garret English · revision 1348

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɡæɹɪt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɡæɹɪt/, /ˈɡɛɹɪt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|garite|t=watchtower, turret]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|fro|garite|t=watchtower, refuge]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''garir'' “to defend, protect”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(RHWU) which is of Germanic origin.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) It is related to Old English ''werian'' “to defend”^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and to [[garrison]].^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A watchtower or a turret on the top of a tower or wall (about 1300).^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense of a room under the roof appeared early (1310 in Barnhart;^(Barnhart 1995) 1483 in the OED).^(OED 1989) By the mid-18th century the garret was the typical wretched lodging of a poor poet.^(Etymonline) The original military sense is obsolete.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * about 1300 – a watchtower or turret.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1310 – an attic or loft, per Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1483 – a room on the top floor.^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-18th century – a poor poet's lodging.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A room on the top floor of a house, under a sloping roof; an [[attic]], often a small and wretched one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[garreted]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[garrison]]

+ * [[attic]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}