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cony
English
Alternative forms
- (rabbit): coney, cunny, connie
Etymology
From Middle English coni, from conies, borrowed from Anglo-Norman conis, the plural of conil, from Vulgar Latin *cuniclus (“rabbit”), from Latin cuniculus (“rabbit”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (kúniklos). The original pronunciation was /?k?ni/ (for the spelling compare honey and money), but the similarity to cunt (and particularly homophony with cunny) led through taboo avoidance both to the word's displacement in the main by rabbit and bunny and to the spelling pronunciation /?k??ni/ becoming standard. Compare Galician coello, Portuguese coelho, Italian coniglio, and Spanish conejo.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??ni/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ko?ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Noun
cony (plural conies)
- A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).
- (Britain, dialect) Rabbit fur.
- Locally for other rabbit-like or hyrax-like animals, such as the Cape hyrax (das, dassie) or the pika (Ochotona princeps, formerly Lagomys princeps).
- Used in the Old Testament as a translation of Hebrew ??????? (shafan), thought to be the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis, syn. Hyrax syriacus).
- (obsolete) A simpleton; one who may be taken in by a cony-catcher.
- 1599, Diet's Dry Dinner:
- It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher.
- 1599, Diet's Dry Dinner:
- An edible West Indian fish, a grouper given in different sources as: Epinephelus apua, the hind of Bermuda; nigger-fish, Epinephelus punctatus; Cephalopholis fulva.
- Several species of tropical west Atlantic groupers of family Epinephelidae, such as the mutton hamlet, graysby, Cuban coney, and rooster hind.
- (Britain, dialect) The burbot.
- (obsolete) A woman; a sweetheart.
Synonyms
- (rabbit): bunny, hare
- (tropical West Atlantic groupers): coney
- (burbot): coney-fish
Translations
References
- cony in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- C[harles] T[albut] Onions, editor (1973) , “cony”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 3rd edition, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, OCLC 639811675, page 420
- The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3.
Anagrams
- coyn, cyno-, cyon
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin cunnus, compare Portuguese cona and Spanish coño.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?ko?/
Noun
cony m (plural conys)
- (vulgar) vagina; vulva
Interjection
cony!
- (vulgar) Expression of frustration or surprise.
Alternative forms
- coi (euphemistic)
Further reading
- “cony” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “cony” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “cony” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cony” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
cony From the web:
tony
English
Alternative forms
- toney
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Etymology 1
tone +? -y
Adjective
tony (comparative tonier, superlative toniest)
- Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
- My host gained national notoriety after her high-profile arrest in 1993 on charges connected with running L.A.'s toniest prostitution ring.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
Translations
See also
- swank
Etymology 2
From the name Tony.
Noun
tony (plural tonies)
- (archaic) A simpleton.
- 1677, John Dryden, All for Love
- A pattern and companion fit / For all the keeping tonies of the pit.
- 1677, John Dryden, All for Love
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?.n?/
Noun
tony
- genitive singular of tona
- nominative plural of tona
- accusative plural of tona
- vocative plural of tona
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