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stye

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?sta?/
  • Rhymes: -a?

Etymology 1

First recorded in the 17th century; probably a back-formation from styany (first recorded in the 15th century), which in turn comes from styan plus eye, the former from the Old English st??end (“rising, riser; stye”), from the verb st?gan (“climb, ascend”).

Noun

stye (plural styes)

  1. (medicine) A bacterial infection in the eyelash or eyelid.
Synonyms
  • hordeolum, powk (dialect)
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

stye (plural styes)

  1. Archaic form of sty. (shelter for pigs)
Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:stye.

Anagrams

  • Tyes, etys, stey, teys, tyes, yest, yet's, yets

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English st??.

Noun

stye

  1. Alternative form of sty (“path”)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse stigi.

Noun

stye

  1. Alternative form of stie (“ladder”)

stye From the web:

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saye

English

Verb

saye

  1. Obsolete spelling of say

Anagrams

  • Ayes, Seay, ayes, easy, eyas, yaes, yeas

Hausa

Noun

sày? m (plural sày?-sày?, possessed form sàyen)

  1. A purchase; buying
  2. verbal noun of saya

Noun

s??y? m (possessed form s??yen)

  1. Speaking in a way such as to hide the meaning from a listener.

Middle English

Verb

saye

  1. Alternative form of assayen

saye From the web:

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