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Lemon

//ˈlɛmən// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
2
Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
3
Smart; cheeky, vocal. Cockney, slang
"Obviously Emin is not the first public figure to get lemon over tax increases."

Proper Noun

1
A surname. countable, uncountable
2
An unincorporated community in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
3
A minor river in Devon, England, which joins the River Teign at Newton Abbot. countable, uncountable

Noun

1
A yellowish citrus fruit. countable, uncountable
"The juice of Lemmons killeth Warts, but better the water of the ſame juice, diſtilled through a glaſs."
2
an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory wordnet
3
A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits. countable, uncountable
4
a strong yellow color wordnet
5
A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits. countable, uncountable

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6
a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons wordnet
7
Lemon juice. rare, uncountable
"[J]uſt at the laſt ſcald four or five ſpoonfuls of thick new cream, with a few drops of lemon or vinegar, muſhrooms pickled do well, […]"
8
yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh wordnet
9
A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris). countable, uncountable
10
a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit wordnet
11
A defective or inadequate item or individual. countable, slang, uncountable
"He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon."
12
Favor. Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
"A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon! I could get it for half that."
13
A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex. countable, dated, slang, uncountable
"I'd really like to know what people think of this and whether I should carry on writing lemons or go and hide under a rock somewhere."
14
The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle less than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To flavour with lemon. transitive
"You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Arabic ليمونbor. Old French lymonbor. Middle English lymon English lemon Inherited from Middle English lymon, from Old French lymon (“citrus”), from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn) or Persian لیمون (limon), from Persian لیمو (limu), from Sanskrit निम्बू (nimbū, “lime”), ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limaw or Munda. Likely a doublet of lime. The fandom sense is named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon.

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