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clothier
English
Etymology
From Middle English clother; equivalent to cloth +? -er; the word was later remodelled on words such as hotelier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klo?ði?(?)/
Noun
clothier (plural clothiers)
- A person who makes or sells cloth or clothing.
- Synonym: draper
Translations
Anagrams
- chlorite
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preen
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English pren, from Old English pr?on, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (compare Icelandic prjónn (“pin, knitting-needle”), Danish pryne ‘needle, eel-spear’), from Proto-Indo-European *brewn- (“protrusion, tip, edge”) (compare Lithuanian briaunà ‘edge’, Albanian brez ‘belt, girdle’).The verb is from Middle English prenen, from pren (“a preen”).
Alternative forms
- prin (dialectal)
Noun
preen (plural preens)
- A forked tool used by clothiers for dressing cloth.
- (dialectal) pin
- (dialectal) bodkin; brooch
Verb
preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)
- (transitive) To pin; fasten.
Etymology 2
Variant of prune (by influence of preen above). Attested in Chaucer (c. 1395) in the variants preyneth, prayneth, proyneth, prunyht, pruneth, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”).
Verb
preen (third-person singular simple present preens, present participle preening, simple past and past participle preened)
- (of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
- To show off, posture, or smarm.
- (Britain, dialect, dated) To trim up, as trees.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
See also
- primp
Anagrams
- neper, perne
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English pren, from Old English pr?on, from Proto-Germanic *preunaz (“pin, knitting needle”).
Noun
preen (plural preens)
- metal pin
- pine needle
Derived terms
Verb
preen (third-person singular present preens, present participle preenin, past preent, past participle preent)
- to pin (fasten with a pin)
- to dress oneself up
Spanish
Verb
preen
- Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of prear.
- Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of prear.
- Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of prear.
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