different between jiggered vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

jigger +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d????d/
• (US) enPR: j?g??rd, IPA^(key): /?d????d/

Verb

jiggered

1. simple past tense and past participle of jigger

Adjective

jiggered (comparative more jiggered, superlative most jiggered)

1. (slang) Very tired.
2. (slang) Broken.
3. (Britain, euphemistic) Damned, in the sense of "I'll be damned if...", expressing utter certainty.

   • "Well then," said he, "I'm jiggered if I don't see you home!"

Synonyms

• (very tired): See Thesaurus:fatigued
• (broken): See Thesaurus:broken or Thesaurus:out of order
• (damned): See Thesaurus:damned

Anagrams

• rejigged

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations