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replete
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???pli?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
Adjective
replete (comparative more replete, superlative most replete)
- Abounding.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":
- A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway
- His subjects with delight obey:
- His tail was beauteous to behold,
- Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
- 1759, Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, ch. 12:
- I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
- 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. 44:
- "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
- 1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers, "Seneca":
- History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":
- Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
- 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:
- And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .
- 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, ch. 15:
- In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .
- 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:
Synonyms
- (abounding): plentiful, abundant
- (gorged): stuffed
Related terms
- repletion
- complete
Translations
Noun
replete (plural repletes)
- A honeypot ant.
Verb
replete (third-person singular simple present repletes, present participle repleting, simple past and past participle repleted)
- (transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.
Anagrams
- peterel
Latin
Verb
repl?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of reple?
Spanish
Verb
replete
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repletar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repletar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of repletar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repletar.
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glut
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin glutti?, glutt?re (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian ??????? (glotat?, “to swallow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?l?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
glut (plural gluts)
- An excess, too much.
- Synonyms: excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus
- Antonyms: lack, shortage
- That which is swallowed.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- Synonym: clog
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
Related terms
- glutton
- gluttony
Translations
Verb
glut (third-person singular simple present gluts, present participle glutting, simple past and past participle glutted)
- (transitive) To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.
- (intransitive) To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
Translations
References
Polish
Etymology
From Latin gl?ten.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut/
Noun
glut m inan
- (colloquial) goo (semi-solid substance)
- (colloquial) booger (mucus)
- Synonyms: gil, smark, ?pik
Declension
Further reading
- glut in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- glut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Glut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lut/
Noun
glut (nominative plural gluts)
- glow
Declension
Derived terms
- glutik
- glutön
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