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noun
1.
a remark, observation, or criticism: a comment about the weather.
2.
gossip; talk: His frequent absences gave rise to comment.
3.
a criticism or interpretation, often by implication or suggestion: The play is a comment on modern society.
4.
a note in explanation, expansion, or criticism of a passage in a book, article, or the like; annotation.
5.
EXPANDexplanatory or critical matter added to a text.
verb (used without object)
7.
to make remarks, observations, or criticisms: He refused to comment on the decision of the court.
8.
to write explanatory or critical notes upon a text.
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Commented
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. |
verb (used with object)
9.
to make comments or remarks on; furnish with comments; annotate.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English coment < Latin commentum device, fabrication (Late Latin: interpretation, commentary), noun use of neuter of commentus (past participle of comminīscī to devise), equivalent to com- com- + men- (base of mēns, mentis mind) + -tus past participle ending
1350–1400; Middle English coment < Latin commentum device, fabrication (Late Latin: interpretation, commentary), noun use of neuter of commentus (past participle of comminīscī to devise), equivalent to com- com- + men- (base of mēns, mentis mind) + -tus past participle ending
Related forms
com·ment·a·ble, adjective
com·ment·er, noun
pre·com·ment, noun, verb
un·com·ment·ed, adjective
un·com·ment·ing, adjective
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comment
c.1400, L. commentum in L.L. "comment, interpretation," lit. "invention," neut. pp. of comminisci "to contrive, devise," from com- intens. prefix + base of meminisse "to remember," related to mens (gen. mentis) "mind." Original L. meaning was "something invented;" taken by Isidore and other Christian
EXPANDtheologians for "interpretation, annotation." The verb is from c.1450. No comment as a stock refusal to answer a journalist's question is first recorded 1950, from Truman's White House press secretary, Charles Ross.
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