fundieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of fundamentalist + -ie.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈfʌn.di/
• 韻: -ʌndi

名詞

fundie (plural fundies)

1. (derogatory, slang) A fundamentalist Christian.

   Some fundies are picketing at the capitol.

2. (by extension, derogatory, slang) A religious fundamentalist of any faith.

   He's a Jewish fundie, keeps everything really kosher.

語源

古期英語 ġefyndiġ (“capable”), equivalent of finden +‎ -y.

形容詞

fundie

1. Understandable, effective
   • 1225, Trinity Homilies:

     And giue us swo findige speche þat þe fewe word þe we on ure bede seien be cuðe alle halegen.
     And give us such apt speech that the few words that we say in our prayers be worthy to the All Holy.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. capable, able

参照

• “findi, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 June 2018.