cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
skivvies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: My skivvies disappeared in surgery, a sinister conjunction of circumstance.
ref: 1993, William S. Burroughs, edited by Oliver Harris, The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959, New York: Penguin, →ISBN, page 149:
text: Then she pulled his pants down around his knees. He had a pair of old gray-and-white tight skivvies on. They were worn and threadbare and tight around his groin.
ref: 2001, Joe Meno, How the Hula Girl Sings, published 2005, page 165:
text: “I brought some jeans, a sweater, a heavy shirt, some thermal socks and some skivvies.” He replied.
“Skivvies?” A questioning look wrinkled her forehead.
“Undershirts and underpants.” He explained.
ref: 2002, Chuck Frazier, Decades, iUniverse, page 89:
text: Everyone in 2nd platoon had two pairs of boots, two pairs of utilities and several pair of skivvies, which served no purpose in Nam. No one wore skivvies because of the intense heat and it took only one case of heat rash, affectionately named “crotch rot,” to impress on us that skivvies were better suited as rags to clean weapons and tools.
ref: 2002, James R. Kelly, Casting Alpha: Amtracs in Vietnam, page 86:
text: And the ceiling is so low that the man dancing on the bar, in nothing but his skivvies, was hunched over like a gorilla.
ref: 2005 March 13, Denny Lee, “Looking for Mr. Right Now”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: lingerie
word: shreddies
word: skivvies
word: smalls
word: smallclothes
word: underclothes
word: underclothing
word: undergarment
word: underwear
word: underthings
word: undies
word: unmentionables
glosses: Underwear, especially men's underwear and especially men's underpants.
celestial sphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celestial spheres
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The apparent outer limit of space; an abstract sphere of infinite radius which serves as the imaginary backdrop for celestial objects, and of which the visible sky is one hemisphere.
glosses: One of the nested concentric transparent spheres around the Earth in which celestial bodies such as stars and planets were said to be embedded in ancient and medieval Western cosmology, and whose rotation was said to produce the motion of such bodies.
Synonyms: empyrean
firmament
heavens
vault of heaven
welkin
Tish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪʃ
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Letitia.
neologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neologizes
form: neologizing
form: neologized
form: neologized
Etymology: Back-formation from neologism + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: I neologize most frequently in my writing when it comes to adverbs.
text: Neologizing, the practice of coining new words, may seem to be an arcane, specialized activity, but it's everywhere -- and the skillful employment of neologism is what gives English much of its verve.
ref: 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To coin a new word.
Synonyms: neoterize
Derived terms: neologization
neologizer
neologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neologists
Etymology: Back-formation from neologism, equivalent to Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”) + -ist. Compare French néologiste.
Senses: examples: text: Although English has no committee or academy or board that reviews new words for suitability, there are a few loose guidelines that will help you become a successful neologist.
ref: 2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2021:
glosses: One who coins a new word or new words.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: An adherent of neology.
Synonyms: word: neologist
word: neologizer
word: protologist
word: coiner
word: minter
word: mintmaster
word: wordmaker
brassie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: brăsʹē
ipa: /ˈbɹæsi/
homophone: brassy stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: brassies
form: brassey
form: brassy
Etymology: From brass + -ie.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A wooden-headed golf club with a brass base plate, similar to a modern two wood.
botanical name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanical names
Senses: examples: Plantae, Betulaceae, Helianthemum, Zea mays and Stellaria media subsp. media are botanical names.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A formal scientific name of a plant, especially as conforming to the ICBN.
Hypernyms: scientific name
taxonomic name
ICBN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
qualifier: superseded by ICN
glosses: Abbreviation of International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, a body of rules and recommendations governing botanical names.
Coordinate terms: ICZN
ICN
niblick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪblɪk/
Forms: form: niblicks
Etymology: Possibly from nib + -le + -ock.
Senses: examples: text: On this occasion he had just examined some notes of other mashie shots, had put the notebook back in his pocket, and had addressed his ball with a niblick that had an unusually roughened face and a head like a hatchet.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End, Random House, page 75:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs.
Derived terms: mashie niblick
niblick shot
pitching niblick
rut niblick
niblick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪblɪk/
Forms: form: niblicks
form: niblicking
form: niblicked
form: niblicked
Etymology: Possibly from nib + -le + -ock.
