Bitter
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bitter¹
- /ˈbɪt.ə/ UK
- [ˈbɪt.ʰə] UK
- [ˈbɪʔ.ə] UK, also, colloquial
- /ˈbɪ.tɚ/ US
- [ˈbɪ.ɾɚ] US
Sounds like bidder (in some dialects) · Rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd-der.
Proto-Indo-European *bʰidrós
Proto-Germanic *bitraz
Proto-West Germanic *bitr
Old English biter
Middle English bittre
English bitter
From Middle English bitter, bittre, from Old English bitter, biter (“bitter”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitr, from Proto-Germanic *bitraz (“bitter”), equivalent to bite + -er (agent noun suffix) used attributively. Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian, Low German, Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bitter, Icelandic bitur (all meaning “bitter”).
adjective more bitter · bitterer · most bitter · bitterest
- Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance). The coffee tasted bitter.
- Harsh, piercing, acerbic or stinging. It was at the end of February, […] when the world was cold, and a bitter wind howled down the moors […].
- Hateful or hostile. They're bitter enemies.
- Cynical and resentful. I've been bitter ever since that defeat.
Similar: acrid, caustic, acerb, acerbic, bitter, bittersome, sharp
adverb more bitter · most bitter
- To an intense or severe degree; bitterly. A dynamic personality in the outfit, he met his death in the bitter-fought engagements in Venafro.
noun bitters
- A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic. Thus I begin: "All is not gold that glitters, "Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters.
- A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
- A turn of a cable about the bitts.
Similar: English pale ale, EPA
verb bitters · bittering · bittered
- To make bitter. bittered with the hop
bitter²
- /ˈbɪt.ə/ UK
- [ˈbɪt.ʰə] UK
- [ˈbɪʔ.ə] UK, also, colloquial
- /ˈbɪ.tɚ/ US
- [ˈbɪ.ɾɚ] US
Sounds like bidder (in some dialects) · Rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
English bit
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English bitter
From bit + -er.
noun bitters
- A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits). However, 16-bitters are far more expensive than the 8-bit variety. And, unfortunately, have only a handful of business applications software packages that really take advantage of them.
Bitter³
proper noun
- A surname from Dutch or German.
