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prettygoodword) wrote2014-01-02 07:10 am
prettygoodword) wrote2014-01-02 07:10 am
cete
cete (SEET) - n., a group of badgers.
The collective noun for badgers. (Also, a cetacean, but that's not as interesting.) In use since at least the 15th century, origin unknown but speculations include either Medieval Latin cetus, assembly, from Latin coetus, a coming together, or a variant of Middle English cite, city, a usage suggested by similarity of Middle English forms for borough and burrow. That last sounds strained to me, but there it is.
---L.
The collective noun for badgers. (Also, a cetacean, but that's not as interesting.) In use since at least the 15th century, origin unknown but speculations include either Medieval Latin cetus, assembly, from Latin coetus, a coming together, or a variant of Middle English cite, city, a usage suggested by similarity of Middle English forms for borough and burrow. That last sounds strained to me, but there it is.
---L.