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blunt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /bl?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt (attested in the derivative Blunta (male personal name) (> English surnames Blunt, Blount)), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).
Adjective
blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest)
- Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
- Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
- Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
- the blunt admission that he had never liked my company
- Hard to impress or penetrate.
- December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
- December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
Synonyms
- (having a thick edge or point): dull, pointless, coarse
- (dull in understanding): stupid, obtuse
- (abrupt in address): curt, short, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil, harsh
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
blunt (plural blunts)
- A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
- A short needle with a strong point.
- (smoking) A marijuana cigar.
- 2005: to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!” — Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 461)
- (Britain, slang, archaic, uncountable) money
- Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt […]
- A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English blunten, blonten, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
blunt (third-person singular simple present blunts, present participle blunting, simple past and past participle blunted)
- To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
- (figuratively) To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
- It blunted my appetite.
- My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Synonyms
- blunten
Translations
See also
- bluntly
- dull
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *blund, from Proto-Germanic *blundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?lend?-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blont/, [bl?nt]
Adjective
blunt m (oblique and nominative feminine singular blunde)
- Alternative form of blont
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still
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English stille (“motionless, stationary”), from Old English stille (“still, quiet, calm; without motion, at rest, not moving from a place, not disturbed; moving little or gently; silent; not loud; secret; unchanging, undisturbed, stable, fixed; not vehement, gentle”), from Proto-West Germanic *still? (“quiet, still”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (“to be silent; to be still”). Cognate with Scots stil (“still”), Saterland Frisian stil (“motionless, calm, quiet”), West Frisian stil (“quiet, still”), Dutch stil (“quiet, silent, still”), Low German still (“quiet, still”), German still (“still, quiet, tranquil, silent”), Swedish stilla (“quiet, silent, peaceful”), Icelandic stilltur (“set, quiet, calm, still”). Related to stall.
(noun: Falkland Islander): Military slang, short for still a Benny, since the military had been instructed not to refer to the islanders by the derogatory term Benny (which see).
Alternative forms
- stil
- stille, styll, stylle (obsolete)
Adjective
still (comparative stiller or more still, superlative stillest or most still)
- Not moving; calm.
- Not effervescing; not sparkling.
- Uttering no sound; silent.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- The sea that roared at thy command, / At thy command was still.
- c. 1711, Joseph Addison, How are thy Servants blest, O Lord!
- (not comparable) Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
- (obsolete) Constant; continual.
Synonyms
- (not moving): fixed, stationary, unmoving, static, inert, stagnant; see also Thesaurus:stationary or Thesaurus:immobile
- (not effervescing): flat, uneffervescent; see also Thesaurus:noneffervescent
- (uttering no sound): noiseless, soundless; see also Thesaurus:silent
- (having the same stated quality):
- (comparatively quiet): hushed, tranquil; see also Thesaurus:quiet
- (constant, continual): incessant, ongoing, unremitting; see also Thesaurus:continuous
Derived terms
- still life
- stillness
- unstill
Related terms
- be still my heart
- be still my beating heart
- still waters run deep
Translations
Adverb
still (not comparable)
- Without motion.
- (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
- (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
- ("still" and "taller" can easily swap places here)
- (conjunctive) Nevertheless.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- As sunshine, broken in the rill, / Though turned astray, is sunshine still.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- (archaic, poetic) Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- The desire of fame betrays an ambitious man into indecencies that lessen his reputation; he is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away in private.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, Unsucceeding Experiments
- Chemists would be rich if they could still do in great quantities what they have sometimes done in little.
- (extensive) Even, yet.
Synonyms
- (without motion): akinetically, motionlessly, stock still, stockishly
- (up to a time): yet
- (to an even greater degree): yet, even
- (nevertheless): nonetheless, though, yet; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
- (always): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
- (even, yet):
Translations
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A period of calm or silence.
- (photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- (slang) A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- A steep hill or ascent.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of W. Browne to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (period of calm): lull, rest, respite; quiet, tranquility
- (resident of the Falkland Islands): Benny, Falklander, Kelper
Translations
Etymology 2
Via Middle English [Term?], ultimately from Latin stilla.
Noun
still (plural stills)
- A device for distilling liquids.
- (catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- (catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Translations
See also
- pot still
Etymology 3
From Old English stillan.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- To calm down, to quiet.
Synonyms
- becalm, lull, quell; see also Thesaurus:pacify
Translations
Etymology 4
Aphetic form of distil, or from Latin stillare.
Verb
still (third-person singular simple present stills, present participle stilling, simple past and past participle stilled)
- (obsolete) To trickle, drip.
- To cause to fall by drops.
- To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
Translations
Anagrams
- Tills, lilts, tills
German
Etymology
From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stilli.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?l/
Adjective
still (comparative stiller, superlative am stillsten)
- quiet, silent
Declension
Adverb
still
- quietly, silently
Further reading
- “still” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?til/
Adjective
still
- quiet, silent
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Verb
still
- imperative of stille
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
still
- imperative of stilla
Etymology 2
Adjective
still (masculine and feminine still, neuter stilt, definite singular and plural stille, comparative stillare, indefinite superlative stillast, definite superlative stillaste)
- Alternative form of stille
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /es?til/, [es?t?il]
Noun
still m (plural stills)
- (photography) still
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