different between commotion vs stour

English

Etymology

From Middle French commocion, from Latin comm?ti?nem, accusative singular of comm?ti?, from comm?tus, perfect passive participle of commove?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??m??.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k??mo?.??n/
• Rhymes: -????n, -o???n

Noun

commotion (countable and uncountable, plural commotions)

1. A state of turbulent motion.
2. An agitated disturbance or a hubbub.
3. (euphemistic) Sexual excitement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:commotion

Derived terms

• commotional

Related terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

commotion f (plural commotions)

1. A violent collision or shock; concussion
2. shock, surprise

Further reading

• “commotion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English store, stoor, stour (“tall, powerful”), from Old English st?r (“tall, great, mighty, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *st?raz, *st?rijaz (“great, big, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?r-, *st?r- (“big, bulky”). Akin to Scots stour (“tall, large, great, stout”), Saterland Frisian stor (“great, many”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian stor (“large, great”), Icelandic stórr (“large, tall”), Polish stary (“old, ancient”), Albanian stër- (“big, huge”). Compare also stoor, steer, stately.

Alternative forms

• stoor, stoore, stoure, stowr, stuir, stur, sture, sturry

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st?(?)?/

Adjective

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now rare outside dialects) Tall; large; stout.
2. (now rare outside dialects) Strong; powerful; hardy; robust; sturdy.
3. (now rare outside dialects) Bold; audacious.
4. (now rare outside dialects) Rough in manner; stern; austere; ill-tempered.
5. (now rare outside dialects, of a voice) Rough; hoarse; deep-toned; harsh.
6. (now rare outside dialects, of land or cloth) Stiff; inflexible.
7. (obsolete) Resolute; unyielding.

Derived terms

• stourly
• stourness

Adverb

stour (comparative more stour, superlative most stour)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Severely; strongly.

Etymology 2

From Middle English stoure, stourre, from Old Norse staurr (“a stake, pale”), from Proto-Germanic *stauraz (“pole, support”), from Proto-Indo-European *st?- (“to stand, place”). Cognate with Icelandic staur (“a stake, pole”), Ancient Greek ??????? (staurós, “a stake, cross”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sta??/, /?sta?.?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sta???/, /?sta??/

Noun

stour (plural stours)

1. A stake.
2. A round of a ladder.
3. A stave in the side of a wagon.
4. A large pole by which barges are propelled against the stream; a poy.

Etymology 3

From Middle English stour, stor (“conflict”) from Anglo-Norman estur (“conflict, struggle”), from Old French estour, estor, estorme, estourmie, estormie (“battle, assault, conflict, tumult”), from Vulgar Latin *estorma, *storma (“battle, conflict, storm”), from Frankish *sturm (“storm, commotion, battle”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”). Akin to Old High German sturm (“battle, storm”). More at storm.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?st??/, /?st?(?)?/

Noun

stour (plural stours)

1. (obsolete) An armed battle or conflict.
   • , Book V:

     Then there began a passyng harde stoure, for the Romaynes ever wexed ever bygger.

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, xv:

     This pair, who past have many a dreadful stour, / And proffer now to prove this venture stout, / Alone to this attempt let them go forth, / Alone than thousands of more price and worth.

2. (obsolete) A time of struggle or stress.
3. (now dialectal) Tumult, commotion; confusion.
4. (Britain dialectal, Ulster) A blowing or deposit of dust; dust in motion or at rest; dust in general.

Verb

stour (third-person singular simple present stours, present participle stouring, simple past and past participle stoured)

1. Alternative form of stoor

Anagrams

• Rusto, Tours, roust, routs, sutor, torus, tours

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stoor

Adjective

stour

1. Alternative form of store