different between cess vs cuss

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

Etymology uncertain. Occurs in print at least as early as 1831, when Samuel Lover used the expression as one already long-established. He unambiguously stated the derivation of cess in the malediction bad cess to be an abbreviation of success.. OED speculated that it either was from success or from assessment meaning a military or governmental exaction.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (Britain, Ireland) An assessed tax, duty, or levy.
2. (Britain, Ireland, informal) Usually preceded by good or (more commonly) bad: luck or success.
3. (obsolete) Bound; measure.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (Britain, Ireland) To levy a cess.

Derived terms

• bad cess

See also

• cease
• cessation

Etymology 2

Possibly from an archaic dialect word meaning “bog”.

Noun

cess (plural cesses)

1. (rail transport) The area along either side of a railroad track which is kept at a lower level than the sleeper bottom, in order to provide drainage.
2. (obsolete, dialect) A bog, in particular a peat bog.
3. (obsolete, dialect) A piece of peat, or a turf, particularly when dried for use as fuel.

Derived terms

• cess path
• cess heave

See also

• cesspool
• cesspit

Etymology 3

From French cesser. See cease.

Verb

cess (third-person singular simple present cesses, present participle cessing, simple past and past participle cessed)

1. (obsolete, law) To cease; to neglect.

Anagrams

• CSEs, ECSS, ESCs, secs, secs.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Cess (alternative capitalization)

Noun

cess m (definite singular cessen, indefinite plural cessar, definite plural cessane)

1. (music) C-flat

Derived terms

• cess-dur m

Swedish

Noun

cess n

1. C-flat

Declension

Related terms

• ciss

References

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Etymology 1

American English dialect pronunciation of curse.

Verb

cuss (third-person singular simple present cusses, present participle cussing, simple past and past participle cussed)

1. (chiefly US) To use cursing, to use bad language, to speak profanely.
   • 1899, H. G. Wells, Mr. Brisher's Treasure

     I went over the fence like a shot, and ran like one o'clock for the trap, cussing and swearing as I went.

Derived terms

• cuss out
• mooncusser

Translations

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

1. (chiefly US) A curse.
2. (chiefly US) A curse word.

Etymology 2

Clipping of customer.

Noun

cuss (plural cusses)

1. (dated, chiefly US) A fellow, person.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme.
     "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"

Anagrams

• SCSU, SCUs