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To strike, or take a shot, with a niblick.
mashie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæʃi/
rhymes: -æʃi
Forms: form: mashies
Etymology: Scottish English, from French massue (“club”)
Senses: examples: Florence L. Harvey (1916-01), “Chilly Days and Muddy Courses”, in Golfers Magazine, volume 28, number 1, Chicago, page 9: “Do not think that is because I do not value a mashie, on the contrary it is my favorite club and one with which I am far surer than any other, in dry weather.”
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A metal-headed golf club with a moderate loft, the equivalent of a five iron in a modern set of clubs.
Derived terms: mashie iron
mashie niblick
mid-mashie
spade mashie
cleek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
homophone: clique
Forms: form: cleeks
Etymology: From Scots cleek.
Senses: glosses: A large hook.
examples: text: He had begun at four, playing with a miniature cleek and a found shilling ball over the municipal links.
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 58:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A metal-headed golf club with little loft, equivalent in a modern set of clubs to a one or two iron or a four wood.
Derived terms: cleeker
cleystaff
cleek
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kliːk/
rhymes: -iːk
homophone: clique
Forms: form: cleeks
form: cleeking
form: cleeked
form: cleeked
Etymology: From Scots cleek.
Senses: examples: text: […] ready to acclaim his exploits, and listen to volumes about every hole, and the marvellous way in which he cleeked his tee off the bogie.
ref: 1914, Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey, Lady Cassandra, page 71:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To strike with the club called a cleek.
Zeke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ziːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Ezekiel, also used as a formal given name.
qualifier: military codename
glosses: The A6M Zero Japanese fighter airplane of World War II.
circumscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumscriptions
Etymology: From Latin circumscrīptiō.
Senses: glosses: The act of circumscribing or the quality of being circumscribed.
glosses: Anything that circumscribes or a circumscribed area.
examples: text: The circumscription in the APG system of the family Malvaceae includes the former families Bombacaceae, Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: The definition of what does and does not belong to a given taxon, from a particular taxonomic viewpoint or taxonomic system.
glosses: An electoral district; used often in texts treating electoral systems in Romance countries.
Derived terms: circumscriptional
incircumscription
recircumscription
Related terms: circumscribe
monochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/
ipa: /ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm/
Forms: form: monochromes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.
Senses: glosses: A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
glosses: A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
glosses: A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.
Derived terms: monochromator
monochromist
monochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/
ipa: /ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.
Senses: examples: text: They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues.
ref: 2019 July 3, Filip, “LEGO Microfigures, Minifigures, and Nanofigures”, in Minifigures Blog, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2021:
synonyms: monochromatic
;
monocolor
monocoloured
;
monotone
;
unicolor
unicolored
coordinate_terms: see at polychrome
glosses: Having only one colour.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: grayscale
greyscale
glosses: Representing colours with shades of gray.
Related terms: monochromatic
odea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊdiə
Senses: glosses: plural of odeon
glosses: plural of odeum
podia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊdiə
Senses: glosses: plural of podium
marasmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈɹæz.məs/
Forms: form: marasmuses
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin marasmus, from Ancient Greek μᾰρᾰσμός (mărăsmós, “withering”, noun).
Senses: examples: text: Indian children are still among the skinniest and shortest on the planet, but they are taller and plumper than were their parents or grandparents, and the signs of gross hunger, such as marasmus, are now rarely seen in nutritional surveys.
ref: 2015, Angus Deaton, “4 Health in the Modern World”, in The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, page 163:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition of chronic undernourishment especially in children, caused by a diet deficient in calories or the inability to digest protein and presenting as a severe loss of body weight.
Derived terms: marasmic
marasmoid
Related terms: marantic
marasmatic
litigious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪˈtɪd͡ʒəs/
Forms: form: more litigious
form: most litigious
Etymology: From Middle English litigious, from Latin lītigiōsus. Compare Middle French litigieux.
