{ "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "\u02c8g\u00e6l\u0259ksi" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/galaxy.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/galaxy.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/galaxy.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek \u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 (galax\u00edas, \u201cMilky Way\u201d), from \u03b3\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1 (g\u00e1la, \u201cmilk\u201d)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. \n1633, John Donne, Sapho to Phil\u00e6nis:So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie ." }, { "mean": "(astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe." }, { "mean": "(figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.\n1936 December 1, Thrilling Wonder Stories, page 127, column 1: galaxy of science fiction stars." }, { "mean": "(fashion, design) Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.\n2016, Reyna Young, Hanover Falls\u200e, page 42:Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like stepping into space.\n2017, Rebekah L. Purdy, Incriminating Dating\u200e:Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face, and she wore a May the Force Be With You T-shirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans.\n2018, Isabel Scheck, Survival\u200e, page 15:She hurriedly said that she found an faded galaxy blanket. She loved galaxy patterned things." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To furnish with galaxies.\n1836, anonymous, \u201cThe Victim Bride: A Tale of Monadnock\u201d, in The Philadelphia Visiter, volume 1, number 14, page 53: how he struggled at one time like a desperate man fiercly grappling with his mortal foe, and at another like a sanguine lover and noble minded youth, as the cliffy rocks impeded his progress, or dimmed the view he had caught of an aperture, through which the galaxied firmament was seen in its purity and holiness glowing with diamonds and saphires; \n1838, John Edmund Reade, Italy: a poem, in six parts, page 138:In dazzling light expands the mighty Dome: / Mirror of Heaven,\u2014but Heaven when she doth wear / All galaxied with Stars her flashing hair!\n2018, Adrian G. R. Scott, \u201cA Canticle to Creatureliness\u201d, in A Night Sea Journey:To be dwarfed in a galaxied sky, / doming, arcing, and revolving over / The little space I briefly occupy." }, { "mean": "(archaic) To gather together into a luminous whole.\n1702, Cotton Mather, \u201c).] Chapter I. Remains of the First Classis.\u201d, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698.\u00a0, London: Thomas Parkhurst,\u00a0, \u2192OCLC, 4th part (Remains: Or, Shorter Accounts of Sundry Divines,\u00a0), page 213, column 1:Let all their Vertues then be Galaxied into this one Indi\u017ftinct Lu\u017ftre, they vvere Faithful Servants of Chri\u017ft, and Sufferers for their being \u017fo.\n1841, Edgar Allan Poe, \u201cReview of New Books\u201d, in Graham\u2019s Magazine, volume 18, number 5, page 249:The brilliancies on one page of Lalla Roohk would have sufficed to establish that very reputation which has been in a great measure self-dimned by the galaxied lustre of the entire book.\n1844, Horace Smith, Arthur Arundel: A Tale of the English Revolution, volume 1, page 172:How dazzling must their brightness be when they are galaxied in a single bosom!" } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "galaxy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n\n\n\n\n -->\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=galaxyoldid=75287151\"\n\t\tCategories: English terms inherited from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Old FrenchEnglish terms derived from LatinEnglish terms derived from Ancient GreekEnglish 3-syllable wordsEnglish terms with IPA pronunciationEnglish terms with audio linksEnglish lemmasEnglish nounsEnglish countable nounsEnglish terms with rare sensesEnglish terms with quotationsen:Galaxiesen:Fashionen:DesignEnglish verbsEnglish terms with archaic sensesen:AstronomyHidden categories: Quotation templates to be cleanedTerms with redundant transliterationsTerms with redundant transliterations/cmnTerms with manual transliterations different from the automated onesTerms with manual transliterations different from the automated ones/palRequests for review of Latin translations\n\t\n\n\n\n\tNavigation menu\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tPersonal tools\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tNot logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog in\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tNamespaces\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEntryDiscussion\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tEnglish\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tViews\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tReadEditHistory\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMore\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\tSearch\n\t\n\t\t
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