cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
–
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: examples: high-priority–high-pressure tasks
glosses: Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated.
examples: G–d for God
glosses: Used to hide letters
examples: The Boston–Washington race
blood–brain barrier
glosses: Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship
examples: text: 1998: John Stephens and Robyn McCallum, Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature, page 182 (Routledge; →ISBN
Argent the capitalist, Leeson implies, much more overtly than was possible for Stevenson, who lacked the benefit of hindsight which informs Leeson’s late–twentieth-century text, that capitalism is a form of piracy.
text: The glass doors open and you are greeted by a walkie-talkie–carrying personal assistant in a Star Trek–ish designer black tracksuit who whisks you to a pod seating booth in the bar.
ref: 2006, Alison Culliford, Night+Day Paris (Cool Cities), Pulse Guides, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Further, this socialization implores black Memphians to strive to challenge the increasingly complex structural inequalities of race and class in the post–civil rights era.
ref: 2014 April 15, Zandria F[elice] Robinson, “Post-Soul Blues”, in This Ain’t Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: Used to connect a spaced or hyphenated term.
Synonyms: qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: ‐
qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: h
qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: y
qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: p
qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: e
qualifier: hide letters
sense: hide letters
word: n
day care center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day care centers
form: day care centre
form: daycare centre
Senses: glosses: A nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work. Generally more entertaining and less educational than a preschool, but with longer hours of operation.
Synonyms: word: day nursery
Related terms: day centre
dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒlf.ɪn/
ipa: [ˈdɒl̥fɪn]
ipa: /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/
ipa: [ˈdɑl̥fɪn]
Forms: form: dolphins
Etymology: Ultimately from 3rd Duke of Alba (duc-d'Albe in French), who was the first to build this type of structure in the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century. Possibly from Dutch dukdalf, or the plural dukdalven, through elision of the initial duk-.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A man-made semi submerged maritime structure, usually installed to provide a fixed structure for temporary mooring, to prevent ships from drifting to shallow water or to serve as base for navigational aids.
porpoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːpəs/
ipa: /pɔːˈpɔɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɔːɹpəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəs
rhymes: -ɔɪs
Forms: form: porpoises
Etymology: From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “pig-fish”), from Latin porcus (“pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marinus (“sea hog”), akin in formation to German Meerschwein, English mereswine. More at mereswine.
Senses: examples: text: They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.
ref: 1991, Zhou Kaiya, Zhang Xingduan, translated by Luo Changyan, Baiji: The Yangtze River Dolphin and Other Endangered Animals of China, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
synonyms: garfish
mereswine
phocoenid
sea hog
sea pig
seaswine
glosses: Any small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales.
qualifier: imprecisely
glosses: Any small dolphin.
Derived terms: Dall's porpoise
finless porpoise
harbour porpoise
porpicide
porpoiselike
spectacled porpoise
porpoise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːpəs/
ipa: /pɔːˈpɔɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɔːɹpəs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəs
rhymes: -ɔɪs
Forms: form: porpoises
form: porpoising
form: porpoised
form: porpoised
Etymology: From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “pig-fish”), from Latin porcus (“pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marinus (“sea hog”), akin in formation to German Meerschwein, English mereswine. More at mereswine.
Senses: examples: text: Urging them to join me, I raced in circles through the surging water, chased my tail for the children, blew spouts of foam through the sunfilled spray, porpoised to and fro across the river in shallow leaps that stitched the air and water into a table-lace of foam.
ref: 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 15:
glosses: Said of an air-breathing aquatic animal such as a porpoise or penguin: To repeatedly jump out of the water to take a breath and dive back in a continuous motion.
synonyms: word: balloon
english: of an aircraft
translation: of an aircraft
glosses: Said of an aircraft: to make a series of plunges when taking off or landing; or of a watercraft: to successively plunge up and down in the water.
Related terms: dolphin
killer whale
pod
seal
sea lion
whale
Hanuman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hooniman
form: Hoonimaun
Etymology: From Sanskrit हनुमान् (hanumān). Possibly a doublet of Andaman.
Senses: synonyms: Anjaneya
Anjani Putra
Bajarangbali
Balbrahamchari
Mahavira
Marutinandan
Pavanputra
Vayu Putra
glosses: A Hindu demi-god who was a devotee of Lord Rama. He was born to Anjana and Vayu, plays the role of a god’s servant in Ramayana, and is also known as the "monkey god". He represents loyalty to the Lord and Master.
Tigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈtɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Tiggers
Etymology: An alteration of tiger, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) as the name of the tiger friend of Winnie-the-Pooh, who is introduced in The House at Pooh Corner (1928) and described as “a Very Bouncy Animal”.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas Olivier, particularly when first nights approached in which he was appearing, invited protectiveness from those around him, Hall was sometimes like a Tigger whom others wanted to unbounce.
ref: 1978, John Elsom, Nicholas Tomalin, The History of the National Theatre, Cape, →ISBN, page 257:
text: Never again, I trust, will I hear the play's first word ("If") so underlined as if there is philosophically every reason to doubt that music be the food of love, and never again, I trust, will I be led to find myself thinking in the first scene of Orsino as an understudy rehearsing King Lear in his opening scene, or as a Tigger in an absolute frenzy to be even more bouncy than usual.
ref: 1995, Mark Scott, “Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations”, in Michael Magoulias, editor, Shakespearean Criticism, volume 26, Gale Research Co., →ISBN, page 291:
text: He was like a Tigger: he didn't walk; he bounced. He pissed some people off, too, with his lackadaisical, what's-a-schedule? unreliable ways.
ref: 1999, Thisbe Nissen, Out of the girls' room and into the night, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 176:
glosses: An overly enthusiastic or energetic person, often characterized by bouncing.
Derived terms: Tiggerish
Tigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈtɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Tiggers
Etymology: From the initials of The Independent Group + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Nor is there any sign that Corbyn is at present willing to make any overtures to the eight Tiggers and those who may be contemplating joining them.
ref: 2019 February 25, John Crace, “The Independent Group may have secured another Tory government. That's not an accident”, in British GQ:
text: For one Tigger in particular, Chuka Umunna, 2019 was quite a rollercoaster. Over the course of the year, he was an MP for Labour, an MP for The Independent Group, an MP for the Lib Dems, and then an MP for no one.
ref: 2020 January 31, Michael Deacon, “The 20 funniest moments of Brexit”, in The Telegraph:
text: In fact, Joan Ryan MP (the first Labour MP to jump ship to the Tiggers/Change UK) said, after I'd confessed to her about the dog shampoo, ‘Well, I think your coat looks very nice.’
ref: 2020 March 19, Rachel Johnson, Rake's Progress: My Political Midlife Crisis, →ISBN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of The Independent Group for Change, a pro-European British political party that existed in 2019.
go-to
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A univerbation of go + to.
Senses: examples: text: Cheesecake is my go-to food whenever I feel down.
text: The USA Network, let's face it, isn't anyone's go-to channel.
ref: 2003 July 7, The New Yorker, page 78:
text: For Donna Cona, who has played it since before the Times acquisition, Wordle has become her go-to thing each morning.
ref: 2024 March 14, Saira Mueller, “Millions have played Wordle, but there’s more to the game than you’d expect”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: must-see
word: destination
glosses: Desired; desirable; of choice.
examples: text: Smith is your go-to person if you want lasting results.
synonyms: clutch
glosses: Reliable; likely to perform in difficult circumstances.
go-to
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-tos
Etymology: A univerbation of go + to.
Senses: examples: text: Going for a drink after work is usually my go-to.
glosses: A person or thing that is one’s usual choice.
Related terms: ol' reliable
intriguing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
Forms: form: more intriguing
form: most intriguing
Senses: examples: text: As a result, while the train was being shunted at Bombay, the buffers became locked, producing a situation most intriguing for the onlookers, but exasperating for the exalted passengers and the unhappy railway authorities.
ref: 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, page 249:
synonyms: word: arcane
word: cryptic
word: enigmatic
word: ill-defined
word: inenubilable
word: mysterial
word: mysterioso
word: mysterious
word: mystic
word: runish
word: sibylline
word: systerious
word: uncertain
word: undefined
word: undetermined
glosses: Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
examples: text: A book that does not sell us the powerful, intriguing women of Rome simply as poisoners, schemers, and femmes fatales […]
ref: 2011, Annelise Freisenbruch, Caesars' Wives: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Roman Empire:
glosses: Involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
examples: text: […] few respectable women will now sit at a window, looking into the public street, or gaze at passengers in any large town or city; and no one does so at present, unless an innocent inexperienced, husband-hunting, flirtish, or intriguing person.
