Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ded en · ADJ · etymology 1

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, colloquial, especially, humorous, nonstandard, qualifier:long obsolete outside eye-dialect) Alternative form of dead.
    alt of dead

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most ded Degree=Sup lexicographic
more ded Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

ded reckoning

ded en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Russian military slang дед (ded, “soldiers after their third or fourth half-year of compulsory military service”, literally “grandfather”).

Meanings

  1. (slang) A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
deds Number=Plur lexicographic