husky
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From husk + -y; in relation to voice, from the sense "dry as a husk" or "tough as a husk".
Adjective[edit]
husky (comparative huskier, superlative huskiest)
- (of a voice) Hoarse and rough-sounding.
- (US, euphemistic) Burly, stout.
- 1910, Hamlin Garland, Other Main-Travelled Roads:
- You look like a good, husky man to pitch in the barnyard […]
- 1965, Popular Mechanics, September issue, page 22:
- Word got around quickly that this plane, which has been flying since January, is bigger and huskier than our proposed C-5A […]
- (US) A modifier for boys' clothing sizes that fit a large waist or chest.
- Abounding with husks; consisting of husks.
- 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- Some swains have sown before: but most have found
A husky harvest from the grudging ground.
- (slang, archaic) Belligerent; hostile and uncooperative.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- “Well, here it is,” said Silver. “We want that treasure, and we’ll have it — that’s our point! You would just as soon save your lives, I reckon; and that’s yours. You have a chart, haven’t you?”
“That’s as may be,” replied the captain.
“Oh, well, you have, I know that,” returned Long John. “You needn’t be so husky with a man; there ain’t a particle of service in that, and you may lay to it. What I mean is, we want your chart. Now, I never meant you no harm, myself.”
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Etymology 2[edit]
Shortening of husky dog, where husky is ultimately from the same Old Montagnais root as Eskimo.
Noun[edit]
husky (plural huskies)
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Further reading[edit]
- husky on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:husky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Czech[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
husky m anim
- husky (breed of dog)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
husky
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyer, definite plural huskyene)
- a husky (breed of dog)
References[edit]
- “husky” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
husky m (definite singular huskyen, indefinite plural huskyar, definite plural huskyane)
- husky (breed of dog)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English husky.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
husky m animal (indeclinable)
- husky (dog)
Further reading[edit]
- husky in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- husky in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English husky.
Noun[edit]
husky m (plural huskys)
- husky (dogs)
Usage notes[edit]
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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