name
Meaning 1
Ascension Island
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, informal
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Standard Lemma guide
wideawake
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noun
Meaning 2
A bird, the sooty tern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Examples
- 1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884). "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake, and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage windows as the train rolled up."
- 1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" Wisps of white hair straggled from under his wideawake [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wideawake hat
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Named after a nearby colony of wideawakes, or sooty terns.
* From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: wairaweki — A type of hat, with a broad brim made of black or brown felt