Neologism

  • 111slang — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. argot, jargon, cant, lingo, patois, vernacular; dialect; colloquialism, neologism, vulgarism. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cant, argot, colloquialism, dialect, neologism, pidgin English,… …

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  • 112word — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Written communication Nouns 1. word, term, expression, locution, linguistic unit or form, word form, lexeme; homonym, synonym, antonym, heteronym, homophone; syllable, monosyllable, polysyllable; stem,… …

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  • 113neology — n neologism, neoterism, new word. See neologism(defs.1, 2) …

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  • 114neology — ne•ol•o•gy [[t]niˈɒl ə dʒi[/t]] n. pl. gies psi neologism 1), neologism 2) • Etymology: 1790–1800; < F néologie ne o•log′i•cal əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl ne o•log′ic,adj. ne o•log′i•cal•ly, adv …

    From formal English to slang

  • 115Terafy — “To instill fear by mentioning the U.S. deficit.” Christopher Buckley introduced his neologism in The Daily Beast: How much is a trillion dollars, anyway? … Well, in the most basic terms, it’s a 1 followed by 12 zeros. Or as Austin Powers might… …

    Dictionary of unconsidered lexicographical trifles

  • 116aĝ- (*heĝ-) —     aĝ (*heĝ )     English meaning: to lead, *drive cattle     Deutsche Übersetzung: “treiben” (actually probably “mit geschwungenen Armen treiben”), ‘schwingen”, in Bewegung setzen, fũhren”     Grammatical information: originally limited to… …

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  • 117au̯(e)-10, au̯ē(o)-, u̯ē- —     au̯(e) 10, au̯ē(o) , u̯ē     English meaning: to blow     Deutsche Übersetzung: “wehen, blasen, hauchen”     Grammatical information: participle u̯ē nt     Note: in Slav. languages often from the “ throw dice “, i.e. to the cleaning of the… …

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  • 118dā : dǝ- and dāi- : dǝi- : dī̆- —     dā : dǝ and dāi : dǝi : dī̆     English meaning: to share, divide     Deutsche Übersetzung: “teilen, zerschneiden, zerreißen”     Grammatical information: originally athemat. Wurzelpräsens.     Material: O.Ind. dü ti, dyáti “clips, cuts,… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 119denk̂- —     denk̂     English meaning: to bite     Deutsche Übersetzung: “beißen”     Note: Root denk ̂ : “to bite” derived from Illyr. derivative of Root ĝembh , ĝmb̥ h : “to bite; tooth” common Illyr. ĝ > d phonetic mutatIon.     Material: O.Ind …

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  • 120du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei-) —     du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei )     English meaning: two     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zwei”     Grammatical information: m. (grammatical double form duu̯ōu), du̯ai f. n., besides du̯ei , du̯oi , du̯i     Note: compare the summary by Brugmann II2 2, 6 82… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary