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innards
English
Etymology
Alteration of inwards.
Pronunciation
Noun
innards
- plural of innard
Noun
innards pl (plural only)
- The internal organs of a human or animal; especially viscera, intestines.
- The inner workings of something; the insides or guts.
Usage notes
- This word is most frequently used in the plural / collective sense, as above.
Translations
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refuse
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?f?yo?os, IPA(key): /???fju?s/
Adjective
refuse (comparative more refuse, superlative most refuse)
- Discarded, rejected.
Noun
refuse (uncountable)
- Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
Synonyms
- discards
- garbage (US)
- rubbish (UK)
- trash (US)
- See also Thesaurus:trash
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refusare, a blend of Classical Latin refut? and recus?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?fyo?oz?, IPA(key): /???fju?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)
- (transitive) To decline (a request or demand).
- (intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
- (military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
- (obsolete, transitive) To disown.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (decline): decline, reject, nill, say no to, turn down, veto, withsake, withsay
- (decline a request or demand): say no, forbear
Translations
Noun
refuse
- (obsolete) refusal
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Etymology 3
re- +? fuse
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?fyo?oz?, IPA(key): /?i??fju?z/
- Rhymes: -u?z
Verb
refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused)
- To melt again.
Related terms
- refusion
French
Verb
refuse
- inflection of refuser:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- férues
Latin
Participle
ref?se
- vocative masculine singular of ref?sus
References
- refuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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