English Explanatory Dictionary

dike

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. US standard spelling of dyke.
verb
  1. US standard spelling of dyke.
verb
  1. To be well dressed.
noun
  1. Alternative form of deck: (US dialect slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man.
  2. Formalwear or other fashionable dress.
  3. Alternative form of dyke, Alternative form of deck: (slang, usually derogatory) a masculine woman; a lesbian.
name
  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a dike.
name
  1. The goddess/personification of justice, order and judgement and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Eirene and Eunomia. Her Roman counterpart is Justitia.
  2. 99 Dike, a main belt asteroid.
  3. justice, order and judgement.

Pronunciation

/daɪk/ En-au-dike.ogg dīk /ˈdaɪkiː/

Word forms

dike dikes diking diked Dikê Dikē

Etymology

From Northern Middle English dik and dike (“ditch”), from Old Norse díki (“ditch”). Influenced by Middle Dutch dijc (“ditch; dam”) and Middle Low German dīk (“dam”). See also ditch.

Synonyms

dapperling macaroni toff barbermonger beau blade blood buck carpet knight cockscomb dandy dike dood dude dudelet exquisite fashionable fast man fine gentleman fop foretop fribble gallant go jack-a-dandy Jemmy-Jessamy jetter masher metrosexual mignon petit maître popinjay pretty boy prig puss-gentleman smart spark spiff swell tippy

Antonyms

Adikia

Related words

Eirene Eunomia

Derived words

dikage dikelet diker dikeside fill-dike diked out diked up out on a dike
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