ug

See also: UG, Ug, and .ug

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌɡ/

Etymology 1

From Middle English ugge, from Old Norse uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”), related to Old Norse ógn (“terror, threat, dispute”) and agi (“terror, strife, fear, punishment”). More at awe.

Alternative forms

Noun

ug (plural ugs)

  1. (obsolete) Fear; horror.
  2. (dialectal) A surfeit.

Etymology 2

From Middle English uggen, from Old Norse ugga (“to fear”), see above.

Alternative forms

Verb

ug (third-person singular simple present ugs, present participle ugging, simple past and past participle ugged)

  1. (obsolete) To dread, loathe or disgust.
  2. (obsolete) To fear, be horrified; shudder with horror.
  3. (obsolete) To give a surfeit to.

References

  • The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914

Etymology 3

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

Symbol

ug

  1. Alternative spelling of µg

Anagrams

Cebuano

Conjunction

ug

  1. and

Waray-Waray

Conjunction

ug

  1. and
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