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lightness
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English l?htnes; equivalent to light (“bright, luminous”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (countable and uncountable, plural lightnesses)
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse,; equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (uncountable)
- The state of having little weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- , New York 2001, p.75:
- Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
- , New York 2001, p.75:
Translations
References
Anagrams
- nightless, slightens
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fun
English
Etymology
From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”). Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.
As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.
Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of f?mne, f?mne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnij?, from Proto-Germanic *faimnij? (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English f?mne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”).
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) enPR: f?n, IPA(key): /f?n/
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /f?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
fun (uncountable)
- amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
- playful, often noisy, activity.
Synonyms
- (enjoyment, amusement): amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure
- (playful, often noisy, activity): boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
fun (comparative more fun or funner, superlative most fun or funnest)
- (informal) enjoyable, amusing
- We had a fun time at the party.
- He is such a fun person to be with.
- 2016 January 11, Tom Bateman, quoted in Nigel Hunt, "Jekyll and Hyde, TV revamp of Robert Louis Stevenson classic, debuts on CBC-TV" CBC News, Canada:
- He's the liberated character that everyone wants to be, so he was very fun to play
- (informal) whimsical, flamboyant
- This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.
Usage notes
- Note that, prescriptively, the adjectival use of fun, instead of funny as in a funny movie, is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. This includes censure of the comparative and superlative funner and funnest, but equally constructions such as very fun (rather than, say, a lot of fun). For more, see Quinion's discussion.
Translations
Verb
fun (third-person singular simple present funs, present participle funning, simple past and past participle funned)
- (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
- Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.
Translations
Anagrams
- FNU, NFU, unf
Chibcha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?un/
Noun
fun
- Alternative form of bun
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
French
Adjective
fun (invariable)
- (colloquial) fun
Galician
Etymology 1
Inflected form of ir (“to go”).
Verb
fun
- first-person singular preterite indicative of ir
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ser (“to be”).
Verb
fun
- first-person singular preterite indicative of ser
Japanese
Romanization
fun
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Tboli
Noun
fun
- owner
Yoruba
Verb
fún
- give
- choke, squeeze, strangle, throttle
- scatter, strew
- sew
Preposition
fún
- for, on behalf of
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