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woo
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: wo?o, IPA(key): /wu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Etymology 1
From Middle English wowen, wo?en, from Old English w?gian (“to woo, court, marry”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots wow (“to woo”). Perhaps related to Old English w?g, w?h (“bending, crookedness”), in the specific sense of "bend or incline (some)one toward oneself". If so, then derived from Proto-Germanic *wanh? (“a bend, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wonk- (“crooked, bent”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?- (“to bend, twist, turn”); related to Old Norse vá (“corner, angle”).
Alternative forms
- wo, wow, wowe (obsolete)
Verb
woo (third-person singular simple present woos, present participle wooing, simple past and past participle wooed)
- (transitive) To endeavor to gain someone's support.
- (transitive) (often of a man) To try to persuade (someone) to be in an amorous relationship with
- 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.
- Each, like the Grecian artist, wooes / The image he himself has wrought.
- 1718, Matthew Prior, epistle to Charles Montagu.
- (transitive) To court solicitously; to invite with importunity.
- a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind
- I woo the wind / That still delays his coming.
- a. 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Summer Wind
Synonyms
- (to solicit in love): court; see also Thesaurus:woo
Derived terms
- wooer
Translations
Etymology 2
Interjection
woo
- (slang) Expressing joy or mirth; woohoo, yahoo.
- "I got you a new cell phone." "Woo, that's great!"
Etymology 3
Adjective
woo (comparative more woo, superlative most woo)
- Alternative form of woo woo
Noun
woo
- Alternative form of woo woo
Anagrams
- OWO
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wo?/
Determiner
wóo
- that, those (masculine)
See also
References
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wo, wa
Etymology
From Old English w?, w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
woo (plural woos)
- woe, torment, anguish
Synonyms
- angwissh
- we
Descendants
- English: woe
- Scots: wa, wae
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equal
English
Alternative forms
- æqual (archaic), æquall (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aequ?lis, of unknown origin. Doublet of egal.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?k'w?l, IPA(key): /?i?kw?l/
- Rhymes: -i?kw?l
Adjective
equal (not generally comparable, comparative more equal, superlative most equal)
- (not comparable) The same in all respects.
- 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
- 1705, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
- Are not my ways equal?
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311
- her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.
- much less is it in my power to make my commendations equal to your merits.
- 1842, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Threnody
- […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild.
- 1881, Jane Austen, Emma, page 311
- (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
- an equal temper
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equal", "A is equal to B", and, less commonly, "A is equal with B".
- The most common comparative use is the ironic expression more equal.
Synonyms
- (the same in all respects): identical
- (the same in all relevant respects): equivalent
- (unvarying): even, fair, uniform, unvarying
Translations
Verb
equal (third-person singular simple present equals, present participle (Commonwealth) equalling or (US) equaling, simple past and past participle (Commonwealth) equalled or (US) equaled)
- (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- (informal) To have as its consequence.
Synonyms
- (to be equal to): be, is
- (informal, have as its consequence): entail, imply, lead to, mean, result in, spell
Translations
Noun
equal (plural equals)
- A person or thing of equal status to others.
- Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
- (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (person or thing of equal status to others): peer
Derived terms
Related terms
- equality
Translations
Anagrams
- Quale, quale, queal
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