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FLEMISH
Flemish
(adjective) of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture; “the Flemish population of Belgium”; “Flemish painters”
Flemish, Flemish dialect
(noun) one of two official languages of Belgium; closely related to Dutch
Flemish
(noun) an ethnic group speaking Flemish and living in northern and western Belgium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
Flemish (comparative more Flemish, superlative most Flemish)
Of or relating to Flanders, either as the historical county of Flanders (the current provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders in Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders in the Netherlands and French Flanders); or as the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium.
Of or relating to the Belgian standard variety of the Dutch language.
Of or relating to West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Proper noun
Flemish
Standard Dutch as it is spoken in Flanders.
West Flemish, East Flemish and/or French Flemish dialects of Dutch.
Anagrams
• Himself, himself, mehfils
Etymology
From "Flemish coil", because the technique of coiling rope in this manner began with sailors from Flanders.
Verb
flemish (third-person singular simple present flemishes, present participle flemishing, simple past and past participle flemished)
(nautical) To coil a rope into a neat pattern on the deck of a ship.
Noun
flemish (plural flemishes)
(nautical) A rope that has been coiled into a neat mat; a flemish coil.
Anagrams
• Himself, himself, mehfils
Source: Wiktionary
Flem"ish, a.
Definition: Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
– n.
Definition: The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc.
– Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.
– Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.
– Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick.
– Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.
– Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.
– Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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