LUDE

Meaning of LUDE in English

Pronunciation: ' lüd

Function: noun

Etymology: short for Quaalude, a proprietary name for methaqualone

Date: 1973

: a pill of methaqualone ― usually used in plural

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

LUDE — noun Etymology: short for Quaa~, a proprietary name for methaqualone Date: 1973 a pill of methaqualone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUDE — ˈlüd noun ( -s ) Etymology: short for Quaalude , a proprietary name for methaqualone : a pill of methaqualone …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUDE — /loohd/ , n. Slang. Quaalude. [ 1975-80; by shortening ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LUDE — noun Etymology: short for Quaalude, a proprietary name for methaqualone Date: 1973 : a pill of methaqualone — usually used …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LUDE — lude BrE AmE luːd ▷ ludes luːdz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LUDE — The item, performance, behaviour or thing that occurs between the prelude and the postlude. Example: I enjoyed the lude this …
Slang English vocab
LUDE — n AmE sl A couple of ludes put her in a better mood — Пара этих таблеток привела ее в хорошее …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LUDE — n AmE sl A couple of ludes put her in a better mood — Пара этих таблеток привела ее в …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LUDE — lude n AmE sl A couple of ludes put her in a better mood Пара этих таблеток привела ее в …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LUDE — A couple of ludes put her in a better mood — Пара этих таблеток привела ее в хорошее расположение духа
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WHIST — wist (-lude)
English interlingue dictionary
SPORT — ~; divertissement, lude. SPORTSMAN: sportmann, sportist
English interlingue dictionary
ROMP — bruosi lude
English interlingue dictionary
PUN — n. un lude per paroles, calembur (-ar)
English interlingue dictionary
PLAY — v. luder; (~ water) spruzzar; n. lude; drama, teatrage; function; (freedom of movement) libertá de motion
English interlingue dictionary
GAME — lude; (birds) volallia, chass-avies; (meat) carne savagin
English interlingue dictionary
DRAUGHTS — dama-lude
English interlingue dictionary
POSTLUDE — noun Etymology: post- + -lude (as in prelude) Date: 1851 a closing piece of music, a closing phase (as of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POSTLUDE — ˈpōstˌlüd, -ōˌsl- noun ( -s ) Etymology: post- + -lude (as in prelude ) 1. : a closing piece of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUTEFISK — ˈlüd.əˌfisk, ˈlütə- noun or lut·fisk ˈlütˌf- ; also lu·de·fisk ˈlüdə- ; or lud·fisk ˈlüdˌf- ( -s ) Etymology: lutefisk from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUDHIANA — |lüdē|änə adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Ludhiana, city in northwest India : of or from the city of Ludhiana, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POSTLUDE — /pohst"loohd/ , n. Music. 1. a concluding piece or movement. 2. a voluntary at the end of a church service. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POSTLUDE — noun Etymology: post- + -lude (as in prelude ) Date: 1851 1. : a closing piece of music ; especially …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POST- — Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from post; akin to Lithuanian pas at, Greek apo away from — more at of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAALUDE — [quaa.lude] n [fr. Quaalude, a trademark] (1966): a tablet or capsule of methaqualone
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRELUDE — [pre.lude] n [MF, fr. ML praeludium, fr. L praeludere to play beforehand, fr. prae- + ludere to play--more at ludicrous] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POSTLUDE — [post.lude] n [post- + -lude (as in prelude)] (1851) 1: a closing piece of music; esp: an organ voluntary at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INTERLUDE — [in.ter.lude] n [ME enterlude, fr. ML interludium, fr. L inter- + ludus play--more at ludicrous] (14c) 1: a usu. short …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DELUDE — [de.lude] vt de.lud.ed ; de.lud.ing [ME, fr. L deludere, fr. de- + ludere to play--more at ludicrous] (15c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLLUDE — [col.lude] vi col.lud.ed ; col.lud.ing [L colludere, fr. com- + ludere to play, fr. ludus game--more at ludicrous] (1535): conspire, …
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ALLUDE — [al.lude] vi al.lud.ed ; al.lud.ing [L alludere, lit., to play with, fr. ad- + ludere to play--more at ludicrous] (1533): …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAA-ALUSED — in Estonian folk religion, mysterious elflike small folk living under the earth. Corresponding to these are the Finnish maahiset and …
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