ref: 1839, Michael Ryan, Prostitution in London, page 83:
glosses: Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
Synonyms: fascinating
interesting
attractive
Derived terms: intriguingly
intriguingness
unintriguing
intriguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intrigue
intriguing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːɡɪŋ/
Forms: form: intriguings
Senses: examples: text: In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings, the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.
ref: 1909, Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck:
glosses: An intrigue.
tanzanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtænzənaɪt/
ipa: /ˈtænzəˌnaɪt/
Forms: form: tanzanites
Etymology: From Tanzania + -ite (suffix forming nouns denoting minerals or rocks), coined by Henry B. Platt, a vice president of the American jeweler Tiffany & Co. when it first marketed the gem in 1968: see the October 3, 1968, quotation.
Senses: examples: text: For those to whom gems light the way, a brand new semi-precious stone will be seen for the first time. Called "Tanzanite," the stone was discovered recently in Tanzania. A blue, very much like sapphire, with a slight violet cast, it is exclusive with Tiffany.
ref: 1968 October 1, Margene Morris, “Tiffany gets a new home”, in San Francisco Examiner, number 80, San Francisco, Calif.: San Francisco Newspaper Print Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:
text: Last February the new gem was spotted by Harry Platt. […] Just what happened to zoisite in one certain mine in Tanzania, near the Kenya border, nobody knows. Harry Platt bought as many of the freak stones as he could find and had them cut and polished especially for Tiffany. He named the stone tanzanite for its native country. […] None of the Tiffany tanzanites are the same color. They shade from the vivid marine blue of the 48-carat stone to the soft gray blue of a star sapphire. Characteristic of all of them are the purple or green flashes inside the tanzanites when they are held up to the light.
ref: 1968 October 3, Eugenia Sheppard, “Inside Fashion: Something new at Tiffany’s is Tanzanian blue gem”, in Durham Morning Herald, final edition, Durham, N.C.: The Durham Herald Co., →OCLC, section B, page 2B, columns 1–2:
text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
ref: 2012 March–April, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, New Haven, Conn.: Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023, page 128:
synonyms: blue zoisite
pleochroic zoisite
vanadium zoisite
glosses: A trichroic violet-blue variety of the mineral zoisite mined in Tanzania, used as a gemstone.
wikipedia: Tiffany & Co.
Hypernyms: zoisite
Related terms: gemstone
unrepentant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌn.ɹəˈpɛn.tənt/
Etymology: From un- + repentant.
Senses: examples: text: TfL is unrepentant about the loss of car parking around the Grade 2-listed station, which is reduced to just 47 places, including 12 for the disabled.
ref: 2022 February 23, “Network News: TfL sells car park for housing”, in RAIL, number 951, page 21:
synonyms: impenitent
;
unbowed
unreformed
;
recidivistic
antonyms: penitent
repentant
glosses: Feeling or showing no sorrow or regret for wrongdoing.
repentant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɛtənt/
Forms: form: more repentant
form: most repentant
Etymology: From Old French repentant, present participle of repentir.
Senses: examples: text: I cannot believe that God wants us to kill no matter if this man is a sinner. God’s greatest commandment is one of love, not hate and revenge. I believe that this man is repentant for his wrongdoings. He has asked for forgiveness.
ref: 2013, Valorie Cunningham, Choices, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: penitent
word: contrite
word: remorseful
word: penitent
word: repentant
word: apologetic
word: contrite
word: guilt-ridden
antonyms: impenitent
unrepentant
;
unbowed
unreformed
;
recidivistic#Adjective
glosses: Feeling or showing sorrow for wrongdoing.
Related terms: word: repent
word: repentance
repentant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɛtənt/
Forms: form: repentants
Etymology: From Old French repentant, present participle of repentir.
Senses: glosses: One who repents; a penitent.
apéritif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
ipa: /əˌpɛɹɪˈtiːf/
Forms: form: apéritifs
form: aperitif
Etymology: Borrowed from French apéritif. Doublet of aperitive.
Senses: examples: text: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
 ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: An alcoholic drink served before a meal as an appetiser.
Related terms: aperture
overture
Force
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse fors or foss (“waterfall”).
Senses: glosses: Falls. used in place names.
