privileged (adj.)

late 14c. of things; mid-15c. of persons, "enjoying certain privileges or immunities," past-participle adjective from privilege (v.).

also from late 14c.

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privilege (v.)

late 14c., privilegen, "endow (someone) with a special right, grace, power, etc.; to invest with a privilege," from privilege (n.) and from Old French privilegier (13c.), from Medieval Latin privilegare, from Latin privilegium "law applying to one person." Related: Privileged; privileging.

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inside

late 14c., ynneside "interior part (of the body)," compound of in (prep.) + side (n.). General sense "inner side or part (of anything)" is from c. 1500. The adjective sense "being on the inside" is from 1610s, from the noun. It began to be used in slang c. 1900 in reference to th

inner

c. 1400, from Old English inra, comparative of inne (adv.) "inside" (see in (adv.)). Similar formation in Old High German innaro, German inner. The original order of comparison was in/inner/inmost; the evolution has been unusual for a comparative, and inner has not been used with

beneficiary

with the receipt of profits or advantages," probably via French bénéficiaire, from Latin beneficiarius "enjoying a favor, privileged...

antidisestablishmentarianism

establishmentarianism "the principle of a state church" (1846) and disestablishment "act of withdrawing (a church) from a privileged...

aristocracy

The meaning "rule by a privileged class, oligarchy, government by those distinguished by rank and wealth" (best-born or best-favored...

kleptomania

The word was much-derided in 19c. as a fancy term for old-fashioned thievery and an opportunity for the privileged to claim...

baker

These dealers [hucksters] ... on purchasing their bread from the bakers, were privileged by law to receive thirteen batches...

allow

early 14c., allouen, "to commend, praise; approve of, be pleased with; appreciate the value of;" also, "take into account or give credit for," also, in law and philosophy, "recognize, admit as valid" (a privilege, an excuse, a statement, etc.). From late 14c. as "sanction or perm

countenance

mid-13c., contenaunce, "behavior, bearing, conduct, manners;" early 14c., "outward appearance, looks," from Old French contenance "demeanor, bearing, conduct," from Latin continentia "restraint, abstemiousness, moderation," literally "way one contains oneself," from continentem,

permit

early 15c., permitten, transitive, "allow (something) to be done, suffer or allow to be," from Old French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per "through" (from PIE root *per- (1) "forward

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