In order to continue enjoying our site, we ask that you confirm your identity as a human. Thank you very much for your cooperation. See also: Nurse English Wikipedia has an article on: nurse WikipediaFrom Middle English norice, from Old French norrice, from Late Latin nūtrīcia, noun based on Latin nūtrīcius (“that which nourishes”), from nūtrīx (“wet nurse”), from nūtriō (“to suckle”). Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]nurse (plural nurses)
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Descendants[edit]Translations[edit]Verb[edit]nurse (third-person singular simple present nurses, present participle nursing, simple past and past participle nursed)
Usage notes[edit]In sense “to drink slowly”, generally negative and particularly used for someone at a bar, suggesting they either cannot afford to buy another drink or are too miserly to do so. By contrast, sip is more neutral. Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]See also[edit]Further reading[edit]Etymology 2[edit]Origin uncertain; earlier (16th century) nusse, nuse. Perhaps from huss, through metanalysis of "an huss" as "a nuss". Noun[edit]nurse (plural nurses)
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