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alloy
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman alai, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin allig?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æ.l??/, /??l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
alloy (countable and uncountable, plural alloys)
- A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
- (archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- Many of these coins are preserved at the British Museum, in London, and at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, and are all of pure gold, without alloy, and in a good state of preservation. Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, is also said to have […]
- 1888, Arthur Talbot Vanderbilt, Gold Not Only in Wales, But Also in Great Britain and Ireland: Facts and Figures, page 17
- An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
- (figuratively) Fusion, marriage, combination.
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
- SETH KITANGE TELEVISION AND RADIO Upheaval at CBS. […] Bill Moyers, a CBS News commentator and special correspondent, expressed his dismay in an interview with Newsweek in which he said, “Television news has never been pure. It has always been an alloy of journalism and show business.”
- 1986, 1987 Year Book
Derived terms
- superalloy
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French aloiier (“assemble, join”), from Latin alligare (“bind to, tie to”), compound of ad (“to”) + ligare (“to bind”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l??/, /?æ.l??/
- Rhymes: -??
Verb
alloy (third-person singular simple present alloys, present participle alloying, simple past and past participle alloyed)
- To mix or combine; often used of metals.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
- to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper
- (figuratively) To impair or debase by mixture.
- to alloy pleasure with misfortunes
Translations
See also
- alloy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alloys in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Loyal, Yolla, loyal, yallo
alloy From the web:
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medley
English
Etymology
From Middle English medle, from Anglo-Norman medlee, Old French medlee, from Late Latin misculata, feminine past participle of Vulgar Latin *miscul? (“to mix”). Compare meddle. Doublet of melee.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?dli/
Noun
medley (plural medleys)
- (now rare, archaic) Combat, fighting; a battle. [from 14thc.]
- 1632, Xenophon, Philemon Holland (translator), Cyrupaedia
- For greater shields they have, than that they can either doe or see ought, and being raunged by hundreds no doubt they will hinder one another in the medley, except some very few
- 1632, Xenophon, Philemon Holland (translator), Cyrupaedia
- A collection or mixture of miscellaneous things. [from 17thc.]
- a fruit medley
- this medley of philosophy and war
- 1692, William Walsh, Letters and Poems, Amorous and Gallant
- Love is a medley of endearments, jars, / Suspicions, reconcilements, wars.
- (music) A collection of related songs played or mixed together as a single piece. [from 17thc.]
- They played a medley of favorite folk songs as an encore.
- (swimming) A competitive swimming event that combines the four strokes of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. [from 20th c.]
- A cloth of mixed colours.
- 1631, Thomas Fuller, Comment on Ruth , Chapter 1, verses 9, 10, 11
- Otherwise , as our Saviour noteth , when the old Cloth was joyned to the new , it made no good medley , but the Rent was made the wors
- 1631, Thomas Fuller, Comment on Ruth , Chapter 1, verses 9, 10, 11
Synonyms
- mashup
Related terms
- meddle
- melee
Translations
Verb
medley (third-person singular simple present medleys, present participle medleying, simple past and past participle medleyed)
- (music) To combine, to form a medley.
Anagrams
- yelmed
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English medley.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?dli/, [?m?d?li]
Noun
medley n (singular definite medleyet, plural indefinite medleyer)
- medley (of songs; swimming event)
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English medley.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: med?ley
Noun
medley m (plural medleys, diminutive medleytje n)
- several songs strung together.
Synonyms
- potpourri
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English medley. Doublet of mezclada.
Noun
medley m (plural medleys)
- medley (songs)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English medley.
Noun
medley n
- medley (songs)
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