edit [Noun] editpoll m (genitive singular puill, plural puill) 1.mud, mire 2.pond, pool, bog [References] edit 1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “pwll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies 2. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “poll”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page poll 0 0 2009/01/10 03:38 2022/03/04 10:31 TaN
41652 Poll [[English]] [Etymology 1] editFrom Polly, by rhyming with Molly, from Mary. [Etymology 2] editFrom Paul. 0 0 2009/01/10 03:39 2022/03/04 10:31 TaN
41653 proclaim [[English]] ipa :/pɹoʊˈkleɪm/[Alternative forms] edit - proclaime, proclame (obsolete) [Anagrams] edit - picloram [Etymology] editFrom Middle English proclamen, proclaime, from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmō, prōclāmāre, from prō- (“forth”) + clāmō (“to shout, cry out”). Spelling altered by influence of claim, from the same Latin source (clāmō). [Synonyms] edit - (to announce or declare): disclose, make known; See also Thesaurus:announce [Verb] editproclaim (third-person singular simple present proclaims, present participle proclaiming, simple past and past participle proclaimed) 1.To announce or declare. 2.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes. 3.(dated or historical) To make [something] the subject of an official proclamation bringing it within the scope of emergency powers 4.1824 May 19, "MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, Appointed to examine into the Nature and Extent of the Disturbances which have prevailed in those Districts of IRELAND which are now subject to the Provisions of the Insurrection Act, and to report to The House" [HC 1825 (200)] Evidence of Richard Griffith p.37 Were those baronies proclaimed at the time you were in them? –Some of them are; the barony of Duhallow is proclaimed. 5.1834 June 5, Montague L. Chapman , Hansard HC Deb ser 3 vol 24 col 236 [...] the Magistrates present, naturally excited by the occurrence, applied to Government to proclaim the baronies in which the outrage had occurred [...] 6.1940 Major General Hugh MacNeill, "Na Fianna Éireann; Senior Corps of the Old Army" (An Cosantóir) reprinted in Our Struggle for Independence: Eye-witness Accounts from the Pages of 'An Cosantóir' p.184 In due course the Dáil was proclaimed, fruitless efforts were made to suppress it and all its institutions, including, of course, the IRA. 0 0 2019/01/26 01:08 2022/03/04 10:31
41655 amidst [[English]] ipa :/aˈmɪdst/[Alternative forms] edit - amidest (obsolete) - amiddst (obsolete, rare) - amiddest (obsolete) - amydst (obsolete) - amyddst (obsolete, rare) - amyddest (obsolete, rare) [Anagrams] edit - admits [Etymology] editamids +‎ -t (excrescent), from amid +‎ -s (genitive); surface analysis as amid +‎ -st (excrescent). Root amid from Middle English amidde, amiddes, on midden, from Old English on middan (“in the middle”), from midd (“central”) (English mid). [Preposition] editamidst 1.In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. 2.1748, [David Hume], chapter 4, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 642589706: Be a philosopher ; but amidst all your philosophy, be still a man. 3.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., OCLC 17392886; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914, OCLC 1224185: Not so, however, with Tarzan, the man-child. His life amidst the dangers of the jungle had taught him to meet emergencies with self-confidence, and his higher intelligence resulted in a quickness of mental action far beyond the powers of the apes. Synonyms: amid, among, amongst [References] edit 1. ^ TimesOnline, The Guardian and Hansard (Canadian parliament) 0 0 2021/11/24 07:56 2022/03/04 10:31 TaN
41656 amid [[English]] ipa :-ɪd[Anagrams] edit - Dima, Madi, aim'd, diam, diam., maid [Etymology 1] editMiddle English amidde, Old English on middan,[1] a- +‎ mid. [Etymology 2] edit [[Amis]] [Noun] editamid 1.gift [[Hungarian]] ipa :[ˈɒmid][Etymology 1] editami (“what”) +‎ -d (possessive suffix) [Etymology 2] editFrom German Ammonie (“Am(monie)”) + -id (“-ide”, suffix referring to a chemical compound).[1] [References] edit 1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN [[Norwegian Bokmål]] [Etymology] editFrom the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id [Noun] editamid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid or amider, definite plural amida or amidene) 1.(chemistry) an amide [References] edit - “amid” in The Bokmål Dictionary. [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] [Etymology] editFrom the shortening of ammoniakk +‎ -id [Noun] editamid n (definite singular amidet, indefinite plural amid, definite plural amida) 1.(chemistry) an amide [References] edit - “amid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [[Polish]] ipa :/ˈa.mit/[Etymology] editBorrowed from New Latin ammonia + +‎ -id. [Further reading] edit - amid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN - amid in Polish dictionaries at PWN [Noun] editamid m inan 1.(organic chemistry) amide 0 0 2010/09/13 08:23 2022/03/04 10:32
41657 jeers [[English]] [Noun] editjeers 1.plural of jeer [Verb] editjeers 1.Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jeer 0 0 2022/03/04 10:32 TaN
41658 jeer [[English]] ipa :/dʒɪə(ɹ)/[Etymology 1] editPerhaps a corruption of cheer (“to salute with cheers”), taken in an ironical sense; or more probably from Dutch gekscheren (“to jeer”, literally “to shear the fool”), from gek (“a fool”) (see geck) + scheren (“to shear”) (see shear (verb)). Also compare German and Dutch gieren (“to laugh loudly”). [Etymology 2] editCompare gear. [[Manx]] [Adverb] editjeer 1.indeed, verily, truly, actually Jeer cha nel! Indeed it is not! [Etymology] editFrom Old Irish dír (“due, fit, proper”). [Mutation] edit [[Semai]] [Alternative forms] edit - jer [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟur ~ *ɟuur ~ *ɟuər ~ *ɟir ~ *ɟiər (“to descend”). Cognate with Central Mnong jư̆r, Khmu cùːr, Pear cer, Proto-Palaungic *ɟuur. [References] edit 1. ^ Basrim bin Ngah Aching (2008) Kamus Engròq Semay – Engròq Malaysia, Kamus Bahasa Semai – Bahasa Malaysia, Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia [Synonyms] edit - tegòh - yòòk [Verb] editjeer[1] 1.to fall [[Somali]] [Noun] editjeer ? 1.hippopotamus Jeertu way jeclayd dhexqaadka dhoobaada. The hippopotamus loved wallowing. 0 0 2009/04/29 15:08 2022/03/04 10:32 TaN
41666 drew [[English]] ipa :/dɹuː/[Anagrams] edit - DEWR [Verb] editdrew 1.simple past tense of draw 2.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎[1]: Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow. 3.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 157: Iron and coal were the magnets that drew railways to this land of lovely valleys and silent mountains—for such it was a century-and-a-half ago, before man blackened the valleys with the smoke of his forges, scarred the green hills with his shafts and waste-heaps, and drove the salmon from the quiet Rhondda and the murmuring Taff. 4.(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of draw [[Polish]] ipa :/drɛf/[Noun] editdrew 1.genitive plural of drwa 0 0 2009/02/10 17:33 2022/03/04 10:34 TaN
41667 Drew [[English]] ipa :/dɹuː/[Anagrams] edit - DEWR [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editFrom Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”). [Etymology 3] editFrom Irish, adopted from the English surname above, and also reduced from an Druaidh, Ó Druaidh, Ó Draoi, "son of the Druid," from draoi (“druid”). [Etymology 4] editFrom any of the above 0 0 2009/10/11 11:15 2022/03/04 10:34 TaN
