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comfort
English
Etymology
The verb is from Middle English conforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confort? (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
The noun is from Middle English confort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confort?. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/
- (General American) enPR: k?m'f?rt, IPA(key): /?k?m.f?t/, [?k???.f?t]
- (obsolete) enPR: k?mfôrt', IPA(key): /k?m?f??t/
Noun
comfort (countable and uncountable, plural comforts)
- Contentment, ease.
- Something that offers comfort.
- A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry.
- A cause of relief or satisfaction.
Synonyms
- liss
Antonyms
- (contentment, ease): austerity
Translations
Verb
comfort (third-person singular simple present comforts, present participle comforting, simple past and past participle comforted)
- (transitive) To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.
- (transitive) To make comfortable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
- (obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.
Synonyms
- besoothe
Translations
Derived terms
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch confoort, from Old French confort.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /k?m?f??r/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /k?m?f?r(t)/
- Hyphenation: com?fort
Noun
comfort n (plural comforts, diminutive comfortje n)
- Physical comfort, ease.
Derived terms
- comfortabel
- ligcomfort
- rijcomfort
- zitcomfort
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exhilarate
English
Etymology
From Latin exhilar?re (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), from ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out”)) + hilar?re, present infinitive of hilar? (“to cheer, to gladden”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ????? (hílaos, “gracious, kind, propitious”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?lh?- (“comfort, mercy”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z?l??e?t/, /??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?l???e?t/, /??-/
- (General American)
- Hyphenation: ex?hil?a?rate
Verb
exhilarate (third-person singular simple present exhilarates, present participle exhilarating, simple past and past participle exhilarated)
- (transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy.
- (transitive) To excite, to thrill.
- 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, Have his Carcase, Chapter 12.
- Harriet became suddenly conscious that every woman in the room was gazing furtively or with frank interest at Wimsey and herself, and the knowledge exhilarated her.
- 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, Have his Carcase, Chapter 12.
Synonyms
- (to cheer): enliven, stimulate
Derived terms
- exhilarating
- exhilarant
- exhilaratingly
- exhilaration
- exhilarator
- exhilaratory
Related terms
- hilarious
- hilariously
- hilariousness
- hilarity
- Hilary
Translations
Further reading
- exhilarate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exhilarate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Verb
exhilar?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exhilar?
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