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# sokulmak
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صوقلمق (soḳulmaḳ, “to be introduced, made to enter and penetrate, pushed into, to push into or insinuate one's self into a place or among others, to be stung by a bee”), from Ottoman Turkish صوقمق (soḳmaḳ, “to push, to thrust into, to insert, to sting or bite”), from Proto-Turkic *suk- (“to stick in, to insert”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /so.kulˈmak/
* Hyphenation: so‧kul‧mak

### Verb

sokulmak (third-person singular simple present sokulur)
* (intransitive, with dative) passive of sokmak
* (intransitive, with dative) To get closer, to encroach, to come near.
    Synonyms: yaklaşmak, yakınlaşmak, yanaşmak
* (intransitive, with dative) To snuggle into or under something.

#### Conjugation

* Show negative conjugation:
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#### Derived terms

* sokulgan

#### Related terms

* soku
* sokum
* sokunmak
* sokuşturmak

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صوقلمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1193
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*suk-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sok-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “sokulmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “sokulmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4286
# Obšasnik
## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈopʃasɲɪk]

### Proper noun

Obšasnik m anim (female equivalent Obšasniková)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Obšasnik”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
# ויתר
## Hebrew
### Verb

ויתר / וִתֵּר • (vitér) (pi'el construction)
* To give up (on) [with עַל (al) ‘on’]
# rakentaa
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *rak'ëntadak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *rakkɜ-. Cognates include Hungarian rak.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɑkentɑːˣ/, [ˈrɑ̝k̟e̞n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑkentɑː
* Hyphenation: ra‧ken‧taa

### Verb

rakentaa
* (transitive) to build, construct, make
    Aavikolle rakennettiin kokonainen suurkaupunki.An entire metropolis was built in the desert.

#### Usage notes

* rakentaa takes the illative (or, with some words, allative) case for location, i.e. answers the question "where ... to?" instead of "where?".
** The elative (or, in some cases, ablative) case is used with etsiä, löytyä, löytää, lukea and kuulla. (i.e. "where ... from?" instead of "where?").
** The illative (or, in some cases, allative) case is used with saapua, eksyä, eksyttää, jäädä, jättää, hukkua, hukata, kadota, kadottaa, hävitä, hävittää and rakentaa. (i.e. "where ... to?" instead of "where?")

#### Derived terms

* rakentava
* rakenne
* rakennelma
* rakennus
* rakentaja
* rakentaminen
* rakennella
* rakentua
* jälleenrakentaa
* liikarakentaa

### Further reading

* “rakentaa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* kaartaen, karatena, nakertaa

## Ingrian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *rak'ëntadak. Cognates include Finnish rakentaa.
The sense "to build" is a semantic loan from Finnish rakentaa.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈrɑkentɑː/, [ˈrɑke̞ntɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈrɑkentɑː/, [ˈrɑɡ̊e̞nd̥ɑː]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈrɑkentːɑk/, [ˈrɑɡ̊e̞ntːɑɡ̊]
* Rhymes: -ɑkentɑː
* Hyphenation: ra‧ken‧taa

#### Verb

rakentaa
* (transitive) to build
* (transitive) to tack up
** 1916, V. Alava, quoting Vögla, “1946. Soikkola, Suija. V I 1903”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 5-6:Satuloi sata hevoista. // Sata ratsu(i)st' rakensiHe saddled a hundred horses. // A hundred steeds he tacked up.
* (transitive) to dress (a bride) into a dress of a married woman

##### Synonyms

* (to build): stroittaa

##### Derived terms

* rakennos
* rakentaissa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈrɑkentɑː/, [ˈrɑke̞ntɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈrɑkentɑː/, [ˈrɑɡ̊e̞ntɑː]
* Rhymes: -ɑkentɑː
* Hyphenation: ra‧ken‧taa

#### Verb

rakentaa
* inflection of rakentaissa:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** second-person singular imperative connegative

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 461
# Two Grey Hills
## English
### Alternative forms

* Two Gray Hills

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Two Grey Hills
* A chapter in Newcomb, San Juan County, New Mexico.
    Synonym: Toadlena

### Further reading

* Navajo Chapters
# eoo
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ē̆ōus, from Ancient Greek ἠῷος (ēôios), ἑῷος (heôios, “of the east; of the morning”), derived from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eˈɔ.o/
* Rhymes: -ɔo
* Hyphenation: e‧ò‧o