41669 snagged [[English]] [Adjective] editsnagged (comparative more snagged, superlative most snagged) 1.Full of snags; snaggy. [Verb] editsnagged 1.simple past tense and past participle of snag 0 0 2022/03/04 10:35 TaN
41670 snag [[English]] ipa :/ˈsnæɡ/[Anagrams] edit - AGNs, ANGs, GANs, GNAs, NSAG, gans, nags, sang [Etymology 1] editOf North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse snagi (“clothes peg”), perhaps ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *snakk-, *snēgg, variations of *snakaną (“to crawl, creep, wind about”).Compare Norwegian snag, snage (“protrusion; projecting point”), Icelandic snagi (“peg”). Also see Dutch snoek (“pike”).[1] [Etymology 2] editThe Australian National Dictionary Centre suggests that snag as slang for "sausage" most likely derives from the earlier British slang for "light meal", although it makes no comment on how it came to be specifically applied to sausages.Meanings and origins of Australian words and idioms The word's use in football slang originates as a shortening of "sausage roll", rhyming slang for "goal", to sausage, and hence, by synonymy, snag. [Etymology 3] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 4] edit [References] edit 1. ^ Kroonen, G. (2011). The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A Study in Diachronic Morphophonology. Netherlands: Editions Rodopi, p. 334 [[Irish]] ipa :/sˠn̪ˠaɡ/[Etymology 1] edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) [Etymology 2] editProbably related to Scottish Gaelic snag (“sharp knock”), also "wood-pecker." [Further reading] edit - "snag" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill. - Entries containing “snag” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe. - Entries containing “snag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge. [Mutation] edit [[Scottish Gaelic]] [Etymology] editRelated to snaidh (“hew, chip”), from Proto-Celtic *sknad, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)end- or *k(ʷ)enHd(ʰ)-, see also Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian خاییدن‎ (xâyidan, “to chew”).[1] [Mutation] edit [Noun] editsnag f (genitive singular snaige, plural snagan) 1.sharp knock (sound) [References] edit 1. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “snag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page snag 0 0 2009/04/20 23:08 2022/03/04 10:35 TaN
41673 Messe [[German]] ipa :/ˈmɛsə/[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German missa, itself from Latin missa. [Further reading] edit - “Messe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “Messe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon - “Messe (Ausstellung, Markt)” in Duden online - “Messe (Gottesdienst, Musikstück)” in Duden online - “Messe (Raum, Tischgesellschaft, Schiff)” in Duden online [Noun] editMesse f (genitive Messe, plural Messen) 1.fair (trade exhibition) 2.(Christianity) mass, the eucharistic liturgy [[Hunsrik]] ipa :/ˈmesə/[Noun] editMesse f 1.plural of Mess [[Italian]] [Noun] editMesse f 1.plural of Messa 0 0 2022/03/04 12:52 TaN
41676 grievance [[English]] ipa :/ˈɡɹiː.vəns/[Alternative forms] edit - grievaunce (archaic) [Anagrams] edit - caregiven [Etymology] editFrom Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance. [Noun] editgrievance (countable and uncountable, plural grievances) 1.(countable) Something which causes grief. 2.(countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. 3.November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk Wayne Rooney spent much of the game remonstrating with Oliver about his own grievances and, in the interest of balance, there were certainly occasions when United had legitimate complaints. 4.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion‎[1]: Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood. 5.(uncountable) Feelings of being wronged; outrage. 6.2005, John Gennard & Graham Judge, Employee Relations, →ISBN, page 303: The issues of harassment and/or bullying was the top common source of grievance, followed by discipline, and then new working practices. 7.2007, Aderoju Oyefusi, Oil and the Propensity to Armed Struggle in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Given the non-significance of grievance in the estimated results, I proceeded to check whether the data provide a systematic and rational explanation of personal grievance among the population. 8.2008, Andrew Anthony, The Fallout: How a Guilty Liberal Lost His Innocence, →ISBN, page 21: The left half of the equation draws on grievance while the liberal half is sustained by guilt, and as such they enjoy a symbiotic relationship: the more grievance the left can generate, the more guilt the liberal will feel, and the more guilt the liberal feels, the more grievance the left are able to generate. 9.2010, John Braithwaite, Valerie Braithwaite, & Michael Cookson, Anomie and Violence, →ISBN: Warfare is a condition in which there is more greed and more grievance, more deterrence and more defiance. 10.(countable) A complaint or annoyance. 11.(countable) A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace. If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city. 12.(uncountable) Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior. 13.1652, Sir Robert Cotton & Sir John Hayward, The Histories of the Lives and Raignes of Henry the III. and Henry the IIII Kings of England, page 188: Indeed I do confess, that many times I have showed myself both less provident and less paiful for the benefit of the commonwealth, tha I should, or might, or intended to do hereafter; and have in many actions more respected the satisfying of my own particular humour, than either justice to some private persons, or the common good of all ; yet I did not at any time either omit duty or commit grievance, upon natural dulness or set malice; but partly by abuse of corrupt counsellors, partly by error of my youthful judgement. 14.1970, Sir H. C. Maxwell Lyte, Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Edward I. A.D. 1272-[1307]: The like, 'de mot en wot,' to the barons, bailiffs, men and entire community of the port of Sanwich and its members with 'conclusion' ordering them, on their faith an loyalty, to cause the truce to be firmly observed in all its points, and forbidding them and each of them, under pain of forfeiture of life and limb and of all that they can forfeit, to commit grievance, damage, wrong or molestation by land or by sea, openly or secretly, upon any merchant or other of whatsoever estate or condition he may be of the realm of France or of the other lands of the king of France. 15.1999, South Western Reporter (Second Series), page 71: Interim work rules, that served as bridge between expired and future contract between city and firefighters' association, did not commit grievance regarding firefighters' entitlement to step wage increases to arbitration. [[Old French]] [Noun] editgrievance f (oblique plural grievances, nominative singular grievance, nominative plural grievances) 1.Alternative form of grevance 0 0 2009/04/03 16:17 2022/03/04 12:54 TaN
