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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
conperson en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti
Proto-Germanic *kunnaną
Proto-West Germanic *kunnan
Old English cunnan
Middle English connen
English con
Latin persōna
Anglo-Norman persouneder.
Middle English persoun
English person
English -person
English conperson
From con + -person.
Meanings
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(humorous, rare) A conman or conwoman.
A business human you can't trust is called a conman. Excuse me, a conperson. A lot of conpeople call themselves consultants.
2005, Dennis Fried, More Memoirs of a Papillon: Diary of a Mad Dog, page 39:
Forms
conperson en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *ster-
Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *strew-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *stréweti
Proto-Italic *strowō
Latin struō
Latin cōnstruōder.
Latin cōnstrūctusbor.
English construct
Proto-Germanic *-ōd-
Old English -ode
Middle English -ede
English -ed
English constructed
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā
Latin dingua
Latin lingua
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icus
Latin -āticus
Latin -āticum
Vulgar Latin *linguāticum
Old French languagebor.
Middle English langage
English language
English conlangbf.
English con-
Latin persōna
Anglo-Norman persouneder.
Middle English persoun
English person
English conperson
From con- (“constructed”) + person.
Meanings
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(informal) A fictional person, especially one supposed to inhabit a conworld and speak a conlang.
Forms
Relateds
conreligion · consociety · conculture · conworld · conlang