Senses: examples: text: This vvould of Neceſſity, breed an infinite Number of Brangles and litigious Suits in the Spiritual Courts, and put the vvretched Paſtor at perpetual Variance vvith his vvhole Pariſh.
ref: 1732 March 6 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], Considerations upon Two Bills Sent Down from the R[ight] H[onourable] the H[ouse] of L[ords] to the H[onoura]ble H[ouse] of C[ommons of Ireland] Relating to the Clergy of I[relan]d, London: […] A. Moore, […], published 1732, →OCLC, page 18:
topics: law
glosses: Of or relating to litigation.
examples: text: Tearing a page out of Monsanto's own playbook, the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), an advocacy group whose mandate is to represent the public's interest in the patent system, filed suit (PDF) on behalf of 60 organic farmers, small farm organizations, and seed businesses this week against the litigious agrichemical and genetically modified (GM) seed giant.
ref: 2011 March 30, Barry Estabrook, “Echoing Big Agribusiness, Farmers Sue Monsanto”, in The Atlantic:
text: The United States is a litigious society.
ref: 2024, Johathan Sumption, The president’s crimes, in: Prospect, August 27 2024
topics: law
glosses: Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
glosses: Argumentative or combative.
Synonyms: litigatious
litiginous
Derived terms: litigiously
litigiousness
nonlitigious
overlitigious
wakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake
wakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
Derived terms: wakes week
wakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wake
Madrilenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spanish madrileño + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Madridian
Madrilene
Madrileño
glosses: Of or pertaining to Madrid, Spain, or to its inhabitants.
Madrilenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madrilenians
Etymology: From Spanish madrileño + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Madridian
Madrilene
Madrileño
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Madrid, Spain.
madrina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madrinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish madrina.
Senses: glosses: An animal (usually an old mare), wearing a bell and acting as the leader of a troop of pack mules.
specifics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specific
madwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madworts
Etymology: From mad + wort, as formerly believed to cure canine madness.
Senses: glosses: Any of certain alyssums (Alyssum spp.).
synonyms: great goosegrass
glosses: German madwort (Asperugo procumbens)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Alyssum obovatum
word: American madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum desertorum
word: desert madwort
taxonomic: Berteroa spp.
word: false madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum simplex
word: field madwort
taxonomic: Asperugo procumbens
word: German madwort
word: Golden-tuft madwort
taxonomic: Aurinia saxatilis
alt: syn. Alyssum saxatile
word: rock madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum alyssoides
word: pale madwort
taxonomic: Berteroa mutabilis
word: roadside false madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum saxatile
word: Rock madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum szovitsianum
word: Szowits' madwort
taxonomic: Alyssum umbellatum
word: umbellate madwort
magbote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪɡˌboʊt/
/ˈmeɪˌboʊt/
Forms: form: maegbot
form: maegbote
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English mǣġbōt (“compensation paid to the kinsman of a murdered man”), from mǣġ (“kinsman”) + bōt (“remedy; remediation”). Compare manbote.
Senses: examples: text: As to the Cynegild or Mægbote, it appears also from Tacitus, that the whole Family received satisfaction for a Kinsman slain.
ref: 1685, William Howell, An Institution of General History, Or The History of the World, page 308:
text: If one kill another's Godson or Godfather, let the Magbote [to the Godfather, or Godson] and the Manbote be alike.
ref: 1720, John Johnson, A Collection of All the Ecclesiastical Laws, Canons, Answers, Or Rescripts, page cl:
text: Now if the King had a Mind to remit his Part of the Fine the Frithbote, he could not give away that of the others, nor prevent the Kindred from receiving their Magbote or Family Compensation.
ref: 1769, John Pettingal, An Enquiry Into the Use and Practice of Juries Among the Greeks and Romans, page 83:
glosses: Compensation paid by someone who killed their relative.
owler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊlɚ/
ipa: /ˈaʊlə/
rhymes: -aʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: owlers
Etymology: Archaic variant of alder from Middle English aller.
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: The alder tree.
owler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊlɚ/
ipa: /ˈaʊlə/
rhymes: -aʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: owlers
Etymology: From owl + -er.
Senses: glosses: A smuggler of sheep or wool.
Related terms: owling
maffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æfəl
Forms: form: maffles
form: maffling
form: maffled
form: maffled
Senses: examples: text: it pounceth the stone, expelleth gravel, it puffeth away all ventosity, it keepeth and preserveth the head from whirling, the eyes from dazzling, the tongue from lisping, the mouth from maffling, the teeth from chattering, and the throat from rattling
ref: 1812, Robert Southey, Omniana, Volume 1/Aqua Vitae:
glosses: To stammer.
Derived terms: maffler
travelling wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling waves
form: traveling wave
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: standing wave
glosses: A wave that is not bounded by a given space, but can propagate freely.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
antonyms: transverse wave
glosses: A wave in which the vibration is in the direction of propagation; a longitudinal wave.
