different between thought vs assiduity
thought
English
Alternative forms
- thowt (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English thought, itho?t, from Old English þ?ht, ?eþ?ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanht? (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thôt
- (UK) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- (US) IPA(key): /??t/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??t/
- (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /??t/
- Homophone: thot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts)
- (countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable) The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- (uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
thought
- simple past tense and past participle of think
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thoughte, thougt, thouhte, thoute
- thogt, thohte, thogh
Etymology
From Old English þ?ht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?xt/, /??u?xt/
Noun
thought (plural thoughtes)
- product of mental activity
Descendants
- English: thought
- Scots: thocht
- Yola: thaugkt
References
- “thought, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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assiduity
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See assiduus”)
Noun
assiduity (countable and uncountable, plural assiduities)
- Great and persistent toil or effort.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1845, Jordan Roche Lynch, The Hunterian Oration (page 8)
- With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- (in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
- 1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)
- With difficulty could man be born into the world, or as soon as born would he die, leaving life at the very threshold of existence, unless the friendly hand of the careful matron, and the affectionate assiduities of the nurse, lent their aid to the helpless babe.
- 1773, Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer
- I will stay even contrary to your wishes; and though you should persist to shun me, I will make my respectful assiduities atone for the levity of my past conduct.
- 1559, translated by Thomas Paynell: Erasmus, The Complaint of Peace (1521)
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