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2441 Etymology dictionary, p. engagement (n.).2
… . Engagement ring attested by 1840.
2442 Etymology dictionary, p. exurb (n.).2
… , prosperous ring of the suburbs," 1955, American English, from exurban (adj.), by 1838 (it seems to have arisen in the writings of the reform movement opposed to urban …
2443 Etymology dictionary, p. fairy (n.).4
… . Fairy ring, of certain fungi in grass fields (as we would explain it now), is from 1590s. Fairy godmother attested from 1820. Fossil Cretaceous sea urchins found …
2444 Etymology dictionary, p. fancy (n.).2
… prize ring. The adjective is recorded from 1751 in the sense "fine, elegant, ornamental" (opposed to plain ); later as "involving fancy, of a fanciful nature" (1800 …
2445 Etymology dictionary, p. fawney (n.).2
"finger-ring," 1781, colloquial, from Irish fainne "ring."
2446 Etymology dictionary, p. floe (n.).2
… the ringed seal (1862).
2447 Etymology dictionary, p. fret (n.2).2
"ridge on the fingerboard of a guitar," c. 1500, of unknown origin, possibly from another sense of Old French frete "ring, ferule." Compare Middle English fret "a tie or lace" (early 14c.), freten (v.) "to bind, fasten" (mid-14c.).
2448 Etymology dictionary, p. gimbal (n.).2
… gemel ring, a double finger-ring that may be taken apart; also gimmal .
2449 Etymology dictionary, p. glory hole (n.).2
… or ring of light" by 1690s. Sexual (originally homosexual) sense from 1940s.
2450 Etymology dictionary, p. Gotterdammerung (n.).2
… the Ring cycle. It translates Old Norse ragna rok "the doom or destruction of the gods, the last day, world's end." A better transliteration is Goetterdaemmerung …
2451 Etymology dictionary, p. groggy (adj.).2
1770, "drunk, overcome with grog so as to stagger or stumble," from grog + -y (2). Non-alcoholic meaning "shaky, tottering" is from 1832, originally from the fight ring. Also used of hobbled horses (1828). Related: Groggily; grogginess .
2452 Etymology dictionary, p. grommet (n.).2
also gromet, grummet, 1620s, "ring or wreath of rope," from obsolete French gromette "curb of a bridle" (Modern French gourmette ), from gourmer "to curb," of uncertain origin. Extended sense of "metal eyelet" first recorded 1769.
2453 Etymology dictionary, p. gyre (n.).2
… , round, ring," from Greek gyros "a circle, ring," related to gyrós "rounded," perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to bend, curve" (source also of Armenian kor "crooked," Lithuanian …
2454 Etymology dictionary, p. gyre (v.).2
… , round, ring" (see gyre (n.)). Related: Gyred; gyring .
2455 Etymology dictionary, p. gyro-.2
word-forming element meaning "gyrating" or "gyroscope," from Greek gyros "a ring, circle" (see gyre (n.)).
2456 Etymology dictionary, p. gyrus (n.).2
convolution between grooves of the brain, 1827, from Latin gyrus "circle, circuit, career," from Greek gyros "a ring, circle" (see gyre (n.)).
2457 Etymology dictionary, p. haggaday (n.).2
… for rings for raising thumb-latches in the north of England. It appears to be what it looks like: what you say when you open the door ("have good day," as in the 1414 …
2458 Etymology dictionary, p. halo (n.).2
1560s, "ring of light around the sun or moon," from Latin halo (nominative halos ), from Greek halos "disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon" (also …
2459 Etymology dictionary, p. harangue (n.).2
… " (see ring (n.1)) on the notion of "circular gathering," with an -a- inserted to ease Romanic pronunciation of Germanic hr- (compare hamper (n.1)).
2460 Etymology dictionary, p. harangue (n.).3
… "host-ring, army-ring," with first element *hari- "war-band, host" (see harry (v.)). From the same Germanic "ring" root via Romanic come rank (n.), range (v.), arrange .