different between fruitless vs petty
fruitless
English
Etymology
From fruit +? -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?u?tl?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?utl?s/
- Hyphenation: fruit?less
Adjective
fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless)
- Bearing no fruit; barren.
- (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
- (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
- (rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.
Alternative forms
- fruitlesse (obsolete)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:futile
Antonyms
- fruitful
- (unproductive): effective, efficacious, productive, useful
Derived terms
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
Translations
Anagrams
- resistful
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petty
English
Etymology
From Middle English pety, from Old French peti, petit. Doublet of petit. The disparaging meaning developed over the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?ti/
- Homophone: Petty
- (General American) IPA(key): [?p???i]
- Homophones: Petty, pedi
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
petty (comparative pettier or more petty, superlative pettiest or most petty)
- (obsolete except in set phrases) Little, small, secondary in rank or importance.
- petty officer, petty cash
- Insignificant, trifling, or inconsiderable.
- a petty fault
- Narrow-minded, small-minded.
- Begrudging in nature, especially over insignificant matters.
- That corporation is only slightly pettier than they are greedy, and they are overdue to reap the consequences.
Synonyms
- (little, unimportant): See Thesaurus:insignificant
- (begrudging): grudgeful, grudging
Antonyms
- (little): See Thesaurus:big
- (begrudging): See Thesaurus:kindly
- (small-minded): broad-minded
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- quibble
Noun
petty (plural petties)
- (usually in the plural, obsolete) A little schoolboy, either in grade or size.
- (historical) A class or school for young schoolboys.
- (dialect, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (school for young schoolboys): ABC, petty school
- (class for young schoolboys): petty form
- (outhouse): See Thesaurus:outhouse
See also
- Petty France
References
- "petty, adj. and n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary (2005), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- “petty”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- petty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- petty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- pötty
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?p?c?]
- Hyphenation: petty
- Rhymes: -?c?
Noun
petty (plural pettyek)
- dot, spot, fleck, speck
- Synonyms: folt, pont, paca, pecsét, csepp, (on the face) szepl?
Derived terms
(Expressions):
- hétpettyes katicabogár (“seven-spot[ted] ladybird/ladybug”)
Declension
Further reading
- petty in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
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