intimidation
/ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/in-tih-mih-DAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/in-tih-mih-DAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of intimidating
Common meaning: frightening into compliance
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- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- timto fearLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1872 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘in, into’ + ‘to fear’ → intimidation
Journey through time
- Latintimeō‘to fear’
- Englishintimidate‘to frighten into obeying’
- Englishformed in English from intimidateintimidation‘frightening into compliance’ · 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: Formed in English from intimidate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), INTIMIDATE, p.299 · scan
Roots
- timeō Latin “to fear”
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