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holidate

noun

Etymology

Blend of holiday + date. Perhaps popularized by Holidate (2020), American romantic comedy film.

  1. derived from דֶּקֶל — “date palm”
  2. derived from دَقَل — “variety of date palm”
  3. derived from δάκτυλος — “finger”
  4. derived from datil
  5. derived from dactylus
  6. derived from date
  7. inherited from date
  8. compounded as holidate — “holiday + date”

Definitions

  1. A holiday taken with a potential romantic partner, similar to a date.

  2. The potential romantic partner taken on such a holiday.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for holidate. 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