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adept
English
Etymology
From French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US, adjective) IPA(key): /??d?pt/, /?æd.?pt/
- (UK, US, noun) IPA(key): /?æd.?pt/, /æd??pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Adjective
adept (comparative more adept or adepter, superlative most adept or adeptest)
- Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
- 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
- Adept as she was, in all the arts of cunning and dissimulation, the girl Nancy could not wholly conceal the effect which the knowledge of the step she had taken, wrought upon her mind.
- 1837-1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skillful
Antonyms
- inept
Translations
Noun
adept (plural adepts)
- One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
- adepts in philosophy
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge:
- When he had achieved this task, he applied himself to the acquisition of stable language, in which he soon became such an adept, that he would perch outside my window and drive imaginary horses with great skill, all day.
- 1894-95, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:
- Others, alas, had an instinct towards artificiality in their very blood, and became adepts in counterfeiting at the first glimpse of it.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:skilled person
Translations
Related terms
- apt
- aptitude
References
- adept in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- pated, taped
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d?pt/
- Rhymes: -?pt
Noun
adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adepter, definite plural adeptene)
- an adept (person)
References
- “adept” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “adept” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”). The adjective is of the same origin, though likely through English adept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d?pt/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
adept m (definite singular adepten, indefinite plural adeptar, definite plural adeptane)
- an adept, skillful person
- an inductee to an order, a secret society or a science
- (historical) an alchemist
- a very knowledgeable person
- (by extension, derogatory) a know-it-all, a self-declared expert
- a student of a craft
Adjective
adept (indefinite singular adept, definite singular and plural adepte)
- adept (very skilled)
References
- “adept” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From French adepte, from Latin adeptus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.d?pt/
Noun
adept m pers (feminine adeptka)
- trainee
- novice
Declension
Further reading
- adept in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- adept in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French adepte
Noun
adept m (plural adep?i)
- follower
- disciple
Declension
Swedish
Noun
adept c
- a pupil, a student, an apprentice, a disciple
Declension
Synonyms
- lärjunge
Anagrams
- petad
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effortless
English
Etymology
effort +? -less
Pronunciation
Adjective
effortless (not comparable)
- Without effort.
Derived terms
- effortlessly
Translations
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