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Synonyms for p
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : pee |
| Phonetic Transcription : pi |
Top 10 synonyms for p
- daily grind
- dull
- fair
- familiar
- fashion
- form
- formulaic
- garden
- garden variety
- generic
- grind
- groove
- habit
- habitual
- habitude
- hang-up
- homespun
- household
- humble
- indifferent
- inferior
- into
- manner
- matter of course
- mean
- mediocre
- mode
- modest
- no great shakes
- normal
- normalcy
- normality
- observance
- ordinariness
- p
- practice
- praxis
- precedent
- prevalence
Définition of p
Origin :- a rare letter in the initial position in Germanic, in part because by Grimm's Law PIE p- became Germanic f-; even with the early Latin borrowings in Old English, -p- takes up a little over 4 pages in J.R. Clark Hall's "Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary," compared to 31 pages for B and more than 36 for F. But it now is the third-most-common initial letter in the English vocabulary, and with C and S comprises nearly a third of the dictionary, a testimony to the flood of words that have entered the language since 1066 from Latin, Greek, and French.
- To mind one's Ps and Qs (1779), possibly is from confusion of these letters among children learning to write. Another theory traces it to old-time tavern-keepers tracking their patrons' bar tabs in pints and quarts. But cf. also to be P and Q (1610s), "to be excellent," a slang phrase said to derive from prime quality.
- As in garden-variety : adj ordinary
- As in habitualness : noun usualness
- Stop for us at the Laurels, about eleven, or p'r'aps I'll stroll over and get you.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- We'll land that stake; an' p'raps the sharp division'll take a tumble.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- I tell you p'intedly you cyarnt nevah b'lieve what you heahs.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- He can't marry Miss P——, nor yet her fortune, nor ever shall!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- All this you was on the p'int of losin' through bein' slow on your feet.
- Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
- "Love doesn't begin with a P," he remarked to the opposite wall.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- He told me that he made it a p'int to get what he wanted and he was goin' to get it now.
- Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It's my pump, but I'll stretch a p'int and not charge for it this time.'
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Them that had errands made it a p'int to cruise past that way.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- P'r'aps you thought he was the one to 'do the worryin', hey?
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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