cond
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cond¹
- /kɒnd/ UK
- /kɑnd/ US
Sounds like conned · Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
Clipping.
adjective
- Clipping of conditional
cond²
- /kɒnd/ UK
- /kɑnd/ US
Sounds like conned · Rhymes with -ɒnd
Where it comes from
From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.
verb conds · conding · conded
- Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”). Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]
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title = {cond},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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