schemer
/ˈskimə/SKEE-mur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈskimɚ/SKEE-mur
Meaningone who schemes
Common meaning: someone who plots
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- schemhow a thing is held or set out; its outlineLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 787 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*sagh-‘bear, endure, hold, hold in, restrain’source
- Greekσχῆμα‘how a thing is held or set out’
- Latinschema
- Englishscheme‘a plan, esp. a crafty one’
- Englishformed in English from schemeschemer‘someone who plots’ · 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: Formed in English from scheme + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SCHEME, p.530 · scan
Roots
- σχῆμα Greek “how a thing is held or set out; its outline”
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