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High
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- GHIH
[Proper noun]
editHigh (plural Highs)
1.A surname.
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finally
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfaɪ.nə.li/[Adverb]
editfinally (not comparable)
1.At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
Synonyms: eventually, in the end; see also Thesaurus:finally
Antonym: initially
2.(sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
3.1897 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:
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
4.1967, Sleigh, Barbara, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 122:
At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
5.For more quotations using this term, see Citations:finally.
Finally, I washed my dog.
Synonyms: at last, at length, endly; see also Thesaurus:lastly
6.(manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
Synonyms: completely, thoroughly, totally; see also Thesaurus:completely
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English finally, fynaly, fynally, fynaliche, fynalliche, equivalent to final + -ly.
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pricing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈpɹaɪsɪŋ/[Noun]
editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:pricingWikipedia pricing (countable and uncountable, plural pricings)
1.The act of setting a price.
2.The level at which a price is set.
[Verb]
editpricing
1.present participle of price
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blaze
[[English]]
ipa :/bleɪz/[Anagrams]
edit
- Elbaz, Zabel
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”). Compare Dutch bles (“blaze”), German Blesse (“blaze, mark on an animal's forehead”), Swedish bläs (“blaze”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English blasen, from Middle English blase (“torch”). See above.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English blasen (“to blow”), from Old English *blǣsan, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną (“to blow”). Related to English blast.
[References]
edit
- blaze at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “blaze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈblazɛ][Adverb]
editblaze (comparative blažeji, superlative nejblažeji)
1.blissfully, happily
2.1868, Emanuel František Züngel, “Triolet”, in Básně[2], page 20–21:
Pak budu zas tiše, blaze žíti,
zapomenuv na to, co mne hnětlo;
mír a pokoj budu v duši míti.
(please add an English translation of this quote)
[Etymology]
editFrom blahý + -e.
[Further reading]
edit
- blaze in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- blaze in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- blaze in Internetová jazyková příručka
[[Dutch]]
ipa :[ˈblaːzə][Anagrams]
edit
- bazel
[Verb]
editblaze
1.(archaic) singular present subjunctive of blazen
[[West Frisian]]
ipa :/ˈblazə/[Etymology]
editFrom Old Frisian *blēsa, from Proto-West Germanic *blāsan, from Proto-Germanic *blēsaną.
[Verb]
editblaze
1.to blow
[[Yola]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- bleaze, blease
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English blase, from Old English blase, from Proto-West Germanic *blasā.
[Noun]
editblaze
1.faggot
[References]
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- 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, page 26
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blaze the trail
[[English]]
[Synonyms]
edit
- trailblaze
[Verb]
editblaze a trail (third-person singular simple present blazes a trail, present participle blazing a trail, simple past and past participle blazed a trail)
1.(idiomatic) To show the way or proceed rapidly.
2.(idiomatic) To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground.
We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.
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blazing
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbleɪzɪŋ/[Adjective]
editblazing (not comparable)
1.(informal) Very fast.
2.(slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!
3.Of tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot.
4.1859, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, Volumes 36-37[1], Published for the Proprietors, at the Office, 13, page 236:
Blazing scarlet is the best; rifle-green the next best.
5.(informal) Exceedingly angry.
The divorced couple had a blazing row.
6.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 31, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 142:
Ahab seemed a pyramid, and I, like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it.
[Noun]
editblazing (plural blazings)
1.The act of something that blazes or burns.
the blazings of many fires
[Verb]
editblazing
1.present participle of blaze
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breathtaking
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/[Adjective]
editbreathtaking (comparative more breathtaking, superlative most breathtaking)
1.stunningly beautiful; amazing
He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
2.2008 [1990], Blofeld, John, “The Place I Love Most of All—Peking”, in Daniel Reid, transl., My Journey in Mystic China: Old Pu's Travel Diary[1], Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 65-66:
One day this old gentleman took me for a tour of the incomparable snowscapes in Chung Nan Hai Park.* Arrayed along the eastern shore of Chung Nan Lake stood a row of linked pavilions that seemed to be floating on the surface of the water. That day, strands of snowflakes sparkled like gems where they had collected between the humps of the enameled roof tiles. The breathtaking beauty of this vista made my soul turn somersaults.
3.Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
breathtaking stupidity or rudeness
4.2019 December 18, Nigel Harris, “180 years of tragedy and progress”, in Rail, page 62:
The network was established with breathtaking speed in the 1840s, when more than 250,000 navvies were furiously building our railways.
[Etymology]
editbreath + taking
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codify
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈ kɑd.ɪˌfaɪ/[Etymology]
editcode + -ify
[Synonyms]
edit
- inscripturate
- systematize
[Verb]
editcodify (third-person singular simple present codifies, present participle codifying, simple past and past participle codified)
1.To reduce to a code, to arrange into a code.
The company president codified the goal as a one-line mission statement.
2.To collect and arrange in a systematic form.
3.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
The house of Ruthven was a small but ultra-modern limestone affair, between Madison and Fifth ; […]. As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “ near-aissance.”
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toasting
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Angottis, Tsingtao, tangoist
[Noun]
edittoasting (plural toastings)
1.The action of making a toast (celebratory call to drink).
2.The heating of oak panels used to make wine barrels.
3.The process by which something, such as bread, is toasted.
4.2011, Johnny Ball, Ball of Confusion: Puzzles, Problems and Perplexing Posers, page 129:
You only have a grill and space for 2 pieces of bread under it. So it takes 4 toastings to do 3 slices on both sides. Or does it? Can you toast 3 pieces of bread on both sides in less than 4 toastings?
[Verb]
edittoasting
1.present participle of toast
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toast
[[English]]
ipa :/təʊst/[Alternative forms]
edit
- (obsolete) tost
[Anagrams]
edit
- stato-, stoat, tasto, toats, totas
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English tost, from the verb tosten (see below).
- (something that will be no more) Ad-libbed by actor Bill Murray in the 1984 film Ghostbusters (see quotation).[1](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “How did it come to mean a salutation?”)
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English tosten, from Old French toster (“to roast, grill”), from Latin tostus (“grilled, burnt”), from verb torreō (“to burn, grill”).
[References]
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1. ^ Ben Zimmer (22 June 2023), “'Toast': From Busting Ghosts to Burning Careers”, in The Wall Street Journal[1], New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 June 2023:
In the script, as the Ghostbusters train their proton blasters on Gozer, Murray's character says, "That's it! I'm gonna turn this guy into toast." By the time the scene was shot, the filmmakers had decided the human form of Gozer should be played by the model Slavitza Jovan. Murray improvised various comments about her, including changing the line in the script to "This chick is toast." The Oxford English Dictionary recognizes Murray's ad-lib as the earliest known occurrence of "toast" with the modern meaning, calling the usage "proleptic."
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “toast”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/toːst/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English toast.
