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hiya [hiya 词源字典]: "An informal greeting", 1940s: alteration of how are you?.[hiya etymology, hiya origin, 英语词源]
Hansard: "The official record of debates in the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, or South African parliament", Late 19th century: named after Thomas C. Hansard (1776–1833), an English printer whose company originally printed it.
hanky: "A handkerchief", Late 19th century: abbreviation.
highfalutin: "(Especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious", Mid 19th century (originally US): perhaps from high + fluting (present participle of flute).
Hausa: "A member of a people of northern Nigeria and adjacent regions", The name in Hausa.
haar: "A cold sea fog on the east coast of England or Scotland", Late 17th century: perhaps from Old Norse hárr 'hoar, hoary'.
hoo-ha: "A commotion; a fuss", 1930s: of unknown origin.
humectant: "Retaining or preserving moisture", Early 19th century (denoting a moistening agent): from Latin humectant- 'moistening', from the verb humectare, from humectus 'moist, wet', from humere 'be moist'.
howzit: "Used as a greeting, equivalent to ‘hello’ or ‘how are you?’", Contraction of how is it?.
hols: "Holidays", Early 20th century: abbreviation.
hoick: "Lift or pull abruptly or with effort", Late 19th century: perhaps a variant of hike.
hoki: "An edible marine fish related to the hakes, found off the southern coasts of New Zealand", Late 19th century: from Maori.
hongi: "A traditional Maori greeting in which people press their noses together", Maori.
hypotaxis: "The subordination of one clause to another", Late 19th century: from Greek hupotaxis, from hupo 'under' + taxis 'arrangement'.
homophobia: "Dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people", 1960s: from homosexual + -phobia.
hwyl: "(In Welsh use) a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy", Welsh.
haute couture: "Expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses", French, literally 'high dressmaking'.
heritor: "A proprietor of a heritable object", Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French heriter, based on Latin hereditarius (see hereditary). The spelling change in the 16th century was by association with words ending in -or¹.
hylic: "Of matter; material", Mid 19th century: via late Latin from Greek hulikos, from hulē 'matter'.
Hippocratic oath: "An oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors, formerly taken by those beginning medical practice. Parts of the oath are still used in some medical schools", Mid 18th century: Hippocratic from medieval Latin Hippocraticus 'relating to Hippocrates' (see Hippocrates).