41677 rapper [[English]] ipa :/ˈɹæpɚ/[Alternative forms] edit - rappuh [Anagrams] edit - RepRap [Etymology] editrap +‎ -er [Noun] editrapper (plural rappers) 1.One who, or that which, raps or knocks. 1.The knocker of a door. 2.(historical, mining) A swinging knocker for making signals at the mouth of a shaft. 3.A spiritualistic medium who claims to receive communications from spirits in the form of knocking sounds.(music) A performer of rap music, or someone who raps in any form of music. He rose from the ghetto to become a successful rapper.(obsolete, Scotland) A sword.A flexible strip of metal, 45-60cm long, with handles at each end, used for Northumbrian rapper sword dancing.A mechanical, or later electric, signalling device formerly used in the mines of north-eastern England to signal to the engineman that the cages carrying men or coals up and down the shaft were ready to be raised or lowered.(colloquial, dated) A bold lie; a whopper.(colloquial, dated) A loud oath. [[Danish]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈrɑpər/[Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] editFrom English rapper. Surface analysis rappen +‎ -er. [[French]] ipa :/ʁa.pe/[Etymology 1] editEnglish rap +‎ -er [Etymology 2] editBorrowed from English rapper. [[Portuguese]] [Noun] editrapper m, f (plural rappers) 1.rapper (hip hop performer) [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English rapper. [Noun] editrapper m (plural rapperi) 1.rapper 0 0 2022/03/04 12:54 TaN
41685 oriented [[English]] [Adjective] editoriented (comparative more oriented, superlative most oriented) 1.Having a specific orientation. [Alternative forms] edit - (UK) orientated[1] [Anagrams] edit - enteroid [References] edit 1. ^ oriented [Verb] editoriented 1.simple past tense and past participle of orient 0 0 2009/11/27 17:50 2022/03/04 21:27
41686 orient [[English]] ipa :/ˈɔː.ɹɪ.ənt/[Anagrams] edit - Ireton, iteron, norite, retino-, tonier, trione [Etymology 1] edit.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}A 1635 map of the orient (sense 1) or Asia by Willem BlaeuThe sunrise seen in the orient (sense 2) or east direction from Aci Castello, Sicily, ItalyThe noun is derived from Middle English orient, oriente, oryent, oryente, oryentte (“the east direction; eastern horizon or sky; eastern regions of the world, Asia, Orient; eastern edge of the world”),[1] borrowed from Anglo-Norman orient, oriente, and Old French orient (“east direction; Asia, Orient”) (modern French orient), or directly from its etymon Latin oriēns (“the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”), present active participle of orior (“to get up, rise; to appear, become visible; to be born, come to exist, originate”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, stir; to rise, spring”).[2]The adjective is derived from Middle English orient (“eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”), from Middle English orient (noun); see above.[3] [Etymology 2] editThe verb is derived from French orienter (“to orientate; to guide; to set to north”) from French orient (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).[4] [Further reading] edit - Orient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [References] edit 1. ^ “orient(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 June 2019. 2. ^ Compare “orient, n. and adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2004; “orient”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 3. ^ “orient, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 June 2019. 4. ^ “orient, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2004. [[Catalan]] ipa :/o.ɾiˈent/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin oriens, orientem. [Further reading] edit - “orient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “orient” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “orient” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “orient” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editorient m (plural orients) 1.Orient 2.east Synonym: est Antonyms: occident, oest [[Old French]] [Noun] editorient m (nominative singular orienz or orientz) 1.Alternative form of oriant [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from French orient, Latin oriens, orientem. [Noun] editorient n (uncountable) 1.east, Orient [Synonyms] edit - est (standard), răsărit (somewhat uncommon today) 0 0 2017/08/23 14:16 2022/03/04 21:27 TaN
41687 Oriente [[Galician]] [Etymology] editSee oriente. [Proper noun] editOriente m 1.The Orient, the East, Asia collectively [[Portuguese]] [Etymology] editSee oriente. [Proper noun] editOriente m 1.Orient (countries of Asia) 2.A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil [[Spanish]] [Etymology] editSee oriente. [Proper noun] editOriente m 1.Orient (countries of Asia) 0 0 2022/03/04 21:42 TaN
41691 jingle [[English]] ipa :/ˈdʒɪŋɡəl/[Alternative forms] edit - gingle (obsolete) [Etymology] editOnomatopoeic; compare jangle. [Noun] editjingle (plural jingles) 1.The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself. He heard the jingle of her keys in the door and turned off the screen. 2.(music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played. Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached. 3.(broadcasting, advertising) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial. Coordinate terms: clock chime, theme music That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song. 4.2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1]: The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” 5.A carriage drawn by horses. 6.1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 85: They drove in a jingle across Cork while it was still early morning and Stephen finished his sleep in a bedroom of the Victoria Hotel. 7.(slang) A brief phone call; a ring. Give me a jingle when you find out something. 8.A jingle shell. 9.(slang, uncountable) Coin money. 10.2004, “P.E.T.A.”, in Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, season 2, episode 1: If all you folks who donate your hard-earned jingle to PETA aren't convinced of your ill-advised ways yet, you should probably check this out. [Verb] editjingle (third-person singular simple present jingles, present participle jingling, simple past and past participle jingled) 1.(intransitive) To make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. The beads jingled as she walked. 2.1922 February, James Joyce, “[IV]”, in Ulysses, London: The Egoist Press, published October 1922, OCLC 2297483, part II [Odyssey], page 54: He heard then a warm heavy sigh, softer, as she turned over and the loose brass quoits of the bedstead jingled. Must get those settled really. 3.(transitive) To cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself. She jingled the beads as she walked. 4.(dated, intransitive) To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. 5.1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 15, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323: jingling street ballads [[Dutch]] ipa :/ˈdʒɪŋ.ɡəl/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English jingle. [Noun] editjingle m (plural jingles, diminutive jingletje n) 1.A jingle (song segment used in a commercial or radio program; also used for certain other sound samples used by radio DJs). [[French]] ipa :/dʒiŋɡl/[Etymology] editFrom English jingle. [Further reading] edit - “jingle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. [Noun] editjingle m (plural jingles) 1.jingle (tune) C'est l'heure d'envoyer le jingle. [[Portuguese]] ipa :/ˈd͡ʒĩ.ɡow/[Etymology] editUnadapted borrowing from English jingle. [Noun] editjingle m (plural jingles) 1.(advertising) jingle (short, memorable song used in an advertisement) [[Spanish]] [Noun] editjingle m (plural jingles) 1.jingle 0 0 2022/03/05 17:47 TaN
