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disgust
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-g?st?
- IPA(key): /d?s???st/, [d?s?k?st]
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: dis?gust
- Homophone: discussed
Verb
disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)
- To cause an intense dislike for something.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
Translations
Noun
disgust (uncountable)
- An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
- With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
Translations
Further reading
- disgust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disgust in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disgust at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
dis- +? gust
Noun
disgust m (plural disgusts or disgustos)
- displeasure
- Antonym: plaer
Derived terms
- disgustar
Further reading
- “disgust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “disgust” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “disgust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “disgust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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incense
English
Etymology
From Middle English encens, from Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”) from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of incend? (“I set on fire”). Compare incendiary. Cognate with Spanish encender and incienso.
Pronunciation
- Noun:
- enPR: ?n's?ns, IPA(key): /??ns?ns/
- Verb:
- enPR: ?ns?ns', IPA(key): /?n?s?ns/
Noun
incense (countable and uncountable, plural incenses)
- A perfume used in the rites of various religions.
- (figuratively) Homage; adulation.
Hyponyms
- joss stick, incense stick
Derived terms
- incense boat
- incense cedar
Related terms
- frankincense
Translations
Verb
incense (third-person singular simple present incenses, present participle incensing, simple past and past participle incensed)
- (transitive) To anger or infuriate.
- I think it would incense him to learn the truth.
- (archaic) To incite, stimulate.
- (transitive) To offer incense to.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
- Incensed with wanton sweetes.
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed, — foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.
- 1603, John Marston, The Malcontent
- (obsolete) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
Translations
Anagrams
- Nicenes
Latin
Participle
inc?nse
- vocative masculine singular of inc?nsus
References
- incense in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- incense in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- incense in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- incense in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- incense in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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