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# scorched earth
## English
### Etymology

Calque from Chinese 焦土 (jiāotǔ, “scorched earth; ravages of war”), originally in reference to the strategy adopted by the Chinese government in the Second Sino-Japanese War. First attested in 1937 as an idiom.

### Noun

scorched earth (uncountable)
* (military) Land that has been abandoned, in the face of an advancing enemy, after the destruction of all resources on it.
* (military) The strategy of destroying all resources in an area of land in order to deny their use to an advancing enemy.

#### Derived terms

* scorched-earth policy

#### Translations
### Adjective

scorched earth (comparative more scorched earth, superlative most scorched earth)
* Alternative spelling of scorched-earth

### References

* ↑ “scorched earth, n.” under “scorched, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
# rpm
## English
### Noun

rpm (plural rpm or rpms or rpm's)
* Alternative letter-case form of RPM
** 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37:Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.

### Proper noun

rpm
* Alternative letter-case form of RPM

### Anagrams

* MPR, MRP, PMR, PRM, RMP
# simplismo
## Galician
### Etymology

From simple +‎ -ismo.

### Noun

simplismo m (plural simplismos)
* simplism, simplisticness

#### Related terms

* simplista

### Further reading

* “simplismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From simple +‎ -ismo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sĩˈpliz.mu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /sĩˈpliz.mu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /sĩˈpliʒ.mu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sĩˈpliz.mo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sĩˈpliʒ.mu/
* Hyphenation: sim‧plis‧mo

### Noun

simplismo m (plural simplismos)
* simplism, simplisticness

#### Related terms

* simplista

### Further reading

* “simplismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “simplismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “simplismo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From simple +‎ -ismo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /simˈplismo/ [sĩmˈpliz.mo]
* Rhymes: -ismo
* Syllabification: sim‧plis‧mo

### Noun

simplismo m (plural simplismos)
* simplism, simplisticness
** 2015 July 22, “Actuemos ahora por el Mediterráneo”, in El País‎:Exigencia, también, en el análisis, para evitar simplismos, reconocer la gran diversidad de situaciones en la región y asumir sus dimensiones estratégicas, especialmente las de África y la importancia de desarrollar los vínculos con ese continente.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Related terms

* simplista

### Further reading

* “simplismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “simplismo” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
# Ostia
## English
### Etymology

* (Roman Empire): Latin Ostia
* (Italy): Italian Ostia, from Latin Ostia

### Proper noun

Ostia
* (historical) A port and town on the Tiber in Italia, Roman Empire, the harbour of ancient Rome
* A modern refounding of the ancient town at the mouth of the Tiber, now a neighbourhood of Rome, Italy

### Anagrams

* Saito, TOISA, Toias, stoai, IOTAs, taosi, Oatis, iotas, staio

## Cebuano
### Proper noun

Ostia
* a surname
* (historical) A port and town in Italia, Roman Empire
* A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ōstia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔ.stja/
* Rhymes: -ɔstja
* Hyphenation: Ò‧stia

### Proper noun

Ostia f
* Ostia
** A neighbourhood of Rome, Italy
    Synonyms: Ostia Lido, Lido di Ostia
** (historical) A town and port in Italia, Roman Empire

#### Descendants

* English: Ostia

### Further reading

* Ostia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Anagrams

* astio, osati, ostai, staio, tiaso, tosai

## Latin
### Etymology

From ōs (“mouth; opening, entrance”).
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Suffix unexplained.

### Proper noun

Ōstia f sg (genitive Ōstiae); first declension
* (historical) Ostia; A town and port in Italia, Roman Empire

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Descendants

* English: Ostia
* Cebuano: Ostia
* Italian: Ostia
# pohrůžka
## Czech
### Etymology

From po- +‎ hrozit +‎ -ka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpoɦruːʃka]

### Noun

pohrůžka f
* threat
    pod pohrůžkou ― under threat
    Je to pohrůžka smrti. ― It's a death threat.

