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English

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A small and richly decorated Mughal-era dagger of North India (Louvre, Paris, MR 13434)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishdaggere,daggare,dagard, probably adapted fromOld Frenchdague (1229), related toOccitan,Italian,Spanishdaga,Dutchdagge,GermanDegen,Middle Low Germandagge(“knife's point”),Old Norsedaggarðr,Danishdaggert,Faroesedaggari,Welshdager,dagr,Bretondac,Albanianthikë(“a knife, dagger”),thek(“to stab, to pierce with a sharp object”).

In English attested from the 1380s.The ultimate origin of the word is unclear. Grimm[1] suspects Celtic origin.Others have suggested derivation from an unattested Vulgar Latin*daca "Dacian [knife]", from the Latin adjectivedācus.[2] Chastelain (Dictionaire etymologique, 1750) thought that Frenchdague was a derivation from Germandagge,dagen, although not attested until a much later date).

The knightly dagger evolves from the 12th century. Guillaume le Breton (died 1226) usesdaca in hisPhilippide. Other Middle Latin forms includedaga, dagga, dagha, dagger, daggerius, daggerium, dagarium, dagarius, diga;[3] the forms with-r- are late 14th century adoptions of the English word).OED points out that there is also an English verbdag(“to stab”) from which this could be a derivation, but the verb is attested only from about 1400.

Relation to Old Armenianդակու(daku,“adze, axe”) has also been suggested.[4] Alternatively, a connection fromProto-Indo-European*dʰāg-u- and cognate with Ancient Greekθήγω(thḗgō,“to sharpen, whet”).

Noun

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dagger (pluraldaggers)

  2. (weaponry) Astabbingweapon, similar to asword but with a short,double-edgedblade.
    Synonyms:dirk,knife
    • 1786,Francis Grose,A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page34:
      Thedagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.
  4. (typography) The typographical mark†.
    Synonyms:obelisk,obelus
  5. (American football, basketball) A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.
    His last-minute 3-pointdagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.
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Translations
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a stabbing weapon
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Verb

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dagger (third-person singular simple presentdaggers,present participledaggering,simple past and past participledaggered)

  1. To pierce with a dagger; tostab.
  2. (Jamaica) To perform thedaggering dance.

Etymology 2

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Perhaps fromdiagonal.

Noun

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dagger (pluraldaggers)

  1. Atimber placeddiagonally in aship'sframe.
    • 1812, David Steel,The Elements and Practice of Naval Architecture:
      DAGGER. A piece of timber that faces on to thepoppets of thebilgeways, and crosses them diagonally , to keep them together

References

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  1. ^Grimm
  2. ^Dacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  3. ^http://ducange.enc.sorbonne.fr/DAGGER
  4. ^Martirosyan, Hrach (2010),Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page232

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