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impulse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French impulser, from Latin impulsus.
For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mp?ls/
- Hyphenation: im?pulse
Noun
impulse (plural impulses)
- A thrust; a push; a sudden force that impels.
- c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- All spontaneous animal motion is performed by mechanical impulse.
- c. 1715-1716, Samuel Clarke, letter to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- A wish or urge, particularly a sudden one prompting action.
- 1692?, John Dryden, Sylvae (translations), Preface
- These were my natural impulses for the undertaking.
- 1692?, John Dryden, Sylvae (translations), Preface
- (physics) The integral of force over time.
- The total impulse from the impact will depend on the kinetic energy of the projectile.
Derived terms
- impulse buy
- nerve impulse
- on impulse
Related terms
- impel
- impulsion
- impulsive
- impulsively
- impulsiveness
- impulsivity
- impulsor
- pulse
Translations
Verb
impulse (third-person singular simple present impulses, present participle impulsing, simple past and past participle impulsed)
- (obsolete) To impel; to incite.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
References
- impulse in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impulse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “impulse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: impulsent, impulses
Verb
impulse
- first-person singular present indicative of impulser
- third-person singular present indicative of impulser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of impulser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of impulser
- second-person singular imperative of impulser
Italian
Verb
impulse
- third-person singular past historic of impellere
Latin
Participle
impulse
- vocative masculine singular of impulsus
Spanish
Noun
impulse m (plural impulses)
- push, shove
Verb
impulse
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of impulsar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of impulsar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of impulsar.
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escapade
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excapp? (“to escape”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?s'k?-p?d', IPA(key): /??sk??pe?d/
- Rhymes: -e?d
Noun
escapade (plural escapades)
- A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary - Volume II, ch. 9:
- [Nobody] stood more confounded than Oldbuck at this sudden escapade of his nephew. "Is the devil in him," was his first exclamation, "to go to disturb the brute?"
- 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, Piccadilly Jim, ch. 1:
- He is always doing something to make himself notorious. There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.
- 2011 March 4, Richard Corliss, "The Adjustment Bureau" (film review), Time (retrieved 23 March 2014):
- He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.
- 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary - Volume II, ch. 9:
Related terms
- escape
Translations
French
Noun
escapade f (plural escapades)
- escapade
Galician
Verb
escapade
- second-person plural imperative of escapar
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