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# ꜣḫf
## Egyptian
### Etymology

Gardiner hypothesizes a relation with ꜣḫfḫf (“to blaze (of the eyes)”), for which compare also ḫfꜣj (“to illuminate”). Federn, following a different interpretation of the word, contrarily proposes a connection with ḫfꜣt (“food”), ḫfꜣ (“to fill with, to be swelled with”), and ḫfḫf.

### Pronunciation

* (modern Egyptological) IPA: /ɑxɛf/
** Conventional anglicization: akhef

### Noun

m
* (hapax) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
** burning appetite
*** c. 1900 BCE, The Instructions of Kagemni (pPrisse/pBN 183) lines 1.7–1.8: jr ḥms.k ḥnꜥ ꜣfꜥ wnm.k ꜣḫf.f swꜣ(.w)If you sit with a glutton, you should eat when his burning appetite has passed.
** condition of the body and mind after eating a great deal, surfeit

#### Derived terms

* ꜣḫfḫf

### References

* “ꜣḫf (lemma ID 256)”, in Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae‎, Corpus issue 18, Web app version 2.1.5, Tonio Sebastian Richter & Daniel A. Werning by order of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert & Peter Dils by order of the Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig, 2004–26 July 2023
* Erman, Adolf, Grapow, Hermann (1926) Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache‎, volume 1, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN, page 19.4
* Faulkner, Raymond Oliver (1962) A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian, Oxford: Griffith Institute, →ISBN, page 5
* Gardiner, Alan (1946) “Instruction Addressed to Kagemni and His Brethren” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 32, page 73, note 6
* Federn, Walter (1950) “Notes on the Instruction to Kagemni and His Brethren” in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 36, page 48
# leithinis
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* leathinis

### Etymology

From leath- (“half-, hemi-, semi-”) +‎ inis (“island”).

### Noun

leithinis f (genitive singular leithinse, nominative plural leithinsí)
* (geography) peninsula
    Synonym: glasoileán

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
leithinis
leithinsí
vocative
a leithinis
a leithinsí
genitive
leithinse
leithinsí
dative
leithinis
leithinsí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an leithinis
na leithinsí
genitive
na leithinse
na leithinsí
dative
leis an leithinis don leithinis
leis na leithinsí :

#### Derived terms

* An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Leithinis na mBalcán (“the Balkan Peninsula”)
* Leithinis Antartaice (“the Antarctic Peninsula”)
* Leithinis na Cóiré (“the Korean Peninsula”)
* Leithinis na hAnatóile (“the Anatolian peninsula”)
* Leithinis na hAraibe (“the Arabian Peninsula”)
* Leithinis na hIbéire (“the Iberian Peninsula”)

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “leithinis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “leathinis”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “leithinis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
# bounce around
## English
### Verb

bounce around (third-person singular simple present bounces around, present participle bouncing around, simple past and past participle bounced around)
* (transitive) To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.
    We bounced around some suggestions in-house and then workshopped the best ones afterward.
    We bounced some ideas around but didn't take it any further.
* (intransitive) Synonym of jump around.
* (intransitive, figurative) To switch between jobs, locations and other situations often.
    Coordinate term: bounce back
    He was a grinder operator for years. He bounced around for a while because the small shops kept going under.

#### Related terms

* bounce off the walls
# architect
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn, “master builder”), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) + τέκτων (téktōn, “builder”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛkt/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

architect (plural architects)
* A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
    Plato made the causes of things to be matter, ideas, and an efficient architect.
** 2007 January 25, Suzanne Gannon, “For the High-End Bathroom, Something Unexpected”, in The New York Times‎:This was the second time in the last few months that she was asked to install a urinal in a luxury residential project, and she said she knows many other designers and architects who have been specifying home urinals in their projects.
* A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
    Peisistratus was the first architect of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
** 2012 April 21, Jonathan Jurejko, “Newcastle 3-0 Stoke”, in BBC Sport‎:French winger Hatem Ben Arfa has also taken plenty of plaudits recently and he was the architect of the opening goal with some superb trickery on the left touchline.
* (Philippines) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.

#### Synonyms

* architector (obsolete)

#### Derived terms

* business architect
* coarchitect
* ecoarchitect
* every man is the architect of his own fortune
* microarchitect
* naval architect
* nonarchitect
* software architect
* starchitect
* subarchitect

#### Related terms

* architecture

#### Translations
### Verb

architect (third-person singular simple present architects, present participle architecting, simple past and past participle architected)
* (transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.
    He architected the military coup against the government.
** 1857, Mary Andrews Denison, Gracie Amber‎:Dacker was his own architect, (or, as he sometimes said, he architected his own fortunes,) and his own carpenter.
** 1894 December 14, The Electrical Review‎, volume 35, page 720:It is interesting to record that the excavating and the laying of the pipes for the mains have been done by the Corporation employés under the supervision and control of Mr. Harpur, the borough engineer, who, by the way, architected the station.

