cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clerkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clerkly
form: most clerkly
Etymology: From clerk + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If these woordis to some seme spoken to clerkly, goe to, I will expounde theim more plainely.
ref: 1549, Erasmus, translated by Thomas Chaloner, The Praise of Folie, London: Thomas Berthelet:
text: For this doo lerned persons déeme, of Ouids present woorke:
That in no one of all his bookes the which he wrate, doo lurke
Mo darke and secret misteries, mo counselles wyse and sage,
Mo good ensamples, mo reprooues of vyce in youth and age,
Mo fyne inuentions too delight, mo matters clerkly knit,
No nor more straunge varietie too shew a lerned wit.
ref: 1567, Arthur Golding, “Too the Reader”, in The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, translated oute of Latin into English meeter, London:
text: Hath he not twit our sovereign lady here
With ignominious words, though clerkly couch’d,
As if she had suborned some to swear
False allegations to o’erthrow his state?
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: 1783, Thomas Holcroft, Human Happiness: or The Sceptic, London: L. Davis et al., Canto 5, p. 56,
But I can prove, by reading Clerkly,
From Leibnitz, Malbranche, Bayle, and Berkley,
Things far more strange, friend Will, than these;
glosses: In a scholarly manner.
craftsmanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more craftsmanly
form: most craftsmanly
Etymology: From craftsman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a craftsman.
courtierly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more courtierly
form: most courtierly
Etymology: From courtier + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a courtier.
speakerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speakerly
form: most speakerly
Etymology: From speaker + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a speaker or orator.
vicarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vicarly
form: most vicarly
Etymology: From vicar + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a vicar.
companionly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more companionly
form: most companionly
Etymology: From companion + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a companion.
friarly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more friarly
form: most friarly
Etymology: From friar + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a friar.
bachelorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bachelorly
form: most bachelorly
Etymology: From bachelor + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a bachelor.
bumpkinly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bumpkinly
form: most bumpkinly
Etymology: From bumpkin + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a bumpkin.
burgherly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burgherly
form: most burgherly
Etymology: From burgher + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a burgher.
butlerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more butlerly
form: most butlerly
Etymology: From butler + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Befitting a butler.
captainly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more captainly
form: most captainly
Etymology: From captain + -ly. Piecewise doublet of chieftainly.
Senses: examples: text: "Honor, dearest," — ah, the tremulousness of the captainly voice which had made so brave a show that morning, with sea-lore wonderful!
ref: 1896, William Sharp, Wives in Exile, page 170:
glosses: Befitting a captain.
Derived terms: uncaptainly
triyearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + yearly.
Senses: glosses: Three times in a year.
trihourly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + hourly.
Senses: glosses: Three times an hour.
trihedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trihedron
cuboctahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuboctahedron
miniconstitution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniconstitutions
Etymology: From mini- + constitution.
Senses: examples: text: When Britain returned Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997, the Chinese government initially held out the possibility of full democracy after 2007, including the concept in the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s miniconstitution, but stopped short of an unequivocal promise of how and when to achieve universal suffrage.
ref: 2009 July 2, Keith Bradsher, “Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy March Draws Thousands”, in New York Times:
glosses: A short legal constitution.
miniconstitutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniconstitution
monocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + cellular.
Senses: examples: text: In Spore the player guides a species from primordial monocellular ooze through the various stages of evolution: onto land, into tribes, civilizations and finally interstellar colonization.
ref: 2009 July 2, Seth Schiesel, “Role Playing at Warp Speed in a Galaxy Darwin Never Imagined”, in New York Times:
synonyms: single-celled
unicelled
unicellular
antonyms: multicelled
multicellular
pluricellular
glosses: Of one cell; unicellular.
Derived terms: monocellularity
postfertile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + fertile.
Senses: examples: text: According to experts, about 70 percent of women experience hot flashes, weight gain, loss of libido and other symptoms as they transition from their fertile to postfertile years and their hormone levels fluctuate sharply.
ref: 2009 July 2, Camille Sweeney, “Seeking Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes”, in New York Times:
glosses: After the end of fertility.
postfeminisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postfeminism
rhombicuboctahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhombicuboctahedron
beadboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beadboards
Etymology: From bead + board.
