Search for: 1905
3321 Etymology dictionary, p. cannon-ball (n.).2
also cannon ball, "iron ball to be shot from a cannon," 1660s, from cannon (n.) + ball (n.1). Earlier in this sense was cannon-shot (1590s). As a type of dive, from 1905.
3322 Etymology dictionary, p. cathode (n.).2
… from 1905.
3323 Etymology dictionary, p. Chamorro.2
… Islands, 1905, from Spanish Chamorro, literally "shorn, shaven, bald." Supposedly because the men shaved their heads, but the name also has been connected to native …
3324 Etymology dictionary, p. chassepot (n.).2
bolt-action breechloading rifle introduced into the French army 1866-68 and used by French forces in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870, named for French inventor Antonine-Alphonse Chassepot (1833-1905).
3325 Etymology dictionary, p. chromatin (n.).2
… (1843-1905), from Latinized form of Greek khrōmat-, the correct combinational form of khrōma "color" (see chroma ) + chemical suffix -in (2). So called because it has a …
3326 Etymology dictionary, p. co-dependent (adj.).2
… , by 1905, in various senses, from co- + dependent. Modern psychological sense "dysfunctionally supporting or enabling another in a relationship in addiction …
3327 Etymology dictionary, p. Comstockery (n.).2
… . 26, 1905]. The Comstock lode, silver vein in Nevada, was discovered 1859 and first worked by U.S. prospector Henry T.P. Comstock (1820-1870), apparently unrelated …
3328 Etymology dictionary, p. copywriter (n.).2
"writer of copy for advertisements," 1911, from copy (n.) in the sense of "the text of an advertisement" (1905) + writer. Related: Copywriting .
3329 Etymology dictionary, p. cordless (adj.).2
of electrical devices or appliances, "working without a cord, battery-powered," 1905, from cord + -less .
3330 Etymology dictionary, p. corner (n.).5
… by 1905. To cut corners is by 1847 as "pass round a corner or corners as closely as possible;" figurative use, in reference to an easy or economical but risky course …
3331 Etymology dictionary, p. cracker (n.2).3
… by 1905 as an adjective, "emblematic of down-home ways and views."
3332 Etymology dictionary, p. crazy (adj.).3
… by 1905. Phrase crazy like a fox has origins by 1935. Crazy Horse, name of the Teton Lakhota (Siouan) war leader (d. 1877), translates thašuka witko, literally "his …
3333 Etymology dictionary, p. decompression (n.).2
"process of relieving or reducing pressure," 1905, from de- + compression. Decompression chamber is attested by 1903.
3334 Etymology dictionary, p. depression (n.).3
… , from 1905); meteorological sense is from 1881 (in reference to barometric pressure); meaning "a lowering or reduction in economic activity" was in use by 1826 …
3335 Etymology dictionary, p. depressive (adj.).2
"able or tending to depress," 1610s, from Latin depress-, past-participle stem of deprimere (see depress ) + -ive. In psychology, from 1905. Related: Depressiveness .
3336 Etymology dictionary, p. detoxification (n.).2
1905, of substances, "action of depriving of poisonous qualities;" 1971, "removal of addictive substances from the body," originally in reference to habitual …
3337 Etymology dictionary, p. detoxify (v.).2
1905, "remove poisonous qualities from;" see de- + toxic + -fy. Earlier in the same sense was detoxicate (1867). Of persons, "treat to remove the effects of alcohol or drugs as a step to ending addiction," by 1970. Related: Detoxified; detoxifying .
3338 Etymology dictionary, p. dimmer (n.).2
"one who or that which makes dim," 1822, agent noun from dim (v.). Of mechanisms for reducing the brightness of electric lights, from 1905.
3339 Etymology dictionary, p. dingbat (n.).2
… from 1905. In typography, by 1912 as a printer's term for ornament used in headline or with illustrations.
3340 Etymology dictionary, p. dinner (n.).5
Dinner-time is attested from late 14c.; dinner-hour is from 1750. Dinner-table is from 1784; dinner-jacket from 1852; dinner-party by 1780. Childish reduplication din-din is attested from 1905.