OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# geheuer
## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German gehiure (“pleasant, gentle”), from Old High German hiuri (“friendly, lovely”), from a suffixed form of or otherwise related to Proto-West Germanic *hīw (“marriage”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡəˈhɔʏ̯ɐ/
* Hyphenation: ge‧heu‧er
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

geheuer (strong nominative masculine singular geheuerer, not comparable)
* (chiefly in the negative) pleasant, comfortable, sure
    mir war nicht ganz geheuer ― I was not at all sure
    Bei dem Gedanken an die bevorstehende Prüfung war ihm nicht recht geheuer.He was not at all comfortable thinking about the coming exam.

#### Usage notes

In modern usage, this word is always negated. The expression nicht (ganz) geheuer means ‘creepy, fishy, scary, causing uneasiness’, etc.

#### Derived terms

* ungeheuer
* Ungeheuer

#### Related terms

* Heirat

### Further reading

* “geheuer” in Duden online
* “geheuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “geheuer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
# berâm
## Mizo
### Noun

berâm
* sheep

#### Derived terms

* berâm chal
* berâm hmul
* berâm huang
* berâm no
* berâm rual
* berâm sa
* berâm vêngtu
* berâm-pa
* berâm-pu
* berâm-pui

### References

* Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940) “berâm”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society
# text messaging
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

text messaging (uncountable)
* The sending and receiving of written messages on mobile phones, or the technical system which allows or includes such a feature.

### Verb

text messaging
* present participle and gerund of text message

### Derived terms

* texting
# dọc
## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [zawk͡p̚˧˨ʔ]
* (Huế) IPA: [jawk͡p̚˨˩ʔ]
* (Saigon) IPA: [jawk͡p̚˨˩˨]
* Homophone: rọc (Northern Vietnam)
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] jɔːk⁸.

#### Adverb

dọc • (𨂔, 𫆡)
* alongside, side by side
* vertical

#### Preposition

dọc • (𫆡)
* along

### Etymology 2

In spite of Baxter-Sagart (2014)'s proposal, this term certainly was not directly derived from Old Chinese 脰 (OC *kə.dˤok-s) (B-S) (SV: đậu) (which yielded nóc (“rooftop”) instead). If there was even a relationship, it must be a borrowing from a fellow Vietic language, and from there to the Old Chinese term.

#### Noun

dọc
* leafstalk (of some plants)
    sống mũi dọc dừa ― tall, slender nosebridge resembling a coconut plant's leafstalk
* spine, dull side of the blade (of a knife)
    Lấy dọc dao mà dần xương ― Use the knife's spine to crush the bones
* stem, mouthpiece (of a pipe)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

(classifier cây) dọc
* Garcinia multiflora
# nilimjak-koorren
## Woiwurrung
### Noun

nilimjak-koorren
* felon

### References

* ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
# Kayan East
## English
### Proper noun

Kayan East
* A barangay of Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines.
# Sumadel
## English
### Proper noun

Sumadel
* A barangay of Tadian, Mountain Province, Philippines.
# koonòmoon
## Woiwurrung
### Noun

koonòmoon
* fighter

### References

* ↑ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
# kinnah
## English
### Alternative forms

* qinah
* ḳinah

### Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew קִינָה (kiná).

### Noun

kinnah (plural kinnot or kinnoth)
* (Judaism) Any of the dirges or elegies traditionally recited by Jews on Tisha B'Av to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies in Jewish history, including the Crusades and the Holocaust.

