OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# surgical mask
## English
### Noun

surgical mask (plural surgical masks)
* (medicine, infectious disease) A mask worn to catch bacteria shed in liquid droplets and aerosols from the wearer's mouth and nose.
* A medical-grade mask worn during surgery.

#### Synonyms

* face diaper
* procedure mask
* SARS mask

#### See also

* dust mask
* KN94
* N95
* paint mask
* respirator
# switchboard
## English
### Etymology

From switch +‎ board.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

switchboard (plural switchboards)
* (telecommunications) The electronic panel that is used to direct telephone calls to the desired recipient.
* (electrical engineering) A large piece of power-distribution equipment that directs electricity to multiple loads.
# sycophant
## English
### Etymology

First attested in 1537. From Latin sȳcophanta (“informer, trickster”), from Ancient Greek συκοφάντης (sukophántēs), itself from σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show, demonstrate”). The gesture of "showing the fig" was a vulgar one, which was made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, which is itself symbolic of a σῦκον (sûkon), which also meant vulva. The story behind this etymology is that politicians in ancient Greece steered clear of displaying that vulgar gesture, but secretly urged their followers to taunt their opponents by using it.
Cognate with Italian sicofante, Spanish sicofanta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪkəfænt/, /ˈsɪkəfənt/, /ˈsaɪkəfænt/, /ˈsaɪkəfənt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

sycophant (plural sycophants)
* One who uses obsequious compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another; a servile flatterer.
    Synonyms: ass-kisser, brown noser, suck-up, yes man; see also Thesaurus:sycophant
** 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry:A sycophant will everything admire: / Each verse, each sentence, sets his soul on fire
** 1743, Henry Fielding, “Of True Greatness. An Epistle to George Dodington, Esq”, in Miscellanies, […], volume I, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 3:VVhile a mean Crovvd of Sycophants attend, / And favvn and flatter, creep and cringe and bend; / The Fav'rite bleſſes his ſuperior State, / Riſes o'er all, and hails Himſelf the Great.
* One who seeks to gain through the powerful and influential.
    Synonyms: parasite, flunky, lackey; see also Thesaurus:sycophant
* (obsolete) An informer; a talebearer.
** a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:[H]is mind had no eye to espy goodness; and therefore accusing sycophants, of all men, did best sort to his nature.

#### Derived terms

* sycophancy
* sycophantic
* sycophantish
* sycophantism

#### Translations
### Verb

sycophant (third-person singular simple present sycophants, present participle sycophanting, simple past and past participle sycophanted)
* (transitive, obsolete) To inform against; hence, to calumniate.
** 1642, John Milton, Apology for Smectymnuus:As therefore he began in the title, so in the next leaf he makes it his first business to tamper with his reader by sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary.
* (transitive, rare) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.

### Further reading

* sycophant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# talaje
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish talaje, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) +‎ āxin.

### Noun

talaje (plural talajes)
* a kind of tick (Ornithodoros talaje)

#### Translations
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈlaxe/ [t̪aˈla.xe]
* Rhymes: -axe
* Syllabification: ta‧la‧je

### Etymology 1

From talar (“fell (trees)”) +‎ -aje (“-age”).

#### Noun

talaje m (plural talajes)
* (Chile) grazing
* (Chile) fee paid for the right to graze on another's land

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tlālāxin, from tlālli (“earth”) +‎ āxin.

#### Alternative forms

* tlalaje, clalaje

#### Noun

talaje m (plural talajes)
* talaje (parasite)

#### References

* Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 228

### Further reading

* “talaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
# tarantism
## English
### Alternative forms

* tarentism

### Etymology

From New Latin tarantismus + English -ism (suffix forming nouns of action, process, or result), from Old Italian Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”) + Latin -ismus (“-ism”); see further at tarantula. The English word is cognate with French tarentisme, Italian tarantismo.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtæɹəntɪzm/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtæɹənˌtɪzm/
* Hyphenation: ta‧rant‧ism

### Noun

tarantism (usually uncountable, plural tarantisms)
* An extreme urge to dance, popularly thought to have been caused by the bite of a tarantula (Lycosa tarantula) and prevalent in southern Italy in the 15th through 17th centuries.
    Synonyms: choreomania, dancing mania
** 1835, James Johnson, The Medico-chirurgical Review, page 53:This dancing mania or tarantism prevailed during the whole of the 17th century — and Baglivi, one of the best physicians of that time, made it the subject of a dissertation. He supports his history of the symptoms by the testimony of his father, […]
** 2012, Hélène Neveu Kringelbach, Jonathan Skinner, Dancing Cultures: Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 60:The position depicted is often seen to characterize rituals of tarantism, used for centuries in southern Italy and elsewhere to treat victims of the tarantula's bite, expressing personal and social crises (De Martino 2005).

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “tarantism, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1910; “tarantism, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* tarantism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* tintamars

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tarantismo.

### Noun

tarantism n (plural tarantisme)
* tarantism
# Skelwith
## English
### Proper noun

Skelwith
* A civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district.

#### Derived terms

* Skelwith Bridge

### References

* Parish map
# meatridden
## English
### Verb

meatridden
* past participle of meatride
# three-piece suit
## English
### Alternative forms

* 3-piece suit

### Noun

three-piece suit (plural three-piece suits)
* A suit consisting of matching jacket, trousers, and waistcoat.
** 2014, Joseph E. Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:Then, immaculately dressed in three-piece suit, starched collar, and wingtips, Wilbur was obliged to drive a spike of Nevada silver into a railroad tie, a tricky and potentially embarrassing ceremonoial duty, especially with a phalanx of eager photographers poised to record every misswing.

#### See also

* one-piece
* two-piece
* three-piece suite
# renardière
## French
### Etymology

From renard +‎ -ière.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁə.naʁ.djɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

renardière f (plural renardières)
* foxhole (den of a fox)

### Further reading

* “renardière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# EGR
## English
### Noun

EGR (uncountable)
* Initialism of exhaust gas recirculation.
* (gymnastics) Initialism of element group requirements.

### Anagrams

* -erg-, ERG, GER, GRE, Ger, Ger., Ger⁺⁶, Reg, erg, ger, gre, reg
# bıyıklı
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بییقلی (bıyıklı). By surface analysis, bıyık +‎ -lı.

### Adjective

bıyıklı (not comparable)
* moustached

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “bıyıklı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
# taken someone at their word
## English
### Verb

taken someone at their word
* past participle of take someone at their word
# trade fair
## English
### Noun

trade fair (plural trade fairs)
* An exhibition at which members of a specific industry exhibit or demonstrate their products to prospective customers and to each other.

#### Synonyms

* trade show

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* fair trade, fairtrade
# bitten someone's hand off
## English
### Verb

bitten someone's hand off
* past participle of bite someone's hand off
# given neck
## English
### Verb

given neck
* past participle of give neck
# traveller's cheque
## English
### Alternative forms

* traveler's check (US)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

traveller's cheque
* (British, Canada) A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen.
# triumphal
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

triumphal (comparative more triumphal, superlative most triumphal)
* Of, relating to, or being a triumph.
* That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.

#### Synonyms

* (celebrating triumph, victory): triumphant

#### Derived terms

* triumphal arch
* triumphally
* triumphal entry
* triumphalism
* triumphalist

#### Translations
### Noun

triumphal (plural triumphals)
* (obsolete) A token of victory.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:so near Heaven's door Triumphal with triumphal act have met

## Old French
### Adjective

triumphal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular triumphal)
* triumphal (of or relating to a triumph)

#### Descendants

* French: triomphal
# fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

fall out of the ugly tree and hit every branch (third-person singular simple present falls out of the ugly tree and hits every branch, present participle falling out of the ugly tree and hitting every branch, simple past fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch, past participle fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch)
* (slang, derogatory, idiomatic, of a person) To become extremely unattractive.

#### Usage notes

* "Fall out of the — tree and hit every branch" can be used with other adjectives for emphasis, for example fall out of the lucky tree and hit every branch

### Further reading

* “fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
# poligamo
## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin polygamus, from Ancient Greek πολύγαμος (polúgamos).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poˈli.ɡa.mo/
* Rhymes: -iɡamo
* Hyphenation: po‧lì‧ga‧mo

### Adjective

poligamo (feminine poligama, masculine plural poligami, feminine plural poligame)
* polygamous
    Synonym: poligamico

### Noun

poligamo m (plural poligami, feminine poligama)
* polygamist

#### Related terms

* poligamia
# seen the world
## English
### Verb

seen the world
* past participle of see the world
# undemocratic
## English
### Etymology

From un- +‎ democratic.

### Adjective

undemocratic (comparative more undemocratic, superlative most undemocratic)
* Not democratic.
** 2024 August 3, Richard D Wolff, “The undemocratic reality of US capitalism”, in Asia Times‎:The undemocratic reality of the capitalist workplace leaves its complex, multilayered impacts on all who collaborate there, part-time and full-time.
# uninstall
## English
### Etymology

From un- +‎ install.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

uninstall (third-person singular simple present uninstalls, present participle uninstalling, simple past and past participle uninstalled)
* (computing) To completely remove hardware or software from a computer system.

