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# szlachecki
## Polish
### Etymology

From szlachta +‎ -(e)cki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʂlaˈxɛt͡s.ki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛt͡ski
* Syllabification: szla‧chec‧ki

### Adjective

szlachecki (not comparable, derived adverb szlachecko)
* noble, aristocratic

#### Derived terms

* Bagienice Szlacheckie
* Biadoliny Szlacheckie
* Błogie Szlacheckie
* Borek Szlachecki
* Bożepole Szlacheckie
* Bryńsk Szlachecki
* Brzeźno Szlacheckie
* Buczyn Szlachecki
* Bujny Szlacheckie
* Celiny Szlacheckie
* Cieciórki Szlacheckie
* Czyżów Szlachecki
* Dęby Szlacheckie
* Dorposz Szlachecki
* Dybów Szlachecki
* Dylów Szlachecki
* Dzierzby Szlacheckie
* Gładczyn Szlachecki
* Grabów Szlachecki
* Grądy Szlacheckie
* Grochowiska Szlacheckie
* Grochów Szlachecki
* Gródek Szlachecki
* Ignaców Szlachecki
* Jurzec Szlachecki
* Kijewo Szlacheckie
* Kociołek Szlachecki
* Kondrajec Szlachecki
* Kozłów Szlachecki
* Kruszyny Szlacheckie
* Krzeszew Szlachecki
* Kurpie Szlacheckie
* Laski Szlacheckie
* Leszczyn Szlachecki
* Lignowy Szlacheckie
* Lipinki Szlacheckie
* Liwki Szlacheckie
* Lutosławice Szlacheckie
* Łęki Szlacheckie
* Łubno Szlacheckie
* Łychów Szlachecki
* Motycze Szlacheckie
* Olszyc Szlachecki
* Osówiec Szlachecki
* Ostrowo Szlacheckie
* Ostrów Szlachecki
* Piaski Szlacheckie
* Podłęże Szlacheckie
* Podskarbice Szlacheckie
* Radwanków Szlachecki
* Rajec Szlachecki
* Rębielice Szlacheckie
* Rokitno Szlacheckie
* Rudnik Szlachecki
* Rydzewo Szlacheckie
* Rydzyn Szlachecki
* Rząśnik Szlachecki
* Sadków Szlachecki
* Sławice Szlacheckie
* Sobienie Szlacheckie
* Stobiecko Szlacheckie
* Suchodół Szlachecki
* Sulęcin Szlachecki
* Szlachecki Koniec
* Szlachecki Las
* Szumleś Szlachecki
* Ślepkowo Szlacheckie
* Trzebcz Szlachecki
* Wałdowo Szlacheckie
* Wasilew Szlachecki
* Węgrce Szlacheckie
* Wojny-Szuby Szlacheckie
* Wróblik Szlachecki
* Wymysłowo Szlacheckie
* Zakrzówek Szlachecki
* Zalesie Szlacheckie
* Zgleczewo Szlacheckie

### Further reading

* szlachecki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* szlachecki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# maldad
## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish maldat, from Late Latin malitātem, from Latin malus. Equivalent to mal +‎ -dad. Compare Portuguese maldade.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /malˈdad/ [mal̪ˈd̪að̞]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ad
* Syllabification: mal‧dad

### Noun

maldad f (plural maldades)
* badness; evilness
* bad or evil deed

#### Antonyms

* bondad

#### Related terms

* mal

### Further reading

* “maldad”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
# dramatology
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek δρᾶμα (drâma, “an act, a theatrical act, a play”), and -ology, -λογία (-logía, “study of”).

### Noun

dramatology (uncountable)
* (psychotherapy, psychiatry) The practice of viewing all symptoms as valid communications, including words, posture, tone of voice, and movements of the face and limbs.

#### Derived terms

* dramatological

### References

* Dramatology
# hijsen
## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* hijschen

### Etymology

From late Middle Dutch hisen, hischen. Further etymology uncertain, but possibly imitative.
Related to Middle Low German hissen, German hissen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦɛi̯.sə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hij‧sen
* Rhymes: -ɛi̯sən

### Verb

hijsen
* (transitive) to pull up, hoist

#### Derived terms

* aanhijsen
* hijskraan
* omhooghijsen
* ophijsen

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hys
* Berbice Creole Dutch: hesi
* → Caribbean Hindustani: hice
* → Norwegian Bokmål: heise
* English: hoist

### References

* Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
# hooded seal
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhʊdɪd siːl/

### Noun

hooded seal (plural hooded seals)
* An arctic seal, Cystophora cristata, notable for the fleshy bulge on its forehead and nose.

#### Synonyms

* clapmatch
# monarkiya
## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish monarquía, from Late Latin monarchia, from Ancient Greek μοναρχία (monarkhía), from μόνος (mónos, “only”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, authority”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /monaɾˈkia/ [mo.n̪ɐɾˈkiː.ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ia
* Syllabification: mo‧nar‧ki‧ya

### Noun

monarkiya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜈᜇ᜔ᜃᜒᜌ)
* monarchy

#### Related terms

* monarka
* monarkiko

#### See also

* hari
* Panginoon

### Further reading

* “monarkiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
# disappointed
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

disappointed (comparative more disappointed, superlative most disappointed)
* Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
    After all his anticipation, the trip left him deeply disappointed.
** 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Thel 'Vadamee (Keith David), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station:If they came to hear me beg, they will be disappointed.
** Having had a marriage proposal rejected.
*** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 141:Scattered here and there amongst the steerage passengers were men of a different class: men whose previous lives had not fitted them for the hard and uncertain lot that certainly lay before them - pale-faced boys from Melbourne shops; middle-aged and disappointed men; one and all hoping for a turn of luck in the lottery of the newly-discovered goldfield.
* Expressing or indicating disappointment.
    a disappointed tone / face / silence

#### Usage notes

The following examples illustrate common usage:
* She was disappointed in you. (i.e. Your actions, attitude, etc. disappointed her.)
* She was disappointed with her performance.
* She was disappointed at being left out.
* She was disappointed to be left out.
* She was disappointed that you didn’t go to her party.

#### Synonyms

* discomfited
* foiled
* frustrated
* thwarted

#### Derived terms

* disappointedly
* disappointedness
* undisappointed

#### Translations
### Verb

disappointed
* simple past and past participle of disappoint
# debunk
## English
### Etymology

From de- +‎ bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /diːˈbʌŋk/, /diːˈbʊŋk/
* (US) enPR: dĭ-bŭngkʹ, dē-bŭngkʹ, IPA: /dɪˈbʌŋk/, /ˌdiːˈbʌŋk/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌŋk

### Verb

debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)
* (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
    The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
    debunk a theory
** 1955, Phyllis Bentley, “Post-war”, in Noble in Reason, Bath: Cedric Chivers Ltd, published 1972, →ISBN, page 159:We began to debunk, with the aid of such Bowdlerisations of Freud as now trickled though, human motive, and learned to diagnose our mental discomforts as repressions and inhibitions—an accomplishment which gave me a good deal of relief.
** 2009, Charles T. Tart, The End of Materialism, page 67:This is what I mean by saying that the pseudoskeptics aren't actually skeptics in a genuine sense; they're believers in some other system, out to attack and debunk what they don't believe in while trying to appear open minded and scientific, even though they're not.
** 2016 December 25, Amruta Patil, “The book in my hand”, in The Hindu‎:I am reading Nick Sousanis’ PhD dissertation-as-a-comic Unflattening. It debunks the primacy of word over image in Western culture and suggests that the two are equal partners in meaning-making.
** 2021 January 27, Elizabeth Williamson, “Rioters Followed a Long Conspiratorial Road to the Capitol”, in The New York Times‎:For many of the Capitol rioters and others who believe Mr. Trump won, it was not a large leap to “Stop the Steal” from a pathway of conspiratorial steppingstones that included the “Pizzagate” claim of 2016 that Democrats were running a child sex ring in the back of a popular Washington pizza parlor, the debunked allegation that a low-level Democratic National Committee aide was murdered for leaking Hillary Clinton’s emails and many more.
** 2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 61:Another of my favourite themes has been debunking promises of new technology. Over the years, I have enjoyed watching the lack of progress on driverless cars, drone deliveries, hyperloop, and maglev.

#### Derived terms

* deboonker
* debunkable
* debunker
* debunkment
* prebunk
* undebunked

#### Translations
### Noun

debunk (plural debunks)
* (informal) A debunking; the act by which something is debunked.

### Anagrams

* bunked
# enema
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin enema, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɛn.ə.mə/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

enema (plural enemas or enemata)
* An injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
** 1875, Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 12, page 133:To the distensile enema of simple tepid water, no valid objection can be urged.
** 1934, George Morris Piersol, Edward LeRoy Bortz, The Cyclopedia of Medicine, volume 10, F. A. Davis Company:[…] It is further neglected by a mental dependence upon cathartics or enemata to produce the stimulation. Defecalgesiophobia is a common cause for neglecting the act.
** 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics‎, W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.
* The fluid so injected.
* A device for administering such an injection.

