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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
Translations
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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- what mystery of the rosary is said on saturday
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- what mystery of the rosary is said on monday
- what mystery of the rosary is said on friday
- what mystery of the rosary is said on tuesday
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static
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) statick
Etymology
Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (statikós), from ?????? (híst?mi, “to make stand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?stæt.?k/
- Rhymes: -æt?k
Adjective
static (not comparable)
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Synonym: stable
- Antonym: dynamic
- making no progress; stalled, no movement or advancement.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- Synonyms: stable, still
- Antonyms: dynamic, kinetic, mobile, moving
- (programming) Computed, created or allocated before the program starts running, and usually not changeable at runtime
- Antonyms: dynamic, nonstatic
- (object-oriented programming) Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
Derived terms
- aerostatic
- anti-static, antistatic
- electrostatic
- hydrostatic
- static caravan
- static electricity
- static fire
- static friction
- statical
- staticity
Related terms
- stasis
Translations
Noun
static (countable and uncountable, plural statics)
- (uncountable) Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
- The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.
- 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)
- (by extension, uncountable) Interference or obstruction from people.
- (uncountable) Static electricity.
- (countable) A static caravan.
- (uncountable, slang) Verbal abuse.
- (countable, programming) A static variable.
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
- Some compilers will allow statics to be inlined, but then incorrectly create multiple instances of the inlined variable at run-time.
- 2000, Dov Bulka, David Mayhew, Efficient C++: Performance Programming Techniques (page 149)
Related terms
- statics
Translations
Anagrams
- -tastic, Ticats, attics, cat sit, cat-sit, catsit
Romanian
Etymology
From French statique.
Adjective
static m or n (feminine singular static?, masculine plural statici, feminine and neuter plural statice)
- static
Declension
static From the web:
- what static electricity
- what static means
- what static stretching
- what static ip address should i use
- what static means in java
- what static character
- what static ip to use
- what static ip should i use
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