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brink

English

Etymology

Middle English brinke, from Old Norse *brenka, brinka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz (hill, edge (of land)), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ren- (project). Cognate with Dutch brink (grassland), dialectal German Brunkel, Icelandic brekka (slope); also Tocharian B prenke (island), Irish braine (prow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b???k/
  • Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink (plural brinks)

  1. The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
    the brink of a river
  2. (figuratively) The edge or border
    the brink of success
    He's on the brink of madness.

Derived terms

  • brinkmanship
  • on the brink

Translations

Further reading

  • brink in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • brink in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch brinc, from Old Dutch brink, from Proto-Germanic *brinkaz.

Cognate with English brink.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /br??k/
  • Hyphenation: brink
  • Rhymes: -??k

Noun

brink m (plural brinken, diminutive brinkje n)

  1. village green, functioning as a central square
  2. edge or margin of a field
  3. edge or margin of a hill
  4. grassy edge or margin of a strip of land
  5. grassland

Derived terms

  • brinkdorp

Middle English

Noun

brink

  1. Alternative form of brinke

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periphery

English

Etymology

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (periphéreia, the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface), from ????????? (peripher?s, moving around, round, circular), from ???????? (periphér?, I carry around, move around), from ???? (perí, around, about, near) (English peri-) + ???? (phér?, I bear, carry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p????f??i/
  • Hyphenation US: pe?riph?ery; UK: per?iph?ery

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

  1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
    The suburbs are a city's periphery.
  2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Antonyms

  • center

Related terms

  • peripherad
  • peripheral

Translations

Further reading

  • periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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