Force
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Forces
form: Vorce
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: dark side of the Force
light side of the Force
tam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæm/
Forms: form: tams
Etymology: Ellipsis of tam o'shanter.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.
ref: 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
tam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæm/
Forms: form: tams
Etymology: From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔 /担.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
synonyms: word: picul
extra: a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts
Related terms: nicky-tam
qui tam
som tam
tam-tam
usurp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈsɝp/
ipa: /juːˈzɜːp/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: usurps
form: usurping
form: usurped
form: usurped
Etymology: From Middle English usurpen, from Old French usurper, from Latin ūsūrpō (ūsus use + rapiō seize).
Senses: examples: text: [S]o he dies,
But soon revives, Death over him no power
Shall long usurp […]
ref: 1674, John Milton, “Book XII”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 326:
text: Most Republicans in Congress are complying as Mr. Trump usurps the power of the national legislature, as laid out in Article 1 of the Constitution.
ref: 2025 February 25, Linda Feldmann, “How Trump skirts checks and balances unlike any modern-day US president”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
glosses: To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
examples: text: But if now / You ſhould (as cruell fathers do) proclame / Your right, and Tyrant like uſurp the glory / Of my peculiar honours, not deriv'd / From ſucceſſary, but purchas'd with my bloud, / Then I muſt ſtand firſt Champion for my ſelfe, / Againſt all interpoſers.
ref: c. 1619–1623, John Ford, “The Lawes of Candy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 52, column 1:
text: Jones answered all his questions with much civility, though he never remembered to have seen the petty-fogger before; and though he concluded, from the outward appearance and behaviour of the man, that he usurped a freedom with his betters, to which he was by no means intitled.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.
examples: text: "[…] especially considering that even Matter it self, in which they tumble and wallow, which they feel with their hands and usurp with all their Senses […]"
ref: 1653, Henry More, “appendix”, in An Antidote against Atheisme, or An Appeal to the Natural Faculties of the Minde of Man, whether There Be Not a God, London: […] Roger Daniel, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To make use of.
Derived terms: nonusurping
reusurp
unusurping
usurpable
usurpation
usurper
usurpingly
usurpious
usurpment
Related terms: rape
raptor
ravish
use
utility
appropriate
jak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jack (“the tree Mangifera caesia”).
Derived terms: jakwood
Related terms: jakfruit
happi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happis
form: happi
Etymology: From Japanese 法被 (happi).
Senses: glosses: A loose, informal Japanese coat normally decorated with a distinctive crest.
Synonyms: happi coat
Cold War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/
ipa: /ˌkoʊld ˈwɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: the Cold War
Etymology: Coined by American journalist Herbert Bayard Swope in 1947, in a speech he wrote for Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), an American financier and adviser to President Woodrow Wilson.
Senses: examples: text: Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries.
ref: 1992 March 30, Richard Nixon, 13:46 from the start, in Richard Nixon on ‘Inside Washington’, Richard Nixon Foundation, via Seoul Broadcasting System, archived from the original on 09 Oct 2017:
text: The situation in Berlin had its uses for Moscow, of course, as for others–the city had become the primary listening post and spy center of the Cold War; some 70 different agencies were operating there by 1961, and it was in Berlin that Soviet espionage scored some of their greatest successes.
ref: 2005, Tony Judt, “The Politics of Stability”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
text: The dynamic tests at Wildenrath use continuous test tracks built on the site of a former Royal Air Force station that was vacated after the end of the Cold War.
ref: 2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “New Piccadilly Line trains put to the test”, in RAIL, number 997, page 26:
glosses: The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.
wikipedia: Bernard Baruch
International Herald Tribune
Woodrow Wilson
Shakespearean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: shāk-spîrʹē-ən
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: more Shakespearean
form: most Shakespearean
form: Shakespearian
form: Shakesperian
form: Shaksperian
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: […]there were those who had them set far over back—wide-awake men, who wanted a clear prospect; while careless men, who did not know, or care, how their hats sat, had them shaking about in all directions. The various hats, in fact, were quite a Shakespearean study.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter XI, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
text: The boisterous Bulmer playfully made a pass at him with his drawn sword, going forward with the lunge in the proper fencing fashion, and making a somewhat too familiar Shakespearean quotation about a rodent and a Venetian coin.
