different between hypo vs fixer

English

Etymology

Clipping of various terms beginning with hypo-, from Ancient Greek ??? (hupó, “under”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?.p??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?ha?.po?/
• Rhymes: -a?p??

Noun

hypo (countable and uncountable, plural hypos)

1. (obsolete) Melancholy; a fit of ‘hypochondria’; a morbid depression.
   • 1711 "I have a better Stomach tha usuall and have perfectly forgot what the Hyppo means",Joseph Collett, merchant, writing from Rio de Janeiro, Oct 15, 1711, in his Private Letter Books, edited by H. H. Dodwell in 1933. (cited by Eric Partidge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventinoal English
   • 1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.

   • But thou sayest, methinks that white-lead chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou surrenderest to a hypo, Ishmael. (Chapter 42, "The Whiteness of the Whale")

2. (slang) A hypochondriac.
   • 1953, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, General Exchange Insurance Corporation, Motors Insurance Corporation, News and Views (page 30)

     Certainly no one can accuse a bunch of hypos of lying dormant during the noon-hour. The activity, inside and out, is simply terrific. To us, personally, by far the most interesting group of hypochondriacs in attendance at this particular emporium […]

3. (photography) sodium thiosulphate, a photographic fixing agent.
4. (slang) A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
5. (informal) The substance sodium hyposulfite.
6. (slang) A hypodermic syringe.
7. (slang, finance, Britain) Hypothecation.
8. (informal, in the study of law) A hypothetical case.
9. (informal, zoology) A hypomelanistic snake.

Translations

See also

• hypo-

English

Etymology

fix +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

fixer (plural fixers)

1. Agent noun of fix; one who, or that which, fixes.
2. (photography) A chemical (sodium thiosulfate) used in photographic development that fixes the image in place, preventing further chemical reactions.
   • 2003, Bruce Warren, Photography: The Concise Guide, Cengage Learning (?ISBN), page 69

3. A person who serves as an agent to arrange for a desired result, perhaps by improper means.
4. (criminal justice, law) A person who arranges immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion, especially as a business endeavor for profit.
5. (journalism) A person who assists foreign journalists in volatile countries, often providing interpretation, personal connections, and transportation services.
   • 2007, Myriam Salama-Carr, Translating and Interpreting Conflict, Rodopi (?ISBN), page 25

6. (real estate, US) A fixer-upper.

Related terms

• the fix is in

Translations

Anagrams

• refix, xerif

French

Etymology

From fixe +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fik.se/

Verb

fixer

1. to fix, fasten
2. to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
3. (reflexive) to settle (in a place)
4. (transitive) to stare at
   • 2000, Jean-François Parot, L'énigme des Blancs-Manteaux, JC Lattès 2012, p. 11:

     Sur le banc, deux hommes, envelopés de capes dont les pans noirs étaient à demi éclairés par la lueur d'un méchant falot, fixaient l'obscurité.

Conjugation

Descendants

• ? Romanian: fixa

Further reading

• “fixer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Verb

fixer

1. first-person singular future subjunctive of facer
2. third-person singular future subjunctive of facer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?ks?]

Adjective

fixer

1. comparative degree of fix

Adjective

fixer

1. inflection of fix:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norman

Etymology

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Verb

fixer

1. (Jersey, transitive) to stare at