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lemon

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  • //ˈlɛmən//
  • //ˈlɛmɪn//
  • //ˈlɪmɪn//

A yellowish citrus fruit.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A yellowish citrus fruit.

    The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the ſame juice, diſtilled through a glaſs.

  2. 2

    A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.

  3. 3

    A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.

  4. 4

    raroLemon juice.

    [J]uſt at the laſt ſcald four or five ſpoonfuls of thick new cream, with a few drops of lemon or vinegar, muſhrooms pickled do well, […]

    [S]tir into this, after taking from the fire, two ounces of butter cut into little bits, putting in one piece at a time, and squeeze a few drops of lemon in this sauce.

    The fact that he is drinking lemon is, therefore, an image of the bitterness of his life.

    She should stay in bed for 40 days and should avoid getting close to her husband till the end of 40 days, not taking a shower, not drinking lemon, and not letting anybody enter her room while she has her menses because this will affect her milk.

  5. 5

    A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris).

  6. 6

    gergoA defective or inadequate item or individual.

    He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.

    “[…]the Navy's supposed to give me a ship that goes, and a captain that fights—— That's what all this muck is for, isn't it?” “Look, it's an old story by now. We're stuck with a lemon. Misfortune of war.[…]”

  7. 7

    gergoFavor.

    A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that.

  8. 8

    desuetoA piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex.

    I'd really like to know what people think of this and whether I should carry on writing lemons or go and hide under a rock somewhere.

    WARNING: This story is a lemon and must be viewed with great care. If you are either under the age of 18, think graphic sex is discussing^([sic]) or you know what my writing is like you should turn away now.

    This won't be a lemon simply because I can't see myself writing anything like that.

  9. 9

    The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.

Etimologia

Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Classical Persian لِیمُون (līmūn), a variant of Classical Persian لِیمُو (līmū, līmō), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Doublet of lime. The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.

  2. 2

    Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

  3. 3

    gergoSmart; cheeky, vocal.

    Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.

verbo

  1. 1

    To flavour with lemon.

    You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.

Forme

plurale
lemons
comparativo
more lemon
superlativo
most lemon
passato
lemoned
participio passato
lemoned
participio presente
lemoning
3ª persona singolare
lemons
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

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