ref: 1922, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “The Hole in the Wall”, in The Man Who Knew Too Much […] , London: Cassell and Company, pages 80–81:
text: Meanwhile, I presided over the Senate. I also dined quite frequently with the President who continued to delight and fascinate me with his conversation, not to mention his wonderful malice which was positively Shakespearean in its variety.
ref: 1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 25, in Burr:
text: There was indeed something Shakespearean about both the service in the abbey and the marches that surrounded it. By Shakespearean I mean there was a blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery.
ref: 2023 May 7, Michael Billington, “The Coronation review – immaculately rehearsed, touching and Shakespearean”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: This is the distinctive milieu of Succession, the HBO juggernaut which turned the pitiful exploits of a bunch of media mogul failsons into Shakespearean drama for four critically acclaimed seasons.
ref: 2025 June 2, Adrian Horton, “Tech-bro satire Mountainhead is an insufferable disappointment”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to, characteristic of, associated with, or suggestive of William Shakespeare (an English playwright), his works, or his authorship, or the time in which he lived.
glosses: Derivative of Shakespeare's works or authorship.
glosses: Composed of Shakespearean sonnets.
Derived terms: Shakespeareanism
Shakespeareanize
Shakespeareanly
Shakespeareanness
Shakespearean sonnet
Related terms: Bacon-Shakespearean
Shakespeareana
Shakespearean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shāk-spîrʹē-ən
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Shakespeareans
form: Shakespearian
form: Shakesperian
form: Shaksperian
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: Another lawyer and well-known Shakespearian, Richard Grant White, says: "No dramatist of the time, not even [Francis] Beaumont, who was the younger son of a judge of the Common Pleas, and who after studying in the Inns of Court abandoned law for the drama, used legal phrases with Shakespeare's readiness and exactness.[…]"
ref: 1909, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Is Shakespeare Dead?”, in What Is Man? And Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published May 1917, page 341:
glosses: A scholar of the works of Shakespeare.
glosses: A person trained to act in Shakespeare's plays.
Shakespearean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: shāk-spîrʹē-ən
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ʃeɪkˈspɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiən
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Shakespearian
form: Shakesperian
form: Shaksperian
Etymology: From Shakespeare + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: I have had no one to talk to for ages. There’s Ma, who only talks in Shakespearean. And it took me ages to learn that and I still don’t understand the whole thing.
ref: 2019, Inaaya Mahek, “Sarkine”, in Cassy & the Bathroom People, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, part 2, page 183:
text: Honorable Corps Commander, I am one of your seven personal robots at your residence, and I assure you I am the best. […] I can speak Shakespearean, Hoch Deutch, Urdu, and three other dead languages.
ref: 2023, Malek Nazemi, “In the Eagle’s Nest”, in United Earth 2252, Meadville, Pa.: Fulton Books, →ISBN:
text: No more playing with me like I’m your ball of yarn, Angel of Dipshit. I’m going to fry you so good you’ll start talking in Shakespearean.
ref: 2024, Katarina E. Tonks, chapter XXXI, in Death Is My Ride or Die (The Death Chronicles; 2), Toronto, Ont.: Wattpad Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Shakespearean English.
natural son
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural sons
Senses: examples: They have two children: a natural son and an adopted daughter.
glosses: A male biological offspring, whether legitimate or illegitimate, as opposed to one adopted.
glosses: An illegitimate son.
Related terms: biological child
adopted child
legitimate child
illegitimate child
love child
natural daughter
natural child
Shakespearean sonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shakespearean sonnets
Etymology: Named after English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and strongly associated with his authorship.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
synonyms: Elizabethan sonnet
English sonnet
glosses: A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
Related terms: Petrarchan sonnet
Spenserian sonnet
Elizabethan sonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elizabethan sonnets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Shakespearean sonnet.
synonyms: word: Shakespearean sonnet
English sonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: English sonnets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Shakespearean sonnet.
synonyms: word: Shakespearean sonnet
Spenserian sonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spenserian sonnets
Etymology: Named after English poet Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599) and associated with his authorship.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
synonyms: Scottish sonnet
glosses: A sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Coordinate terms: terza rima
Related terms: Petrarchan sonnet
Shakespearean sonnet
Spenserian stanza
feeble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːbəl/
rhymes: -iːbəl
Forms: form: feebler
form: feeblest
Etymology: Etymology tree
Anglo-Norman feblebor.
