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A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

Verb

  1. 1

    seltenTo study or examine carefully, especially in order to gain knowledge of; to learn, or learn by heart.

    For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.

    At length, himself unsettling, he the pond / Stirred with his staff, and fixedly did look / Upon the muddy water, which he conned, / As if he had been reading in a book

    I did not come into parliament to con my lesson. I had earned my pension before I set my foot in St. Stephen's chapel.

    During these delectable entertainments, Miss Wirt and the chaperon sate by, and conned over the peerage, and talked about the nobility.

  2. 2

    veraltetTo know; understand; acknowledge.

    Of Muses Hobbinol, I conne no skill

Herkunft

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English connen English con Inherited from Middle English connen, inherited from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (“recognize, know how”), inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know, know how”), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”) Doublet of can.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A disadvantage of something, especially when contrasted with its advantages (pros).

    pros and cons

Herkunft

Abbreviation of Latin contrā (“against”).

Substantiv

  1. 1

    SlangA convicted criminal, a convict.

Herkunft

Clipping of convict.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichA fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.

    My heart is breaking for my sister And the con that she called "love"

    Leavers will be attracted to that story because it spares them the discomfort of admitting that they voted for a con, and then made a prime minister of the con artist.

Herkunft

From con trick, shortened from confidence trick.

Verb

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichTo trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.

    Neoliberalism has conned us into fighting climate change as individuals [title]

    Taiwan man soaks feet in dry ice for 10 hours to con insurance firms, causing amputation […] A man in Taiwan shocked the internet after attempting to defraud five insurance companies by immersing his feet in a bucket of dry ice for 10 hours, resulting in the amputation of both feet.

Verb

  1. 1

    Variante von connAlternative form of conn (“direct a ship”).

Herkunft

From earlier cond; see conn.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Variante von connAlternative form of conn (“navigational direction of a ship”).

Substantiv

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichAn organized gathering, such as a convention, conference, or congress.

    I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.

Herkunft

Clipping of convention or conference.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichThe conversion of part of a building.

    We're getting a loft con done next year.

Herkunft

Clipping of conversion.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    umgangssprachlichConsumption; pulmonary tuberculosis.

Herkunft

Clipping of consumption.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    veraltetSquirrel, particularly the red squirrel.

  2. 2

    veraltetA squirrel's nest.

Herkunft

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a clipping of Middle English acquerne, aquerne, ocquerne, okerne (“squirrel”), from Old English ācweorna, āqueorna, āquorna, ācurna (“squirrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *aikwernō, from Proto-Germanic *aikwernô (“squirrel”); or from its Old Norse cognate íkorni (“squirrel”), from the same ultimate source. Cognate with West Frisian iikhoarn (“squirrel”), Dutch eekhoorn (“squirrel”), German Eichhorn (“squirrel”), Icelandic íkorni (“squirrel”).

Substantiv

  1. 1

    A political conservative.

    own the cons

Herkunft

Clipping of conservative; compare lib.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    Variante von consolidationAbbreviation of consolidation: only used in naming.

Herkunft

Clipping of consolidation or consolidated.

Adjektiv

  1. 1

    Variante von consolidatedAbbreviation of consolidated: only used in naming.

Formen

Plural
cons
Präteritum
conned
Partizip II
conned
Partizip I
conning
3. Person Singular
cons
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