tode
English
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -əʊd
Etymology 1
editPossibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).
Noun
edittode (plural todes)
Etymology 2
editPossibly related to Low German todden (“to drag”).
Noun
edittode (plural todes)
Anagrams
editMiddle English
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editEtymology
editFrom Old English *tāde, a shortening of tādie, tādiġe, of uncertain origin. Compared to Old Norse and modern Danish tudse (“toad”), but OED rejects this because the zero grade of ai is i, not u. Possibly from a common Proto-Germanic word *tod (“small”), compared to Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaz (“small, frail”) (modern English tidbit) or *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”) (modern English toddle), referring to its short steps.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- A toad (dry-skinned member of the order Anura)
- The toad seen as a foul, devilish, and vile animal.
- (rare, derogatory) A sinner; a nasty or loathsome person.
- (rare, alchemy) The remnants of an element used in alchemical transmutation.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “tōde, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ Liberman, Anatoly: An Analytic Dictionary of the English Etymology: An Introduction, p. xiv & 206
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