Hungarianadj.n.
/hʌŋˈɡɛːrɪən/, U.S. /həŋˈɡɛriən/ A. adj.† 2. Thievish, marauding; needy, beggarly (with play on hungry: cf. sense B. 2; see Nares). Obsolete slang.
1.
a. Of, belonging to, or native of Hungary. Applied to things originally made or reared in Hungary, as Hungarian horse, Hungarian leather; Hungarian balsam n. the resinous product of the Carpathian pine, Pinus mugho or Pumilio; Hungarian blue n. (see quot. 1824). Hungarian bonnet n. the shell of a marine gastropod mollusc, Capulus ungaricus; Hungarian cap n. the shell of a marine gastropod mollusc, Capulus ungaricus; Hungarian bowls n. a kind of amalgamating machine, originally used in the gold mines of Schemnitz; Hungarian grass n. U.S. (obsolete) the forage grass, foxtail millet, Setaria italica; also known as Bengal grass; Hungarian machine n. a hydraulic machine on the principle of Hero's fountain (see quot. 1829); Hungarian water n. Hungary water.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > Hungarian horse
Hungarian1553
Hungarian horse1600
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restorative > specific
Hungarian1600
viper-wine1631
Hungary water1697
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines driven by specific energy source > [noun] > by water
pressure engine1806
Hungarian1829
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > limpet > shell of member of family Capulidae
Hungariana1836
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Hungary > [adjective]
Hungarish1606
Hungarian1859
Transleithan1865
Transleithanian1867
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture
windlestrawc1000
red grass1582
spring grass1643
sweet-grass1709
herd-grass1747
Guinea grass1756
vernal grass1762
vernal1771
Paspalum1772
buffalo grass1784
Rhode Island bent1790
red-top1792
finetop1824
kangaroo-grass1827
gamagrass1831
sweet vernal grass1839
yellow-top1839
grama1844
sesame grass1845
sacate1848
Para grass1850
Hungarian1859
alfilaria1860
sacaton1865
Mitchell grass1867
teosinte1877
Landsborough grass1883
turnip-grass1889
brown top1891
ichu1891
manna1897
Rhodes grass1903
Sudan1911
Kikuyu grass1913
never-fail1923
buffel grass1955
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 48 The Hungarian coine is round.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 415 The Hungarian miles are the longest upon earth.
a1687 Duke of Buckingham Familiar Epist. to Julian in Wks. (1705) II. 92 Such Carbuncles..As no Hungarian Water can Redress.
1824 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening (ed. 2) 49 The variety of grape figured and described by Sickler, in his Garden Magazine of 1804, as the Hungarian blue.
1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Hydraulics ii. 17 The Hungarian machine, so called from its having been employed in draining a mine at Chemnitz, in Hungary, produces its action by the condensation of a confined portion of air produced by the descent of a high Column of water contained in a pipe.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 288/2 In the Hungarian Bonnet, Pileopsis Ungarica, the tip of the shell seems to drop backwards and downwards.
1854 P. H. Gosse Nat. Hist.: Mollusca 212 The only British species [of Pileopsis] is commonly known by the appellation of Torbay Bonnet..; it also bears the names of Fools-cap Limpet, Cap of Liberty, and Hungarian Bonnet.
1859 Guide Illinois Central Railroad Lands 34 Hungarian Grass. This cereal, first introduced by the Hungarian exiles, is becoming a favorite with the farmers.
1882 Garden 13 May 322/1 Hungarian Lilac will shortly be in bloom.
1883 Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 23 About 12 acres were planted with Hungarian grass.
1901 E. Step Shell Life 220 The Hungarian Cap or Cap of Liberty (Capulus hungaricus) is shaped much like the cap of Liberty, the beak or apex being spirally curved back.
1971 S. P. Dance Seashells 103/2 A thick periostracum is a characteristic feature of some cap shells and is well seen in the Hungarian Cap.
b. Pertaining to Hungary, as Hungarian band, a band specializing in the performance of Hungarian music; Hungarian point, Hungarian stitch (see quot. 1934).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > band > type of
waits1298
consort1587
wait player1610
wind music1650
the fiddles1676
military band1775
German band1819
street band1826
brass band1834
promenade band1836
horn-band1849
pipe band1867
wind-band1876
Hungarian band1882
jazz band1916
jazz orchestra1916
big band1919
road band1922
Schrammel quartet1924
showband1926
spasm band1926
dance-band1927
marching band1930
name band1932
ork1933
silver band1933
sweet band1935
Schrammel orchestra1938
pop band1942
jug band1946
steel band1949
rehearsal band1957
skiffle band1957
ghost band1962
support band1969
support group1969
scratch band1982
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other
chain-stitch1598
French knot1623
picot1623
petty-point1632
tent-stitch1639
brede-stitch1640
herringbone stitch1659
satin stitch1664
feather-stitch1835
Gobelin stitch1838
crowfoot1839
seedingc1840
German stitch1842
petit point1842
long stitch1849
looped stitch1851
hem-stitch1853
loop-stitch1853
faggot stitch1854
spider-wheel1868
dot stitch1869
picot stitch1869
slip-stitch1872
coral-stitch1873
stem stitch1873
rope stitch1875
Vienna cross stitch1876
witch stitch1876
pin stitch1878
seed stitch1879
cushion-stitch1880
Japanese stitch1880
darning-stitch1881
Kensington stitch1881
knot-stitch1881
bullion knot1882
cable pattern1882
Italian stitch1882
lattice-stitch1882
queen stitch1882
rice stitch1882
shadow-stitch1882
ship-ladder1882
spider-stitch1882
stem1882
Vandyke stitch1882
warp-stitch1882
wheel-stitch1882
basket-stitch1883
outline stitch1885
pointing1888
bullion stitchc1890
cable-stitchc1890
oriental stitchc1890
Turkish stitchc1890
Romanian stitch1894
shell-stitch1895
saddle stitch1899
magic stitch1900
plumage-stitch1900
saddle stitching1902
German knot stitch1903
trellis1912
padding stitch1913
straight stitch1918
Hungarian stitch1921
trellis stitch1921
lazy daisy1923
diamond stitchc1926
darning1930
faggot filling stitch1934
fly stitch1934
magic chain stitch1934
glove stitch1964
pad stitch1964
1882 B. Potter Jrnl. 2 July (1966) 19 Mr. Edwin Lawrence had the Hungarian Band last week... They are mostly string instruments.
1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby III. viii. 133 A large photograph..of Svengali, in the military uniform of his own Hungarian band.
1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 1055 Blue Hungarian Band... Handsome National Uniforms... Any number from 4 to 30 may be engaged.
1921 A. G. I. Christie Samplers & Stitches vii. 99 Hungarian stitch... The stitch illustrated in the diagram is often seen in canvas embroidery, used for filling in a background whilst, perhaps, Tent or Cross stitch works out the intricacies of the pattern.
1932 D. C. Minter Mod. Needlecraft 60/1 Some geometric all-over pattern, such as Hungarian stitch.
1934 M. Thomas Dict. Embroidery Stitches 125 Hungarian stitch, a Canvas Stitch which produces a most attractive pattern, and may be worked either all in one colour or in contrasting shades.
1972 Country Life 8 June (Suppl.) 50 Queen Anne walnut wing-chair..covered in its original Hungarian point needlework.
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the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor > very poor or destitute
(as) poor as JobOE
nakedOE
voidc1374
naisa1400
vacant1430
(as) drunk, (also mad, poor, rank, weak, etc.) as a rat?1548
Hungarian1608
pauper1690
destitute1735
farthingless1834
pebble-beached1890
piss-poor1945
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to
bribering?1529
picking1535
thievish1538
prigging1567
felonous1570
thieving1598
Hungarian1608
theftuous1632
felonious1637
predacious1665
furacious1676
priggish1699
furtive1816
kleptic1865
1608 Merry Devil Edmonton (1617) D iv b Come yee Hungarian pilchers, we are once more come under the zona torrida of the forest.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. iii. 19 O base hungarian [1602 gongarian] wight: wilt yu the spigot wield? View more context for this quotation
B. n.† 2. [With play on hunger.] A hungry person, a great eater: cf. sense A. 2. Obsolete slang.
1. A native or inhabitant of Hungary, a Magyar; a Hungarian horse; the language of Hungary.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of Hungary > [noun]
Hun1549
Hungarian1553
Hungar1606
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > Hungarian horse
Hungarian1553
Hungarian horse1600
the mind > language > languages of the world > Uralic > [noun] > Samoyedic > Finno-Ugric > Hungarian
Hungarian1668
Magyar1806
1553 (title) A dialoge of comfort against tribulacion, made by Syr Thomas More Knyght, and set foorth by the name of an Hungarien.
1615 in Devon Iss. Excheq. Jas. I (1836) 318 One other gray gelding, instead of one of the Hungarians given to the Queen.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. i. i. §3. 4 The Hungarian [language], used in the greatest part of that Kingdom.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 83 Fresh invasions of the Saracens, to whom were now added the Hungarians from the north.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [noun] > hungry person or people
Hungarian1600
starving1845
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating heartily or greedily > hearty eater
moucher1570
trencherman1590
Hungarian1600
knife-and-forker1839
1600–12 S. Rowlands Four Knaves (Percy Soc.) 110 A monstrous eater..Invited..unto a gentleman, Who long'd to see the same hungarian, And note his feeding.
1608 Merry Devil Edmonton (1617) C ij Away, I..must tend the Hungarions.
1632 D. Lupton London & Countrey Carbonadoed iii. 12 The middle Ile [of St. Paul's] is much frequented at noone with a Company of Hungarians, not walking so much for Recreation, as neede.
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A. adj. Computing. Designating a programming convention for naming functions and variables by which the name of each item begins with a prefix indicating the data type of the item. Chiefly in Hungarian notation.
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1988 C. Petzold Programming Windows i. 32 Windows programmers often use a notation for variable names that at first looks peculiar... This is often called Hungarian notation in honor of the legendary Microsoft programmer Charles Simonyi.
1991 UNIX Rev. Sept. 44/2 If the company requires that copyright notices appear in all source listings and that all global function names use Hungarian notation, then most people would accept such conventions.
1993 S. A. Maguire Writing Solid Code p. xxv Although names like pch are hard to pronounce, they are filled with information—once you understand the ‘Hungarian’ naming convention.
1996 Enterprise Syst. Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. Hungarian Notation is also used for object and method names. It is commonly used in OOT [sc. Object-oriented Technology], especially in C and C++.
2000 JavaWorld (Nexis) Mar. Local variable names begin with uppercase letters or inconsistently use Hungarian notation (in which the dadatype is part of the variable name).
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B. n. Computing. [With reference to the nationality of Charles Simonyi (b. 1948), Hungarian-born programmer, who developed this style of programming in the early 1970s; perhaps after Polish notation n. at Polish n.1 and adj. Compounds; see also quot. 1986] = Hungarian notation at Additions.
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1986 S. Lammers Programmers at Work 13 It's called ‘Hungarian’ as a joke... The joke is that the code is so unreadable, it might as well be written in Hungarian.
1993 S. A. Maguire Writing Solid Code p. xxvii In formal Hungarian, function names always start with a capital letter.
1994 Data Based Advisor Sept. 42 If you call today's simple Xbase prefix notation ‘Hungarian’ you're showing that you don't have much experience. Simonyi's notation is real Hungarian.
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