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apprehensive

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æp???h?ns?v/

Adjective

apprehensive (comparative more apprehensive, superlative most apprehensive)

  1. Anticipating something with anxiety or fear.
  2. Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
    • 1670, John Milton, History of Britain
      More fond of Miracles, than apprehensive of Truth.
    Synonym: quick on the uptake

Derived terms

  • apprehensively

Translations

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toey

English

Etymology

toe +? -y

Pronunciation

Adjective

toey (comparative toeier or more toey or toeyer, superlative toeiest or most toey or toeyest)

  1. (slang, chiefly Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
    • 2000, Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride, Harlequin, page 158,
      “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
      She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”

Synonyms

  • (agitated): antsy
  • (sexually excited): horny, randy

Derived terms

  • toey as a Roman sandal

See also

  • frustrated

Anagrams

  • Toye, eyot, yote

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