peat
See also: Peat
English
editEtymology 1
editLate Middle English, from British Vulgar Latin peta, probably ultimately from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpeat (countable and uncountable, plural peats)
- Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel. [from 14th c.]
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Further reading
editEtymology 2
editCompare pet (“a favourite”).
Noun
editpeat (plural peats)
- (obsolete) A pet, a darling; a woman.
- c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 78:
- And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat!
References
edit- Kuhn, Sherman (1982): Middle English Dictionary, Part 3, p. 880
See also
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editChinese
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: pit1
- Yale: pīt
- Cantonese Pinyin: pit7
- Guangdong Romanization: pid1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiːt̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
editpeat
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) to repeat a year
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