different between nancyboy vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• nancy boy

Etymology

nancy +? boy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næn.si?b??/

Noun

nancyboy (plural nancyboys)

1. (slang, derogatory) Synonym of nancy: an effeminate man, especially an effeminate homosexual.

Synonyms

• (effeminate man): cockney, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
• (homosexual man): friend of Dorothy, omi-palone; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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