OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# pääesine
## Finnish
### Etymology

pää- +‎ esine

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpæːˌesineˣ/, [ˈpæːˌe̞s̠ine̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -esine
* Syllabification: pää‧e‧si‧ne

### Noun

pääesine
* main object, main item

#### Declension

Possessive forms of pääesine (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “pääesine”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
# puściutki
## Polish
### Etymology

From pusty +‎ -utki.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /puɕˈt͡ɕutki/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -utki
* Syllabification: puś‧ciut‧ki

### Adjective

puściutki (not comparable, derived adverb puściutko)
* diminutive of pusty

#### Declension
### Further reading

* puściutki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# puścić
## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pustiti.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuɕt͡ɕit͡ɕ/
* Audio 1; “puścić”:(file)
* Audio 2; “puścić się”:(file)
* Rhymes: -uɕt͡ɕit͡ɕ
* Syllabification: puś‧cić

### Verb

puścić pf (imperfective puszczać)
* (transitive) to let go, to release
    Puść mnie! ― Let go of me!
* (transitive, colloquial) to put on, to play, to select a recording for playing
    Do kolacji puściłem Chopina. ― I've put on Chopin for dinner.
* (reflexive with się) to be promiscuous
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uprawiać seks

#### Derived terms

* dopuścić pf, dopuszczać impf
* napuścić pf, napuszczać impf
* odpuścić pf, odpuszczać impf
* opuścić pf, opuszczać impf
* podpuścić pf, podpuszczać impf
* przepuścić pf, przepuszczać impf
* przypuścić pf, przypuszczać impf
* puścić bąka pf, puszczać bąka impf
* rozpuścić pf, rozpuszczać impf
* spuścić pf, spuszczać impf
* upuścić pf, upuszczać impf
* wpuścić pf, wpuszczać impf
* wypuścić pf, wypuszczać impf
* zapuścić pf, zapuszczać impf

### Further reading

* puścić in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* puścić in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# puścić kaczkę
## Polish
### Etymology

Literally, “to let go of the duck”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (normal speech) /ˈpuɕt͡ɕit͡ɕ ˈkat͡ʂkɛ/, (careful speech) /ˈpuɕt͡ɕit͡ɕ ˈkat͡ʂkɛw̃/
* Syllabification: puś‧cić kacz‧kę

### Verb

puścić kaczkę pf (imperfective puszczać kaczkę)
* (intransitive, idiomatic) to skip a stone

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* puścić kaczkę in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* puścić kaczkę in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# puścić z torbami
## Polish
### Etymology

Literally, “to let go with the bags”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpuɕt͡ɕit͡ɕ s tɔrˈbami/
* Audio:(file)
* Syllabification: puś‧cić z tor‧ba‧mi

### Verb

puścić z torbami pf (imperfective puszczać z torbami)
* (transitive, colloquial, economics, idiomatic) to take to the cleaners; to bleed, to clean out, to ruin (to make insolvent; to put someone in bankruptcy)
    Synonym: zrujnować

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* puścić z torbami in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* puścić z torbami in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# põrsa
## Estonian
### Noun

põrsa
* genitive singular of põrsas
# pyapy
## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

pyapy
* wrist
# pyaster
## English
### Noun

pyaster (plural pyasters)
* Obsolete spelling of piastre.

### Anagrams

* Tarpeys, prayest, pyrates
# pídeles
## Spanish
### Verb

pídeles
* second-person singular imperative of pedir combined with les
# pyg
## Welsh
### Etymology

Proto-Brythonic *pɨg, from Latin pix.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /pɨːɡ/
* (South Wales) IPA: /piːɡ/

### Noun

pyg m (uncountable)
* pitch, tar

#### Derived terms

* pyglys (“sulphurseed, hog's fennel”)
# päälipeitto
## Finnish
### Etymology

pääli- +‎ peitto

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpæːliˌpei̯tːo/, [ˈpæːliˌpe̞i̯t̪ːo̞]
* Rhymes: -eitːo
* Syllabification: pää‧li‧peit‧to

### Noun

päälipeitto
* coverlet (blanket used as a bed covering, usually quilted)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of päälipeitto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) :
# póxí
## Mandarin
### Romanization

póxí (Zhuyin ㄆㄛˊ ㄒㄧˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 婆媳
# père supérieur
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛʁ sy.pe.ʁjœʁ/

### Noun

père supérieur m (plural pères supérieurs)
* father superior (friar or monk in charge of a monastery)
    Hyponyms: abbé, prieur
    Coordinate term: mère supérieure
# père de la nation
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛʁ də la na.sjɔ̃/

### Noun

père de la nation m (plural pères de la nation)
* father of the nation (person considered the driving force behind the establishment of a country, state, or nation)
    Synonym: père de la patrie
    Coordinate term: mère de la nation

#### Usage notes

* Often used as an honorific title.

