different between skeeved vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

Formed of skeeve +? -ed, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

Adjective

skeeved (comparative more skeeved, superlative most skeeved)

1. (informal) Disgusted; repulsed; creeped out.
   • 2016, S. A. Hunter, My Demon (volume 2)

     “He's like in his thirties,” I protested, skeeved at the idea of being attracted to him.
     “Yeah, that's bit young, but young ones like that need a mature woman.”
     “Grandma!” Now I was even more skeeved by the notion that she was attracted to him.

Verb

skeeved

1. simple past tense and past participle of skeeve
   • 2008, Jessica Valenti, He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know (page 96)

     Because while it may not seem like such a big deal if guys want to get all revved up about faux lesbians and skeeved by gay men, the consequences of this kind of prejudice can be more than just a few jokes.

   • 2016, S. A. Hunter, My Demon (volume 2)

     “He's like in his thirties,” I protested, skeeved at the idea of being attracted to him.
     “Yeah, that's bit young, but young ones like that need a mature woman.”
     “Grandma!” Now I was even more skeeved by the notion that she was attracted to him.

Related terms

• skeevy
• skeeve

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

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