scorpion
See also: Scorpion
English
[edit]
a fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus sp.)
scorpion cheerleading move (3)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
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 various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
- 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,
- (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
- false scorpion
- microwhip scorpion
- pseudoscorpion
- rock scorpion
- scorpionate
- scorpion bowl
- scorpion bug
- scorpionfish
- scorpion fly
- scorpionfly
- scorpion grass
- scorpionid
- scorpionism
- scorpion kick
- scorpionlike
- scorpion lobster
- scorpion plant
- scorpion shell
- scorpion spider
- scorpion volley
- scorpionweed
- sea scorpion
- Trinidad scorpion
- water scorpion
- whip scorpion
Translations
[edit]any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones
| |||||||||||
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]
scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpion m (plural scorpions)
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 | |||
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Anglo-Norman
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Bible
- en:Scorpions
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Scorpions
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms inherited from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Insects
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Romanian doublets
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian masculine nouns
- ro:Arachnids