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pristine
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin pristinus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??sti?n/, /p??s?ti?n/, /p??s?ta?n/
- Rhymes: -i?n, -a?n
Adjective
pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)
- Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
- Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little animal.
- Perfect.
Derived terms
- pristinely
Translations
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek ??????? (príst?s, “a saw, one that saws”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -a?n
Adjective
pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)
- Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
- 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia [1]
- This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).
- 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia [1]
Anagrams
- Petrinis, spiriten
Italian
Adjective
pristine
- feminine plural of pristino
Latin
Adjective
pr?stine
- vocative masculine singular of pr?stinus
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old-fashioned
English
Alternative forms
- old fashioned
Etymology
old +? fashion +? -ed
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /o?ld?fæ??nd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ld?fæ??nd/
- Hyphenation: old-?fash?ioned
Adjective
old-fashioned (comparative more old-fashioned, superlative most old-fashioned)
- Of a thing, outdated or no longer in vogue.
- Synonyms: date, oldfangled, outdated; see also Thesaurus:obsolete, Thesaurus:unfashionable
- Of a person, preferring the customs of earlier times.
Antonyms
- new-fashioned
Hypernyms
- fashioned
Derived terms
- old-fashionedly
- old-fashioned look
- old-fashionedness
Translations
Noun
old-fashioned (plural old-fashioneds)
- A cocktail made by muddling sugar with bitters and adding whiskey or, less commonly, brandy, served with a twist of citrus rind. [from late 19th c.]
- 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)
- At the end of the workday, the Trumans liked to have a cocktail before dinner. Shortly after they moved into the White House, Mrs. Truman rang for the butler, Alonzo Fields, one afternoon and ordered two old-fashioneds.
- 1996, Paul F. Boller, Presidential Anecdotes (page 286)
Further reading
- old fashioned (cocktail) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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