Search for: Choice
4421 Etymology dictionary, p. fine (adj.).2
… quality, choice," from Old French fin "perfected, of highest quality" (12c.), a back-formation from finire or else from Latin finis "that which divides, a boundary …
4422 Etymology dictionary, p. finished (adj.).2
… "refined, choice, elegant;" 1560s as "minutely precise or exact." Meaning "thin in consistency" is from c. 1400. From 1580s as "brought to a conclusion." Of made things …
4423 Etymology dictionary, p. frag (v.).2
by 1970, U.S. military slang, back-formed verb from slang noun shortening of fragmentation grenade (1918), which was said to have been the weapon of choice over a firearm because the evidence is destroyed in the act. Related: Fragged; fragging .
4424 Etymology dictionary, p. *geus-.3
It forms all or part of: Angus; choice; choose; degustation; disgust; Fergus; gustation; gustatory; gusto; ragout; Valkyrie .
4425 Etymology dictionary, p. Hennessey.2
Irish surname, from O'(h)Aonghusa "descendant of Aonghus " ("one-choice").
4426 Etymology dictionary, p. heresy (n.).2
… , a choice, a means of taking; a deliberate plan, purpose; philosophical sect, school," from haireisthai "take, seize," middle voice of hairein "to choose," a word of unknown …
4427 Etymology dictionary, p. Hobson's choice (n.).1
Hobson's choice (n.)
4428 Etymology dictionary, p. Hobson's choice (n.).2
… a choice of the horse next in line or none at all. Phrase popularized c. 1660 by Milton, who was at Cambridge from 1625-29.
4429 Etymology dictionary, p. hog (n.).4
… the choice bits. But it is perhaps rather from the allegorical story (recorded in English from 1779) of Muslim sophists, forbidden by their faith from eating …
4430 Etymology dictionary, p. hypostasis (n.).2
… made choice of the word hypostasis, and the Latins of persona; which change proved the occasion of endless disagreement" ["Pantologia, A New Cabinet Cyclopaedia …
4431 Etymology dictionary, p. inelegant (adj.).2
c. 1500, from French inélégant (15c.), from Latin inelegantem (nominative inelegans ) "not elegant, not choice," also "without taste, without judgment," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + elegans (see elegant ). Related: Inelegantly .
4432 Etymology dictionary, p. liberty (n.).2
… ., "free choice, freedom to do as one chooses," also "freedom from the bondage of sin," from Old French liberte "freedom, liberty, free will" (14c., Modern French liberté …
4433 Etymology dictionary, p. lief (adv.).3
… of choice or preference ( and yet, to say the truth, I had as lief have the foppery of freedom, as the morality of imprisonment; "Measure for Measure"). I want and I'd …
4434 Etymology dictionary, p. list (n.4).2
c. 1200, "pleasure, enjoyment;" mid-13c., "desire, wish, will, choice," from list (v.4). Somehow English has lost listy (adj.) "pleasant, willing (to do something); ready, quick" (mid-15c.).
4435 Etymology dictionary, p. lot (n.).4
Meaning "choice resulting from the casting of lots" first attested c. 1200. Meaning "share or portion of life" in any way, "that which is given by fate, God or destiny …
4436 Etymology dictionary, p. luxury (n.).3
… is choice or costly" is from 1630s; that of "sumptuous surroundings" is from 1704; that of "something choice or comfortable beyond life's necessities" is from …
4437 Etymology dictionary, p. Martini (n.).4
… bartender's choice of Italian or French vermouth. An 1887 article about fashionable New York cocktails declares "...now they are coquetting with a subtle …
4438 Etymology dictionary, p. mohair (n.).2
… "selected, choice," from mu-, noun prefix, + khayar "choosing, preferring." The stuff was imported to Europe 14c.-15c. under the name camlet. Later used of imitations …
4439 Etymology dictionary, p. multiple (adj.).3
… . Multiple choice in reference to a question in which the subject selects an answer from several options is attested by 1915. Multiple exposure "repeated …
4440 Etymology dictionary, p. nerve-racking (adj.).2
… better choice as a figure of speech, but the sense of wrack (v.), though less suitable in the image, is not obviously wrong.