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macer
English
Etymology
From Middle English macer, from Anglo-Norman macer, from mace (“mace”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?s?(?)
Noun
macer (plural macers)
- A mace bearer; specifically, an officer of a court in Scotland. [from 14th c.]
- Synonym: mace-bearer
Anagrams
- Carme, McRae, crame, cream, crema, recam
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *makros, from Proto-Indo-European *mh??rós, from *meh??- (“to increase”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ?????? (makrós), Old English mæ?er (though English meager is from the Latin via French).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ma.ker/, [?mäk?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ma.t??er/, [?m??t???r]
Adjective
macer (feminine macra, neuter macrum, comparative macrior, superlative macrissimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- (of living things) lean, skinny, meager
- (of inanimate things) thin, poor
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- macer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- macer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- macer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- macer in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman macer; equivalent to mace (“mace”) +? -er (“agentive suffix”).
Alternative forms
- macere, maceere, maser
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?s?r/, /ma??s??r/
Noun
macer (plural macers)
- A macer; a mace-bearer (official)
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
- Meires and maceres · that menes ben bitwene / Þe kynge and þe comune.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, III:
Descendants
- English: macer
- Scots: macer
References
- “m?c??re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
From Old English *maser.
Noun
macer
- Alternative form of maser
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mace
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /me?s/
- Rhymes: -e?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English mace, borrowed from Old French mace, mache, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea (compare Italian mazza, Spanish maza), probably from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- A heavy fighting club.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.
- The Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics, who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.
- A ceremonial form of this weapon.
- A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.
- An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
- A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
- (archaic) A billiard cue.
Translations
Verb
mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)
- To hit someone or something with a mace.
See also
- bludgeon
- celt
- twirling baton
- warclub
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese [Term?] and Malay [Term?], meaning "a bean".
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.
- An old weight of 57.98 grains.
- 1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants
- The decimals of the tael, called mace, candareen, and cash (tsien, f?n, and li) , are employed in reckoning bullion.
- 1883, Samuel Wells Williams, The Middle Kingdom: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, Religion, &c., of the Chinese Empire and Its Inhabitants
Etymology 3
From Middle English, from re-interpretation of macis as a plural (as with pea); from Latin macir.
Noun
mace
- A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
- I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.
Translations
Etymology 4
From the name of one brand of the spray, Mace. Pepper spray may be derived from cayenne pepper, but not from mace (definition 3 above), which is a different spice.
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.
Translations
Verb
mace (third-person singular simple present maces, present participle macing, simple past and past participle maced)
- To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.
- (informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.
- 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, Ballantine Books, New York, chapter 22:
- When Reynaldo and Willie had burst into Larkey's drug store to confront him, the old man had maced Willie square in the eyes with an aerosol can of spermicidal birth-control foam.
- 1989, Carl Hiaasen, Skin Tight, Ballantine Books, New York, chapter 22:
References
Anagrams
- ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, acme, came, eMac
Albanian
Alternative forms
- maçe
- mac (eastern Gheg)
- macë
Etymology
Alternative variant of macë (“cat”), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *maca, likely an onomatopoeic expression.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat?s?/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /mã?t?s/, /mõ?t?s/ (eastern Gheg)
Noun
máce f (indefinite plural máce, definite singular mácja, definite plural mácet)
- (zoology) cat
- (figuratively, derogatory) belligerent, wild woman
Declension
Related terms
- macë f
- mackë f
- maç m
- maçok m
See also
- dac
Further reading
- [1] noun mace/máce (cat) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References
Hausa
Etymology
Derived from m??t? through an adverbial form.
Noun
màc? f (plural m?t?, possessed form màcèn)
- woman
- female
Usage notes
The possessed form may be seen as derogatory or ungrammatical by many speakers, and is often replaced by m??tar?, the possessed form of m??t?.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French mace, from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, probably from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Alternative forms
- maas, masse, mase, maiis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma?s(?)/
Noun
mace (plural maces)
- A war club or mace.
- A club used for ceremonial purposes or as part of regalia.
Related terms
- macer
Descendants
- English: mace
- Scots: mace
References
- “m?ce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
Etymology 2
Noun
mace
- Alternative form of masse
Old French
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea, itself probably derived from Latin mateola (“hoe”).
Noun
mace f (oblique plural maces, nominative singular mace, nominative plural maces)
- mace (weapon)
Alternative forms
- mache (Picardy)
Descendants
- French: masse
- ? Middle English: mace, maas, masse, mase, maiis
- English: mace
- Scots: mace
Etymology 2
From Latin macir.
Noun
mace f (oblique plural maces, nominative singular mace, nominative plural maces)
- mace (spice)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (mace, supplement)
- mace on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Spanish
Verb
mace
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mazar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mazar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mazar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of mazar.
Taraon
Etymology
Compare Idu ????
Pronunciation
- (Darang Deng) IPA(key): /m?³¹t?i?³/
Noun
mace
- water
References
- Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011) (as macey)
- Jatan Pulu, A Phrase Book on Taraon Language (1991) (as mace or in running text often mac?)
- Huang Bufan (editor), Xu Shouchun, Chen Jiaying, Wan Huiyin, A Tibeto-Burman Lexicon (1992; Central Minorities University, Beijing)
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