ettle 
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ettle 1 (et'l), H. [<cM7f VO Intention ; intent ; etymologise, ?'. See etymologise. 
aim [Scotch.] etymologist (et-i-mol'o-nst), n. [_=* . ctymolo- 
Naiinie, far before the rest, flistc = Sp. It. etimologista = Pg. etymologist,,; 
Hard upon noble Maggie prest, as etymology + -int.] One versedin etymology; 
And flew at Tarn wi 1 furious ettle. one wn o specially studies, teaches, or writes the 
Burns, Tarn o' Shanter. history of words . a historian of words. 
ettle' 2 (et'l), . A variant of addle^. etymologize (et-i-mol'o-jiz), .; pret. and pp. 
ettle 3 (et'l), n. [A dial, corruption of nettle; rti/mologized, ppr. etymologizing. [< P. <'-lyto- 
a nettle taken as an ettle, like a nadder taken lo'giser, formerly etymologizer, = Sp. etimologi- 
as an adder: see adder 1 .'] A nettle. [Prov. sar _ pg_ ctymologisar = It. etimologizsarc, < 
Eng.] ML. etymologisare (cf. equiv. ML. etymologi- 
In the Ch'wardens' accounts of Minchinghampton, 1688, care, Gr. hvucAoyeiv) ; as etymology + -ise.J I. 
oue shilling appears as paid "for cutting cities." intrans. 1. To study etymology or the history 
Archteologia, XXX\ . 451. -, ,_ , i_ S- 3'L _ j~ o 
of words; search into the origin of words. 2. 
ettlement (et/1-ment), n. [< ettlei int.\ To prov id e or suggest etymologies for words. 
How perilous it is to etymologize at random. 
Alip. Trench, Study of Words, p. 208. 
Intention. [Scotch.] 
ettler (et'ler), n. One who ettles or aims at 
a particular object. [Scotch and North. Eng.] 
An eydent ettler for preferment. 
Gait, Ringan Oilhaize, II. 298. 
ettlings (et'lingz), n. pi. [Verbal n. of ettle? 
= addle?.] Earnings; wages. [North. Eng.] 
ettow (et'6), re. [Appar. of W. Ind. origin.] 
The Cordia Sebestena, a boraginaceous shrub 
II. trans. To give the etymology of; trace 
the etymology of; provide or suggest an ety- 
mology for. 
Breeches, quasi bear-riches ; when a gallant bears all his 
riches in his breeches. Most fortunately etymologized ! 
/?. Jomon, Cynthia's Revels. 
The habit of etymologizing words off-hand from expres- 
m Wpt TrXV with handsSme scarlet "flow ive sounds', by the unaided and often flighty fancy of a 
of the West Indies, with handsome scarlet now- philologer ^ B Tylor, Prim. Culture, 1. 147. 
ers and a drupaceous fruit, 
ettweet, See etui. 
philologer. ' E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, 1. 147. 
Also spelled etymologise. 
etymology (et-i-mol'6-ji), n. ; pi. etymologies 
= G. etymologic = Dan. Sw. etymologi, < F. ety- 
concert, 
or artistic value. 
analysis of a word so as to find its origin, ety- 
._ mology (translated notatio (see notation) and 
6tui (a-twe'), n. [Formerly also cttuy (= D. veriloquimn (see veriloqiient) by Cicero, and 
G. Dan. Sw. etui), and in vernacular spelling originatio (see origination) by Quintilian), < i TV- 
etmee, cttwee; < F. etui, formerly estui, estmj /loMyoc, studying etymology, telling the true 
= Pr. estui, estug = Sp. estuche = Pg. estojo origin of a word (as a noun, an etymologist), 
= It. astuccio, a case, box. With loss of the < erv/iov, the true literal sense of a word accord- 
initial vowel (by apheresis), etwee became twee, ing to its origin, its etymology, + -Myia, < teyetv, 
whence, in the plural, with a deflection of sense, speak, tell: see etymon and -ology.] 1. That 
tweese, tiveeze, whence tweezers : see twee, tn-eeze, part of philology which treats of the history of 
tweezers.'] A small case, especially one of orna- words in respect both to form and to meanings, 
mental character and intended to contain deli- tracing them back toward their origin, and set- 
cate or costly objects, in the seventeenth and eigh- ting forth and explaining the changes they have 
undergone. 
Etymology treats of the structure and history of words. 
It includes classification, inflection, and derivation. 
F. A. March, Anglo-Saxon Grammar, p. 33. 
Specifically 2. The particular history of a 
word, including an account of its various forms 
and senses. In its widest sense, the etymology of a word 
includes all its variations of form and spelling, and all its 
different meanings and shades of meaning, from its first 
appearance in the language to the present time, and, fur- 
teenth centuries such cases were carried hanging from the 
belt by ladies, and used to contain their utensils for needle- 
work and some articles of the toilet. 
