-SIES

Meaning of -SIES in English

plural of -sy

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PROPHECY — also prophesy noun (plural -cies; also -sies) Etymology: Middle English prophecie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin prophetia, from Greek prophēteia, …
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NECROPSY — I. noun (plural -sies) Date: 1856 autopsy 1, II. transitive verb (-sied; -sying) Date: 1927 to perform an autopsy on
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NARCOLEPSY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1880 a condition characterized by brief attacks of deep sleep often occurring …
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LITHOTRIPSY — noun (plural -sies) see: throw Date: 1834 the breaking (as by shock waves or crushing with a surgical instrument) of …
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JEALOUSY — noun (plural -sies) Date: 13th century a jealous disposition, attitude, or feeling, zealous vigilance
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IDIOSYNCRASY — noun (plural -sies) see: crater Date: 1604 1. a peculiarity of constitution or temperament ; an individualizing characteristic or quality, …
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HYPOCRISY — noun (plural -sies) see: certain Date: 13th century a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what …
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HERESY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: Middle English heresie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from Greek, action …
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FANTASY — I. noun also phantasy (plural -sies) see: fancy Date: 14th century hallucination , fancy , a creation of the imaginative …
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EPILEPSY — noun (plural -sies) see: latch Date: 1543 any of various disorders marked by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain and …
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EMBASSY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: Middle French ambassee, ultimately of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German ambaht service Date: 1534 …
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ECSTASY — noun (plural -sies) see: ex- Date: 14th century 1. a state of being beyond reason and self-control, swoon , a …
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CURTESY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: Middle English corteisie courtesy Date: 1523 a husband's interest upon the death of his wife in …
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COURTESY — I. noun (plural -sies) Etymology: Middle English corteisie, from Anglo-French curteisie, from curteis Date: 13th century 1. courteous behavior, a …
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CONTROVERSY — noun (plural -sies) see: worth Date: 14th century a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views ; dispute …
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CATALEPSY — noun (plural -sies) see: latch Date: 14th century a trancelike state marked by loss of voluntary motion in which the …
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BIOPSY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2bi- + -opsy (as in autopsy) Date: 1895 the removal and examination of …
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AUTOPSY — noun (plural -sies) see: optic Date: 1678 an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death …
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ARGOSY — noun (plural -sies) Etymology: modification of Italian ragusea Ragusan vessel, from Ragusa, Dalmatia (now Dubrovnik, Croatia) Date: 1581 a large …
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APOSTASY — noun (plural -sies) see: stand Date: 14th century renunciation of a religious faith, abandonment of a previous loyalty ; defection
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NECROPSY — I. ˈne-ˌkräp-sē noun ( plural -sies ) Date: 1856 : autopsy 1 ; especially : an autopsy performed on an …
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FANTASY — I. noun also phan·ta·sy ˈfan-tə-sē, -zē ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Middle English fantasie — more at fancy Date: 14th …
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COURTESY — I. ˈkər-tə-sē, Brit also ˈkȯr- noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Middle English corteisie, from Anglo-French curteisie, from curteis Date: …
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PROPHECY — also proph·e·sy ˈprä-fə-sē ( plural -cies also -sies ) Etymology: Middle English prophecie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin prophetia, from …
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NARCOLEPSY — noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1880 : a condition characterized by brief attacks of deep …
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LITHOTRIPSY — noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: lith- + Greek tripsis a rubbing, from tribein to rub — more at throw …
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JEALOUSY — noun ( plural -sies ) Date: 13th century 1. : a jealous disposition, attitude, or feeling 2. : zealous vigilance
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IDIOSYNCRASY — noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Greek idiosynkrasia, from idio- + synkerannynai to blend, from syn- + kerannynai to mingle, …
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HYPOCRISY — hī- noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Middle English ypocrisie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act …
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HERESY — noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Middle English heresie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from …
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EPILEPSY — noun ( plural -sies ) Etymology: Middle English epilencie, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French epelempsie, modification of Late Latin epilepsia, …
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