gadgety

gadg·et

G0004100 (găj′ĭt) n. A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance.

[Perhaps originally 19th century glassblowers' jargon gadget, spring-pressure clip at the end of a punty to hold the foot of a glass being blown without creating a mark, probably from French gâchette, pawl, tumbler in a gunlock, strike plate : gâche, strike plate, collar or bracket for a pipe (from Middle French gasche, strike plate, iron hook, from Old French, calk of a shoe or horseshoe, from Frankish *gaspia, buckle, clasp; akin to Middle Dutch gespe, probably (with metathesis) from Germanic *gapsō, *gipsō; akin to Old Norse geispa, to yawn, and gapa, to gape) + -ette, diminutive suffix (from Middle French, from Old French; see -ette).]

gadg′et·y adj.

Translations

单词	gadgety
释义	gadgety gadg·et G0004100 (găj′ĭt) n. A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance. [Perhaps originally 19th century glassblowers' jargon `gadget`, spring-pressure clip at the end of a punty to hold the foot of a glass being blown without creating a mark, probably from French `gâchette`, pawl, tumbler in a gunlock, strike plate : `gâche`, strike plate, collar or bracket for a pipe (from Middle French `gasche`, strike plate, iron hook, from Old French, calk of a shoe or horseshoe, from Frankish `gaspia`, buckle, clasp; akin to Middle Dutch `gespe`, probably (with metathesis) from Germanic `gapsō, gipsō`; akin to Old Norse `geispa`, to yawn, and `gapa`, to gape) + `-ette`, diminutive suffix* (from Middle French, from Old French; see -ette).] gadg′et·y adj. Translations EncyclopediaSeegadget
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