#### Derived terms

* rearchitect

#### Translations
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French architecte, from Latin architectus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑrxiˈtɛkt/, /ˌɑrʃiˈtɛkt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧tect
* Rhymes: -ɛkt

### Noun

architect m (plural architecten, diminutive architectje n, feminine architecte)
* architect

#### Synonyms

* bouwmeester

#### Derived terms

* architectenbureau
* binnenhuisarchitect
* landschapsarchitect
* tuinarchitect

#### Related terms

* architectuur

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: argitek
* → Indonesian: arsitèk
* → Javanese: ꦲꦂꦱꦶꦠꦺꦒ꧀ (arsitèg)
* → Papiamentu: arshitèkt, architect
# rechtspersoon
## Dutch
### Etymology

From recht (“law”) +‎ -s- +‎ persoon (“person”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

rechtspersoon m (plural rechtspersonen, diminutive rechtspersoontje n)
* (law) legal person
    publiekrechtelijke rechtspersoon ― legal entity under public law

#### Derived terms

* rechtspersoonlijk

### Further reading

* rechtspersoon on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$
# credibilidad
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin crēdibilitātem, from Latin credibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɾedibiliˈdad/ [kɾe.ð̞i.β̞i.liˈð̞að̞]
* Rhymes: -ad
* Syllabification: cre‧di‧bi‧li‧dad

### Noun

credibilidad f (plural credibilidades)
* credibility

#### Related terms

* creer
* creíble

### Further reading

* “credibilidad”, 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
# lubricator
## English
### Etymology

From lubricate +‎ -or.

### Noun

lubricator (plural lubricators)
* A device that lubricates, that applies lubricant.
** 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:The mystery of the dripping lubricators was also explained to him.
** 1951 March, “British Railways Standard "Britannia" Class 4-6-2 Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 186:Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.
** 1962 December, “Talking of Trains: Rail and flange lubrication”, in Modern Railways, page 372:The uniformity of the wheel diameters of diesel and electric locomotives and m.u. trains impairs the spreading of grease from one point fed by the lubricator and the growing traffic of m.u. trains and railcars has increased the need for lubrication and for check rails in certain places. The newer types of rail lubricator apply the grease at four or five points spaced so that the entire wheel flange is greased and even distribution ensured; [...].
* A person employed to lubricate.

#### Derived terms

* flange lubricator

#### Translations
## Latin
### Verb

lūbricātor
* second/third-person singular future passive imperative of lūbricō

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Lubrikator or French lubricateur.

### Noun

lubricator n (plural lubricatoare)
* lubricator
# kuvantaa
## Finnish
### Etymology 1

kuva (“picture, image”) +‎ -ntaa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuʋɑntɑːˣ/, [ˈkuʋɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -uʋɑntɑː
* Hyphenation: ku‧van‧taa

#### Verb

kuvantaa
* (transitive) to image (to create an image of, especially through technical means)
** 2006, Helena Raunio, Vain Turussa ja Harvardissa: Pet-TT-laite kuvantaa sydämen salat, Tekniikka & Talous:Uuden menetelmän avulla voidaan kuvantaa myös koko keho 20 minuutin aikana ja etsiä syöpäpesäkkeitä.The new method also allows imaging the entire body in 20 minutes to find cancerous growths.
* (transitive, computer graphics) to render

##### Derived terms

* kuvannos
* kuvannus
* kuvantaminen
* kuvantua

#### Further reading

* “kuvantaa”, 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 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkuʋɑntɑː/, [ˈkuʋɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -uʋɑntɑː
* Hyphenation: ku‧van‧taa

#### Verb

kuvantaa
* third-person singular present indicative of kuvantaa

### Anagrams

* kuvataan
# patalsik
## Tagalog
### Etymology

From pa- +‎ talsik.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /patalˈsik/ [pɐ.t̪ɐlˈsik̚]
* Rhymes: -ik
* Syllabification: pa‧tal‧sik

### Noun

patalsík (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
* dismissal from position or office
    Synonym: sesante
* (by extension) overthrow; ouster
* (botany) Decaspermum fruticosum
    Synonyms: daniri, malagitingting

#### Derived terms

* magpatalsik
* patalsik pula
* patalsikin

### Further reading

* “patalsik”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024

### Anagrams

* pataksil
# průdušinka
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpruːduʃɪŋka]

