■ adjective (especially of something undesirable) widespread: male chauvinism was ~ in medicine.
↘( ~ with ) full of.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
OE rȳfe , prob. from ON rīfr 'acceptable'.
■ adjective (especially of something undesirable) widespread: male chauvinism was ~ in medicine.
↘( ~ with ) full of.
Derivatives
~ness noun
Origin
OE rȳfe , prob. from ON rīfr 'acceptable'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004