scorpion
See also: Scorpion
English
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A fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus sp.)
Scorpion cheerleading move (4)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
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From Middle English scorpioun, skorpioun, schorpion, schorpiun, partly from Old English sċorpio and partly from Anglo-Norman scorpïun, Old French scorpïon, escorpïon; all from Latin scorpiō, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). The cheerleading move is so called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger. Displaced native Old English þrōwend (“scorpion”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɔː.pi.ən/, /-pɪ.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən/, /'skwɚ-/
Noun
[edit]scorpion (plural scorpions)
- Any of the order Scorpiones of arachnids related to spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting at the end.
- Hypernyms: arachnid < arthropod < bug (broad sense) < invertebrate < animal < creature, critter
- Coordinate terms: (other arachnids) spider, tick, mite; (other arthropods) insect
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:15:
- Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,
- 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 258:
- I have caught them under my pillow and on my head; while in every box, and under every board which has lain for some days undisturbed, little scorpions are sure to be found snugly ensconced, with their formidable tails quickly turned up ready for attack or defence.
- (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
- (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
- A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
- (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
- Coordinate term: scourge
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11:
- And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Derived terms
[edit]- bark scorpion
- book scorpion
- book-scorpion
- emperor scorpion
- false scorpion
- microwhip scorpion
- pseudoscorpion
- rock scorpion
- scorpionate
- scorpion bowl
- scorpion broom
- scorpion bug
- scorpionfish
- scorpion fly
- scorpionfly
- scorpion grass
- scorpionid
- scorpionism
- scorpion kick
- scorpionlike
- scorpion lobster
- scorpion mouse
- scorpion plant
- scorpion senna
- scorpion shell
- scorpion spider
- scorpion volley
- scorpionweed
- sea scorpion
- Trinidad scorpion
- water scorpion
- whip scorpion
- wind scorpion
Translations
[edit]any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
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See also
[edit]Further reading
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scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpion m (plural scorpions)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: scorpion
Further reading
[edit]- “scorpion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpion
- alternative form of scorpioun
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōnem, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Noun
[edit]scorpion m (plural scorpions)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Doublet of scorpie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpion m (plural scorpioni)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | scorpion | scorpionul | scorpioni | scorpionii |
| genitive-dative | scorpion | scorpionului | scorpioni | scorpionilor |
| vocative | scorpionule | scorpionilor | ||
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