Flat Definition
- to fail in the desired effect; be completely unsuccessful
- at full speed, with maximum effort, etc.
- clear(ly); definite(ly)
Other Word Forms of Flat
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Origin of Flat
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From 1795, alteration of Scots flet (“inner part of a house”), from Middle English flet (“dwelling”), from Old English flet, flett (“ground floor, dwelling”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”). More at flet, flat1.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English flat, from Old Norse flatr (Norwegian and Swedish flat, Danish flad), from Proto-Germanic *flataz, from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”); akin to German Flöz (“a geological layer”), Ancient Greek πλατύς (platus), Latvian plats, Sanskrit प्रत्हस् (prathas, “extension”).
From Wiktionary
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Alteration of Scots flet inner part of a house from Middle English from Old English floor, dwelling plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old Norse flatr plat- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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