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nightingale
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?na?t???e?l/
Etymology 1
From Middle English nyghtyngale, nightingale, ni?tingale, alteration (with intrusive n) of nyghtgale, nightegale, from Old English nihtegala, nihtegale (“nightingale; night-raven”, literally “night-singer”), from Proto-West Germanic *nahtigal? (“nightingale”), equivalent to night +? gale. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Noachtegoal (“nightingale”), Dutch nachtegaal (“nightingale”), German Low German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), German Nachtigall (“nightingale”), Danish nattergal (“nightingale”), Swedish näktergal (“nightingale”), Icelandic næturgali (“nightingale”).
Noun
nightingale (plural nightingales)
- A European songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, of the family Muscicapidae.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man
- The oaks around were the home of a tribe of nightingales
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 5 in the first part of The Last Man
Synonyms
- philomel
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Named after Florence Nightingale.
Noun
nightingale (plural nightingales)
- A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
Anagrams
- alightening
Middle English
Noun
nightingale
- Alternative form of nyghtyngale
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thrasher
English
Etymology
Originally a variant of thresher; equivalent to thrash +? -er.
Noun
thrasher (plural thrashers)
- One who thrashes.
- Any of several New World passerine songbirds, of the genera Toxostoma, Allenia, Margarops, Oreoscoptes and Ramphocinclus in the family Mimidae, that have a long, downward-curved beak.
- A thresher shark.
- (informal) A fan of thrash metal music.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ehrharts
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