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harbinger
English
Etymology
Originally, a person that is sent in advance to arrange lodgings. From Middle English herbergeour, from Old French herbergeor (French hébergeur), from Frankish *heriberga (“lodging, inn”, literally “army shelter”), from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) + *bergô (“protection”). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbor. More at here, borrow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??b?nd??/
- (US) enPR: här?b?nj?r, IPA(key): /?h??b?nd???/
Noun
harbinger (plural harbingers)
- (usually in the plural) A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
- Synonyms: forewarning, herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophet
- 1828, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations, Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sidney
- I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
- (obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
- 1644, Thomas Fuller, Truth Maintained (a sermon)
- outward decency […] is the Harbinger to provide the lodging for inward holinesse
- 1644, Thomas Fuller, Truth Maintained (a sermon)
Translations
Verb
harbinger (third-person singular simple present harbingers, present participle harbingering, simple past and past participle harbingered)
- (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
- Synonym: herald
Translations
See also
- bellwether
Further reading
- Harbinger in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
- harbinger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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clue
English
Etymology
Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English cl?ewen (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuw?n?, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to amass, conglomerate; clump, ball, bale”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /klju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: clew
Noun
clue (plural clues)
- (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
Synonyms
- (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion): hint, indication, suggestion
- (object or indication which may be used as evidence): signature
- (understanding): idea
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- evidence
- red herring
Verb
clue (third-person singular simple present clues, present participle cluing or clueing, simple past and past participle clued)
- To provide with a clue.
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Derived terms
- clue in
- clued up
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Luce, leuc-, luce
Latin
Verb
clu?
- second-person singular present active imperative of clue?
Middle English
Noun
clue
- Alternative form of clewe
clue From the web:
- what clueless character are you
- what clues support your inference
- what clue character are you
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