41692 Jingle [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - (from Wade–Giles) Ching-le [Etymology] editFrom Mandarin 靜樂／静乐. [Proper noun] editJingle 1.A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China. 2.1985, Wang Huimin, transl.; Luo Hanxian (罗涵先), editor, Economic Changes in Rural China (中国农村的经济变革) (China Studies Series)‎[1], Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, OCLC 869087973, OL 2101764M, page 52: According to a survey of 19 villages in Jingle County, Shanxi Province, 880 of the 5,758 peasant households sold land, as a result of which 167 old middle-peasant households declined in status to poor peasants, similar to the way the status of 471 new middle-peasant households which had just acquired land declined during the land reform. [[Cebuano]] [Etymology] editFrom English jingle. [Proper noun] editJingle 1.a female given name from English [[German]] [Etymology] editBorrowed from English jingle. [Further reading] edit - “Jingle” in Duden online - “Jingle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Noun] editJingle m (strong, genitive Jingles or Jingle, plural Jingles) 1.jingle 0 0 2022/03/05 17:47 TaN
41694 pick [[English]] ipa :/pɪk/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English piken, picken, pikken, from Old English *piccian, *pīcian (attested in pīcung (“a pricking”)), and pȳcan (“to pick, prick, pluck”), both from Proto-Germanic *pikkōną, *pūkijaną (“to pick, peck, prick, knock”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bu- (“to make a dull, hollow sound”). Cognate with Dutch pikken (“to pick”), German picken (“to pick, peck”), Old Norse pikka, pjakka (whence Icelandic pikka (“to pick, prick”), Swedish picka (“to pick, peck”)). [Noun] editpick (plural picks) 1.A tool used for digging; a pickaxe. 2.A tool for unlocking a lock without the original key; a lock pick, picklock. 3.A comb with long widely spaced teeth, for use with tightly curled hair. 4.A choice; ability to choose. 5.1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, What Will He Do With It? France and Russia have the pick of our stables. 6.That which would be picked or chosen first; the best. 7.(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum. 8.(nautical, slang) An anchor. 9.2021 December 1, The Road Ahead, page 41, column 2: It's better to amble around, drop the "pick" for a lunchtime swim or beachcomb, then find a nice anchorage for the night. 10.(basketball) A screen. 11.(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate. 12.(American football) An interception. 13.(baseball) A good defensive play by an infielder. 14.(baseball) A pickoff. 15.A pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. 16.(obsolete) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. 17.c. 1607–1611, Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher, “Cupid’s Revenge”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, OCLC 3083972, Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): Take down my buckler […] and grind the pick on 't. 18.(printing, dated) A particle of ink or paper embedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and causing a spot on a printed sheet. 19.c. 1866, Thomas MacKellar, The American Printer If it be in the smallest degree gritty, it clogs the form, and consequently produces a thick and imperfect impression; no pains should, therefore, be spared to render it perfectly smooth; it may then be made to work as clear and free from picks 20.(art, painting) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. 21.(weaving) The blow that drives the shuttle, used in calculating the speed of a loom (in picks per minute); hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread. so many picks to an inch [See also] edit - mattock [Verb] editpick (third-person singular simple present picks, present participle picking, simple past and past participle picked) 1.To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails. Don't pick at that scab. He picked his nose. 2. 3. To harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground. It's time to pick the tomatoes. 4.To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck. She picked flowers in the meadow. to pick feathers from a fowl 5.To take up; especially, to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together. to pick rags 6.To remove something from somewhere with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth. to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket 7.c. 1597, William Shakespeare, “The Merry VViues of VVindsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]: Did you pick Master Slender's purse? 8.1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725: He picks clean teeth, and, busy as he seems / With an old tavern quill, is hungry yet. 9.1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], chapter 43, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], OCLC 558204586: He was charged with attempting to pick a pocket, and they found a silver snuff-box on him,--his own, my dear, his own, for he took snuff himself, and was very fond of it. 10.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt For the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was not the kind of pocket that Watt could pick. For it was no ordinary pocket, no, but a secret one, sewn on to the front of Erskine's underhose. 11.To decide upon, from a set of options; to select. I'll pick the one with the nicest name. 12.(transitive) To seek (a fight or quarrel) where the opportunity arises. 13.(cricket) To recognise the type of ball being bowled by a bowler by studying the position of the hand and arm as the ball is released. He didn't pick the googly, and was bowled. 14.(music) To pluck the individual strings of a musical instrument or to play such an instrument. He picked a tune on his banjo. 15.To open (a lock) with a wire, lock pick, etc. 16.1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt The lock was of a kind that Watt could not pick. Watt could pick simple locks, but he could not pick obscure locks. 17.To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. 18.1693, John Dryden, Third Satire of Persius Why stand'st thou picking? Is thy palate sore? 19.To do anything fastidiously or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. I gingerly picked my way between the thorny shrubs. 20.To steal; to pilfer. 21.1549 March 7​, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], OCLC 56485293: to keep my hands from picking and stealing 22.(obsolete) To throw; to pitch. 23.c. 1608–1609, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]: as high as I could pick my lance 24.(dated) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. 25.(transitive, intransitive) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points. to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. 26.1912, Victor Whitechurch, Thrilling Stories of the Railway Naphtha lamps shed a weird light over a busy scene, for the work was being continued night and day. A score or so of sturdy navvies were shovelling and picking along the track. 27.(basketball) To screen. [[German]] ipa :/pɪk/[Verb] editpick 1.singular imperative of picken 2.(colloquial) first-person singular present of picken [[Yola]] [Etymology] editFrom Middle English pikke, from Old English pīc. [Noun] editpick (plural pickkès) 1.a pike [References] edit - Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith 0 0 2009/02/25 13:03 2022/03/05 18:11