#### Derived terms

* uninstaller

#### Related terms

* uninstallation

#### Translations
### Noun

uninstall (plural uninstalls)
* (computing) An uninstallation process.
** 2004, Ron Ben-Natan, Richard Gornitsky, Tim Hanis, Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal:But what happens if the uninstall does not work, is corrupt, or is accidentally deleted? Then, a manual uninstall is necessary […]
# 간

| 간 | U+AC04, &#44036; HANGUL SYLLABLE GAN |
| Composition: | ㄱ + ㅏ + ㄴ |
| ← 갃 [U+AC03] | Hangul Syllables | 갅 → [U+AC05] |
가각갂갃간갅갆 갇갈갉갊갋갌갍 갎갏감갑값갓갔 강갖갗갘같갚갛 :
* → 개

## Korean
### Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 間.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [간]

#### Suffix

—간 • (-gan) (hanja 間)
* (time) for
* (place) between

### Etymology 2

First attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆫ (Yale: kon).

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [간]

#### Noun

간 • (gan)
* salty seasonings

##### Derived terms

* 간장 (ganjang)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠(ː)n]
* Phonetic hangul: [간(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 간의 / 간에 / 간까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

#### Noun

간 • (gan) (hanja 肝)
* (abbreviation of 간장) liver
    간은 우리 몸에서 가장 중요한 기관 중의 하나이다.ganeun uri momeseo gajang jung'yohan gigwan jung'ui hanaida.The liver is one of the most important organs in our body.

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [간]

#### Verb

간 • (gan)
* past determiner of 가다 (gada): gone, went

### Etymology 5

Unknown.

#### Noun

간 • (gan)
* (Northern Gyeongsang, Pyongan, Gangwon, Hamgyong) side dishes
    Synonym: 반찬 (banchan)
** 2020 December 21, 정상흠 [jeongsangheum], “인생보다 야생 1부 마지막 화전민을 찾아서 [insaengboda yasaeng 1bu majimak hwajeonmineul chajaseo]”, in 한국기행 [han'gukgihaeng]‎, 강원도 삼척시 신기면 [gang'wondo samcheoksi sin'gimyeon]:맨밥 먹으문은 간이 마이 들가야지.Maenbap meog-eumun-eun gan-i mai deulgayaji.If you eat rice with millet then you need to put a lot of side dishes in.

### Etymology 6

Sino-Korean word from 奸

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ka̠n]
* Phonetic hangul: [간]

#### Prefix

간— • (gan-) (hanja 奸).
* evil, wicked (Sino-Korean compounds)

##### Derived terms

* 간사 (奸邪, gansa, “deceit”)
* 간악 (奸惡, ganak, “wickedness”)
* 간계 (奸計, gan'gye, “evil plot/scheme”)
* 간교 (奸巧, gan'gyo, “cunningness”)

### Etymology 7

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

#### Syllable

간 • (gan)
* 간간이 (間間이, gan'gani): often, occasionally
* 간격 (間隔, gan'gyeok): gap, interval, distance, duration
* 간결 (簡潔, gan'gyeol): conciseness
* 간과 (看過, gan'gwa): overlooking
* 간극 (間隙, gan'geuk): gap

### Etymology 8

Sino-Korean word from 澗.

#### Numeral

간 • (gan) (hanja 澗)
* 10$^{36}$
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# gotten in the boat and rowed
## English
### Verb

gotten in the boat and rowed
* (US) past participle of get in the boat and row
# heterozygosity
## English
### Etymology

From heterozygous +‎ -ity.

### Noun

heterozygosity (countable and uncountable, plural heterozygosities)
* The condition of being heterozygous.

#### Related terms

* heterozygous
* homozygosity
* zygosity
# sjakta
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* sjakten

### Noun

sjakta m or f
* definite feminine singular of sjakt

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

sjakta f
* definite singular of sjakt
# suicide bombing
## English
### Noun

suicide bombing (plural suicide bombings)
* An attack carried out by a suicide bomber or a group of them.
# pusvalandis
## Lithuanian
### Etymology

pùsė (“half, side”) +‎ valandà (“hour”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

pùsvalandis m (plural pùsvalandžiai) stress pattern 1
* half-hour

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “pusvalandis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
* “pusvalandis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
# φιλόσοφου
## Greek
### Noun

φιλόσοφου • (filósofou) m or f
* genitive singular of φιλόσοφος (filósofos)
# сыч
## Russian
### Alternative forms

