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flaw
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English flawe, flay (“a flake of fire or snow, spark, splinter”), probably from Old Norse flaga (“a flag or slab of stone, flake”), from Proto-Germanic *flag? (“a layer of soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?k- (“broad, flat”). Cognate with Icelandic flaga (“flake”), Swedish flaga (“flake, scale”), Danish flage (“flake”), Middle Low German vlage (“a layer of soil”), Old English fl?h (“a frament, piece”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fl??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?fl?/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /?fl?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: floor (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
Noun
flaw (plural flaws)
- (obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver.
- (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice.
- A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.
- A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
- Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
- (in particular) An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone.
- (law) A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:defect
Derived terms
- flawful
- flawless
- flawsome
- tragic flaw
Translations
Verb
flaw (third-person singular simple present flaws, present participle flawing, simple past and past participle flawed)
- (transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective.
- (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably Middle Dutch vl?ghe or Middle Low German vl?ge. Or, of North Germanic origin, from Swedish flaga (“gust of wind”), from Old Norse flaga; all from Proto-Germanic *flag?n-. See modern Dutch vlaag (“gust of wind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
flaw (plural flaws)
- A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint
- Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Marriage of Geraint
- A storm of short duration.
- A sudden burst of noise and disorder
- Synonyms: tumult, uproar, quarrel
Translations
References
Anagrams
- AFLW, WAFL
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Verb
flaw
- To faint.
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botch
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b?t??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English bocchen (“to mend”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English b?tettan (“to improve; cure; remedy; repair”), or from Middle Dutch botsen, butsen, boetsen (“to repair; patch”), related to beat.
Verb
botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)
- (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
- Synonyms: ruin, bungle; see also Thesaurus:spoil
- To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To repair or mend clumsily.
- Synonyms: bodge; see also Thesaurus:kludge
Translations
Noun
botch (plural botches)
- An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
- A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
- (archaic) One who makes a mess of something.
- Synonym: bungler
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- If it was the last word I ever spoke, Puddock, you're a good-natured—he's a gentleman, Sir—and it was all my own fault; he warned me, he did, again' swallyin' a dhrop of it—remember what I'm saying, doctor—'twas I that done it; I was always a botch, Puddock, an' a fool; and—and—gentlemen—good-bye.
Translations
Related terms
- bodge
See also
- foul up
- mess up
- screw up
Etymology 2
From Middle English botche, from Anglo-Norman boche, from Late Latin bocia (“boss”).
Noun
botch (plural botches)
- (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
- A case or outbreak of boils or sores.
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