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reversal
English
Etymology
reverse +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???v??(?)s?l/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s?l
Noun
reversal (countable and uncountable, plural reversals)
- The state of being reversed.
- An instance of reversing.
- A change in fortune; a change from being successful to having problems.
Usage notes
Reversal of trains often takes place at a terminus, where the driver walks to the cab at the other end of the train; if hauled by a locomotive, that moves to the other end if the train if the train has no driving cab at the other end.
Synonyms
- reversion
Translations
Adjective
reversal (not comparable)
- Intended to reverse; implying reversal.
- For after his death there were reversal letters found among his papers from the Duke of Anjou
Derived terms
- reversalism
- reversalist
- reversality
- reversally
Anagrams
- ravelers, slaverer
Spanish
Adjective
reversal (plural reversales)
- used to describe a type of diplomatic note
Usage notes
- It is used almost exclusively in the terms carta reversal or nota reversal
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quiver
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kw?v?/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: kw??v?r, IPA(key): /?kw?v??/
- Rhymes: -?v?(?)
- Hyphenation: qui?ver
Etymology 1
From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer (“quiver, case”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kukur (“container”), said to be from Hunnic, possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather vessel for liquids”); see there for more. Replaced early modern English cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word.
Noun
quiver (plural quivers)
- (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene I, line 271:
- Don Pedro: Nay, if Cupid have not spent all his quiver in Venice, thou wilt quake for this shortly.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 39:
- Arrows were carried in quiver, called also an arrow case, which served for the magazine, arrows for immediate use were worn in the girdle.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing, Act I, Scene I, line 271:
- (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons.
- He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver.
- (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras.
- (mathematics) A multidigraph.
Derived terms
- quiverful
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).
Adjective
quiver (comparative more quiver, superlative most quiver)
- (archaic) Nimble, active.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281:
- [...] there was a little quiver fellow, and 'a would manage you his piece thus; and 'a would about and about, and come you in and come you in.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Part II, Act III, Scene II, line 281:
Etymology 3
From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.
Verb
quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered)
- (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion
- Synonyms: tremble, quake, shudder, shiver
- And left the limbs still quivering on the ground.
Derived terms
- aquiver
- quivering
- quiversome
Translations
References
Further reading
- quiver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür or Hunnic. Doublet of coker.
Alternative forms
- quyver, qwyver, qwywere, qwyvere, whyver
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kwiv?r/
Noun
quiver (plural quivers)
- A quiver (a receptacle for arrows)
- (rare, vulgar) A vulva.
Descendants
- English: quiver
References
- “quiver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
Etymology 2
From Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic (“alive”).
Alternative forms
- quyver, quyvere, cwiver
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kwiv?r/
Adjective
quiver
- fast, speedy, rapid
- energetic, vigourous, vibrant
Descendants
- English: quiver
References
- “quiver, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.
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