Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-<span class="searchmatch">date</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-dates) (informal) An inflatable sex doll. 1992 January, Kevin...
<span class="searchmatch">a</span> tendency to <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span> the number of Palestinian casualties in the Gaza Strip. deflate disinflate hyperinflate inflatability inflatable <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-<span class="searchmatch">date</span>...
heavy <span class="searchmatch">date</span> holidate hot <span class="searchmatch">date</span> in <span class="searchmatch">date</span> <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>-<span class="searchmatch">a</span>-<span class="searchmatch">date</span> interdate International <span class="searchmatch">Date</span> Line issue <span class="searchmatch">date</span> it's <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">date</span> mandate man <span class="searchmatch">date</span> misdate month to <span class="searchmatch">date</span> multidate...
(“boldness”), from *balþaz (“bold”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>, swell”). Cognate with Old High German baldī (“boldness, courage”) (Middle...
from Old French enfler, from Latin īnflāre. IPA(key): /<span class="searchmatch">ɑ̃</span>.fle/ enfler (transitive) to <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span> (transitive) to fill (transitive) to build up (an emotion)...
<span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>”), Dutch opblazen (“to blow up, <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>”), German aufblähen and aufblasen (“to blow up, <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>”), Swedish blåsa upp (“to blow up, <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>”)...
Proto-Germanic *brusts, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell, blow, <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>”). IPA(key): /bɔ(ː)rs/ bors (plural borste, diminutive borsie) chest breast...
See also: -<span class="searchmatch">à</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">á</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">â</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">ä</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">ã</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">ă</span>, -<span class="searchmatch">ǎ</span>, -а, and Appendix:Variations of "<span class="searchmatch">a</span>" Languages (58) Translingual • English Abau • Albanian • Basque • Catalan • Cebuano...
Psycho Jungle Cat, page 62: I realized that the purpose of writing is to <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span> weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. (intransitive...
prostitute away. To cause to swell or dilate; to <span class="searchmatch">inflate</span>. <span class="searchmatch">a</span> bladder puffed with air c. 1590–1592 (<span class="searchmatch">date</span> written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the...