#### Related terms

* pohrozit

### Further reading

* “pohrůžka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “pohrůžka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “pohrůžka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# blown the cobwebs away
## English
### Verb

blown the cobwebs away
* past participle of blow the cobwebs away
# thesaurize
## English

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### Verb

thesaurize (third-person singular simple present thesaurizes, present participle thesaurizing, simple past and past participle thesaurized)
* To hoard (typically treasure)
* To change out words in a sentence for more academic sounding ones without concern for their connotations or denotations

#### Related terms

* thesaurization
# Neustädterinnen
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Neustädterinnen m
* plural of Neustädterin
# slander
## English
### Alternative forms

* slandre (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈslɑːndə/, (obsolete) /ˈslandə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈslændɚ/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈslaːndə/, /ˈslændə/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈslaːndə/, /ˈslɛndə/
* Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ), -ɑːndə

### Noun

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)
* A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:slander

#### Antonyms

* glorification (falsely praising statement)

#### Translations
### Verb

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)
* To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
** 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]

#### Synonyms

* defame
* libel (always in writing)
* See also Thesaurus:defame

#### Antonyms

* glorify (baselessly speak well of)

#### Translations
### See also

* defamation

### Anagrams

* darnels, landers, Sandler, Nadlers, snarled, Landers, enlards, Larneds, Randles, Lenards, slandre, relands
# حقة
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

حَقَّة • (ḥaqqa) f
* verbal noun of حُقَّ (ḥuqqa) (form I)
* verbal noun of حَقَّ (ḥaqqa) (form I)
* truth, certainty

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

حِقَّة • (ḥiqqa) f
* incontestable right
* indispensable duty
* mature female camel

##### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

حُقَّة • (ḥuqqa) f (plural حُقّ (ḥuqq) or حُقُوق (ḥuqūq) or حُقَق (ḥuqaq) or أَحْقَاق (ʔaḥqāq) or حِقَاق (ḥiqāq))
* case, box, casket
* ink bottle
* cup of a juggler
* compass
* water pipe (for smoking)
* pix
* cavity of the hipbone
* woman

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: حقه (hokka)
* → Persian: حقه (huqqa)
** Punjabi: huqqā
    Gurmukhi script: ਹੁੱਕ਼ਾ
    Shahmukhi script: حُقَّہ

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
# buntáiste
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* bonntáiste

### Etymology

From Anglo-Norman avauntage (compare English vantage), from Old French avant (“before”), from Latin ab ante (“before, in front”), from ab (“from”) + ante (“before”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bunndaist.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /bˠən̪ˠˈt̪ˠɑːʃtʲə/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ˈbˠʊn̪ˠt̪ˠɑːʃtʲə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈbˠʌn̪ˠt̪ˠæʃtʲə/

### Noun

buntáiste m or f (genitive singular buntáiste, nominative plural buntáistí)
* advantage
    Synonyms: brabús, bua

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
buntáiste
buntáistí
vocative
a bhuntáiste
a bhuntáistí
genitive
buntáiste
buntáistí
dative
buntáiste
buntáistí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an buntáiste
na buntáistí
genitive
an bhuntáiste
na mbuntáistí
dative
leis an mbuntáiste don bhuntáiste
leis na buntáistí :

##### Alternative declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
buntáiste
buntáistí
vocative
a bhuntáiste
a bhuntáistí
genitive
buntáiste
buntáistí
dative
buntáiste
buntáistí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an bhuntáiste
na buntáistí
genitive
na buntáiste
na mbuntáistí
dative
leis an mbuntáiste don bhuntáiste
leis na buntáistí :

#### Derived terms

* buntáiste breise (“side benefit”)
* buntáiste cánach (“tax advantage, tax break”)
* buntáiste comparáideach m (“comparative advantage”)
* buntáiste mí-ionraic m (“mean advantage”)
* buntáiste na gaoithe m (“weather-gauge”)
* buntáisteach (“advantageous; advantage-seeking”, adjective)
* buntáistíocht f (“advantageousness”)
* gan bhuntáiste (“profitless, indecisive”)
* míbhuntáiste (“disadvantage”)
* seachbhuntáiste (“side benefit”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 371, page 126

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “buntáiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “buntáiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “buntáiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
# plaćao
## Serbo-Croatian
### Participle

plaćao (Cyrillic spelling плаћао)
* masculine singular active past participle of plaćati
# academi
## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English academy, from French académie, from Latin acadēmīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈkadɛmi/

### Noun

academi m (plural academïau)
* (education) academy

#### Derived terms

* academaidd (“academic, relating to academia”, adjective)
* academydd (“academic, scholar”, noun)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “academi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* ↑ Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology‎ (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 1
# boroscopia
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From boroscópio +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bo.ɾos.koˈpi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /bo.ɾos.koˈpi.ɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /bo.ɾoʃ.koˈpi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bo.ɾos.koˈpi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bu.ɾuʃ.kuˈpi.ɐ/
* Hyphenation: bo‧ros‧co‧pi‧a

