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English
Etymology
back-form|defenestration|nodot3, from L. term|de-||out|langla, + term|fenestra||window|lang=la.
Pronunciation
IPA|/d��f�nɪstɹeɪt/
:*rhymes|eɪt
Verb
en-verb|defenestrat|ing
- To eject or throw (someone or something) from a window.
#* "I defenestrated a clock to see if time flies"
#*: Lane Smith, quoted in "Who's News", Time for Kids, September 25, 1998
- context|computing|jocular|slang To stop using the Windows operating system.
#* "...enable one-click uninstalls of unwanted OS and application features with a Defenestrate icon."
#*: Packet Rat: Judge Rat calls for a Microsoft defenestration, Government Computer News, July 23, 2001 1
#* "What's needed is defenestration -- throwing out the Windows mindset along with Microsoft's licenses and software"
#*: Murphy P. What Does Linux Cost? LinuxInsider?, Februrary 12, 2004 2
#* "...defenestration is starting to be linked to the throwing out of Windows software."
#*: Braue D, Gray P, Colquhoun L, Douglas J-V. Leaders of the pack. MIS Australia, December 1, 2005 3
References
PC Magazine Enyclopedia definition of defenestrate 4
Translations
trans-top|eject from a window
French: défenestrer
German: defenestrieren
Icelandic: henda út um glugga
Italian: defenestrare
Portuguese: defenestrar
trans-mid
Spanish: defenestrar
Swedish: defenestrera
trans-bottom
See also
pedialite|Defenestration
pedialite|Defenestrations of Prague
Italian
Verb
infl|it|verb form
- form of|second person plural|Second person plural present tense and imperative|defenestrare
fi:defenestrate
vi:defenestrate
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