different between palpable vs cheeky
palpable
English
Etymology
From Middle French palpable and its source, Latin palp?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?palp?b?l/
- (US) enPR: p?l'p?-b?l, IPA(key): /?pælp?b?l/
Adjective
palpable (comparative more palpable, superlative most palpable)
- Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
- Synonyms: tangible, touchable
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act 5, scene 2:
- Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
- 1838, Edgar Allan Poe, "Ligeia":
- I had felt that some palpable although invisible object had passed lightly by my person.
- 1894, Bret Harte, "The Heir of the McHulishes" in A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories:
- The next morning the fog had given way to a palpable, horizontally driving rain.
- Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
- Synonyms: manifest, noticeable, patent
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu chapter 24:
- Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
- 1916, Kathleen Norris, The Heart of Rachael, chapter 7:
- No use in raging, in reasoning, in arguing. No use in setting forth the facts, the palpable right and wrong.
- (medicine) That can be detected by palpation.
Derived terms
- palpably
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Late Latin palp?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /p?l?pa.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pal?pa.ble/
Adjective
palpable (masculine and feminine plural palpables)
- palpable
Derived terms
- palpablement
Further reading
- “palpable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “palpable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “palpable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “palpable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin palp?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal.pabl/
Adjective
palpable (plural palpables)
- palpable
- Antonym: impalpable
Derived terms
- palpablement
Further reading
- “palpable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
palpable m or f (plural palpables)
- touchable; palpable
References
- “palpable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin palp?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal?pable/, [pal?pa.??le]
Adjective
palpable (plural palpables)
- palpable
Derived terms
- palpablemente
Further reading
- “palpable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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cheeky
English
Etymology
From cheek +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?ki/
- Rhymes: -i?ki
Adjective
cheeky (comparative cheekier, superlative cheekiest)
- (informal) Impudent; impertinent; impertinently bold, often in a way that is regarded as endearing or amusing.
- (informal) (of swimwear, underwear, etc.) tending to reveal the cheeks of the buttocks.
- (Australian Aboriginal) Poisonous (of animals such as snakes), dangerous, cunning, violent, potent.
- 1994, Victoria Katherine Burbank, Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 57
- A death adder is cheeky, a tree snake quiet. Wasps are only cheeky if you hold them in your hand.
- 1995, Richard Shine, Australian Snakes: A Natural History, Cornell University Press ?ISBN, page 176
- There is no doubt that many have been killed by large elapids, and that Aborigines treat such 'cheeky' snakes (and colubrids of similar appearance) with great respect.
- 1994, Victoria Katherine Burbank, Fighting Women: Anger and Aggression in Aboriginal Australia, Univ of California Press ?ISBN, page 57
- (informal, Britain) Indulged in.
- 2009, Amy Huberman, Hello, Heartbreak, Penguin UK ?ISBN
- Although sometimes I'd award myself a cheeky McDonald's hangover treat if I did well.
- 2010, Richard Herring, How Not to Grow Up: A Coming of Age Memoir. Sort of., Random House ?ISBN, page 285
- It was a massive struggle to resist the lure of a cheeky beer, but I held firm.
- 2011, John Donoghue, Police, Crime & 999, Troubador Publishing Ltd ?ISBN, page 7
- It transpired that Mrs Egg had been cooking dinner when she discovered Mr Singlet making himself a sandwich. I don't know about you but it does seem a little bit naught after she's gone to all that effort. Naughty yes but hardly a crime and certainly not enough to warrant a 999 call. Yet that's what she had done. That's why we had left our own dinner, charged through rush hour traffic, disrupted commuters on their way home – all for a cheeky sandwich.
- 2011, James Goss, Torchwood: First Born, Random House ?ISBN, page 20
- The great thing was it gave him a little bit of freedom and me the chance to sneak a cheeky nap.
- 2009, Amy Huberman, Hello, Heartbreak, Penguin UK ?ISBN
Synonyms
- saucy
- insolent
- See Thesaurus:cheeky
Derived terms
- cheeky chappie
- cheeky chops
- cheeky monkey
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