### Anagrams

* Hankin
# Siruma
## English
### Proper noun

Siruma
* A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From the adjective masirum (“infested with ants”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siˈɾuma/ [siˈɾu.ma]
* Hyphenation: Si‧ru‧ma

### Proper noun

Siruma (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜍᜓᜋ)
* A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
# 益智遊戲
## Chinese

| | | to develop the intellect; to build knowledge; Alpinia oxyphylla | game; to play |
| trad. (益智遊戲) | trad. (益智遊戲) | 益智 | 遊戲 |
| simp. (益智游戏) | simp. (益智游戏) | 益智 | 游戏 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìzhì yóuxì
    (Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄓˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìzhì yóuxì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄓˋ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìjhìh yóusì
*** Wade–Giles: i$^4$-chih$^4$ yu$^2$-hsi$^4$
*** Yale: yì-jr̀ yóu-syì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjyh youshih
*** Palladius: ичжи юси (ičži jusi)
*** Sinological IPA : /i⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

### Noun

益智遊戲
* (video games) computer puzzle game
* logic game

#### Usage notes

* This word generally refers to both motion games (ex. Tetris) and static games (ex. sudoku).
# Belciugatele
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Belciugatele.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Belciugatele
* A village and commune of Călărași, Romania.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Plural of Belciugatu, from belciugatul, plural definite form of belciugat, from belciug. The name is plural because it originally it was made out of two villages, Belciugatu de Sus and Belciugatu de Jos.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Belciugatele m
* A commune of Călărași, Romania
* A village in Belciugatele, Călărași, Romania
# research ship
## English
### Etymology

From research (noun) +‎ ship (noun).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɪˌsɜːt͡ʃ ˈʃɪp/, /ˌɹiːsɜːt͡ʃ-/
* (General American) IPA: /ˌɹiˌsɜɹt͡ʃ ˈʃɪp/, /ɹiˌsɜɹt͡ʃ-/, /ɹə-/
** Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪp
* Hyphenation: re‧search ship

### Noun

research ship (plural research ships)
* (nautical) A ship that is designed and used for research.
    Synonyms: (abbreviations) RS, R.S., R. S., R/S
** 1958, Japanese Contribution to the International Geophysical Year 1957/8, Tokyo: National Committee of the International Geophysical Year, Science Council of Japan, →OCLC, page 148:Eight stations were occupied by the researchship Ryofu-Maru along the 30° N-line which crossed the Japan Trench at the vicinity of Ramapo Deep, during the period from May 12 to June 20.
** 1960, Lester Rosenblatt, “The Design of Modern Oceanographic Research Ships”, in The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers: Transactions, volume 68, New York, N.Y.: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, →OCLC, page 213, column 2:Experience also shows that a research ship spends from one quarter to one half of her sea time on scientific station when the sustained speed seldom exceeds 3.5 knots.
** 1971, Soviet Union: Daily Report, volume 71, [Reston, Va.]: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC:On the new scientific researchship everything is aimed at subjecting the sea to the will of man and making ships even more reliable and comfortable, and more inhabitable, as the specialists say.
** 1974, Brian Johnson, Third World and Environmental Interests in the Law of the Sea, London: International Institute for Environment and Development, →OCLC, page 12:The US research ship Glomar Challenge has conducted successful drilling experiments at a depth of 5,000 metres.
** 1990, Walter Lenz, Margaret Deacon, editors, Ocean Sciences: Their History and Relation to Man: Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on the History of Oceanography, Hamburg, 23.–29. 9, 1987 (Deutsche hydrographische Zeitschrift [German Hydrographic Journal]; no. 22), Hamburg: Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie [Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency], →OCLC, page 545:This brings to my mind the important statement which Henry [Bryant] Bigelow made when he was asked by Rockefeller foundation authorities, "What would you like to have first, a building or a researchship", and his prompt answer was "a ship".

#### Alternative forms

* researchship

#### Derived terms

* R/S
* R. S.
* R.S.
* RS

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “research ship, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.