### Adjective

eoo (feminine eoa, masculine plural eoi, feminine plural eoe)
* (poetic) eastern, oriental

### Noun

eoo m (plural eoi)
* (poetic) a wind blowing from the East

### Further reading

* eoo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /eːˈoː.oː/, [eːˈoːoː] or IPA: /eˈoː.oː/, [eˈoːoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /eˈo.o/, [eˈɔːo]

### Adjective

ē̆ōō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ē̆ōus

### Noun

ē̆ōō
* dative/ablative singular of ē̆ōus

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* eóo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ē̆ōus, from Ancient Greek ἠῷος (ēôios), ἑῷος (heôios, “of the east; of the morning”), derived from ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”). Compare English eoan, Italian eoo. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈɔ.u/
* (Brazil) IPA: /eˈɔ.u/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /eˈɔ.o/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɛˈɔ.u/

### Adjective

eoo (feminine eoa, masculine plural eoos, feminine plural eoas)
* (poetic) Oriental
    Synonym: oriental
# dizionario
## Aragonese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diθjoˈnaɾjo/
* Rhymes: -aɾjo
* Syllabification: di‧zio‧na‧rio

### Noun

dizionario m (plural dizionarios)
* dictionary

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “dizionario”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin dictiōnārium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dit.t͡sjoˈna.rjo/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arjo
* Hyphenation: di‧zio‧nà‧rio

### Noun

dizionario m (plural dizionari)
* dictionary
    Synonym: vocabolario

#### Related terms

* dizione
* dire

#### Descendants

* → Neapolitan: dizziunario
* → Sardinian: ditzionàriu

### Further reading

* dizionario in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* dizionario in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
# Silberknopf
## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɪlbɛrknopf]

### Proper noun

Silberknopf m anim (female equivalent Silberknopfová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Silberknopf”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
# Catawba
## English
### Etymology

From the noun catawba, as the tree was the people's totem.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kəˈtɔː.bə/
* (General American) IPA: /kəˈtɔ.bə/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /kəˈtɑ.bə/
* Rhymes: -ɔːbə
* Hyphenation: Ca‧taw‧ba

### Noun

Catawba (plural Catawbas or Catawba)
* A member of a Native American people who inhabit the Carolinas: the Iswa.
** 1970, Charles M. Hudson, The Catawba Nation:There was a Catawba brave who took some pottery [to another tribe] to trade for bows and arrows. This chief [of the other tribe] had a beautiful daughter, and the Catawba brave fell in love with her, and she likewise fell in love with him. When the Catawba brave left, she asked her father for a bow and arrow. She shot it in the air in the direction the brave went, and then she went to get it. She kept shooting it in the air until she caught up with him.
* (plural "Catawbas") A red American dessert grape variety.
** 1950, Peter John Valaer, Wines of the world:The basic material for sherry is a mixture or a blend of dry wines from Niagaras, Delawares, and Catawbas or other white juices, which are sweetened and fortified and then blended with California sherry.

#### Derived terms

* Catawba County

#### Translations
### Proper noun

Catawba
* The language of the Eastern Siouan family spoken in eastern United States.
* A river in North Carolina and South Carolina, United States.
** 1998, Lawrence E. Babits, A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens:Cornwallis finally moved after Morgan's men. Left behind to cover the fords and delay the British, North Carolina general William Lee Davidson and a few men were killed as the British poured across Cowan's Ford. Once the British crossed the Catawba, the Americans had to get past another river, the Yadkin beyond Salisbury.

#### Synonyms

* Esaw
* Issa
* Iswä
* Iswa

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Catawba terms
* Ethnologue entry for Catawba, chc ⁠

### Further reading

* Catawba people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Catawba language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Catawba (grape) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# Mosman
## English
### Proper noun

Mosman (countable and uncountable, plural Mosmans)
* A surname.
* A suburb and local government area (Mosman Council) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Mosman is the 30420th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 768 individuals. Mosman is most common among White (92.32%) individuals.

### Anagrams

* Momans, Sammon
# florilège
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Renaissance Latin flōrilegium, calque of Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología, “flower-gathering”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /flɔ.ʁi.lɛʒ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

florilège m (plural florilèges)
* anthology
    Synonym: anthologie

#### Related terms

* fleur

### Further reading

* “florilège”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# göz atmak
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish گوز آتمق (göz atmaḳ, “to cast one's eye on any thing, to conceive a desire for”), equivalent to compound of göz (“eye”) +‎ atmak (“to throw”), literally “to throw (one's) eye”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɟœz.at.mak/
* Hyphenation: göz‧at‧mak

### Verb

göz atmak (third-person singular simple present göz atar)
* (transitive, idiomatic, with dative) To take a look at shortly, to glance over, to take a gander.
    Kitaba şöyle bir göz attım, pek bana göre değil. ― I took a glance at the book, it's not quite for me.

#### Conjugation

* Show negative conjugation:
* Show potential conjugation:
* Show impotential conjugation:

#### Related terms

* göz ardı etmek
* göz boyamak
* göz yummak
* gözden çıkarmak
* gözden geçirmek
* göze almak
* göze batmak
* göze çarpmak
* gözü dalmak
* gözü doymak
* gözü ısırmak

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “گوز آتمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1780

### Further reading

* “göz atmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “göz atmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1764
# Oneta
## Italian
### Etymology

Ultimately from the plural form of Latin *alnetus (“alder forest”), from alnus (“alder”).

### Proper noun

Oneta f
* A village in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

### Proper noun

Oneta m or f by sense
* a surname transferred from the place name

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025
# lauroceraso
## Italian

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### Etymology

From Renaissance Latin laurocerasus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /law.ro.t͡ʃeˈra.zo/
* Rhymes: -azo
* Hyphenation: lau‧ro‧ce‧rà‧so

### Noun

lauroceraso m (plural laurocerasi)
* cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus)

### See also

* alloro

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Renaissance Latin laurocerasus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /lauɾoθeˈɾaso/ [lau̯.ɾo.θeˈɾa.so]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /lauɾoseˈɾaso/ [lau̯.ɾo.seˈɾa.so]
* Rhymes: -aso
* Syllabification: lau‧ro‧ce‧ra‧so

### Noun

lauroceraso m (plural laurocerasos)
* cherry laurel (shrub)
** lauroceraso on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{es}$

### Further reading

* “lauroceraso”, 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
# message in a bottle
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

message in a bottle (plural messages in a bottle or messages in bottles)
* A message written on a scrap of paper, rolled up and put in an empty bottle and set adrift on the ocean; traditionally, a method used by castaways to advertise their distress to the outside world.
    Synonym: sea-bottle
** 1979, Sting (lyrics and music), “Message in a Bottle”, in Reggatta de Blanc, performed by The Police:I'll send an SOS to the world / I hope that someone gets my / Message in a bottle
* (figurative) An analogous message sent off into the world or universe without knowledge of who the recipient will be: plaques on craft launched into outer space, interstellar radio messages, stationary time capsules, balloon mail, and so on.
** 2021, Taylor Swift, Max Martin, Shellback (lyrics and music), “Message in a Bottle”, in Red (Taylor's Version)‎, performed by Taylor Swift:'Cause you could be the one that I love, oh, oh, oh / I could be the one that you dream of, of, of / A message in a bottle is all I can do-oo / Standin' here, hopin' it gets to you
# pizzat
## Finnish
### Noun

pizzat
* nominative/accusative plural of pizza
# Holánek
## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦolaːnɛk]

### Proper noun

Holánek m anim (female equivalent Holánková)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Holánek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
# práh
## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech práh, from Proto-Slavic *porgъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpraːx]
* Hyphenation: práh

### Noun

práh m inan
* doorstep
* threshold, brink

#### Derived terms

* podprahový
* prahování
* pražec
* zápraží

### Further reading

* “práh”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “práh”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “práh”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porgъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈpraːɣ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈpraːx/

### Noun

práh m inan
* threshold

#### Descendants

* Czech: práh

### Further reading

* Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “práh”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
# Gaudek
## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡau̯dɛk]

### Proper noun

Gaudek m anim (female equivalent Gaudková)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Gaudek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
# Gerosa
## Italian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒeˈro.za/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oza
* Hyphenation: Ge‧ró‧sa

### Proper noun

Gerosa f
* A village in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy

### Proper noun

Gerosa m or f by sense
* a surname transferred from the place name

### Further reading

* Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025

### Anagrams

* gaserò
# ἀτεχνέω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From ἄτεχνος (átekhnos) +‎ -έω (-éō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.te.kʰné.ɔː/ → /a.teˈxne.o/ → /a.teˈxne.o/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /a.te.kʰné.ɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /a.teˈkʰne.o/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /a.teˈxne.o/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /a.teˈxne.o/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /a.teˈxne.o/
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### Verb

