Something

//ˈsʌm.θɪŋ// adj, adv, noun, pron, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. not-comparable

    ""Very poetic." They came to a halt before the outer door. "It's very something," Rusty said wistfully. "How do you do it?""

Adverb
  1. 1
    Somewhat; to a degree. not-comparable

    "The baby looks something like his father."

  2. 2
    Used to adverbialise a following adjective colloquial, especially, not-comparable

    "I miss them something terrible/rotten. (I miss them terribly)"

Noun
  1. 1
    An object whose nature is yet to be defined.

    "Yea, ’t is true; I ’d know thee by thine eyen, that are gray, and thoughtful, and dark with a something that lies behind the colour of them,—and shining by the light of a lamp lit somewhere within."

  2. 2
    An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).

    "What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for?"

Pronoun
  1. 1
    An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. indefinite, pronoun

    "I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what."

  2. 2
    A quality to a moderate degree. colloquial, indefinite, pronoun

    "The performance was something of a disappointment."

  3. 3
    A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. colloquial, indefinite, pronoun

    "She has a certain something."

  4. 4
    Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way. colloquial, indefinite, often, pronoun

    "He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice."

Verb
  1. 1
    Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. colloquial

    "1890, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0140439234&id=IOZeJi7U4eEC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&sig=LW2P-uKmoZabe70ZKnIHIMQLXlw He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

Etymology 5

From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).

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