scorpion
See also: Scorpion
English edit
a fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus sp.)
scorpion cheerleading move (3)
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English scorpioun, skorpioun, schorpion, schorpiun, partly from Old English sċorpio and partly from Anglo-Norman scorpïun, Old French scorpïon, escorpïon; all from Latin scorpiō, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). The cheerleading move is so called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɔː.pi.ən/, /-pɪ.ən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən/, /'skwɚ-/
Noun edit
scorpion (plural scorpions)
- Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:15:
- Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,
- (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
- (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
- A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
- (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
- Coordinate term: scourge
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11:
- And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Derived terms edit
- bark scorpion
- book scorpion
- book-scorpion
- false scorpion
- microwhip scorpion
- pseudoscorpion
- rock scorpion
- scorpionate
- scorpion bowl
- scorpion bug
- scorpionfish
- scorpion fly
- scorpionfly
- scorpion grass
- scorpionid
- scorpionism
- scorpion kick
- scorpionlike
- scorpion lobster
- scorpion plant
- scorpion shell
- scorpion spider
- scorpion volley
- scorpionweed
- sea scorpion
- Trinidad scorpion
- water scorpion
- whip scorpion
Translations edit
any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
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See also edit
Further reading edit
scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scorpion m (plural scorpions)
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: scorpion
Further reading edit
- “scorpion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
scorpion
- Alternative form of scorpioun
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōnem, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Noun edit
scorpion m (plural scorpions)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Doublet of scorpie.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scorpion m (plural scorpioni)
Declension edit
Declension of scorpion
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) scorpion | scorpionul | (niște) scorpioni | scorpionii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) scorpion | scorpionului | (unor) scorpioni | scorpionilor |
| vocative | scorpionule | scorpionilor | ||