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botheration
English
Etymology
From bother +? -ation (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b?ð???e??n?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?ð???e??(?)n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: bo?ther?a?tion
Interjection
botheration (originally Ireland, dated, often humorous)
- A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120
- Botheration! How she had crumpled her skirt, kneeling in that idiotic way.
- 1955, C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew, Collins, 1998, Chapter 3,
- "Blast and botheration!" exclaimed Digory. "What's gone wrong now? [...]"
- 1918, Katherine Mansfield, "Prelude" in Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback, 2002, p. 120
Translations
Noun
botheration (countable and uncountable, plural botherations) (originally Ireland, dated, often humorous)
- (uncountable) The state of being bothered; annoyance, vexation.
- Synonyms: irritation; see also Thesaurus:annoyance
- 1803, William Blake, Letter to his brother James Blake dated 30 January, 1803, in The Poetry and Prose of William Blake, edited by David V. Erdman, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1970, p. 696,
- I write in great haste & with a head full of botheration about various projected works [...]
- 1982, Saul Bellow, The Dean's December, New York: Pocket Books, 1983, Chapter 4, p. 59,
- At home he read too many papers. He was better off without his daily dose of world botheration, sham happenings, without newspaper phrases.
- (countable) An act of bothering or annoying.
- (countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
- Synonym: nuisance
- 1954, Peter De Vries, The Tunnel of Love, New York: Popular Library, Chapter Six, p. 63,
- [...] the by-products and botherations that go with pleasures make it hardly worth it. Sex is supposedly life's greatest pleasure and look what it gives you.
Translations
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handicap
English
Etymology
From hand in cap, in reference to holding the game stakes in a cap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hænd?kæp/
Noun
handicap (countable and uncountable, plural handicaps)
- Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (obsolete, uncountable, card games) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
Derived terms
- Benghazi Handicap
Translations
Verb
handicap (third-person singular simple present handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)
- (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
- (transitive, figuratively, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
- To estimate betting odds.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???n.di?k?p/
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps, diminutive handicapje n)
- disability
- handicap, disadvantage
- (sports, golf) handicap, measure of ability
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hændikæp/, [?hændikæp]
Noun
handicap
- (anglicism) handicap (allowance)
Declension
Synonyms
- tasoitus
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??.di.kap/
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps)
- handicap
- disability
Derived terms
- handicapé
Further reading
- “handicap” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Noun
handicap m (invariable)
- handicap (disability; horserace)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: han?di?cap
Noun
handicap m (uncountable)
- handicap, disadvantage
- advantage
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English handicap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /andi?kap/, [ãn?.d?i?kap]
Noun
handicap m (plural handicaps)
- handicap
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