### Further reading

* research vessel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# 文字冒險遊戲
## Chinese

| | | written symbols; writing; scriptwritten symbols; writing; script; text; characters | to take a risk; to take a chance; risky | game; to play |
| trad. (文字冒險遊戲) | trad. (文字冒險遊戲) | 文字 | 冒險 | 遊戲 |
| simp. (文字冒险游戏) | simp. (文字冒险游戏) | 文字 | 冒险 | 游戏 |
(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "文字冒险游戏".)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wénzì màoxiǎn yóuxì
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wénzì màoxiǎn yóuxì
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄗˋ ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wúnzìh màosiǎn yóusì
*** Wade–Giles: wên$^2$-tzŭ$^4$ mao$^4$-hsien$^3$ yu$^2$-hsi$^4$
*** Yale: wén-dz̀ màu-syǎn yóu-syì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wentzyh mawshean youshih
*** Palladius: вэньцзы маосянь юси (vɛnʹczy maosjanʹ jusi)
*** Sinological IPA : /wən³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

### Noun

文字冒險遊戲
* (video games) text adventure
# 冒險遊戲
## Chinese

| | | to take a risk; to take a chance; risky | game; to play |
| trad. (冒險遊戲) | trad. (冒險遊戲) | 冒險 | 遊戲 |
| simp. (冒险游戏) | simp. (冒险游戏) | 冒险 | 游戏 |
(This form in the hanzi box is uncreated: "冒险游戏".)
* 冒險遊戲 (Wu)
* 冒險遊戲 (Cantonese)
* 冒險遊戲 (Written Standard Chinese)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): màoxiǎn yóuxì
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: màoxiǎn yóuxì
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: màosiǎn yóusì
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^4$-hsien$^3$ yu$^2$-hsi$^4$
*** Yale: màu-syǎn yóu-syì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mawshean youshih
*** Palladius: маосянь юси (maosjanʹ jusi)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ joʊ̯³⁵ ɕi⁵¹/

### Noun

冒險遊戲
* (video games) adventure game
# Apold
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Apold.

### Proper noun

Apold
* A village and commune of Mureș, Romania.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Apold.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Apold m
* A commune of Mureș, Romania
* A village in Apold, Mureș, Romania
# apostasy
## English
### Etymology

From Latin apostasia, from Ancient Greek ἀποστασία (apostasía, “defection, revolt”), from ἀφίστημι (aphístēmi, “I withdraw, revolt”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /əˈpɒ.stə.si/
* (US) IPA: /əˈpɔs.tə.si/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

apostasy (countable and uncountable, plural apostasies)
* The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
    Synonym: backsliding (emic viewpoint only)
    Hyponyms: conversion, deconversion, reconversion
** 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse at the Hall occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world to which Waverley-Honour formed the centre: but the more judicious politicians of this microcosm augured yet worse consequences to Richard Waverley from a movement which shortly followed his apostasy.
** 1856–1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth, volume (please specify |volume=I to XII), London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, [https:// page 394]:The King of Navarre suddenly abandoned his party and went over to the Catholics. The explanation of his apostasy was as simple as it was base: Navarre had no confidence in the success of his cause, and he cared little in his heart for anything but women and vanity.
** 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.:What had he said, what had he done, after all, to give them the right to fasten on him the charge of apostasy? He had always been a free critic of everything, and it was natural that, on certain occasions, in the little parlour in Lisson Grove, he should have spoken in accordance with that freedom; but it was only with the Princess that he had permitted himself really to rail at the democracy and given the full measure of his scepticism.
* Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith.
    Synonyms: defection, disaffection, estrangement

#### Derived terms

* apostasize

#### Related terms

* apostate
* apostatic
* apostatical
* apostatically
* apostatise
* apostatize

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

#### See also

* deconvert
* thoughtcrime

### Further reading

* apostasy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# lightzom
## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English lightsum. Equivalent to lhygt +‎ -zom.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːtzəm/

### Adjective

lightzom
* lightsome
** 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 2-4:ye wake o'hopes ee-blighte, stampe na yer zwae be rare an lightzom.the consequence of disappointed hopes, confirms your rule to be rare and enlightened.

