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mystery
English
Etymology
From Middle English mysterie, from Anglo-Norman misterie (Old French mistere), from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek ????????? (must?rion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”), from ?????? (múst?s, “initiated one”), from ???? (mué?, “I initiate”), from ??? (mú?, “I shut”). Displaced native Old English ?er?ne.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?s?t?r?, m?s?tr?, IPA(key): /?m?st??i/, /?m?st?i/
- Hyphenation: mys?te?ry, myst?ery
Noun
mystery (countable and uncountable, plural mysteries)
- Something secret or unexplainable; an unknown. [From XIV century.]
- Someone or something with an obscure or puzzling nature.
- (obsolete) A secret or mystical meaning. [From XIV century.]
- 1567, Matteo Bandello, Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello, tr. Geffraie Fenton:
- ...and, not knowing the meaning or misterie of her pollicie, forgat no termes of reproche or rigorous rebuke against his chast doughter.
- 1567, Matteo Bandello, Certain Tragical Discourses of Bandello, tr. Geffraie Fenton:
- A religious truth not understandable by the application of human reason alone (without divine aid). [From XIV century.]
- 1744 (first printed), Jonathan Swift, A Sermon on the Trinity
- If God should please to reveal unto us this great mystery of the Trinity, or some other mysteries in our holy religion, we should not be able to understand them, unless he would bestow on us some new faculties of the mind.
- 1744 (first printed), Jonathan Swift, A Sermon on the Trinity
- (archaic outside Eastern Orthodoxy) A sacrament. [From XV century.]
- 1809, Sir Robert Ker Porter, Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden: During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808:
- There are seven mysteries, or sacraments, in the Greek church, viz. baptism, the chrism (a rite peculiar to this church), the eucharist, confession, ordination, marriage, and the holy oil.
- 1809, Sir Robert Ker Porter, Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden: During the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808:
- (chiefly in the plural) A secret religious celebration, admission to which was usually through initiation. [From XV century.]
- (Catholicism) A particular event or series of events in the life of Christ. [From XVII century.]
- A craft, art or trade; specifically a guild of craftsmen.
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
- The trades, the crafts, the mysteries, would all be losers.
- 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Synonyms
- roun (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
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References
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman misterie.
Noun
mystery
- Alternative form of mysterie (“mystery”)
Etymology 2
From Old French mistere.
Noun
mystery
- Alternative form of mysterie (“duty”)
mystery From the web:
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complication
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem.Morphologically complicate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
complication (countable and uncountable, plural complications)
- The act or process of complicating.
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Translations
Further reading
- complication (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- complication (horology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- complication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “complication”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- accomplition
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin complicatio, complicationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.pli.ka.sj??/
- Rhymes: -sj??
- Homophone: complications
- Hyphenation: com?pli?ca?tion
Noun
complication f (plural complications)
- complication
Antonyms
- simplification
Further reading
- “complication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
complication (plural complicationes)
- complication
complication From the web:
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