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English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin viscus (“any internal organ of the body”), perhaps akin to English viscid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?sk?s/
• Homophone: viscous
• Rhymes: -?sk?s

Noun

viscus (plural viscera)

1. (anatomy) One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
2. (anatomy, specifically) The intestines.

Synonyms

• entrails
• innards
• intestines
• offal

Derived terms

• eviscerate
• visceral

Translations

See also

• viscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• viscous

References

• viscus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• viscus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• viscus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Etymology

Of unclear origin; possibly Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to turn, rotate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?is.kus/, [?u??s?k?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vis.kus/, [?viskus]

Noun

viscus n (genitive visceris); third declension

1. Any internal organ of the body.
2. (anatomy) entrails, viscera

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Derived terms

• viscer?lis

Related terms

• viscum

Descendants

• ? English: viscera
• ? French: viscères
• Portuguese: víscera

References

Further reading

• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• viscus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• viscus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intuitif, from Medieval Latin intuitivus, from Latin intueri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?tju??t?v/

Adjective

intuitive (comparative more intuitive, superlative most intuitive)

1. Spontaneous, without requiring conscious thought.
   • 2013 February 16, Laurie Goodstein, “Cardinals Size Up Potential Candidates for New Pope”, NYTimes.com:

     These impressions [of potential papal candidates], collected from interviews with a variety of church officials and experts, may influence the very intuitive, often unpredictable process the cardinals will use to decide who should lead the world’s largest church.

   The intuitive response turned out to be correct.

2. Easily understood or grasped by intuition.

   Designing software with an intuitive interface can be difficult.

3. Having a marked degree of intuition.

Antonyms

• unintuitive
• nonintuitive
• counterintuitive

Related terms

• intuition
• intuit

Translations

Noun

intuitive (plural intuitives)

1. One who has (especially parapsychological) intuition.

French

Adjective

intuitive

1. feminine singular of intuitif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

intuitive

1. inflection of intuitiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

intuitive

1. feminine plural of intuitivo

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intuitive

1. definite singular of intuitiv
2. plural of intuitiv

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intuitive

1. definite singular of intuitiv
2. plural of intuitiv