OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# Yarilo
## English
### Alternative forms

* Jarilo

### Etymology

Derived from Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian Ярило (Jarylo), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jaro (“spring”) or Proto-Slavic *jarъ (“strong, fierce”). It is related to Old East Slavic ярилой (jariloj), a straw effigy used by the ancient Slavs during the festival of Kupala to expel evil spirits.

### Proper noun

Yarilo
* (Slavic mythology) The god of vegetation, fertility, and springtime in Slavic mythology.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Yarilo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
# sansuke
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 三助.

### Noun

sansuke (plural sansuke)
* (Japanese history) A male bathhouse worker who assisted the bathers.
# Raleigh
## English
### Etymology

From Old English rā, rāha (“roe deer”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”). Equivalent to roe +‎ -ley (“lea”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɑːliː/
* enPR: rôʹlē, räʹlē; (General American) IPA: /ˈɹɔːli/, /ˈɹɑli/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːli, -ɔːli

### Proper noun

Raleigh
* A historic manor in Devon, England.
* An English habitational surname from the manor in England.
* A male given name, transferred from the surname.
* Sir Walter Raleigh, English explorer and soldier.
* The capital city of North Carolina, United States and the county seat of Wake County; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
* A town in New South Wales, Australia.
* A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [From 1914]
* Multiple smaller locales in the United States:
** A town, the county seat of Smith County, Mississippi; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
** A neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee; named for the city in North Carolina.
** A village in Illinois; named for the city in North Carolina.
** A census-designated place in Florida.
** A census-designated place in North Dakota; named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
** An unincorporated community in Georgia; named for Raleigh Bowden.
** An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for the city in North Carolina.
** An unincorporated community in Iowa.
** An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia; named for its county, which was named for Sir Walter Raleigh.
* An English bicycle manufacturer.

#### Alternative forms

* Rawley, Rayleigh (surname)

#### Derived terms

* Raleigh County

### Anagrams

* Haigler, Righale, argileh, hair gel
# lifeboatman
## English
### Etymology

From lifeboat +‎ -man.

### Noun

lifeboatman (plural lifeboatmen)
* A man who crews a lifeboat.
** 1940 December, “The Spurn Head Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 655, photo caption:Sail-propelled trolley used by lifeboatmen for traversing the Spurn Head Railway. This view was taken in March, 1930
** 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 322, about Port Eynon:In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress.
# mamarracha
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mamaˈrat͡ʃa/ [ma.maˈra.t͡ʃa]
* Rhymes: -atʃa
* Syllabification: ma‧ma‧rra‧cha

### Noun

mamarracha f (plural mamarrachas)
* female equivalent of mamarracho
# smilšainajos
## Latvian
### Adjective

smilšainajos
* definite locative masculine plural of smilšains
# ཨེན་ཊི་གུའ་དང་བར་བུ་ཌ
## Tibetan
### Proper noun

ཨེན་ཊི་གུའ་དང་བར་བུ་ཌ • (en ṭi gu' dang bar bu ḍa)
* Antigua and Barbuda (A country consisting of two islands in the Caribbean, Antigua and Barbuda)
# cuộn
## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 卷 (“to coil”, SV: quyến). Compare cuốn.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kuən˧˨ʔ]
* (Huế) IPA: [kuəŋ˨˩ʔ]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kuəŋ˨˩˨]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Verb

cuộn • (𦄣) (reduplication cuồn cuộn) (ideophonic)
* to coil, to whirl, to flutter, to billow
** 2024, Nguyễn Duy, “Đám khói cuồn cuộn trước hầm Thần Vũ trên cao tốc Bắc - Nam”, in Dân trí‎:Đoạn clip ghi lại đám khói trắng cuồn cuộn bốc lên từ cao tốc Diễn Châu - Bãi Vọt cách hầm Thần Vũ khoảng 500m.A video clip shows a plume of white billowing smoke coming out of the Diễn Châu–Bãi Vọt highway about 500m from the Thần Vũ tunnel.
** 2025, Phạm Vân Anh, “Chuyện dưới chân cột cờ Lũng Cú”, in Báo Nhân dân‎:Ðó chính là lá cờ cuộn bay uy nghi, […]That is the flag majestically flying and fluttering.
* (of muscle) to bulge
** 2020, Tâm An, “Ăn chay trường, vận động viên gây kinh ngạc bởi cơ bắp cuộn sóng”, in Báo Tri thức & Cuộc sống‎:Trái lại, họ sở hữu hình thể cơ bắp cuộn sóng, sức khỏe thượng thừa khiến nhiều người thốt lên kinh ngạc.On the contrary, they have a body shape of bulging and undulating muscles and excellent health, surprising many people.
** 2023, Bích Ngọc, “Cơ bắp cuồn cuộn là biểu tượng thành đạt mới của giới tỷ phú”, in Dân trí‎:Tạo hình của các nhân vật nam chính trong phim hành động luôn được khắc họa là có cơ bắp cuồn cuộn.Male protagonists in action movies are always portrayed with bulging muscles.

### Noun

cuộn • (𦄣)
* bale, roll, reel
# passavante
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From passar +‎ avante

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.saˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.saˈvɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.saˈvɐ̃.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.sɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.sɐˈvɐ̃.tɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.sɐˈbɐ̃.tɨ/ [pɐ.sɐˈβɐ̃.tɨ]
* Hyphenation: pas‧sa‧van‧te

### Noun

passavante m (plural passavantes)
* (monarchy) pursuivant (royal messenger)

#### Related terms

* arauto

### Further reading

* “passavante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “passavante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
# Dije
## Albanian
### Proper noun

Dije f
* a female given name
# apostata
## English
### Noun

apostata (plural apostatas)
* Obsolete form of apostate.

## Catalan
### Verb

apostata
* inflection of apostatar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin apostata, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔ.sta.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɔstata
* Hyphenation: a‧pò‧sta‧ta

### Noun

apostata m or f by sense (masculine plural apostati, feminine plural apostate)
* apostate

#### Related terms

* apostasia

### Further reading

* apostata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Etymology

From Koine Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).

### Noun

apostata m (genitive apostatae); first declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)
* apostate
* (transferred sense) an evil person

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Related terms

* apostatō
* apostātrīx

### Verb

apostatā
* second-person singular present active imperative of apostatō

### References

* “apostata”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "apostata", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* apostata in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ.pos.tɑ.tɑ/

### Noun

apostata m (nominative plural apostatan)
* apostate

#### Declension

Weak:

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “apostata”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.pɔsˈta.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: a‧pos‧ta‧ta

### Noun

apostata m pers (female equivalent apostatka)
* (religion, politics, literary) apostate

#### Derived terms

* apostatyczny

#### Related terms

* apostazja

### Further reading

* apostata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* apostata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Verb

apostata
* inflection of apostatar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aposˈtata/ [a.posˈt̪a.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: a‧pos‧ta‧ta

### Verb

apostata
* inflection of apostatar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish apóstata, from Late Latin apostata, from Ancient Greek ἀποστάτης (apostátēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔapostaˈta/ [ʔɐ.pos.t̪ɐˈt̪a]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧pos‧ta‧ta

### Noun

apostatá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜆ)
* apostate

#### Related terms

* apostasiya
# Vågå
## Norwegian
### Proper noun

Vågå
* A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland
# smilšaināka
## Latvian
### Adjective

smilšaināka
* inflection of smilšaināks:
** genitive masculine singular
** nominative feminine singular
# Բահամյան Կղզիներ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /bɑhɑˈmjɑn kəʁziˈneɾ/, [bɑhɑmjɑ́n kəʁzinéɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /pɑhɑˈmjɑn ɡəʁziˈneɾ/, [pʰɑhɑmjɑ́n ɡəʁzinéɾ]

### Proper noun

Բահամյան Կղզիներ • (Bahamyan Kġziner) pl
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Synonyms

* Բահամներ (Bahamner)
# cedrwydd
## Welsh
### Etymology

cedr +‎ gwŷdd (“trees”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈkɛdruɨ̯ð/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈkɛdrʊi̯ð/
* Rhymes: -ɛdruɨ̯ð

### Noun

cedrwydd f (collective, singulative cedrwydden)
* cedar trees (trees of genus Cedrus and some trees of family Cupressaceae)

#### Synonyms

* cedr
* (obsolete) sedar
* (obsolete) sedrwydd
* (obsolete) sidr

#### Hypernyms

* conwydd (“conifers”)

#### Hyponyms

* cedrwydd coch(ion) (“western red cedars”)
* cedrwydd gwyn(ion) (“white cedars”)
* cedrwydd Libanus (“cedars of Lebanon”)
* cedrwydd yr Atlas, cedrwydd ariannaidd (“Atlas cedars”)

#### Other derived terms

* ffug-gedrwydd (“bastard cedars”)
* cynffon sidan y cedrwydd (“cedar waxwing”)

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cedrwydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* ↑ Cymdeithas Edward Llwyd (2003) Planhigion Blodeuol, Conwydd a Rhedyn [Flowering Plants, Conifers and Ferns] (Cyfres Enwau Creaduriaid a Planhigion; 2)‎ (in Welsh), Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, →ISBN, pages 6-7‎
# jinotaj
## Czech
### Etymology

From jiný +‎ -o- +‎ taj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjɪnotaj]

### Noun

jinotaj m inan
* allegory
    Synonym: alegorie

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “jinotaj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “jinotaj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “jinotaj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
* “jinotaj” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
# むれ
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Alternative spellings
* 群れ 蒸れ

#### Pronunciation 1

* (Tokyo) むれ [mùréꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [mɯ̟ɾe̞]

##### Noun

むれ • (mure)
* 群れ: group of animals such as a pack, flock, herd, bevy, school, etc.

#### Pronunciation 2

* (Tokyo) むれ [múꜜrè] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [mɯ̟ɾe̞]

##### Verb

むれ • (mure)
* 群れ, 蒸れ: imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of むれる (mureru) [ichidan]

### Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of むれ – see the following entry. :
| 【山】1 | [noun] (historical, Ancient Korea) mountain, hill Alternative spelling 牟礼 |
(This term, むれ (mure), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as むれ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as むれ.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
# baong baliw
## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bauong balio — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* bawong baliw — obsolete

### Etymology

From bao +‎ -ng +‎ baliw, literally “crazy widow/er”.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˌbaʔoŋ baˈliw/ [ˌbaː.ʔom bɐˈliʊ̯]
*** Rhymes: -iw
** IPA: /ˌbaʔoŋ ˈbaliw/ [ˌbaː.ʔom ˈbaː.liʊ̯] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: ba‧ong ba‧liw

### Noun

baong balíw (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜂᜅ᜔ ᜊᜎᜒᜏ᜔) (obsolete)
* someone whose fiancé or fiancée died before marriage

### Further reading

* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
# mooga
## English
### Noun

mooga (uncountable)
* Alternative form of muga (“type of silk”)
# smilšainie
## Latvian
### Adjective

smilšainie
* definite nominative/vocative masculine plural of smilšains
# Багамські Острови
## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [bɐˈɦamsʲkʲi ɔstrɔˈʋɪ]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Бага́мські Острови́ • (Bahámsʹki Ostrový) m inan pl (genitive Бага́мських Острові́в, plural only)
* Bahamas (an archipelago and country in the Caribbean)

#### Synonyms

* Бага́ми (Bahámy)

### See also

* Анти́гуа і Барбу́да (Antýhua i Barbúda)
* Бага́мські Острови́ (Bahámsʹki Ostrový)
* Барба́дос (Barbádos)
* Гаї́ті (Hajíti)
* Грена́да (Hrenáda)
* Доміні́ка (Dominíka)
* Домініка́нська Респу́бліка (Dominikánsʹka Respúblika)
* Кана́да (Kanáda)
* Ку́ба (Kúba)
* Ме́ксика (Méksyka)
* Сент-Ві́нсент і Гренади́ни (Sent-Vínsent i Hrenadýny)
* Сент-Кіттс і Не́віс (Sent-Kitts i Névis)
* Сент-Лю́сія (Sent-Ljúsija)
* Сполу́чені Шта́ти Аме́рики (Spolúčeni Štáty Améryky)
* Триніда́д і Тоба́го (Trynidád i Tobáho)
* Яма́йка (Jamájka)

### References

* “багамські острови”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
# goofball
## English
### Etymology

From goof +‎ ball.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈɡufˌbɔl/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːfbɔːl

### Noun

goofball (plural goofballs)
* (informal, often derogatory, sometimes endearing) A foolish or silly person or animal.
    If that goofball would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well.
* (informal, pharmacology) A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
** 1953 April 27, “Capsules”, in Time:Strong Cobb & Co. of Cleveland announced a new barbiturate which in overlarge doses will turn the stomachs of "goofball" addicts and would-be suicides.
** 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.

#### Translations
### Adjective

goofball (not comparable)
* (informal) Silly.
    He announced, with his usual goofball humor, that he'd like to marry me!

### Derived terms

* goofballery
* spoofball

### See also

* screwball
* doofus
* oddball
# AFA
## Translingual
### Symbol

AFA
* (international standards, historical) ISO 4217 currency code for the former Afghan afghani; a currency used from 1925 to 2002.

## English
### Noun

AFA (countable and uncountable, plural AFAs)
* (UK) Initialism of Associate of the Faculty of Actuaries (professional qualification).
* Initialism of automatic fire alarm.
* (Philippines, education) Initialism of agricultural and fisheries arts, one of the strands under the TVL track in senior high school.

### Proper noun

AFA
* Initialism of American Family Association.
* Initialism of Anti-Fascist Action.
    Synonym: 161

### Anagrams

* A.A.F., AAF, FAA, faa

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

AFA f
* Alternative form of Antifa

## Swedish
### Proper noun

AFA n (genitive AFA:s)
* Initialism of Antifascistisk aktion.
# bunch grass
## English
### Noun

bunch grass (plural bunch grasses)
* Synonym of tussock grass
# 蒸れ
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 蒸
* む Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蒸れ – see the following entry. :
| 【むれ】 | [verb] 群れ, 蒸れ: imperfective and stem (or continuative) forms of むれる (mureru) [ichidan] Alternative spelling 群れ |
(This term, 蒸れ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :
# apostatrice
## Latin
### Noun

apostātrīce
* ablative singular of apostātrīx
# πανδαιμόνιο
## Greek
### Noun

πανδαιμόνιο • (pandaimónio) n (uncountable)
* pandemonium

#### Declension

The genitive πανδαιμονίου and plural πανδαιμόνια are found.
# smilšainām
## Latvian
### Adjective

smilšainām
* dative/instrumental feminine plural of smilšains
# Bonaire
## English
### Proper noun

Bonaire
* An island, dependent territory, and special municipality in the Netherlands in the Caribbean, off the west coast of Venezuela.

#### Derived terms

* Bonairean

#### Further reading

* Bonaire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Uncertain. According to one hypothesis, the toponym derives from the Caquetio word bonay ("low country"). A derivation from Spanish buen (“good”) and aire (“air”) is less likely.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Bo‧nai‧re
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Bonaire n
* Bonaire (an island, dependent territory, and special municipality in the Netherlands in the Caribbean, off the west coast of Venezuela)
# 連む
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 連
* Grade: 4
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) つるむ [tsùrúꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [2])
* IPA: [t͡sɨɾɯ̟mɯ̟]

### Verb

連(つる)む • (tsurumu) intransitive godan (stem 連(つる)み (tsurumi), past 連(つる)んだ (tsurunda))
* to accompany

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 連ま | つるま | tsuruma |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 連み | つるみ | tsurumi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 連む | つるむ | tsurumu |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 連む | つるむ | tsurumu |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 連め | つるめ | tsurume |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 連め | つるめ | tsurume |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 連まれる | つるまれる | tsurumareru |
| Causative | 連ませる 連ます | つるませる つるます | tsurumaseru tsurumasu |
| Potential | 連める | つるめる | tsurumeru |
| Volitional | 連もう | つるもう | tsurumō |
| Negative | 連まない | つるまない | tsurumanai |
| Negative continuative | 連まず | つるまず | tsurumazu |
| Formal | 連みます | つるみます | tsurumimasu |
| Perfective | 連んだ | つるんだ | tsurunda |
| Conjunctive | 連んで | つるんで | tsurunde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 連めば | つるめば | tsurumeba |
# on the heels of
## English
### Alternative forms

* upon the heels of

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Preposition

on the heels of
* (idiomatic) In close pursuit of; close behind.
** 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 219, column 2:A quarrelsome band of footsore sulky niggers trod on the heels of the donkey.
** 1915, Jack London, chapter 5, in Mutiny of the Elsinore:On the heels of the little lop-sided man appeared an overgrown dolt of a fat youth, followed by another youth.
** 2001, Yonatan Netanyahu, The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu, →ISBN, page 288:[T]he men got out quickly, the first ones running on the heels of those who had gotten out of the Mercedes.
** 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:Hard on the heels of of punctuality and reliabilty comes capacity. That's either trains frequent enough to meet demand, or long enough.
* (idiomatic, of events, facts, etc.) Closely following; in succession immediately after.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:One woe doth tread upon another's heel.
** 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], chapter 4, in The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book 2:To avoid these dreadful consequences, that tread upon the heels of those allowances to sin, will be a task of far more difficulty.
** 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter LXXVII, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 553:[A] familiar voice chimed instantly in on the heels of my last word, […]
** 1917, Upton Sinclair, chapter 32, in King Coal:[W]hen such accidents kept happening, one on the heels of another, even the most callous public could not help asking questions.
** 2012 October 13, “Pakistan’s politics: The peace and love tour”, in The Economist:As it happened, the shooting came on the heels of a two-day “peace march” against American drone aircraft targeting suspected Islamist militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas close to the border with Afghanistan.

#### Usage notes

Commonly preceded by such verbs as follow, tread, come.

#### Derived terms

* hot on someone's heels
# reciperatio
## Latin
### Etymology

reciperō +‎ -tiō

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /re.ki.peˈraː.ti.oː/, [rɛkɪpɛˈräːt̪ioː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /re.t͡ʃi.peˈrat.t͡si.o/, [ret͡ʃipeˈrät̪ː͡s̪io]

### Noun

reciperātiō f (genitive reciperātiōnis); third declension
* recovery
* recuperation

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### References

* “reciperatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* reciperatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
# substruct
## English
### Etymology

See substruction.

### Verb

substruct (third-person singular simple present substructs, present participle substructing, simple past and past participle substructed)
* (literal, figurative) To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
** 1850, Ralph Waldo Emerson, s:Representative Men/Plato; or, the Philosopher:He substructs the religion of Asia as the base.

### References

* “substruct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
# smukas
## Latvian
### Adjective

smukas
* inflection of smuks:
** genitive feminine singular
** nominative/accusative feminine plural
# Brit Virgin-szigetek
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbritvirɡinsiɡɛtɛk]
* Hyphenation: Brit Vir‧gin-‧szi‧ge‧tek

### Proper noun

Brit Virgin-szigetek
* (plural only) British Virgin Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean)