plural of learnèd borrowing

plural of semi-learned borrowing

Synonym of pseudo-loan

A pseudo-loan. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see false, borrowing.

To be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.

plural of borrow pit

(construction, civil engineering) A pit dug to extract material (such as soil, gravel, or sand) for use at another location.

(linguistics) A word or other linguistic form borrowed from one language into another on purpose instead of through normal language contact, especially one from a classical language.

The principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.

(Ireland, Scotland) The last three days of March, supposed in Scottish and Irish folklore to have been borrowed by March from April, and to be especially stormy.