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gyre
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?a?.?/
- (General American) enPR: j??r IPA(key): /d?a?.?/
- Rhymes: -a??(r)
- Hyphenation: gy?re
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin g?rus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek ????? (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.
Noun
gyre (plural gyres)
- (chiefly literary, poetic)
- A swirling vortex.
- A circular or spiral motion; also, a circle described by a moving body; a revolution, a turn.
- Synonyms: circuit, whirl
- (anatomy, zootomy, archaic) Synonym of gyrus (“a fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain”)
- (oceanography) An ocean current caused by wind which moves in a circular manner, especially one that is large-scale and observed in a major ocean.
Derived terms
- gyral
- gyrally
- gyreful (obsolete, rare)
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin g?r?re, the present active infinitive of g?r? (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from g?rus (“circle; circular motion”) (see etymology 1) + -? (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Verb
gyre (third-person singular simple present gyres, present participle gyring, simple past and past participle gyred) (literary, poetic)
- (intransitive) To spin around; to gyrate, to whirl.
- Synonyms: revolve, rotate
- (transitive, rare) To make (something) spin or whirl around; to spin, to whirl.
Derived terms
- gyring (adjective, noun)
- gyringly
Translations
References
Further reading
- ocean gyre on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -ergy, Grey, grey
Latin
Noun
g?re
- vocative singular of g?rus
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indignant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indignans, present participle of indignari (“to consider as unworthy, be angry or displeased at”), from in- (“privative”) + dignari (“to consider as worthy”), from dignus (“worthy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?d??.n?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?dig?nant
Adjective
indignant (comparative more indignant, superlative most indignant)
- Showing anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong.
Synonyms
- angry, infuriated, mad, resentful
Related terms
- indign
- indignation
- indignity
Translations
Further reading
- indignant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- indignant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- indignant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Verb
indignant
- present participle of indignar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.???/
Verb
indignant
- present participle of indigner
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