cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ritornello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ritornellos
form: ritornelli
form: ritornel
form: ritornell
form: ritornelle
Etymology: Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno (“return”), from ritornare (“to return”): compare French ritournelle.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.
discrepancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discrepancy
dimerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + -merous; compare also Ancient Greek διμερής (dimerḗs, “bipartite”).
Senses: examples: text: Plants with dimerous flowers are fairly rare.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In two parts; having two parts in each whorl of a flower.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two-jointed tarsi.
Coordinate terms: sense: In two parts; having two parts in each whorl of a flower.
word: monomerous
word: trimerous
word: tetramerous
word: pentamerous
word: hexamerous
word: heptamerous
word: octamerous
Related terms: dimer
dimeric
dimery
trimerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + -merous; ultimately from tri-, from Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”); + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Senses: examples: text: The monocots typically have trimerous flowers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Organized in threes; having parts in numbers that are multiples of three.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having three joints.
Coordinate terms: sense: Organized in threes; having parts in numbers that are multiples of three.
word: monomerous
sense: Having three joints.
word: dimerous
word: tetramerous
word: pentamerous
word: hexamerous
word: heptamerous
word: octamerous
Related terms: trimer
trimeric
trimery
tetramerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetra- + -merous.
Senses: examples: text: As their name suggests, the crucifers have tetramerous flowers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: in four parts: such that each whorl (of flower parts) has four flower parts.
Coordinate terms: sense: in four parts: such that each whorl (of flower parts) has four flower parts.
word: monomerous
word: dimerous
word: trimerous
word: pentamerous
word: hexamerous
word: heptamerous
word: octamerous
Related terms: tetramer
tetrameric
tetramery
pentamerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + -merous.
Senses: examples: text: The Apocynaceae have pentamerous flowers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In five parts; made up of five parts.
Coordinate terms: sense: In five parts; made up of five parts.
word: monomerous
word: dimerous
word: trimerous
word: tetramerous
word: hexamerous
word: heptamerous
word: octamerous
Derived terms: pentamerously
Related terms: pentamer
pentameric
pentamery
Pentamerus
teknonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teknonyms
Etymology: From tecno- + -onym.
Senses: glosses: A name for an adult derived from that of a child, especially that of the eldest child.
Related terms: teknonymic
teknonymy
too much
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu ˈmʌtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: You talk (much/far/rather) too much.
text: I was too much affected by their criticisms.
text: You've given me back one dollar too much.
text: Nothing too much out of the ordinary.
glosses: To a greater extent than is wanted or required; excessively.
examples: text: I'm not leaving now ... I'm enjoying myself too much!
glosses: To a sufficiently strong degree to prevent some other action from happening.
too much
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu ˈmʌtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: You ate too much cake at the party, and that's why you feel sick.
text: There's far too much attention being paid to it.
text: Patient: ...too much is bad for you.
Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
ref: 1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1, episode 3:
glosses: More (of something) than is desirable or required.
examples: text: They call it a beach, but there isn't too much sand there.
glosses: Much; even a moderate amount.
raw_tags: in negative constructions
too much
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu ˈmʌtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: Oh, my dear, you really are too much.
glosses: Amusing; entertaining.
too much
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu ˈmʌtʃ/
Senses: examples: text: You expect too much from your employees.
text: Patient: ...too much is bad for you.
Doctor: Well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means, you blithering twat. If you had too much water, it would be bad for you, wouldn't it? "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means. Could you ever say "too much water is good for you"? I mean if it's too much it's too much. Too much of anything is too much. Obviously. Jesus.
ref: 1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, season 1, episode 3:
glosses: A quantity which is excessive to the point of being inappropriate, harmful, or overwhelming.
examples: text: You really are too much!
glosses: Something that is absurdly funny or inappropriate.
too much
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tu ˈmʌtʃ/
Forms: form: too much !