[Noun]
edittoast m (plural toasts, diminutive toastje n)
1.(chiefly diminutive) Melba toast
[[Estonian]]
[Noun]
edittoast
1.elative singular of tuba
[[French]]
ipa :/tɔst/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English toast. Doublet of tôt.
[Further reading]
edit
- “toast”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Noun]
edittoast m (plural toasts)
1.toast (bread)
2.toast (salutation)
[[Italian]]
ipa :/ˈtɔst/[Alternative forms]
edit
- tosto (rare)
[Anagrams]
edit
- stato, tasto, tastò, tosta
[Etymology]
editPseudo-anglicism, from English toast.
[Further reading]
edit
- toast in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
[Noun]
edittoast m (invariable)
1.toasted sandwich
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English toast.
[Noun]
edittoast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toaster, definite plural toastene)
1.toast (toasted bread)
[References]
edit
- “toast” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- ristet brød
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English toast.
[Noun]
edittoast m (definite singular toasten, indefinite plural toastar, definite plural toastane)
1.toast (toasted bread)
[References]
edit
- “toast” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
edit
- rista brød
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈtɔ.ast/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English toast. Doublet of tost.
[Further reading]
edit
- toast in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- toast in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
edittoast m inan (diminutive toaścik)
1.toast (proposed salutation)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French toast.
[Noun]
edittoast n (plural toasturi)
1.toast (salutation when drinking alcohol)
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emcee
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌɛmˈsiː/[Anagrams]
edit
- Meece
[Etymology]
editPronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).
[Noun]
editemcee (plural emcees)
1.Alternative form of MC in its senses as
1.Master of ceremonies.
2.1943, "Franklin W. Dixon" (Charles Leslie McFarlane), Hardy Boys 22: The Flickering Torch Mystery:
"I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."
3.(music) A rapper.
4.2021, Jehnie I. Burns, Mixtape Nostalgia: Culture, Memory, and Representation (page 138)
[…] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.
[See also]
edit
- hip-hop
- rap
[Synonyms]
edit
- (act as the master of ceremonies): compere (UK)
- (rap): See rap
[Verb]
editemcee (third-person singular simple present emcees, present participle emceeing, simple past and past participle emceed)
1.(transitive, intransitive) To act as the master of ceremonies (for).
2.1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist[1], number 61, retrieved 2022-11-13, page 11:
Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.
3.(intransitive, music) To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
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genuinely
[[English]]
[Adverb]
editgenuinely (comparative more genuinely, superlative most genuinely)
1.In a genuine manner; truthfully, truly.
I thought they were joking at first, but it seemed they were genuinely interested in the talk about glaciers.
[Etymology]
editgenuine + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- See also Thesaurus:honestly
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watchword
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈwɒt͡ʃwɜː(ɹ)d/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English wacche word, wacchworde, morphologically as watch (“guard, sentinel, sentry”) + word.
[Further reading]
edit
- “watchword”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “watchword”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
[Noun]
editwatchword (plural watchwords)
1.A word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle, belief, or rule of action; a rallying cry.
Synonyms: catchword, byword, maxim, mantra, motto
2.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 321:
"How this perpetual gaiety," exclaimed Louis, "jars upon the ear! Good Heaven! is farewell to be said so gladly? I sometimes start when I think upon the hollowness of all that surrounds me. I often wish my eye had the power of searching the inmost depths of the bosoms whose watchword is my name."
3.1871, Henry Alford (lyrics), Henry Thomas Smart (music), “Forward! Be Our Watchword”[1]:
For-ward! be our watchword, Steps and voices joined; / Seek the things before us, Not a look behind.
4.1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress[2]:
Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords: "This is war!" "Might is Right." "Necessity knows no law."
5.1945 May, Harry S. Truman, Announcement of Germany's Surrender[3]:
We can repay the debt which we owe to our God, to our dead, and to our children only by work — by ceaseless devotion to the responsibilities which lie ahead of us. If I could give you a single watchword for the coming months, that word is: work, work, and more work.
6.1994, Tori Amos (lyrics and music), “Cornflake Girl”, in Under the Pink:
It's a peel out the watchword / Just peel out the watchword
7.2019 October, James Abbott, “Esk Valley revival”, in Modern Railways, page 76:
The Esk Valley route to Whitby was a classic example: a basic four trains a day service has persisted for decades, with economy the watchword.
8.(military, security) A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies.
Synonyms: passphrase, password, underword
9.1625, George Sandys, Sacrae heptades:
a Watchword sufficient for him that is wiſe
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in and of itself
[[English]]
[Prepositional phrase]
editin and of itself
1.by itself; with respect to its intrinsic or inherent nature without consideration of extraneous factors; per se, intrinsically, inherently
[Synonyms]
edit
- per se; See also Thesaurus:intrinsically
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in-and-in
[[English]]
[Noun]
editin-and-in (uncountable)
1.An old game played with four dice, a double being referred to as "in" and two doubles as "in-and-in".
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whilst
[[English]]
ipa :/waɪlst/[Adverb]
editwhilst (not comparable)
1.(archaic or obsolete except dialectal) Often preceded by the: During the time; meanwhile.
2.c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 270, column 2:
Nay, I prethee put on this gown, & this beard, make him beleeue thou art ſir Topas the Curate, doe it quickly. Ile call ſir Toby the whilſt.
3.c. 1607–1611 (first performance), Franc[is] Beaumont; Jo[hn] Fletcher, Cupids Revenge. […], 3rd edition, London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews], published 1635, →OCLC, Act II, scene [v]:
Hero. Leave, leave, tis novv too late. She is dead, her laſt is breathed. / Cleo[phila]. VVhat ſhall vvee doe. / Her[o]. Goe run, / And tell the Duke; and vvhilſt ile cloſe her eyes.
4.1820, Walter Scott, chapter X, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 209:
What money have I bought with me? […] even but a small sum; something in hand the whilst.
Erronously, this volume of the work has two chapters numbered X; this is the second one.
[Conjunction]
editwhilst
1.(Britain, Australia, literary or rare in North America) Synonym of while
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:while
1.During the whole, or until the end, of the time that; as long as, at the same time.
Synonym: (archaic or dialectal) whiles
Drivers must switch off engines whilst on stand. ― instruction on a bus stand sign
2.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 16, column 1:
I ſaw a Smith ſtand with his hammer (thus) / The whilſt his Iron did on the Anuile coole.
3.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 40, column 2:
[…] Ile nere be drunk whilſt I liue againe, but in honeſt, ciuill, godly company for this tricke: if I be drunke, Ile be drunke with thoſe that haue the feare of God, and not with drunken knaues.
4.1633 May 21 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher; [James Shirley], The Night-Walker, or The Little Thief. A Comedy, […], London: […] Andrew Crook[e], published 1661, →OCLC, Act I:
VVell, make your mirth, the whilſt I bear my miſery: / Honeſt minds vvould have better thoughts.
