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struggle
English
Alternative forms
- stroggell, strogell (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English struglen, stroglen, strogelen, of obscure origin. Cognate with Scots strugil (“to struggle, grapple, contend”). Perhaps from a variant of *strokelen, *stroukelen (> English stroll), from Middle Dutch struyckelen ("to stumble, trip, falter"; > Modern Dutch struikelen), the frequentative form of Old Dutch *str?kon (“to stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *str?k?n?, *str?k?n? (“to be stiff”), from Proto-Indo-European *strug-, *ster- (“to be stiff; to bristle, strut, stumble, fall”), related to Middle Low German strûkelen ("to stumble"; > Low German strükeln), Old High German str?hh?n, str?hh?n ("to stumble, trip, tumble, go astray"; > German strauchen, straucheln).
Alternative etymology derives the base of struggle from Old Norse strúgr (“arrogance, pride, spitefulness, ill-will”) + -le (frequentative suffix), from Proto-Germanic *str?kaz (“stiff, rigid”), ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root above, which would make it cognate with dialectal Swedish strug (“contention, strife, discord”), Norwegian stru (“obstinate, unruly”), Danish struende (“reluctantly”), Scots strug (“difficulty, perplexity, a laborious task”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?str???l/, [?st???l?]
- Hyphenation: strug?gle
- Rhymes: -???l
Noun
struggle (plural struggles)
- A contortion of the body in an attempt to escape or to perform a difficult task.
- (figuratively) Strife, contention, great effort.
Derived terms
- class struggle
- power struggle
Translations
Verb
struggle (third-person singular simple present struggles, present participle struggling, simple past and past participle struggled)
- To strive, to labour in difficulty, to fight (for or against), to contend.
- To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Translations
Anagrams
- gurglets
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feud
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fyo?od, IPA(key): /fju?d/
- Rhymes: -u?d
Etymology 1
From northern Middle English fede, feide, from Old French faide/feide/fede, from Old High German fehida, from Proto-West Germanic *faihiþu (“hatred, enmity”) (corresponding to foe +? -th), from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“hostile”). Old English f?hþ, f?hþu, f?hþo (“hostility, enmity, violence, revenge, vendetta”) was directly inherited from Proto-Germanic *faihiþ?, and is cognate to Modern German Fehde, Dutch vete (“feud”), Danish fejde (“feud, enmity, hostility, war”), and Swedish fejd (“feud, controversy, quarrel, strife”).
Alternative forms
- fede (obsolete)
Noun
feud (plural feuds)
- A state of long-standing mutual hostility.
- You couldn't call it a feud exactly, but there had always been a chill between Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods.
- (professional wrestling) A staged rivalry between wrestlers.
- (obsolete) A combination of kindred to avenge injuries or affronts, done or offered to any of their blood, on the offender and all his race.
Related terms
- blood feud
Translations
Verb
feud (third-person singular simple present feuds, present participle feuding, simple past and past participle feuded)
- (intransitive) To carry on a feud.
- The two men began to feud after one of them got a job promotion and the other thought he was more qualified.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin feudum. Doublet of fee.
Alternative forms
- feod
Noun
feud (plural feuds)
- An estate granted to a vassal by a feudal lord in exchange for service.
Synonyms
- fee
- fief
Related terms
- feudal
- feudalism
Translations
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