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remark
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???m??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???m??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Noun
remark (countable and uncountable, plural remarks)
- An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
- An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
- But the journey might have been one of several hours’ duration, without provoking a remark from either; for it was clear that Jonas did not mean to break the silence which prevailed between them, and that it was not, as yet, his dear friend’s cue to tempt them into conversation.
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
- A casual observation, comment, or statement
- 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel
- He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.
- 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel
- (engraving) Alternative form of remarque
Related terms
- counterremark
- remarkable
Translations
Verb
remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
- (transitive) To express in words or writing; to state; to make a comment
- He remarked that it was getting late.
- (transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of
- 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248:
- When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.
- 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248:
- (transitive, obsolete) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
- 1633, John Ford, Tis Pity She's a Whore
- Thou art a man remark'd to taste a mischief.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes
- His manacles remark him; there he sits.
- 1633, John Ford, Tis Pity She's a Whore
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? mark
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??i?m??k/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??i??m??k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
Noun
remark (plural remarks)
- Alternative spelling of re-mark
Verb
remark (third-person singular simple present remarks, present participle remarking, simple past and past participle remarked)
- Alternative spelling of re-mark
Further reading
- remark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- remark in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Kramer, marker
remark From the web:
- what remarkable speech did sojourner
- what remarkable means
- what remarketing audiences cannot
- what remark is a cliché
caustic
English
Etymology
From the Latin causticus (“burning”), from the Ancient Greek ????????? (kaustikós, “burning”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kôs't?k, k?s't?k, IPA(key): /?k??st?k/, /?k?st?k/
- Rhymes: -??st?k
Adjective
caustic (comparative more caustic, superlative most caustic)
- Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
- (of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette
- Madame Beck esteemed me learned and blue; Miss Fanshawe, caustic, ironic, and cynical
- c. 1930, W.H.Auden, "The Quest"
- though he came too late / To join the martyrs, there was still a place / Among the tempters for a caustic tongue / / To test the resolution of the young / With tales of the small failings of the great
- 1853, Charlotte Brontë, Villette
Synonyms
- (capable of destroying tissue): acidic, biting, burning, corrosive, searing
- (severe, sharp): bitchy, biting, catty, mordacious, nasty, sarcastic, scathing, sharp, spiteful, vitriolic
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
caustic (plural caustics)
- Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
- (optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
- (mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
- (informal, chemistry) Caustic soda.
Derived terms
- lunar caustic
Translations
caustic From the web:
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- what caustic soda
- what caustic soda used for
- what caustic voice line was removed
- what's caustics ultimate
- what caustic soda means
- what caustic is used for
- what's caustic substance
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