5.1703, [Daniel Defoe], More Reformation. A Satyr upon Himself. […], [London: s.n.], →OCLC, page 12:
And thus with lame pretences they revive / Thoſe Lines when Dead, he bluſh'd at whilſt alive: / As if Mankind could not diſcern their Evil, / Without a naked Viſion of the Devil.
6.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter V, in Pride and Prejudice, volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton […], →OCLC, page 92:
Elizabeth, as she affectionately embraced her, whilst tears filled the eyes of both, lost not a moment in asking whether any thing had been heard of the fugitives.
7.1942 July-August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208:
The locomotive [...] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the blower told of the proximity of departure time.
8.Within, or before the end, of the time that.
9.1819, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume II (The Bride of Lammermoor), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 172:
[P]ray, step down to the cellar and fetch us a bottle of the Burgundy, 1678—it is the fourth bin from the right-hand turn—And I say, Craigie—you may fetch up half-a-dozen whilst you are about it—Egad, we'll make a night on't.
10.Although; in contrast; whereas.
11.c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 88, column 1:
His company must do his minions grace, / Whil'ſt I at home ſtarue for a merrie looke: / Hath homelie age th'alluring beauty tooke / From my poore cheeke?
12.1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […][1], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
So then I am not lame, poore, nor diſpiſ'd, / VVhilſt that this ſhadow doth ſuch ſubſtance giue, / That I in thy abundance am ſuffic'd, / And by a part of all thy glory liue: […]
13.1655, Thomas Fuller, “Section I. The First Century.”, in James Nichols, editor, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volume I, London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC, book I, subsection 2 (Their Principal Idols), page 6:
There is a place near St. Paul's in London, called in the old records "Diana's chamber," where, in the days of king Edward I. thousands of the heads of oxen were digged up; whereat the ignorant wondered, whilst the learned well understood them to be the proper sacrifices to Diana, whose great temple was built thereabout.
14.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Brussels”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 253:
Whilst her appearance was an utter failure (as her husband felt with a sort of rage), Mrs. Rawdon Crawley's début was, on the contrary, very brilliant.
15.Besides; in addition.
16.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 161:
Modern engine sheds of advanced design have also been built at Radyr, Abercynon, and elsewhere, whilst other depots have been remodelled and re-equipped.
17.1963, Margery Allingham, “The Boy in the Corner”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 214:
The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.
18.Only if; provided that; as long as.
[Etymology]
editFrom Late Middle English whilst, whilest, qwhilste (Northern England), quilest (Northwest Midlands) [and other forms], from whiles (“during the time that, while; only so long as; provided that; because, since; until”)[1] + -t (excrescent suffix, perhaps due to a combination of -(e)s and the following word the, or influenced by the superlative suffix -est).[2] Whiles is derived from whiles (“period of time, a while”, noun) (probably from the second element of adverbs and conjunctions like otherwhiles and somewhiles), from while (“period of time, a while”, noun)[3] + -s (suffix forming adverbs of manner, space, and time);[4] and while is from Old English hwīl (“period of time, a while”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō (“period of time, a while; period of rest, break, pause”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; peace, rest”). The English word can be analysed as whiles + -t (excrescent suffix appended to words suffixed with -s).[5]cognates
- West Frisian wylst (“whilst”)
[Further reading]
edit
- while on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “whilst”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “whilst”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[References]
edit
1. ^ “whīles, conj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
2. ^ “-t, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
3. ^ “whīle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
4. ^ “-(e)s, suf.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
5. ^ “whilst, adv. and conj. (and prep.)”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “whilst, conj. and relative adv.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
6. ^ Barrie Hughes (1993) The Penguin Working Words: An Australian Guide to Modern English Usage, Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin, →ISBN.
7. ^ Pam Peters (2004) The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire; New York, N.Y.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
8. ^ Webster’s Guide to English Usage, New York, N.Y.: Barnes & Noble Books, 2004, →ISBN.
9. ^ The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005, →ISBN
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undeniable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌʌn.dɪˈnaɪ.(j)ə.bəɫ/[Adjective]
editundeniable (not comparable)
1.Irrefutable, or impossible to deny.
Synonym: (dated) indeniable
2.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 705-706:
After all, it is undeniable that the B.R. standard coach scored highly in comparative trials with other European railway vehicles on the Continent a few years ago, so that B.R. civil engineers must share responsibility for any defects in its behaviour over here.
3.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion[1]:
If successful, Edison and Ford—in 1914—would move society away from the […] hazards of gasoline cars: air and water pollution, noise and noxiousness, constant coughing and the undeniable rise in cancers caused by smoke exhaust particulates.
4.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[2], page 18:
The connection between dictionaries and standardised forms of language is undeniable, yet, at the same time, not well understood.
5.2013 June 7, Gary Younge, “Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.
Some believe that there is undeniable evidence of UFOs.
[Etymology]
editFrom un- + deny + -able.
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stand to reason
[[English]]
ipa :/ˌstænd tə ˈɹiːzn̩/[Etymology]
editFrom stand (“(archaic or obsolete) to be consistent; to accord, agree”) + to + reason.[1][2]
[References]
edit
1. ^ “it stands to (also †with) (†great, good, etc.) reason” under “reason, n.1”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “stands to reason, phrase”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
2. ^ “stand, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, September 2018.
[Verb]
editstand to reason (third-person singular simple present stands to reason, present participle standing to reason, simple past and past participle stood to reason)
1.(idiomatic) To seem logical, rational, or reasonable; to make sense.
2.1966, M[argaret] I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony, San Francisco, Calif.: Tri-Ocean Books, →OCLC, page 45, column 1:
It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]
3.2019 May 5, Danette Chavez, “Campaigns are Waged On and Off the Game Of Thrones Battlefield (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 28 January 2021:
But if the saying that those who want to govern, shouldn’t, applies here, does it really stand to reason that reluctant, brooding, can’t-be-bothered-to-say-goodbye-to-Ghost-the-good-boy types should?
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stand to
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- dotants
[Etymology]
editShortened form of "stand to arms"
[Noun]
editstand to (plural stands to or stand tos)
1.Alternative form of stand-to
[Verb]
editstand to (third-person singular simple present stands to, present participle standing to, simple past and past participle stood to)
1.Alternative form of stand-to
2.To tolerate (something); to be able to withstand (something) stressful that will be ultimately beneficial.
You could stand to lose a couple pounds.
3.To be on the verge of (something) happening, if certain conditions are met.
He stands to inherit ten million dollars if that happens!
4.(archaic) To live up to; to insist upon or maintain.
I do not, for that cause, or any other cause, propose to destroy, or alter, or disregard the constitution. I stand to it, fairly, fully, and firmly. Abraham Lincoln
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stand-to
[[English]]
[Alternative forms]
edit
- stand to
[Anagrams]
edit
- dotants
[Etymology]
editShortened form of "stand-to-arms"
[Noun]
editstand-to (plural stands-to or stand-tos)
1.(military) A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime.
