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vagary
English
Etymology
From Latin vagus (“wandering”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, formerly) IPA(key): /v?????i/
- (General American, now commonly) IPA(key): /?ve????i/
Noun
vagary (plural vagaries)
- An erratic, unpredictable occurrence or action.
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, At Last: A Christmas In The West Indies, ch. 8:
- It now turns out that the Pitch Lake, like most other things, owes its appearance on the surface to no convulsion or vagary at all, but to a most slow, orderly, and respectable process of nature, by which buried vegetable matter, which would have become peat, and finally brown coal, in a temperate climate, becomes, under the hot tropic soil, asphalt and oil.
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, At Last: A Christmas In The West Indies, ch. 8:
- An impulsive or illogical desire; a caprice or whim.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:whim
- 1905, Jack London, War of the Classes, Preface:
- And then came the day when my socialism grew respectable,—still a vagary of youth, it was held, but romantically respectable.
Derived terms
- vagarity
- vagarious
Related terms
- vague
- vagrant
- vagabond
Translations
See also
- vaguery
Anagrams
- Varyag
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prank
English
Etymology
From Middle English pranken (“to adorn, arrange one's attire”), probably from Middle Dutch pronken, proncken (“to flaunt, make a show, arrange one's attire”). Cognate with Middle Low German prunken (“to flaunt”), German prunken (“to flaunt”), Danish prunke (“to make a show, prank”). Connected also with German prangen (“to make a show, be resplendent”), Dutch prangen (“to squeeze, press”), Danish pragt (“pomp, splendor”), all from Proto-Germanic *prangan?, *prangijan?, *prag- (“to press, squeeze, thring”), from Proto-Indo-European *brAngh- (“to press, squeeze”). Sense of "mischievous act" from earlier verbal sense of "to be crafty or subtle, set in order, adjust". See also prink, prance, prong.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?ngk, IPA(key): /p?æ?k/
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Noun
prank (plural pranks)
- A practical joke or mischievous trick.
- He pulled a gruesome prank on his sister.
- The harpies […] played their accustomed pranks.
- (obsolete) An evil deed; a malicious trick, an act of cruel deception.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:joke
Derived terms
- prankish
- pranksome
- prankster
- pranky
Translations
Verb
prank (third-person singular simple present pranks, present participle pranking, simple past pranked, past participle pranked or (archaic) prankt)
- (transitive) To perform a practical joke on; to trick.
- (transitive, slang) To call someone's phone and promptly hang up
- Hey man, prank me when you wanna get picked up.
- I don't have your number in my phone; can you prank me?
- (transitive) To adorn in a showy manner; to dress or equip ostentatiously.
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
- And there a Sea?on atween June and May,
- Half prankt with Spring, with Summer half imbrown'd,
- A li?tle?s Climate made, where, Sooth to ?ay,
- No living Wight could work, ne cared even for Play.
- 1880 Dante Gabriel Rosetti, For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli, lines 2–3
- Flora, wanton-eyed
- For birth, and with all flowrets prankt and pied:
- 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, B:II
- (intransitive) To make ostentatious show.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, "Obermann Once More", in New Poems
- White houses prank where once were huts.
- 1867, Matthew Arnold, "Obermann Once More", in New Poems
Synonyms
(call and promptly hang up): missed call, missed-call
Translations
Adjective
prank
- (obsolete) Full of gambols or tricks.
Danish
Noun
prank
- prank
- 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
- Hvad hun tillod sig nu var altså en prank, en joke, noget, der havde med overskud at gøre og slet ikke kunne bringes under de rubrikker, hun lå og forestillede sig.
- 2014, Nick Clausen, Kanel, klejner og julekaos, Tellerup A/S (?ISBN)
- Bare fordi det er min tur til at finde på en prank gider du ikke gøre dig umage .
- 2016, Lasse Henriksen, Pil Ingerslev, Benny 1's normale guide til det paranormale, Art People (?ISBN)
- Pranken fik sit eget liv, ...
- 2016, Klaus Rifbjerg, Falsk forår, Gyldendal A/S (?ISBN)
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