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Un
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Varias de las vértebras de un embrión de ictiosaurio conservadas en el estómago de un plesiosaurio.
- Dentro de un refugio de zorrillo tras otro, los insectos comen, se emparejan y ponen sus huevos.
- Dans un jardin blanc comme le sable de la jeunesse je vois solitaire la main de la vie et le souffle du soleil.
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un-
1a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment).
un-
2
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World English Dictionary
| UN | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| United Nations | |
| 'un or un (ən) | |
| —pron | |
| a spelling of one : that's a big 'un | |
| usage This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation | |
| un or un | |
| —pron | |
| usage This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation | |
| 'un or un (ən) | |
| —pron | |
| a spelling of one : that's a big 'un | |
| usage This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation | |
| un or un | |
| —pron | |
| usage This spelling is intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
un-
prefix of reversal (e.g. unhand, undo, unbutton), O.E. on-, un-, from P.Gmc. *andi- (cf. O.S. ant-, O.N. and-, Du. ont-, O.H.G. ant-, Ger. ant-, Goth. and- "against"), from PIE *anti "facing opposite, near, in front of, before" (see ante).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
un- 1
pref.
Not: unmyelinated.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| un unit |
UN
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