pillow word
/ˈpɪləʊ wəːd/noun
In Japanese classical verse: a decorative word or short phrase placed before a name or other word, for the sake of imagery, euphony, metre, or solemnity.
- Pillow words, of which about 1200 are recorded, were archaic stock conventional epithets, the meaning of which had in many cases been partly or completely lost over time..
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850–1935), Japanologist. From pillow + word, after Japanese makura-kotoba pillow word.
- make do
- make do and mend
- makee
- makee-learn
- make ends meet
- make every (or spare no)effort
- make eyes at someone
- makefile
- make for
- make free with
- make fun of
- make good
- make good one's escape
- make (great) play of (or with)
- make hard work of
- make haste
- make hay (while the sun shines)
- make head or tail of
- make heavy weather of
- make history
- make it a rule to do something
- make it big
- make it (or things) hot for
- make it snappy
- makeless