单词 | dyke |
释义 | dyke dyke1 /duyk/, n. , v. , dyked, dyking. dike1. dyke2 —dykey, adj. /duyk/, n. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a female homosexual; lesbian. Also, dike. [1940-45; earlier in form bulldike (with a var. bulldagger); of obscure orig.; claimed to be a shortening of morphodyke (var. of MORPHODITE, a reshaping of HERMAPHRODITE), though morphodyke is more likely a b. morphodite and a pre-existing dyke; other hypothesized connections, such as with diked out or dike "ditch," are dubious on semantic grounds] |
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