stern
Significat (Anglès)
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- Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
- Grim and forbidding in appearance.
Sinònims
tooshie
hind end
after part
of a harsh temper
serious look
aurtere
grim austere
downward-sloping
beardown
caboose
nervous
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/stɜːn/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English stern, sterne, sturne, from Old English styrne (“stern, grave, strict, austere, hard, severe, cruel”), from Proto-Germanic *sturnijaz (“angry, astonished, shocked”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with Scots stern (“bold, courageous, fierce, resolute”), Old High German stornēn (“to be astonished”), Dutch stuurs (“glum, austere”), Swedish stursk (“insolent”).
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