Saturday, March 30, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: carp

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Mar 31st 2013, 02:46

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# To [[complain]] about a [[fault]]; to [[harp]] on.

  

# To [[complain]] about a [[fault]]; to [[harp]] on.
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# {{obsolete}} To [[say]]; to [[tell]].
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# {{obsolete|transitive}} To find fault with; to [[censure]].
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#: {{rfquotek|Dryden}}
   
 

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Latest revision as of 02:46, 31 March 2013

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[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia

common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (karpa)[1].

[edit] Noun

carp (plural carp or carps)

  1. Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, especially the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.
[edit] See also
[edit] Translations

Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse karpa ("to boast")[1], karp ("bragging").

[edit] Verb

carp (third-person singular simple present carps, present participle carping, simple past and past participle carped)

  1. To complain about a fault; to harp on.
  2. (obsolete) To say; to tell.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To find fault with; to censure.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
[edit] Translations

To complain about a fault

[edit] References
  1. ↑ 1.01.1 "carp" in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

[edit] Anagrams

[edit] Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ca

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpos, "wrist").

[edit] Noun

carp m (plural carps)

  1. carpus
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