neces
Latin
Noun
necēs
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of nex
Verb
necēs
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of necō
- "may you kill, may you murder"
- (figuratively) "may you thwart, may you check"
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French nueces, variant of noces, from Late Latin *noptiās, from Latin nū̆ptiae. First attested in c. 1230.
Alternative forms
- noise (East Anglia); neoces (West Midland)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneːsəs/
- IPA(key): /ˈnøːsəs/ (West Midland)
Noun
neces (uncountable) (rare)
References
- “neoces, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
neces
- plural of nece (“niece”)