#### Synonyms

* (fluid so injected): clyster

#### Derived terms

* alcohol enema
* enematic

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Ameen, Menae, Naeem, amene, meane

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈnẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈnẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈne.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /iˈne.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: e‧ne‧ma

### Noun

enema m (plural enemas)
* enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)
    Synonyms: clister, enteroclisma, (Brazil) chuca
* enema (the injected fluid)
    Synonym: clister

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin enema, from Ancient Greek ἔνεμα (énema, “injection”), from ἐνίημι (eníēmi, “to send in, inject”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈnema/ [eˈne.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: e‧ne‧ma

### Noun

enema m (plural enemas)
* enema (injection of fluid into the rectum)
    Synonyms: clister, lavado, lavativa
* enema (the injected fluid)

### Further reading

* “enema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [eneːma]

### Verb

enema
* (transitive) to abide by (a ritual prohibition)

#### Derived terms

* öönema

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “enema”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
# diary
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.ɹi/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ.əɹi

### Etymology 1

From Latin diārium (“a daily allowance for soldiers, in Late Latin also ‘diary’”), neuter of *diārius, from diēs (“a day”) (whence also journal). Cognate with Spanish diario (“daily; diary”).

#### Noun

diary (plural diaries)
* A daily log of experiences, especially those of the writer.
    Synonyms: daybook, journal
    They kept separate diaries. His was on paper and her diary was on her computer's hard drive.
** 2005 January 30, Jef Biederman, “Feng Shui Is Like So Passe”, in Totally Spies!: Undercover, season 3, episode 19, spoken by Alexandra “Alex” (Andrea Baker as Clover and Katie Griffin), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:No, I’m just going over the stuff Tara wrote in my diary. She’s writing your diary? Could you be any lazier?
* (British, Canada) A personal organizer or appointment diary.
    Synonym: (more common term in Canada) agenda
** 2004, Victoria Kidwell, Homework, page 29:It is recommended that teachers and pupils are issued with homework diaries to help implement and monitor the homework timetable.

##### Coordinate terms

* calendar
* daybook
* chronicle
* log

##### Derived terms

* cyberdiary
* dear diary
* diarial
* diarism
* diarist
* diarization
* diarize
* diarylike
* e-diary
* homework diary
* nondiary
* video diary
* visual diary

##### Related terms

* diurnal
* journal

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: diari

##### Translations
#### Verb

diary (third-person singular simple present diaries, present participle diarying, simple past and past participle diaried)
* (intransitive) To keep a diary or journal.
** 2015, Hugh O'Donovan, Mindful Walking:As part of her mindful movement practise, diarying is important to Sarah. "It gives me a chance to see what is going on, to reflect on my experience."

### Etymology 2

From Latin diārius.

#### Adjective

diary (not comparable)
* (obsolete) Lasting for one day.
** 1605, Francis Bacon, a letter to the Lord Chancellor, touching the History of Britain:the offer of a usurpation, though it were but as a diary ague

### References

* ↑ “diary, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* “diary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “diary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “diary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* dairy, riyad, yaird
# verdict
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈvɝ.dɪkt/
* (obsolete) IPA: /ˈvɜɹ.dɪt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

verdict (plural verdicts)
* (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
    The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.
** 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
** 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger’s history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 124:When his body was retrieved, it was apparent that he had not raised his hands to cover his face. Had he suffered some sort of fit or seizure? The coroner’s verdict was accidental death.
* An opinion or judgement.
    a “not out” verdict from the umpire

#### Derived terms

* bastard verdict
* directed verdict
* narrative verdict
* open verdict
* party verdict
* Scotch verdict
* Scottish verdict
* special verdict
* sympathy verdict
* verdictive
* verdict’s in
* verdict’s out

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “verdict”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “verdict”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɛʁ.dikt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

verdict m (plural verdicts)
* verdict

### Further reading

* “verdict”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Noun

verdict
* Alternative form of verdit

## Old French
### Noun

verdict oblique singular, m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict)
* Alternative form of verdit

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French verdict.

### Noun

verdict n (plural verdicte)
* verdict
# changed
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/
* Rhymes: -eɪndʒd
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

changed (comparative more changed, superlative most changed)
* Having undergone a change.
    I'm a changed man.

