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sinister
English
Alternative forms
- sinistre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English sinistre (“unlucky”), from Old French sinistra (“left”), from Latin sinestra (“left hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?n?st?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?n?st?/
- Accented on the middle syllable by the older poets, such as Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden.
Adjective
sinister (comparative more sinister, superlative most sinister)
- Inauspicious, ominous, unlucky, illegitimate (as in bar sinister).
- All the several ills that visit earth, / Brought forth by night, with a sinister birth.
- Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
- sinister influences
- the sinister atmosphere of the crypt
- Of the left side.
- 1911, Saki, ‘The Unrest-Cure’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- Before the train had stopped he had decorated his sinister shirt-cuff with the inscription, ‘J. P. Huddle, The Warren, Tilfield, near Slowborough.’
- 1911, Saki, ‘The Unrest-Cure’, The Chronicles of Clovis:
- (heraldry) On the left side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the right side to the viewer.
- (obsolete) Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity; perverse; dishonest.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
- Nimble and sinister tricks and shifts.
- 1667, Robert South, The Practice of Religion Enforced by Reason
- He scorns to undermine another's interest by any sinister or inferior arts.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature
Antonyms
- (of the right side): dexter
- (heraldry): dexter
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- insister, resistin, sinistre
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
sinister (comparative sinisterder, superlative sinisterst)
- sinister
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zi?n?st?/
Adjective
sinister (comparative sinisterer, superlative am sinistersten)
- sinister
Declension
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *senisteros, of unknown origin, but possibly from a euphemism from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Sanskrit ??????? (san?y?n, “more useful, more advantageous”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /si?nis.ter/, [s???n?s?t??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /si?nis.ter/, [si?nist??r]
Adjective
sinister (feminine sinistra, neuter sinistrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- left
- Synonyms: laevus, scaevus
- Antonym: dexter
- perverse, bad; or adverse, hostile
- 1st BC, Virgilius
- mores sinistri
- arboribus Notus sinister
- 1st BC, Virgilius
- (religion) auspicious (for Romans) or inauspicious (for Greeks)
- 1st BC, Virgilius
- sinistra cornix, good omen
- 2nd century, Apuleius
- sinistro pede profectus, started with bad omen
- 1st BC, Virgilius
Declension
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Descendants
References
- sinister in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sinister in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Castiglioni-Mariotti, IL
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dire
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?rus (“fearful, ominous”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da???(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Adjective
dire (comparative direr or more dire, superlative direst or most dire)
- Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- Requiring action to prevent bad consequences: urgent, pressing.
- Expressing bad consequences: dreadful; dismal
- Synonyms: horrible, terrible, lamentable
- (informal) Bad in quality, awful, terrible.
- His dire mistake allowed her to checkmate him with her next move.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:dire.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- voir dire
Anagrams
- Dier, IDer, Reid, dier, drie, ired, ride
French
Etymology
From Middle French dire, from Old French dire, from Latin d?c?, from Proto-Italic *deik?, from Proto-Indo-European *déy?ti (“to show, point out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /d?zi?/
- Rhymes: -i?
Verb
dire
- to say, to tell
- (informal) (transitive with à) to be of interest to someone, to interest someone
- (informal) (transitive with à) to sound familiar
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- diction
- indicible
Noun
dire m (plural dires)
- saying (that which is said)
- belief, opinion
Derived terms
- aux dires de
Further reading
- “dire” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ride, ridé
Italian
Alternative forms
- dicere (archaic)
Etymology
From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?, from Proto-Italic *deik?, from Proto-Indo-European *déy?ti (“to show, point out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.re/
- Hyphenation: dì?re
Verb
dìre (first-person singular present dìco, first-person singular past historic dìssi, past participle détto, first-person singular imperfect dicévo, second-person singular imperative di' or (with written accent) dì, auxiliary avere) (transitive)
- to say, tell
- to recite
- to mean
- to think
- to admit
Conjugation
Related terms
Anagrams
- ride
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?di?.re/, [?d?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?di.re/, [?d?i???]
Adjective
d?re
- vocative masculine singular of d?rus
References
- dire in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.
Verb
dire
- to say (express using language)
Descendants
- French: dire
Occitan
Alternative forms
- díder, díser
Etymology
From Old Occitan dir, dire, from a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.
Verb
dire
- to say (express using language)
- to mean; to signify
Conjugation
Old French
Etymology
From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.
Verb
dire
- (chiefly intransitive) to say
- (transitive) to recount (a story)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Descendants
- Middle French: dire
- French: dire
- Norman: dithe
- Walloon: dire
References
- “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ?ISBN, page 153
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
- dir
Etymology
From a contraction of Latin d?cere, present active infinitive of d?c?.
Verb
dire
- to say
Descendants
- Occitan: dire
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French dire, from a contraction of Latin d?c?, d?cere.
Verb
dire
- to say
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