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portly
English
Etymology
From port +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??tli/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??tli/, /?po??tli/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?po?tli?/
Adjective
portly (comparative portlier, superlative portliest)
- Somewhat fat, pudgy, overweight. [from 15th c.]
- 1824, Washington Irving, Tales of a Traveller, Introduction:
- Indeed, the poor man has grown ten times as nervous as ever, since he has discovered, on such good authority, who the stout gentleman was. . . . He has anxiously endeavored to call up a recollection of what he saw of that portly personage; and has ever since kept a curious eye on all gentlemen of more than ordinary dimensions.
- 1913, P. G. Wodehouse, The Little Nugget, ch. 14:
- His portly middle section, rising beyond like a small hill, heaved rhythmically.
- 2011 July 6, Nick Carbone, "Top 10 Worst Fictional Camp Counselors," Time (retrieved 8 May 2014):
- In Heavyweights, Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) is a fitness guru who installs himself as the über-buff leader of Camp Hope, with the goal of helping portly youngsters shed their saggy stomachs and thunder thighs.
- 1824, Washington Irving, Tales of a Traveller, Introduction:
- (now rare) Having a dignified bearing; handsome, imposing. [from 15th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- Portly his person was, and much increast
- Through his Heroicke grace and honourable gest.
- 1728, Jonathan Swift, "A Dialogue between Mad Mullinix and Timothy":
- Be studious well to imitate
- My portly motion, mien, and gait
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Usage notes
- When used to refer to someone who is overweight, portly is a less harsh term than fat.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Derived terms
- portliness
Translations
See also
- portly at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- protyl, tropyl
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rough
English
Alternative forms
- ruff (colloquial)
Etymology
From Middle English rough, rogh, ro?e, row, rou, ru, ru?, ruh, from Old English r?g, r?h, from Proto-Germanic *r?haz. Cognate with Scots ruch, rouch (“rough”), Saterland Frisian ruuch, rouch (“rough”), West Frisian rûch (“rough”), Low German ruuch (“rough”), Dutch ruig (“rough”), German rau(h) (“rough”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /??f/
- Rhymes: -?f
- Homophone: ruff
Adjective
rough (comparative rougher, superlative roughest)
- Not smooth; uneven.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
- Turbulent.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii:
- With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii:
- Difficult; trying.
- Crude; unrefined
- Violent; not careful or subtle
- Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
- But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song,
And smooth or rough, with them
- But most by Numbers judge a Poet's song,
- Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
- Harsh-tasting.
- (chiefly Britain, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick
- (chiefly Britain, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover
Antonyms
- smooth
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
rough (plural roughs)
- The unmowed part of a golf course.
- A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
- (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
- The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
- A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail but larger and more detailed, used for artistic brainstorming.
- (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fletcher to this entry?)
- A piece inserted in a horseshoe to keep the animal from slipping.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rough (third-person singular simple present roughs, present participle roughing, simple past and past participle roughed)
- To create in an approximate form.
- (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
- To render rough; to roughen.
- To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crabb to this entry?)
- To endure primitive conditions.
- (transitive) To roughen a horse's shoes to keep the animal from slipping.
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
rough (comparative more rough, superlative most rough)
- In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
Derived terms
- sleep rough
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