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saturnine
English
Etymology
From Middle English saturnine, satournine, satournyne, saturnin, saturnyn, saturnyne (“pertaining to or under the influence of the planet Saturn; line on the palm of the hand associated with Saturn”), from Old French saturnine, saturnin (modern French saturnin (“of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead, plumbic”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin S?turn?nus, from S?turnus (“the Roman god Saturn; the planet Saturn”) + -?nus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); analysable as Saturn +? -ine. The English word is cognate with Italian saturnino (“saturnine”), Portuguese saturnino (“melancholy, saturnine; pertaining to the planet Saturn”), Spanish saturnino (“melancholy, saturnine; pertaining to the planet Saturn”).
Sense 1 (“having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Saturn were believed to have that disposition.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sæt?na?n/, /-n?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sæt??na?n/, /-?nin/, [-??-]
- Hyphenation: sa?turn?ine
Adjective
saturnine (comparative more saturnine, superlative most saturnine)
- (comparable) Of a person: having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, sarcastic, and slow to change and react.
- Synonyms: dark, grim, sardonic; see also Thesaurus:cheerless
- Antonyms: cheerful, jovial; see also Thesaurus:happy
- (comparable) Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.
- (comparable, chemistry, archaic) Of, pertaining to, or containing lead (which was symbolically associated with the planet Saturn by alchemists).
- (not comparable, pathology) Of a disease: caused by lead poisoning (saturnism); of a person: affected by lead poisoning.
- (not comparable, astrology, obsolete) Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).
Derived terms
- saturnine gout
- saturnine mount
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- saturnine (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Neustrian
French
Adjective
saturnine
- feminine singular of saturnin
Italian
Adjective
saturnine f pl
- feminine plural of saturnino
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wan
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wan, wanne (“grey, leaden; pale grey, ashen; blue-black (like a bruise); dim, faint; dark, gloomy”), from Old English ?ann (“dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz (“dark, swart”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wann, wonn (“dark”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?n/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /wæn/
- Rhymes: -?n
Adjective
wan (comparative wanner, superlative wannest)
- Pale, sickly-looking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pallid
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 24]:
- Big fair wan lovely pale-freckled Kathleen with that buoyant bust gave kindly smiles but mostly she was silent.
- Dim, faint.
- Bland, uninterested.
Derived terms
- wanly
- wanness
Translations
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- The quality of being wan; wanness.
Etymology 2
Eye dialect spelling of one. Sense 2 (“girl or woman”) possibly as a result of the phrase your wan as a counterpart to your man.
Noun
wan (plural wans)
- Pronunciation spelling of one, representing Ireland English.
- (Ireland) A girl or woman.
Etymology 3
An inflected form.
Verb
wan
- (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of win.
References
Anagrams
- NWA, awn, naw
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??an]
Numeral
wan (Kana spelling ??)
- ten
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wan/
Numeral
wan (Bengali script ???)
- one
Synonyms
- sa
- rongsa
- eek
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Bislama
Etymology
From English one.
Numeral
wan
- one
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Latin vannus.
Noun
wan f or m (plural wannen, diminutive wannetje n)
- winnowing basket
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
- first-person singular present indicative of wannen
- imperative of wannen
Fanagalo
Etymology
Borrowed from English one.
Numeral
wan
- one
Gothic
Romanization
wan
- Romanization of ????????????
Japanese
Romanization
wan
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Mandarin
Romanization
wan
- Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of wán.
- Nonstandard spelling of w?n.
- Nonstandard spelling of wàn.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Maranao
Verb
wan
- to fear
References
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English wann (“dark”), from Proto-Germanic *wannaz, of uncertain origin.
Adjective
wan
- wan (pallid, sickly)
- wan (dim, faint)
Alternative forms
- wane, wanne, won, wonne, wone
Descendants
- English: wan
- Scots: wan
References
- “wan, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wane (“deprivation”)
Etymology 3
Adjective
wan
- Alternative form of wane
Etymology 4
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- (Northern) Alternative form of vein (“that which is vain”)
Etymology 5
Pronoun
wan
- Alternative form of whan
Etymology 6
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- (Northern, early) Alternative form of wone (“dwelling”)
Etymology 7
Noun
wan (uncountable)
- Alternative form of wane (“woeful state”)
Etymology 8
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of wone (“choice”)
Etymology 9
Noun
wan (plural wanes)
- Alternative form of wayn (“wagon”)
Etymology 10
Verb
wan (third-person singular simple present waneth, present participle wanynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle waned)
- Alternative form of wanen
Etymology 11
Adverb
wan
- Alternative form of whenne
Conjunction
wan
- Alternative form of whenne
Etymology 12
Adverb
wan
- Alternative form of whanne
Conjunction
wan
- Alternative form of whanne
Etymology 13
Verb
wan
- Alternative form of wanne: singular simple past of winnen
- Alternative form of wonnen: plural simple past of winnen
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English want.
Verb
wan
- want, want to
Noone
Noun
wan (plural boom)
- child
References
- R. Blench, Beboid Comparative
North Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian winna, which derives from Proto-Germanic *winnan?.
Verb
wan
- (Föhr-Amrum Dialect) to win
Conjugation
Okinawan
Romanization
wan
- R?maji transcription of ??
Old English
Alternative forms
- wann
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?n/
Verb
wan
- third-person singular of winnan
- (Beowulf ll. 151-2)
Pipil
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /wa?/
Relational
-wan
- with, in relation to
Declension
Conjunction
wan
- and, but
Scots
Numeral
wan
- (West Central) one.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology 1
From English one.
Number
wan
- one
Etymology 2
Verb
wan
- Alternative form of wani
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English one.
Noun
wan
- The number one.
Numeral
wan
- One. Used with units of measurement and in times: wan aua, wan klok. See also wanpela.
Derived terms
- wanbel
- wanblut
- wande
- wanhaus
- wankain
- wanlain
- wanmak
- wanpes
- wanpela
- wanpilai
- wanpisin
- wanples
- wanskul
- wantaim
- wantok
- wantu
- wanwan
- wanwande
- wanwok
Wutunhua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [w??]
Etymology 1
From Mandarin ? (wán).
Verb
wan
- to play
Etymology 2
From Mandarin ? (w?n).
Noun
wan
- bowl
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN
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