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ample
English
Etymology
From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”), probably for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), the last syllable akin to Latin plenus (“full”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æm.p?l/
- Rhymes: -æmp?l
Adjective
ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)
- Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
- Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty
- Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
Synonyms
- full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
- See also Thesaurus:ample
- (large): See also Thesaurus:large
- (fully sufficient): See also Thesaurus:abundant
Related terms
Translations
References
- ample in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Maple, Palme, maple, pelma
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin amplus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?am.pl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?am.ple/
Adjective
ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)
- wide
- ample, plentiful
Derived terms
- amplada
- amplament
- amplària
Related terms
- ampliar
Further reading
- “ample” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ample” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ample” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ample” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin amplus (“large”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pl/
Adjective
ample (plural amples)
- plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample
- (of clothes) loose, baggy
Further reading
- “ample” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
ampl? (comparative amplius, superlative amplissim?)
- amply, largely
Etymology 2
Adjective
ample
- vocative masculine singular of amplus
References
- ample in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ample in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Alternative forms
- emple
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ample, from Old French ample, from Latin amplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?amp?l/, /??mp?l/
Adjective
ample
- (Late Middle English) ample, copious, profuse
Related terms
- amplifiyen
Descendants
- English: ample
- Scots: ample
References
- “ample, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.
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thick
English
Alternative forms
- (meme slang: curvy): thicc
Etymology
From Middle English thicke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkw?, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?k
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA(key): /??k/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /??k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Adjective
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- Synonyms: broad; see also Thesaurus:wide
- Antonyms: slim, thin; see also Thesaurus:narrow
- Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.
- Heavy in build; thickset.
- Synonyms: chunky, solid, stocky, thickset
- Antonyms: slender, slight, slim, svelte, thin; see also Thesaurus:slender
- Densely crowded or packed.
- Synonyms: crowded, dense, packed; see also Thesaurus:compact
- Antonyms: sparse; see also Thesaurus:diffuse
- Having a viscous consistency.
- Synonyms: glutinous, viscous; see also Thesaurus:viscous
- Antonyms: free-flowing, runny; see also Thesaurus:runny
- Abounding in number.
- Synonyms: overflowing, swarming, teeming; see also Thesaurus:plentiful
- Antonyms: scant, scarce, slight
- Impenetrable to sight.
- Synonyms: dense, opaque, solid; see also Thesaurus:opaque
- Antonyms: thin, transparent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
- (Of an accent) Prominent, strong.
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.
- Synonyms: unclear; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- Antonyms: clear, lucid; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- Greatly evocative of one's nationality or place of origin.
- (informal) Stupid.
- Synonyms: dense, (informal) dumb, stupid, (taboo slang) thick as pigshit, (slang) thick as two short planks; see also Thesaurus:stupid
- Antonyms: (informal) brainy, intelligent, smart; see also Thesaurus:intelligent
- (informal) Friendly or intimate.
- Synonyms: (UK, informal) chummy, close, close-knit, friendly, (informal) pally, intimate, tight-knit
- Antonym: unacquainted
- 1859, Thomas Hughes, The Scouring of the White Horse
- Jem is a tall, good-looking fellow, as old as I am, and that's twenty-one last birthday; we came into the office together years ago, and have been very thick ever since
- Deep, intense, or profound.
- Synonyms: great, extreme
- (Britain, dated) troublesome; unreasonable
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- "Of course I was eager to put her affairs in order," George told my father, "but I found it a bit thick when expected to pay for Lord Randolph Churchill's barouche purchased in the '80s."
- 1969 Anita Leslie, Lady Randolph Churchill, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 288:
- (slang, chiefly of women) Curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:voluptuous
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
thick (comparative thicker, superlative thickest)
- In a thick manner.
- Snow lay thick on the ground.
- Frequently or numerously.
- The arrows flew thick and fast around us.
Translations
Noun
thick (plural thicks)
- The thickest, or most active or intense, part of something.
- He through a little window cast his sight / Through thick of bars, that gave a scanty light.
- A thicket.
- gloomy thicks
- (slang) A stupid person; a fool.
Derived terms
- in the thick of
- through thick and thin
Translations
Verb
thick (third-person singular simple present thicks, present participle thicking, simple past and past participle thicked)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To thicken.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:thicken
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