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periphery
English
Etymology
From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from ????????? (peripher?s, “moving around, round, circular”), from ???????? (periphér?, “I carry around, move around”), from ???? (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + ???? (phér?, “I bear, carry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p????f??i/
- Hyphenation US: pe?riph?ery; UK: per?iph?ery
Noun
periphery (plural peripheries)
- The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
- The suburbs are a city's periphery.
- A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.
Antonyms
- center
Related terms
- peripherad
- peripheral
Translations
Further reading
- periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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skirt
English
Etymology
From Middle English skyrte, from Old Norse skyrta, from Proto-Germanic *skurtij?. Doublet of shirt. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Skoarte (“apron”), Dutch schort (“apron”), German Schürze (“apron”), Danish skørt (“skirt”), Swedish skört (“hem of a jacket”), Norwegian skjørt (“skirt”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: skû(r)t, IPA(key): /sk??t/
- (US) enPR: skûrt, IPA(key): /sk?t/
- Rhymes: -??(r)t
Noun
skirt (plural skirts)
- An article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower part of the body.
- c. 1907, O. Henry, The Purple Dress:
- "I like purple best," said Maida. "And old Schlegel has promised to make it for $8. It's going to be lovely. I'm going to have a plaited skirt and a blouse coat trimmed with a band of galloon under a white cloth collar with two rows of—"
- c. 1907, O. Henry, The Purple Dress:
- The part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist.
- 1885, Ada S. Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, Chapter XI:
- The petticoats and skirts ordinarily worn are decidedly the heaviest part of the dress ; hence it is necessary that some reform should be effected in these.
- 1891, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Red-Headed League
- “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
Sherlock Holmes had sprung out and seized the intruder by the collar. The other dived down the hole, and I heard the sound of rending cloth as Jones clutched at his skirts.
- “It's all clear,” he whispered. “Have you the chisel and the bags? Great Scott! Jump, Archie, jump, and I'll swing for it!”
- 1885, Ada S. Ballin, The Science of Dress in Theory and Practice, Chapter XI:
- A loose edging to any part of a dress.
- July 27, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian no. 118
- A narrow lace, or a small skirt of fine ruffled linen, which runs along the upper part of the stays before, and crosses the breast, being a part of the tucker, is called the modesty piece.
- July 27, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian no. 118
- A petticoat.
- (derogatory, slang) A woman.
- 1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril:
- "Mate," said the Cockney, after we'd finished about half the bottle, "it comes to me that we're a couple o' blightin' idjits to be workin' for a skirt."
- "What d'ya mean?" I asked, taking a pull at the bottle.
- "Well, 'ere's us, two red-blooded 'e-men, takin' orders from a lousy little frail, 'andin' the swag h'over to 'er, and takin' wot she warnts to 'and us, w'en we could 'ave the 'ole lot. Take this job 'ere now--"
- 1931, Robert E. Howard, Alleys of Peril:
- (Britain, colloquial) Women collectively, in a sexual context.
- (Britain, colloquial) Sexual intercourse with a woman.
- Border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything.
- ca. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, sc. 2:
- here in the skirts of the forest, like fringe upon a petticoat.
- ca. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act III, sc. 2:
- The diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dunglison to this entry?)
Usage notes
- (article of clothing): It was formerly common to speak of “skirts” (plural) rather than “a skirt”. In some cases this served to emphasize an array of skirts of underskirts, or of pleats and folds in a single skirt; in other cases it made little or no difference in meaning.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (suk?to)
- ? Korean: ??? (seukeoteu)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: sgiort
Translations
Verb
skirt (third-person singular simple present skirts, present participle skirting, simple past and past participle skirted)
- To be on or form the border of.
- To move around or along the border of; to avoid the center of.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- An enormous man and woman (it was early-closing day) were stretched motionless, with their heads on pocket-handkerchiefs, side by side, within a few feet of the sea, while two or three gulls gracefully skirted the incoming waves, and settled near their boots.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- To cover with a skirt; to surround.
- To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Kirst, stirk
Middle English
Noun
skirt
- Alternative form of skyrte
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