2.1915, Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That, (1929), Penguin Modern Classics 1960, p. 86:
"Stand-to" at dusk for about an hour, work all night, "stand-to" for an hour before dawn. That's the general programme.
[Verb]
editstand-to (third-person singular simple present stands-to, present participle standing-to, simple past and past participle stood-to)
1.(military) To assume such a state of readiness.
2.1929 November, Robert Graves, chapter XII, in Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 141:
I passed the word along the line for the company to stand-to arms. The N.C.O's whispered hoarsely into the dug-outs: ‘Stand-to, stand-to,’ and out the men tumbled with their rifles in their hands.
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herald
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhɛɹəld/[Anagrams]
edit
- -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, Halder, hardel, hareld, harled
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish *heriwald, from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.
[Etymology 2]
edit
[[Catalan]]
[Noun]
editherald m (plural heralds)
1.herald (messenger)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English herald.
[Noun]
editherald m (plural heralzi)
1.herald
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Herald
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, Halder, hardel, hareld, harled
[Proper noun]
editHerald (plural Heralds)
1.A surname.
2.A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
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To
[[Translingual]]
[Symbol]
editTo
1.thoron; Obsolete form of Tn (“thoron”). (radon-220)
[[English]]
ipa :/toʊ/[Anagrams]
edit
- OT, ot-
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from Cantonese 杜 (dou6), 陶 (tou4), 塗／涂 (tou4), 屠 (tou4), etc.
[Proper noun]
editTo
1.A surname.
[[French]]
[Symbol]
editTo
1.Abbreviation of téraoctet (“TB (terabyte”).
[[Tagalog]]
ipa :/ˈto/[Etymology]
editFrom Hokkien 杜 (Tǒ͘) or 陶 (Tô).
[Proper noun]
editTo
1.a surname from Min Nan of Chinese origin
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49847
bluntly
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈblʌntli/[Adverb]
editbluntly (comparative more bluntly, superlative most bluntly)
1.In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
2.c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
Note the preſumption of this Scythian ſlaue:
I tel thee villaine, thoſe that lead my horſe
Haue to their names tytles of dignitie,
And dar’ſt thou bluntly cal me Baiazeth?
3.2021 November 29, Alan Shearer, “Why Newcastle have to win their next two games to give them hope of staying in the Premier League - Alan Shearer analysis”, in BBC Sport[1]:
To put it bluntly, they are going to have to start defending a heck of a lot better than they have been, otherwise their season - and top-flight status - could well be over before they know it.
4.2022 August 24, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Union slams Avanti West Coast: 'lie' as services slashed”, in RAIL, number 964, page 6:
Drivers' union ASLEF bluntly rebuffed the claim of unofficial action, calling it a lie. And Avanti West Coast was unable to provide any proof for its assertion, when questioned by RAIL.
[Etymology]
editFrom blunt + -ly.
[Synonyms]
edit
- coarsely, plainly, abruptly, frankly
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hell
[[English]]
ipa :/hɛl/[Alternative forms]
edit
- (Christianity): Hell
- hel (17th century)
- helle
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English helle, from Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“concealed place, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, conceal, save”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Low German Hell (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Norwegian helvete (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“the abode of the dead, death”). Also related to the Hel of Germanic mythology. See also hele.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom German hellen (“to brighten, burnish”). Related to Dutch hel (“clear, bright”) and German hell (“clear, bright”).
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Old Norse hella (“to pour”). Cognate with Icelandic hella (“to pour”), Norwegian helle (“to pour”), Swedish hälla (“to pour”). See also hield.
[[Albanian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Albanian *skōla, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kol- (“stake”); compare Lithuanian kuõlas, Polish kół, Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos).
[Noun]
edithell m (indefinite plural heje, definite singular helli, definite plural hejet)
1.skewer
2.spear
3.icicle
4.(adverb) standing straight without moving
[[Cornish]]
[Noun]
edithell
1.Aspirate mutation of kell.
[[Estonian]]
[Adjective]
edithell (genitive hella, partitive hella, comparative hellem, superlative kõige hellem)
1.tender, gentle
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Finnic *hellä. Cognate to Finnish hellä and Votic elle.
[[German]]
ipa :/hɛl/[Adjective]
edithell (strong nominative masculine singular heller, comparative heller, superlative am hellsten)
1.clear, bright, light
Antonym: dunkel
2.1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 9:
So dunkel und schauerlich die Gruft aussah, wenn man durch die blinden, bestaubten Scheibchen der kleinen Fenster hineinblickte, so hell und freundlich war oben die Kirche.
Just as dark and eerie the crypt looked like, if one looked in it through the cloudy, dusted little panes of the small windows, as bright and friendly was the church above.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle High German hel (“resounding, loud, shining, bright”), from Old High German hel (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *halliz (“resounding”), from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound, make a sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, make noise”). Cognate with Dutch hel.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “hell” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “hell” in Duden online
[[Luxembourgish]]
ipa :/hæl/[Adjective]
edithell (masculine hellen, neuter hellt, comparative méi hell, superlative am hellsten)
1.clear, bright
2.light, pale
[Etymology]
editFrom Old High German hel, related to the verb hellan, from Proto-Germanic *hellaną (“to resound”). Cognate with German helle, Dutch hel.
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
edithell
1.Alternative form of helle
[Proper noun]
edithell
1.Alternative form of helle
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse heill.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hell” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Etymology]
editUltimately from Old Norse heill.
[Further reading]
edit
- “hell” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[Noun]
edithell n (definite singular hellet, indefinite plural hell, definite plural hella)
1.luck
[[Old English]]
ipa :/xell/[Alternative forms]
edit
- hel
[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).Compare German hell (“light”).
[Noun]
edithell f
1.hell
[[Swedish]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Swedish heel, from Old Norse heill (“good omen, luck”, literally “whole, healthy”). Doublet of hel.
[Interjection]
edithell
1.(archaic) hail (exclamation or greeting)
[References]
edit
- hell in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- hell in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- hell in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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scarcity
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈskɛɹsɪti/[Anagrams]
edit
- city cars
[Antonyms]
edit
- (condition of something being scarce): frequency, commonness; see also Thesaurus:commonness
- (inadequate amount of something): abundance, copiousness; see also Thesaurus:excess
[Etymology]
editFrom Old Northern French escarcete; by surface analysis, scarce + -ity.
[Noun]
editscarcity (countable and uncountable, plural scarcities)
1.(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
2.July 6, 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 136
Praise […] owes its value only to its scarcity.
3.1994 February, Robert D. Kaplan, “The Coming Anarchy”, in The Atlantic[1]:
To understand the events of the next fifty years, then, one must understand environmental scarcity, cultural and racial clash, geographic destiny, and the transformation of war.
4.(countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.
a scarcity of grain
5.2013 September 24, Damien Ma; William Adams, “China's Next Great Challenge: Scarcity”, in The Atlantic[2]:
The crucial and intersecting challenges of scarcities, both emerging and intensifying, will consume China’s custodians over the next decade.
