different between scion vs litter
scion
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sa??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
- Rhymes: -a??n
Noun
scion (plural scions)
- A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
- The heir to a throne.
- A guardian.
- (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
Translations
Trivia
One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.
Further reading
- “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
References
Anagrams
- ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic
French
Etymology
From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sj??/
Noun
scion m (plural scions)
- scion (detached twig)
- tip of a fishing rod
Synonyms
- (detached twig): greffon
See also
- (tip of fishing rod): canne
Further reading
- “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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litter
English
Etymology
From French litière, from lit (“bed”), from Latin lectus; confer Ancient Greek ??????? (léktron). Had the sense ‘bed’ in very early English, but then came to mean ‘portable couch’, ‘bedding’, ‘strewn rushes (for animals)’, etc.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?t?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?t?/, [?l???]
- Rhymes: -?t?(r)
- Homophone: lidder (US)
Noun
litter (countable and uncountable, plural litters)
- (countable) A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.
- (collective, countable) The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.
- (uncountable) Material used as bedding for animals.
- (uncountable) Collectively, items discarded on the ground.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- Strephon [...] / Stole in, and took a strict survey / Of all the litter as it lay.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, s:The Lady's Dressing Room
- (uncountable) Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray
- (uncountable) Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.
- A covering of straw for plants.
Synonyms
- (platform designed to carry a person or a load): palanquin, sedan chair, stretcher, cacolet
- (items discarded on the ground): waste, rubbish, garbage (US), trash (US), junk
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
litter (third-person singular simple present litters, present participle littering, simple past and past participle littered)
- (intransitive) To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).
- (transitive) To scatter carelessly about.
- (transitive) To strew (a place) with scattered articles.
- (transitive) To give birth to, used of animals.
- (intransitive) To produce a litter of young.
- (transitive) To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- Tell them how they litter their jades.
- For his ease, well litter'd was the floor.
- 1693, John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams
- (intransitive) To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
- The inn where he and his horse litter'd.
- 1634, William Habington, Castara
Derived terms
- litterer
Translations
Anagrams
- retilt, tilter, titler
Norman
Etymology
From Old French luitier, loitier, luiter (compare French lutter), from Vulgar Latin luct?re, from Latin luctor, luct?r? (“struggle, wrestle, fight”).
Verb
litter
- (Jersey) to wrestle
Derived terms
- litteux (“wrestler”)
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