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crony
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?o?ni/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k???ni/
- Rhymes: -??ni
Etymology 1
Coined between 1655 and 1665 from Ancient Greek ??????? (khrónios, “perennial, long-lasting”) (English chrono- (“time”), initially as Cambridge University slang, in sense of “chum”, as “friend of long standing”, with illegal connotation later.
Early spellings included chrony, as in 1665 diary by Samuel Pepys, supporting the Greek origin.
Noun
crony (plural cronies)
- (informal, originally Cambridge University) A close friend.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
- Antonym: noncrony
- (informal) A trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
Alternative forms
- chrony (obsolete)
Derived terms
- cronyism
- cronynomics
- crony capitalism
- noncrony
Translations
References
Etymology 2
Noun
crony (plural cronies)
- (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.
- Marry not an old crony.
Anagrams
- Conry, corny, croyn, cry on
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beau
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French beau, from Latin bellus (“beautiful”). Doublet of bello.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bo?/
- (UK)
- Homophone: bow
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
beau (plural beaux or beaus)
- (dated) A man with a reputation for fine dress and etiquette; a dandy or fop.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- “I do not comprehend the meaning of the word. But this I can say, that if he ever was a beau before he married, he is one still, for there is not the smallest alteration in him.”
- “Oh! dear! one never thinks of married mens’[sic] being beaux—they have something else to do.”
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 21
- (dated) A male lover; a boyfriend.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- Hannah's beau takes all her time 'n' thought, and when she gits a husband her mother'll be out o' sight and out o' mind.
- 2009, Philippa Bourke, Monsters and Critics [1], Dec 10, 2009:
- Kristin Davis has taken time out to enjoy the surf and sand with her Australian beau, photographer Russell James.
- 1917, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, p. 142:
- A male escort.
- A suitor of a lady.
Translations
See also
- beau-
- beautiful
- Beau
References
- beau in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Aube, aube
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- beu
Etymology
From Latin bib?. Compare Romanian bea, beau.
Verb
beau (third-person present singular indicative bea, past participle biutã)
- I drink
Related terms
- beari/beare
- biut
- biutor
- biuturã
- parabeau
French
Etymology
From Middle French beau, from Old French biau, bel, from Latin bellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: bau, baux, beaux, bot, bots
Adjective
beau (masculine singular before vowel bel, feminine singular belle, masculine plural beaux, feminine plural belles)
- handsome, fine, attractive
- nice
- fair (weather)
Usage notes
- To avoid hiatus, the form bel is used before masculine singular nouns that begin with a vowel or mute h.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? English: beau, Beau, belle, Belle
Noun
beau m (plural beaux)
- (Louisiana) boyfriend
Coordinate terms
- belle
- blonde
- femme
- gars
- homme
Further reading
- “beau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- aube
Middle English
Alternative forms
- beu, bew, bewe
Etymology
From Old French bel, biau, from Latin bellus, from Old Latin *duenelos. Doublet of bel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?u?/
- Rhymes: -?u?
Adjective
beau
- good, fine
References
- “beau, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- bel
Etymology
From Old French beau, one of the variants of biau.
Adjective
beau m (feminine singular belle, masculine plural beaux, feminine plural belles)
- beautiful; handsome; attractive
Descendants
- French: beau
Old French
Adjective
beau m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bele)
- Alternative form of biau
Declension
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [be?aw]
Verb
beau
- first-person singular present indicative of bea
- first-person singular present subjunctive of bea
- third-person plural present indicative of bea
- third-person plural imperfect indicative of bea
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