English
loaded dice
Loaded dice comes from English loaded ‘weighted asymmetrically’.
- English1500–presentloaded‘weighted asymmetrically’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792loaded dice
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- English1500–presentloaded‘weighted asymmetrically’
- Englishearliest quotation 1792loaded dice
Earliest quotation: 1792, The Analytical Review: “We here behold an impudent unlettered miscreant, wheedling himself…”
A compound of loaded ‘weighted asymmetrically’ + dice
Proto-Indo-European *de ‘to, towards’
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Latin dē ‘of; concerning; about’
Old French de ‘of’
Old French des
Middle English dys
English dice
Every English word from English loaded
Today it means
noun An advantage obtained by manipulating rules or insider influence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English loaded / loaded dice