Entutf [F.], a sheath, case or box to put things in, and 
particularly, a case of little instruments, or sizzers, bod- 
kin, penknife, etc., now commonly tearmed an ettwee. 
Cotgra ve. 
etweet (et-we'), . See etui. 
-ety. See -ity and -ty. 
etym., etymol. Abbreviations of etymology, 
etymological, etymologically, etymologist. 
ther, the same facts concerning the original or the cognate 
Eracticable for any large number of words, and accord - 
igly the fullest etymologies, as in this dictionary, give 
but one form or a few typical forms for a given period of 
a language, or but one form for the whole period of the 
language, with a like summary treatment of the meanings, 
a more complete exhibition of forms and meanings being 
given only at critical or important points in the history. 
In a very restricted but common acceptation, the word 
implies merely the "derivation" of the word, namely, the 
mention of the word or root from which it is derived, as 
etymic (e-tim'ik), a. [< etymon + -ic.~] Of or forms of the word in other languages. This would be im- 
pertaining to the etymon or primitive form of * i " 1 ' 1 " '" ' Ic - m> -""'-" " f ""' - 1 -">'-'- 
a word. 
etymologert (et-i-mol'o-jer), n. [As F. etymo- 
logue = Sp. etimologo = it. etimoloyo = G. Dan. 
Sw. etymoloq, < L. cti/moloqox, < Gr. frvuoArfyof, , - 
T * ' ! -i n A given only at critical or important points in the history. 
an etymologist: see etymology and -e'l.] An J n a vel ./,.e s tricted but common acceptation, the word 
etymologist. 
Laws there must be ; and "lex aligando," saith the ety- mention or the worrt or root trom wmcn it is derived as 
mologer : it is called a law from binding. w hen buhop is said to be from Greek <ircao,ro s , or chief 
Dr. Griffith, Fear of God and the King (1660), p. 82. 
etymologic, etymological (et"i-mo-loj'ik, -i- 
kal), a. [= F. etymologique = Sp. etimologico = 
Pg. etymologico = It. etimologico (cf. G. etymolo- 
gisclt = Sw. Dan. etymologist;), < LL. etymologi- 
cus, < Gr. eTv/u>/,oyiK6f, belonging to etymology, < 
ing to, treating of, or determined by etymology. 
Without help from etymologic or other record we may 
safely go back ages further. Atheiiteuin, No. 3067, p. 165. 
etymologica, . Plural of etymologicon. 
etymologically (et"i-mo-loj''i-kal-i), adv. Ac- 
cording to or by means of etymology; as re- 
gards etymology. 
We prefer the form which we have employed, because 
it is etymologically correct. 
Macaulay, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. 
Vergers do not seem to have been recognised as "cardi- 
nal " by the Commission, though they might etymolofficallg 
make good their claim to that title as doorkeepers. 
Edinburgh Rev., CLXIII. 175. 
etymologicon, etymologicum (et"i-mo-loj'i- 
" from Latin caput." 
Expoundinge also and declaringe tlie etimologie and na- 
tive signification of suche wordes as we have borowed of 
the Latiues or Krer.ehe meune, not evyn so comonly used 
in our quotidiene speche. 
Quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. xxi. 
This terme [barbarous] being then so vsed by the aun- 
who haue digged for the Etimologie somewhat deeper, and 
many of them haue said that it was spoken by the rude 
and barking language of the Affricans now called Bar- 
barians. Puttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesic, p. 210. 
Before attempting an etymology, ascertain the earliest 
form and use of the word; and observe chronology. Ob- 
serve history and geography; borrowings are due to actual 
contact. Observe, phonetic laws. 
Skeat, Etym. Diet., Pref., p. xxi. 
Those etymologies which seemed strong because of like- 
ness in sound, until it was shown that likeness in sound 
made them impossible. George Eliot, Middlemarch, II. 59. 
3. In gram., that division of grammar which 
treats of the parts of speech and their inflec- 
tions. 
etymon (et'i-mon), n. [= Sp. etimo = Pg. ety- 
mon, < L. etymon, < Gr. enifiov, the true literal 
Eublepharis 
absent, pra-scns, present), ppr. of tivai, be, = 
AS. soth (orig. *santti), E. sooth = Icel. sainir, 
true, sooth: see sooth, and ens, entity, ontology, 
etc., and am (under iel), which represents the 
orig. root of all these words. Hence etymology, 
etc.] 1. The original element of a word ; the 
root or primitive. 
Blue hath its etymon from the High Dutch Maw. 
Peacham, On Drawing. 
The etymologist, therefore, whoever he were, hath de- 
ceived himself in assigning the etymon of this word As- 
syria, while he forgeth this distinction between it and 
2. The original or fundamental sense; the 
primary or root meaning. 
The ini]K>rt here given as the etymon or genuine sense 
of the word. Coleridge. 
etypic (e-tip'ik), a. [< L. e- priv. -f- E. typic.~\ 
In biol, unconformable to type; diverging or 
divergent from a given type ; developing away 
from a norm or standard of structure : opposed 
to attypic. 
etypical (e-tip'i-kal), a. [< etypic + -/.] Same 
as etypic. 
