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sociable
English
Etymology
From Middle French sociable, from Latin sociabilis.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?so???b?l/
Adjective
sociable (comparative more sociable, superlative most sociable)
- (of a person) Tending to socialize or be social
- Synonyms: friendly, inviting, congenial
- c. 1611, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline
- Society is no comfort to one not sociable.
- Offering opportunities for conversation; characterized by much conversation.
- (archaic) Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- They are sociable parts united into one body.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- (obsolete) No longer hostile; friendly.
- Is the King sociable And bids thee live ?
Antonyms
- (tending to socialize): unsociable
Derived terms
- sociability
- sociableness
Translations
Noun
sociable (plural sociables)
- A sociable person.
- (historical) A four-wheeled open carriage with seats facing each other.
- A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
- A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
- (US) An informal party or church meeting for purposes of socializing.
- 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (page 46)
- At the church sociables he used to hop around among them, chipping and chirping like a dicky-bird picking up seed; and he was a great hand to play the piano, and sing saddish, sweetish songs to them.
- 1903, George Horace Lorimer, Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son (page 46)
Asturian
Adjective
sociable (epicene, plural sociables)
- sociable
Catalan
Adjective
sociable (masculine and feminine plural sociables)
- sociable
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
sociable (plural sociables)
- sociable
Galician
Alternative forms
- sociábel
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.??ja.ble/, [s??.??ja.?le?]
Adjective
sociable m or f (plural sociables)
- sociable
Antonyms
- insociable
Spanish
Adjective
sociable (plural sociables)
- sociable
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shy
English
Etymology
From Middle English shy (“shy”), from Old English s??oh (“shy”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), German scheu (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophone: Chi
Adjective
shy (comparative shier or shyer or more shy, superlative shiest or shyest or most shy)
- Easily frightened; timid.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
- The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having been daily led before me, were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
- 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels
- Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:shy
- Antonyms: audacious, bold, brazen, gregarious, extroverted, outgoing
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull
- What makes you so shy, my good friend? There's nobody loves you better than I.
- Cautious; wary; suspicious.
- 1641, Henry Wotton, The Characters of Robert Devereux and George Villiers
- Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of their successors.
- 1661, Robert Boyle , Some Considerations Touching Experimental Essays in General
- I am very shy of building any thing of moment upon foundations
- 1641, Henry Wotton, The Characters of Robert Devereux and George Villiers
- (informal) Short, insufficient or less than.
- Embarrassed.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Usage notes
- Often used in combination with a noun to produce an adjective or adjectival phrase.
- Adjectives are usually applicable to animals (leash-shy "shy of leashes" or head shy "shy of contact around the head" (of horses)) or to children.
Derived terms
- shy bairns get nowt, shy bairns get noot
Translations
See also
- bashful
- reserved
- timid
- demure
- coy
Verb
shy (third-person singular simple present shies, present participle shying, simple past and past participle shied)
- (intransitive) To avoid due to caution or timidness.
- (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
- (transitive) To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
Translations
Noun
shy (plural shies)
- An act of throwing.
- Foker discharged a prodigious bouquet at her, and even Smirke made a feeble shy with a rose, and blushed dreadfully when it fell into the pit
- 1846, Punch Volume 10
- If Lord Brougham gets a stone in his hand, he must, it seems, have a shy at somebody.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 55:
- The game had started. A man was chasing the ball, it went out for a shy.
- A place for throwing.
- A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
- In the Eton College wall game, a point scored by lifting the ball against the wall in the calx.
Derived terms
- coconut shy
- have a shy
Translations
Anagrams
- Hys, hys, syh
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