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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

butters en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʌ.tɚz/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌt.əz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz] (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of butter
    form of butter

butters en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʌ.tɚz/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌt.əz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz] (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of butter
    form of butter

butters en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbʌ.tɚz/ (General-American)
  • /ˈbʌt.əz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz] (General-American)

Etymology

Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Meanings

  1. (UK, not-comparable, slang) Ugly.