Middle English feble
English feeble
From Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible), from Latin flēbilis (“tearful, mournful, lamentable”) by dissimilation, from fleō (“I weep, cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. Doublet of foible.
Senses: examples: text: Though she appeared old and feeble, she could still throw a ball.
text: Pent up in Utica he vainly forms
A poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,
And, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs
A feeble Army, and an empty Senate,
Remnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
text: You've had your time
Gonna walk that line
Like a living travesty,
Endlessly bound to your sins
I'll hunt you down in time
You're just a feeble swine
How can I compromise
When all you do is deny
ref: 2003, “Figure Number Five”, performed by Soilwork:
text: France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.
ref: 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Deficient in physical strength.
examples: text: That was a feeble excuse for an example.
glosses: Lacking force, vigor, or effectiveness in action or expression; faint.
Synonyms: sense: physically weak
word: weak
sense: physically weak
word: infirm
sense: physically weak
word: debilitated
sense: wanting force, vigor or efficiency
word: faint
Derived terms: enfeeble
feeble-brained
feeble-minded
feebleness
feeblesome
feeblish
feebly
forcible-feeble
overfeeble
unfeeble
feeble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːbəl/
rhymes: -iːbəl
Forms: form: feebles
form: feebling
form: feebled
form: feebled
Etymology: Etymology tree
Anglo-Norman feblebor.
Middle English feble
English feeble
From Middle English feble, from Anglo-Norman feble (“weak, feeble”) (compare French faible), from Latin flēbilis (“tearful, mournful, lamentable”) by dissimilation, from fleō (“I weep, cry”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-. Doublet of foible.
Senses: glosses: To make feeble; to enfeeble.
feeling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈfilɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Forms: form: more feeling
form: most feeling
Etymology: From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling.
glosses: Emotionally sensitive.
examples: text: He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
glosses: Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
feeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈfilɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Forms: form: feelings
Etymology: From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling.
glosses: Sensation, particularly through the skin.
examples: text: The house gave me a feeling of dread.
text: Part of the 'western arcade' (as it's known) is lined with delis, cafes and other shops, giving it the feeling of a bazaar.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
glosses: Emotion; impression.
examples: text: You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
qualifier: always in the plural
glosses: Emotional state or well-being.
examples: text: Many people still have feelings for their first love.
text: You can kiss a hundred boys in bars
Shoot another shot, try to stop the feeling
You can say it's just the way you are
Make a new excuse, another stupid reason
ref: 2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”performed by Chappell Roan:
glosses: Emotional attraction or desire.
examples: text: He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
text: I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
text: Got on a lucky one / Came in eighteen to one / I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you
ref: 1987, “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues:
glosses: Intuition.
examples: text: When you are tempted to speculate in cocoa, lie down until the feeling goes away.
ref: 1972, George J. W. Goodman (Adam Smith), Supermoney, page 156:
glosses: An opinion, an attitude.
Derived terms: bad feeling
feelingful
feeling in one's waters
feelingless
feelingly
feelingness
feelpinion
fellow-feeling
fellow feeling
floating feeling
gut feeling
hard feelings
hurt feelings
ill feeling
misfeeling
mixed feelings
nonfeeling
no sense no feeling
race feeling
self-feeling
sinking feeling
that tired feeling
underfeeling
unfeeling
where there's no sense there's no feeling
feeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈfilɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English felynge, equivalent to feel + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel
Derived terms: feeling no pain
archabbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archabbots
Etymology: From arch- + abbot.
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In certain Catholic (notably Benedictine) congregations, the title of the general superior, ranking above all other abbots, vested in a particular abbey, which hence is called an archabbey (usually its motherhouse, such as Beuron, which gave its name to a Benedictine congregation).
Related terms: abbess
abbey
abbot
monastery
prelate
hanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hang
hanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: examples: text: The hanging vines made the house look older than it was.
glosses: Suspended.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Unprotected and exposed to capture.
raw_tags: of a piece
examples: text: hanging breaking ball
text: hanging slider
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
raw_tags: of an off-speed pitch
examples: text: MUGSEY: Yeah. You fancy ‘im don’ you.
LEANNE: No I don’t. Shut yer mouth.
MUGSEY: Your mum said he’s gonna end up just like his dad.