Senses: examples: text: Too much, man! That was great!
glosses: An expression of satisfaction.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, determiner, interjection, or noun too much
word: too much information
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, determiner, interjection, or noun too much
word: too much love will kill you
sense: Terms derived from the adjective, adverb, determiner, interjection, or noun too much
word: too much of a good thing
Related terms: too many
tool-bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool-bars
Senses: glosses: a frame fitted to a tractor to which interchangeable implements are mounted
toolbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːl.bɑː/
ipa: /ˈtul.bɑɹ/
Forms: form: toolbars
form: tool bar
Etymology: From tool + bar.
Senses: examples: text: Some UIs tend to improve this by displaying toolbars only when they are related to any object manipulated (e.g., an image, a rectangle) and undisplaying them afterwards.
ref: 2005, Maria Francesca Costabile, Fabio Paternò, Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2005, page 199:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: button bar
hyponyms: toolstrip
glosses: A row of buttons, usually marked with icons, used to activate the functions of an application or operating system.
Related terms: tooltip
toolmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolmakers
Etymology: From tool + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Prehistoric toolmakers overlooked some knapping errors (excluding nonirreparable breakage) because they ignored certain types of errors in favor of recognizing a consistent and meaningful whole of the tool.
ref: 2011, Wm Jack Hranicky, Prehistoric Projectile Points Found Along the Atlantic Coastal Plain, page 227:
glosses: One who makes a tool.
glosses: One who makes a tool.
A skilled machinist who makes and repairs tools.
hypernyms: maker#Noun
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tradesman#Noun
tradesperson#Noun
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worker#Noun
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person#Noun
coordinate_terms: diemaker#Noun
mouldmaker#Noun
patternmaker#Noun
modelmaker#Noun
Related terms: diemaker
diemaking
tool and die
toolmaking
concertino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concertinos
form: concertini
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian concertino, from concerto + -ino (diminutive suffix).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short concerto.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The group of solo instruments in a concerto grosso.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A section in a concerto grosso played by three instruments.
concerto grosso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian concerto grosso.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a musical form, common in the Baroque period, in which contrasting sections are played by full orchestra and by a small group of soloists.
con brio
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Italian con brio (literally “with vigor”).
Senses: examples: text: She ate, drank, worked, danced, and made love in exactly the same way: con brio.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
text: The bags were obviously heavy but she carried them con brio, her back straight, her low heels clicking briskly.
ref: 2011, Stephen King, chapter 20, in 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 442:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: With spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction).
musica ficta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin mūsica ficta (literally “fashioned music”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries.
Synonyms: musica falsa
addolorato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: addoloratos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian addolorato.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played sorrowfully.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A passage having this mark.
addolorato
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian addolorato.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Played in this style.
addolorato
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian addolorato.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having this tempo mark.
Baroque period
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The musical period of time following the Renaissance, extending roughly between 1600-1750.
Related terms: baroque
rococo
baroque organ
baroque organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baroque organs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a pipe organ dating from or built to the specifications of the Baroque period at the time of J.S. Bach
soloist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soloists
Etymology: From solo + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who performs a solo.
Derived terms: free soloist
soloistic
tomato juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato juices
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tomato, juice.
examples: text: There were the delicate keftas, […] and lastly, the national pillauf, richly coloured with tomato juice, and flavoured with quails.
ref: 1839, The Select Circulating Library, volume 13, Philadelphia: Adam Waldie., page 1:
text: TOMATO SWEETBREADS.—Cut up a quarter of a peck (or more) of fine ripe tomatoes; set them over the fire, and let them stew with nothing but their own juice till they go entirely to pieces. Then press them through a sieve, to clear the liquid from the seeds and skins. [. . .] Put [sweetbreads] into a stew-pan with the tomato-juice, seasoned with a little salt and cayenne.
ref: 1847, Eliza Leslie, The Lady's Receipt-Book: A Useful Companion for Large or Small Families, Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, pages 66–67:
text: "See those two bottles of tomato juice?" He points to two quart bottles on the counter. "See how in one the tomato juice is settling out?" ... "Personally, I feel that tomato juice in a can doesn't taste good."
