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morose
English
Etymology
From French morose, from Latin m?r?sus (“particular, scrupulous, fastidious, self-willed, wayward, capricious, fretful, peevish”), from m?s (“way, custom, habit, self-will”). See moral.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /m?????s/
- (US) IPA(key): /m???o?s/
Adjective
morose (comparative more morose or moroser, superlative most morose or morosest)
- Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
- Synonyms: melancholy, sulky, crabby, glum, grouchy, gruff, moody
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- morose in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- morose in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- morose at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Romeos, mooers, more so, moreso, roomes
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin m?r?sus (“peevish, wayward”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?.?oz/
- Homophone: moroses
Adjective
morose (plural moroses)
- sullen, gloomy, morose
Derived terms
- morosement
- morosité
Related terms
- mœurs
Further reading
- “morose” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
morose
- feminine plural of moroso
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo??ro?.se/, [mo???o?s??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo?ro.se/, [m?????s??]
Adjective
m?r?se
- vocative masculine singular of m?r?sus
References
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- morose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- morose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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rigid
English
Etymology
From Middle English rigide, from Latin rigidus (“stiff”), from rige? (“I am stiff”). Compare rigor. Merged with Middle English rigged, rygged, rugged (“upright like a spine, rigid”, literally “ridged”), from ridge +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???d??d/
- Rhymes: -?d??d
Adjective
rigid (comparative rigider or more rigid, superlative rigidest or most rigid)
- Stiff, rather than flexible.
- Synonym: inflexible
- Antonym: flexible
- Fixed, rather than moving.
- 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:
- A sunflower, four more, one bowed, and horses in the distance standing rigid and still as toys.
- Antonym: moving
- 2011, David Foster Wallace, The Pale King,Penguin Books, page 5:
- Rigorous and unbending.
- Uncompromising.
- Antonym: compromising
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
rigid (plural rigids)
- (aviation) An airship whose shape is maintained solely by an internal and/or external rigid structural framework, without using internal gas pressure to stiffen the vehicle (the lifting gas is at atmospheric pressure); typically also equipped with multiple redundant gasbags, unlike other types of airship.
- A bicycle with no suspension system.
Synonyms
(airship):
- Zeppelin (broad sense)
Hyponyms
(airship):
- Zeppelin (narrow sense)
Hypernyms
(airship):
- dirigible
Coordinate terms
(airship):
- nonrigid
- semirigid
References
- rigid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rigid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Old Irish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *regeti (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten, right oneself”).
Verb
rigid (conjunct ·reig or ·raig)
- to stretch, to distend
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20a23
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 20a23
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: rigid
- Irish: righ (“to stretch”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *rigeti (“bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey?- (“to bind, reach”).
Verb
rigid (conjunct ·rig)
- to rule, direct
- c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §30
- c. 800-840, Orthanach, A Chóicid chóem Chairpri chrúaid from the Book of Leinster, LL line 6094
- c. 700, Críth Gablach, published in Críth Gablach (1941, Dublin: Stationery Office), edited by Daniel Anthony Binchy, §30
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: rigid
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 rigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (both etymologies)
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “2 rigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language (as root of derivatives of Etymology 2)
Romanian
Etymology
From French rigide.
Adjective
rigid m or n (feminine singular rigid?, masculine plural rigizi, feminine and neuter plural rigide)
- rigid
Declension
Related terms
- rigiditate
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