Synonyms for p


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : pee
Phonetic Transcription : pi

Top 10 synonyms for p Other synonyms for the word p

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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