### References

* Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116
# refreshing
## English
### Etymology

By surface analysis, refresh +‎ -ing.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɹəˈfɹɛʃɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛʃɪŋ
* Hyphenation: re‧fresh‧ing

### Adjective

refreshing (comparative more refreshing, superlative most refreshing)
* That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
** 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
** 2022 June 20, Charles Hugh Smith, The Difference Between a Forecast and a Guess‎:Every forecast or guess has one refreshing quality: one will be right and the rest will be wrong.
* Serving to refresh, particularly with respect to an electronic screen, or a browser window or similar computer application.
** 2003, John Wang, Data Mining: Opportunities and Challenges, page 74:The polarization system has a refreshing rate that is twice the refreshing rate of the corresponding shutter system.

#### Derived terms

* refreshingly
* refreshingness

#### Translations
### Noun

refreshing (plural refreshings)
* The action of refresh; refreshment given or received.
** 1821, Frederick Butler, A Complete History of the United States of America:Notwithstanding these powerful refreshings of divine grace, the ways of Zion continued to mourn generally, throughout the New-England churches; iniquity abounded, and the hearts of many waxed cold […]
* That which gives refreshment.

### Verb

refreshing
* present participle and gerund of refresh
# Tubungan
## English
### Proper noun

Tubungan
* A municipality of Iloilo, Philippines.
# jadło i chodło
## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈja.dɫɔ i ˈxɔ.dɫɔ]

### Noun

jadło i chodło n
* (Przemyśl, idiomatic) Synonym of obfitość
    A że tam było w tem zámku dużo pieniędzy i jadła i chodła. ― And there was a lot of money and abundance in that castle

### Further reading

* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “jadło i chodło”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334
# uświarczyć
## Polish
### Pronunciation

* (Greater Poland):
** (Kuyavia) IPA: /uˈɕfjar.t͡ʂɘt͡ɕ/

### Verb

uświarczyć pf
* (transitive, Kuyavia) Alternative form of uświadczyć (“to catch sight of”)

### Further reading

* Oskar Kolberg (1867) “świadczyć”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277
# ashkoko
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic አሽኮኮ (ʾäškoko).

### Noun

ashkoko (plural ashkokos)
* The hyrax.
# శశిధరుడు
## Telugu
### Noun

శశిధరుడు • (śaśidharuḍu) ? (plural శశిధరులు)
* one who wears the moon on his head; an epithet of Siva

#### Synonyms

* శివుడు (śivuḍu)
# shíjí
## Mandarin
### Romanization

shíjí (Zhuyin ㄕˊ ㄐㄧˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 石級 / 石级
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 十級 / 十级
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 時疾 / 时疾
# खाबा
## Rajbanshi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit खादति (khādati). Cognate with Assamese খা (kha), খাব (khabo), খাবা (khaba), Bengali খাওয়া (khaōẇa).

### Verb

खाबा (khābā)
* to eat
# presocratisch
## Dutch
### Etymology

From pre- (“pre-”) +‎ socratisch (“Socratic”).

### Adjective

presocratisch (not comparable)
* pre-Socratic
# yakisoba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 焼きそば (literally “fried noodle”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

yakisoba (usually uncountable, plural yakisobas)
* A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce.
** 2010 February 26, Mark Bittman, “Yakisoba: Leeway Among the Noodles”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:Yakisoba is one of those dishes with roots in several countries. Although it’s from Japan, it is Chinese influenced, similar to chow mein and lo mein. However you define it, there are thousands of ways to make yakisoba, many of them good.(Can we archive this URL?)

#### Related terms

* soba

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

From Japanese 焼(や)きそば (yakisoba).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jakiˈsoba]
* Hyphenation: ya‧ki‧so‧ba

### Noun

yakisoba (uncountable)
* (cooking) yakisoba

#### Related terms

* soba

### Further reading

* “yakisoba” 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.

