aasvogel
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Afrikaans aasvogel (“vulture”) (obsolete), from Afrikaans, aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”), from Dutch.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːsˌfəʊ.ɡəl/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˌfoʊ.ɡəl/[1]
Noun[edit]
aasvogel (plural aasvogels)
- (South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
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1912, H. Rider Haggard, Marie:
- As the charge exploded I saw the aasvogel give a kind of backward twist.
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Usage notes[edit]
This word has no currency in modern South African English. It has been used by writers Rider Haggard and Saki to lend colour and authenticity to their works.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 3
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”).
Noun[edit]
aasvogel m (plural aasvogels or aasvogelen, diminutive aasvogeltje n)
- bird feeding on carrion, vulture
- (figuratively) vulture, a person who profits from the suffering of others
Descendants[edit]
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