different between stricture vs edict

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin strict?ra, from Latin strictus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??kt???(?)/
• enPR: str?k'ch?r
• Rhymes: -?kt??(r)

Noun

stricture (countable and uncountable, plural strictures)

1. (usually in the plural) a rule restricting behaviour or action

2. a general state of restrictiveness on behavior, action, or ideology

   I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.

3. a sternly critical remark or review
4. (medicine) abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body
5. (obsolete) strictness
6. (obsolete) a stroke; a glance; a touch
   • 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature

     But whatever may be said of other matters , certainly the first draughts and strictures of Natural Religion and Morality are naturally in the Mind

7. (linguistics) the degree of contact, in consonants

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Participle

strict?re

1. vocative masculine singular of strict?rus

English

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.d?kt/

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

Translations

Anagrams

• cited, ticed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ?dictum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: edict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: edik

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin edictum

Noun

edict n (plural edicte)

1. edict

Declension