[Synonyms]
edit
- (condition of something being scarce): infrequency, rareness, rarity; see also Thesaurus:rareness
- (inadequate amount of something): dearth, deficiency, lack, infrequency, penury, rareness, rarity, want; see also Thesaurus:lack
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viable
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈvaɪəbəl/[Adjective]
editviable (comparative more viable, superlative most viable)
1.Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
2.Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
a viable option
3.Capable of working successfully
4.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination".
5.(biology) Able to live and develop.
[Antonyms]
edit
- inviable
[Etymology]
editFrom French, from Medieval Latin *vītābilis (“capable of life”), from Latin vīta (“life”); see vital.
[Noun]
editviable (plural viables)
1.(biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.
[[French]]
[Adjective]
editviable (plural viables)
1.viable, feasible
[Further reading]
edit
- “viable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[[Spanish]]
ipa :/ˈbjable/[Adjective]
editviable m or f (masculine and feminine plural viables)
1.viable
[Further reading]
edit
- “viable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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consultancy
[[English]]
ipa :/kənˈsʌltənsi/[Etymology]
editconsultant + -cy or consult + -ancy
[Noun]
editconsultancy (countable and uncountable, plural consultancies)
1.A consultant or consulting firm.
For a PR campaign like never before, one needs a consultancy of unprecedented scope and power.
2.The services offered by a consultant.
I've been doing IT consultancy for three years.
[See also]
edit
- consultancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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law
[[English]]
ipa :/lɔː/[Anagrams]
edit
- AWL, WAL, WLA, Wal., awl, lwa
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English lawe, laȝe, from Old English lagu (“law”), borrowed from Old Norse lǫg (“law”, literally “things laid down or firmly established”), originally the plural of lag (“layer, stratum, a laying in order, measure, stroke”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid down”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie”). Cognate with Scots law (“law”), Icelandic lög (“things laid down, law”), Faroese lóg (“law”), Norwegian lov (“law”), Swedish lag (“law”), Danish lov (“law”). Replaced Old English ǣ and ġesetnes. More at lay. Not related to legal, nor to French loi, Spanish ley, all of which ultimately derive from Latin lēx, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English lawe, from Old English hlāw (“burial mound”). Also spelled low.
[Etymology 3]
editFrom Middle English lagh, from Old Norse lag (“that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą (“that which is laid”). Cognate with Scots lauch (“one's tavern-reckoning or one's share of the cost, a score; a payment for drink or entertainment”), Middle English lai (“one's share of expenses, one's bill or account”).
[Etymology 4]
editCompare la and Lawd.
[References]
editEtymology in ODS
[[Fula]]
[Adverb]
editlaw
1.early
[References]
edit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
[[Khumi Chin]]
ipa :/lɔ˧/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Kuki-Chin *khlaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-la. Cognates include Tibetan ཟླ་བ (zla ba) and Burmese လ (la.).
[Noun]
editlaw
1.moon
2.month
[References]
edit
- R. Shafer (1944), “Khimi Grammar and Vocabulary”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 11, issue 2, page 422
- K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[1], Payap University, page 42
[[Lower Sorbian]]
ipa :/law/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
[Further reading]
edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “law”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “law”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
[Noun]
editlaw m (diminutive lawk, feminine equivalent lawowka)
1.lion (Panthera leo)
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editlaw
1.Alternative form of lawe
[[Scots]]
[Noun]
editlaw (plural laws)
1.law
2.rounded hill (usually conical, frequently isolated or conspicuous)
[[Sranan Tongo]]
ipa :/lau̯/[Etymology]
editProbably from Kongo kilawu, from Proto-Bantu *dadU.
[Verb]
editlaw
1.To be crazy
2.ca. 1765, Pieter van Dyk, Nieuwe en nooit bevoorens geziene Onderwyzinge in het Bastert, of Neeger Engels, zoo als het zelve in de Hollandsze Colonien gebruikt word [New and unprecedented instruction in Bastard or Negro English, as it is used in the Dutch colonies][2], Frankfurt/Madrid: Iberoamericana, page 22:
Joe lau te moesi (current spelling: Yu law tumsi)
You are too crazy
3.To drive somebody crazy
4.2005, Nyun-Grontapuvertaling fu den Kresten Griki Buku fu Bijbel [New World Translation of the Christian Greek Scriptures][3], Brooklyn, NY: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, Acts of the Apostles, chapter 26, verse 24:
Di Paulus kaba taki gi ensrefi, Festus taki nanga wan tranga sten: „Yu e kon law, Paulus! Den kefalek sani di yu leri e law yu!”
When Paul was done speaking up for himself, Festus said with a loud voice: “You lost your mind, Paul! The great things you learnt are driving you insane!”
[[Upper Sorbian]]
ipa :/lau̯/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.
[Further reading]
edit
- “law” in Soblex
[Noun]
editlaw m
1.lion (Panthera leo)
[[Welsh]]
[Noun]
editlaw
1.Soft mutation of glaw (“rain”).editlaw
1.Soft mutation of llaw (“hand”).
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law of diminishing returns
[[English]]
[Noun]
editlaw of diminishing returns
1.The tendency for a continuing effort toward a particular goal to decline in effectiveness after a certain amount of success has been achieved.
2.(economics) A relationship between input and output, such that adding units of any one input (labour, capital etc.) to fixed amounts of the others will yield successively smaller increments of output.
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49856
Law
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- AWL, WAL, WLA, Wal., awl, lwa
[Etymology 1]
editClipping of Lawrence; From the given name Lawrence.
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Old English hlaw (“a hill or burial mound”).
[Etymology 3]
editCapitalized form of law.
[Statistics]
edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Law is the 1,089th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 32,122 individuals. Law is most common among White (65.61%), Black (15.63%) and Asian (14.22%) individuals.
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LAW
[[English]]
[Noun]
editLAW (plural LAWs)
1.(military) Acronym of light anti-tank weapon.
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49858
let
[[English]]
ipa :/lɛt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- lett (archaic)
- lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)
- letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)
[Anagrams]
edit
- ELT, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., elt, tel
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let, leave behind”).CognatesCognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), North Frisian lete (“to let”), West Frisian litte (“to let”), Dutch laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen (“to let, leave, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Icelandic láta (“to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).
[Etymology 2]
editFrom Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈlɛt][Etymology 1]
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ.
[Etymology 2]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Further reading]
edit
- let in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- let in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- let in Internetová jazyková příručka
[[Danish]]
ipa :[ˈlɛd̥][Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, cognate with Swedish lätt, English light and German leicht.
[Etymology 2]
editAbbreviation of letmælk.
[Etymology 3]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[Etymology 4]
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
[[Dutch]]
ipa :-ɛt[Anagrams]
edit
- tel
[Verb]
editlet
1.first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of letten
2. imperative of letten
[[French]]
ipa :/lɛt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English let.