#### Derived terms

* changedness
* climate-changed
* counterchanged
* get changed
* nonchanged
* unchanged

### Verb

changed
* simple past and past participle of change

### See also

* short changed

### Anagrams

* Changde, ganched
# codeine
## English
### Etymology

From French codéine, from Ancient Greek κώδεια (kṓdeia, “capsule of the poppy, poppy head”) +‎ -ine.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.diːn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈkoʊˌdiːn/

### Noun

codeine (countable and uncountable, plural codeines)
* (pharmacology) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.

#### Derived terms

* apocodeine
* codeined
* codeinelike
* codeinone
* cuprofen
* dihydrocodeinone
* dihydroheterocodeine
* heterocodeine
* hydrocodone
* norcodeine
* oxycodone
* paracodeine

#### Related terms

* morphine

#### Translations
### References

* “codeine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “codeine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

## Italian
### Noun

codeine f
* plural of codeina

### Anagrams

* edenico
# tactile
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtæktaɪl/, /ˈtæktəl/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -æktəl

### Adjective

tactile (comparative more tactile, superlative most tactile)
* Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
* Used for feeling.
* Of or relating to the sense of touch.
** 1892, William James, Psychology (Briefer Course)
    The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.

#### Derived terms

* audiotactile
* chemotactile
* electrotactile
* entactogen
* mechanotactile
* nontactile
* orotactile
* pedotactile
* pneumotactile
* Protactile
* tactile ground surface indicator
* tactilely
* tactile paving
* tactile paving slab
* tactile walking surface indicator
* tactility
* tactilize
* tactilometric
* tactilometry
* teletactile
* thermotactile
* untactile
* vibrotactile
* visuotactile

#### See also

* haptic
* palpable
* touchable

### Further reading

* “tactile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “tactile”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “tactile”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* lattice, talcite

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tāctilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tak.til/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

tactile (plural tactiles)
* tactile
* haptic

#### Derived terms

* écran tactile
* pavé tactile
* tactilement

### Further reading

* “tactile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Adjective

tāctile
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of tāctilis
# anthem
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna), from ἀντί (antí, “over against”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”). Doublet of antiphon and ant'em.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæn.θəm/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (obsolete) IPA: /ˈæn.təm/
* Rhymes: -ænθəm

### Noun

anthem (plural anthems)
* (archaic) Antiphon.
* A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
    The school's anthem sang of its many outstanding qualities, and it was hard to keep a straight face while singing.
* A hymn of praise or loyalty.
    The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
* (informal) A very popular song or track.
** 2003, Peter Buckley, The rough guide to rock:In May 2000, they even finally cracked the UK top ten when they teamed up with Paul Van Dyk on the trance anthem "The Riddle"...

#### Derived terms

* anthemic
* anthemless
* anthemlike
* anthemwise
* apartheid anthem
* flag anthem
* national anthem

#### Descendants

* → Welsh: anthem

#### Translations
### Verb

anthem (third-person singular simple present anthems, present participle antheming, simple past and past participle anthemed)
* (transitive, poetic) To celebrate with anthems.
** 1819 (date written), John Keats, “Fancy”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, page 124:[T]hou shalt hear / Distant harvest-carols clear; / Rustle of the reaped corn; / Sweet birds antheming the morn: [...]

### Anagrams

* Hemant, Manthe, hetman, mentha, nameth, the man

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English anthem, from Middle English anteme, from Old English antefn, antefen and Old French antiene, anteine, anteivne, from Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈanθɛm/

### Noun

anthem f (plural anthemau)
* anthem

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
# doxology
## English
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin doxologia, from Ancient Greek δοξολογία (doxología, “a praising”), from δοξολόγος (doxológos, “giving or uttering praise”), from δόξα (dóxa, “glory, honor, repute”), from δοκέω (dokéō, “to think, expect”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /dɒkˈsɒlədʒi/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /dɑkˈsɑləd͡ʒi/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

doxology (plural doxologies)
* An expression of praise to God, especially a short hymn sung as part of a Christian worship service.
** 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXI, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:The doxology or sacred hymn, which celebrates the glory of the Trinity, is susceptible of very nice, but material, inflections; and the substance of an orthodox, or an heretical, creed, may be expressed by the difference of a disjunctive, or a copulative, particle.
** 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 89, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:And when those defendants were remonstrated with, their captain snapped his fingers in the plaintiffs’ teeth, and assured them that by way of doxology to the deed he had done, he would now retain their line, harpoons, and boat, which had remained attached to the whale at the time of the seizure.

#### Derived terms

* doxologic
* doxological
* doxologize

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### Further reading

* “doxology”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “doxology”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
* “doxology”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.