arch
- arch
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I. noun
Etymology: Middle English arche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *arca, from Latin arcus — more at arrow
Date: 14th century
1. a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening)
2.
a. something resembling an arch in form or function; especially either of two vaulted portions of the bony structure of the foot that impart elasticity to it
b. a curvature having the form of an arch
3. archway
II. verb
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1. to cover or provide with an arch
2. to form into an arch
intransitive verb
1. to form an arch
2. to take an arch-shaped course
III. adjective
Etymology: 1arch-
Date: 1547
1. principal, chief <
your arch opponent
>
2.
a. mischievous, saucy
b. marked by a deliberate and often forced playfulness, irony, or impudence <known for her arch comments
> <decided to answer them by being teacherly in a sort of arch, Olympian way — Gerald Early
>
• archness noun
IV. abbreviation
1. archaic
2. archery
3. architect; architectural; architecture
New Collegiate Dictionary.
2001.
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