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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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taxonomy
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
- (US) IPA(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
- Rhymes: -?n?mi
Noun
taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
- The science or the technique used to make a classification.
- A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
- (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
- taxonomics
- (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
Coordinate terms
- nomenclature
- ontology
Derived terms
Translations
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- what taxonomy do humans belong to
- what taxonomy is not a type of taxonomy
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