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covert
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover.
Pronunciation
- Adjective:
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ko?v??t/, /ko??v??t/, /?k?v??t/
- Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?v?t/, /?k??v??t/, /?k?v?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?v??t/, /?ko?v??t/, /?k?v??/
Adjective
covert (comparative more covert, superlative most covert)
- (now rare) Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:
- Within that wood there was a covert glade, / Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Gardens
- to plant a covert alley
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.5:
- (figuratively) Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:covert
- feme covert
Antonyms
- overt
Derived terms
- covert stuttering
Related terms
- cover
Translations
Noun
covert (plural coverts)
- A covering.
- A disguise.
- A hiding place.
- Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.
- (ornithology) A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.
Translations
Anagrams
- corvet, vector
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kav?t/
Verb
covert
- inflection of covern:
- third-person singular present
- second-person plural present
- second-person plural subjunctive I
- plural imperative
Old French
Alternative forms
- cuvert
- covri
Etymology
From Latin coopertus.
Verb
covert
- past participle of covrir
Descendants
- English: covert
- French: couvert
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mystical
English
Alternative forms
- mysticall (obsolete)
- mystickal (obsolete)
Etymology
From mystic +? -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?st?k?l/, /?m?st?kl?/
Adjective
mystical (comparative more mystical, superlative most mystical)
- Relating to mystics or mysticism.
- Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
- Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
Related terms
- mysterious
- mystery
- mystic
- mysticality
- mysticalness
- mysticism
- mystify
- mystique
Translations
Further reading
- mystical in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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