saki1
- any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
Origin of saki1
saki2
Saki
- pen name of H(ector) H(ugh) Munro.
sake2
or sa·ké, sa·ki
- a Japanese fermented, mildly alcoholic beverage made from rice.
Origin of sake2
Munro
- Alice (Laid·law) [leyd-law] /ˈleɪdˌlɔ/, born 1931, Canadian short-story writer.
- H(ector) H(ugh)Saki, 1870–1916, Scottish novelist and short-story writer, born in Burma.
Examples from the Web for saki
Historical Examples
For there is no Saki to do it, either here or with the houris.
Edward FitzGerald and "Posh"James Blyth
Saki (rice spirit) and the ever-present tea were then served round.
The health of our landlord was proposed in Japanese, and drunk in saki.
The serpent arrived, drank the saki, got intoxicated, and fell asleep.
Mythical MonstersCharles Gould
We were blocking trade for the saki house, but they didn't kick.
A Yankee in the Far EastGeorge Hoyt Allen
saki
- any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
- another name for sake 2
Word Origin
Saki
- pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro
Munro1
- mountaineering any separate mountain peak over 3000 feet high: originally used of Scotland only but now sometimes extended to other parts of the British Isles
Word Origin
Munro2
- Alice, original name Alice Laidlaw. born 1931, Canadian short-story writer; her books include Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), and The Love of a Good Woman (1999); winner of the Booker international prize (2009) for a lifetime body of work
- H (ector) H (ugh), pen name Saki. 1870–1916, Scottish author, born in Burma (now Myanmar), noted for his collections of satirical short stories, such as Reginald (1904) and Beasts and Superbeasts (1914)
sake1
- benefit or interest (esp in the phrase for (someone's or one's own) sake)
- the purpose of obtaining or achieving (esp in the phrase for the sake of (something))
- used in various exclamations of impatience, urgency, etcfor heaven's sake; for pete's sake
Word Origin
sake2
sak or saki
- a Japanese alcoholic drink made from fermented rice
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for saki
n.
see sake (n.2).
sake
n.1
"purpose," Old English sacu "a cause at law, crime, dispute, guilt," from Proto-Germanic *sako "affair, thing, charge, accusation" (cf. Old Norse sök "charge, lawsuit, effect, cause," Old Frisian seke "strife, dispute, matter, thing," Dutch zaak "lawsuit, cause, sake, thing," German sache "thing, matter, affair, cause"), from PIE root *sag- "to investigate, seek out" (cf. Old English secan, Gothic sokjan "to seek;" see seek).
Much of the word's original meaning has been taken over by case (n.1), cause (n.), and it survives largely in phrases for the sake of (early 13c.) and for _______'s sake (c.1300, originally for God's sake), both probably are from Norse, as these forms have not been found in Old English.
sake
n.2
"Japanese rice liquor," 1680s, from Japanese sake, literally "alcohol."
Idioms and Phrases with saki
sake
see for the sake of.