41695 pick up [[English]] [Derived terms] editTerms derived from the noun or verb pick up - pick up artist - pick up joint - pick up line - pick up on - pick up one's crumbs - pick up stitches - pick up the pieces - pick up truck - pick up what someone is putting down [Noun] editpick up (plural pick ups) 1.Rare form of pickup. [Verb] editpick up (third-person singular simple present picks up, present participle picking up, simple past and past participle picked up) A man attempting to pick up large weights. 1.(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise. Antonym: put down When you pick up the bag, make sure to support the bottom. 2.(transitive) To collect an object, especially in passing. Antonym: drop off Can you pick up a pint of milk on your way home? 3.1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, OCLC 491297620: "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. […]" 4.(transitive or intransitive) To clean up; to return to an organized state. Antonym: mess up Aren't you going to pick up after yourself? 5.1967, Beverly Cleary, Mitch and Amy, 2009 HarperCollins edition, →ISBN, p.28: The floor was strewn with bright snips of origami paper, a crumpled drawing, and one dirty sock, which Amy now shoved under the bed with her foot. ¶ "You're lucky," said Marla. "My mother makes me pick up my room every single day." 6.(transitive) To collect a passenger. Antonym: drop off I'll pick you up outside the library. 7.(transitive) To collect and detain (a suspect). The cops have picked up the man they were looking for. 8.(transitive, media) To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc. The story does not seem to have been widely picked up. 9.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 3: News of this notice from the university was picked up by local media and had the effect of raising the ire of some citizens who saw this as an attack on ‘Chinese heritage’[.] 10.(intransitive) To improve, increase, or speed up. Prices seem to be picking up again. I was in bed sick this morning, but I'm picking up now. 11.(intransitive) To restart or resume. Let's pick up where we left off yesterday. 12.2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise. 13.(transitive) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize. Synonym: learn It looks complicated, but you'll soon pick it up. 14.(transitive) To receive (a radio signal or the like). With the new antenna, I can pick up stations all the way from Omaha. 15.(transitive) To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on Did you pick up his nervousness? 16.(transitive) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits, or actions) in a critical manner. She's always picking me up on my grammar. 17.(transitive and intransitive with on) To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation. Synonym: hit on He was in the fabric store not to buy fabric but to pick up women.  She could tell he intended to pick up on her.  Did you pick up at the party last night? 18.2016 May 23, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “Apocalypse pits the strengths of the X-Men series against the weaknesses”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]: Xavier—first seen as an adult in First Class trying to pick up a woman in a bar—is impotent, at least metaphorically, and will eventually see all of his luxuriant hair fall out. 19.(transitive or intransitive) To answer a telephone. Synonym: pick up the phone I'm calling him, but he just isn't picking up! 20.(intransitive, of a phone) To receive calls; to function correctly. I've tried his home number a couple times, but it isn't picking up. 21.To pay for. The company will pick up lunch with customers for sales calls. 22.To reduce the despondency of. 23.1973 (released 1974), Lynard Skynyrd, Sweet Home Alabama […] they pick me up when I'm feeling blue 24.To take control (physically) of something. 25.2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1-0 Bolton”, in BBC: Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance. 26.(soccer) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely. 27.2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0-2 Stoke”, in BBC: And soon after, no-one picked up Shotton who was free to power a 12-yard header over from another Pennant corner, before Pennant sent a free kick straight at Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton. 28.To record; to notch up. 29.2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos”, in BBC Sport: And the home side survived without any late scares to pick up the first win of their Group F campaign. 30.(sports) To behave in a manner that results in a foul. 0 0 2009/04/09 23:49 2022/03/05 18:11 TaN
41696 direct-to-consumer [[English]] [Adjective] editdirect-to-consumer (not comparable) 1.Alternative form of business-to-consumer 0 0 2022/03/05 18:12 TaN
41697 direct action [[English]] [Noun] editdirect action (uncountable) 1.A form of political activism in which participants act directly, ignoring established political procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting, revolutionary/guerrilla warfare, demonstrations, vandalism or graffiti. [See also] edit - direct activist 0 0 2022/03/05 18:12 TaN
41700 in light of [[English]] [Etymology] editProbably from in the light of [Preposition] editin light of 1.(idiomatic, Australia, Canada, US) given, considering In light of the frequent kidnappings in Iraq, do you suppose someone could invent a small tracking device that could be woven onto clothing and hard to find on it so that when someone gets kidnapped, the tracking devices could pin down their location? 2.2015, Roy Posner, A New Way of Living, page 103: The United Nations then became the one great attempt to establish a formal institution to unify the world, especially in light of the darkness that preceded it. 3.2019, Li Huang; James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, DOI:10.1080/01434632.2019.1596115, page 2: In light of such conceptualisations of the power of linguistic landscapes, we set out to examine the connection between the visual landscape and the spoken landscape in our institution[.] [See also] edit - bearing in mind - in lieu of [Synonyms] edit - in view of 0 0 2018/10/02 08:40 2022/03/05 18:21 TaN
41701 Light [[English]] [Etymology] editEnglish surname, from both senses of light. [Proper noun] editLight 1.A surname​. 2.An unincorporated community in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. 3.(Islam) The 24th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. [References] edit - An-Nur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Light (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Light, Arkansas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 0 0 2019/01/07 19:43 2022/03/05 18:21 TaN
41702 run afoul [[English]] [Verb] editrun afoul (third-person singular simple present runs afoul, present participle running afoul, simple past ran afoul, past participle run afoul) 1.(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To become entangled or in conflict with. 2.1995, James Laurence Pelletier, Mariner's Employment Guide, page 514: Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide. 3.1857, Thomas Jefferson Farnham, Life, Adventures, and Travels in California, page 407: At last we hove in sight of the Pacific, and run afoul one of those villainous head winds which you know often set into the west end of the Straits. 0 0 2022/03/05 18:27 TaN
41705 unfeasible [[English]] [Adjective] editunfeasible (comparative more unfeasible, superlative most unfeasible) 1.Infeasible: not feasible. [Etymology] editun- +‎ feasible. [References] edit 1. ^ Variation: Infeasible or unfeasible?, The Economist, Jul 2nd 2012 0 0 2022/03/05 18:37 TaN
