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good-for-nothing (adj.)"worthless," 1711, from adjectival phrase (see good (adj.)).
Related entries & more free-for-all (n.)"mass brawl" (one in which all may participate), 1918, from earlier adjective use (1868), especially in reference to open horse races, American English. Earlier as a noun in reference to free-for-all horse and motorcar races.
Related entries & more head over heels (adv.)1726, "a curious perversion" [Weekley] of Middle English heels over head (late 14c.) "somersault fashion," hence "recklessly." Head (n.) and heels long have been paired in alliterative phrases in English, and the whole image also was in classical Latin (per caput pedesque ire).
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Muscat capital of Oman, from Arabic Masqat, said to mean "hidden" (it is isolated from the interior by hills).
Related entries & more beal (n.)"mouth of a river or valley, opening between hills," 1818 (in Scott), from Gaelic beul "mouth."
Related entries & more tumulous (adj.)1727, from Latin tumulosus "full of hills," from tumulus "hill, mound, heap of earth" (see tumulus).
Related entries & more capo (n.2)"pitch-altering device for a stringed instrument," 1946, short for capo tasto (1876), from Italian, literally "head stop," from Latin caput "head" (from PIE root *kaput- "head") + tasto "key; touch."
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