locust

Meaning

Synonyms

Robinia

patanga

short-horned grasshopper

grass-hopper

bristly locust

moss locust

rose acacia

locustidae

a species of grasshoppers

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈləʊ.kəst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English locuste, locust, from Anglo-Norman locuste, Middle French locuste, and their source, Latin locusta (“locust, crustacean, lobster”). Doublet of langouste. The tree sense, originally referring to the carob (compare locust bean), is based on the resemblance of the trees' beanlike seed pods to the insect and is likely a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís). The sense in "Mainlander" is a semantic loan from Cantonese 蝗蟲/蝗虫 (wong4 cung4), also meaning "locust".

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