Definition of prefix wanted
Ole Martin Kristensen
prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
far. Any suggestions?
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Ethan Bradford
I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
far. Any suggestions?
"Int" is not the prefix.
The first word should be divided as "in-trude". "In", though it is
from Latin, has the obvious meaning in English; "trudere" is
(according to my American Heritage dictionary) Latin for "thrust", so
to intrude is to thrust one's self in to a situation. Similar words
are: "protrude", to stick out; and "extrude" to squeeze out.
The second word should be divided as "intra-venous". "Intra-" means
within; "veneous" means having to do with the veins. Thus, a drug
which must be taken intravenously must be injected into the veins.
"Intra" also shows up in "intramural", within the walls (but now,
within the institution), and a bunch more medical terms with obvious
meanings.
"Int" also shows up as part of "inter-", which means "between" (the
opposite of "intra-"), and "intro-" which means "in" or "into". Most
other words which start with "int" have a prefix of "in-" and a
body that starts with "t".
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Bengt G{llmo
> I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
> prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
> far. Any suggestions?
In-trude, from Latin in trudere, to thrust in
Intra-venous, within a vein
If there is a prefix 'int', these are not examples of it.
Bengt
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Ole Martin Kristensen
> In article <1992Apr3.0...@ugle.unit.no>, o...@Lise.Unit.NO
> (Ole Martin Kristensen) writes:
> > I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
> > prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
> > far. Any suggestions?
>
> In-trude, from Latin in trudere, to thrust in
> Intra-venous, within a vein
>
> If there is a prefix 'int', these are not examples of it.
>
> Bengt
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My original posting may not have appeared quite as it should according to
Netiquette (what a thoroughly American word!) - you see, all my Smileys were
in the wash.
I repeat my question: any suggestions?
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Peter Moylan
> prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
> far. Any suggestions?
From the Latin "interruptus", which Roman computer programmers usually
wrote as INT. From this we get words like:
int-rude: to interrupt rudely.
int-ravenous: direct intake of nutrients into the blood, interrupting
the normal path for processing food, for someone who
is very hungry.
int-act: the state resulting from being interrupted before
one could act.
int-er: what you say about someone whose life has been interrupted.
int-end: what you will do after processing all interrupts.
int-I-mate: a level of relationship which allows one to
interrupt what the other person was doing and
... well, you get the general idea.
int-wine: one possible thing to do between drinks.
I imagine that others will think of more examples.
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Graham Toal gtoal@vangogh.cs.berkeley.edu
:I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
:prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
:far. Any suggestions?
Don't tell me - you posted whilst int-oxicated?
G :-)
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Graham Toal gtoal@vangogh.cs.berkeley.edu
:In article <1992Apr3.0...@ugle.unit.no> o...@Lise.Unit.NO (Ole Martin Kristensen) writes:
:
: I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
: prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
: far. Any suggestions?
:
:"Int" is not the prefix.
Ethan, I think he was joking.
G
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Graham Toal
:My original posting may not have appeared quite as it should according to
:Netiquette (what a thoroughly American word!) - you see, all my Smileys were
:in the wash.
: I repeat my question: any suggestions?
Is this the int-ended response?
G
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Peter Moylan
> I've been looking in my dictionary for definitions/usage information on the
> prefix 'int' - as in 'int-rude' or 'int-ravenous', but have found nothing so
> far. Any suggestions?
I couldn't resist adding just one more:
int-erred: Post-mortem dump
Peter.