Gaelic: Di-luain (moon day); Di-máirt (Mars's day); Di-ciaduinn or Di-ciadaoin (day of the first fast of the week - Friday being the second fast); Diardaoin (the day between the two fasts of Wednesday and Friday); Di-haoine or Dia-aoine (day of the fast) Di-sathuirn (...
"of the anus;" see anus. Anal-retentive is attested by 1957 in psychological jargon. Anal… See origin and meaning of anal.
It might also be the source of: Sanskritaniti"breathes;" Greekanemos"wind;" Latinanimus"rational soul, mind, life, mental powers, consciousness, sensibility; courage, desire,"anima"living being, soul, mind, disposition, passion, courage, anger, spirit, feeling;" Old Irishanal, Welshanadl"bre...
chiefly British English spelling of analyze (q.v.), which was the former spelling there (as in Johnson's dictionary). In 17c. analize also was used. Analyse is better than analyze, but merely as being the one of the two equally indefensible forms that has won. The correct but no ...
Originating from Greek analemma meaning "prop, support," the term evolved via Latin for a sundial pedestal to denote a celestial sphere projection and an astronom...
"literary gleanings," from Latin analecta, from Greek analekta, literally "things… See origin and meaning of analects.
"absence of pain, incapacity of feeling pain in a part, though tactile sense is… See origin and meaning of analgesia.
"one who practices sodomy," also "resident of biblical Sodom," from Old French Sodomite… See origin and meaning of sodomite.
"coward, timid person," by 1871, American English slang, from 'fraid (by 1816), childish… See origin and meaning of fraidy-cat.
"loosening, dissolving, dissolution," from Greek lysis "a loosening, setting free,… See origin and meaning of -lysis.