texas

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English

Etymology

From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛk.səs/
• (locally also) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛk.sɪs/, /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
• Homophone: Texas
• Rhymes: -ɛksəs, -ɛksɪs
• Hyphenation: tex‧as

Noun

texas (plural texases)

1. The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
   • 1866, New Albany Ledger, October 6 (describing the steamboat Robert E. Lee)

     She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers.

Anagrams

• taxes

Ido

Verb

texas

1. present of texar

Latin

Verb

texās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of texō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English Texas.

Noun

texas

1. (slang) craziness, wildness (like the Wild West)
   • 2017, Jean-Louis Adorsen, Høstmørke, adorsen (e-publ.), →ISBN.

Usage notes

Often used in the phrase det var helt texas, meaning "it was totally/absolutely/completely crazy/wild".

References

• “texas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “texas” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English Texas.

Noun

texas

1. (slang) craziness, wildness (like the Wild West)

References

• “texas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tagalog

Noun

texas (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜐ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of teksas