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purge

/ˈpɜːdʒ/PURJ
/ˈpɝdʒ/PURJ

Meaningto cleanse

Common meaning: to rid of unwanted things

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√PU‘purify, cleanse, make clear or evident’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 208, p. 737 · scan
  2. Latinpūrus, -a, -um‘clean, unmixed’
  3. Middle Englishpurgensource
  4. Englishpurge‘to rid of unwanted things’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin pūrus ‘clean, unmixed’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pūrus, p. 1492 · dictionary scan

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