Derived terms: travelling wave reactor
travelling-wave tube
magdaleon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magdaleons
Etymology: According to Webster from Ancient Greek μαγδαλιά (magdaliá, “inside of a loaf of bread (on which the Greeks wiped their hands at dinner)”), from μάσσω (mássō, “wipe; kneed”).
Senses: examples: text: Applying the magdaleon or roale unto the Needle it would both stir and attract it.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A medicine in the form of a roll, especially a roll of plaster.
Magellanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌmæd͡ʒəˈlænɪk/
/məˈɡɛlənɪk/
/məˈd͡ʒɛlənɪk/
Forms: form: more Magellanic
form: most Magellanic
Etymology: From Magellan + -ic. Named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, or, pertaining to, the Magellanic Clouds
Synonyms: Magellanian
Derived terms: Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Bridge
Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds
Magellanic penguin
Magellanic plover
Magellanic spiral
Magellanic Stream
Mini Magellanic Cloud
Small Magellanic Cloud
owling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊ.lɪŋ/
Etymology: From owl + -ing. Smuggling of sheep is so called because it was done at night, when owls call.
Senses: glosses: Birding, specifically to catch owls.
glosses: The smuggling of sheep or wool out of England.
glosses: A variation on planking in which a person is photographed or filmed squatting down in an unusual location.
Related terms: owler
owling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊ.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: owlings
form: owlling
Etymology: From owl + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: Owls are extra hungry then, there being a batch of Greatlings or Hornlings or Owlings or whatever Great Horned Owl babies are called sitting on the edge of a nest waiting on Pa and Ma Owl to bring home the bacon.
ref: 1940, Canadian Forestry Association, Forest and outdoors - Volume 36 - Page 344:
text: Eumeus, who was sitting on the stairs, pointed to the roof of the stable. Perched on its top, huddled together, three owlings were ogling them.
ref: 1985, Romanian Review, volume 39, numbers 6-12, page 22:
text: But the spotted owl isn't at the top of the food chain. Instead, the larger great horned owl will eat spotted owls, owlings, or eggs whenever it can.
ref: 1994, Cascade Holistic Economic Consultants, Different drummer magazine, volume 1, number 1, page 22:
glosses: A small, juvenile, or baby owl; owlet.
maggiore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian maggiore.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: major
maggoty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡəti/
Forms: form: more maggoty
form: maggotier
form: most maggoty
form: maggotiest
form: maggotty
Etymology: From maggot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He pilots his disreputable father-in-law through the maggotier parts of the Big Apple, tries out unsuccessfully for a job as gorilla, pulls off an unconvincing fraud (surely Gothamites don’t hand over against an uncleared cheque?).
ref: 1980, The Times Literary Supplement, London: The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 470, column 3:
synonyms: flyblown
worm-eaten
glosses: Infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
examples: text: the Maggoty Turn of Fortune's Wheel
ref: 1694, Nicolas Rémond des Cours, unknown translator, The True Conduct of Persons of Quality:
text: In the book, what holds the sketchy characters, the narrative chunks, and the ideas together is West's maggoty wit—positioning himself halfway between contempt and fear, clinging to literary sophistication as if it were the Mother Church.
ref: 1975, Pauline Kael, The Day of the Locust:
synonyms: maggotish
glosses: Full of whims; capricious; freakish.
examples: text: I want you to know that I think you are a maggoty mother-fucking son of a bitch
ref: 1975, Robert Lipscomb Duncan, Dragons at the Gate:
glosses: Unpleasant or bad-tempered.
Derived terms: maggotiness
maggoty-pie
maghet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maghets
Senses: glosses: Any of several types of daisies and camomiles.
A feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
glosses: Any of several types of daisies and camomiles.
Stinking chamomile (Anthemis cotula)
glosses: Any of several types of daisies and camomiles.
A daisy of species, Bellis perennis
magically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kli/
Forms: form: more magically
form: most magically
Etymology: From magic + -ally or magical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Everlasting Gobstopper, a jawbreaker that changes colors and flavors, was the brainchild of Roald Dahl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 1964. They were intended as poor kids candy since they magically kept regenerating, no matter how long you sucked on them.
ref: 2014, Richard W. Hartel, AnnaKate Hartel, “Everlasting Gobstoppers and Atomic Fireballs”, in Candy Bites: The Science of Sweets, New York, N.Y.: Copernicus Books, Springer, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: In a magical manner; by magic, or as if by magic.
gunsight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunsights
Etymology: From gun + sight.
