Lide

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See also: lide, lidé, and li ... de

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Middle English Lyde, from Old English hlȳda, from hlȳdan (to make noise) +‎ -a (agentive suffix), literally noise-maker; thus the only Germanic month name to survive in Modern English. Compare loud, and more distantly listen, slave.

Proper noun

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Lide (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, dialectal) March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
    • 1686-1687, John Aubrey, edited by James Britten, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme (Lansdowne MS. 231)‎[1], London: W. Satchell, Peyton, and Co., published 1881, page 13:
      "Eat Leekes in Lide, and Ramsins in May, / And all the yeare after Physitians may play."
    • 1866, Thomas Q. Couch, “Popular Antiquities: Tinner Folk Lore”, in Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall[2], number VI, Truro: Royal Institution of Cornwall, page 132:
      I have heard this archaism only among tinners, where it exists in such sayings as this: 'Ducks wānt lay until they've a drink'd lide water.'
    • 1970, Jürgen Schäfer, “The Hard Word Dictionaries: A Re-Assessment”, in Leeds Studies in English, volume n.s. 4, Leeds: University of Leeds, →ISSN, page 47:
      Bullokar's spelling is retained: bardes, glinne ("glen"), leede ("lide"), narre, palliard, palliardise, sprent, viands, whilome

Etymology 2

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From the German surname, possibly Americanized from Leid.

Proper noun

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Lide (plural Lides)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Lide is the 35622nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 631 individuals. Lide is most common among White (54.83%) and Black/African American (40.25%) individuals.

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Anagrams

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Basque

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Etymology

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Coined by Sabino Arana as an equivalent of Spanish Lidia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lide/ [li.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation: Li‧de

Proper noun

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Lide anim

  1. a female given name

Declension

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References

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German

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Noun

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Lide

  1. (archaic) dative singular of Lid