Siamese adjective, noun, & verb.
[sʌɪǝ'mi:z] L17.[from Siam (see below) + -ESE.]A. adjective.
1. Of or pertaining to Siam (now Thailand), a country in SE Asia, its inhabitants, or their language.
L17.2. United as (if) Siamese twins (see below);
spec. (of a mechanical connection etc.) converting the power or pressure from two outlets into one.
M19.■ E. Bowen In step, in Siamese closeness, they paced. ■ N. J. Berrill Siamese conditions meant death of mother and offspring.Special collocations:
Siamese cat (an animal of) a breed of cat, orig. from Thailand, usu. with a light body, cream-coloured short hair, a narrow brown head and blue eyes.
Siamese fighter,
Siamese fighting fish a tropical freshwater fish,
Betta splendens (family Anabantidae), native to Malaysia and Thailand, the male of which is highly aggressive.
Siamese twin [after famous twins, Chang and Eng (1811-74), who were congenitally united near the waist] (a) in
pl., a pair of conjoined twins,
transf. &
fig. any closely associated pair;
(b) either of a pair of such twins.
b. noun. Pl. same.
1. A native or inhabitant of Siam (now Thailand).
L17.2. The language of Siam; Thai.
M18.3. =
Siamese cat above.
L19.4. A Siamese connection (see sense A.2 above).
E20.C. verb trans. Unite as (if) Siamese twins;
spec. join in a Siamese connection. Chiefly as
Siamesed ppl adjective.
M19.■ B. Knox The Jaguar..had twin carburetters plus a siamesed exhaust. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