speakeasy
English
noun
Definitions
- An illegal saloon or tavern, especially one operated during the American Prohibition period in the 1920s.
Etymology
Compound from English speak + English easy.
Origin
English
easy
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newspeak English
- autospeak English
- bespeak English
- bullspeak English
- cyberspeak English
- duckspeak English
- ease English
- easily English
- easiness English
- easy English
- easycore English
- easygoing English
- easyish English
- farspeak English
- forespeak English
- forspeak English
- forthspeak English
- inspeak English
- lolspeak English
- mallspeak English
- misspeak English
- newspeak English
- outspeak English
- overeasy English
- overspeak English
- respeak English
- speak English
- speakability English
- speakable English
- speakeasylike English
- speaker English
- speakest English
- speaketh English
- speakie English
- speaking English
- speako English
- speakout English
- speakworthy English
- textspeak English
- underspeak English
- uneasy English
- unspeak English
- upspeak English
- withspeak English
- iisi Finnish
- spiikki Finnish
- eesy Middle English
- speken Middle English
- newspeak Czech
- novořeč Czech
- isi Faroese
- spikka Faroese
- pük Volapük
- spikön Volapük
- piki Sranan Tongo
- ease
- easy
- speak
- easily
- speako
- uneasy
- unspeak
- speaker
- bespeak
- inspeak
- speakie
- easyish
- respeak
- upspeak
- speaking
- lolspeak
- speaketh
- speakest
- farspeak
- misspeak
- outspeak
- Newspeak
- easiness
- speakout
- overeasy
- newspeak
- forspeak
- easycore
- mallspeak
- autospeak
- easygoing
- textspeak
- duckspeak
- bullspeak
- overspeak
- withspeak
- speakable
- forespeak
- forthspeak
- underspeak
- cyberspeak
- speakworthy
- speakability
- speakeasylike