Senses: examples: text: The aesthetic of the house is prim and country, with white beadboard knee walls around the first floor and pale flowered wallpaper in the Shaker-style kitchen.
ref: 2009 July 3, Lisa A. Phillips, “A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range”, in New York Times:
glosses: Wooden boards with a bead or ridge running their length used for paneling walls or ceilings.
glosses: A construction material made from "beads" of expanded polystyrene compressed together.
beadboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beadboard
midquestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + question.
Senses: examples: text: “Is that it?” he says in midquestion.
ref: 2009 July 3, Harvey Araton, “Gazing Into the Mirror, Roddick Is Liking What He Sees”, in New York Times:
glosses: A point in time during which a question is being asked.
neckpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckpieces
Etymology: From neck + piece.
Senses: examples: text: It also has a neckpiece bearing a low-relief representation of the necklace of the chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece, to which only the most powerful of European rulers belonged.
ref: 2009 July 3, Ken Johnson, “Can You Breathe in There, Your Majesty?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A piece of clothing to be worn around the neck.
neckpieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckpiece
reintensify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reintensifies
form: reintensifying
form: reintensified
form: reintensified
Etymology: From re- + intensify.
Senses: examples: text: Major initiatives now appear unlikely unless the financial crisis reintensifies, as the bank assesses whether the much-discussed “green shoots” in recent data releases will wither or take root.
ref: 2009 July 3, Matthew Saltmarsh, “Europe’s Central Bank Holds Rate Steady”, in New York Times:
glosses: To intensify again.
reintensifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reintensify
reintensifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reintensify
reintensified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reintensify
hologramlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hologramlike
form: most hologramlike
Etymology: From hologram + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But the production does have a couple of visual coups de théâtre, including a final one in which past and present (or present and future) come together in a tableau wherein it is impossible to distinguish between actors and their projected, hologramlike images.
ref: 2009 July 4, Ben Brantley, “In London, Stagings Where 3 Dimensions Aren’t Needed”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hologram.
midsemester
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + semester.
Senses: examples: text: “This is like a midsemester report card,” said Sarah E. Mendelson, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, who is organizing a conference on civil society here that Mr. Obama and perhaps Mr. Medvedev will attend.
ref: 2009 July 4, Peter Baker, “Russia to Open Airspace to U.S. for Afghan War”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a semester.
vettable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vet + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It doesn't matter if the stuff is true in the scientific sense, ie, has any objective, publicly vettable evidence supporting it. What matters is that it sounds good, appeals to intuition.
ref: 2009, Jean Donaldson, Dogs Are from Neptune:
glosses: Capable of being vetted.
aquaponics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ækwəˈpɒnɪks/
enpr: äk'wə-pŏnʹĭks
enpr: ăk'wə-
ipa: /ˌɑkwəˈpɑnɪks/
ipa: /ˌækwə-/
rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: Blend of aquaculture + hydroponics.
Senses: examples: text: The tomato may in fact have absorbed a flavor from the soil in which it was grown, one granted neither by the sand of Florida's winter tomatoes exported North, nor by hothouse aquaponics.
ref: 1990, Eugene B[loor] Brody, Psychoanalytic Knowledge, Madison, Conn.: International Universities Press, →ISBN, page 111:
text: The warm water in which [Donnie] Tenney's tilapia swim and grow is pumped from the fish tanks to beds nurturing basil, rosemary, and cucumber, then drained, filtered, and recirculated to the tilapia. The hybrid aquaculture-hydroponics system, dubbed aquaponics, uses pumps, aerators, greenhouse lights, and fans all powered by natural gas from an abandoned gas well.
ref: 2000 May–August, Carl Hoffmann, “Mining Fresh Water for Aquaculture”, in Appalachia, volume 33, number 2, Washington, D.C.: Appalachian Regional Commission, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, columns 1–2:
text: Pumps send the dirty fish water up into beds of watercress, which filter pollutants and trickle the cleaner water back down to the fish – a symbiotic system called aquaponics.
ref: 2009 July 5, Elizabeth Royte, “Street farmer”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2017:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A sustainable food production system that combines traditional aquaculture with hydroponics, with effluent from the water in which fish are reared being used as nutrition for plants.
wikipedia: Growing Power
Coordinate terms: aeroponics
geoponics
organoponics
Derived terms: aquaponic
aquaponically
aquaponist
catcaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catcallers
Etymology: From catcall + -er.
