English Explanatory Dictionary

seh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Drunk or inebriated, or appearing so; tipsy.
noun
  1. Initialism of structured exception handling.
name
  1. Initialism of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Pronunciation

[sɛː˨˦]

Word forms

seh more seh most seh

Etymology

From Hokkien or Teochew. Its exact origins are unclear, possible etymologies include: * Hokkien 逝 (sē, “to pass away”), which may have been used as a hyperbole to describe someone who has passed out. * Hokkien 垂垂 (sê-sê, “(literary) to droop, to hang low”). * Clipping of Taiwanese Hokkien 馬西／马西 (má-se, “tipsy”). This is unlikely, considering that it is not a term found in Singaporean Hokkien.

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