### Noun

boroscopia f (plural boroscopias)
* borescope inspection

#### Related terms

* boroscópico
* boroscópio

### Further reading

* “boroscopia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
# Nordhausenerinnen
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯zn̩əʁɪnən]
* Hyphenation: Nord‧hau‧se‧ne‧rin‧nen
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Nordhausenerinnen m
* plural of Nordhausenerin
# space race
## English
### Noun

space race (plural space races)
* The competition between nations in the field of space exploration.
# 鞋抿仔
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ôe-bín-á / ê-bín-á
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ôe-bín-á
*** Tâi-lô: uê-bín-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oe'byn'ar
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ue²⁴⁻²² bin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ue²⁴⁻¹¹ bin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ê-bín-á
*** Tâi-lô: ê-bín-á
*** Phofsit Daibuun: e'byn'ar
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /e²³⁻³³ bin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹/

### Noun

鞋抿仔
* (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) shoe brush

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鞋刷, 鞋刷子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鞋刷 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鞋刷 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鞋刷 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鞋刨子 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鞋抿, 鞋抿仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鞋抿 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鞋抿仔 GT, 鞋抿 GT |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鞋擦 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鞋刷子 |
# aforystyka
## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Aphoristik. By surface analysis, aforyzm +‎ -yka. First attested in 1870.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (prescriptive) /a.fɔˈrɘs.tɘ.ka/, (colloquial) /a.fɔ.rɘsˈtɘ.ka/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘstɘka, -ɘka
* Syllabification: a‧fo‧rys‧ty‧ka

### Noun

aforystyka f
* art of making aphorisms
* collection of aphorisms
    księga aforystyki ― a tome of aphorism
* style of writing based on using aphorisms

#### Derived terms

* aforystyczny
* aforystycznie
* aforystyczność

#### Related terms

* aforyzmowy
* aforysta
* aforystka
* aforyzm

### References

* ↑ Czas‎, number [R.23], Ner 210, 1870, page 2

### Further reading

* aforystyka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* aforystyka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# caressed
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kəˈɹɛst/
* Rhymes: -ɛst

### Verb

caressed
* simple past and past participle of caress
# spełzać
## Polish
### Etymology

From s- +‎ pełzać.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɛw.zat͡ɕ/
* Rhymes: -ɛwzat͡ɕ
* Syllabification: speł‧zać

### Verb

spełzać impf (perfective spełznąć)
* (intransitive) to crawl down, to crawl off

#### Related terms

* spełzły
* spełznąć na niczym

### Further reading

* spełzać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# drithë
## Albanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *driθ-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrisdʰ- (“(kind of) cereals; barley”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κριθή (krithḗ, “barley”) and Old High German gersta (“barley”). Probably an old Wanderwort.

### Noun

drithë (definite dríthi)
* cereal
* grain

### References

* ↑ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 145

### Further reading

* “drithë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
* “drithë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Newmark, L. (1999) “drithë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
# terbia
## English
### Noun

terbia (countable and uncountable, plural terbias)
* (inorganic chemistry) The rare earth terbium oxide Tb$_2$O$_3$

### Anagrams

* baiter, barite, rebait, tiebar

## Latin
### Noun

terbia
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of terbium
# Nordhauseners
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯.zn̩ɐs]
* Hyphenation: Nord‧hau‧se‧ners
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Nordhauseners
* genitive singular of Nordhausener
# speciousness
## English
### Etymology

From specious +‎ -ness.

### Noun

speciousness (countable and uncountable, plural speciousnesses)
* (uncountable) The state or quality of being specious.
* (countable, rare) The result or product of being specious.
# arang
## Bikol Central
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈɾaŋ/ [ʔaˈɾaŋ]
* Hyphenation: a‧rang

### Verb

aráng (plural ararang, Basahan spelling ᜀᜍᜅ᜔)
* to pray for/to
    Synonyms: pangadyi, pamibi
* to hope; to expect
    Synonyms: laom, asa, mawot

#### Derived terms

* arangon
* i-arang
* mag-arang
* pag-arang

## Dupaningan Agta
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaŋ.

### Noun

arang
* gills (of a fish)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay arang.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.raŋ/, [ˈa.raŋ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧rang

### Noun

arang (plural arang-arang)
* charcoal

### Further reading

* “arang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Jingpho
### Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese အရင်း (a.rang:).

