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bustle
English
Etymology
From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) +? -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Noun
bustle (countable and uncountable, plural bustles)
- (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
Derived terms
- hustle and bustle
Translations
Verb
bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
- (transitive) To push around, to importune.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
- Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
Synonyms
- (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
- (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle
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disease
English
Alternative forms
- (uneasiness): dis-ease
Etymology
From Middle English disese, from Anglo-Norman desese, disaise, from Old French desaise, from des- + aise. Equivalent to dis- +? ease. Displaced native Middle English adle, audle (“disease”) (from Old English ?dl (“disease, sickness”), see adle), Middle English cothe, coathe (“disease”) (from Old English coþu (“disease”), see coath).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?-z?z? IPA(key): /d??zi?z/
- Rhymes: -i?z
Noun
disease (countable and uncountable, plural diseases)
- (pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction; distinct from injury insofar as the latter is usually instantaneously acquired.
- November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10
- The instability, injustice, and confusion, introduced into the public councils, have, in truth, been the mortal diseases under which popular governments have every where perished; [...]
- November 22, 1787, James Madison Jr., Federalist No. 10
- (by extension) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7
- War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty.
- 1955, The Urantia Book, Paper 134:6.7
- Lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:disease
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
disease (third-person singular simple present diseases, present participle diseasing, simple past and past participle diseased)
- (obsolete) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
- To infect with a disease.
Anagrams
- Seaside, seaside
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