Senses: glosses: An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
examples: text: I could just see the nick, like a gunsight, in the ridge of rock through which the road passes into the coastal plain of Tihamah. The nick is called Bab al-Naqah, the Gate of the She-Camel, after an unmistakable humped rock by the road.
ref: 2011, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Yemen:
glosses: An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon.
In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch.
magisterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /madʒɪˈstɪəɹɪəl/
Forms: form: more magisterial
form: most magisterial
Etymology: From Late Latin magisterialis, from Latin magisterium.
Senses: examples: text: The economist and demographer David Lam, in his magisterial 2011 presidential address to the Population Association of America, identified the keys to global prosperity in the face of record rates of population growth.
ref: 2013, Angus Deaton, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality:
glosses: Befitting the status or skill of a magister or master; authoritative, masterly.
examples: text: Instead a ‘magisterial’ Reformation was created: these were the Protestant movements led by the magistri, the theologically educated masters, and magistrates of all descriptions – kings, princes, city councils.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 622:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a master, magistrate, the magisterium, or one in authority.
glosses: Pertaining to, produced by, or of the nature of, magistery.
Derived terms: magisteriality
magisterially
magisterialness
unmagisterial
magisteriality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magisterial + -ity.
Senses: synonyms: magisterialness
glosses: The state of being magisterial
magisterialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magisterial + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: You frequently can't prove what you're saying about someone (just as in real life), so you may be tempted to replace reliance on chapter and verse with the magisterialness that comes from a lifetime of critical thinking and teaching.
ref: 2008, Peter Holland, Shakespeare, Sound and Screen, page 380:
glosses: The quality or state of being magisterial; authoritativeness.
gyrocompass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyrocompasses
form: gyro compass
Etymology: From gyro- + compass.
Senses: glosses: A north-seeking form of gyroscope used as a directional reference in navigation.
Synonyms: gyroscopic compass
gyroscope compass
Related terms: gyromagnetic compass
gyrocompass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gyrocompasses
form: gyrocompassing
form: gyrocompassed
form: gyrocompassed
form: gyro compass
Etymology: From gyro- + compass.
Senses: glosses: To use a gyrocompass.
Related terms: word: artificial horizon
alt: INS
word: inertial navigation system
magisterially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more magisterially
form: most magisterially
Etymology: From magisterial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
gyromagnetic effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyromagnetic effects
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: an effect that arises from the relation between the angular momentum and the magnetization of a magnetic substance
magistracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstɹəsi/
ipa: /ˈmæd͡ʒəstɹəsi/
Forms: form: magistracies
Etymology: From magistrate + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: The actual amount paid was £6,483 8s, and the Auditor-General's report shows that last year this Department contributed a larger amount of revenue than any other Magistracy.
ref: 1901 July 5, Frank E. Foxon, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 9, page 260:
synonyms: word: magistery
glosses: The dignity or office of a magistrate.
synonyms: word: magistery
glosses: The collective body of magistrates.
Derived terms: promagistracy
magistral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/
Forms: form: more magistral
form: most magistral
Etymology: From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.
Senses: examples: text: [Y]ou live on a magistral hill in a venerable mansion, not to speak of governmental rations.
ref: 1928, Hart Crane, letter, 16 September
text: Toby opened the game with a magistral flourish.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 889:
glosses: Pertaining to or befitting a master; authoritative.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Sovereign (of a remedy); extremely effective.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Formulated extemporaneously, or for a special case; opposed to officinal, and said of prescriptions and medicines.
Derived terms: magistrality
magistrally
magistral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmadʒɪstɹəl/
Forms: form: magistrals
Etymology: From Middle French magistral, and its source, Latin magistrālis, from magister (“master”). Doublet of mistral.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sovereign medicine or remedy.
glosses: A magistral line.
glosses: Powdered copper pyrites used in the amalgamation of ores of silver, as at the Spanish mines of Mexico and South America.
gyromagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gyromagnetic
form: most gyromagnetic
Etymology: From gyro- + magnetic.