[Further reading]
edit
- “let”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
[Interjection]
editlet
1.(tennis) indicates a let on service
[[Friulian]]
[Etymology]
editFrom Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.
[Verb]
editlet
1.past participle of lei (“read”)
[[Gothic]]
[Romanization]
editlēt
1.Romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄
[[Irish]]
ipa :/lʲɛt̪ˠ/[Alternative forms]
edit
- led
[Contraction]
editlet (triggers lenition)
1.(Munster) Contraction of le do (“with your sg”).
let thoil ― please
[[Norwegian Bokmål]]
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse litr (“colour”), related to líta (“to see”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[References]
edit
- “let” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
[[Norwegian Nynorsk]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- elt, etl, lèt, lét, tel
[Etymology 1]
editFrom Old Norse litr (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz. Related to Old Norse líta (“to see”).
[Etymology 2]
edit
[Etymology 3]
edit
[Further reading]
edit
- “let” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/lêːt/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *letъ.
[Noun]
editlȇt m (Cyrillic spelling ле̑т)
1.flight
[References]
edit
- “let” in Hrvatski jezični portal
[[Slovene]]
ipa :/lɛ́t/[Etymology]
editFrom Proto-Slavic *letъ.
[Noun]
editlȅt m inan
1.flight
[[Tok Pisin]]
[Etymology]
editFrom English leather.
[Noun]
editlet
1.leather
2.strap (of leather)
3.belt
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let alone
[[English]]
[Conjunction]
editlet alone
1.(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
2.(idiomatic, chiefly in the positive, rare) not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
The restaurant didn't waive uniform protocol for any waiter, let alone him.
[Synonyms]
edit
- leave alone
[Verb]
editlet alone (third-person singular simple present lets alone, present participle letting alone, simple past and past participle let alone)
1.(transitive) To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
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let on
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Elton, Nolte, Olten, Tolen, lento, olent
[Synonyms]
edit
- disclose
- divulge
- give away
[Verb]
editlet on (third-person singular simple present lets on, present participle letting on, simple past and past participle let on)
1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, on.
The bus is full now. I can't let any more people on.
2.(idiomatic) to reveal or indicate, especially unintentionally or against one's wishes
I tried not to let on that I had already guessed the answer.
He's more self-centered than he lets on.
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49861
streak
[[English]]
ipa :/stɹiːk/[Anagrams]
edit
- Akters, Kaster, Krastë, Skater, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, skater, staker, strake, takers, tasker, trakes
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).
[Noun]
editstreak (plural streaks)
1.An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
The picture I took out the car window had streaks.
3.A continuous series of like events.
I hope I can keep up this streak of accomplishments.
I was on a winning streak until the fourth game, when I was dealt terrible cards.
4.The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
5.A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
6. Streak (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
7.A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
She's a quiet, bookish person, but she has a rebellious streak.
8.2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0-0 Brazil”, in BBC News[1]:
Rashford showed the fearless streak Southgate so admires with his constant willingness to run at Brazil's defence with pace, even demonstrating on occasion footwork that would not have been out of place from members of England's illustrious opposition.
9.2022 June 29, Sam Biddle, “Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing "Geo Tracking Data" to ICE”, in The Intercept[2]:
Coinbase’s government work has proved highly controversial to many crypto fans, owing perhaps to the long-running libertarian streak in that community.
10.(shipbuilding) A strake.
11.A rung or round of a ladder.
12.The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
[See also]
edit
- losing streak
- streaker
- winning streak
- talk a blue streak
[Verb]
editstreak (third-person singular simple present streaks, present participle streaking, simple past and past participle streaked)
1.(intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.
2.(intransitive) To run quickly.
3.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 82:
"As it was I came a hell of a crack against a Dam' rustic arbour in the garden. Dam' near stunned me. But I never stopped a second. Up and over the back fence and streaked for the common."
4.(intransitive) To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)
It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.
5.1974 March 4, Hendrick O'Neil, “Streaking runs its course”, in UPIs 20th Century Top Stories (wire feed):
The fad began with a lone male running naked across the Florida State University campus several weeks ago. Students on other campuses began streaking in pairs, then groups, and were joined by some coeds.
6.(transitive) To create streaks.
You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
7.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 32, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 157:
Though his entire back down to his side fins is of a deep sable, yet a boundary line, distinct as the mark in a ship’s hull, called the “bright waist,” that line streaks him from stem to stern, with two separate colours, black above and white below.
8.(transitive) To move very swiftly.
9.(obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
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cement
[[English]]
ipa :/səˈmɛnt/[Alternative forms]
edit
- caement (archaic)
- cæment (archaic)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English syment, cyment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedō (“I cut, hew”). Doublet of cementum.
[Noun]
editcement (countable and uncountable, plural cements)
1.(countable, uncountable) A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
2.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp, London; New York, NY.: Cassell, →OCLC, →OL:
In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
3.(uncountable) The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
4.(uncountable) Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
5.(figuratively) A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
the cement of our love
6.(anatomy) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
[Verb]
editcement (third-person singular simple present cements, present participle cementing, simple past and past participle cemented)
1.(transitive) To affix with cement.
2.(transitive) To overlay or coat with cement.
to cement a cellar floor
3.(transitive, figuratively) To unite firmly or closely.
4.c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
For they have entertained cause enough
To draw their swords: but how the fear of us
May cement their divisions and bind up
The petty difference, we yet not know.
5.1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103:
Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.
6.(figuratively) To make permanent.
7.1758, David Hume, “Essay XXII. Of Polygamy and Divorces.”, in Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, new edition, London: Printed for A[ndrew] Millar, in the Strand; and A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, at Edinburgh, →OCLC, page 115:
But friendſhip is a calm and ſedate affection, conducted by reaſon and cemented by habit; ſpringing from long acquaintance and mutual obligations; without jealouſies or fears; and without thoſe feveriſh fits of heat and cold, which cauſe ſuch an agreeable torment in the amorous paſſion.
8.2016 March 27, Daniel Taylor, “Eric Dier seals England’s stunning comeback against Germany”, in The Guardian[1], London, archived from the original on 22 April 2016:
[Dele] Alli’s ability to break forward from midfield was a prominent feature and the 19-year-old must have gone a long way to cementing his place in the team.
[[Czech]]
ipa :[ˈt͡sɛmɛnt][Further reading]
edit
- cement in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- cement in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
[Noun]
editcement m inan
1.cement
[[Danish]]
[Noun]
editcement c
1.cement
[[Dutch]]
ipa :/səˈmɛnt/[Etymology]
editFrom Middle Dutch ciment, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum.
[Noun]
editcement n (uncountable)
1.cement (powder, paste)
[[Middle English]]
[Noun]
editcement
1.Alternative form of syment
[[Polish]]
ipa :/ˈt͡sɛ.mɛnt/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Zement, from late Middle High German cēment, from earlier zīment, zīmente, from Old French ciment, from Latin caementum.