## Japanese
### Romanization

yakisoba
* Rōmaji transcription of やきそば

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* yakissoba

### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 焼きそば (literally “fried noodle”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌja.kiˈso.bɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌja.kiˈso.bɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌja.kiˈso.ba/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌja.kiˈzo.bɐ/ [ˌja.kiˈzo.βɐ]

### Noun

yakisoba m (plural yakisobas)
* yakisoba (Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce)
# Wojcicki
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Wójcicki.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian) IPA: /vʊɪ̯ˈtʃɪtski/, /vɔɪ̯ˈtʃɪtski/
* IPA: /wʊˈtʃɪtski/, /wuː-/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Proper noun

Wojcicki (plural Wojcickis)
* A surname from Polish.
** 2022, Mark Bergen, Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination‎, Penguin, →ISBN:A decade after Google started in her garage, Wojcicki wore a variation of the same dirty-blonde bob haircut and possessed the same adoration for Google.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Wojcicki is the 37792nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. Wojcicki is most common among White (97.96%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wojcicki”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔjˈt͡ɕit͡s.ki/
* Rhymes: -it͡ski
* Syllabification: Woj‧cic‧ki

### Proper noun

Wojcicki m pers (feminine form Wojcicka)
* a male surname
# axis of upheaval
## English
### Etymology

Coined by Richard Fontaine and Andrea Kendall-Taylor on 23 April 2024, by analogy with terms such as axis of evil.

### Noun

axis of upheaval (plural not attested)
* (neologism, politics, history) The alleged antiwestern collaboration between China, Iran, North Korea and Russia.
** 2024 May/June, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine, “The Axis of Upheaval: How America’s Adversaries Are Uniting to Overturn the Global Order”, in Foreign Affairs, volume 103, page 50:The four powers increasingly identify common interests, match up their rhetoric, and coordinate their military and diplomatic activities. Their convergence is creating a new axis of upheaval—a development that is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.
** 2024 May, Ralph A Cossa, Brad Glosserman, “The ‘year of elections,’ take two!”, in Comparative Connections, volume 26, page 2:Washington’s efforts at strengthening its Quad relationship is being met by a new quad, the so-called “axis of upheaval” involving Beijing, Moscow, Pyongyang, and Tehran.
** 2024 June 3, Joseph Quinlan, “It’s a New World. Investors’ Old Rules No Longer Apply”, in Barron’s, volume 104, page 46:While for decades the threats to the U.S.-led economic order were limited, today China and Russia, along with North Korea and Iran, have coalesced into an "axis of upheaval" whose shared ambition is nothing short of remaking the U.S.-led global liberal economic order of the past 80 years.
* Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see axis,‎ upheaval.
** 2002 August 7, Howard LaFranchi, quoting Michael Shifter, “S. America reels, looks north again”, in The Christian Science Monitor, page 1:Argentina’s financial tremors, plus the spectacle of a near-coup in oil-rich Venezuela in April and a heating-up guerrilla war in Colombia, have drawn attention to what Mr. Shifter calls the “axis of upheaval,” and put the region as a whole on the world’s “troublespot” list.

#### Synonyms

* axis of resistance (also used by supporters of those countries or anti-Western nationalists)
# whirly
## English
### Etymology

From whirl +‎ -y.

### Pron

* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

whirly (comparative whirlier, superlative whirliest)
* (informal) Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.
    The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
* (informal) That moves in a whirling motion.
    The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
** 2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 101:He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.

#### Derived terms

* whirly tube
* whirly-wind

### Noun

whirly (plural whirlies)
* A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.
# inaccessibility
## English
### Etymology

From Middle French inaccessibilité, from Latin inaccessibilitas.

### Pronunciation

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* Audio (Southern England):noicon(file)

### Noun

inaccessibility (uncountable)
* The quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
    Antonym: accessibility
** (social model of disability) Such a state in the built environment, commerce, or civics that represents a shortcoming in what society has yet achieved to accommodate the impairments that some of its members have.
    Antonym: accessibility
    Coordinate terms: disability; impairment

#### Derived terms

* North Pole of inaccessibility

#### Translations
### References

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

From brain +‎ rot.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

brainrot (uncountable)
* (neologism) Alternative spelling of brain rot