Senses: glosses: of, relating to, or resulting from the properties of a spinning magnet, or a spinning electric charge; magnetogyric
Derived terms: gyromagnetically
gyromagnetic compass
gyromagnetic effect
gyromagnetic ratio
gyromagnetic compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyromagnetic compasses
Senses: glosses: A gyrocompass.
magistrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magistralities
Etymology: From magistral + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Magisterialness
gyromagnetic ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyromagnetic ratios
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the ratio of the angular momentum to the magnetic moment in an atom etc
magistrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more magistrally
form: most magistrally
Etymology: From magistral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a magistral manner;
authoritatively; dogmatically.
glosses: In a magistral manner;
extremely skilfully
magistratical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magistrate + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: magistratical assistance
text: magistratical duty
text: magistratical power
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or proceeding from, a magistrate; having the authority of a magistrate.
Derived terms: antimagistratical
magistratically
A8
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of accession eight.
Senses: glosses: The eight former Eastern European countries that acceded to the European Union in 2004.
magnality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡˈnælɪti/
ipa: /mæɡˈnælɪti/
ipa: /-lɪɾi/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: magnalities
Etymology: From Latin magnāle (“mighty work or deed”) (from magnus (“big, large; great; important”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 136:
text: Silly or insufferable is the man who has to hawk his own magnality.
ref: 1853 November 5, “a grateful preference proprietor” [pseudonym], “North British—Preference Gratitude”, in The Railway Times, volume XVI, number 45 (number 827 overall), London: William Lurcott, at the Railway Times office, 122 Fleet-street, →OCLC, page 1168, column 2:
text: Stars in their courses, / Flowers in their fragrance, in their music / Winged winds, and lightnings in their fierceness! / These are the world's magnalities and splendours: / At touch of these, the adoring spirit renders / Glory, and praise, and passionate silence.
ref: 1886, Lionel Johnson, “Sancta Silvarum. To the Earl Russell.”, in Poems (Library of English Literature; LEL 12873), London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews; Boston, Mass.: Copeland & Day, published 1895, →OCLC, stanza I, page 61:
text: I believe the magnality of Great Britain and the Empire on this matter was a wise magnanimity, and that it has impressed the people of South Africa as much as anything could with the freedom which is found under the British flag—impressed them with the assurance that they need have no fear that in the future they will not be permitted to work out their own destiny as a new nation, and develop their own nationality without let or hindrance from Great Britain, […]
ref: 1910, Parliamentary Debates. Legislative Council and House of Representatives, volume 152, Wellington, New Zealand: W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, →OCLC, page 264, column 2:
text: There was an awful moment when I felt myself yielding to her soothing magnalities, and had almost convinced myself that, in various senses, she had "gotten the dope." But I am glad to say that I pulled myself together.
ref: 1931, John Laird, Morals and Western Religion: A Discussion in Seven Dialogues, E[dward] Arnold & Company, →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: A great or wonderful thing; a marvel.
magnanimity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪti/
Forms: form: magnanimities
Etymology: From Middle French magnanimité, from Old French [Term?], from Latin magnanimitās.
Senses: examples: text: ...and thirdly, I have I behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions."
"Pray, continue your magnanimity."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 206:
text: The duke had not taken advantage of this, but Bonaparte had later rewarded his magnanimity by having him put to death.
ref: 2005 [1868–9], Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 4, page 15:
glosses: The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.
Synonyms: magnanimousness
Related terms: magnanimous
magnanimously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡˈnænɪməsli/
Forms: form: more magnanimously
form: most magnanimously
Etymology: From magnanimous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a magnanimous manner
Choctaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: chŏk′tô
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.tɔː/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑk.tɔ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.ʈɒ(ː)/
Etymology: From Choctaw chahta.
Senses: glosses: An aboriginal peoples native to the area currently known as Mississippi, in the United States, with a sizable displaced population in Oklahoma
glosses: The language of the Choctaw tribe.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
glosses: A city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; a suburb of Oklahoma City.
glosses: Ellipsis of Choctaw County.
Derived terms: Choctaw Corner
Choctaw County
Choctaw Lake
Choctaw
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: chŏk′tô
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.tɔː/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑk.tɔ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.ʈɒ(ː)/
Etymology: From Choctaw chahta.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Choctaw tribe or its language.
Choctaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chŏk′tô
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.tɔː/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑk.tɔ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɒk.ʈɒ(ː)/
Forms: form: Choctaws
form: Choctaw
Etymology: From Choctaw chahta.
Senses: glosses: A person of Choctaw heritage.
raw_tags: with either plural
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skating
sports
qualifier: plural "Choctaws"
glosses: A Choctaw turn.
