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exasperate
English
Etymology
From Latin exasper?; ex (“out of; thoroughly”) + asper? (“make rough”), from asper (“rough”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /???zæsp(?)?e?t/
- (Received Pronunciation, also) IPA(key): /???z??sp??e?t/
- Rhymes: -æsp??e?t
- Hyphenation: ex?as?per?ate
Verb
exasperate (third-person singular simple present exasperates, present participle exasperating, simple past and past participle exasperated)
- To tax the patience of, irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 3, scene 6:
- And this report
- Hath so exasperate [sic] the king that he
- Prepares for some attempt of war.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3:
- The picture represents a Cape-Horner in a great hurricane; the half-foundered ship weltering there with its three dismantled masts alone visible; and an exasperated whale, purposing to spring clean over the craft, is in the enormous act of impaling himself upon the three mast-heads.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, chapter 11:
- Beadle goes into various shops and parlours, examining the inhabitants; always shutting the door first, and by exclusion, delay, and general idiotcy, exasperating the public.
- 1987 January 5, "Woman of the Year: Corazon Aquino," Time:
- [S]he exasperates her security men by acting as if she were protected by some invisible shield.
- 2007 June 4, "Loyal Mail," Times Online (UK) (retrieved 7 Oct 2010):
- News that Adam Crozier, Royal Mail chief executive, is set to receive a bumper bonus will exasperate postal workers.
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 3, scene 6:
Translations
Adjective
exasperate (comparative more exasperate, superlative most exasperate)
- (obsolete) exasperated; embittered.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
- Thersites. Do I curse thee?
- Patroclus. Why no, you ruinous butt, you whoreson indistinguishable cur, no.
- Thersites. No! why art thou then exasperate, thou idle immaterial skein of sleave-silk […]
- 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman & Hall, 1857, Book 4, p. 177,[2]
- Like swallows which the exasperate dying year
- Sets spinning […]
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act V, Scene 1,[1]
Related terms
See also
- exacerbate
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exasperate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eksaspe?rate/, /e?zaspe?rate/
Verb
exasperate
- adverbial present passive participle of exasperar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.sas.pe?ra?.te/, [?ks?äs?p???ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.sas.pe?ra.te/, [??z?sp?????t??]
Verb
exasper?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exasper?
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cow
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kou, IPA(key): /ka?/
- \? ka?\
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English cou, cu, from Old English c? (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *k?, from Proto-Germanic *k?z (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??ws (“cow”).
Cognate with Sanskrit ?? (go), Ancient Greek ???? (boûs), Persian ???? (g?v)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *gov?do (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian ???????? (govjadina) ("beef")), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin b?s (“ox, bull, cow”), Armenian ??? (kov, “cow”).
The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye +? -en, or inherited from Old English c?na (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of c? (“cow”).
Noun
cow (plural cows or cattle or kine) (see usage notes)
- (properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- (formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
- (uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
- (uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
- (biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- (derogatory, Britain, Australia, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- […] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 2:
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
Mattie Storin: Pig.
- Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher...
- 1933, George Orwell, Down and Out in Paris and London, Chapter XXXII, [1]
- (mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
Usage notes
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals kee, kie, kine, ky and kye are archaic or dialectal, and are not in common use.
Synonyms
- (derogatory: despicable woman): bitch
- (female animal):
- (female dolphin): dolphinet (archaic)
- (informal: anything annoyingly difficult): bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)
Antonyms
- (female domesticated ox or other bovine): bull (male, uncastrated), ox or steer (male, castrated), heifer (female, immature)
Hyponyms
- (young or little): cowlet, cowling
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: kaw
- Tok Pisin: kau
- ? Abenaki: kaoz (from cows)
- ? Maori: kau
Translations
See cow/translations § Noun.
See also
- List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Probably from Old Norse kúga (“to oppress”) (whence also Norwegian and Danish kue, Swedish kuva); compare Icelandic kúfa (“to set on top”) and Faroese kúga (“to oppress”).
Verb
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
- (transitive, chiefly in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
- To vanquish a people already cowed.
Derived terms
- cowed
- cowedly
- cowedness
- uncowed
Translations
Etymology 3
Noun
cow (plural cows)
- (Britain, dialect) A chimney cowl.
Anagrams
- CWO, WOC
Huave
Noun
cow
- metate (grinding stone)
Derived terms
References
- Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981) Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)?[2] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 88, 252
Middle English
Noun
cow
- Alternative form of cou
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