### Noun

arang
* capital

### References

* Kurabe, Keita (2016 December 31) “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎, volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

## Malay
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *harəŋ, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qajəŋ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaraŋ/ [ˈa.raŋ]
* Rhymes: -raŋ, -aŋ
* Hyphenation: a‧rang

### Noun

arang (Jawi spelling ارڠ, plural arang-arang, informal 1st possessive arangku, 2nd possessive arangmu, 3rd possessive arangnya)
* coal, charcoal

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* pengarangan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* mengarang [agent focus] (meN-)
* mengarangkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
* diarangkan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: arang

### Further reading

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

## Tok Pisin
### Noun

arang
* lowland pandanus

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hasaŋ.

### Noun

arang
* gills (of a fish)
# plaćani
## Serbo-Croatian
### Participle

plaćani (Cyrillic spelling плаћани)
* masculine plural passive past participle of plaćati
# as w rękawie
## Polish
### Etymology

Literally, “ace in one's sleeve”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈas v rɛŋˈka.vjɛ/
* Syllabification: as w rę‧ka‧wie

### Noun

as w rękawie m animal
* (idiomatic) ace up one's sleeve

#### Related terms

* wyciągać asa z rękawa
* wyciągnąć asa z rękawa

### Further reading

* as w rękawie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* as w rękawie in Polish dictionaries at PWN
# take one's courage in both hands
## English
### Etymology

Compare French prendre son courage à deux mains.

### Verb

take one's courage in both hands (third-person singular simple present takes one's courage in both hands, present participle taking one's courage in both hands, simple past took one's courage in both hands, past participle taken one's courage in both hands)
* (idiomatic) To summon up one's courage in readiness for a difficult or dangerous action.
    I know that disobeying your father is hard, but you must take your courage in both hands and follow the path that's right for you.
# thinclads
## English
### Noun

thinclads
* plural of thinclad
# Nördliche Ostalpen
## German
### Etymology

From nördlich +‎ -e +‎ Ostalpen.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnœrtlɪçə ˈɔstˌʔalpm̩]
* Hyphenation: Nörd‧li‧che Ost‧al‧pen
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Nördliche Ostalpen pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite, definite plural die Nördlichen Ostalpen)
* North Eastern Alps (a section of the Eastern Alps, chiefly comprising the Northern Limestone Alps)
    Synonym: Nordalpen

#### Meronyms

* Bregenzerwaldgebirge, Rätikon, Lechquellengebirge, Allgäuer Alpen, Lechtaler Alpen, Ammergauer Alpen, Wettersteingebirge, Karwendelgebirge, Rofangebirge, Bayerische Voralpen, Kaisergebirge, Loferer Steinberge, Leoganger Steinberge, Berchtesgadener Alpen, Salzkammergut, Niederösterreichische Kalkalpen

#### Holonyms

* Ostalpen
** Alpen

#### Coordinate terms

* Zentrale Ostalpen
* Westliche Ostalpen
* Südliche Ostalpen
# svengali
## English
### Alternative forms

* Svengali

### Etymology

Named for the hypnotist character Svengali in George du Maurier's novel Trilby. More at citations.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /svɛŋˈɡɑːli/
* Rhymes: -ɑːli

### Noun

svengali (plural svengalis)
* One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.
** 2005 October 15, Hamilton Spectator:She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.
** 2014 March 31, in Jon Ronson’s “Lost at Sea” :
    The Tam Paton of today is nothing like the fearsome Svengali you would see on television during the Roller years. (It is used in multiple other occasions in this book)
** 2016 February 2016, in Hugh Hewitt's "Six reasons Trump is still better than Clinton" in the Washington Examiner:
    Donald's daughter and Svengali Ivanka is a smart, smart, smart lady with an extraordinary intellect and influence on her father.
** 2016 November 18, Jamelle Bouie, “Government by the Worst Men”, in Slate‎:We have Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart known for his open ties to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and foreign reactionaries in France and Russia. Bannon is a Svengali of sorts for the ugliest forces in American and international politics, a man who believes the Western world is in a fundamental struggle with Islam and who sees multiculturalism and liberal openness as a threat to the future of the West.

#### Translations
### See also

* manipulator
* spin doctor
* éminence grise
* power broker
* kingmaker
* puppet master
* string-puller

### Further reading

* svengali on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* leavings, sleaving