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pleasantry
English
Etymology
From French plaisanterie. Surface etymology is pleasant +? -ry
Noun
pleasantry (countable and uncountable, plural pleasantries)
- A casual, courteous remark.
- A playful remark; a jest.
- 2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)[1]
- Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries, the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.
- 2014, Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard (in The Guardian, 18 November 2014)[1]
- (dated) Anything that promotes pleasure or merriment.
Usage notes
The word originally meant a joke or witticism. It is now generally used to mean only polite conversation in general (as in the phrase "exchange of pleasantries"), which is sometimes proscribed.
Translations
See also
- small talk
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caper
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ke?p?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ke?p?/
- Rhymes: -e?p?(?)
- Hyphenation: ca?per
Etymology 1
Clipping of capriole.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A playful leap or jump.
- A jump while dancing.
- A prank or practical joke.
- (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
- (figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.
Derived terms
- cut a caper
Related terms
- cab
- caprine
Translations
Verb
caper (third-person singular simple present capers, present participle capering, simple past and past participle capered)
- To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
- To jump as part of a dance.
- To engage in playful behaviour.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Dutch kaper.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Latin capparis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (kápparis).
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled and eaten.
- A plant of the genus Capparis.
- Synonyms: caper bush, caper tree, caperberry
Derived terms
- caperberry
Translations
Further reading
- caper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
Shortening of capercaillie.
Noun
caper (plural capers)
- (Scotland) The capercaillie.
Translations
Anagrams
- Pacer, crape, pacer, recap
French
Etymology
From English cap + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.pe/
Verb
caper
- (finance) to cap (set a limit to)
- (sports) to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)
Conjugation
Indonesian
Etymology
From blend of cari (“seeking”) +? perhatian (“attention”), from calque of English attention-seeking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t??ap?r]
- Hyphenation: ca?pêr
Adjective
capêr (plural caper-caper)
- (colloquial, acronym) attention-seeking.
Further reading
- “caper” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ka.per/, [?käp?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ka.per/, [?k??p?r]
Noun
caper m (genitive capr?); second declension
- a male goat, billy goat
- Synonym: hircus
- vocative singular of caper
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Related terms
Descendants
References
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- caper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- caper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- caper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin capere.
Verb
caper
- to seize
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
caper m
- indefinite plural of cape
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