different between harry vs distract
harry
English
Etymology
From Middle English herien, harien (compare Walloon hairyî, old French hairier, harier), from Old English her?ian, from Proto-Germanic *harj?n? (compare Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”)), from *harjaz (“army”) (compare Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos (compare Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic ???? (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek ???????? (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (k?ra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /hæ?i/, /h??i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hæ?i/
- Rhymes: -æ?i
Verb
harry (third-person singular simple present harries, present participle harrying, simple past and past participle harried) (transitive)
- To plunder, pillage, assault.
- To make repeated attacks on an enemy.
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- "One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night,
- But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light;
- Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day,
- Then look for me by moonlight,
- Watch for me by moonlight,
- I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way."
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- To strip, lay waste, ravage.
- to harry this beautiful region
- 1896, John Burroughs, Birds and bees and other studies in nature
- A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush.
- To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism.
Derived terms
- harrier
Translations
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the English name Harry.
Adjective
harry (indeclinable)
- (slang, derogatory) cheesy, shabby, kitschy
Derived terms
- harrytur
- harryhandel
References
- “harry” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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distract
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin distractus, from distrah? (“to pull apart”), from dis- + trah? (“to pull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?t?ækt/
- Rhymes: -ækt
Verb
distract (third-person singular simple present distracts, present participle distracting, simple past and past participle distracted)
- (transitive) To divert the attention of.
- (transitive) To make crazy or insane; to drive to distraction.
Related terms
- distracted
- distractible
- distracting
- distraction
Translations
Adjective
distract (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
- (obsolete) Insane; mad.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 6 p. 3[1]:
- (Alone shee beeing left the spoyle of love and death,
- In labour of her griefe outrageously distract,
- The utmost of her spleene on her false lord to act)
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 6 p. 3[1]:
See also
- distraught
Anagrams
- adstrict
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