D

adj

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. Abbreviation of dimensional.
2. Abbreviation of divorced.

adv

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. Abbreviation of down (direction).

article

1. Pronunciation spelling of the

   “that cavalier expression i see/on people's mugs don't keep/d pie from hitting dey faces”

character

Etymology: From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

   “Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]”

intj

Etymology: Abbreviations.

1. Damn.

   “CAPTAIN. I never use a big, big D— ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. No, never! ALL. What, never? CAPTAIN. Hardly ever! ALL. Hardly ever swears a big, big D—”

name

Etymology: From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

1. A programming language inspired from C++.

noun

Etymology: From the position (4) of the letter D in the English alphabet.

1. A grade awarded for a class, better than outright failure (which can be F or E depending on the institution) and worse than a C.

num

Etymology: From Old English D, a 7th century replacement by Latin upper case letter D of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ (d, “daeg”).

1. The fourth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.

symbol

Etymology: Abbreviations. * (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin. * (dice): abbreviation of dice d # Abbreviation of died or death. #: William Shakespeare, d 1616

1. A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).

   “£sd — “pounds, shillings and pence””

2. Die or dice.

   “d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides”

   “2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice”

3. A penny, a measure of the size of nails.