different between remort vs remora

English

Etymology

From re- +? mort, from mortal.

Verb

remort (third-person singular simple present remorts, present participle remorting, simple past and past participle remorted)

1. (Internet, multi-user dungeons) To start over as a beginner-level character (though sometimes keeping experience points and acquired items).
   • 1996, "Stefan Rensing", [ANNOUNCE] MULTI MUD, Germany (on newsgroup de.alt.mud)

     After remorting you can choose your 2. class (we have 4x4 = 16 classes all in all).

   • 2000, "Glenn", AD: [smaug] Snowdens Revenge is ready to Rock (on newsgroup rec.games.mud.announce)

     Once remorted they are then on the road to becoming a Hero or Legend within the world. Unlike most other remort systems, our^[sic] assigns experience to each selected class.

Anagrams

• termor, tremor

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