nide

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English

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Etymology

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A nide of young common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)[n 1]

Uncertain; possibly from Middle French nid (modern French nid (nest)), or its etymon Latin nīdus (nest)[1] (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (nest)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nide (plural nides)

  1. (archaic) A nest of pheasants.
    Synonyms: nid, nye
    • 1809, William Nicholson, “SPORTING”, in The British Encyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; [], volume VI (S … Z), London: Printed by C[harles] Whittingham, []; for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, [], →OCLC, column 2:
      [A] nide of pheasants are sometimes collected in a very small space, and in the middle of the day conceal themselves very close.
    • 1818, J[ohn] Hassell, “Brentwood”, in Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles Round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature; [], volume II, London: Printed [by W. Flint] for J. Hassell, [], →OCLC, pages 169–170:
      [W]e were highly entertained with the antics of two stoats, who had left their hiding places to commence nocturnal depredations; [...] in the course of a few minutes the whirring of a nide of pheasants convinced us these little vermin had marked them as prey.
    • 1833 January, N. O., “Shooting in January”, in The New Sporting Magazine, volume IV, number XXI, London: Published by Baldwin & Cradock, [], →OCLC, page 173, column 1:
      [I]f a hen pheasant takes to new ground, at such a late period of the season, she may be likely to stay and build her nest there, and thus a nide may be lost in the following October.
    • 1852 May, “Latitat” [pseudonym], “Anecdotes of Foxes”, in The Sportsman, London: Rogerson & Tuxford, →OCLC, page 347:
      Reynard [i.e., a fox], in his thieving rambles, one night the summer before last visited the pleasure-gardens in Cornbury Park, and there he found and carried off a hen pheasant while sitting on her nest. The same evening a barn-door hen, with a nide of pheasants also disappeared.
    • 1876 October 7, “The First of October”, in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News: A High-class Weekly Journal of Sport, Art, Literature, Music, and the Drama, volume VI, number 138, London: Published by George Maddick, Junr., [], published 1877, →OCLC, page 29, column 1:
      The breeding season of the present year has been favourable to young pheasants. The most glowing accounts are from Devon, Cornwall, some of the Midland counties, and from Yorkshire, where the wild nides are strong and healthy, and keepers have been very successful with the hand-reared stock.
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and see: nidifugous

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Notes

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  1. ^ From William T[homas] Shaw (1908) The China or Denny Pheasant in Oregon: With Notes on the Native Grouse of the Pacific Northwest, Philadelphia, Pa., London: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC, plate 6.

References

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  1. ^ nide, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2003; nide”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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nitoa (to bind) +‎ -e. Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in 1820.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnideˣ/, [ˈnide̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Hyphenation(key): ni‧de

Noun

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nide

  1. volume (a bound book)

Declension

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Inflection of nide (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation)
nominative nide niteet
genitive niteen niteiden
niteitten
partitive nidettä niteitä
illative niteeseen niteisiin
niteihin
singular plural
nominative nide niteet
accusative nom. nide niteet
gen. niteen
genitive niteen niteiden
niteitten
partitive nidettä niteitä
inessive niteessä niteissä
elative niteestä niteistä
illative niteeseen niteisiin
niteihin
adessive niteellä niteillä
ablative niteeltä niteiltä
allative niteelle niteille
essive niteenä niteinä
translative niteeksi niteiksi
abessive niteettä niteittä
instructive nitein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of nide (Kotus type 48*F/hame, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative niteeni niteeni
accusative nom. niteeni niteeni
gen. niteeni
genitive niteeni niteideni
niteitteni
partitive nidettäni niteitäni
inessive niteessäni niteissäni
elative niteestäni niteistäni
illative niteeseeni niteisiini
niteihini
adessive niteelläni niteilläni
ablative niteeltäni niteiltäni
allative niteelleni niteilleni
essive niteenäni niteinäni
translative niteekseni niteikseni
abessive niteettäni niteittäni
instructive
comitative niteineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative niteesi niteesi
accusative nom. niteesi niteesi
gen. niteesi
genitive niteesi niteidesi
niteittesi
partitive nidettäsi niteitäsi
inessive niteessäsi niteissäsi
elative niteestäsi niteistäsi
illative niteeseesi niteisiisi
niteihisi
adessive niteelläsi niteilläsi
ablative niteeltäsi niteiltäsi
allative niteellesi niteillesi
essive niteenäsi niteinäsi
translative niteeksesi niteiksesi
abessive niteettäsi niteittäsi
instructive
comitative niteinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative niteemme niteemme
accusative nom. niteemme niteemme
gen. niteemme
genitive niteemme niteidemme
niteittemme
partitive nidettämme niteitämme
inessive niteessämme niteissämme
elative niteestämme niteistämme
illative niteeseemme niteisiimme
niteihimme
adessive niteellämme niteillämme
ablative niteeltämme niteiltämme
allative niteellemme niteillemme
essive niteenämme niteinämme
translative niteeksemme niteiksemme
abessive niteettämme niteittämme
instructive
comitative niteinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative niteenne niteenne
accusative nom. niteenne niteenne
gen. niteenne
genitive niteenne niteidenne
niteittenne
partitive nidettänne niteitänne
inessive niteessänne niteissänne
elative niteestänne niteistänne
illative niteeseenne niteisiinne
niteihinne
adessive niteellänne niteillänne
ablative niteeltänne niteiltänne
allative niteellenne niteillenne
essive niteenänne niteinänne
translative niteeksenne niteiksenne
abessive niteettänne niteittänne
instructive
comitative niteinenne

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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nīde

  1. vocative singular of nīdus