### Noun

průdušinka f
* (anatomy) bronchiole

#### Related terms

* průduška

### Further reading

* “průdušinka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “průdušinka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
# гадваб
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak hadváb, from late Proto-Slavic *gъd(o)vabjь, further from Old Saxon or Gothic. Cognates include Czech hedvábí and Slovak hodváb, which see for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɦadvap]
* Rhymes: -advap
* Hyphenation: гад‧ваб

### Noun

гадваб (hadvab) m inan (related adjective гадвабни or гадвабов)
* silk (fibre)
* silk (fabric)

#### Derived terms

* гадвабасти (hadvabasti)
* гадвабарня f (hadvabarnja)
* гадвабарство n (hadvabarstvo)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “гадваб”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “silk”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 280
# dopowiadać
## Polish
### Etymology

From do- +‎ powiadać. First attested in 16–17th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ.pɔˈvja.dat͡ɕ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -adat͡ɕ
* Syllabification: do‧po‧wia‧dać

### Verb

dopowiadać impf (perfective dopowiedzieć)
* (transitive) to say completely, to finish saying
    Synonyms: dokańczać, domawiać
* (transitive) to say additionally, to add, to chime in
* (transitive, obsolete) to clue in, to give a hint
    Synonym: podpowiadać
* (transitive, obsolete) to say; to tell
    Synonym: mówić
* (transitive, obsolete) to repeat, to say again
    Synonym: powtarzać
* (transitive, obsolete) to tell on, to rat; to inform

#### Derived terms

* dopowiadacz

#### Related terms

* dopowiedzeniowy
* dopowiedzenie
* dopowiedź
* niedopowiedzenie
* powiedzieć pf, powiadać impf

### References

* ↑ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “dopowiadać”, in Słownik języka polskiego

### Further reading

* dopowiadać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* dopowiadać in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “dopowiadać”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “dopowiadać”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 515
# kudrna
## Czech
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫdrь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkudr̩na]
* Hyphenation: ku‧dr‧na

### Noun

kudrna f
* curl

#### Related terms

* kudrnatý
* kudrnáč

#### See also

* kadeř

### Further reading

* “kudrna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kudrna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “kudrna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# listring
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈlistriŋ/ [ˈlis.t̪rɪŋ]
* Rhymes: -istriŋ
* Syllabification: lis‧tring

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch lijstering.

#### Noun

listring (plural listring-listring)
* a gold bracelet with sides decorated with gems and a flower-shaped center

### Etymology 2

Unknown (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

listring (plural listring-listring)
* (rail transport) return of rail position to original geometric position

### Further reading

* “listring” 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.
# omata
## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 大股 (ōmata).

### Noun

omata (plural omata)
* (sumo) A kimarite in which the attacker grabs his opponent's leg from the inside and lifts it up and backwards, driving his body into that of the defender, forcing him over onto his back. A thigh scooping body drop.

### Anagrams

* Amato

## Finnish
### Etymology

oma (“own”) +‎ -ta, introduced as equivalent to the verb "to have" and similar verbs in other major European languages. Possession in Finnish is normally expressed with the verb olla "to be".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈomɑtɑˣ/, [ˈo̞mɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -omɑtɑ
* Hyphenation: oma‧ta

### Verb

omata
* (proscribed, transitive) to have

#### Usage notes

* Although omata is an acceptable word, it is regarded as artificial by many, and the language instructors tend to discourage its use. Most of the time the verb olla is a good substitute, but sometimes verbs like osata (“to be able, to know”), tarvita (“to need”) and saada (“to get”) work even better:
    Maalivahdin on tärkeää omata nopeat refleksit. → Maalivahdilla on tärkeää olla nopeat refleksit. → Maalivahti tarvitsee nopeat refleksit.It's important that the goalkeeper have quick reflexes.
    Riitta omaa hyvät tiedot biologiasta. → Riitalla on hyvät tiedot biologiasta.Riitta has good knowledge of biology.
    A good writer is supposed to reserve the use of omata to situations where it actually simplifies the sentence, which may be the case with participle structures:
       Stoalaiset katsoivat, että ihmiselle on tärkeää, että hänellä on luonnonmukainen tahto. ~ Stoalaiset katsoivat, että ihmiselle on tärkeää omata luonnonmukainen tahto.The stoics opined that it's important for a man to have a natural will.

#### Synonyms

* olla, omistaa

#### Derived terms

* omaaminen

#### Related terms

* verbs: omia

### References

* ↑ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2022 September 2 (last accessed)

### Further reading

* “omata”, 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

### Anagrams

* matoa, omaat

## Japanese
### Romanization

omata
* Rōmaji transcription of おまた
# formare
## Asturian
### Verb

formare
* inflection of formar:
** first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
** first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin formāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /forˈma.re/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -are
* Hyphenation: for‧mà‧re

### Verb

formàre (first-person singular present fórmo, first-person singular past historic formài, past participle formàto, auxiliary avére)
* (transitive) to form, create, shape, make, mould/mold
    Synonyms: creare, dare forma, fare, modellare
* (transitive) to form, establish, set up, create, make up
    Synonyms: creare, costituire, fondare
* (transitive) to train, educate
    Synonym: istruire

#### Related terms

* forma
* formarsi
* formato
* formatore
* formatura
* formazione

### References

* ↑ formare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

### Anagrams

* formerà

## Latin
### Verb

fōrmāre
* inflection of fōrmō:
** present active infinitive
** second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

## Romanian
### Etymology

From forma +‎ -re.

### Noun

formare f (plural formări)
* formation

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Verb

formare
* first/third-person singular future subjunctive of formar
# third spacing
## English
### Noun

third spacing (uncountable)
* (biology, medicine) The abnormal accumulation of fluid (watery liquid) into an extracellular and extravascular space or potential space (i.e., outside vessels and outside cells).

#### See also

* ascites
* edema
* effusion
* extravasation
* interstitial fluid
* swelling
* transcellular
# ústit
## Czech
### Etymology

From ústa +‎ -it.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuːscɪt]

### Verb

ústit impf
* to lead to
* to end or flow into another water body; to have an ústí at a certain point
    Řeka Vltava ústí do řeky Labe.The river Vltava flows into the river Labe.

#### Conjugation

| Infinitive | ústit, ústiti | Active adjective | ústící |
| Verbal noun | ústění | Passive adjective | — |
| Present forms | indicative | indicative | imperative | imperative |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ústím | ústíme | — | usťme |
| 2nd person | ústíš | ústíte | usť | usťte |
| 3rd person | ústí | ústí | — | — |
* The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive ústit.
| Participles | Past participles | Past participles | Passive participles | Passive participles |
| | singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate | ústil | ústili | — | — |
| masculine inanimate | ústil | ústily | — | — |
| feminine | ústila | ústily | — | — |
| neuter | ústilo | ústila | — | — |
| Transgressives | present | past |
| masculine singular | ústě | — |
| feminine + neuter singular | ústíc | — |
| plural | ústíce | — |

#### Derived terms

* ústí n (“mouth, estuary; muzzle”)
* vyústit (“to lead to, result in”)

#### Related terms

* ústa

### Further reading

* “ústiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “ústiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “ústit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
# tiña
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin tinea.

### Noun

tiña f (uncountable)
* ringworm
* scabies, mange
* stinginess

#### Derived terms

* tiñosu

## Galician
### Verb

tiña
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ter

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtiɲa/ [ˈt̪i.ɲa]
* Rhymes: -iɲa
* Syllabification: ti‧ña

### Etymology 1

From Latin tinea.

#### Noun

tiña f (plural tiñas)
* ringworm
* poverty
* stinginess

##### Derived terms

* tiñoso

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

tiña
* inflection of teñir:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “tiña”, 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
# embarrassment
## English
### Etymology

From embarrass +‎ -ment.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪmˈbæɹəsmənt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

embarrassment (countable and uncountable, plural embarrassments)
* A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
** 1998 February 22, Judith Martin, “Tease and sympathy”, in The Washington Post‎:The desired effect [of affectionate teasing] is a look of pleasurable embarrassment, as if you administered a compliment. Anyone who doesn't stop teasing immediately upon producing real embarrassment, anger or tears is not really teasing.
* A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
    Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.
    Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
** 2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎:The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
* A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
** 1914, Collier's, page 30:There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers.
** 1996, David Morgan Evans, Peter Salway, David Thackray, The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 188:The landscape presented an embarrassment of riches for the industrial archaeologist, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century remains were still visible in abundance
** 2013, Frank Boccia, The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969, McFarland, →ISBN, page 256:At one time, I reflected, we'd had an embarrassment of good, qualified squad leader—ready men in the platoon.
* A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty
** 1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation‎:[…] and render them more intelligible than all the commentaries which have been written on them, for they generally render the authour more obscure, and lead the reader into greater embarrassments, by what they explain, than by what they leave untouched.
* (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
* (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.

#### Derived terms

* criterion of embarrassment
* disembarrassment
* e-barrassment
* embarrassment of riches
* empathic embarrassment
* how embarrassment
* inductive embarrassment
* secondhand embarrassment
* unembarrassment
* vicarious embarrassment

#### Further reading

* “embarrassment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “embarrassment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.