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appropriateness

English

Etymology

appropriate +? -ness

Noun

appropriateness (uncountable)

  1. the quality or condition of being appropriate

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knack

English

Etymology

Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /næk/
  • Audio (UK)
  • Rhymes: -æk

Noun

knack (plural knacks)

  1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]
    Synonyms: skill, facility, dexterity
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 254a.
      The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
  2. A petty contrivance; a toy.
    Synonyms: plaything, knickknack, toy
  3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]
    Synonyms: trick, device

Derived terms

  • knackless

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Verb

knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)

  1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
  2. To speak affectedly.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

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