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daub

/ˈdɔːb/DAWB
/ˈdɔb/DAWB

Meaningwhitewash

Common meaning: smear a surface roughly

Journey through time

  1. Latindealbare‘whitewash’source
  2. Old Frenchmeaning shiftswhitewash → plaster or coatdauber‘plaster or coat’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsplaster or coat → smeardauben‘smear’source
  4. Englishdaub‘smear a surface roughly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin dealbare ‘whitewash’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DAUB, p. 153 · dictionary scan

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