29 January 2012

Dire

I find trying to write my essay is a dire task.

Dire means dreadful, terrible or disastrous.

Etymology:
1560s, from L. dirus "fearful, awful, boding ill," of unknown origin; perhaps from Oscan and Umbrian and perhaps cognate with Gk. deinos, from PIE base *dwei-.

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