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knack
English
Etymology
Use as "special skill" from 1580. Possibly from 14th century Middle English krak (“a sharp blow”), knakke, knakken, from Middle Low German, by onomatopoeia. Latter cognate to German knacken (“to crack”). See also crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /næk/
- Audio (UK)
- Rhymes: -æk
Noun
knack (plural knacks)
- A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something. [from 1580]
- Synonyms: skill, facility, dexterity
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 254a.
- The sophist runs for cover to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
- A petty contrivance; a toy.
- Synonyms: plaything, knickknack, toy
- Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.]
- Synonyms: trick, device
Derived terms
- knackless
Translations
Verb
knack (third-person singular simple present knacks, present participle knacking, simple past and past participle knacked)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
- To speak affectedly.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
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cleverness
English
Etymology
clever +? -ness
Noun
cleverness (countable and uncountable, plural clevernesses)
- The property of being clever.
- Something clever, or done cleverly.
Related terms
- cunning
- acumen
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