different between wriest vs wrist
wriest
English
Alternative forms
- wryest
Adjective
wriest
- superlative form of wry: most wry
Anagrams
- twiers, twires, writes
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wrist
English
Etymology
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist 'back of hand, instep, withers', Swedish vrist), from *wr?þan? 'to twist, turn'. More at writhe.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?st, IPA(key): /??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
wrist (plural wrists)
- (anatomy) The complex joint between forearm bones, carpus, and metacarpals where the hand is attached to the arm; the carpus in a narrow sense.
- (engineering) A stud or pin which forms a journal.
Derived terms
- wristwatch, wrist watch
- limp-wristed
- wrist-action
Translations
Verb
wrist (third-person singular simple present wrists, present participle wristing, simple past and past participle wristed)
- (ice hockey) to hit a wrist shot
See also
- wrist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- writs
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
Etymology
From Old English wrist, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wrist/, /wirst/
Noun
wrist (plural wrystes)
- wrist (joint attaching the arm to the hand)
- (rare) The joint at the ankle.
Descendants
- English: wrist
- Scots: wrist
- Yola: wrasth, wraste
References
- “wrist, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-15.
Old English
Alternative forms
- wyrst
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wristuz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wrist/
Noun
wrist f
- wrist
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle English: wrist, wrest, wryst, virste, wryste, wriste, wyrste, wirste
- English: wrist
- Scots: wrist
- Yola: wrasth, wraste
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