revile
/ɹiˈvaɪl/ree-VYL
/ɹiˈvaɪl/ree-VYL
Meaningcheap or of little value
Common meaning: attack with abusive language
- revilecheap or of little valueSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 507 · scan
Journey through time
- Latinwilis‘cheap or of little value’source
- Old Frenchmeaning shiftscheap or of little value → insultaviler‘insult’source
- Frenchmeaning shiftsinsult → nor vilerreviler‘nor viler’source
- Middle Englishmeaning shiftsnor viler → insultreuilen‘insult’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsinsult → attack with abusive languagerevile‘attack with abusive language’ · 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 wilis ‘cheap or of little value’.
Roots
- wilis Latin “cheap or of little value”
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