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darn
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??n/
- (New England) IPA(key): /da?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
Etymology 1
A minced oath of damn.
Adjective
darn (not comparable)
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:damned
Derived terms
- darn tootin'
Translations
Adverb
darn (not comparable)
- (degree, euphemistic) Damned.
Interjection
darn
- (euphemistic) Damn.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:dammit
Derived terms
- darn tootin'
Translations
Verb
darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)
- (transitive) Euphemism of damn.
Synonyms
- dang
- damn
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English dernen (“to keep secret, hide, conceal (a hole)”), from Old English diernan (“to hide, conceal”), from dyrne, dierne (“secret”), from Proto-West Germanic *darn? (“hidden, secret”).
Verb
darn (third-person singular simple present darns, present participle darning, simple past and past participle darned)
- (transitive, sewing) To repair by stitching with thread or yarn, particularly by using a needle to construct a weave across a damaged area of fabric.
- I need to darn these socks again.
- c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen
- He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockings.
Usage notes
Predominantly used to described repairs to stockings or socks. The frequency of references to both follows their general prominence with references to stockings being more historically prominent and references to socks being more recently prominent.
Related terms
- darning needle
Translations
Noun
darn (plural darns)
- A place mended by darning.
Further reading
- Darning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, Nard, RAND, Rand, andr-, nard, rDNA, rand, rdna
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lacis
English
Etymology
From French lacis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?lasi/
Noun
lacis (uncountable)
- A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 122:
- he sought to accumulate the most exquisite specimens that he could find of textile and embroidered work, getting […] veils of lacis worked in Hungary point […]
- 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage 2007, p. 122:
Anagrams
- Cails, Salic, Scali, laics
French
Etymology
From lacer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.si/
Noun
lacis m (plural lacis)
- (archaic) lacis
- (sports) lacing
- maze (of alleyways etc.); web, network
Further reading
- “lacis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
lacis
- second-person singular present active indicative of laci?
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