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forbidding
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??b?d??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??b?d??/
- Rhymes: -?d??
- Hyphenation: for?bid?ding
Adjective
forbidding (comparative more forbidding, superlative most forbidding)
- Appearing to be threatening, unfriendly or potentially unpleasant.
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1760, Volume 3, Book 15, lines 57-58, p. 100,[1]
- What cause, cry’d he, can justify our flight,
- To tempt the dangers of forbidding night?
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, London: T. Egerton, Volume I, Chapter 3,[2]
- […] he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.
- 1922, Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1923, Chapter 28, p. 498,[3]
- The writer of the “blank” letter begins fluently with the date and “Dear Mary,” and then sits and chews his penholder or makes little dots and squares and circles on the blotter—utterly unable to attack the cold, forbidding blankness of that first page.
- 1988, “If You Can’t Fight City Hall, Here’s a Different Idea: Sell It,” The New York Times, 10 January, 1988,[4]
- Its forbidding brick and concrete exterior looms over a vast, windswept brick plaza in a style architectural critics, not without admiration, call “The New Brutalism.”
- 1726, Alexander Pope (translator), The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1760, Volume 3, Book 15, lines 57-58, p. 100,[1]
Antonyms
- approachable
- inviting
- welcoming
Translations
Verb
forbidding
- present participle of forbid
Noun
forbidding (plural forbiddings)
- The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[5]
- But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him;
- 1920, St. John G. Ervine, The Foolish Lovers, London: W. Collins & Sons, Chapter 3, VIII, p. 228,[6]
- All law was composed of hindrances and obstacles and forbiddings, and therefore he was entirely opposed to Law.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece,[5]
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prim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??m/, [p?????m]
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Old French prim, prin, from Latin primus (“first”).
Adjective
prim (comparative primmer, superlative primmest)
- prudish, straight-laced
- formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice
- Philemon was in great surprise,?
And hardly could believe his eyes,
Amaz'd to see her look so prim;
And she admir'd as much at him.
- Philemon was in great surprise,?
Usage notes
Often used in the collocation “prim and proper”.
Derived terms
- prim and proper
- prissy
Translations
Verb
prim (third-person singular simple present prims, present participle primming, simple past and past participle primmed)
- (dated) To make affectedly precise or proper.
- (dated) To dress or act smartly.
Etymology 2
See privet.
Noun
prim
- (plants) privet
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin pr?mus, from earlier pr?smos from *pr?semos from Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?p?im/
- Rhymes: -im
Adjective
prim (feminine prima, masculine plural prims, feminine plural primes)
- thin, skinny
Derived terms
- aprimar
- primesa
- primor
Related terms
- primer
Further reading
- “prim” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “prim” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prim” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Ladin
Alternative forms
- prum
Etymology
From Latin pr?mus.
Adjective
prim m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural primes)
- first
Old English
Etymology
From Latin pr?ma (“first; first hour”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pri?m/
Noun
pr?m ?
- (historical) Prime, the first hour or tide (3-hour period) after dawn
- (Christianity) Prime, the divine office appointed for the hour in the liturgy
Synonyms
- (hour; tide): ?nt?d
- (service): pr?msang
Derived terms
- pr?msang
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “pr?m”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin pr?mus, from earlier pr?smos < *pr?semos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prim/
Adjective
prim m or n (feminine singular prim?, masculine plural primi, feminine and neuter plural prime)
- prime, first
Declension
Synonyms
- întâi
Antonyms
- ultim
Related terms
- primar
- prim?var?
- împrim?
Volapük
Noun
prim (nominative plural prims)
- beginning
Declension
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