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rich
English
Etymology
From Middle English riche (“strong, powerful, rich”), from Old English r??e (“powerful, mighty, great, high-ranking, rich, wealthy, strong, potent”), from Proto-West Germanic *r?k?, from from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz (“powerful, rich”), from Proto-Celtic *r?xs (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?re?- (“to straighten, direct, make right”).
Cognate with Scots rik (“mighty, great, noble, rich”), Saterland Frisian riek (“rich”), West Frisian ryk (“rich”), Dutch rijk (“rich”), German reich (“rich”), Danish rig (“rich”), Icelandic ríkur (“rich”), Norwegian and Swedish rik (“rich”). The Middle English word was reinforced by Old French riche, borrowed from the same Proto-Germanic root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t??/
- Hyphenation: rich
- Rhymes: -?t?
Adjective
rich (comparative richer, superlative richest)
- Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 116):
- It is the richest food I have ever eaten, and for this reason I soon learned to partake of it sparingly.
- 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning
- High sauces and rich spices are fetch'd from the Indies.
- 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka (republished by Eland, 2019; p. 116):
- Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Tho' my Date of mortal Life be short, it shall be glorious; / Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
- 1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
- Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly.
- Not faint or delicate; vivid.
- (informal) Very amusing.
- (informal) Ridiculous, absurd, outrageous, preposterous, especially in a galling, hypocritical, or brazen way.
- 1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
- Now, if money be a marketable commodity like flour, as the Witness states, is it not rather a rich idea that of selling the use of a barrel of flour instead of the barrel of flour itself?
- 1858, William Brown (of Montreal), The Commercial Crisis: Its Cause and Cure (page 28)
- (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Some rich text email messages contain formatting information that's best viewed with Microsoft Word.
- 2008, Aaron Newman, Adam Steinberg, Jeremy Thomas, Enterprise 2.0 Implementation
- But what did matter was that the new web platform provided a rich experience.
- 2003, Patricia Cardoza, Patricia DiGiacomo, Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen- rich than necessary for a stoichiometric reaction.
- (finance) Trading at a price level which is high relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
Noun
rich pl (plural only)
- (Plural) People with a lot of money or property
Synonyms
- (wealthy): wealthy, well off, see also Thesaurus:wealthy
Antonyms
- (wealthy): poor; see also Thesaurus:impoverished
- (plentiful): needy
- (computing): plain, unformatted, vanilla
- (fuel-air mixture): lean
- (financial markets): cheap
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
rich (third-person singular simple present riches, present participle riching, simple past and past participle riched)
- (obsolete, transitive) To enrich.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gower to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become rich.
References
- rich at OneLook Dictionary Search
- rich in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- chir-
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teach
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?t??/
- Rhymes: -i?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English techen, from Old English t??an (“to show, declare, demonstrate; teach, instruct, train; assign, prescribe, direct; warn; persuade”), from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan, from Proto-Germanic *taikijan? (“to show”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to show”). Cognate with Scots tech, teich (“to teach”), German zeigen (“to show, point out”), zeihen (“accuse, blame”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (gateihan, “to announce, declare, tell, show, display”), Latin d?c? (“speak, say, tell”), Ancient Greek ???????? (deíknumi, “show, point out, explain, teach”). More at token.
Verb
teach (third-person singular simple present teaches, present participle teaching, simple past and past participle taught)
- (obsolete, transitive) To show (someone) the way; to guide, conduct; to point, indicate.
- c1450, Mandeville's Travels?
- Blessed God of might (the) most.. teach us the right way unto that bliss that lasteth aye.
- c1460, Cursor Mundi?
- Till thy sweet sun uprose, thou keptest all our lay, how we should keep our belief there taught'st thou us the way.
- c1450, Mandeville's Travels?
- (ditransitive) To pass on knowledge to.
- Synonyms: educate, instruct
- (intransitive) To pass on knowledge, especially as one's profession; to act as a teacher.
- Antonym: learn
- (ditransitive) To cause to learn or understand.
- (ditransitive) To cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Translations
References
- The Middle English Dictionary
- NED
Etymology 2
Clipping of teacher
Noun
teach (plural teaches)
- (informal, usually as a term of address) teacher
Anagrams
- 'tache, Tache, Taché, Tâche, chate, cheat, he-cat, tache, theca
Irish
Alternative forms
- tigh dative; has replaced the nominative in Munster Irish
- toigh (Ulster) dative; replaced the nominative in East Ulster.
Etymology
From Old Irish tech, from Proto-Celtic *tegos, from Proto-Indo-European *tegos (“cover, roof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?ax/
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /t?æ?x/
Noun
teach m (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)
- house
Declension
- Alternative genitive singular: tighe, toighe
- Alternative dative singular: toigh
- Alternative plural: tithí (Ulster)
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "teach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “tea?” in Foclóir Gae?ilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 724.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tech, teg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “teach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “teach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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Etymology
From Middle English techen, from Old English t??an, from Proto-West Germanic *taikijan.
Verb
teach (simple past teigkt or teight)
- to hand or give
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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