#### See also

* père fondateur
# wendetest an
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wendetest an
* inflection of anwenden:
** second-person singular preterite
** second-person singular subjunctive II
# выбивши
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɨbʲɪfʂɨ]

### Participle

вы́бивши • (výbivši)
* past adverbial perfective participle of вы́бить (výbitʹ)
# يرتددن
## Arabic
### Verb

يَرْتَدِدْنَ • (yartadidna) (form VIII) /jar.ta.did.na/
* third-person feminine plural non-past active indicative/subjunctive/jussive of اِرْتَدَّ (irtadda)
# вляпайте
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvlʲapəjtʲe]

### Verb

вля́пайте • (vljápajte)
* second-person plural imperative perfective of вля́пать (vljápatʹ)
# șireție
## Romanian
### Etymology

From șiret +‎ -ie.

### Noun

șireție f (plural șireții)
* cunningness
# цельте
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɛlʲtʲe]

### Verb

це́льте • (célʹte)
* second-person plural imperative imperfective of це́лить (célitʹ)
# weasellike
## English
### Etymology

From weasel +‎ -like.

### Adjective

weasellike (comparative more weasellike, superlative most weasellike)
* Similar to a weasel.
* Similar to that of a weasel.
    a weasellike face
* (figuratively) underhanded; shady.

#### See also

* musteline

### Adverb

weasellike (comparative more weasellike, superlative most weasellike)
* In the manner of a weasel.
# vertáis
## Spanish
### Verb

vertáis
* second-person plural present subjunctive of verter
# vertyuous
## Middle English
### Adjective

vertyuous
* Alternative form of vertuous
# vesicularized
## English
### Verb

vesicularized
* simple past and past participle of vesicularize
# vesicularizing
## English
### Verb

vesicularizing
* present participle and gerund of vesicularize
# viadutos
## Portuguese
### Noun

viadutos
* plural of viaduto
# viadukton
## Esperanto
### Noun

viadukton
* accusative singular of viadukto
# vesihyönteinen
## Finnish
### Etymology

vesi +‎ hyönteinen

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋesiˌhyø̯ntei̯nen/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌhyø̞̯n̪t̪e̞i̯ne̞n]
* Rhymes: -yønteinen
* Syllabification: ve‧si‧hyön‧tei‧nen

### Noun

vesihyönteinen
* aquatic insect

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vesihyönteinen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) :

### Further reading

* “vesihyönteinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
# vesijohtoliike
## Finnish
### Etymology

vesijohto +‎ liike

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋesiˌjohtoˌliːkeˣ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌjo̞xt̪o̞ˌliːk̟e̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -iːke
* Syllabification: ve‧si‧joh‧to‧lii‧ke

### Noun

vesijohtoliike
* plumbing company

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vesijohtoliike (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) :

### Further reading

* “vesijohtoliike”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
# wastable
## English
### Adjective

wastable (not comparable)
* Alternative form of wasteable

### Anagrams

* table saw
# vespertinis
## Latin
### Adjective

vespertīnīs
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of vespertīnus
# webearía
## Spanish
### Verb

webearía
* first/third-person singular conditional of webear
# webearon
## Spanish
### Verb

webearon
* third-person plural preterite indicative of webear
# webearéis
## Spanish
### Verb

webearéis
* second-person plural future indicative of webear
# wawen
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* wawyn, waȝien, waȝeȝen, wagien, wawien, wawie, wawi, wawe

### Etymology

From Old English wagian, form Proto-Germanic *wagōną. Compare waggen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwau̯ən/