Etiiiiical characters are exceptional ones, and ... are 
exhibited by an eccentric offshoot from the common stock 
of a group. Gill, Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., 1873, p. 293. 
6U-. [L., etc., eu-, < Gr. el-, a very common 
prefix, being the stem of the old adj. tff (dial. 
nvf), good, brave, noble, neut. ace. n>, later rf 
(dial. 7/1')), as an adv., well; prob. orig. *n>c, 
< / *E<T (= Skt. / a*), be, in eivai, be: see am 
(under fte 1 ), etymon, etc. The prefix is strictly 
the stem of the adj., and not the adv. cv; but 
the distinction is slight, and is generally dis- 
regarded, the prefix being more conveniently 
referred directly to the adverb. The prefix is 
used in Greek primarily to form adjectives, the 
second element being usually a noun or verb 
root, and the compound being an adjective 
meaning 'with good . . .,' 'having good . . .,' 
'well-' or 'easily ed,' as in tvxeip, having 
good (quick, dexterous) hands, well-handed, 
si><t>vr/f, well-grown, having a good nature, evuvv- 
/iof, having a good name, well-named, tiidyyeJ-of, 
bringing good news, etc. ; such adjectives being 
often used as nouns, and often having abstract 
or other nouns derived from them.] A pre- 
fix of Greek origin, meaning 'good' (for the 
purpose) or, as used adverbially, ' well,' ' easi- 
ly,' implying excellence, fitness, abundance, 
prosperity, facility, easiness. It is opposed to dyg-, 
as in eulogy, eupepsy, opposed to dytlogy, dyspepsy. In 
evangel and its derivatives e\t- has taken the form ev-, 
which also appears, less properly, in some recent New Latin 
formations. 
euaster (u-as'ter), , [NL., < Gr. ev, well, + 
ao-rt/p, a star.] In sponges, a regular polyact 
or stellate calcareous spicule with stout conic 
rays radiating from one center. 
Euastrosa (u-as-tro'sa), n. pi. [NL., neut. pi. 
of *euastrosu.<i : see euastrose.] In Sollas's clas- 
sification of sponges, a group of choristidan 
tetractinellid sponges having microscleres or 
flesh-spicules in the form of starlike or radi- 
ated spicules, without spirasters, as in the fam- 
ily Stellettida? : distinguished from Xpirastrosa 
and titerrastrosa. 
euastrose (ii-as'tros), a. [< NL. *eixistrosus, < 
Gr. ft' 1 , welli + ampov, a star.] Of or pertain- 
ing to the Euastrosa. 
Eubagis (u'ba-jis), n. [NL. (Boisduval, 1832).] 
In en torn., a genus of nymphalid butterflies, of 
which E. arthemou is the type and sole species. 
eublepharid (u-blef'a-rid), . A lizard of the 
family Eub/ephariilii'. 
Eublepharidae (u-ble-far'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Eublepharis + -#(?.] A family of gecko-like 
kon, ,-kum), n. ; pi. etymologica (-ka). [ML., < sen se of a word according to its origin, its ety- 
Gr. fTv/toAoymov, an etymological dictionary, mology, its primitive form or root ; prop, neut, 
neut. of f TVfwfa-yiKAc, etymological : see etymo- o f - eTVIlof ( a l so in lengthened form tn;n>,uoc, both 
aSQ a W t i contamin S th e etymologies of chiefly poetical), true, sure, real; with forma- 
tive -/(Of, akin to treof, true, real, genuine, iimoc, 
hallowed, sacred, holy, pious, devout (= Skt. 
EttbUpharis 
lizards, typified by the genus Etibleitharis, hav- 
- ^^^^j ^^.v^v, ^^, ^^, ,^., , ^ ing amphacoelous vertebra?, united parietal 
the words of a language; an etymological die- tive -wof, akin to trraf, true, real, genuine, oorop, bones, no parietal bar, and incomplete orbital 
'onary; a treatise on etymology. hallowed, sacred, holy, pious, devout (= Skt, ring. 
No English dictionary at all fulfils the requisites either xatyas,true); cf. erdfrtv, examine, test ; the root Eublepharis (u-blef'a-ris), n. [NL., < Gr. tr, 
well, and pUja/M, tlie eyelids.] A genus of 
lizards, typical of the family Etiblejiliarida; con- 
taining such as E. liarchoicki. 
of a truly scientific or of a popular etyummem. They 
all attempt too much and too little too much of compar- 
ative, too little of positive etymology. 
O. /'. Marsh, Lectures on Eng. Lang., iii. 
*CT being ult. a reduced form of *aevr, "n<nif. 
which appears in av (OVT-), dial, sov (eovr-) (= 
L. ens (eut-), orig. sens (sent-), as in 
