stricture
/ˈstɹɪktʃə/STRIK-chur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈstɹɪktʃɚ/STRIK-chur
Meaningthe act of binding tight
Common meaning: a severe criticism
Other meanings: a narrowing
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- strictto draw tight, bindLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1766 · scan
- urenoun ending: result or process
Journey through time
- Proto-Indo-European*starg-‘to stretch tight’source
- Latinstringō, strīnxī, strictum‘to draw tight, bind’
- Englishstrict‘demanding exact obedience’
- Englishformed in English from strictstricture‘a severe criticism’ · 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 strict + -ure.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), STRICT, p.602 · scan
Roots
- stringō, strīnxī, strictum Latin “to draw tight, bind”
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