different between assuming vs bossy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sju?m??/, /??su?m??/

Verb

assuming

1. present participle of assume

Noun

assuming (plural assumings)

1. An assumption.
   • December 16, 1656, Thomas Burton, diary entry

     No positive inference can he drawn from Nayler's confession, as to his assuming the attributes of Christ, but rather a positive denial of these assumings.

Adjective

assuming (comparative more assuming, superlative most assuming)

1. haughty; arrogant

Related terms

• assume
• assumptious

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “assuming”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?si/
• (cot-caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?b?si/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?si/, /?b?s?/
• Rhymes: -?si, -??si

Etymology 1

boss +? -y

Adjective

bossy (comparative bossier, superlative bossiest)

1. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

Synonyms

• dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible
• see also Thesaurus:bossy

Translations

Etymology 2

Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term boss-calf (which, like buss-calf, is a variant form of boose-calf, a calf kept in a boose (“stall”)).

Noun

bossy (plural bossies)

1. (US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
   • about 1900, O. Henry, Hygeia at the Solito

     A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.

Etymology 3

boss +? -y

Adjective

bossy (comparative more bossy, superlative most bossy)

1. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

Anagrams

• sybos

Lower Sorbian

Adjective

bossy

1. Obsolete spelling of bósy