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lemon | vice |

As a proper noun lemon

is .

As an adverb vice is

more.

lemon

English

(Citrus limon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A yellowish citrus fruit.
  • A semitropical evergreen tree, , that bears such fruits.
  • A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
  • A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
  • (slang) A defective or inadequate item.
    • He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon .
  • Smart; cheeky, vocal.
  • * 2009 , (Caitlin Moran), ‘Why I love paying tax’, The Times , 12 Oct 2009:
    • Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases.
  • favour, favor.
    • A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon , I could get it for half that.
  • (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series (Cream Lemon) ).

    • Synonyms

    * (defective item) bomb

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from lemon) * bitter lemon * lemon balm * lemon cheese * lemon chiffon * lemon chiffon pie * lemon crab * lemon curd * lemon drop * lemon grass * lemon juice * lemon law * lemon lime * lemon meringue pie * lemon myrtle * lemon soda * lemon sole * lemon squeezer * lemon squash * lemon thyme * lemon verbena * lemon vervain * lemon yellow * lemonade * lemonade berry * lemon-belly * lemongrass * lemon-squeezer * lemony

    Related terms

    * limonene

    See also

    * adverse selection

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
  • Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.

    • See also

    * citrine * citron * citronella * melissa * fever grass *

    Anagrams

    * melon

    References

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    vice

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bad habit.
    • Smoking is a vice , not a virtue.
  • (legal) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs.
  • A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness.
  • * From the case of Scholefield v. Robb (1839).
    • Antonyms
    * (bad habit) virtue
    Derived terms
    * vice squad
    Related terms
    * vicious * vitiate

    See also

    * habit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ; akin to English withy.

    Alternative forms

    * vise (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
  • A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
  • (obsolete) A grip or grasp.
  • * 1597 , , II. I. 22:
    • Fang. An I but fist him once; an a’ come but within my vice ,–

    Verb

    (vic)
  • To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
  • * 1610 , , I. ii. 416:
    • Camillo. As he had seen’t, or been an instrument / To vice you to't, that you have touched his queen / Forbiddenly
  • * De Quincey
    • The coachman's hand was viced between his upper and lower thigh.

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) , ablative form of vicis.

    Adjective

    vice (no comparative or superlative)
  • in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank
    • vice president
    vice admiral
    Derived terms
    * vice admiral * vice governor * vice mayor * vice president

    Preposition

    (head)
  • instead of, in place of
    • A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.
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