enteete

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Derived from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɛnˈtiːt/, /ɛnˈtiːt̪/

    Noun

    enteete

    1. A siesta or sleep at noon.
      Synonyms: nonteet, saasty

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    References

    • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 38