Senses: examples: text: But if you’re determined to reply, tip your hat to the ever-classy Dionne Warwick — pre-Psychic Friends Network, anyway — and tell the rude catcaller: “Walk on By.”
ref: 2009 July 5, Philip Galanes, “Walkin’ After Midnight”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who catcalls.
catcallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catcaller
catboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catbox
demiglaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A grilled pork chop in a smoky maple-mustard demiglaze, served with haricots verts and sweet potato spaetzle, was masterly.
ref: 2009 July 5, Patricia Brooks, “Experiment in Marrying a Menu to a Music Hall”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of demiglace.
demiglaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demiglace
elevatored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elevator + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Now the stairs are a worry, and Ruth, who gets the bulk of the narrative, finds herself wondering whether she and Alex can find an elevatored place with the million dollars they hope to get for their apartment.
ref: 2009 July 5, Caitlin Macy, “Past-Prime Crisis”, in New York Times:
glosses: Furnished with an elevator.
farmwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From farm + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: I thought I knew what the word meant — Timberland boots — but I hoped to discover whether timbos were still part of hip-hop style or had reverted back to being the farmwear I’d known as a kid.
ref: 2009 July 5, Virginia Heffernan, “Street Smart: Urban Dictionary”, in New York Times:
glosses: Clothing designed to be worn while doing farm work.
microbudget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbudgets
Etymology: From micro- + budget.
Senses: examples: text: Having scored a distribution deal for this microbudget film she shot with friends in Seattle over a handful of days last summer, Ms. Shelton embarked on a sort of victory lap of the festival circuit.
ref: 2009 July 5, Michelle Orange, “She’s a Director Who’s Just Another Dude”, in New York Times:
text: We now have thousands upon thousands of tiny movies made on microbudgets, financed with personal credit cards.
ref: 2013, Lynda Obst, Sleepless in Hollywood, page 45:
glosses: A very small budget.
microbudgets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbudget
neuroeducation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + education.
Senses: glosses: An interdisciplinary field that uses neuroscience and psychology to suggest strategies for education.
Related terms: neuroeducational
neuroeducational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + educational.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neuroeducation.
neuroembryological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + embryological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neuroembryology.
Burroughsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Burroughsian
form: most Burroughsian
Etymology: From Burroughs + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), American novelist, poet, essayist and performer, a primary figure of the Beat Generation.
Synonyms: Burrovian
palindromist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palindromists
Etymology: From palindrome + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: According to the championship’s official news release: “600 word nerds filled the ballroom at the Marriott Hotel at the Brooklyn Bridge and watched seven prominent palindromists deliver new reversible verses written on the spot.
ref: 2012 June 15, “Wow. Huh?”, in Harvard Magazine:
text: Today Duncan, who works as a staff member at the MIT Press Bookstore in Kendall Square, has developed a reputation as a professional palindromist.
ref: 2023 March 20, Zach Winn, “MIT’s Barry Duncan demonstrates the power of writing in reverse”, in MIT News:
glosses: One who composes palindromes.
palindromists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palindromist
sassiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sassy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “I like to say that Wendy has a brashness, a sassiness to her, that she’s loud in a very good way, in look and point of view,” said Lonnie Burstein, the executive vice president of programming at Debmar-Mercury, the production company behind the TV show.
ref: 2009 July 5, Melena Ryzik, “She’s Ready for Millions of Her Closest Friends”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being sassy.
foetidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foetid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being foetid.
fluidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being fluid.
heartbeatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heartbeatlike
form: most heartbeatlike
Etymology: From heartbeat + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Conjuring up images of Gene Hackman as the surveillance expert in Francis Ford Coppola ’s film “The Conversation,” Mr. Morton moved through the park surreptitiously for more than 40 days over the course of a year, capturing gospel choirs, park-bench arguments, the rattle of dead leaves and the heartbeatlike clack of lawn-bowling balls.
ref: 2009 July 6, Randy Kennedy, “Sound Tunnel: Avant-Garde Park Portrait”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a heartbeat.
microdisplacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdisplacement
counterprejudice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterprejudices
Etymology: From counter- + prejudice.
Senses: examples: text: Prejudice has bred a counterprejudice so that now neither faction can nor will see without distortion.
ref: 1971, Jesse J. Johnson, Black Armed Forces officers, 1736-1971:
glosses: A prejudice formed in response to another prejudice.
counterprejudices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterprejudice
counterpositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterposition
counterpositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a counterposition.
gargler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garglers
Etymology: From gargle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: By the end of 24 hours, nine water garglers, but only two in the licorice group, still found it painful to swallow.
ref: 2009 July 7, Nicholas Bakalar, “Regimens: Licorice May Curb a Postoperative Hurt”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who gargles.
garglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gargler
hyperkinetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hyperkinetically
form: most hyperkinetically
Etymology: From hyperkinetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But on Monday, it became a place where Suren Seneviratne, a 22-year-old disc jockey, stood atop a 26-foot-high plinth, wearing a homemade panda costume and hyperkinetically talking on the phone.
ref: 2009 July 7, Sarah Lyall, “Briefly Ascending to the Spotlight, Britons Take Their Place Among Giants”, in New York Times:
glosses: With, or as if with, the exaggerated movements of hyperkinesis.
nonreassuring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reassuring.
Senses: glosses: Not reassuring; giving cause for concern.
predevelopment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + development.
Senses: examples: text: The authority is already paying Mr. Silverstein $300,000 a day in penalties  more than $100 million since July 2008  for failing to complete the predevelopment work on two of Mr. Silverstein’s three sites.
ref: 2009 July 7, Charles V. Bagli, “Port Authority Is Blamed for Trade Center Delays”, in New York Times:
glosses: A phase of preparation prior to development.
bilats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bilat
planespotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From plane + spotting.
Senses: glosses: The observation and logging of the registration numbers (tailnumbers) of aircraft as a hobby.
Related terms: planespot
planespotter
trainspotting
poperetta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poperettas
Etymology: Blend of pop + operetta
Senses: examples: text: That was the era of the lushly scored costume poperetta (“The Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Les Misérables”), staged like Cecil B. DeMille epics and usually overseen by the Mike Todd-ish producer Cameron Mackintosh.
ref: 2009 July 8, Ben Brantley, “London’s Musicals: Intimate or Outsize”, in New York Times:
glosses: A light popera with a frivolous story.
poperettas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poperetta
slurpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slurpable
form: most slurpable
Etymology: From slurp + -able.
Senses: examples: text: High stools, a long counter and a brief menu of dumplings, buns and slurpable ramen noodles are what you will find here[…]
ref: 2009 July 8, “Off the Menu”, in New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being slurped.
postfuneral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + funeral.
Senses: examples: text: It used to be known as the “John Garfield Still Dead” syndrome, after the extensive postfuneral coverage of a movie star who had a fatal heart attack in 1952 in the bed of a woman other than his wife.
ref: 2009 July 9, Gail Collins, “Michael, a Foreign Affair”, in New York Times:
glosses: After a funeral.
unduplicable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + duplicable.
Senses: examples: text: The response was overwhelming and, unfortunately, unduplicable. After "Long Tall Shorty", "Alimony," and further sides stiffed, Tommy returned to school.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 152:
text: A convent is a world apart, unduplicable.
ref: 2009 July 9, Jane Gross, “Sisters Face Death With Dignity and Reverence”, in New York Times:
glosses: Impossible to duplicate.
winterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more winterlike
form: most winterlike
Etymology: From winter + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Well, in a season of meteorological extremes, perhaps it should not come as a great surprise to see several inches of hail accumulate in Yonkers on Tuesday night, creating scenes of winterlike wonder that residents were still dealing with on Wednesday.
ref: 2009 July 9, Libby Nelson, “Winter, Like Guest Uninvited, Drops In”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of winter; wintry.
subcommander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcommanders
Etymology: From sub- + commander.
Senses: examples: text: Still other officials say the mayhem may be partly a result of a vicious rivalry between two Qaeda subcommanders in Mali, Mokhtar Belmokhtar and Abdelhamid Abu Zeid, a clash that underscores the kind of autonomous jihad cells that counterterrorism officials say are particularly hard to combat.
ref: 2009 July 10, Eric Schmitt, “Qaeda Branch Steps Up Raids in North Africa”, in New York Times:
glosses: A commander who is subordinate in rank.
subcommanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcommander
antihangover
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hangover.
Senses: examples: text: The company’s unlikely success — it has only one other product, an antihangover pill called Chaser — has forced the big beverage makers to play catch-up.
ref: 2009 July 11, William Neuman, “Little Bottle, Big Punch”, in New York Times:
glosses: Countering hangovers.
champeta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish champeta.
Senses: examples: text: Bomba Estéreo’s set at the Bowery Ballroom on Thursday night — part of a six-band lineup — was kaleidoscopic and danceable, mingling the clip-clop bounce of cumbia and another Colombian rhythm, champeta, with echoey guitar, reggae backbeats and the singing and rapping of Liliana Saumet.
ref: 2009 July 11, Jon Pareles, “Latin Alternative Music’s Movers and Shakers Meet”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of local independent music from Colombia.
nondenial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondenials
Etymology: From non- + denial.
Senses: examples: text: In its own statement, Guardian Media Group, The Guardian’s parent company, took note of the nondenial.
ref: 2009 July 11, Sarah Lyall, “Britain Confronts Cloaked Journalism”, in New York Times:
glosses: A (possibly evasive) statement that is not a denial.
Derived terms: nondenial denial
Related terms: non-denial denial
nondenials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondenial
metaconceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + conceptual.
Senses: examples: text: On their new metaconceptual show, which makes its debut on Wednesday, Mr. Black and Mr. Showalter play the bickering stars of a sketch comedy program who never miss an opportunity to undermine each other.
ref: 2009 July 11, Dave Itzkoff, “Friends Who Wish Each Other the Worst”, in New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to metaconcepts.
Derived terms: metaconceptually
reroast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reroasts
form: reroasting
form: reroasted
form: reroasted
Etymology: From re- + roast.
Senses: examples: text: He spent a year and a half with older survivors as a hooligan and black marketeer in the American occupation zone of Germany, living high for revenge, riding a BMW motorcycle, selling Lucky Strikes and used coffee grounds stolen from the kitchens of the American occupying troops, reroasted and repackaged for the Germans.
ref: 2009 July 11, Steven Erlanger, “After Survival, a Journey to Self-Recovery”, in New York Times:
glosses: To roast again.
reroasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reroast
reroasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reroast
shoutfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoutfests
Etymology: From shout + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: At the encore, “Fun Stix Party” devolved into a raucous, peppy shoutfest that was also the most technically flamboyant song of the night.
ref: 2009 July 11, Jon Caramanica, “The New-Old Country of 3 Pixies From Dixie”, in New York Times:
glosses: An event characterized by shouting.
tenementlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tenementlike
form: most tenementlike
Etymology: From tenement + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The show was set in a tenementlike building at 1030 Tremont, though records from the 1960s do not show an apartment house at that spot.
ref: 2009 July 11, Joseph Berger, “When Yoo-Hooing Was Big in the Bronx”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tenement.
shoutfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoutfest
blognoscenti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of blog + cognoscenti
Senses: examples: text: The blognoscenti were quick to note after the Uniform Project site started making the rounds that earlier projects have played with the one-dress idea.
ref: 2009 July 12, Rob Walker, “This Year’s Model”, in New York Times:
glosses: Intelligent, discerning bloggers.
decentralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsɛntɹəlɪst/
Forms: form: decentralists
Etymology: From de- + central + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, Hayek pushed a decentralist, libertarian line because he believed that none of us has a monopoly on truth or knowledge[…]
ref: 2009 July 12, Nick Gillespie, “In Reagan’s Steps”, in New York Times:
glosses: A supporter of decentralism.
decentralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decentralist
decentralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsɛntɹəlɪzəm/
Etymology: From de- + central + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of favouring decentralization.
isovist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isovists
Etymology: From iso- + possibly vista.
Senses: examples: text: The best architects intuitively understand this psychological preference, as they construct spaces that naturally lead us from one expansive isovist to the next.
ref: 2009 July 12, Jonah Lehrer, “Where Am I?”, in New York Times:
topics: architecture
glosses: A measurement representing the volume of space visible from a given point of known location.
isovists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isovist
kakistocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kakistocrats
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κάκιστος (kákistos, “worst”), superlative of κακός (kakós, “bad”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power, rule, government”) (corresponding to -crat).
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, should the kakistocrats in Iran stick with the name of expediency to describe their power brokers?
ref: 2009 July 12, William Safire, “Newswords”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021:
text: An obvious characteristic of a kakistocrat is inserting unqualified loyalists into positions of power. Nepotism and kakistocracy go hand-in-hand.
ref: 2024 November 17, Howie Klein, “A Plurality Of American Voters Have Embraced Kakistocracy As Their Preferred Form Of Governance”, in DownWithTyranny, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2024:
glosses: A very ill-qualified ruler; a member of a kakistocracy.
kakistocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kakistocrat
microtargeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microtargeted
form: most microtargeted
Etymology: From micro- + targeted.
Senses: examples: text: Bishop, a journalist, and Cushing, a statistician, argue that the social and political balkanization of the past 30 years — microtargeted marketing, the proliferation of TV channels, more extreme political parties — is potentially dangerous.
ref: 2009 July 12, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times:
glosses: Targeting a very narrow and specific audience.
microtape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtapes
Etymology: From micro- + tape.
Senses: examples: text: The use of these tapes requires a student to have a microtape recorder that accommodates the smaller-size tape.
ref: 2000, M. Cay Holbrook, Alan J. Koenig, Foundations of Education, page 191:
glosses: A small cassette tape.
skycycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skycycles
Etymology: From sky + cycle.
Senses: examples: text: “The blasters and lasers on the skycycles are fully charged and set on the highest level of power,” answered Tiffany in her high voice.
ref: 2005, Matthew T Bird, The Scumball Saga, page 126:
text: Ethics does not compel you to make it a family heirloom, passing it down from generation to generation, into the distant future, when the cool kids are riding those antigravity skycycles.
ref: 2009 July 12, Randy Cohen, “Co-Worker Concerns”, in New York Times:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A bicycle capable of levitation.
Related terms: hoverbike
skycycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skycycle
tuniclike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tuniclike
form: most tuniclike
Etymology: From tunic + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In some cases, wearing the dress in its tuniclike form over a completely different outfit reduces the garment itself to a sort of accent piece.
ref: 2009 July 12, Rob Walker, “This Year’s Model”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tunic.
undiverting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiverting
form: most undiverting
Etymology: From un- + diverting.
Senses: examples: text: The author Roxana Robinson in her small writing room, deliberately sparse and undiverting.
ref: 2009 July 12, Constance Rosenblum, “For a Writer, a Home With a Hideout”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not diverting.
złote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Polish złote.
Senses: glosses: plural of złoty
złotych
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Polish złotych.
Senses: glosses: plural of złoty
Zemfira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: [zɪɱˈfiɹə]
[zɛɱˈfiɹə]
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Земфи́ра (Zemfíra), name of the heroine in Pushkin's poem Цыга́ны (Cygány, “The Gypsies (1827)”). Possibly of Romani origin.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian female given name Земфи́ра (Zemfíra).
wikipedia: The Gypsies (poem)
Zemfira
shooting preserves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooting preserve
omphacites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omphacite
dadgummit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Dadgummit! That was the last dollar I had.
glosses: goddammit
Related terms: dadgum
æquitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more æquitable
form: most æquitable
Senses: examples: text: The Officers of Chryst’s kingdom ar men of wesdome and æquitable discretion, occupeit in maters of chieff importance, concerning the glorie of God and salvatioun of his peiple, and thair for sould nocht be empeschit with triffling Questionnes.
ref: 1596–7, James Melvill, quoted in The Autobiography and Diary of Mr. James Melvill, Volume II, page 398
glosses: Obsolete form of equitable.
hysteriæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteria
labiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labiate
homonymously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more homonymously
form: most homonymously
Etymology: From homonymous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a homonymous manner, so as to have the same name or relation.
glosses: Equivocally; ambiguously.
lablabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lablab
lablab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lablabs
Etymology: From the taxonomic New Latin Lablab.
Senses: glosses: Any of the twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean.
electrolysing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electrolyse
laconicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laconicisms
Etymology: From laconic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laconism.
Synonyms: sense: extreme brevity in expression
word: conciseness
word: laconicalness
word: succinctness
sense: a very or notably brief expression
word: brevity
sense: a very or notably brief expression
word: epigram
laconicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laconicism
lacquerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacquerers
Etymology: From lacquer + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who lacquers.
lacquerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacquerer
psychoanalyser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychoanalysers
Etymology: From psychoanalyse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who psychoanalyses.
lacquerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lacquer + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without lacquer.
psychoanalysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychoanalyser
psychoanalyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychoanalyzers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of psychoanalyser.
psychoanalyzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychoanalyzer
lactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: lactose
dialyser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dialysers
Etymology: From dialyse + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dialyzer.
levigating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of levigate
levigates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of levigate
levigated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of levigate
dialysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialyser
modernizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modernizable
form: most modernizable
Etymology: From modernize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for modernization.
Derived terms: unmodernizable
Related terms: modernizability
lactoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactoscopes
Etymology: From lacto- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for estimating the amount of cream in milk, based on its relative opacity
lactoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactoscope
Laconians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Laconian
laggingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more laggingly
form: most laggingly
Etymology: From lagging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to lag or fall behind.
laemmergeyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laemmergeyers
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of lammergeyer.
laemmergeyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laemmergeyer
ladysfingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladysfinger
Lamarckianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lamarckian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lamarckism.
landlordisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landlordism
adulthoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adulthood
smell of the lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smells of the lamp
form: smelling of the lamp
form: smelled of the lamp
form: smelled of the lamp
form: smelt of the lamp
form: smelt of the lamp
Etymology: Suggesting work done throughout the night.
Senses: glosses: To bear marks of great study and labor.
j'accuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of j'accuse
lamish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lame + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I was rather puzzled about Wild Dayrell's chance at first, when a big light horse, with "P" on the sheets and a lamish hock, passed me; but I soon found out my error, and joined the cortige of the real Simon Pure.
ref: 1855, The new sporting magazine, page 446:
glosses: Somewhat lame.
radioiron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + iron.
Senses: glosses: A radioactive isotope of iron.
lanthopine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λανθάνω (lanthánō, “escape notice”) + opium + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in opium.
Jekyll-and-Hyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jekyll-and-Hydes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jekyll and Hyde.
lapful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lapfuls
form: lapsful
Etymology: From lap + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The revelry from the tent grew at last so boisterous, the wailings and cries of help from the tower so terrible, that, unable to bear the heartrending emotion any longer, Queen Elizabeth stole forth alone, amid the darkness, to carry beneath the rich dalmatique she wore, a whole lapful of the millet loaves, crisp, russet and fresh baked, which had been just brought from the oven for the table of the King, and threw them to the famishing inmates of the tower.
ref: 1888 November 24, “Holy November. The Month of Miracles.”, in Charles Dickens [Jr.], editor, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal., volume XLIII, number 1043, London: […], page 488:
glosses: As much as somebody's lap can hold.
lapfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapful
lapsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapful
lanolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanolin
lanolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanoline
laponites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laponite
accel
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of accelerando.
accel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accels
Senses: glosses: Clipping of acceleration.
cresc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Abbreviation of crescendo.
paralysable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paralysable
form: most paralysable
Etymology: From paralyse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be paralysed.
reanalysable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reanalysable
form: most reanalysable
Etymology: From reanalyse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reanalyzable.
analysability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From analysable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of analyzability.
pea-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea-time
periphrastic conjugations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periphrastic conjugation
personal jurisdictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal jurisdiction
show ankle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows ankle
form: showing ankle
form: showed ankle
form: shown ankle
Etymology: Probably an allusion to the flirtatious practice by some young women, especially in the first half of the twentieth century, of raising a long skirt sufficiently to reveal a bare ankle but no more than that.
Senses: examples: text: "He figures that to do so, he'll have to be able to show a little ankle, to give some idea of new positions the United States is prepared to take."
ref: 1984 November 28, William Beecher, “Reagan under Pressure to Modify Arms Stance”, in Boston Globe, USA, page 1:
text: No one expects Cuomo to declare his candidacy tonight But Carduff said "we expect him to show some ankle".
ref: 1987 November 23, “Suddenly, A Visit by Cuomo Enlivens a Benefit For Casey”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, page B01:
text: Microsoft showed some ankle and then some with advanced tools, database and server features in the latest builds of SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006.
ref: 2005 June 7, Erin Joyce, “SQL Server 2005 Queues Up for Prime Time”, in InternetNews.com, USA, retrieved 05 Sep 2011:
text: Now, it seems, the shadow chancellor, George Osborne, is ready to show a little ankle by welcoming a proposal from Lord Forsyth's tax commission to abolish stamp duty on shares.
ref: 2006 October 18, “On the right track”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 05 Sep 2011:
text: Sneijder showed some ankle last week with a veiled ‘come and get me’ plea that was promptly rebuffed by David Gill stating that the deal probably won’t go ahead now.
ref: 2011 August 12, “Football & Sport: Manchester United: A Comparison of Sneijder, Cantona, Scholes And Ronaldo”, in Sabotage Times, UK, retrieved 05 Sep 2011:
glosses: To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest.
Related terms: come-on
church-yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: church-yards
Senses: examples: text: […] we should have carried on the garden wall, and made the plantation to shut out the church-yard, just as Dr. Grant has done.
ref: 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 110:
glosses: Alternative form of churchyard.
lifeboatman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifeboatmen
Etymology: From lifeboat + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Sail-propelled trolley used by lifeboatmen for traversing the Spurn Head Railway. This view was taken in March, 1930
ref: 1940 December, “The Spurn Head Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 655, photo caption:
text: In a corner of the churchyard, where old headstones mark the graves of many mariners, is a striking white statue of a lifeboatman, erected as a memorial to three members of the local lifeboat crew who lost their lives in 1916 while trying to reach a ship in distress.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 322, about Port Eynon:
glosses: A man who crews a lifeboat.
roasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roastie
alienlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alienlike
form: most alienlike
Etymology: From alien + -like.
Senses: examples: text: On the screen there was this creepy image: a giant head, mouth agape, with clawing hands reaching out of it, alienlike, toward the figure of a girl.
ref: 2009 July 14, Melena Ryzik, “Curtain Down, Light the Lights!”, in New York Times:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an alien.
nonillustrious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + illustrious.
Senses: examples: text: “So why was this nonillustrious title held all of these years for me?” Mr. Paterson asked.
ref: 2009 July 14, Clyde Haberman, “Democracy in New York: An Accidental Governor? Try Government”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not illustrious.
noseride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: noserides
form: noseriding
form: noserode
form: noseridden
form: nose-ride
Etymology: From nose + ride.
Senses: examples: text: We strewed the contents of the box across the bench and clawed through them to find other images of Sando. There was even an old picture of him as a jug-eared kid in sandshoes, noseriding a longboard with his back arched and his arm and head thrown back like a matador.
ref: 2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, p.71
text: The idea behind the shape, reminiscent of an hourglass, is to emphasize noseriding and tailriding for recreational surfers.
ref: 2009 July 14, Joshua Robinson, “Going Beyond the Waves to Reshape an Experience”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: To manoeuvre a surfboard from the front end.
noserides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of noseride
noseriding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of noseride
noseriding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Lance's real speciality is noseriding. A lot of surfers run up to the nose.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
glosses: The act of standing on the front end of a surfboard while riding a wave.
unconstrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unconstrains
form: unconstraining
form: unconstrained
form: unconstrained
Etymology: From un- + constrain.
Senses: examples: text: “When you have a constrained transmission system and you seek to unconstrain it,” said Mary Ellen Paravalos, the vice president for transmission at National Grid, a New York and New England company, some local parties stand to lose.
ref: 2009 July 14, Matthew L. Wald, “Debate on Clean Energy Leads to Regional Divide”, in New York Times:
glosses: To free from constraints.
unconstrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unconstrain
megablockbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megablockbusters
Etymology: From mega- + blockbuster.
Senses: examples: text: Dan Brown’s fans have waited six long years for “The Lost Symbol,” his follow-up to the megablockbuster novel “The Da Vinci Code” that is being published in hardcover on Sept. 15.
ref: 2009 July 15, Motoko Rich, “A New World: Scheduling E-Books”, in New York Times:
glosses: An exceptionally successful blockbuster.
megablockbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megablockbuster
overissuance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overissuances
Etymology: From over- + issuance.
Senses: examples: text: “As a result,” the letter stated, “you received an overissuance of food stamps in the amount of $0.”
ref: 2009 July 15, Jim Dwyer, “No-Cost Error Leads to a Big Penalty”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessive issuance.
overissuances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overissuance