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desperado
English
Etymology
From Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?sp?????d??/
Noun
desperado (plural desperadoes or desperados)
- A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
- 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, The present time
- The kind of persons who excite or give signal to such revolutions — students, young men of letters […], or fierce and justly bankrupt desperadoes, acting everywhere on the discontent of the millions and blowing it into flame, — might give rise to reflections as to the character of our epoch.
- 1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia, Mirado Modern Classics, paperback edition, page 6
- Surely this was the face of a desperado.
- 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets, The present time
- (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
- 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor
- The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
- 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor
- (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
- (chess) A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.
Translations
Anagrams
- dead-ropes
Cebuano
Etymology
Cebuanized form of English desperate, from Latin d?sp?r?tus, past participle of d?sp?r? (“to be without hope”). Spanish desperado is a false friend.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: des?pe?ra?do
Adjective
desperado (feminine desperada)
- in dire need of something
- being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless
- without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious
Verb
desperado (feminine desperada)
- to be in dire need of something
- to be reckless due to desperation
Noun
desperado (feminine desperada)
- a desperate male person
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:desperado.
Danish
Etymology
From Spanish desperado (“desperate person”), past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”)
Noun
desperado c (singular definite desperadoen, plural indefinite desperados or desperadoer)
- desperado (outlaw)
Declension
See also
- desperat
References
- “desperado” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s.p?.?a.do/
Noun
desperado m (plural desperados)
- desperado
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /despe??ado/, [d?es.pe??a.ð?o]
Adjective
desperado (feminine desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
- Obsolete form of desesperado.
Verb
desperado m (feminine singular desperada, masculine plural desperados, feminine plural desperadas)
- Masculine singular past participle of desperar.
Further reading
- “desperado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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sniper
English
Etymology
snipe +? -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sna?.p?/
- Rhymes: -a?p?(r)
Noun
sniper (plural snipers)
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- (by extension) A sniper rifle
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- One who shoots from a concealed position.
- One who criticizes.
- A hunter of snipe (the bird).
- (ice hockey slang) A player who specializes in scoring goals.
- Alexander Ovechkin is often regarded as the greatest sniper of his generation.
- A person or automated process set up by a person who or which attempts to win an online auction by placing a bid only seconds before the auction ends, leaving no time for other bidders to respond
Derived terms
- sniper rifle
Translations
See also
- marksman
- sharpshooter
- sniper's hide
Anagrams
- Perins, Piners, Prines, Spiner, persin, repins, respin, ripens, serpin
French
Etymology
From English sniper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /snaj.pœ?/
Noun
sniper m (plural snipers)
- sniper (person, weapon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
sniper f
- plural indefinite of snipe
Portuguese
Etymology
From English sniper.
Noun
sniper m, f (plural snipers)
- (military) sniper (person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position)
- Synonym: franco-atirador
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