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abject
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?æb.d???kt/, enPR: ?b?j?kt
- (attributive): (US) IPA(key): /?æb.d???kt/, enPR: ?b?j?kt
- (postpositive): (US) IPA(key): /æb?d???kt/, enPR: ?bj?kt?
- Rhymes: -?kt
Etymology 1
From Middle English abiect (“outcast, wretched”), from Latin abiectus, past participle of abici? (“to throw away, cast off, to reject”), from ab- (“away”) +? iaci? (“to throw”).
Adjective
abject (comparative abjecter or more abject, superlative abjectest or most abject)
- Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (obsolete) Rejected; cast aside. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the early 17th century.]
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "abject" is often applied: poverty, fear, terror, submission, misery, failure, state, condition, apology, humility, servitude, manner, coward.
Synonyms
- beggarly, contemptible, cringing, degraded, groveling, ignoble, mean, mean-spirited, slavish, vile, worthless
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Translations
Noun
abject (plural abjects)
- A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. [from late 15h c.]
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English abjecten, derived from the adjective form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æb?d??kt/
Verb
abject (third-person singular simple present abjects, present participle abjecting, simple past and past participle abjected)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
- (transitive, obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17th century.]
- a. 1631, John Donne, a sermon
- What phrases of abjecting themselves, in respect of the prince, can exceed David's humble expressing of himself to Saul?
- a. 1631, John Donne, a sermon
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Translations
References
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French abject, from Latin abiectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?j?kt/
- Hyphenation: ab?ject
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
abject (comparative abjecter, superlative abjectst)
- reprehensible, despicable, abject
Inflection
Derived terms
- abjectheid
French
Etymology
From Latin abiectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab.??kt/
Adjective
abject (feminine singular abjecte, masculine plural abjects, feminine plural abjectes)
- (literary) Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable.
- (literary, obsolete) Of the lowest social position.
Usage notes
- Abject lacks the idea of groveling, of moral degradation over time that is present in the English word.
Derived terms
- abjectement
Related terms
- abjection
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: abjekt
- ? Romanian: abject
Further reading
- “abject” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French abject, from Latin abiectus.
Adjective
abject m or n (feminine singular abject?, masculine plural abjec?i, feminine and neuter plural abjecte)
- abject
Declension
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cheap
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /t??ip/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ch?p, IPA(key): /t??i?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
- Homophone: cheep
Alternative forms
- chap, chop (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English cheep, chepe/chepen, chep, cheap/cheapien, chapien, from Old English c?ap (“cattle, purchase, sale”), ??apian (“to bargain, chaffer, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup (“trade, purchase”), *kaup?n (“to buy, trade”), from Proto-Germanic *kaup?n?, *kaupijan? (“to buy, trade”), *kaupô (“inn-keeper, merchant”), from Latin caup? (“tradesman, innkeeper”). See also chapman.
Noun
cheap (countable and uncountable, plural cheaps)
- (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
- (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
- Price.
- (obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
- Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Adjective
cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)
- Low and/or reduced in price.
- Where there are many sellers and few purchases, land will be cheap.
- Of poor quality.
- Of little worth.
- (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
- the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
- (finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
- The ETF is trading cheap to NAV right now; we can arb this by buying the ETF and selling the underlying constituents.
Synonyms
- (low/reduced in price): bargain, inexpensive, frugal, no-frills, priced-off
- (of poor quality): flimsy
Antonyms
- (low or reduced in price): dear, expensive, high-priced, pricey
- (of low value): precious, valuable
- (financial markets): rich
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Fighting Game Terms
Translations
Verb
cheap (third-person singular simple present cheaps, present participle cheaping, simple past and past participle cheaped)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
- (transitive, obsolete) To sell.
Derived terms
- cheap out
Usage notes
Use of cheap as a verb has been surpassed by cheapen.
Adverb
cheap (comparative more cheap, superlative most cheap)
- Cheaply.
- March 24 1658, John Milton, letter to Emeric Bigot
- I need not request you to purchase them as cheap as possible
- March 24 1658, John Milton, letter to Emeric Bigot
Anagrams
- Peach, Pecha, chape, chapé, peach
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çap?/
Noun
cheap m
- Lenited form of ceap.
Verb
cheap
- past indicative analytic of ceap
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