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stiffly
English
Etymology
From Middle English stifly, styfly; equivalent to stiff +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?fli/
Adverb
stiffly (comparative more stiffly, superlative most stiffly)
- In a stiff manner.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
- 'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
Translations
Middle English
Adverb
stiffly
- Alternative form of stifly
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strut
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /st??t/, [st??t], [st???t]
- (General American) IPA(key): /st??t/, /st??t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Middle English strouten, struten (“to bulge, swell; to protrude, stick out; to bluster, threaten; to object forcefully; to create a disturbance; to fight; to display one's clothes in a proud or vain manner”) [and other forms], from Old English str?tian (“to project out; stand out stiffly; to exert oneself, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *str?t?n?, *str?tijan? (“to be puffed up, swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *streud?- (“rigid, stiff”), from *(s)ter- (“firm; strong; rigid, stiff”). The English word is cognate with Danish strutte (“to bulge, bristle”), Low German strutt (“stiff”), Middle High German striuzen (“to bristle; to ruffle”) (modern German strotzen (“to bristle up”), sträußen (obsolete, except in Alemannic)); and compare Gothic ???????????????????????????????????? (þrutsfill, “leprosy”), Old Norse þrútinn (“swollen”).
The noun is derived from the verb. Noun sense 2 (“instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff”) appears to be due to a misreading of a 16th-century work which used the word stroout (strouted (“caused (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell; strutted”)).
Verb
strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.
- (intransitive, by extension, also figuratively) To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.
- Synonym: swagger
- (transitive, by extension) To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.
- (transitive, obsolete) Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.
- Synonym: distend
Conjugation
Derived terms
- bestrut
- strut one's stuff
- strutting (noun)
- struttingly
Related terms
- strout
Translations
Noun
strut (plural struts)
- (also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
- (historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.
Translations
Etymology 2
The origin of sense 1 of the noun (“beam or rod providing support”) is unknown; it is probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *str?t?n?, *str?tijan? (“to be puffed up, swell”): see further at etymology 1. The English word is cognate with Icelandic strútur (“hood jutting out like a horn”), Low German strutt (“rigid, stiff”), Norwegian strut (“nozzle, spout”), Swedish strut (“paper cornet”).
The verb is derived from sense 1 of the noun.
Sense 2 of the noun (“act of strutting”) is derived from the verb: see above.
Noun
strut (plural struts)
- (chiefly construction) A beam or rod providing support.
- Synonym: rib
- An act of strutting (“bracing or supporting (something) by a strut or struts (sense 1); attaching diagonally; bending at a sharp angle”); specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.
Translations
Verb
strut (third-person singular simple present struts, present participle strutting, simple past and past participle strutted)
- (transitive, chiefly construction, also figuratively) To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.
- (intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.
Alternative forms
- stroot, strout (dialectal)
Translations
Etymology 3
Probably an archaic past participle of strut (“to (cause something to) bulge, protrude, or swell”), now replaced by strutted: see etymology 1.
Adjective
strut (comparative more strut, superlative most strut)
- (obsolete) Swelling out due to being full; bulging, protuberant, swollen.
- (Scotland, obsolete) Drunk, intoxicated; fou.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:drunk
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:sober
References
Further reading
- strut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- sturt, trust
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stryt/
Noun
strut m
- lard
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??t
Noun
strut c
- An object shaped as a hollow, open cone.
- cornet; ice-cream cone; also one including the ice cream.
- Short for glasstrut.
Declension
Derived terms
- dumstrut
- glasstrut
- nyfiken i en strut
See also
- kon
Anagrams
- truts
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [st?ut]
Noun
strut (nominative plural struts)
- (male or female) ostrich
Declension
Derived terms
- histrut
- jistrut
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