Derived terms: Choctaw County
Choctaw turn
casuist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈkæʒuːɪst/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈkæzjuːɪst/
Forms: form: casuists
Etymology: From French casuiste, from Spanish casuista, from Latin casus (“case”).
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
examples: text: Something, indeed, not unlike the doctrine of the caſuiſts, ſeems to have been attempted by ſeveral philoſophers. There is ſomething of this kind in the third book of Cicero's offices, where he endeavours like a caſuiſt to give rules for our conduct in many nice caſes, in which it is difficult to determine whereabouts the point of propriety may lie.
ref: 1761, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 2nd edition, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]; Edinburgh: A[lexander] Kincaid and J. Bell, →OCLC, part VI, section IV (Of the Manner in which Different Authors have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality), page 433:
glosses: Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour.
examples: text: The judgment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence.
ref: 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
text: Leave the two-party farce to those who enjoy it, supporting their efforts when — and only when — they treat others humanely and speak with modesty and responsibility, not as casuists, alarmists, and provocateurs of guilt.
ref: 1980 December 13, Ray Olson, “Short Sighted And Silly”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 4:
glosses: One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Related terms: casuistic
casuistical
casuistics
casuistry
guessing game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guessing games
Senses: examples: text: Similar to The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice makes viewers and judges play a guessing game as to who are good and bad singers based only on sight, while Lotto Singer (or All Together Now, as the UK version is known) makes an almost bingo-like game with a judging panel of 100 people.
ref: 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How talent shows became TV's most bizarre programmes”, in BBC:
topics: games
glosses: Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues.
glosses: A situation in which there is insufficient information, requiring participants to rely on conjecture.
fool's cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fool + -'s + cap.
Senses: glosses: A cap, usually brightly colored with bells and tassels, as worn by a court jester or fool.
Related terms: foolscap
posistor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posistors
Etymology: Blend of positive + thermistor
Senses: glosses: A thermistor whose resistance increases with temperature.
Synonyms: positive temperature coefficient thermistor
PTC thermistor
sensistor
jester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
homophone: gestor
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: jesters
Etymology: From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
Senses: examples: text: As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.
ref: 2025 February 26, Roy Rivenburg, “Nellie Bowles of The Free Press punctures pretension left and right”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: One who jests, jokes or teases.
glosses: A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
Synonyms: sense: one who jokes
word: buffoon
word: clown
word: joker
sense: court entertainer
word: buffoon
word: fool
word: jestress
word: fiddle
word: jester
word: joculator
word: joculatrix
word: merryman
word: motley fool
word: railleur
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: sense: person who amused a medieval court
word: harlequin
sense: person who amused a medieval court
word: pantaloon
word: court jester
word: Merry Andrew
word: pickle-herring
Derived terms: court jester
jestermaxx
Related terms: word: bauble
word: coxcomb
word: jest
word: laughingstock
word: motley
word: acrobat
word: juggler
word: tumbler
jester
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
homophone: gestor
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: jesters
form: jestering
form: jestered
form: jestered
Etymology: From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
Senses: glosses: To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.
Synonyms: jest
jestermaxxing
supersession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːpəˈsɛʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /supɚˈsɛʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: supersessions
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin supersessiō, supersessiōnem, from supersedeō (“supersede”).
Senses: examples: text: Two points became perfectly clear: one was that she was thinking of something very different from her present, her past, or her future relations with Hyacinth Robinson; the other was that he was superseded indeed. This was so completely the case that it did not even occur to her, it was evident, that the sense of supersession might be cruel to the young man.
ref: 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.:
text: Still excessively abundant, it was dressed in a manner of which the poor lady appeared not yet to have recognised the supersession, with a glossy braid, like a large diadem, on the top of the head […].
ref: 1897 October 16, Henry James, What Maisie Knew, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Herbert S. Stone & Co., →OCLC:
text: In 1923, the first of H. P. M. Beames's massive 0-8-4 tanks appeared in South Wales, for which area they had been mainly designed, and about twenty were usually stationed in the area, being freely used on both passenger and freight duties, until their gradual supersession by ex-L.N.W.R. 0-8-0s began about 1937.
ref: 1957 May 24, D. S. Barrie, “From Abergavenny to Merthyr—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 346:
synonyms: supersedence
supervention
glosses: The act of superseding; the fact of having been superseded.
