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Englished

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Eng⋅lish

  [ing-glish or, often, -lish]
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–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
2. belonging or pertaining to, or spoken or written in, the English language.
–noun
3. the people of England collectively, esp. as distinguished from the Scots, Welsh, and Irish.
4. the Germanic language of the British Isles, widespread and standard also in the U.S. and most of the British Commonwealth, historically termed Old English (c450–c1150), Middle English (c1150–c1475), and Modern English (after c1475). Abbreviation: E
5. English language, composition, and literature as offered as a course of study in school.
6. a specific variety of this language, as that of a particular time, place, or person: American English; Shakespearean English.
7. simple, straightforward language: What does all that jargon mean in English?
8. Sports. (sometimes lowercase)
a. a spinning motion imparted to a ball, esp. in billiards.
b. body English.
9. Printing. a 14-point type of a size between pica and Columbian.
10. a grade of calendered paper having a smooth matte finish.
–verb (used with object)
11. to translate into English: to English Euripides.
12. to adopt (a foreign word) into English; Anglicize.
13. (sometimes lowercase) Sports. to impart English to (a ball).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE Englisc, equiv. to Engle (pl.) the English (cf. L Anglī; see Angle ) + -isc -ish 1

Related forms:
Eng⋅lish⋅ness, noun
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Eng·lish   (ĭng'glĭsh)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its people or culture.

  2. Of or relating to the English language.

n.  

  1. (used with a pl. verb) The people of England.

    1. The West Germanic language of England, the United States, and other countries that are or have been under English influence or control.

    2. The English language of a particular time, region, person, or group of persons: American English.

    3. The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

    4. Bodily movement in an effort to influence the movement of a propelled object; body English.

  3. A translation into or an equivalent in the English language.

  4. A course or individual class in the study of English language, literature, or composition.

  5. also english

    1. The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

    2. Bodily movement in an effort to influence the movement of a propelled object; body English.

tr.v.   Eng·lished, Eng·lish·ing, Eng·lish·es

  1. To translate into English.

  2. To adapt into English; Anglicize.


[Middle English, from Old English Englisc, from Engle, the Angles.]
Eng'lish·ness n.
Word History: English is derived from England, one would think. But in fact the language name is found long before the country name. The latter first appears as Englaland around the year 1000, and means "the land of the Engle," that is, the Angles. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes were the three Germanic tribes who emigrated from what is now Denmark and northern Germany and settled in England beginning about the fourth century A.D. Early on, the Angles enjoyed a rise to power that must have made them seem more important than the other two tribes, for all three tribes are indiscriminately referred to in early documents as Angles. The speech of the three tribes was conflated in the same way: they all spoke what would have been called *Anglisc, or "Anglish," as it were. By the earliest recorded Old English, this had changed to Englisc. In Middle English, the first vowel had already changed further to the familiar (ĭ) of today, as reflected in the occasional spellings Ingland and Inglish. Thus the record shows that the Germanic residents of what Shakespeare called "this sceptered isle" knew that they were speaking English long before they were aware that they were living in England.
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Word Origin & History

English  (1)
"people or speech of England," O.E. Englisc, from Engle (pl.) "the Angles," one of the Gmc. groups that overran the island 5c., supposedly so-called because Angul, the land they inhabited on the Jutland coast, was shaped like a fish hook (but how could they know this from the ground?). The term was used from earliest times without distinction for all the Gmc. invaders -- Angles, Saxon, Jutes (Bede's gens Anglorum) -- and applied to their group of related languages by Alfred the Great. In pronunciation, "En-" has become "In-," but the older spelling has remained. Meaning "English language or literature as a subject at school" is from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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