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Audio Help [kris-muh
s or, often, eks-muh
s] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [kris-muh
s or, often, eks-muh
s] Pronunciation Key —Usage note The abbreviation Xmas for Christmas dates from the mid 16th century. The X is the Greek letter chi, the initial in the word Χριστός (Christos) “Christ.” In spite of a long and respectable history, today Xmas is offensive to many, perhaps because of its associations with advertising. It is not used in formal writing.
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Audio Help (krĭs'məs, ěks'məs) Pronunciation Key
n. Christmas. [From X, the Greek letter chi, first letter of Greek Khrīstos, Christ; see Christ.] Usage Note: Xmas has been used for hundreds of years in religious writing, where the X represents a Greek chi, the first letter of Χριστoς, "Christ." In this use it is parallel to other forms like Xtian, "Christian." But people unaware of the Greek origin of this X often mistakenly interpret Xmas as an informal shortening pronounced (ěks'məs). Many therefore frown upon the term Xmas because it seems to them a commercial convenience that omits Christ from Christmas. |
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Xmas
"Christmas," 1551, X'temmas, wherein the X is an abbreviation for Christ in Christmas, from first letter of Gk. Christos "Christ" (see Christ). The earlier way to abbreviate it was Xp- or Xr-, corresponding to "Chr-," and the form Xres mæsse for "Christmas" appears in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" (c.1100).
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| xmas | |
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| a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: Christmas] |
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Xmas [ˈkrisməs]
short for Christmas
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
| Xmas Christmas |
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