### Verb

wawen
* To shake, swing or totter; to move to and fro.
* To push; to cause to move.
* To go; to travel.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) wawen, wawe | (to) wawen, wawe |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | wawe | wawed |
| 2nd-person singular | wawest | wawedest |
| 3rd-person singular | waweth | wawed |
| subjunctive singular | wawe | wawed |
| imperative singular | wawe | — |
| plural$^1$ | wawen, wawe | waweden, wawede |
| imperative plural | waweth, wawe | — |
| participles | wawynge, wawende | wawed, ywawed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Related terms

* wawynge

#### Descendants

* English: waw
* Scots: waw

#### References

* “wawen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.
# wawe
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English wawe, waghe. Not the same word as wave.

### Noun

wawe (plural wawes)
* Alternative form of waw (“wave”)

### References

* “wawe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From inflected forms in wāg- of Old English wǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic *wāg, from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz.

#### Alternative forms

* waghe, waue, waȝe, wau, waw

#### Pronunciation

* (Early Middle English) IPA: /waɣ/
* IPA: /wau̯/

#### Noun

wawe (plural wawes)
* A wave (moving zone of water or other flowing substance; undulation)
** 1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knyghtes Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC, lines 1099-1100:And fro the navele doun al covered was / With wawes grene, and brighte as any glas.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* Any sort of flowing or spurting motion.
* (usually in the plural) The ocean; a large body of water.
* (figurative) A force of change or disruption.

##### Related terms

* wawy

##### Descendants

* English: waw, wawe (obsolete)
* Scots: waw

##### References

* “wau(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-11.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

wawe
* Alternative form of wawy

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

wawe
* Alternative form of wawen

### Etymology 4

From Old English wāwa.

#### Noun

wawe
* (Early Middle English) Alternative form of wowe

## Swahili
### Verb

wawe
* inflection of -wa:
** third-person plural subjunctive affirmative
** m-wa class subject inflected plural subjunctive affirmative

## Tunjung
### Noun

wawe
* woman

### References

* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
# vestirdes
## Galician
### Verb

vestirdes
* inflection of vestir:
** second-person plural future subjunctive
** second-person plural personal infinitive

## Portuguese
### Verb

vestirdes
* inflection of vestir:
** second-person plural future subjunctive
** second-person plural personal infinitive
# vesiteitse
## Finnish
### Etymology

vesitie +‎ -itse

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋesiˌtei̯tseˣ/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌt̪e̞i̯ts̠e̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -eitse
* Syllabification: ve‧si‧teit‧se

### Adverb

vesiteitse
* by waterways

### Further reading

* “vesiteitse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
# vesitatar
## Finnish
### Etymology

vesi +‎ tatar

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋesiˌtɑtɑr/, [ˈʋe̞s̠iˌt̪ɑ̝t̪ɑ̝r]
* Rhymes: -ɑtɑr
* Syllabification: ve‧si‧ta‧tar

### Noun

vesitatar
* water knotweed (Persicaria amphibia)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vesitatar (Kotus type 32*C/sisar, tt-t gradation) :

### Further reading

* “vesitatar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
# weerberigte
## Afrikaans
### Noun

weerberigte
* plural of weerberig
# weerbestendig
## Dutch
### Etymology

From weer (“weather”) +‎ bestendig (“resistant”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

weerbestendig
* weather-resistant
    Deze paraplu is gemaakt van weerbestendig materiaal dat bestand is tegen regen en wind.This umbrella is made of weather-resistant material that can withstand rain and wind.
    De gevel van het gebouw is behandeld met een weerbestendige coating om schade door weersinvloeden te voorkomen.The facade of the building is treated with a weather-resistant coating to prevent damage from weather conditions.
# vicemandatarias
## Spanish
### Noun

vicemandatarias
* plural of vicemandataria
# vicemandataria
## Spanish
### Noun

vicemandataria f (plural vicemandatarias)
* female equivalent of vicemandatario (“deputy head of state”)
# vexareu
## Catalan
### Verb

vexareu
* second-person plural future indicative of vexar
# viabilizabais
## Spanish
### Verb

viabilizabais
* second-person plural imperfect indicative of viabilizar
# viabilità
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.a.bi.liˈta/$^*$
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: vi‧a‧bi‧li‧tà
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

viabilità f (invariable)
* practicability
* road conditions
* (in the plural) roads
* highway engineering

#### Usage notes

* Viabilità is a false friend in English, and it does not mean "viability".

