different between stitch vs malaise
stitch
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: st?ch, IPA(key): /st?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English stiche, from Old English sti?e (“a prick, puncture, stab, thrust with a pointed implement, pricking sensation, stitch, pain in the side, sting”), from Proto-West Germanic *stiki, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz (“prick, piercing, stitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to stab, pierce”).
Cognate with Dutch steek (“prick, stitch”), German Stich (“a prick, piercing, stitch”), Old English stician (“to stick, stab, pierce, prick”). More at stick.
Noun
stitch (plural stitches)
- A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made.
- An arrangement of stitches in sewing, or method of stitching in some particular way or style.
- (countable and uncountable) An intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage, brought on by exercise.
- I've got a stitch. I'm going to have to stop and rest.
- After about fifteen minutes I got terrible stitch.
- A local sharp pain (anywhere); an acute pain, like the piercing of a needle.
- 1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex, page 186 (1846, Samuel Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, page 73):
- Violent continuous stitch in the region of the heart, the stitches multiplied when arresting the breathing. […] Feeling of heaviness in the muscles of the neck; he is obliged to bend his neck backwards. Cramp-like pain in right muscles of the neck, terminating in a stitch; the pain went off after motion and returned afterwards. […] Dull stitches in the region of the haunch-bones; pressure on the parts causes a simple pain. […] Drawing stitch in the right thigh, not perceptible when standing or ascending an elevation.
- 1878, Timothy Field Allen, The Encyclopedia of pure materia medica v. 8, 1878, page 291:
- A sharp stitch in the left side of the head, on sitting down […] A sharp stitch in the upper part of the right side of the head, […]
- 1848, Gottlieb Heinrich Georg Jahr, New Manual; Or, Symptomen-codex, page 186 (1846, Samuel Hahnemann, Materia Medica Pura, page 73):
- A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn
- An arrangement of stitches in knitting, or method of knitting in some particular way or style.
- A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle.
- A fastening, as of thread or wire, through the back of a book to connect the pages.
- (by extension) Any space passed over; distance.
- (obsolete) A contortion, or twist.
- (colloquial) Any least part of a fabric or clothing.
- (obsolete) A furrow.
- The space between two double furrows.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English sticchen, stichen, from Old English *sti??an, sti??ian, from Proto-Germanic *stikjan? (“to stab, stick, prick”), influenced by the noun (see above).
Verb
stitch (third-person singular simple present stitches, present participle stitching, simple past and past participle stitched)
- To form stitches in; especially, to sew in such a manner as to show on the surface a continuous line of stitches.
- To sew, or unite or attach by stitches.
- (intransitive) To practice/practise stitching or needlework.
- (agriculture) To form land into ridges.
- To weld together through a series of connecting or overlapping spot welds.
- (computing, graphics) To combine two or more photographs of the same scene into a single image.
- (more generally) To include, combine, or unite into a single whole.
Synonyms
- (form stitches in): sew
- (unite by stitches): sew, sew together, stitch together
- (form land into ridges): plough (British), plow (US)
Derived terms
Translations
References
- stitch in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- stitch at OneLook Dictionary Search
Further reading
- stitch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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malaise
English
Etymology
From French malaise (“ill ease”), from mal- (“bad, badly”) + aise (“ease”). Compare ill at ease.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mæ?le?z/
- IPA(key): /m??le?z/, /mæ-/, /-?l?z/
- Rhymes: -e?z
- Homophone: Malays
Noun
malaise (countable and uncountable, plural malaises)
- A feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
- Synonyms: unease, doldrums, ill at ease
- An ambiguous feeling of mental or moral depression.
- Synonyms: melancholy, weltschmerz, angst
- 2003, Donald Kagan, The Peloponnesian War:
- Their failure helped produce the widespread malaise reported by Thucydides: the Athenians "grieved over their private sufferings, the common people because, having started out with less, they were deprived even of that; the rich had lost their beautiful estates in the country, the houses as well as their expensive furnishings, but worst of all, they had war instead of peace" (2.65.2).
- Ill will or hurtful feelings for others or someone.
Related terms
- disease
Translations
Further reading
- malaise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Malesia, seamail
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.l?z/
Etymology 1
mal- +? aise
Noun
malaise m (plural malaises)
- malaise, uneasiness, cringe
Etymology 2
see malais
Adjective
malaise
- feminine singular of malais
Further reading
- “malaise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch malaise, from French malaise.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma?lai?s?]
- Hyphenation: ma?lai?sê
Noun
malaise or malaisê
- (economics) depression, a period of major economic contraction.
- (medicine) malaise, a feeling of general bodily discomfort, fatigue or unpleasantness, often at the onset of illness.
Further reading
- “malaise” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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