[Further reading]
edit
- cement in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cement in Polish dictionaries at PWN
[Noun]
editcement m inan
1.cement (powdered substance)
2.cement (paste-like substance)
[[Romanian]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from French cément.
[Noun]
editcement n (plural cementuri)
1.cementum
[[Serbo-Croatian]]
ipa :/t͡sěment/[Etymology]
editBorrowed from German Zement, from Latin caementum (“quarry stone; stone chips for making mortar”), from caedo (“I cut, hew”).
[Noun]
editcèment m (Cyrillic spelling цѐмент)
1.cement
[[Swedish]]
[Noun]
editcement c
1.cement
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household
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈhaʊshəʊld/[Adjective]
edithousehold (not comparable)
1.Belonging to the same house and family.
2.Found in or having its origin in a home.
3.Widely known to the public; familiar.
a household word; a household name
4.1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he’ll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English houshold, equivalent to house + hold. Cognate with Scots houshald, housald, housell, howsell (“household”), Dutch huishouden (“household”), German Low German Huushollen (“household”), German Haushalt (“household”), Swedish hushåll (“household, family”), Norwegian husholdning (“household”).
[Noun]
edithousehold (plural households)
1.Collectively, all the persons who live in a given house; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
2.1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 5:
Although I was a member of the royal household, I was not among the privileged few who were trained for rule.
3.1732, Jonathan Swift, The Beasts' Confession to the Priest
And calls, without affecting airs, / His household twice a day to prayers.
4.Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
5.Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
6.(obsolete) A line of ancestry; a race or house.
7.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi], line 39:
In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, / My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.
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2009/07/07 10:16
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fixture
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈfɪks.t͡ʃə/[Etymology]
editAlteration of older fixure, on the model of mixture.
[Noun]
editfixture (plural fixtures)
1.(law) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
2.A regular patron of a place or institution; a person constantly present at a certain place.
3.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4:
I had to tell her all about my illness, and in return I had to endure a very long and circumstantial account of her rheumatism and her asthmatical ailments, which fortunately was interrupted by the noisy arrival of the children from the kitchen, where they had paid a visit to old Stine, a fixture in the house.
4.2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
Jones and Palin became fixtures on the booming TV satire scene, writing for, among other BBC shows, The Frost Report (1966-67) and The Kathy Kirby Show (1964), as well as the ITV comedy sketch series Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967-69).
5.A lighting unit; a luminaire.
6.(sports, chiefly Britain, Commonwealth, Ireland) A scheduled match.
7.(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
8.A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
[Verb]
editfixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
1.(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
The device is available in both handheld and fixtured models.
2.(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
3.2009 January 30, AAP, “Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia”, in Herald Sun[2]:
Other items to be discussed include fixturing from 2012 onwards, preparations for this year's scheduled Champions Trophy and the Indian Cricket League's bid for recognition from the ICC.
[[Spanish]]
[Etymology]
editBorrowed from English.
[Noun]
editfixture m (plural fixtures)
1.(sports) fixture
2.the whole schedule of games to be played in a championship, indicating when each game is to be played, and which team is to play at home
3.the whole list of games to be played by a given team, indicating the date of each game, and which team is to play at home
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extremely
[[English]]
ipa :/ɪksˈtɹiːmli/[Adverb]
editextremely (comparative more extremely, superlative most extremely)
1.(degree) To an extreme degree.
2.2015 April 14, “America's First All-Girl Quintuplets Born in Texas Hospital”, in Time[1]:
The National Center for Health Statistics' latest data indicate that quintuplets are extremely rare, with 66 reported sets of five or more babies in 2013.
[Alternative forms]
edit
- extreamely, extreamly (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editextreme + -ly
[Synonyms]
edit
- See Thesaurus:extremely
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49866
moviegoer
[[English]]
[Etymology]
editmovie + goer
[Noun]
editmoviegoer (plural moviegoers)
1.(chiefly Canada, US) Person who regularly frequents movie theaters.
Synonym: filmgoer
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subreddits
[[English]]
[Noun]
editsubreddits
1.plural of subreddit
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critically
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/[Adverb]
editcritically (comparative more critically, superlative most critically)
1.In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.
2.In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
a critically applauded film
3.With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
4.1685, John Dryden, transl., “Preface”, in Sylvæ: Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, page 19:
Thus difficult it is to underſtand the purity of Engliſh, and critically to diſcern not only good Writers from bad, and a proper ſtile from a corrupt, but alſo to diſtinguiſh that which is pure in a good Author, from that which is vicious and corrupt in him.
5.At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
a fortification critically situated
6.1724, [Gilbert] Burnet, [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], editor, Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], →OCLC:
Coming critically the night before the session.
7.Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
critically ill
critically injured
critically endangered
[Antonyms]
edit
- uncritically
[Etymology]
editcritical + -ly
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cabler
[[English]]
[Anagrams]
edit
- Balcer, Crable
[Etymology 1]
editcable + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix)
[Etymology 2]
editcable + -er (“Variety -er”)
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dip into
[[English]]
[Verb]
editdip into (third-person singular simple present dips into, present participle dipping into, simple past and past participle dipped into)
1.(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: dip into.
Dip the teabag into the cup.
2.(transitive, idiomatic) To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings).
3.(transitive, idiomatic) To read, examine or engage in (something) in a cursory or casual manner.
Dip into a nice book.
4.2021 May 7, Maya Phillips, “For Mother’s Day, a Healing Meditation on Mortality”, in The New York Times[1]:
“The Midnight Gospel,” which debuted on Netflix last year, is a show that I dipped into slowly, like a pint of oddly flavored artisanal ice cream: It was tasty yet confounding, more idiosyncratic than my usual preferred flavors, suitable for consumption only when I was in a very specific mood.
5.2023 March 16, Julia Felsenthal, “An Artist Whose Work Might (Possibly) Have Its Own Free Will”, in The New York Times Style Magazine[2]:
Surveying the breadth of Auerbach’s practice and the diverse bodies of knowledge they dip into, I began to think of the artist as a sort of antenna, picking up invisible signals from across time and space (this impression was likely bolstered by the way they wear their eyeliner: antenna-like, drawn an inch or so past each outer canthus).
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postapocalyptic
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editpostapocalyptic (not comparable)
1.Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.
The novel dealt with life in a postapocalyptic France.
[Etymology]
editpost- + apocalyptic
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apocalyptic
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈpɒ.kə.lɪp.tɪk/[Adjective]
editapocalyptic (not comparable)
1.Of or relating to an apocalypse:
1.Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
2.1876, John Ruskin, “Letter LXIV”, in Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, volume VI, Orpington, Kent: George Allen, →OCLC, page 116:
Let him go and make, and burn, a pile or two [of bricks] with his own hands; he will thereby receive apocalyptic visions of a nature novel to his soul.
3.1985, Donald A. Hagner, Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity, page 92:
From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic motifs and the apocalyptic viewpoint that it deserves to be called the apocalyptic Gospel."