41706 tractable [[English]] ipa :/ˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/[Adjective] edittractable (comparative more tractable, superlative most tractable) 1.(of people) Capable of being easily led, taught, or managed. Synonyms: docile, manageable, governable 2.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 45: "Tess is queer." "But she's tractable at bottom. Leave her to me." 3.(of a problem) Easy to deal with or manage 4.1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, chapter 13, in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman‎[1]: I have always found horses, an animal I am attached to, very tractable when treated with humanity and steadiness. 5.1839, Charles Dickens Nicholas Nickleby, ch. 61: Of all the tractable, equal-tempered, attached, and faithful beings that ever lived, I believe he was the most so. 6.1909, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 18, in The Bronze Bell: [T]his matter of the vanishing bridge must have been arranged in order to put him in a properly subdued and tractable frame of mind. 7.2008, Lynn Flewelling, Shadows Return‎[2], →ISBN, page 96: Some masters can be quite kind if you're meek and tractable. 8.Capable of being shaped; malleable. 9.1866, P. Le Neve Foster, "Report on the Art-Workmanship Prizes", reprinted in Journal of the Society of Arts, March 2, 1966: I need not point out the advantages of modelling in a material as durable as stone. . . . Mixed up with just enough water to form a stiff paste, it accommodates itself to the touch of the modelling tool. . . . There are two inherent difficulties in using it—one, it is not so tractable as clay. . . . 10.(obsolete) Capable of being handled or touched.[1] Synonyms: palpable, practicable, feasible, serviceable 11.1707, Thomas Brown, "Moll Quarles's Answer to Mother Creswell of Famous Memory" in The Second Volume of the Works of Mr. Tho. Brown, containing Letters from the Dead to the Living both Serious and Comical, part three, page 184: At leaſt five Hundred of theſe reforming Vultures are daily plundering our Pockets, and ranſacking our Houſes, leaving me ſometimes not one pair of Tractable Buttocks in my Vaulting-School to provide for my Family, or earn me ſo much as a Pudding for my next Sundays Dinner : [...] 12.(mathematics) Sufficiently operationalizable or useful to allow a mathematical calculation to proceed toward a solution. 13.1987, Ira Horowitz, "Market Structure Implications of Export-Price Uncertainty," Managerial and Decision Economics, vol. 8, no. 2, p. 134: This assumption is in the Raiffa and Schlaifer (1961, p. 72) spirit of using ‘a little ingenuity. . . to find a tractable function’ to quantify risk-preferences and probability judgments so as to make the analysis feasible. 14.(computer science, of a decision problem) Algorithmically solvable fast enough to be practically relevant, typically in polynomial time. [Antonyms] edit - intractable [Etymology] editFrom Middle English tractable, tractabel, from Latin tractābilis (“that may be touched, handled, or managed”), from tractō (“take in hand, handle, manage”), frequentative of trahō (“draw”). [References] edit - tractable at OneLook Dictionary Search 1. ^ “tractable” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [[Catalan]] ipa :/tɾəkˈta.blə/[Adjective] edittractable (masculine and feminine plural tractables) 1.tractable Antonym: intractable [Etymology] editLatin tractābilis [Further reading] edit - “tractable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. - “tractable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. 0 0 2009/01/15 16:26 2022/03/05 18:37 TaN
41707 conceive [[English]] ipa :/kənˈsiːv/[Alternative forms] edit - conceave (obsolete) [Etymology] editFrom Middle English conceyven, from Old French concevoir, conceveir, from Latin concipiō, concipere (“to take”), from con- (“together”) + capiō (“to take”). Compare deceive, perceive, receive. [Verb] editconceive (third-person singular simple present conceives, present participle conceiving, simple past and past participle conceived) 1.(transitive) To develop an idea; to form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to originate. 2.1606, Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare, II-4 We shall, / As I conceive the journey, be at the Mount / Before you, Lepidus. 3.1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], OCLC 995235880: It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. 4.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter III, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698: Now all this was very fine, but not at all in keeping with the Celebrity's character as I had come to conceive it. The idea that adulation ever cloyed on him was ludicrous in itself. In fact I thought the whole story fishy, and came very near to saying so. 5.(transitive) To understand (someone). 6.1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 3, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, OCLC 223202227: I conceive you. 7.1731, Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation: You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. 8. 9.(intransitive or transitive) To become pregnant (with). Assisted procreation can help those trying to conceive. 10.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 1:36: She hath also conceived a son in her old age. 11.To generate or engender; to bring into being. 12.1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎[1]: At the mouth of the cave we found a single litter with six bearers, all of them mutes, waiting, and with them I was relieved to see our old friend Billali, for whom I had conceived a sort of affection. [[Middle English]] [Verb] editconceive 1.Alternative form of conceyven 0 0 2010/08/10 20:20 2022/03/05 18:38
41708 decades [[English]] [Noun] editdecades 1.plural of decade. 2.2013 August 17, “One nation, behind bars”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8849: For decades American politicians have assumed that mass incarceration works, wooing voters with ever-tougher sentencing laws. The dramatic fall in crime since the 1990s has persuaded many that they were right. Locking up the worst criminals while they are young, fit and dangerous clearly makes America safer. But keeping sad cases […] incarcerated past pensionable age serves little purpose. Prison has diminishing returns, and America long ago passed the point where jailing more people makes sense. [[Dutch]] [Noun] editdecades 1.Plural form of decade [Synonyms] edit - decaden [[Latin]] [Noun] editdecādēs 1.nominative plural of decās 2.accusative plural of decās 3.vocative plural of decās 0 0 2022/03/05 18:39 TaN
41709 disaggregate [[English]] [Adjective] editdisaggregate (comparative more disaggregate, superlative most disaggregate) 1.not aggregate [Etymology] editdis- +‎ aggregate [Verb] editdisaggregate (third-person singular simple present disaggregates, present participle disaggregating, simple past and past participle disaggregated) 1.to separate or break down into components [[Italian]] [Etymology 1] edit [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2022/03/05 18:41 TaN
41715 shingles [[English]] ipa :/ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/[Anagrams] edit - Hessling [Etymology 1] editFrom Latin cingulus, variant of cingulum (“girdle”), translating Ancient Greek ζώνη (zṓnē), ζωστήρ (zōstḗr). [Etymology 2] edit 0 0 2022/03/05 18:54 TaN
41716 shingle [[English]] ipa :/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/[Anagrams] edit - English, Hingles, english [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English scincle, from Vulgar Latin scindula, from Latin scandula, from Proto-Indo-European *skhed- (“to split, scatter”), from *sek- (“to cut”). [Etymology 2] editFrom dialectal French chingler (“to strap, whip”), from Latin cingula (“girt, belt”), from cingere (“to girt”). [Etymology 3] editProbably cognate with Norwegian Bokmål singel (“pebble(s)”), Norwegian Nynorsk singel (“pebble(s)”), and North Frisian singel (“gravel”), imitative of the sound of water running over such pebbles. [References] edit - Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967 - Corpun.com, a specialized website on Corporal Punishments 0 0 2022/03/05 18:54 TaN