LEANNE: She don’ even know Bingo. Anyway, I don’t fancy ‘im, ‘e’s hanging.
ref: 2007, Summer Scars (film screenplay)
glosses: Ugly; very unattractive; disgusting.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: hanging punctuation
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Extending beyond the margins of a page.
raw_tags: of a punctuation mark
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: free-hanging
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging basket
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging chad
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging coffin
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging compass
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging disease
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hangingfly
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging garden
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: Hanging Houghton
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging indent
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging indentation
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: Hanging Langford
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging loop
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hangingly
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging paragraph
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging participle
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging rail
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging side
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging sleeve
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging sleeves
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging stile
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging valley
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging wall
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: hanging wet bag
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: high-hanging fruit
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: leave someone hanging
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: lowhanging
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: low-hanging fruit
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: nonhanging
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: semihanging
sense: Terms derived from hanging (adjective)
word: strap-hanging
hanging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Forms: form: hangings
Etymology: From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen (“hanging”) and hōhing (“hanging”).
Senses: examples: text: Hanging is the punishment for one convicted of war crimes, there.
text: The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village.
text: No, Sir, 'tis fear of Hanging. Who would not ſteal, or do Murder, every time his Fingers itch'd at it, were it not for fear of the Gallows?
ref: 1728, Thomas Otway, “The Atheist, or, the Second Part of the Soldier's Fortune”, in The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume 2, London, page 37:
text: It was just too bad that Milosevic died of "natural" causes in his cell in 2006 before he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, although a hanging would have been preferable.
ref: 2022 March 10, Peter Lucas, “Lucas: Putin has blood on his hands and The Hague must make him pay”, in Boston Herald, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2022:
glosses: The act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
examples: text: The various hangings on that Christmas tree look nice.
glosses: Anything that is hung as a decorative element (such as curtains, gobelins, or posters).
examples: text: I dislike the cramped hanging in the gallery of 18th century painters.
glosses: The way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
Synonyms: sense: execution
word: halter
sense: execution
word: a quick drop and a sudden stop
sense: execution
word: Abraham's balsam
sense: execution
word: necktie party
Derived terms: antihanging
bedhanging
crapehanging
crepehanging
hanging judge
hanging offence
hanging tree
paperhanging
unexpected hanging paradox
wall hanging
wallhanging
Related terms: portière
portiere
yell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: yells
form: yelling
form: yelled
form: yelled
Etymology: From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Senses: glosses: To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
examples: text: He yelled directions to the party from the car.
glosses: To convey by shouting.
examples: text: If I come home late again, my dad is gonna yell at me.
glosses: To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
raw_tags: followed by at
Synonyms: sense: shout
word: call
sense: shout
word: cry
sense: shout
word: holler
sense: shout
word: shout
Derived terms: yell at
yeller
yell out
yell silently
Related terms: gale
yelp
yell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: yells
Etymology: From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
Senses: glosses: A shout.
examples: text: After the dinner a general reception was held in the spacious parlors of the hotel during which the occasion was very much enlivened with the old college songs and old college yells, which transported us all in mind and feelings[…]
ref: 1912, The Michigan Alumnus, volume 18, page 152:
glosses: A phrase to be shouted.
Derived terms: cell yell
give one a yell
rebel yell
Tarzan yell
yell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Etymology: Borrowed from Scots yeld (“ceasing to give milk”).
Senses: glosses: dry (of cow)
load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /loʊd/
ipa: /ləʊd/
homophone: lode
homophone: lowed
rhymes: -əʊd
Forms: form: loads
Etymology: Acronym of living online all day.
Senses: examples: text: She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!
glosses: A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.
wishbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪʃˌboʊn/
Forms: form: wishbones
Etymology: From wish + bone.
Senses: glosses: A forked bone between the neck and breast of a bird consisting chiefly of the two clavicles fused at their median or lower end, regarded as a lucky charm in some countries.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A spar in two parts, between which a sail is hoisted, the wishbone extending its clew.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any sailing vessel rigged with a wishbone.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: bone
glosses: A particular kind of offensive formation. See wishbone formation.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A suspension component similar in shape to a chicken wishbone.
Synonyms: sense: forked bone of a bird
word: furcula
sense: forked bone of a bird
word: merrythought
sense: forked bone of a bird
word: wishing bone
Derived terms: wishbone bush
wishbone flower
wishboning
wishbone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪʃˌboʊn/
Forms: form: wishbones
form: wishboning
form: wishboned
form: wishboned
Etymology: From wish + bone.