4.2002, Peter W. Smith, In the Day of the Lord: The Exciting and Promised Fulfillment, page 7:
This was because apocalyptic stories — from the Greek word apohalupsis which means "reveal" — uses the vocabulary of symbols and numbers and contains concealed messages that secular listeners cannot comprehend.
5.Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster).
6.1919, Arthur Hamilton Gibbs, Gun Fodder: The Diary of Four Years of War[1], Little, Brown, page 276:
For the first time since the show began, a sense of utter loneliness overwhelmed me, a bitter despair at the uselessness of individual effort in this gigantic tragedy of apocalyptic destruction.
7.2001, Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the Whole Story: The Politics of Plot in Mark's Gospel, page 122:
In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic" Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, […] "
8.2010, Philip Leroy Culbertson, Elaine Mary Wainwright, Bible in Popular Culture, page 184:
These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, "The end is near!"
9.2021 May 5, Drachinifel, Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?[2], archived from the original on 19 August 2022, 42:53 from the start:
[…] and the pillar of smoke which had recently begun to dissipate, as many of the fires amidships had been smothered by the onrushing water, was replaced by a vast mushroom cloud of steam, smoke, flame, and debris as the magazines detonated. In the pall of this apocalyptic destruction, the U.S. fleet takes stock.Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom).Eggcorn of apoplectic.
He was apocalyptically furious.
[Antonyms]
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- nonapocalyptic
[Etymology]
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀποκαλυπτικός (apokaluptikós, “revelatory”), from ἀποκαλύπτειν (apokalúptein, “to reveal, uncover”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + καλύπτειν (kalúptein, “to cover”).
[Noun]
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1.One who predicts apocalypse.
[Synonyms]
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- apocalypticist
- doomsayer
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mayhem
[[English]]
ipa :/ˈmeɪhɛm/[Alternative forms]
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- maihem (obsolete)
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English mayme, mahaime, from Anglo-Norman mahaim (“mutilation”), from Old French meshaing (“bodily harm, loss of limb”), from Proto-Germanic *maidijaną (“to cripple, injure”) (compare Middle High German meidem, meiden (“gelding”), Old Norse meiða (“to injure”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to alter, falsify”)),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change”). More at mad. The original meaning referred to the crime of maiming, the other senses derived from this.Another possible etymology derives the Old French from Provençal maganhar, composed of mal (“evil”) and ganhar (“to obtain, receive”) (compare with Spanish ganar and Italian gavagnare and guadagnare), so literally "to obtain, receive something evil).The sense "chaos" may have arisen by popular misunderstanding of the common journalese expression "rioting and mayhem".
[Noun]
editmayhem (usually uncountable, plural mayhems)
1.A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
What if the legendary hero Robin Hood had been born into the mayhem of the 20th century?
In all the mayhem, some children were separated from their parents.
She waded into the mayhem, elbowing between taller men to work her way to the front of the crowd.
The clowns would dart into the crowd and pull another unsuspecting victim into the mayhem of the ring.
2.Infliction of violent injury on a person or thing.
The fighting dogs created mayhem in the flower beds.
3.(law) The maiming of a person by depriving him of the use of any of his limbs which are necessary for defense or protection.
4.(law) The crime of damaging things or harming people on purpose.
[References]
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1. ^ Philip Babcock, ed., Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, s.v. "mayhem" (Springfield, Mass: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1993.
[Synonyms]
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- See Thesaurus:disorder, Thesaurus:commotion
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await
[[English]]
ipa :/əˈweɪt/[Anagrams]
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- Iwata
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”).[1] More at English wait.
[Noun]
editawait (plural awaits)
1.(obsolete) A waiting for; ambush.
2.(obsolete) Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.
3.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
Also, madame, syte you well that there be many men spekith of oure love in this courte, and have you and me gretely in awayte, as thes Sir Aggravayne and Sir Mordred.
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4.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
For all that night, the whyles the Prince did rest […] He watcht in close awayt with weapons prest […].
[References]
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1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “await”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
[Synonyms]
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- (wait for): wait for, anticipate, listen (of a sound); See also Thesaurus:wait for
- (serve or attend): attend to, service; See also Thesaurus:serve
[Verb]
editawait (third-person singular simple present awaits, present participle awaiting, simple past and past participle awaited)
1.(transitive, formal) To wait for.
2.1674, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost:
Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat, / Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night;
3.1897 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:
I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
I await your reply to my letter.
4.(transitive) To expect.
5.(transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell.
6.1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:
Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire.
7.1674, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost:
O Eve, some further change awaits us nigh.
8.(transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
9.(intransitive) To watch, observe.
10.(intransitive) To wait; to stay in waiting.
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since
[[English]]
ipa :/sɪns/[Adverb]
editsince (not comparable)
1.From a specified time in the past.
I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
A short/long time since
[Alternative forms]
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- sence (archaic)
[Anagrams]
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- *nices, censi, escin, icens, nices, scien, snice
[Antonyms]
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- until
[Conjunction]
editsince
1.From the time that.
I have loved you since I first met you.
2.1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter 6:
He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.
3.Because.
Since you didn't call, we left without you.
4.1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. […] The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.
5.1970, Jack M. Guttentag, “New Series on Home Mortgage Yields Since 1951, Volume 92”, in National Bureau of Economic Research, page 132:
Since disbursement is the last step in the process of creating a mortgage instrument, the disbursement date may lag the transaction date by a considerable period.
6.(obsolete) When or that.
7.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 87, column 2:
O ſir Iohn, doe you remember ſince wee lay all night in the Winde-mill, in S Georges field.
[Etymology]
editFrom Middle English syns, synnes, contraction of earlier sithens, sithence, from sithen (“after, since”) ( + -s, adverbial genitive suffix), from Old English sīþþan, from the phrase sīþ þǣm (“after/since that (time)”), from sīþ (“since, after”) + þǣm dative singular of þæt. Cognate with Dutch sinds (“since”), German seit (“since”), Danish siden (“since”), Icelandic síðan (“since”) Scots syne (“since”).
[Preposition]
editsince
1.From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
1.Continuously during that period of time.
I have known her since last year.
2.2013 June 29, “Unspontaneous combustion”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 29:
Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia.
3.2013 September-October, Simson Garfinkel, “Digital Forensics”, in American Scientist:
Since the 1980s, computers have had increasing roles in all aspects of human life—including an involvement in criminal acts.
4.At certain points during that period of time.
5.2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:
"Mujtahidd" has attracted almost 300,000 followers since the end of last year, when he began posting scandalous claims about the Saudi elite.
[Synonyms]
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- (from the time that): sithen (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:since
- (because): sith (obsolete); see also Thesaurus:because
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amassed
[[English]]
[Adjective]
editamassed (not comparable)
1.Having been gathered or assembled in a large group.
[Anagrams]
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- Adamses, damassé
[Verb]
editamassed
1.simple past tense and past participle of amass
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