poss.
See also: poss and pôs
English
Adjective
poss.
- Abbreviation of possessive (form).
- Abbreviation of possible.
Adverb
poss.
- Abbreviation of possibly.
- 1929, Georg Morgenstierne, Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., page 40:
- Apparently m > n in khân, khâin “which” (Av. katāma-?), poss. under the influence of khin “who” (*kahya-nā?).
- 2000, Robert Allen Palmatier, Food: A Dictionary of Literal and Nonliteral Terms, Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 33:
- The latter sense was modified by two other terms meaning “a lot of money”: long bread (poss. influenced by the Fr. baguette) and heavy bread (poss. influenced by unleavened bread).
- 2001, Garland [Hampton] Cannon; Alan S[tewart] Kaye, The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 116:
- pagoda, n. (W10 1588) Rel., (1681) Money, (1900) Cloth., var. pagod + 4 [Pg. pagode, prob. < Per. butkada idol temple, poss. influenced by Prakrit bhagodī divine, holy; […]]
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Anagrams
- OPSS, PSOs, SOPs, SPSO, psso, sops