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dusty
English
Etymology
From Middle English dusty, dusti, from Old English d?sti?, dysti?, d?sti? (“dusty”), equivalent to dust +? -y. Cognate with Dutch donzig (“cottony, downy, woolly”), German dunstig (“hazy, misty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?sti/
- Rhymes: -?sti
- Homophone: dustee
Adjective
dusty (comparative dustier, superlative dustiest)
- Covered with dust.
- Powdery and resembling dust.
- Grey in parts.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Ugly, disgusting (a general term of abuse)
Synonyms
- (covered with dust): dust-ridden
Derived terms
- dusty miller
Translations
Anagrams
- Dutys, Duyst, study
Middle English
Alternative forms
- dusti
Etymology
From Old English d?sti?; equivalent to dust +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dusti?/, /?du?sti?/
Adjective
dusty
- dusty, dust-covered
- like dust, powdery
Related terms
- dust
Descendants
- English: dusty
- Scots: dusty, disty
References
- “d??st?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-04.
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dank
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæ?k/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): /de??k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English danke (“wet, damp; dampness, moisture”), probably from North Germanic, related to Swedish dank (“marshy spot”), Icelandic dökk (“pool”), Old Norse d?kk (“pit, depression”), from Proto-Germanic *dankwaz (“dark”). However, some trace it to a West Germanic source such as Dutch damp (“vapor”) or Middle High German damph, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *dampaz (“smoke, steam, vapor”).
Adjective
dank (comparative danker, superlative dankest)
- Dark, damp and humid.
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:
- Who were the strugglers, what war did they wage, / Whose savage trample thus could pad the dank / Soil to a plash? [...]
- 1835, Richard Chenevix Trench, The Story of Justin Martyr
- (figuratively, of marijuana) Highly potent.
- (slang, often ironic) Great, awesome.
Derived terms
- danken
- dankly
- dankness
- dank meme
Translations
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- Moisture; humidity; water.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
- "Yet oft they quit | The dank, and rising on siff pennons, tow'r | the mid aerial sky"
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, verse 441:
Etymology 2
From Middle English danken, from the adjective (see above).
Verb
dank (third-person singular simple present danks, present participle danking, simple past and past participle danked)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To moisten, dampen; used of mist, dew etc.
References
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- danek
Noun
dank (plural danks)
- A small silver coin formerly used in Persia.
Anagrams
- D. Kan., N. Dak., NKDA, kDNA, kand, kdna
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??k/
- Hyphenation: dank
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch danc, from Old Dutch *thank, from Proto-Germanic *þankaz.
Noun
dank m (uncountable)
- gratitude, thanks
- show/token of recognition
- reward, recompense
Synonyms
- dankbetoon
- dankbetuiging
- dankzegging
Antonyms
- ondank
Derived terms
- danken
- dankbaar
- dankloos
- dankwoord
- dankzeggen
- plasdank
- stank voor dank
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
dank
- first-person singular present indicative of danken
- imperative of danken
German
Etymology
Cognate with danken and Dutch dank; compare the Latin gr?tia.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?k
Preposition
dank (+ genitive or dative)
- thanks to, because of
Related terms
- danken
- bedanken
- Dank m, Undank
Further reading
- “dank” in Duden online
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dank/, [da?k]
Noun
dank m
- tax, fine, levy, duty
Declension
Further reading
- dank in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Luxembourgish
Verb
dank
- second-person singular imperative of danken
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