Search for: Choice
4481 Etymology dictionary, p. elector (n.).2
"one who elects or has the right of choice," mid-15c., from Latin elector "chooser, selecter," agent noun from past-participle stem of eligere "to pick out, choose" (see election ).
4482 Etymology dictionary, p. elegant (adj.).2
… elegans ) "choice, fine, tasteful," collateral form of present participle of eligere "select with care, choose" (see election ). Meaning "characterized by refined …
4483 Etymology dictionary, p. elite (n.).2
"a choice or select body, the best part," 1823, from French élite "selection, choice," from Old French eslite (12c.), fem. past participle of elire, elisre "pick out, choose …
4484 Etymology dictionary, p. exquisite (adj.).2
early 15c., "carefully selected," from Latin exquisitus "choice," literally "carefully sought out," from past participle stem of exquirere "search out thoroughly," from ex "out" (see ex- ) + quaerere "to seek" (see query (v.)).
4485 Etymology dictionary, p. favorite (n.).4
… special choice of the people of some state."
4486 Etymology dictionary, p. Fergus.2
… *gustu- "choice," from PIE root *geus- "to taste; to choose."
4487 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 …
4488 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 …
4489 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 .
4490 Etymology dictionary, p. *geus-.3
It forms all or part of: Angus; choice; choose; degustation; disgust; Fergus; gustation; gustatory; gusto; ragout; Valkyrie .
4491 Etymology dictionary, p. Hennessey.2
Irish surname, from O'(h)Aonghusa "descendant of Aonghus " ("one-choice").
4492 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 …
4493 Etymology dictionary, p. Hobson's choice (n.).1
Hobson's choice (n.)
4494 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.
4495 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 …
4496 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 …
4497 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 .
4498 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 …
4499 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 …
4500 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.).