different between fisticuff vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

fist +? cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun.

Noun

fisticuff (plural fisticuffs)

1. (rare) A fistfight.
2. (obsolete) A cuff or blow administered with the fist.

Verb

fisticuff (third-person singular simple present fisticuffs, present participle fisticuffing, simple past and past participle fisticuffed)

1. (chiefly humorous) To engage in a physical fight.
2. (obsolete) To strike, fight or spar with the fists.

Derived terms

• fisticuffer

References

• fisticuff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “fisticuff” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

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)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (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

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