cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wheatgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatgrasses
Etymology: From wheat + grass.
Senses: glosses: Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption.
glosses: A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass.
Derived terms: crested wheatgrass
wheat bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheat breads
form: wheatbread
Etymology: From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat + bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð.
Senses: glosses: Bread made from wheat flour.
glosses: Whole-wheat bread (bread made from whole wheat flour).
Synonyms: whole-wheat bread
whole wheat bread
brown bread
Coordinate terms: english: bread made from white flour
translation: bread made from white flour
word: white bread
wheat germ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel.
NRAB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: National Railway Adjustment Board.
squarial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: squarials
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Squarial.
categorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: categorises
form: categorising
form: categorised
form: categorised
Etymology: From category + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize.
Derived terms: categorisable
categoriser
miscategorise
recategorise
subcategorise
uncategorise
Related terms: categorisation
babydoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babydolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baby doll.
cycloheximide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloheximides
Etymology: Formed with cyclo-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: actidione
glosses: An agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research.
Arial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiəl
Etymology: Derived from the word aerial, introduced as a trademark by Monotype.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A sans serif typeface designed by Monotype as a clone of Helvetica. Notably a default Windows font.
cyclometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclometers
Etymology: From cyclo- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction.
ref: 1887, Thomas Stevens, chapter IX, in Around the World on a Bicycle, Vol. I: From San Francisco to Teheran, London: Sampson Low […] , pages 244–246:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: cyclocomputer
glosses: A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled.
glosses: An instrument for measuring circular arcs.
glosses: A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers.
cyclone cellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclone cellars
Senses: glosses: a domestic underground shelter used as protection from severe winds
Synonyms: cyclone pit
storm cellar
cyclopaedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪk.ləʊˈpiːd.i.ə/
rhymes: -iːdiə
Forms: form: cyclopaedias
form: cyclopaediae
form: cyclopædia
form: cyclopedia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”). See cycle, and compare encyclopedia.
Senses: glosses: The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
glosses: An encyclopedia.
Related terms: encyclopedia
cyclopedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopedias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cyclopaedia.
Derived terms: cyclopedic
cyclopedist
cycloparaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloparaffins
Etymology: From cyclo- + paraffin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cycloalkane.
vingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vingles
Etymology: Blend of video + single
Senses: glosses: A music video that can be mixed by a VJ in a similar manner to the mixing by DJs of music singles.
cyclopentadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentadienes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₅H₆; it forms complexes with some transition elements
Derived terms: cyclopentadienone
cyclopentadienyl
cyclopentadienyl complex
methylcyclopentadiene
methylenecyclopentadiene
pentamethylcyclopentadiene
titanacyclopentadiene
zirconacyclopentadiene
Related terms: cobaltocene
ferrocene
nickelocene
cyclopentadienyl complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentadienyl complexes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an organometallic compound formed from cyclopentadiene (or a derivative) and a transition element or other metal
Synonyms: metallocene
cyclophosphamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌɪ.kləʊˈfɒs.fə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /ˌsaɪ.kloʊˈfɑs.fəˌmaɪd/
Forms: form: cyclophosphamides
Etymology: From cyclo- + phosphamide.
Senses: examples: text: The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.
ref: 1993, Virginia Medical Quarterly, volumes 120-121, page 44:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunosuppressive, antineoplastic drug used in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other forms of cancer.
Derived terms: word: hydroxycyclophosphamide
english: alkylating agent
translation: alkylating agent
word: -fosfamide
cycloplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloplegias
Etymology: From cyclo- + -plegia.
Senses: glosses: paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation
Related terms: cycloplegic
cycloplegic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cycloplegia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or causing cycloplegia
Derived terms: noncycloplegic
postcycloplegic
cycloplegic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloplegics
Etymology: From cycloplegia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: One who is afflicted with cycloplegia.
cyclorama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: cycloramas
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From cyclo- + -rama (as in panorama).
Senses: examples: text: Robert Loo sat, quite content, behind the counter, against a cyclorama of tins of milk and corned beef.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 461:
head_nr: 1
synonyms: diorama
glosses: A display consisting of a continuous series of pictures placed on the walls of a circular room so as to appear in natural perspective by a person standing in the middle; a circular or semi-circular display.
head_nr: 1
glosses: A large curtain or wall, often concave, hung upstage, in a theatre.
Derived terms: cycloramic
biopic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.əʊ.pɪk/
enpr: bīʹōpĭk
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.oʊ.pɪk/
ipa: /baɪˈɑ.pɪk/
Forms: form: biopics
Etymology: Clipping of biographical picture; synchronically bio + pic.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A motion picture based on the life (or lives) of a real, rather than fictional, person (or people).
Synonyms: biographical film
Related terms: biodoc
biographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪ.əˈɡɹæf.ɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: more biographical
form: most biographical
Etymology: From biography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to an account of a person's life
Derived terms: autobiographical
biographical dictionary
biographical film
biographically
biographical sketch
biopic
nonbiographical
pseudobiographical
psychobiographical
semibiographical
unbiographical
Related terms: biographer
biographic
biography
docusoap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docusoaps
form: docu-soap
Etymology: Blend of documentary + soap (for soap opera); equivalent to docu + soap.
Senses: examples: text: The latest of a venerable franchise of docu-soaps, it opens, like its predecessors, with a voiceover giving the audience the lay of the promised land.
ref: 2010 October 21, Troy Patterson, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, in Slate:
text: Nigel [Farrell] and Paul Sommers created the docusoap genre of programmes almost 20 years ago, applying the cliffhanger endings and multi-character storylines of soap operas to series such as The Village and Country House.
ref: 2011, Tim Oglethorpe, “A slice of paradise: Hectic Christmas? Try a change of pace with the sixth series of gentle documentary An Island Parish,” The Daily Mail, 30 December, 2011,_(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2080168/An-Island-Parish-Hectic-Christmas-Try-change-pace-gentle-documentary.html)
glosses: A form of reality television in the style of a documentary in which an apparent plot is constructed by intention or editing in order to make programmes in this genre resemble soap operas.
pimping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
Forms: form: more pimping
form: most pimping
Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Little or petty.
glosses: puny; sickly
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Consisting of or having the qualities of a pimp.
pimping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
Forms: form: pimpings
Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: His young adult life was marked by a series of robberies, forgeries, pimpings, assaults, and incarcerations at increasingly tougher institutions. The FBI had investigated him under the Dyer Act for the interstate transport of stolen cars.
ref: 2017, John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit, page 119:
glosses: The practise of managing and hiring out prostitutes.
glosses: The process of modifying a vehicle (usually a car), predominantly focusing on its appearance and audiovisual system as opposed to performance.
Synonyms: word: pandering
word: poncing
english: of women
translation: of women
word: procuration
word: procuring
word: procurement
word: proxenetism
pimping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, pimp + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pimp
Kosovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒsəvə/
ipa: /ˈkɒsəvəʊ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊsəˌvoʊ/
ipa: /ˈkɔsəˌvoʊ/
Forms: form: Kosova
form: Kosov@
form: Kossovo
Etymology: Shortened form of Serbo-Croatian Косово поље (“blackbirds’ field”), from косово (kosovo), possessive form of кос (kos, “blackbird”), and поље (polje, “field”).
Senses: examples: text: Yugoslavia’s President, Slobodan Milosevic, has rejected all efforts at meaningful diplomacy and, in violation of his own previous commitments, has ratcheted up his military campaign against the innocent civilians of Kosovo.
ref: 1999 March 25, “Air Campaign Against Yugoslavia”, in The New York Times, New York:
text: After Milosevic’s overthrow in October 2000, international pressure on the new authorities in Belgrade to extradict Milosevic for alleged war crimes committed during the Kosovo conflict was intense.
ref: 2017, Freedom in the world, page 657:
text: A prominent Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, was shot dead outside his party offices Tuesday morning, halting talks between Kosovar and Serb delegates that had been set to resume that day.
ref: 2018 January 16, Milena Veselinovic and Sheena McKenzie, “Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic shot dead outside office”, in CNN:
glosses: A partly-recognized country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Official name: Republic of Kosovo. Capital and largest city: Pristina. Considered by the Republic of Serbia to be one of its two autonomous provinces.
glosses: One of five administrative districts of the above region as viewed by the Serbian government.
Derived terms: Kosovan
Kosovar
kosovar
Kosovo and Metohija
Related terms: Kosovo and Metohia
rust fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rust fungi
Senses: examples: text: In the substomatal chamber all the signals that regulate the interaction between fungus and host are present along the entire structure of the rust fungus, from the vesicle to the first haustorium which, in the dikaryotic stage, is the first intracellular structure (Mendgen et al., 1988; Heath, 1989, 1995).
ref: 2005, Ming Hao Pei, Alistair R. McCracken, editors, Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar, CABI, →ISBN, page 170:
glosses: Any of many fungi, of the order Pucciniales, that cause rust diseases in plants.
basidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈsɪdɪəm/
Forms: form: basidia
Etymology: A Latinized form of Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “base”) + -idium.
Senses: examples: text: The walls of these scleroid basidia often reach 1 μm or more in thickness and the walls stain deeply with congo red.
ref: 1981, Timothy J. Baroni, A Revision of the Genus Rhodocybe Maire (Agaricales), page 24:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections.
Derived terms: basidiate
basidiocarp
basidiospore
epibasidium
holobasidium
hypobasidium
metabasidium
phragmobasidium
probasidium
zymosan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zymosans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum
insoluble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɒljʊbəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɑljəbəl/
Forms: form: more insoluble
form: most insoluble
Etymology: From Middle English insolible, from Middle French insoluble, from Latin insolūbilis, from in- + solūbilis. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and unsolvable. By surface analysis, in- + soluble.
Senses: examples: text: Petroleum is largely insoluble in water.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: indissoluble
undissolvable
antonyms: soluble
dissoluble
dissolvable
glosses: That cannot be dissolved.
examples: text: The reason Fisher concluded that the problem is likely insoluble is that the ability of real-world agents to act on new perceived opportunities of arbitrage – including those that turn out to be incorrect – makes stability impossible to demonstrate without additional strong (and unrealistic) assumptions.
ref: 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 3
synonyms: insolvable
unsolvable
antonyms: soluble
solvable
glosses: That cannot be solved.
examples: Near-synonyms: unexplained, mysterious; see also Thesaurus:incomprehensible, Thesaurus:mysterious
synonyms: inexplicable
unexplainable
antonyms: soluble
solvable
glosses: That cannot be explained.
synonyms: indissoluble
undissolvable
antonyms: soluble
dissoluble
dissolvable
glosses: That cannot be broken down or dispersed.
Derived terms: insolubility
insolubilize
insolubleness
insolubly
insoluble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɒljʊbəl/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɑljəbəl/
Forms: form: insolubles
Etymology: From Middle English insolible, from Middle French insoluble, from Latin insolūbilis, from in- + solūbilis. Piecewise doublet of insolvable and unsolvable. By surface analysis, in- + soluble.
Senses: examples: text: As there is a partial vacuum inside the drum, the liquid is sucked inside the drum and the insolubles are deposited on the outer surface of the membrane filter.
ref: 2006, Ashok Pandey, Enzyme Technology, page 518:
glosses: Any substance that cannot be dissolved.
steatopygia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steatopygias
form: steatopyga
Etymology: From steato- + pygo- + -ia.
Senses: glosses: An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks.
Related terms: steatopygian
steatopygic
steatopygous
steatopygism
cottage cheese ass
steatopygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɒ.pɪ.ɡəs/
ipa: /ˌstɪ.ə.tə(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/
ipa: /ˌstɪ.əˈtɑ.pɪ.ɡəs/
ipa: /ˌstɪ.ə.to(ʊ)ˈpaɪ.ɡəs/
Forms: form: more steatopygous
form: most steatopygous
Etymology: From steatopyga, steatopygia + -ous. Steatopyga is borrowed from New Latin steatopyga, from Ancient Greek στέᾱτος (stéātos) (genitive singular of στέαρ (stéar, “hard fat, suet, tallow”)) + πῡγή (pūgḗ, “buttocks, rump”).
Senses: examples: text: [W]e may refer to some unknown condition of climate, the steatopygous deformities of the Bushmen. As these remarkable depositions of fat are not the peculiarity of one tribe, namely the Saabs, [...] we have no room for doubt that the cause of the phenomenon is some influence connected with climate and situation.
ref: 1837, James Cowles Prichard, Researches into the Physical History of Mankind, 3rd edition, volume II, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, […]; and J. and A. Arch, […], →OCLC, section I, page 339:
text: Living in rooms opposite these slave girls, and seeing them at all hours of the day and night, I had frequent opportunities of studying them. They were average specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed, broad-shouldered, thin-flanked, fine-limbed, and with haunches of prodigious size.
ref: 1855, Richard F[rancis] Burton, “The Nile Steam Boat”, in Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah. … In Three Volumes, volume I (El-Misr), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 87:
text: Perhaps, he now felt, if this body he held could become—just for twenty or thirty seconds—one of those harem dreams of his, pampered, pouting, perfumed, steatopygous, he could, he was sure, achieve what it was a plain duty, apart from all questions of gratification, to achieve.
ref: 1963, Anthony Burgess, chapter 2, in Inside Mr. Enderby, London: Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as Enderby, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, September 1969 (March 1973 printing), →OCLC, book II, section 4, page 160:
text: At his side, Amuta and a steatopygous twelve-year-old in a striped shift.
ref: 1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “Niger Redux”, in Water Music, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN; republished London: Granta Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 341:
text: And finally there is the old crone of death, the steatopygous figure with pointed feet, that goes all the way back to the Paleolithic settlement of Dolne Vestonice.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 144:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to steatopygia; having fat or prominent buttocks.
Synonyms: word: big-buttocked
word: bootylicious
word: fat-buttocked
word: large-buttocked
word: steatopygial
word: steatopygic
Related terms: word: steatopyga
word: steatopygia
word: steatopygial
word: steatopygian
word: steatopygic
word: steatopygism
word: steatopygy
word: callipygian
word: callipygous
word: fat-ass
komatasukui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: komatasukui
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小股掬い, meaning "over thigh scooping body drop".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker attempts to throw his opponent and, when the opponent steps forward to defend himself, the attacker grabs his leg, near the thigh, and pulls upward driving the opponent over backwards.
koshinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koshinage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 腰投げ, literally "hip throw".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a kimarite in which the attacker turns his opponent while pulling him onto his hips then straightens his knees and throws him over and onto his back
kotehineri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotehineri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小手捻り, literally armlocking twist down.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker locks his opponents arm at the biceps then twists him around and down.
Gunt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Tajikistan.
kotenage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotenage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小手投げ, literally armlock throw.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker wraps his arm around that of his opponent and, when it is locked near the elbow, turning away from him.
timocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timocracies
Etymology: 1580s, from Middle French tymocracie, from Medieval Latin (13th century) timocratia, from Ancient Greek τῑμοκρατίᾱ (tīmokratíā), from τῑμή (tīmḗ, “valuation; honor”) + -κρατίᾱ (-kratíā, “a rule, reign”), from κρατέω (kratéō, “to rule”) (see -cracy).
Senses: qualifier: Platonism
glosses: A form of government in which ambition for honor, power and military glory motivates the rulers.
glosses: A form of government in which civic honor or political power increases with the amount of property one owns.
penthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/
Forms: form: penthouses
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“I append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.
Senses: examples: text: At length, recommending himself to God, he let go one end of his cord, and suffered himself to fall down upon an old shed or penthouse, which, with the weight of his body, fell in with great noise.
ref: 1826, William Eusebius Andrews, Review of Fox's Book of Martyrs, WE Andrews, pages 386–7:
glosses: A structure or annexe (especially one with a sloping roof) extending from the side of a building, sometimes as protection from the weather.
examples: text: The proboscis […] is doubled up by means of the joint, and in that position lies secure under a scaly penthouse.
ref: 1802, William Paley, Natural Theology, section XIX:
glosses: Something forming a shelter or canopy over something; an awning, shelter, etc.
examples: 2005, Tony Collins (ed.), Encyclopaedia of Traditional British Rural Sports, Routledge, page 262,
An odd derivative of real tennis lasted until the latter part of the eighteenth century at Rattray in Perthshire. It was played in the churchyard by two pairs of men, and the method for starting the play was to throw the ball onto the church roof, using it like the sloping penthouse of the tennis court.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Any of the sloping roofs at the side of a real tennis court.
examples: text: Night of January 16th is the story of a woman on trial for pushing her wealthy boss-lover from a Manhattan penthouse.
ref: 1995, Mary Ellen Waithe, Contemporary Women Philosophers: 1900-Today, Springer, page 214:
glosses: An apartment or suite found on an upper floor, or floors, of a tall building, especially one that is expensive or luxurious with panoramic views.
Hypernyms: apartment
suite
Derived terms: penthouselike
penthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnt(h)aʊs/
Forms: form: penthouses
form: penthousing
form: penthoused
form: penthoused
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“I append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.
Senses: glosses: To provide with a penthouse, shelter by means of a shed sloping from a wall, or anything similar.
zoophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the zoophytes
Synonyms: zoophytal
zookeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzuːkipɚ/
Forms: form: zookeepers
form: zoo-keeper
Etymology: From zoo + keeper.
Senses: glosses: A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.
zonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more zonally
form: most zonally
Etymology: From zonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in zones.
glosses: in a manner related to, associated with, or similar to zones.
mimsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪmzi/
rhymes: -ɪmzi
Forms: form: mimsier
form: mimsiest
Etymology: Blend of miserable + flimsy
Senses: examples: text: ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wade^([sic – meaning wabe]); / All mimsy were the borogoves, / And the mome raths outgrabe.
ref: 1871, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, “I. Looking-Glass House”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There:
text: Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair— / And chanted in mimsiest tones
ref: 1874–1876 (date written), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Fit the Fit the Seventh. ⁠The Banker’s Fate.”, in The Hunting of the Snark […], London: Macmillan and Co., published March 1876, →OCLC:
glosses: A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky
mimsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪmzi/
rhymes: -ɪmzi
Forms: form: mimsies
Senses: examples: text: It seems plastic surgery for men is catching up in the lunacy stakes with the world of female plastic surgery, a place where you can fly to LA and get the shape of your vagina changed: what constitutes an appealingly shaped mimsy is something else to be filed under "unanswered questions", next to the one about who wants a huge pair of balls.
ref: 2008 August 30, Alexis Petridis, “Nut Jobs?”, in The Guardian, retrieved 08 Oct 2008:
glosses: The vagina.
carpetbagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹpɪtˌbæɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɑːpɪtˌbaɡə/
Forms: form: carpetbaggers
form: carpet bagger
Etymology: From carpetbag + -er, because many carried their belongings in cheap luggage made from carpet fabric.
Senses: examples: text: “You are way behind the times,” he said. “There is no Klan in Atlanta now. Probably not in Georgia. You’ve been listening to the Klan outrage stories of your Scallawag and Carpetbagger friends.”
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part V, page 981:
text: The carpetbagger remains one of the most enduring symbols of the Reconstruction era. Technically, a carpetbagger was simply a northerner who went South in the wake of the Civil War and took part in Republican Party politics. For most of its lifespan, however, the term has been an epithet, denoting a lowly, immoral northern opportunist, a demagogue who preyed on the defeated South, perverted sectional peace, and rose to power by deceiving African American voters.
ref: 2012, William A. Blair, Journal of the Civil War Era: Winter 2012 Issue, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 539:
topics: government
history
human-sciences
politics
sciences
glosses: A migrant from the Northern to the Southern States after the American Civil War of 1861–5, especially one who went South to gain political influence.
examples: text: By the tenth century, out of the diversity of these Christianized Anglo-Saxon kingdoms emerged one of the most coherent political units in Europe, a single monarchy of England, with a precociously centralized government which eventually fell like a ripe plum into the grateful hands of Norman carpetbaggers in 1066.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 339:
text: A large number of estates, and all the most important offices, were taken over by incoming Russian officials, adventurers and carpetbaggers. At the head of them were figures like General Alexander Rimsky Korsakov (1753–1840),[…]
ref: 2012 January 5, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall of States and Nations, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: One who comes to a place or organisation with which they have no previous connection with the sole or primary aim of personal gain, especially political or financial gain.
Related terms: carpetbag
clipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clip
clipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Forms: form: clippings
Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
examples: text: a clipping of hair
text: grass clippings
text: I use a mulching mower and usually let the clippings go back to the lawn, but sometimes I'll gather clippings for mulching in the vegetable garden.
ref: 2001 June 19, Pat Kiewicz, “Mulch in the garden”, in rec.gardens (Usenet), message-ID <_ZFX6.44183$s12.1097074@typhoon.mw.mediaone.net>:
synonyms: offcut
snippet
glosses: A piece of something removed by clipping.
examples: text: When a 90-year-old yellowed clipping appeared one day at my feet, an implausible new mystery entered my life.
ref: 2011 November 19, James Bishop Jr., “Grand Canyon mystery runs deep”, in The Arizona Republic:
topics: journalism
media
synonyms: cutting
press cutting
glosses: An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
examples: text: The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
text: > --Lia
An unusual clipping! -or is it not short for Julia?
ref: 2007 December 11, Peter T. Daniels, “Bushman clicks and tsks”, in sci.lang (Usenet), message-ID <b992264e-0708-4570-b54d-4ecc43586865@t1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: short form
glosses: A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
signal-processing
glosses: The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
Hyponyms: topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
english: initial clipping
translation: initial clipping
word: apheresis
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: syncope
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
english: final clipping
translation: final clipping
word: apocope
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
english: another type of shortening
translation: another type of shortening
word: acronymy
Derived terms: nailclipping
Related terms: sense: short form of a word
word: metaplasm
sense: short form of a word
word: aphaeresis
sense: short form of a word
word: procope
sense: short form of a word
word: syncope
sense: short form of a word
word: apocope
clipping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪpɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪŋ
Etymology: By surface analysis, clip + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: A Yankee fellow told a clipping good story.
ref: 1880, Richard Mounteney Jephson, A Pink Wedding, volume 1, page 124:
text: Rather! a clipping good run!
ref: 1887, Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, page 270:
glosses: Excellent; very good.
Derived terms: clippingly
Catharine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A great number of children, amongst the lower classes, are Carolines. - - - A clergyman in my neighbourhood used to mistake the sound, and christen the babies Catharine; - a wise error, for Kate is a noble abbreviation.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Catherine.
synchronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪŋˈkɹɑnɪk/
ipa: /sɪŋˈkɹɒnɪk/
ipa: /sɪnˈkɹɒnɪk/
Etymology: By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ic; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Senses: antonyms: diachronic
glosses: Occurring at a specific point in time.
examples: text: The three texts that contain a more modern selection of lexis, Sengupta, Nihalani et al, and Mahal, being entirely synchronic, also suffer from a lack of historical perspective.
ref: 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 300:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: diachronic
glosses: Relating to the study of a language at only one point in its history.
Derived terms: asynchronic
synchronically
synchronicity
Related terms: synchronous
synchronical
fears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪɹz/
ipa: /fɪəz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: examples: text: All our fears have come to pass: we are doomed but have nothing left to fear.
glosses: plural of fear
fears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪɹz/
ipa: /fɪəz/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)z
Senses: examples: text: He fears the dark, so he invented a longer-lasting light bulb.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fear
newer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈn(j)u.ɚ/
Etymology: From Middle English newer, newere, from Old English nīwra, from Proto-Germanic *niwizô (“newer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), equivalent to new + -er. Cognate with West Frisian nijere (“newer”), Dutch nieuwere (“newer”), German neuer (“newer”), Danish nyere (“newer”), Swedish nyare (“newer”), Icelandic nýrri (“newer”).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of new: more new, more recent.
newest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːɪst/
ipa: /ˈn(j)uɪst/
ipa: /ˈnjʉːɪst/
Etymology: From Middle English newest, from Old English nīwost, from Proto-Germanic *niwistaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwisth₂os, superlative of *néwos/*néwyos (whence new). Cognate with Scots newest, Dutch nieuwst, German neueste, neuste, Icelandic nýjastur, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (niujists), Ashkun nustári (“before”), Kamkata-viri nüštë́ř (“before”), Waigali nüst (“before”), Vedic Sanskrit नविष्ठ (náviṣṭha).
Senses: glosses: superlative form of new: most new
harder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: hädʹə
ipa: /hɑːdə/
enpr: härdʹər
ipa: /ˈhɑɹdɚ/
ipa: [ˈhɑɹɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Etymology: From hard + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He is more likely to succeed because he tries harder.
text: Steel is harder than copper so we use steel tools to cut copper pipes.
text: For companies such as Trans Pennine Express, it will be even harder. It has the unwelcome claim to being Britain's worst train operator, with recent statistics from the Office of Rail and Road showing it cancelled nearly a quarter of its services in February, with lack of available train crew a real problem.
ref: 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
glosses: comparative form of hard: more hard
Derived terms: harder working
harder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hädʹə
ipa: /hɑːdə/
enpr: härdʹər
ipa: /ˈhɑɹdɚ/
ipa: [ˈhɑɹɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: harders
Etymology: From Afrikaans haarder (“mullet”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haarder.
hardest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: härdʹĭst
ipa: /ˈhɑːdɪst/
enpr: härdʹĭst
ipa: /ˈhɑɹdɪst/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈhɑɹdəst/
Senses: examples: text: Diamond is the hardest natural material.
text: The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.
glosses: superlative form of hard: most hard. Most rigid or most difficult.
Derived terms: hardest working
depraved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deprave
depraved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɹeɪvd/
Forms: form: more depraved
form: most depraved
Senses: examples: text: a depraved killer
text: The driver who speeds with reckless disregard for the consequences to others but without any intent to harm the darting child may receive jail time but is often treated far differently from the depraved killer who sets out with a purposeful plan to murder the child.
ref: 2009, Neil M. Gorsuch, The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, page 57:
glosses: Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
examples: text: The taste and digestion are often depraved, anorexia, nausea, inappetence and vomiting supervene, the woman desires innutritious or disgusting food, such as chalk, cinders, putrescent animal food, […]
ref: 1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence:
text: There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]
ref: 1916, Veterinary Medicine, volume 11, page 759:
glosses: Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
Derived terms: depraved-heart murder
depraved-indifference murder
depravedly
depravedness
undepraved
Related terms: deprave
depravity
unsavory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈseɪv.əɹ.i/
Forms: form: more unsavory
form: most unsavory
form: unsavoury
Etymology: From un- + savory.
Senses: glosses: Not savory; without flavor.
glosses: Of bad taste; distasteful.
glosses: Making an activity undesirable.
examples: text: His unsavory reputation as a mobster came back to haunt him when he ran for mayor of New York.
text: The case against Khela rested primarily on the testimony of two unsavoury witnesses, [who] had lengthy criminal records and [...] were members of a prison-based gang.
ref: 2009 January 22, Morris Fish, “R. v. Khela, 2009 SCC 4”, in CanLII, retrieved 18 Mar 2025:
glosses: Disreputable, not respectable, of questionable moral character.
manor house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manor houses
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: great house, great hall
coordinate_terms: country house
glosses: The main house on a landed estate.
examples: text: Many of the houses have neat little dormer windows and tall stone chimneys, and Corfe's older buildings include the fine old manor house.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle:
glosses: The house of the lord of the manor.
Related terms: manor
manorialism
aak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 아악(雅樂) (aak). Doublet of gagaku and yayue.
Senses: glosses: A genre of Korean court music
Cody
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊdi/
rhymes: -əʊdi
Forms: form: Cuddihy
form: Cuddy
form: Coady
form: Codie
form: Coty
form: Kody
form: Kodey
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish anglicized from Ó Cuidighthigh (“descendant of Cuidightheach”). Cuidightheach is a byname meaning “helpful”.
glosses: A surname from Irish anglicized from Mac Óda (“son of Odo”).
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Park County, Wyoming; named for American showman William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill).
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in Nebraska; named for railroad foreman Thomas Cody.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A neighborhood of Duluth, Minnesota.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Florida.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for William Frederick Cody (Buffalo Bill).
glosses: A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
first-person shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-person shooters
form: FPS
Senses: topics: video-games
hypernyms: shooter
;
war game
glosses: A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective (POV, point of view) and the ability to fire a weapon.
Related terms: active shooter
third-person shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-person shooters
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A combat-themed video game of a kind with a perspective view, typically positioning the camera over the shoulder of the player.
Related terms: first-person shooter
lesbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛzbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɛzboʊ/
Forms: form: lesbos
Etymology: From lesb(ian) + -o.
Senses: glosses: Lesbian.
Derived terms: gaybo
lesboism
lesbosexual
CORDIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of coordinate rotation digital computer.
iru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Yoruba irú.
Senses: glosses: A West African condiment made from fermented locust beans.
aken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: akens
form: akenning
form: akenned
form: akenned
Etymology: From Old English ācennan or gecennan, equivalent to a- + cennan (“to give birth to”).
Senses: glosses: To bear, give birth to. (Usually in the past participle.)
aken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
ipa: /ˈeɪkən/
rhymes: -eɪkən
ipa: /əˈkɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Senses: glosses: alternative past participle of ache.
currants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of currant
eelpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eelpots
Etymology: From eel + pot.
Senses: synonyms: eelbuck
glosses: eel trap
eelbuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eelbucks
form: eel-buck
Etymology: From eel + buck (“trap”), from Middle English bouk (“fishtrap”), from Old English būc (“belly, container”).
Senses: glosses: A device for catching eels.
Synonyms: eelpot
eel basket
aluminoxane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminoxanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a class of organometallic compounds of aluminium having general formula R₂Al-O-AlR₂; they are used as catalysts in the polymerization of epoxides and oxetanes to form polyether elastomers.
Synonyms: Vandenberg catalyst
Judaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuˈdeɪ̯.ɪk/
Forms: form: Judaick
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French judaique (modern French judaïque) and its etymon Latin iūdaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαϊκός (Ioudaïkós), ultimately from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá, “Judah”). By surface analysis, Juda + -ic. Doublet of Jewy.
Senses: examples: text: While many consider Chanukah a celebration of Judaic values over Greek values, this is an error. The Maccabees were fighting for the rights of all cultures to exist within the same empire.
ref: 1977 December 17, Eric Rogers, “The Message Of Chanukah For Gay People”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4:
text: The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it.
ref: 2007, John Peterman, On Ancient Philosophy:
glosses: Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
Synonyms: Jewish
Derived terms: anti-Judaic
Judaic harp
Related terms: Judaica
haint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: haints
form: hainting
form: hainted
form: hainted
Senses: examples: text: Looking from juror to juror and seeking out the smug faces of the witnesses who'd testified against him, he repeated his threat. "Those who say I kilt anybody are liars," he proclaimed. "And each of you will be hainted every day for the rest of your life. Then the devil will have ye."
ref: 1988, Randy Russell, Janet Barnett, “Dead Dan's Shadow on the Wall”, in Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina, page 5:
text: After he killed him, Ed came back and he didn't have no head and he hainted [haunted] Ole Master until he died himself — getting in his way all the time — Ole Ed would be right there with him.
ref: 2003, Winson Hudson, Derrick Bell, Constance Curry, Mississippi Harmony: Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter, page 17:
text: “I just don't think it happened that way,” he argued. “Otherwise, the ghost wouldn't still be hainting the tree.”
ref: 2003, W. Bruce Wingo, There Grows a Crooked Tree, page 92:
glosses: Alternative form of haunt.
haint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: haints
Senses: examples: text: "Ain't you scared of haints?"
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 254:
text: I got a tree on my back and a haint in my house, and nothing in between but the daughter I am holding in my arms.
ref: 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved, page 18:
text: It didn't take long for word to spread that there was a "haint" in the graveyard. A haint is what the old-timers called a ghost.
ref: 2005, Eulie Rowan, “The Four-Legged Haint”, in The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs, Simon and Schuster, page 106:
text: My dead grandpa's haint floated above my bed one night when I was a young'un and scared me so bad I busted the bedroom door down tryin' to get out that room so fast.
ref: 2009, Mary Monroe, God Still Don't Like Ugly, page 211:
glosses: A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.
Derived terms: haint blue
Related terms: ha'nt
hant
harnt
haint
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ain't.
pittance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪtəns/
ipa: [ˈpʰɪʔn̩s]
Forms: form: pittances
Etymology: From Middle English pitaunce, from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
Senses: glosses: A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
examples: text: In the very prime of life, Mr. Glentworth found every prospect gone; he had only a meagre pittance, compared to his former expenditure; but he had neither the habits nor the opportunity of increasing it.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 74:
text: So I went to keep house with him at the Why Not? and my aunt sent down my bag of clothes, and would have made over to Elzevir the pittance that my father left for my keep, but he said it was not needful, and he would have none of it.
ref: [1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:
text: Dad was forced to claim benefit money from the government. It was a pittance, barely enough to live on.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A meagre allowance of money or wages.
examples: text: The former residents of Fraguas, who sold up for a pittance, have swung behind the resettlement, happy to see life return to the narrow lanes where they grew up.
ref: 2022 September 24, Sam Jones, “Ill-fated Spanish village poised to be destroyed a third time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A small amount.
Derived terms: pittance payment
pittancer
savoury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: savourier
form: savouriest
Senses: qualifier: Australian and New Zealand spelling
glosses: Alternative form of savory.
savoury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savouries
Senses: qualifier: Australian and New Zealand spelling
glosses: Alternative form of savory.