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wolf
English
Etymology
From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ?ulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz (compare Saterland Frisian Wulf, West Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Norwegian and Danish ulv), from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os (compare Sanskrit ??? (v??ka), Persian ???? (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian ???? (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin lupus, Greek ????? (lýkos), Tocharian B walkwe). Doublet of lobo and lupus.
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo?olf
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w?lf/
- (General American) IPA(key): /w?lf/, [w???f], [w??f]
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /w?lf/, [w?wf]
- enPR: wo?of, IPA(key): /w?f/ (now nonstandard)
- enPR: w?lf, IPA(key): /w?lf/ (obsolete)
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
wolf (plural wolves)
- The gray wolf, specifically all subspecies of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) that are not dingoes or dogs.
- A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
- (music) A wolf tone or wolf note.
- (figuratively) Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
- One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
- A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.
- (obsolete) An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf into thy side
- 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
- A willying machine.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Synonyms
- loafer, lobo, lofer, loper, lover (Southwestern US dialects)
Hypernyms
- (large wild canid): Canis lupus, canid
Hyponyms
- (large wild canid): she-wolf, wolfess
Coordinate terms
- (large wild canid): dingo, dog (members of Canis lupus not called wolf); coyote, jackal, fox (other canids)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Ido: volfo (also from German)
Translations
Verb
wolf (third-person singular simple present wolfs, present participle wolfing, simple past and past participle wolfed)
- (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.
- (intransitive, slang) To make amorous advances to many women; to hit on women; to cruise for sex.
- (intransitive) To hunt for wolves.
Synonyms
- (devour, gobble): gulp down, wolf down
Translations
Further reading
- wolf on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Anagrams
- flow, fowl
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch wolf, from Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, *wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Noun
wolf (plural wolwe)
- wolf
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German wolf, from Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz. Cognate with German Wolf, Dutch wolf, English wolf, Icelandic úlfur.
Noun
wolf m
- (Carcoforo, Formazza, Gressoney, Issime, Rimella and Campello Monti) wolf
References
- “wolf” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wolf, from Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
- Hyphenation: wolf
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
wolf m (plural wolven, diminutive wolfje n, feminine wolvin)
- wolf, undomesticated Canis lupus
- one of many other canids of the family Canidae, especially of the genus Canis
Hypernyms
- hondachtige
Hypernyms
- hond
Holonyms
- roedel
Derived terms
Related terms
- welp
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wolf
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Noun
wolf m
- wolf, grey wolf
Inflection
Derived terms
- w?erwolf
Descendants
- Dutch: wolf
- Afrikaans: wolf
- Limburgish: wólf
Further reading
- “wolf (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “wolf (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wulf, woulf, wolfe
Etymology
From Old English wulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wulf/
Noun
wolf (plural wolves, diminutive wolfy, wolfie)
- wolf, lupine
- terrifying person
Descendants
- English: wolf
- Scots: wolf, woulf, wouff
Middle High German
Etymology
From Old High German wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Noun
wolf m
- wolf
Descendants
- Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: bolf
- Mòcheno: bolf
- Udinese: bolf, bölf
- German: Wolf
- Hunsrik: Wollef
- Luxembourgish: Wollef
- Pennsylvania German: Wolf
- Vilamovian: w?f
- Yiddish: ??????? (volf)
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wolf/
Noun
wolf m (plural wolfa)
- wolf
Declension
Derived terms
- Wolfgang
Descendants
- Middle High German: wolf
- Alemannic German: wolf (Italian Walser)
- Bavarian:
- Cimbrian: bolf
- Mòcheno: bolf
- Udinese: bolf, bölf
- German: Wolf
- Hunsrik: Wollef
- Luxembourgish: Wollef
- Pennsylvania German: Wolf
- Vilamovian: w?f
- Yiddish: ??????? (volf)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian wolf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *w??k?os.
Noun
wolf c (plural wolven, diminutive wolfke)
- wolf
Further reading
- “wolf”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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quoteworthy
English
Etymology
quote +? -worthy
Adjective
quoteworthy (comparative more quoteworthy, superlative most quoteworthy)
- Worthy of being quoted; quotable.
- 1964, Lawrence Wright, Home Fires Burning: The History of Domestic Heating and Cooking, p. 110:
- The Earl of Lauderdale's speech is especially quoteworthy in the light of the horrors that he had just heard.
- 1999, David Gauntlett, Annette Hill, TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday Life, p. 158:
- Furthermore, whilst we would have been pleased to have been able to give you some quoteworthy examples of men cruelly dominating the choice of video movie rentals, these simply did not appear in the diaries either.
- 2004: Kenneth L. Rosenauer, Storycrafting: A Process Approach to Writing News, p. 229:
- Do not forget quoteworthy comments from stakeholders in the process.
- 1964, Lawrence Wright, Home Fires Burning: The History of Domestic Heating and Cooking, p. 110:
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