different between remord vs remora

English

Etymology

From the Middle English remorden, from the Anglo-Norman and Middle French remordre and its etymon the Latin remorde?, from re- + morde?; compare the Catalan remordir, remordre, the French remordre, the Italian rimordere, the Old Occitan remordre, the Portuguese remorder, and the Spanish remorder.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?môrd?, IPA^(key): /???m??d/

Verb

remord (third-person singular simple present remords, present participle remording, simple past and past participle remorded)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To feel remorse.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     Unto diuers people that remord this ryming againste the Scot Jemmy

2. (obsolete, transitive) To excite to remorse; to rebuke.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)

Anagrams

• Dormer, dormer

French

Verb

remord

1. third-person singular present indicative of remordre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”), from the belief that the fish would attach themselves to ships and slow them down, from re- (prefix meaning ‘back, backwards’) + mora (“delay”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”), from *(s)mer- (“to fall into thinking, remember; to care for”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???m????/, /???m???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?m???/, /???m???/
• Hyphenation: re?mo?ra

Noun

remora (plural remora or remorae or remoras)

1. Any of various elongate fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: echeneid, echeneidid, sharksucker, suckerfish, suckfish, (obsolete) suckstone
2. (heraldry) A serpent.
3. (obsolete) A delay; a hindrance, an obstacle.
4. (obsolete, surgery) A surgical instrument, intended to retain parts in their places.

Hyponyms

• (fish): pegador, swordfish sucker, whalesucker

Related terms

• Remora
• remorate

Translations

References

Further reading

• remora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marero, roamer

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English remora, borrowed from Latin remora (“delay, hindrance, passive resistance”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re?mo?ra

Noun

remora

1. a remora; any of various elongate brown fish from the family Echeneidae, the dorsal fin of which is in the form of a suction disc that can take a firm hold against the skin of larger marine animals

Italian

Noun

remora f (plural remore)

1. hesitation, scruple
2. remora (fish)

Anagrams

• armerò
• ramerò