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shrewd
English
Alternative forms
- shrewde (obsolete)
Etymology
c. 1300, Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English scr?awa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew +? -ed. More at shrew.
The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16th c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17th c.
Pronunciation
- enPR: shro?od, IPA(key): /??u?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Adjective
shrewd (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)
- Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
- Artful, tricky or cunning.
- (informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
- Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
- Nigh accurate.
- Severe, intense, hard.
- Sharp, snithy, piercing.
- (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- Portia:
- There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,
- That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek:
- Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world
- Could turn so much the constitution
- Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- (obsolete) Portending, boding.
- (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
- (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
- (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
- Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
Derived terms
- shrewdly
- shrewdness
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oblique
English
Etymology
From Middle French oblique, from Latin obl?quus (also spelled obl?cus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??bli?k/
- IPA(key): /o??bli?k/
- (US military command) IPA(key): /??b?laik/
- Rhymes: -i?k
- Hyphenation: ob?lique
Adjective
oblique (comparative obliquer, superlative obliquest)
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base
- Synonyms: aslant, askew, slanting, inclined
- Not straightforward; obscure or confusing
- disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
oblique (plural obliques)
- (geometry) An oblique line.
- (typography) Synonym of slash ?/?.
- 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
- Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.
- 1990, John McDermott, Punctuation for Now, page 20:
- Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.
- 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:
- (grammar) The oblique case.
Synonyms
- (typography): See slash
Derived terms
- oblique mark
- oblique stroke, stroke
Verb
oblique (third-person singular simple present obliques, present participle obliquing, simple past and past participle obliqued)
- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
- (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obl?quus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.blik/
Adjective
oblique (plural obliques)
- oblique
Derived terms
- barre oblique
- cas oblique
Verb
oblique
- first-person singular present indicative of obliquer
- third-person singular present indicative of obliquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of obliquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliquer
- second-person singular imperative of obliquer
Further reading
- “oblique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
oblique
- feminine plural of obliquo
Latin
Adjective
obl?que
- vocative masculine singular of obl?quus
References
- oblique in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- oblique in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- oblique in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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