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practised

English

Adjective

practised (comparative more practised, superlative most practised)

  1. (Commonwealth of Nations) Alternative spelling of practiced

Verb

practised

  1. (Commonwealth of Nations) simple past tense and past participle of practise

Anagrams

  • crispated, prædicts

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eligible

English

Etymology

From Middle French eligible, from Latin eligibilis, from ?lig? (“select, choose”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?d??b(?)l/

Adjective

eligible (comparative more eligible, superlative most eligible)

  1. allowed to and meeting the necessary conditions required to participate in or be chosen for something
  2. worthy of being chosen (for marriage)

Usage notes

Used in the phrase eligible bachelor to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

Synonyms

  • qualified

Antonyms

  • ineligible
  • unqualified

Related terms

  • eligibility
  • eligibly
  • elite
  • elect
  • elegant
  • choosable
  • licensed

See also

  • illegible

Translations

Noun

eligible (plural eligibles)

  1. One who is eligible.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eligibilis.

Adjective

eligible m or f (plural eligibles)

  1. choosable; selectable (that one can choose)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eligible, supplement)

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