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dunce
English
Etymology
1530, named after John Duns Scotus (c. 1266–1308).
Scotus was ironically a well-known Scottish thinker. His followers, however, opposed the philosophers of the Renaissance, and thus "dunce" was first used to describe someone rejecting new knowledge in 1530; later, any stupid person.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
dunce (plural dunces)
- An unintelligent person.
- Synonyms: idiot; see also Thesaurus:idiot
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXX:
- [...] Dunce, / Dotard, a-dozing at the very nonce, / After a life spent training for the sight!
Derived terms
- dunce cap
- duncedom
- dunce hat
- duncehood
- duncelike
- duncely
- duncish/dunceish
Translations
Further reading
- “dunce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
dunce From the web:
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dill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??/
- Rhymes: -?l
Wikispecies
Etymology 1
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
Noun
dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)
- Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
- A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring
- Synonym: dill pickle
- (informal) a fool.
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
- He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself
- 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel
Synonyms
- (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
- (type of pickle): dill pickle
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To cook or flavor with dill
See also
- cornichon
- cucumber
- gherkin
- graveolens
- pickled cucumber
- pickle
Etymology 2
Variant of dull
Verb
dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)
- To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
References
Further reading
- dill at OneLook Dictionary Search
- dill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?
Noun
dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)
- dill (Anethum graveolens)
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.
Pronunciation
Noun
dill c (uncountable)
- the herb dill
Declension
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- dell
- del
- dil
- dl
Etymology
From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /del/, /d?l/
- Rhymes: -el, -?l
Particle
dill
- Used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to.
Preposition
dill
- to (indicating destination)
Adverb
dill
- another, one more
Derived terms
dill From the web:
- what dill
- what dillards stores are closing
- what dill dare jem to do
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