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dismay
English
Etymology
From Middle English dismayen, from Anglo-Norman *desmaiier, alteration of Old French esmaier (“to frighten”), probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *magin?, *magan? (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *meg?- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæ?en (“might, main”), Old High German magan, mugan (“to be powerful, able”), Old English magan (“to be able”). Cognate with Portuguese desmaiar (“to faint”). See also Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar. More at main, may.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?me?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Verb
dismay (third-person singular simple present dismays, present participle dismaying, simple past and past participle dismayed)
- To cause to feel apprehension; great sadness, or fear; to deprive of energy
- Synonyms: daunt, appall, terrify
- 1611, King James Version, Josh. i. 9
- Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.
- What words be these? What fears do you dismay?
- To render lifeless; to subdue; to disquiet.
- To take dismay or fright; to be filled with dismay.
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, III. iii. 1:
- Dismay not, princes, at this accident,
- 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, III. iii. 1:
Translations
Noun
dismay (uncountable)
- A sudden or complete loss of courage and firmness in the face of trouble or danger; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits
- Synonym: consternation
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act I Scene 3
- Come on: in this there can be no dismay;
- My ships come home a month before the day.
- Condition fitted to dismay; ruin.
Translations
Anagrams
- yidams
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perturbation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French perturbation, from Old French perturbacion, from Latin perturbatio
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
perturbation (countable and uncountable, plural perturbations)
- (uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed
- (countable) A small change in a physical system, or more broadly any definable system (such as a biological or economic system)
- (countable, astronomy, physics) Variation in an orbit due to the influence of external bodies
Related terms
- perturb
- perturbatory
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin perturbatio, perturbationem.
Pronunciation
Noun
perturbation f (plural perturbations)
- disturbance
- derangement
Related terms
- perturber
Descendants
- ? Romanian: perturba?ie
Further reading
- “perturbation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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