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fashion
English
Alternative forms
- fascion (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin facti? (“a making”), from faci? (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fæ??n/
- Rhymes: -æ??n
Noun
fashion (countable and uncountable, plural fashions)
- (countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
- (uncountable) Popular trends.
- the innocent diversions in fashion
- 1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Part IV
- As now existing, fashion is a form of social regulation analogous to constitutional government as a form of political regulation.
- (countable) A style or manner in which something is done.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
- The fashion of his countenance was altered.
- (dated) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Bislama: fasin
- ? Bengali: ?????? (ppha?ôn)
- ? Burmese: ??????? (hpakhrang)
- ? Hindi: ????? (fai?an)
- ? Irish: faisean
- ? Japanese: ?????? (fasshon)
- ? Korean: ?? (paesyeon)
- ? Malay: fesyen
- Indonesian: fesyen
- ? Portuguese: fashion
- ? Scottish Gaelic: fasan (perhaps)
- ? Sotho: feshene
- ? Spanish: fashion
- ? Thai: ?????? (f??-chân)
- ? Urdu: ????? (fai?an)
- ? Welsh: ffasiwn
Translations
Verb
fashion (third-person singular simple present fashions, present participle fashioning, simple past and past participle fashioned)
- To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist, translation by Lesley Brown, 235b:
- […] a device fashioned by arguments against that kind of prey.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- (dated) To make in a standard manner; to work.
- Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.
- (dated) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.
- Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people.
- (obsolete) To forge or counterfeit.
Derived terms
- disfashion
- misfashion
- newfashion
- refashion
- fashioning needle
- unfashioned
Translations
Further reading
- fashion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fashion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English fashion. Doublet of facção and feição.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?.?õ/
Adjective
fashion (invariable, comparable)
- (slang) fashionable, trendy
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English fashion. Doublet of facción.
Adjective
fashion (invariable)
- fashionable, trendy
Derived terms
Noun
fashion m (plural fashions or fashion)
- fashion
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rig
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?g, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian rigge (“to bind up; wrap around; rig; equip”), Swedish dialectal rigga (“to rig a horse”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wr?han, wr?ohan, wr?ohan, wr?on (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (nautical) The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
- (US) A large truck such as a semi-tractor.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- (informal) A costume or an outfit.
- (slang, computing) A computer case, often modified for looks.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- When I saw a special version of Quake running on Voodoo hardware, I knew I would be forking out quite a bit of money on my gaming rig.
- 2004, Radford Castro, Let Me Play: Stories of Gaming and Emulation (page 104)
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- (slang) Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
- (animation) A model outfitted with parameterized controls for animation.
Translations
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (transitive) To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
- (transitive, nautical) To equip and fit (a ship) with sails, shrouds, and yards.
- (transitive, manufacturing) To move (a heavy object) with the help of slings, hoists, block and tackle, levers, or similar equipment.
- (transitive, informal) To dress or clothe in some costume.
- (transitive) To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
- (transitive) To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
- (transitive, obsolete) To make free with; hence, to steal; to pilfer.
- (transitive, intransitive, animation) To outfit a model with controls for animation.
Translations
Etymology 2
See ridge.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (Britain, Scotland, dialect) A ridge.
Etymology 3
Compare wriggle.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (obsolete) A wanton; one given to unbecoming conduct.
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- Let none condemn them for rigs, because thus hoiting with boys, seeing the simplicity of their age was a patent to privilege any innocent pastime, and few more years will make them blush themselves into better manners
- 1650, Thomas Fuller, A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine
- A promiscuous woman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- (obsolete) A sportive or unbecoming trick; a frolic.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- He little dreamt when he set out / Of running such a rig.
- 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin
- (obsolete) A blast of wind.
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
- that uncertain season before the rigs of old Michaelmas were yet well composed.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wright to this entry?)
- 1796, Edmund Burke, Letters on a Regicide Peace
Verb
rig (third-person singular simple present rigs, present participle rigging, simple past and past participle rigged)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
- Rigging and rifling all ways, and no noise / Made with thy soft feet, where it all destroys.
- 1616, George Chapman, The Hymn to Hermes, in The Whole Works of Homer (tr.),
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:harlotize
Etymology 4
From ring (“algebraic structure”), omitting the letter n to suggest the lack of negatives. Compare structure like a ring but lacking a multiplicative identity.
Noun
rig (plural rigs)
- (algebra, ring theory) An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that every element have an additive inverse.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
- The set of natural numbers N with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is a rig, but not a ring. The set of integers Z is a ring. For a rig/ring (R,0,+,1,?), the set of polynomials R[x] on a generator x with the usual operations of addition and multiplication is also a rig/ring.
- 2004, Jerzy Marcinkowski (editor), Computer Science Logic: 18th International Workshop, CSL 2004, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3210, page 17,
- It follows that for each object A its endomorphisms EndC(A) = C(A,A) has the structure of what is now called a rig, that is to say a (commutative) ring without negatives.
- 2004, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 39, ACM Press, page 81,
Synonyms
- (algebraic structure like a ring but without additive inverses): semiring
Anagrams
- G.R.I., GRI, IrG
Albanian
Etymology
From Greek ????? (rígas), cognate with the also borrowed Romanian rig?. Ultimately from Latin rex, thus forming a doublet of regj.
Noun
rig m (indefinite plural riga)
- (rare, card games) king in a pack of playing cards
- Synonyms: mbret, kerr
Derived terms
- rigash
Related terms
- regj
References
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse ríkr (“rich”), from Proto-Germanic *r?kijaz, a derivative of *r?ks (“king, ruler”), itself a borrowing from Proto-Celtic *r?xs, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??i?]
- Rhymes: -i??
Adjective
rig (neuter rigt, plural and definite singular attributive rige, comparative rigere, superlative (predicative) rigest, superlative (attributive) rigeste)
- rich (having wealth), wealthy, affluent
- exuberant, luxuriant
Inflection
Etymology 2
From English rig
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
rig c (singular definite riggen, plural indefinite rigge)
- rig (the arrangement of masts etc., the special apparatus used for drilling oil wells)
Inflection
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?????]
Verb
rig
- imperative of rigge
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??i?/
Verb
·rig
- first-person singular future conjunct of téit
Mutation
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