### References

* ↑ viabilità in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* abilitavi
# weerspiegelt
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

weerspiegelt
* inflection of weerspiegelen:
** second/third-person singular present indicative
** (archaic) plural imperative
# wake-on-LAN
## English
### Noun

wake-on-LAN (uncountable)
* (computing) A networking standard that allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) WoL

#### See also

* magic packet
# wake-overs
## English
### Noun

wake-overs
* plural of wake-over
# victimarse
## Spanish
### Verb

victimarse
* infinitive of victimar combined with se
# victimará
## Spanish
### Verb

victimará
* third-person singular future indicative of victimar
# veteti
## Hungarian
### Etymology

vetet +‎ -i (personal suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛtɛti]
* Hyphenation: ve‧te‧ti
* Rhymes: -ti

### Verb

veteti
* third-person singular indicative present definite of vetet
# vetetek
## Hungarian
### Etymology

vetet +‎ -ek (personal suffix)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛtɛtɛk]
* Hyphenation: ve‧te‧tek

### Verb

vetetek
* first-person singular indicative present indefinite of vetet
# weggeworpen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: weg‧ge‧wor‧pen

### Participle

weggeworpen
* past participle of wegwerpen
# wegħdi
## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈwɛː.dɪ/
* IPA: /ˈwɛˤː.dɪ/

### Noun

wegħdi
* plural of wegħda
# wegschüttend
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Participle

wegschüttend
* present participle of wegschütten
# wegsetzend
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Participle

wegsetzend
* present participle of wegsetzen
# wegseht
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wegseht
* second-person plural dependent present of wegsehen
# wegsetzen
## German
### Etymology

From weg- +‎ setzen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛkˌzɛtsn̩], [ˈvɛkˌzɛtsən]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: weg‧set‧zen

### Verb

wegsetzen (weak, third-person singular present setzt weg, past tense setzte weg, past participle weggesetzt, auxiliary haben)
* to move away
    Synonyms: wegstellen, weglegen, wegräumen, beiseitelegen; beiseitesetzen, zur Seite setzen

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* Wegsetzer, Wegsetzung

#### Related terms

* Wegsetzen
* wegsetzend, weggesetzt
* aussetzen, umsetzen, versetzen

### Further reading

* “wegsetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “wegsetzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “wegsetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “wegsetzen” in Duden online
# wegsiehst
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

wegsiehst
* second-person singular dependent present of wegsehen
# veteáramos
## Spanish
### Verb

veteáramos
* first-person plural imperfect subjunctive of vetear
# veteáis
## Spanish
### Verb

veteáis
* second-person plural present indicative of vetear
# waterfallish
## English
### Adjective

waterfallish (not comparable)
* Like a waterfall.
** 2007 June 7, Johanna Rothman, Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN:Paddling Your Way Out of a Waterfall. If you're stuck with a serial lifeycle, here's how to make it less waterfallish and more flexible so you can adapt to reality: […]
** 2022 August 16, Flora Jane Thompson, Still Glides the Stream, DigiCat:[...] waterfallish sound which Charity afterwards remembered as one of the distinctive voices of Waterside. When after more meanderings the stream reached the next village, it had increased sufficiently in depth and width […]
# waterfaring
## English
### Noun

waterfaring (uncountable)
* travelling on a waterway
# waterfast
## English
### Etymology

From water +‎ fast. Cognate with Scots wattirfast (“watertight”), West Frisian wetterfêst (“waterproof”), Dutch watervast (“waterproof”), German wasserfest (“waterproof”), Danish vandfast (“waterproof”), Swedish vattenfast (“waterproof”).

### Adjective

waterfast (comparative more waterfast, superlative most waterfast)
* watertight
* waterproof
** 1953, August G. Lockwood, Norman E. Stanton, How to Finish Your Attic and Basement Yourself, page 166:If you spot paste, and your paper is waterfast, wipe at once with a damp cloth or sponge. If the paper is not waterfast, wipe with a dry cloth.
** 2000, Nelson Novick M.D, Baby Skin:A waterfast sunscreen, in other words, a product that stays on well despite swimming or heavy perspiration, is also advisable.
# weirdmen
## Scots
### Noun

weirdmen
* plural of weirdman
# weirdos
## English
### Noun

weirdos
* plural of weirdo

### Anagrams

* dowries, rowdies, wordies
# weather-glasses
## English
### Noun

weather-glasses
* plural of weather-glass
# weather-tight
## English
### Adjective

weather-tight (comparative more weather-tight, superlative most weather-tight)
* Alternative form of weathertight.
** 1869, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book‎, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1917, Part VI, lines 309-312, p. 215:[…] There’s a rubble-stone Unfit for the front o’ the building, stuff to stow In a gap behind and keep us weather-tight; There’s porphyry for the prominent place. Good lack!
** 1897, Francis C[ruger] Moore, “Inside the House”, in How to Build a Home: The House Practical; Being Suggestions as to Safety from Fire, Safety to Health, Comfort, Convenience, Durability, and Economy, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure Co., →OCLC, page 42:Some experts claim that it is a bad practice in stone buildings to build the window-frames in with the stone masonry of the wall, and that the openings should be carefully made, the stone wall being brought to a proper face, thoroughly pointed, and the window-frames put in afterward, if a weather-tight job is desired.
** 2010, Elizabeth Gill, chapter 22, in Snow Hall, Sutton, Surrey: Severn House Publishers, →ISBN, page 193:The house was weather-tight and warm, big fires blazed in every room.
# westfalisk
## Swedish
### Etymology

Westfalen +‎ -isk

### Adjective

westfalisk
* Westphalian (pertaining to Westphalia in Germany)
    westfaliska freden
       peace treaty of Westphalia (1648)
# westfalite
## English
### Noun

westfalite (uncountable)
* An explosive, used in mining, containing ammonium nitrate.
# well-to-do
## English
### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˌwɛltəˈdu/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

well-to-do (comparative more well-to-do, superlative most well-to-do)
* Rich, prosperous, financially stable and comfortable.
    Some philosophers aver that the well-to-do should be taxed at a higher rate than poorer people.
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
** 2023 August 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: End damaging drift at Euston”, in RAIL, number 990, page 3:There was a single arrivals platform, nearest to King's Cross. The large arch beneath the clock gave access to Hansom carriages clip-clopping up the cobbled ramp from the main gate in Euston Road, directly onto the platform, to meet well-to-do passengers.

#### Synonyms

* affluent, well-fixed, well-heeled; for more, see Thesaurus:wealthy
# well-thriven
## English
### Adjective

well-thriven (comparative more well-thriven, superlative most well-thriven)
* (now chiefly Scotland, England regional) That has developed well; flourishing, thriving, healthy. [from 14th c.]
** 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:Then I have a sort of quarrel against his face, though in his person, for a well-thriven man, tolerably genteel.
# vetootje
## Dutch
### Noun

vetootje n (plural vetootjes)
* diminutive of veto
# whalemeat
## English
### Etymology

From whale +‎ meat.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

whalemeat (uncountable)
* The meat of a whale.

### Anagrams

* wheatmeal
# whalelore
## English
### Alternative forms

* whale-lore

### Etymology

From whale +‎ lore.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

whalelore (uncountable)
* The knowledge, study, or science of whales.
** 1864, The North British review, page 300:Member of the Danish Rigsdag, the king's sheriff in Faroe, a man of the simplest manners and most varied knowledge and intelligence, great in whalelore and fowllore, strong in deep- sea fishing, a great gatherer of strange over-sea waifs, […]
** 1960, Michael Williams, Commonweal, volume 72, page 235:A whale of a whale adventure on one of the few sailing vessels still occasionally in use. The author has packed standard ingredients into this story, including a fiendish captain, detailed information on whalelore and modern whaling methods.
** 1973, John Wood Campbell, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 92:But his pretense to whalelore didn't even have an aficionado's sincerity. Grey didn't like him.
** 1987, Udo Fries, The Structure of texts, page 213:The project itself, in short, generates the need for figuration, itself compactly figured in the Swiss Army knife...in the amount of whalelore that might be considered, but there turns out to be no inherent limit to the number of cognitive strategies for knowledge about whalelore that might be tested.

#### See also

* cetology