* сычъ (syč) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *syťь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɨt͡ɕ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɨt͡ɕ

### Noun

сыч • (syč) m anim (genitive сыча́, nominative plural сычи́, genitive plural сыче́й, relational adjective сычи́ный or сычёвый, diminutive сы́чик)
* an owl of genus Athene or Aegolius
    домо́вый сыч ― domóvyj syč ― (Athene noctua) little owl
    мохноно́гий сыч ― moxnonógij syč ― (Aegolius funereus) boreal owl
* (poetic) owl (any bird of the order Strigiformes)
* recluse

#### Declension
### See also

* сова́ (sová)
* сычева́ть (syčevátʹ)

### Further reading

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сыч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* сыч in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
# indefinite integral
## English
### Noun

indefinite integral (plural indefinite integrals)
* (mathematics) The set of all functions whose derivative is a given function; the set of all antiderivatives of a given function.
* (mathematics) A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.

#### Related terms

* definite integral
# witches' ladder
## English
### Noun

witches' ladder (plural witches' ladders)
* Alternative form of witch's ladder
# Scha
## Hunsrik
### Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese chá, from Mandarin 茶 (chá, “tea”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃaː/
* Rhymes: -aː
* Syllabification: Scha

### Noun

Scha m (plural Scha, diminutive Schache)
* tea
    Ich mache meer en Scha.I'm going to make me some tea.

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary
# gjoks
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* gjyks — Gheg

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گوگس (göks).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɟɔks/

### Noun

gjoks m (plural gjokse, definite gjoksi, definite plural gjokset)
* chest, thorax
    Synonyms: kraharor, parzëm
* breast, breasts
    Synonyms: gjinj, sisa
* (figurative) heart (as the container of emotions)
    Synonym: kraharor
    me gjoks ― with all one's might

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “gjoks”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 174

### Further reading

* “gjoks”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* “gjoks”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
# tag strip
## English
### Noun

tag strip (plural tag strips)
* (electronics) Solder tags/lugs on a strip used to connect wires by soldering.

#### Synonyms

* terminal strip (Mostly used with strips using screws to establish the connection.)
# takoyaki
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 蛸焼き (takoyaki).

### Noun

takoyaki (plural takoyaki)
* A ball-shaped Japanese dumpling made of batter and filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion.

#### Translations
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸焼(たこや)き (takoyaki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.ko.ja.ki/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko‧ya‧ki

### Noun

takoyaki (first-person possessive takoyakiku, second-person possessive takoyakimu, third-person possessive takoyakinya)
* A ball-shaped Japanese dumpling made of batter and filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and green onion.

## Japanese
### Romanization

takoyaki
* Rōmaji transcription of たこやき

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸焼(たこや)き (takoyaki).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ta.ko.ja.ki/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ko‧ya‧ki

### Noun

takoyaki (plural takoyaki-takoyaki, informal 1st possessive takoyakiku, 2nd possessive takoyakimu, 3rd possessive takoyakinya)
* A ball-shaped Japanese dumpling made of batter and filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger and green onion.

#### Synonyms

* cucur kurita

### Further reading

“takoyaki” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛸焼(たこや)き (takoyaki).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /takoˈjaki/ [t̪ɐ.xoˈjaː.xɪ]
* Rhymes: -aki
* Syllabification: ta‧ko‧ya‧ki

### Noun

takoyaki (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃᜓᜌᜃᜒ)
* takoyaki
    Nakatikim ka na ba ng tigdalawang pisong takoyaki?Have you already tasted takoyaki worth two pesos?

#### Related terms

* okonomiyaki
* teriyaki
* yakisoba

#### See also

* Japanese cake
# techno-
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /tɛknoʊ/

### Prefix

techno-
* Relating to technology.

#### Related terms

* techno

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Conteh, Tonche

## French
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛk.no/

### Prefix

techno-
* techno-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “techno-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# tenacious
## English
### Etymology

From Latin tenāx (“holding fast, clinging”), from tenēre (“to hold”), +‎ -ious.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈneɪʃəs/
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* Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
* Hyphenation: tena‧cious

### Adjective

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)
* Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
* Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
* Holding together; cohesive.
** 1873, Henry Morton Stanley, My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave:The quagmiry road, trodden into tenacious paste by the long file of human beings ahead […]
* Having a good memory; retentive.

#### Synonyms

* (clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
* (unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
* (holding together): coherent; see also Thesaurus:cohesive
* (having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also Thesaurus:memorious

#### Related terms

* tenaciously
* tenaciousness
* tenacity

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Aceitunos, e-auctions, sauconite