Darth

name
/dɑɹθ/US/dɑːθ/UK

Etymology

From the Star Wars universe, where it is used as a title for Sith Lords. (There are Darth Vader, Darth Tyranus, Darth Maul etc.) Blend of dark + death (the derivation from Dark Lord of the Sith is a later development).

  1. inherited from *dʰówtus
  2. inherited from *dauþuz
  3. inherited from *dauþu
  4. inherited from dēaþ
  5. inherited from deeth
  6. compounded as darth — “dark + death

Definitions

  1. Used as a title or name for an evil person.

    • Consider the threat of an evil hacker, Darth, who can not only eavesdrop on your network connection but also alter the messages that are sent.
    • […] glaring malevolently across his desk at me in the manner that had earned him the nickname “Darth” among his elite cadre of audio penetration officers.
    • The evil Darth Leonard steals the formula and a young couple must get it back (real life Ward Leonard is a legendary recluse who has hiked the Appalachian Trail something like 20-30 times).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Darth. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA