Taxonomy vs Squiffed - What's the difference?
taxonomy | squiffed |
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
(informal) intoxicated
*{{quote-book
, year=2005
, author=J. C. Morris
, title=The End of Arrogance: Revised Edition
, publisher=Buy Books on the web
*{{quote-book
, year=1994
, author=Farley Mowat
, title=Born Naked
, publisher=Houghton Mifflin Books
As a noun taxonomy
is the science or the technique used to make a classification.As an adjective squiffed is
(informal) intoxicated.taxonomy
English
(wikipedia taxonomy)Noun
(taxonomies)Synonyms
* alpha taxonomyDerived terms
* folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomySee also
* classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontologysquiffed
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Adjective
(-)citation, isbn=0741422778 , page=133 , passage=Her hair streamed down in front of her eyes and her dress was on back to front. Totally squiffed . Leo hustled her into bed.}}
citation, isbn=0395735289 , page=74 , passage=I got all the heavy drinkers squiffed out of their minds}}