ἀτεχνέω • (atekhnéō)
* to be unskilled, to lack talent

#### Related terms

* τεχνάζω (tekhnázō)
* τεχνάομαι (tekhnáomai)
* τεχνικός (tekhnikós)
* τεχνίτης (tekhnítēs)
* τεχνογρᾰ́φος (tekhnogrắphos)
* τεχνολογίᾱ (tekhnologíā)
* τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)

### References

* “ἀτεχνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἀτεχνέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* ἀτεχνέω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
* ἀτεχνέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
# ясак
## Russian
### Etymology

From Turkic. Compare Tatar ясак (yasaq), Turkish yasak. Possibly distant cognate with есау́л (jesaúl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [(j)ɪˈsak]

### Noun

яса́к • (jasák) m inan (genitive яса́ка, nominative plural яса́ки, genitive plural яса́ков, relational adjective яса́чный)
* (historical) yasak
* (archaic) conventional sign, signal

#### Derived terms

* яса́чный (jasáčnyj)

#### Related terms

* ? есау́л m anim (jesaúl)

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ясак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “ясак”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

## Tatar
### Etymology

Cognate with Turkish yasak.

### Noun

ясак • (yasaq)
* in-kind tribute
# unprocurable
## English
### Etymology

From un- +‎ procurable.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ʌnpɹəˈkjʊəɹəb(ə)l/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Adjective

unprocurable (comparative more unprocurable, superlative most unprocurable)
* Unable to be procured.
    Synonym: unobtainable
    Antonyms: obtainable, procurable
** 1884, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Proto-Sideric or Early Iron Age of Weapons”, in The Book of the Sword, London: Chatto and Windus, […], →OCLC, page 98:It is clear, for instance, in Central Africa, where copper and tin were unprocurable, that man must first have used iron.
** 1917 June 1, “(please specify the article title)”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:We have been told in many plaintive articles and letters in the London press that servants nowadays are almost unprocurable, and even the best people are having to shut up part of their houses and live in one floor, and so on.
** 1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29:Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness. Where a goat was unprocurable, the image of a human phallus of extravagent [sic] dimensions was erected in the temple and worshipped.
** 1949 June 8, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC; republished [Australia]: Project Gutenberg of Australia, August 2001:But it needed desperate courage to kill yourself in a world where firearms, or any quick or certain poison, were completely unprocurable.

#### Translations
### Noun

unprocurable (plural unprocurables)
* Something that cannot be procured.
# devil's advocate
## English
### Etymology

Calque of Latin advocātus diabolī (“the devil’s advocate”), a popular title given to the officer dealing with the canonization process in the 16th c.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

devil's advocate (plural devil's advocates)
* (idiomatic) One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.
    I don't really believe all that – I was just playing devil's advocate.
** 1985, Albert Brooks, Lost in America (motion picture), spoken by David Howard (Albert Brooks):Now, play devil's advocate. Can't you live 20 years on $145,000 if you're living out of a motor home and just eating and painting and writing books? I mean, this is what we talked about when we were 19. Remember, we kept saying, "Let's find ourselves," but we didn't have a dollar! So, we watched television instead.
* (historical, Roman Catholicism) A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.

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### Verb

devil's advocate (third-person singular simple present devil's advocates, present participle devil's advocating, simple past and past participle devil's advocated)
* (intransitive, informal) To play devil's advocate.
** 2006 September 27, bwross, “Crawl-SS: Weapon & armor changes”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc‎ (Usenet):Disclaimer: people shouldn't take things I say too personally, I'm often a bit blunt and like to devil's advocate and debate things (another part of this is that I've typically not bothered to post on things that are correct, but to correct things when they're wrong... if you take everything I don't respond to as an affirmation, I'm extremely nice:)
** 2008 May 20, Carl, “Woman: 'I can't go against what it says in the Bible'”, in alt.atheism‎ (Usenet):I don't want to get bogged down devil's-advocating for a position I don't personally hold (I think a government worker should not be allowed to bring religious beliefs into the job, just to be clear), but her position is a little different than the absolute you're making it into.

### Further reading

* “devil's advocate”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
* devil's advocate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Advocatus Diaboli in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)