Senses: glosses: To form into a wishbone-like shape; to fork.
aperitif
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aperitifs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apéritif.
love-struck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more love-struck
form: most love-struck
form: lovestruck
Etymology: From love + struck.
Senses: examples: text: Fay Wray was hoisted into the air by the love-struck ape.
ref: 2003 July 7, New Yorker, page 84:
glosses: struck by (usually romantic) love; smitten.
Related terms: in love
4x4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔː(ɹ)baɪˈfɔː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: 4x4s
form: 4X4
form: 4×4
form: 4 × 4
form: 4X4
form: 4×4
form: 4 × 4
Etymology: From its dimensions (4 inches by 4 inches); the 'x' is a substitute for the multiplication symbol ×.
Senses: glosses: A piece of timber with a cross section of 4 inches square.
Related terms: 2x4
4x4
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɔː(ɹ)baɪˈfɔː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: 4x4s
form: 4X4
form: 4×4
form: 4 × 4
form: 4X4
form: 4×4
form: 4 × 4
Etymology: From various combinations of having four-wheel drive, having four wheels, and/or having a four-speed transmission.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A four-wheel vehicle with four-wheel drive.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A four-wheel-drive vehicle with a four-speed transmission.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Any vehicle with four-wheel drive.
Synonyms: 4by4
4 by 4
4-by-4
four by four
four-by-four
4WD
Derived terms: 4x4x4 - (4x4 with 4-wheel steering)
Related terms: 4x2 4-wheel vehicle with 2-wheel-drive(2WD)
8x8
6x6
noman
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: no man
form: no-man
Etymology: From Middle English noman, interpreted as no + man.
Senses: examples: text: Let noman deceaue you by ony meanes.
ref: 1548, The Beginning and Endynge of All Popery, or Popishe Kyngedome:
text: Which ſeing it is ſo, let noman wonder, that I, not miſtruſting anie whit the vniuerſal cauſe of the Catholiks, but miſdoubting mine own wit, and the ſhameleſſe ſhifts of our aduerſaries, haue chosen to dedicate this work to yͤ myſteri of thy glorious body and blood (Lord Ieſu Chriſt,)[…]
ref: 1566, Nicolas Saunder, The Supper of Our Lord Set Foorth According to the Truth of the Gospell and Catholike Faith:
text: […]that noman nowe, be he neuer ſo ignorante, can thinke, he maie iuſtely be excuſed.
ref: 1567, Iohn Iewel, A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a Certaine Booke Lately Set Foorthe by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation of &c., London: Henry VVykes:
glosses: Nobody.
Derived terms: noman's
Related terms: no man's land
Great Galactic Ghoul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Galactic Ghoul
Senses: examples: text: Considering the billions of dollars worth of spacecraft that the Great Galactic Ghoul has eaten in the past, the UK’s Beagle 2, at about $70 million, must have seemed like an insignificant little morsel—like eating a couple of grapes, when one really wants to have a T-bone steak.
ref: 2004 September 27, Taylor Dinerman, “Is the Great Galactic Ghoul losing his appetite?”, in The Space Review:
synonyms: Galactic Ghoul
glosses: A notional space monster invoked to explain the high failure rate of probes sent to Mars.
aphorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/
ipa: [ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zm̩]
Forms: form: aphorisms
Etymology: From Middle French aphorisme, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismós, “pithy phrase containing a general truth”), from ἀφορίζω (aphorízō, “I define, mark off or determine”), from ἀπό (apó, “off”) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “I divide, bound”), from ὅρος (hóros, “boundary”).
Senses: examples: text: As the promoters expected the overall size of the rail market to expand, it demonstrated the aphorism that 'a rising tide lifts all the boats' associated with the belief that improved services benefit all the participants.
ref: 2024 March 20, 'Industry Insider', “Open-access services”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 68:
synonyms: word: byword
word: saying
word: adage
word: saw
word: proverb
word: maxim
word: apothegm
word: apophthegm
word: dictum
word: gnome
word: gnomic saying
word: mantra
word: paroemia
glosses: A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
Derived terms: aphorismer
aphorismic
Related terms: aphorist
aphoristic
adage
apothegm
apophthegm
maxim
pearl of wisdom
tip