Derived terms: word: supersessional
word: supersessionary
Rolodex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rolodexes
Etymology: Genericized trademark, from rol(ling) + -o- + (in)dex. The brand name was originally part of a range including other items such as the Autodex and Clipodex.
Senses: glosses: A type of rotating file index used for storing addresses, especially in a work context.
glosses: One's contact list.
glosses: A large list or category (of something specified).
Rolodex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Rolodexes
form: Rolodexing
form: Rolodexed
form: Rolodexed
Etymology: Genericized trademark, from rol(ling) + -o- + (in)dex. The brand name was originally part of a range including other items such as the Autodex and Clipodex.
Senses: examples: text: I was already mentally Rolodexing through viable excuses.
ref: 2017, Jaime Primak Sullivan, The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl, page 50:
glosses: To index, or scan through, in the manner of a rotating file index.
Silastic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: Blend of silicone + plastic. Originally a brand name.
Senses: glosses: A type of flexible, inert silicone rubber, used especially in prosthetic medicine to make devices such as shunts to control hydrocephalus, artificial heart valves and breast implants.
lancelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lancelets
Senses: glosses: any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
glosses: any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
of subphylum Cephalochordata
glosses: any of a group of primitive marine animals, having a notochord instead of a backbone
of subphylum Cephalochordata
of order Amphioxiformes
ha'porth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ha'porths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ha'p'orth.
knouting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knoutings
Etymology: From knout + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The knouting of the peasants went on for days in revenge for their uprising.
glosses: A flogging with a knout.
knouting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From knout + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knout
PETE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: ♳
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: PET
coordinate_terms: PE
glosses: Acronym of polyethylene terephthalate.
roofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːfɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹʊfɚ/
ipa: /ˈɹuːfə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -uːfə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊfə(ɹ)
Forms: form: roofers
Etymology: From roof + -er.
Senses: glosses: A craftsman who lays, or repairs roofs.
examples: text: Ivan, Kirill and Vasilisa are “roofers,” a loose-knit group of insanely non-acrophobic daredevils who scam and sneak their way to the tops of Russia’s highest buildings.
ref: 2014 May 6, Kevin O'Flynn, “High Times: Meet the Russian Kids Who Take the World's Riskiest Photos”, in RollingStone.com:
text: This year, as part of his annual “Troublemaker Award,” the startup mentor and entrepreneur decided to spotlight a Ukrainian stunt-climber -- or, "roofer" -- who struck a blow for his home nation by sticking it to neighboring Russia.
ref: 2014 September 10, Karsten Strauss, “Ukrainian Troublemaker Receives $10,000 Award For 'Redecorating' Moscow”, in Forbes:
text: “There aren’t many places in Latin America for the roofer to get on so our main aim was to climb Christ the Redeemer,” he said.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Daredevils capture breathtaking views atop Christ the Redeemer”, in New York Post:
text: Many people say that I don’t look like roofer, which is really good when I try to get into a building which is really good secured. I started roofing two years ago with some friends.
ref: 2016 February 26, “This Is What It's Like to Climb the 3rd-Tallest Building in Shanghai”, in Inverse:
synonyms: rooftopper
glosses: A daredevil who performs stunts on tops of skyscrapers.
nostomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νόστος (nóstos, “a return home”) + -mania.
Senses: glosses: an overwhelming desire to return to familiar surroundings, or to one's home
mechanician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mechanicians
Etymology: From mechanic + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: To build such a device will require an expert mechanician.
text: The Cotton-Gin is a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by that celebrated mechanician, E. Whitney. -- from the 1828 Webster's Dictionary.
text: The Yankees, the first mechanicians in the world, are engineers—just as the Italians are musicians and the Germans metaphysicians—by right of birth.
ref: 1873, Jules Verne, “From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter I. The Gun Club.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 2:
text: a'''1891, Constance Garnett (translator), Leo Tolstoy (author), Anna Karenin, in The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, P.F. Collier & son (1917), page 214,
"The mechanician came when I was away; I haven't seen him yet," he said, not looking at her.
glosses: One skilled in the theory or construction of machines.
examples: Shortly after being removed to the hospital Wright recovered consciousness and sent for Taylor, his mechanician. -- "Fatal fall of Wright airship", New York Times September 18th 1908
glosses: One skilled in building, using, or repairing machines, or who makes machines or tools.
glosses: One skilled in mechanics.
glosses: A machinist.
glosses: A scientifically trained practitioner.
glosses: A mechanic.
Derived terms: biomechanician