different between foolish vs div

English

Etymology

From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool +? -ish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fu?.l??/

Adjective

foolish (comparative foolisher or more foolish, superlative foolishest or most foolish)

1. (of a person, an action, etc.) Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.
2. Resembling or characteristic of a fool.

Synonyms

• absurd
• idiotic
• ridiculous
• silly
• unwise

Antonyms

• wise

Derived terms

• a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
• foolishly
• foolishness

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v/
• Rhymes: -?v

Etymology 1

Clipping of division.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
2. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
3. (Britain, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
4. (Britain, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
5. (military) A division.

Derived terms

• (web design): divitis (jargon)

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of divergence.

Noun

div

1. (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of divinity.

Noun

div (uncountable)

1. (Britain, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.

Synonyms

• divvers

Etymology 4

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. (Britain, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:

     Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.

   • 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK (page 2)

     Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

Etymology 5

From Iranian Persian ???? (div, “demon”), from Old Persian ???????????? (d-i-v /daiva?/, “false god; demon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god, supernatural being”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.

Noun

div (plural divs)

1. Alternative form of daeva

Anagrams

• D.V.I., DVI, IDV, VDI, vid, vid.

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?diw/

Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)

1. two

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *div?. Compare Polish dziw, Russian ????? (dívo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???f]

Noun

div m

1. wonder

Declension

Related terms

• divit se
• divný m
• udivit
• údiv m
• obdiv m
• podivit
• podivín m

Further reading

• div in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• div in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Noun

div

1. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of divisi (“division”).

Latgalian

Etymology

Shortened form of diveji, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duw?, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?. Akin to Latvian divi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?iv/

Numeral

div

1. two

Usage notes

• div and divi are invariant for any gender and case, while diveji is declined.

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN, page 33

Scots

Verb

tae div

1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.

   A div agree wi ye.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (div), from Persian ???? (div).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dî?/

Noun

d?v m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. giant

Declension

Derived terms

• dìvovsk?

Swedish

Noun

div

1. div; the divergence operator

Anagrams

• vid