ref: 1979 Feb-Mar, Mother Jones Magazine, volume 4, number 11, page 40:
text: [heading] Canned Tomato Juice [¶] While you have out all the equipment, why not make some homemade tomato juice as well?
ref: 1982, Marian Morash, The Victory Garden Cookbook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 316:
text: The juice is always purchased canned. Freshly squeezed tomato juice exists only in the imagination of menu writers.
ref: 2003, Arno Schmidt, Chef's book of formulas, yields, and sizes, page 157:
text: About how long has it been since you last bought tomato juice? ... About how often do you buy tomato juice? About how many cans do you buy at a time? ...
ref: 2004, Scott M. Smith with Gerald S. Albaum, Fundamentals of marketing research, page 169:
glosses: Juice made from tomatoes. In modern use, this usually refers to the comminuted flesh and juice of cooked tomatoes, prepared commercially.
tomato paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato pastes
Senses: glosses: A concentrate of tomato purée; used in making pizzas etc.
tomato purée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomato purées
Senses: examples: text: Normally I just put tomato purée on my pizza, but today I made my own tomato sauce. It was delicious.
glosses: A concentrated sauce (sold in tins or tubes) made from mashed tomatoes.
tool-pusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool-pushers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toolpusher.
toolpusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolpushers
Etymology: From tool + pusher.
Senses: glosses: The senior worker in charge of an oil drilling rig.
tool-rest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool-rests
form: toolrest
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
metallurgy
metalworking
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The part of a machine, such as a lathe, that supports the cutting tool.
toolsmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolsmiths
Etymology: From tool + smith.
Senses: glosses: a person who makes tools
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a person who creates utility programs
Hypernyms: smith
Derived terms: toolsmithing
topcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒpkəʊt/
Forms: form: topcoats
Etymology: From top + coat.
Senses: examples: text: Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs.
ref: 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Story of the Bald-headed Man”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, pages 66–67:
text: He is wearing a black armband on the left sleeve of his gray topcoat.
ref: 1988, Richard E. Kim, Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood, page 100:
text: Whereas Oehler habitually wears his topcoat completely buttoned up, I leave my topcoat completely open.
ref: 2003, Thomas Bernhard, translated by Kenneth J. Northcott, Walking: Three Novellas, page 114:
text: Then he opened his closet and took out a black topcoat. It was heavily lined with silk, soft to the touch.
ref: 2007, Ricardo Morada, So This Is the Good Old United States of America!, page 42:
glosses: A light overcoat (outer garment).
examples: text: Near-synonym: overcoat
text: Apply two topcoats, particularly to areas that are fully exposed to the weather such as the south side of the house. A total of three coats (primer and two topcoats) should result in an optimum thickness of 4-1/2 to 5 mils.
ref: 1966, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), Wood Finishing: Painting Outside Wood Surfaces, page 2:
text: Fig. 7 shows the microstructures of lutetium silicate topcoat on SiC/SiC composite after various exposure tests.
ref: 2007, N. Nakayama, K. Morishita, S. Ochiai, T. Sekigawa, K. Aoyama, A. Ikawa, “Evaluation of Environmental Barrier Coatings for SiC/SiC Composites”, in Dongming Zhu, Uwe Schulz, editors, Advanced Ceramic Coatings and Interfaces, page 169:
text: Without the protection of the topcoat, your wood constantly expands and contracts and is more susceptible to warping and cracking. Topcoats also improve the look of the wood by adding depth and color.
ref: 2011, Jeff Strong, Woodworking For Dummies, unnumbered page:
antonyms: undercoat#Noun
basecoat#Noun
glosses: A layer of paint or varnish etc. applied after the undercoat.
Related terms: sense: garment
word: Inverness cape
sense: coating
word: clearcoat
topcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒpkəʊt/
Forms: form: topcoats
form: topcoating
form: topcoated
form: topcoated
Etymology: From top + coat.
Senses: coordinate_terms: recoat#Verb
clearcoat#Verb
glosses: To apply a topcoat to (something).
top copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top copies
Senses: glosses: The typescript of a document in which carbon copies are underneath it.
carbon copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbon copy
carbon copies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carbon copy
top deck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top decks
Senses: glosses: The upper deck of a double-decker bus.
amicicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amicicides
Etymology: From Latin amicus + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Men who have been the firmest friends, while in each other's company periodically and frequently, have clashed and quarrelled in their attempt to dwell beneath the same roof, and, occupying the same apartments, have been moved to commit amicicide.
ref: 1873, Junius Henri Browne, “Women as Idealists”, in The Galaxy, Volume XVI, page 99:
glosses: killing of a friend
Related terms: friendly fire
music hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music halls
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An auditorium for concerts and musical entertainments.
glosses: A vaudeville or variety theater.
musicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: musicologies
Etymology: From music + -logy.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, music theory, or the physical nature of sound.
Derived terms: choreomusicology
ecomusicology
ethnomusicology
ludomusicology
musicological
musicologist
zoomusicology
ngwee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪ
Forms: form: ngwees
form: ngwee
Etymology: From Chichewa ngwee (“bright”).
Senses: glosses: A currency of Zambia, one hundredth of a kwacha.
contradictory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪktəɹi/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˌkɔntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdəkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: [ˌkɔ̟ntɹəˈdəkt(ə)ɹi]
Forms: form: more contradictory
form: most contradictory
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradico.
Senses: examples: text: This wide variety of genuinely contradictory holy sutras generated a serious problem in later Chinese and Japanese Buddhism. In the early period the Chinese and Japanese did not know that there were so many schools of Buddhism which disagreed with one another. Chinese and Japanese Buddhists assumed that every single Buddhist sutra was the actual words of the Buddha himself. As a result, Chinese Buddhists had to come up with some kind of explanation for the contradictory claims and assertions apparently made by the same holy person. The Chinese T’ien-t’ai school decided that the texts were spoken by the Buddha but tailored to different audiences of vastly different capabilities and insight.
ref: 2004, Robert Zeuschner, “Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism”, in Asian Thought: Traditions of India, China, Japan & Tibet, volume I, Echo Point Books & Media, LLC, published 2017, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 225:
glosses: That contradicts something, such as an argument.
examples: text: Our attitudes toward sharks are contradictory. We fear them and yet we seek them out.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: That is itself a contradiction.
examples: text: Schemes […] contradictory to common sense.
ref: 1715 January 24 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 7. Thursday, January 13. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: That is diametrically opposed to something.
examples: text: [White House deputy chief of policy Stephen] Miller has offered contradictory versions of Trump administration statements and court rulings.
ref: 2025 April 18, Henry Gass, “Amid deportation dispute, Trump and courts square off on who has last word”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Mutually exclusive.
glosses: Tending to contradict or oppose, contrarious.
Synonyms: word: opposite
sense: mutually exclusive
word: incompatible
Derived terms: contradictorily
contradictoriness
contradictory antonym
intercontradictory
noncontradictory
non-contradictory
self-contradictory
uncontradictory
Related terms: contradict
contradiction
contradictorious
contradictory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˌkɑntɹəˈdɪktəɹi/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˌkɔntɹəˈdɪkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ˌkɒntɹəˈdəkt(ə)ɹi/
ipa: [ˌkɔ̟ntɹəˈdəkt(ə)ɹi]
Forms: form: contradictories
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin contradictorius, from Latin contradico.
Senses: examples: text: If one proposition is the negation of another, it follows trivially from the definition that the two propositions are contradictories. The converse does not hold. Two propositions can be contradictories without either being the negation of the other. For example:
 3) John is more than six feet tall
and
 4) John is either exactly six feet tall or else less than six feet tall
 are contradictories, but neither is the negation of the other. Negation is one way, but not the only way, of forming a contradictory.
ref: 2001, Mark Sainsbury, chapter 1, in Logical Forms — An Introduction to Philosophical Logic, 2nd edition, Blackwell Publishing, →ISBN, §4, page 20:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of propositions, that cannot both be true or both be false.
Hyponyms: negation
Related terms: oxymoron
paradox
diabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”). Doublet of diabetic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
glosses: Involving the gain or loss of heat (and thus a change in entropy).
raw_tags: of a process
Derived terms: diabatically
isodiabatic
nondiabatic
Related terms: diabetic
circling the wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of circle the wagons
liement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liements
Etymology: French
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An action in which one fencer forces the opponent's blade into the diagonally opposite line, (that is, from high line to low line on the opposite side, or vice versa) by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade.
Synonyms: bind
lie
thrust
nestle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛsəl/
rhymes: -ɛsəl
Forms: form: nestles
form: nestling
form: nestled
form: nestled
Etymology: From Middle English nestelen, nestlen, from Old English nistlan, nestlian, nistlian (“to make or build a nest”), from Proto-West Germanic *nistilōn (“to build or occupy a nest; nestle”), equivalent to nest + -le. Cognate with Middle Low German nëstelen (“to build a nest”), Dutch nestelen (“to nest, nestle”).
Senses: examples: text: In the work that it [the Servants of India Society] will do in the future it will be the spirit of Mr. [Gopal Krishna] Gokhale that will inspire it. So I would remind you that while you raise a statue to his public honour, do not forget what matters more, the hope that ever nestled warmly in his heart, that is nearest and dearest to those who imitate him, throwing away everything of this world and burning upon the altar of their country in sacrifice all that the world could give of joy and wealth, […]
ref: 1915 April, Annie Besant, “The Servants of India Society”, in Speeches & Writings of Annie Besant, 3rd edition, Madras: G. A. Natesan & Co., published September 1921, →OCLC, page 281:
synonyms: snudge
glosses: To settle oneself comfortably and snugly.
synonyms: cuddle
snuggle
glosses: To press oneself against another affectionately.
examples: text: The old shop nestled between the newer apartment buildings.
text: Their purpose was to fortify in some strong place of the wild and desolate country, and there to nestle till greater succours came.
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
glosses: To lie half-hidden or in shelter.
examples: text: The kingfisher […] nestles in hollow banks.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To build or sit upon a nest.
examples: text: This assimilates them more nearly to the natural conditions when the hen nestles her chicks on the earth, whilst the warmth is given chiefly over their backs.
ref: 1871, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist, volume 31, page 123:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Of a bird: to look after its young.
examples: text: She made no answer, but her fingers nervously nestled the leaves of a book.
ref: 1862, William S. Woodbridge, Captain Paul's Adventure:
text: With as little of movement as possible, Aeon nestled her head closer to his chest, even more inder his chin.
ref: 2010, Sarah Tyler, Panthera Leo and the Call of Destiny, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: To move or place into a comfortable position
Derived terms: nestle-bird
nestle-cock
nestler
nestlingly
unnestle
Related terms: nest
coulé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coulés
Etymology: Borrowed from French coulé.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An attacking or feinting movement where the blade slides continuously along the opponent’s blade.
Synonyms: glisé
glissade
graze
counter-attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-attacks
form: counterattack
Etymology: From counter- + attack.
Senses: examples: text: Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.
ref: 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
Synonyms: counter-offensive
counter-attack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counter-attacks
form: counter-attacking
form: counter-attacked
form: counter-attacked
form: counterattack
Etymology: From counter- + attack.
Senses: examples: text: Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour.
ref: 1959 September, “Talking of Trains: Attack and counter-attack”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405:
glosses: To attack in response to an attack by opponents.
counter-parry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-parries
Etymology: From counter- + parry.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A parry that is done to defend against an opponent's parry and riposte.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: (often: contra-) A circular parry; one that moves in a circle to end up in the opposite position from which it started.
Synonyms: circular parry
counter-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter-times
Etymology: From counter- + time.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An attack that responds to the opponent's counter-attack.
coup d'arret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coups d'arret
Etymology: Borrowed from French coup d'arrêt.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A counter-attack that attempts to take advantage of an uncertain attack
Synonyms: stop
stop hit
stop-in-time
stop thrust
croisé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: croisés
Etymology: Borrowed from French croisé. Doublet of cruciate.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An action in which one fencer forces the opponent’s blade into the high or low line on the same side, by taking it with the guard and forte of his own blade
derobement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derobements
form: dérobement
Etymology: From French dérobement.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An avoidance of the opponent's attempt to take the blade or beat, performed with a straight sword arm.
disengage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: disengages
Etymology: From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
disengage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: disengages
form: disengaging
form: disengaged
form: disengaged
Etymology: From Middle French désengager ; dis- + engage.
Senses: examples: text: Diſingaging myſelf then from his embrace, I made him ſenſible of the reaſons there were for his preſent leaving me; on which, tho' reluctantly, he put on his cloaths with as little expedition, however, as he could help, wantonly interrupting himſelf between whiles, with kiſſes, touches, and embraces, I could not refuſe myſelf to; [...]
ref: 1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, pages 213–214:
english: Fanny Hill
translation: Fanny Hill
text: With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude.
ref: 1894, George du Maurier, “Part Third”, in Trilby: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 165:
text: The eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce diesel engines drive through "Twin Disc" torque converters up to a speed of some 46 m.p.h., when the drive automatically changes to direct coupling and the torque converter is disengaged.
ref: 1959 December, “Diesel multiple-units on the St. Pancras-Bedford service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 588:
text: Ford still had his hand stuck out. Arthur looked at it with incomprehension.¶ "Shake," prompted Ford.¶ Arthur did, nervously at first, as if it might turn out to be a fish. Then he grasped it vigorously with both hands in an overwhelming flood of relief. He shook it and shook it.¶ After a while Ford found it necessary to disengage.
ref: 1982 August, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; 3), London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Three weeks before the election in Iraq, conversation has started bubbling up in Congress, in the Pentagon and some days even in the White House about when and how American forces might begin to disengage in Iraq.
ref: 2005 January 10, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, “Hot Topic: How U.S. Might Disengage in Iraq”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The more established wisdom about trolls, at this point, is to disengage.
ref: 2015 February 14, Stephen Marche, “The Epidemic of Facelessness”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: detach
disentangle
free
unfasten
glosses: To release or loosen from something that binds, entangles, holds, or interlocks.
Derived terms: disengagement
disengager
Related terms: engage
envelopment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: envelopments
Etymology: From French enveloppement.
Senses: glosses: The act of enveloping.
glosses: That which envelops; a covering.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An offensive action in which an attacking force moves over or around the enemy and attacks from the rear; see also pincer movement.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An action to seize the opponent's blade in one line and lead it (without losing contact) through a full circle to end in the same line.
Derived terms: double envelopment
false attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false attacks
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: An attack that is intended to miss or fall short, so as to produce a reaction from the opponent. Also called a false action.
mal-parry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mal-parries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of malparry.
nastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed together”), from νάσσω (nássō, “to press, cram full”), although the sense development is unclear.
Senses: examples: text: Many flowers close themselves at night. This nastic movement is in response to the brightness of the sky.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: taxic
tropic
glosses: Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus.
moulinet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moulinets
form: mouline
Etymology: French moulinet, diminutive of moulin (“a mill”).
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
qualifier: chiefly sabre
glosses: A circular cut, often composed of a parry, usually prime or seconde, moving thence into a circular cut.
glosses: The drum upon which the rope is wound in a capstan, crane, etc.
glosses: A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
ballestra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballestras
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A very rapid attack made by a jump forward and lunge.
diffraction grating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diffraction gratings
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a surface having many closely spaced lines or slits; used to produce optical spectra by mutual interference
shroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɹuːm/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: shrooms
form: 'shroom
Etymology: Clipping of mushroom.
Senses: examples: text: Dosage: The typical amount of beginner “shroom” dosage ranges from 1.5 grams of dried shrooms for a mild experience, to 3.5 grams for an intense experience.
ref: 2009, Sean Williams, Jesus and the Magic Mushroom, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: A magic mushroom: a hallucinogenic fungus.
examples: text: These succulent little shrooms from pop culture scholar Lena Lencek will drive everyone back for seconds.
ref: 2000, Karen Brooks et al., Dude Food: Recipes for the Modern Guy, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Shrooms—and I don’t mean the psychedelic kind—are one of those vegetables that you either love or hate.
ref: 2003, Dave Hirschkop, Crazy from the heat: Dave’s insanity cookbook, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 72:
text: To determine how much live protein may be occupying a shroom, try this test: […].
ref: 2004, Jim Sterba, Frankie’s Place: A Love Story, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 172:
glosses: Any mushroom.
shroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɹuːm/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: shrooms
form: shrooming
form: shroomed
form: shroomed
form: 'shroom
Etymology: Clipping of mushroom.
Senses: examples: text: Not just because it was sophmoric^([sic]) and juvenile (which it surely was) but I was shrooming pretty heavily by now.
ref: 2012, Michael E. Monahan, College Boy, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 23:
text: Just a few months ago I was in Amsterdam with two old friends from the Lahore art world. On a warm summer night we checked out some galleries and walked along the canals, whirring bicycles and shrooming teenagers passing us in the darkness.
ref: 2014, Mohsin Hamid, Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York and London, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
glosses: To take magic mushrooms.
Derived terms: shroomer
shroomhead
some more
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: some mores
form: s'more
Etymology: See s'more.
Senses: glosses: Toasted marshmallows and chocolate between graham crackers.
some more
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of somemore.
snarfle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɑːɹf(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈsnɑːf(ə)l/
Forms: form: snarfles
form: snarfling
form: snarfled
form: snarfled
Etymology: From snarf + -le (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1985.
Senses: glosses: To make the noise of an animal (such as a pig) eating.
examples: text: Wiggy, my Staffordshire terrier, loved to snarfle and root around on that hillside, and she always brought in the wonderful perfume, like a cloud of scent . . .
ref: 2004 Brigit Legere Binns - The Low-carb Gourmet: Recipes for the New Lifestyle - Page 4
text: . . . while we snarfle down popcorn at the Cineplex.
ref: 2007 Alan Farrell - High Cheekbones, Pouty Lips, Tight Jeans Page 246
glosses: To eat greedily.
domineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of domineer
domineering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more domineering
form: most domineering
Senses: glosses: Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian.
Synonyms: bossy
assertive
dominant
forceful
commanding
pushy
strong-willed
arbitrary
oppressive
regnant
Derived terms: domineeringly
domineeringness
undomineering
domineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domineerings
Senses: examples: text: In strange contrast to the hardly tolerable constraint and nameless invisible domineerings of the captain's table, was the entire care-free license and ease, the almost frantic democracy of those inferior fellows the harpooneers.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: The act of one who domineers.
editable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From edit + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This page is editable by anyone.
glosses: Capable of being edited.
Synonyms: modifiable
Derived terms: noneditable
MIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure.
MIP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MIPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of minor in possession (of alcohol).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of molecularly imprinted polymer.
qualifier: radiology and imaging
glosses: Initialism of maximum intensity projection.
MIP
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of multum in parvo (“much in little”).
twinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twinge
twinges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twinge
edifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈɛd.əˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more edifying
form: most edifying
Senses: glosses: That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
glosses: That enlightens or uplifts.
Derived terms: edifyingly
edifyingness
unedifying
edifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈɛd.əˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ephesians 4:29:
glosses: present participle and gerund of edify
edifying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
other: /ˈɛd.əˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: edifyings
Senses: examples: text: I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
ref: 2002, E. Beatrice Batson, Selected comedies and late romances of Shakespeare from a Christian perspective:
glosses: Edification.
prologue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/
Forms: form: prologues
form: prolog
Etymology: From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
Senses: examples: text: “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Lisson Grove Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
synonyms: word: forespeech
word: forespeech
word: foretale
word: foretalk
word: foreword
antonyms: word: epilogue
word: foreword
glosses: A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
examples: text: And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, “the prologue”:
glosses: One who delivers a prologue.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
qualifier: Eastern Orthodoxy
glosses: A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
Derived terms: prologuize
prologue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/
Forms: form: prologues
form: prologuing
form: prologued
form: prologued
form: prolog
Etymology: From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
Senses: examples: text: […]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates
and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.
karmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹmɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mɪk
Forms: form: karmaic
Etymology: From karma + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Ken Kesey was one who supported abortion only to save the life of the mother, arguing that society needed to care about everyone, including “the un-dead old [and]^([sic]) the un-born young.” As he put it, “Abortions are a terrible karmic bummer.”
ref: 1991, Timothy Miller, quoting Ken Kesey, The hippies and American values, University of Tennessee Press, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: Of or pertaining to karma.
Derived terms: karmically
karmic blowback
karmic debt
nonkarmic
DNF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: DNS
DNQ
glosses: Initialism of did not finish.
glosses: Initialism of did not find.
qualifier: social media
glosses: Initialism of do not follow.
DNF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: DNFs
form: DNFing
form: DNFed
form: DNFed
form: DNF'ed
form: DNF'ed
Senses: examples: text: While I used to love them, now I keep DNFing superhero movies.
text: He'd DNFed and could have gone home an hour earlier, but he wanted to see me win.
ref: 2014, Phil Gaimon, Pro Cycling on $10 a Day: From Fat Kid to Euro Pro, VeloPress, →ISBN:
text: Others refuse to ever DNF, slowly slogging through even the worst of books. I fall somewhere in the middle. I'll DNF a book early on if I realize I'm unlikely to enjoy it.
ref: 2021 August 10, Danika Ellis, “I'm Breaking Up With 3-Star Reads”, in Book Riot, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2021:
glosses: To fail to finish, as a sporting event or a piece of media.
Related terms: DSQ
DQ
Q
DNF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNFs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of disjunctive normal form.
DNF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Digital National Framework.
pulla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pullas
Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish pulla, from Swedish bulle. Doublet of bowl and boule.
Senses: examples: text: "Then we would all have coffee and pulla bread," recalled Hilma Wainio of Spencer.
ref: 1986, Melissa Ladenheim, "The sauna in central New York:
text: Other locally made items include pulla, a foot-long braided bread flavored with cardamom and priced at $6 a loaf, and wood carvings.
ref: 1991 September 22, Eleanor Charles, “Connecticut Guide”, in The New York Times:
text: Pulla is a braided yeast loaf, flavored with freshly ground cardamom and sprinkled with chopped almonds and sugar […]
ref: 1992, Joan Potter Loveless, Three Weavers, page 29:
text: I remember the best, the years on the farm, wild roses and mushrooms that you picked near the pasture, cardamom pulla warm from the oven, […]
ref: 1992, Aili Jarvenpa, In Two Cultures: The Stories of Second Generation Finnish Americans:
text: Come on, your dad's grabbed us all some pullas and cider.
ref: 2013, Colleen Coble, Rock Harbor Search and Rescue: Lost and Found, page 106:
text: You can expect to be served a slice of pulla with your afternoon coffee in any Finnish household.
ref: 2018, Jeff Hertzberg, M.D.; Zoë François, Holiday and Celebration Bread in Five Minutes a Day: Sweet and Decadent Baking for Every Occasion:
glosses: A sweet, leavened baked good made of wheat and flavored with crushed cardamom, resembling very soft bread in consistency, eaten in Finland.