41717 subsequently [[English]] ipa :/ˈsʌb.sɪ.kwənt.li/[Adverb] editsubsequently (not comparable) 1.Following, afterwards in either time or place. 2.1832 — John Richardson, Wacousta, volume II, chapter 7 It will be recollected that the ill-fated Halloway...distinctly stated the voice of the individual who had approached his post...to have been that of a female, and that the language in which they subsequently conversed was that of the Ottawa Indians. 3.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tremarn Case‎[1]: “There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]” 4.Accordingly, therefore (implying a logical connection or deduction), consequently. [Etymology] editsubsequent +‎ -ly [Synonyms] edit - (afterwards in time): afterwards, yet; see also Thesaurus:subsequently - (afterwards in sequence): ensuingly, followingly; see also Thesaurus:then - (accordingly): as a result, whence; see also Thesaurus:therefore 0 0 2018/04/24 11:39 2022/03/05 18:55
41719 preeminent [[English]] ipa :/pɹiːˈɛmɪnənt/[Adjective] editpreeminent (not comparable) 1.Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.] [Alternative forms] edit - præeminent (18 th century) - pre-eminent - preëminent [Anagrams] edit - repinement [Etymology] editFrom Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin praeēminēns, present participle of praeēminēre (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ēminēre. [[Catalan]] [Adjective] editpreeminent (masculine and feminine plural preeminents) 1.preeminent [Etymology] editFrom Latin praeēminēns. [Further reading] edit - “preeminent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “preeminent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “preeminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “preeminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editpreeminent m or n (feminine singular preeminentă, masculine plural preeminenți, feminine and neuter plural preeminente) 1.preeminent [Etymology] editFrom French prééminent 0 0 2021/07/26 14:57 2022/03/05 18:56 TaN
41720 pre-eminent [[English]] [Adjective] editpre-eminent (not comparable) 1.Alternative spelling of preeminent [Anagrams] edit - repinement 0 0 2021/07/26 14:57 2022/03/05 18:56 TaN
41721 take the helm [[English]] [Verb] edittake the helm (third-person singular simple present takes the helm, present participle taking the helm, simple past took the helm, past participle taken the helm) 1.(nautical) To assume responsibility for steering a ship 2.(by extension) To take over responsibility (of something) from someone else 0 0 2022/03/05 18:57 TaN
41723 sought-after [[English]] [Adjective] editsought-after (comparative more sought-after, superlative most sought-after) 1.popular, desired, in demand The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the much sought-after red wines. [Alternative forms] edit - sought after 0 0 2022/03/05 18:59 TaN
41724 sought [[English]] ipa :/sɔːt/[Anagrams] edit - Stough, oughts, toughs [Verb] editsought 1.simple past tense and past participle of seek 0 0 2010/03/25 16:31 2022/03/05 19:00 TaN
41725 seek [[English]] ipa :/siːk/[Anagrams] edit - eeks, ekes, kees, seke, skee [Etymology] editFrom Middle English seken (also sechen, whence dialectal English seech), from Old English sēċan (compare beseech); from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”). Cognate with West Frisian sykje, Dutch zoeken, Low German söken, German suchen, Danish søge, Icelandic sækja, Norwegian Bokmål søke, Norwegian Nynorsk søkja, Swedish söka. The Middle English and later Modern English hard /k/ derives from Old English sēcð, the third person singular; the forms with /k/ were then reinforced by cognate Old Norse sǿkja. [Noun] editseek (plural seeks) 1.(computing) The operation of navigating through a stream. 2.2012, Aidong Zhang, Avi Silberschatz, Sharad Mehrotra, Continuous Media Databases (page 120) The number of seeks to retrieve a shot […] depends on the location of those frames on physical blocks. [Synonyms] edit - look for - search [Verb] editseek (third-person singular simple present seeks, present participle seeking, simple past and past participle sought) 1.(transitive, intransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for. I seek wisdom. 2.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. […] A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale. 3.(transitive) To ask for; to solicit; to beseech. I seek forgiveness through prayer. 4.1611, Bible (King James Version), Luke xi. 16 Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign. 5.1960, Lobsang Rampa, The Rampa Story: “My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions. 6.(transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at. I sought my fortune on the goldfields. 7.1880, George Q. Cannon, How the Gospel is Preached By the Elders, etc.: But persecution sought the lives of men of this character. 8.1886, Constantine Popoff, translation of Leo Tolstoy's What I Believe: I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures. 9.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314: Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. […] She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat. 10.(intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction). 11.a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book V, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034: Ryght so he sought […] towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes 12.(transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to. When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic. 13.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Amos 5:5: Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 14.1726 (tr.), Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey, Book II, line 33 Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains 15.(intransitive) To attempt, endeavour, try Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking. 16.(intransitive, computing) To navigate through a stream. Synonym: scrub 17.2009, Jit Ghosh, Rob Cameron, Silverlight 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (page 541) Most of the changes made to this control are to accommodate the various constraints that playback of streaming media may impose in broadcast streams, such as the inability to seek through the media. [[Estonian]] ipa :/ˈseːk/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Middle Low German sêkhûs (“hospital”) (equivalent to sêk +‎ hûs). From Proto-West Germanic *seuk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *seukaz (“sick”). Compare German Siechenhaus (“infirmary”), English sickhouse. [Noun] editseek (genitive seegi, partitive seeki) 1.almshouse 1.A residence and shelter for sick people in the Middle Ages. 2.(colloquial) A nursing home, retirement home; poorhouse [References] edit - seek in Sõnaveeb 0 0 2010/03/25 16:31 2022/03/05 19:00 TaN
41727 After [[German]] ipa :/ˈaftɐ/[Etymology] editFrom Middle High German after, from Old High German aftero ("rear; behind; below"; compare Old High German aftar (“after”, preposition, adverb)), from Proto-Germanic *after, *aftiri (“more aft, further behind”), from Proto-Indo-European *apotero (“further behind, further away”), comparative form of *apo- (“off, behind”). Compare English after, Dutch achter, Danish efter. [Further reading] edit - “After” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache - “After” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon - “After” in Duden online - Friedrich Kluge (1883), “After”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 [Noun] editAfter m (strong, genitive Afters, plural After) 1.(anatomy, formal, literary) anus 2.(obsolete) buttocks, backside [Synonyms] edit(anus): - Arschloch - Anus - Darmausgang - Poloch 0 0 2009/10/01 11:08 2022/03/05 19:00 TaN
41728 aft [[English]] ipa :/æft/[Anagrams] edit - ATF, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, fat, taf [Etymology 1] editFrom Old English æftan (“behind”); originally superlative of of (“off”). See after. [Etymology 2] editClipping of afternoon. [[Albanian]] [Alternative forms] edit - aftë - aht (Arbëreshë) - ohtë, avtë, taftë (North Gheg) [Etymology] editFrom Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-. Compare Ancient Greek ἀῦτμη (aûtmē, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”).[1][2] [Noun] editaft m (indefinite plural afte, definite singular afti, definite plural aftet) 1.draft (wind, bellows) 2.waft, whiff 3.warmth from a fire [References] edit 1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71 2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “aft”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 2 [Synonyms] edit - shkulm [[Dutch]] ipa :/ɑft/[Alternative forms] edit - afte [Etymology] editUltimately from Ancient Greek ἄφθα (áphtha). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. [Noun] editaft f (plural aften, diminutive aftje n) 1.aphtha (a sore in the mucous membrane of the mouth). [[Scots]] ipa :/ɑft/[Adjective] editaft (comparative mair aft, superlative maist aft) 1.(rare) frequent [Adverb] editaft (comparative after, superlative aftest) 1.often 2.1786, Robert Burns, To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough: The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley. [Alternative forms] edit - oft (Older) [Derived terms] edit - afttimes - aftwhiles [Etymology] editFrom Middle English ofte, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta. [References] edit - “aft, adv. and (rarely) adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries. - Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online. [[Turkish]] [Etymology] editFrom French aphte [Noun] editaft (definite accusative afdı, plural aftlar) 1.aphtha [References] edit - aft in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu 0 0 2022/03/05 19:00 TaN
41729 AFT [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - ATF, FAT, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, fat, taf [Proper noun] editAFTEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:AFTWikipedia 1.Initialism of American Federation of Teachers. 0 0 2022/03/05 19:00 TaN
41732 demote [[English]] ipa :/dɪˈməʊt/[Anagrams] edit - emoted [Antonyms] edit - (lower the rank of): promote [Etymology] editde- (“down”) +‎ promote (“advance in rank/status (ending abstracted)”) [1] [References] edit 1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “demote”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. [Verb] editdemote (third-person singular simple present demotes, present participle demoting, simple past and past participle demoted) 1.(transitive) To lower the rank or status of. James was demoted from branch manager to assistant manager due to his poor discipline. 2.(transitive) To relegate. [[Latin]] [Participle] editdēmōte 1.vocative masculine singular of dēmōtus 0 0 2021/07/24 14:52 2022/03/05 19:02 TaN
41736 idly [[English]] ipa :/ˈaɪd(ə)lɪ/[Adverb] editidly (comparative more idly, superlative most idly) 1.Without specific purpose, intent or effort. [from 9th c.] I idly played with the paper, not even realizing I was folding it into a paper airplane. 2.In an idle manner. [from 14th c.] [Alternative forms] edit - idlely (obsolete) - idlily (rare) [Anagrams] edit - idyl, ylid [Etymology] editFrom Middle English idely, ydelly, idelliche, from Old English īdellīċe, equivalent to idle +‎ -ly. [References] edit - James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Idly”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume V (H–K), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 24, column 2. 0 0 2022/03/06 15:54 TaN
41737 first-hand [[English]] [Adjective] editfirst-hand (not comparable) 1.Alternative spelling of firsthand 2.1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103: In order to gain first-hand experience of the operation of the new services I made a footplate journey on the only down two-hour train in the current timetable, the 8.30 a.m. Paddington [to Birmingham], a new express put on to offset the withdrawal of the 8.40 a.m. from Euston. [References] edit - “first-hand”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. 0 0 2021/11/04 22:14 2022/03/06 16:05 TaN
41739 relive [[English]] ipa :/ɹiːˈlɪv/[Anagrams] edit - eviler, levier, liever, revile, veiler [Etymology] editFrom re- +‎ live. [Verb] editrelive (third-person singular simple present relives, present participle reliving, simple past and past participle relived) 1.(transitive) To experience (something) again; to live over again. [from 18th c.] I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming. Replays in video games allow you to relive your greatest moments. 2.(obsolete, transitive) To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate. [16th-17th c.] 3.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.4: Had she not beene devoide of mortall slime, / Shee should not then have bene relyv'd againe [...]. 4.(intransitive) To come back to life. 0 0 2020/07/27 09:45 2022/03/06 16:06 TaN
41740 infamous [[English]] ipa :/ˈɪnfəməs/[Adjective] editinfamous (comparative more infamous, superlative most infamous) 1.Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful. He was an infamous traitor. She is infamous for perjury. 2.1995, Leonard Nimoy, I Am Spock‎[1], New York: Hyperion, →ISBN, LCCN 95-24504, OCLC 1007567385, page 188: Soon we arrived at the Beijing Hotel—within shouting distance of the now infamous Tienanmen Square. 3.2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014‎[2], Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 43: These infamous little green men appeared during the decisive seizures or buildings and facilities, only to disappear when associated militias and local troops arrived to consolidate the gains. In this way they provided a measure of deniability—however superficial or implausible—for Moscow.40 4.2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 48: Despite the line proving to be a useful strategic route for men and supplies to the British naval fleets stationed at Scapa Flow in both world wars, the Duke's legacy looked to have passed into history when it was listed for closure in the infamous Beeching report. 5.Causing infamy; disgraceful. This infamous deed tarnishes all involved. 6.(UK, historical) Subject to a judicial punishment that deprived the infamous person of certain rights; this included a prohibition against holding public office, exercising the franchise, receiving a public pension, serving on a jury, or giving testimony in a court of law. [Etymology] editFrom Medieval Latin infamosus, from Latin infamis. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful. [References] edit - Oxford English Dictionary 0 0 2022/03/06 16:07 TaN

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