different between shitfaced vs taxonomy

English

Alternative forms

• shit faced
• shit-faced

Etymology

shit +? faced

Adjective

shitfaced (comparative more shitfaced, superlative most shitfaced)

1. (vulgar) Very drunk.

   When they brought in that keg, I knew I was going to get shitfaced.

   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     Jim and Myron LaFleur, with the entire beer cooler and wine rack at their disposal, were abysmally shitfaced.

2. (vulgar) Under the influence of mind-altering drugs.

Synonyms

• (drunk): See Thesaurus:drunk
• (influenced by drugs): See Thesaurus:stoned

Derived terms

• faced

Translations

References

• “shitfaced”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• catfished, deathfics

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations