cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sheepdog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sheepdogs
form: sheepdogging
form: sheepdogged
form: sheepdogged
form: sheep dog
Etymology: From sheep + dog.
Senses: examples: text: Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...
ref: 1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
text: On June 14, with Kennedy personally sheepdogging it, the No Child Left Behind Act passed the Senate ninety-one to eight.
ref: 2009, Carl M. Cannon, Lou Dubose, Jan Reid, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Architect of George W. Bush's Remarkable Political Triumphs, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
glosses: To chaperon or shepherd.
semper-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕmʹpər
ipa: /ˈsɛmpə/
Etymology: From the Latin adverb semper (“always”).
Senses: glosses: always, unvarying
Related terms: sempervirent
sempervirid
sempervive
semper-vivens
sempervivum
sempervirent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt/
ipa: /sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/
Etymology: From Latin semper (“always”) + virēns, present participle of vireō (“be green”).
Senses: examples: text: A boxwood-lined path, presided over by a nostalgic-looking sempervirent sequoia (which American visitor mistook for a ‘Lebanese cedar’ – if they remarked it at all) took them to the absurdly misnamed rue du Mûrier […]
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 408:
glosses: Evergreen.
clingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪŋi/
rhymes: -ɪŋi
Forms: form: clingier
form: clingiest
Etymology: From cling + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a clingy minidress
text: I conceded I might have slightly mollified if it had been Wendy Rieger in that clingy leopard skin blouse she wears on Channel 4.
ref: 2003, Tony Kornheiser, I'm Back for More Cash (Because You Can't Take Two Hundred Newspapers into the Bathroom), page 255:
glosses: Having a tendency to cling.
examples: text: a clingy ex-girlfriend who won't stop calling
glosses: Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.
Synonyms: sense: all
word: clinging
word: close-fitting
sense: possessive over a lover
word: overattached
Derived terms: clingily
clinginess
unclingy
sempiternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɜː.nəl/
ipa: /ˌsɛm.pɪˈtɝ.nəl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From Old French sempiternel, from Medieval Latin sempiternālis, from Latin sempiternus, a contraction of semperæternus, from semper (“always”) + æternus (“eternal”).
Senses: examples: text: The one thing which we seek with insatiable desire is to forget ourselves, to be surprised out of our propriety, to lose our sempiternal memory, and to do something without knowing how or why; in short, to draw a new circle. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
ref: 1841, R[alph] W[aldo] Emerson, “Essay X. Circles.”, in Essays, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 265:
text: Why not sempiternal / Thou and I? Our vernal / Brightness keeping, / Time outleaping: / Passed the hodiernal!
ref: 1898, Thomas Hardy, “To Outer Nature”, in Wessex Poems and Other Verses, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, stanza 6, page 151:
text: As they moved through the shop, which existed in a sempiternal twilight by what light filtered through the grimy windows that had not been washed for years, Rita paused to say, "You said there was some good stuff among this junk. Point me out something you wouldn't be glad to give away to get rid of it."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 18:
text: [I]n filmdom, the sempiternal question continues: Can a male and female actor be just ‘good friends’?
ref: 2008 August 2, Shivangi Singh, “A sneak-peek at ‘just friends’ of filmdom!”, in Zee News:
glosses: Everlasting, eternal.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having infinite temporal duration, rather than outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether; everlasting.
Related terms: sempitern
sempiternally
sempiternity
sempiternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnəti/
ipa: /ˌsɛmpɪˈtɝnəti/
Etymology: From sempitern(al) + -ity, from Latin sempiternitas.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: Existence within time but infinitely into the future, as opposed to eternity, understood as existence outside time.
glosses: Eternity; a seemingly everlasting period of time.
Related terms: sempiternal
henceforward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /hɛnsˈfɔɹwɝd/
Etymology: From Middle English hennes forward, equivalent to hence + forward. Compare Middle English hens-forthward, hennes forthward (“henceforward”).
Senses: examples: text: In other words, what we can expect to see henceforward, provided that all Regions make the effort, is a welcome brightening-up of stations and improvement in the general standard of amenities.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255:
glosses: from now on; from this time on
Synonyms: henceforth
henceforwards see also Thesaurus:henceforth
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
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heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
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hereunto
hereupon
herewith
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herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
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thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
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wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
thereupon
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌðɛɹəˈpɑn/
ipa: /ˌðɛɹəˈpɔn/
ipa: /ˌðɛəɹəˈpɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: From Middle English therupon, theruppon. Equivalent to there + upon. Compare German darauf.
Senses: examples: text: Once John, being overtaken in drink on the roadside by the cottage, and dreaming that he was burning in hell, awoke and saw the old wife hobbling toward him. Thereupon he fled soberly to the hills, and from that day became a quiet-living, humble-minded Christian.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
glosses: Upon that; thereon.
glosses: In consequence, or by reason, of that; therefore.
glosses: Following that; forthwith; in sequence, but not necessarily in consequence.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
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wherearound
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whereat
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wherebeside
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wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
therewithal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + withal.
Senses: examples: 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode I, page 5.
[…] the Father hath hung above him a mighty stone that he would fain ward from his head, and therewithal he is fallen from joy.
glosses: in addition; besides; with all this/that
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
thereinafter
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɑːftə(ɹ)
-æftə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: in the following part (of a document or speech)
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
snake hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake hawks
Senses: glosses: the laughing falcon
nitrous oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not.
ref: 2024 September 23, Trace William Cowen, “What the Hell Is Galaxy Gas?”, in Complex:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: laughing gas
word: dinitrogen oxide
word: dinitrogen monoxide
word: hippy crack
word: E942
word: nos
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: nox
topics: automotive
vehicles
transport
word: NOx
word: N₂O
word: N2O
hypernyms: greenhouse gas
nox
NOx
glosses: A non-flammable gas (N₂O) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.
Related terms: gas and air
gas and air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An equal mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, used as a mild analgesic and anaesthetic, particularly during childbirth, for dental procedures, and in emergency medicine.
Synonyms: english: one particular brand
translation: one particular brand
word: Entonox
derogate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛɹəɡeɪt/
Forms: form: more derogate
form: most derogate
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English derogat(e) (“annulled, abrogated”, used participially and later as the past participle of derogaten), see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Senses: examples: text: The once made oblation of Christes is herby derogate, when this sacramentall oblation and offering of thankes geuing is beleued to be propiciatory, and that it purgeth the soule, as well of the lyuynge as of the deade, agaynst this saying to the Hebrues: with one only oblation he hath made perfect for euer those that are sanctyfyed. Agayne where is remission, there is no more oblation for synnes, making vs cleane by hym.
ref: 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, “The Martyrdom of Frankesh, Middleton and Sheterden”, in Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC, book V, page [1302]:
glosses: Derogated, annulled in part.
raw_tags: as a participle
examples: text: It may be ſo, my Lord.
Heare Nature, heare deere Goddeſſe, heare :
Suſpend thy purpoſe, if thou did'ſt intend To make this Creature fruitfull :
Into her Wombe conuey ſtirrility,
Drie vp in her the Organs of increaſe,
And from her derogate body, neuer ſpring
A Babe to honor her.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 289, column 1:
glosses: Debased, deteriorated.
Related terms: abrogate
arrogate
derogation
derogative
derogatory
interrogate
prorogue
surrogate
cuisine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪˈziːn/
ipa: /kəˈziːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: cuisines
Etymology: Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen.
Senses: examples: text: French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.
text: The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
glosses: A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
examples: text: For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness. […] Cookbooks covering cuisines that feature swicy flavor profiles are a great place to start.
ref: 2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal:
glosses: The food prepared using such style.
glosses: Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general.
synonyms: word: culinary art
extra: The art of preparing food in general
glosses: A kitchen or cooking department.
Synonyms: sense: characteristic style of preparing food
word: culinary art
sense: characteristic style of preparing food
word: kitchen
Derived terms: batterie de cuisine
chef de cuisine
fusion cuisine
haute cuisine
modernist cuisine
multicuisine
new Nordic cuisine
nouvelle cuisine
spa cuisine
subcuisine
Related terms: curry
gastronomy
gastronomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/
rhymes: -ɒnəmi
Forms: form: gastronomies
Etymology: From French gastronomie, from Ancient Greek γαστρονομία (gastronomía), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) + νόμος (nómos, “knowledge, law”); by surface analysis, gastro- (“cooking”) + -nomy (“a system of rules or laws about a particular field”).
Senses: glosses: The art of preparing and eating good food.
glosses: The study of the relationship between food and culture.
examples: text: The gastronomy of Mexico is world-famous.
glosses: The cooking of a particular area; cuisine.
Derived terms: bistronomy
gastrophysics
molecular gastronomy
neurogastronomy
Related terms: gastronome
gastro-
gastronomic
cooking
pass the parcel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer.
glosses: a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.
hide and seek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hide-and-seek
Senses: examples: text: I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.
ref: 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels:
qualifier: playground games
glosses: A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.
Synonyms: word: hide and coop
word: hide and go seek
laughing hyaena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughing hyaenas
Senses: glosses: Dated form of laughing hyena.
chanter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɑːntə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæntɚ/
rhymes: -æntə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɑːntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chanters
form: chantor
Etymology: From Middle English chauntour, from Old French chanteor, from Latin cantor; equivalent to chant + -er. Compare French chanteur. Doublet of cantor.
Senses: glosses: One who chants or sings.
glosses: A priest who sings in a chantry.
examples: text: the piper was near being strangled / They squeezed up his pipes, bellows, chanters and all.
ref: 1860s, anon, Lanigan's Ball (song)
glosses: The pipe of a bagpipe on which the melody is played.
glosses: The hedge sparrow.
glosses: One who sells horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
Derived terms: chantered
chantress
subchanter
bander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banders
Etymology: From band + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.
ref: 1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
synonyms: birdbander
glosses: Someone who bands birds.
examples: text: The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.
ref: 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75:
glosses: A device for putting metal bands around crates.
G&T
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: G&Ts
form: G & T
form: G and T
Senses: examples: text: The cocktail in Britain is a rigidly-defined social institution: each has its own particular meaning—the G & T is the alcoholic equivalent of the interview suit; Pernod and black is an alternative to glue sniffing for repentant trendies, etc.
ref: 2011, Mark Polonsky et al., USSR: From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, page 32:
glosses: Initialism of gin and tonic.
verballing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From verbal + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The putting of damaging remarks into the mouths of suspects during police interrogation
laughing dove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughing doves
Senses: glosses: A small pigeon (Spilopelia senegalensis) native to the tropics in Africa south of the Sahara; the Middle East; and southern Asia east to India.
Synonyms: sense: Spilopelia senegalensis
word: laughing turtle dove
sense: Spilopelia senegalensis
word: little brown dove
sense: Spilopelia senegalensis
word: palm dove
sense: Spilopelia senegalensis
word: Senegal dove
there she blows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: thar she blows
Senses: examples: text: "There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!"
"Where-away?"
"On the lee-beam, about two miles off! a school of them!"
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, chapter 47, in Moby Dick:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.
sighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/
homophone: citing
homophone: siting
rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
Forms: form: sightings
Senses: examples: text: There will be a small prize for the first sighting of a seal.
text: However, many people—including railwaymen—are only beginning to realise how great is the amount of civil engineering work necessary to achieve adequate clearances for high-voltage overhead equipment under bridges and tunnels; what is involved in the re-signalling needed to permit the increased throughput of traffic (in some places it is unavoidable, to afford better sighting of signals obscured by overhead electrical gear); [...].
ref: 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719:
text: It’s unclear exactly how many infected rabbits are hopping about, but Colorado Parks and Wildlife has received more than a dozen sightings, mostly in the northern part of the state.
ref: 2025 August 14, Angela Haupt, “What to Know About the Horned ‘Zombie’ Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado”, in TIME:
glosses: The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.
sighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/
homophone: citing
homophone: siting
rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sight
spouting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is propelled in a narrow stream or jet.
raw_tags: of a liquid
spouting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoutings
Senses: examples: text: Spoutings of lava shot from the crest of the volcano.
text: The spoutings of a large whale can be seen from a great distance.
text: After these spoutings, the great Geyser remained quiet the whole night ; the water in the meanwhile rose gradually, and the bason was filled about four in the morning.
ref: 1804, “The Boiling Water-Spouts of Iceland”, in R. S. Kirby, editor, Kirby′s Wonderful and Scientific Museum, volume 2, page 85:
text: The average interval between its spoutings is 78 minutes.
ref: 2002 February, Bob Sillery, “How it Works: Old Faithful”, in Popular Science, page 83:
text: Saint-Loup, for another thing, is by way of being a family black sheep: seemingly uninterested in social success, a devoted student of Nietzsche and Proudhon, we are told that his head was full of “socialistic spoutings,” and that he was “imbued with the most prgound contempt for his caste.”
ref: 2005, Joseph Frank, “5: Spatial Form in Modern Literature”, in Michael J. Hoffman, Patrick D. Murphy, editors, Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, page 70:
glosses: The process or result of something being spouted; that which is spouted.
examples: text: The spouting was filled with leaves and needed cleaning.
text: These items will include:
galvanised-steel spoutings and downpipes — if used[…].
ref: 1984, R. J. Willson, Building Your Own House: A Do-it-Yourself Guide to the New Zealand Timber Framed House, page 212:
text: The old house, neglected for so many years, needed painting and repairs: the roof leaked and the spoutings had rusted.
ref: 2002, Brenda Niall, The Boyds, Melbourne: University Press, published 2007, page 207:
text: Water trickles away from gutterings and down spoutings into the big water tank at the back of the house.
ref: 2003, Russell Stewart, The Dolphin, Canada: Trafford Publishing, page 9:
glosses: A gutter under the eaves of a building; guttering.
veggie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɛdʒi
Forms: form: veggies
Etymology: Clipping of vegetable and/or vegetarian + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: There was lots of rice, at least 20 different "veggies" and all kinds of soups.
ref: 1931, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, Yearbook of agriculture, page 13:
text: and eight small dishes of 'veggies,' as we have taught our children lovingly to term that important item of food known as vegetables.
ref: 1937, American cookery, volume 42, page 498:
glosses: A vegetable.
examples: text: Vegetarian/vegan meals at most colleges are only pretty average. They have a long way to go to provide nutritionally adequate and tasty food for veggies.
ref: 2018, Andrew Linzey, Clair Linzey, Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism:
glosses: A vegetarian.
Synonyms: topics: vegetable
food
lifestyle
word: veg
sense: vegetarian
word: veggo
Derived terms: veggie garden
veggie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɛdʒi
Forms: form: more veggie
form: most veggie
Etymology: Clipping of vegetable and/or vegetarian + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: One place was too crowded last time, another too expensive, a third she liked but he thought too "veggie."
ref: 1985, Ellen Goodman, Keeping in touch:
text: Diet for a Small Planet was also popular at the time, but it was a little too 'veggie,' a little too new for some people.
ref: 2001 January 20, “Simplicity of Mennonite cookbook makes converts”, in Dallas Morning News:
text: The main courses are heavy on beans and may be too veggie for the typical meat eater to swallow but side dishes are less exotic and just as healthy ...
ref: 2001 September 16, “Fighting cancer with a menu”, in Chicago Tribune:
text: Steven Beeson of Milwaukee won a blue ribbon with this very veggie entree
ref: 2004 September 1, “Pasta Thai a winner in new competition”, in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Journal-Sentinel:
glosses: Vegetarian; suitable for vegetarians; without meat.
examples: text: So we actually proved that the old folklore about a dense canopy leading to very veggie wines was true, Noble said.
ref: 1993 July 21, “Reading between the WINES”, in San Diego (California) Union-Tribune:
text: They're neither too sweet nor too veggie, but like the other bars, have more calories than a bucket of broccoli.
ref: 2009 February 4, “The Edgy Veggie: Some greens with that candy bar?”, in Oakland (California) Tribune:
glosses: Vegetable-like, vegetal
Synonyms: sense: vegetarian
word: veggo
Derived terms: veggie dog
veggie burger
veggieburger
sesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: seshes
Etymology: Clipping of session.
Senses: examples: text: 'We're not going to win a prize for graphics,' said Syd Silverman in a sesh this week.
ref: July 18, 1987, Financial Times, page 6:
text: "There's no opportunity either to take rhythm & blues or leave it alone at this sesh at the Apollo."
ref: 2005, Bruce Pegg, Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry, Routledge, page 51:
text: “Thank you in advance for respecting my family's privacy-- don't touch me-- while we deal with this isolated incident in which my husband flashed and mooned the beautiful voters of Staten Island after a poorly-timed masturbation sesh.”
ref: 2023 July 27, Max Brockman & Shana Gohd, “The Campaign” (21:47 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5, episode 4, spoken by Evie Russell (Vanessa Bayer):
glosses: A session.
A period of time spent engaged in some group activity.
examples: text: Then it was on to the wallride for a sesh where numerous tricks were thrown down.
ref: 2007 April 11, Dave Driscoll, “Get Off the Bus Tour: Update #2”, in Transworld Snowboarding Magazine, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2007:
text: Halo sesh
ref: 2002, (Usenet):
text: Went out for a quick sesh today in Huntington. Wore my spring suit.
ref: 2003, (Usenet):
glosses: A session.
An informal social get-together or meeting to perform a group activity.
examples: text: Empty lager bottles […] signified that Hans and Fritz also knew the joys of a desert sesh.
ref: 1944, George Netherwood, Desert Squadron, Cairo: R. Schindler, page 119:
text: Impulse buys one Saturday afternoon, after a lunchtime sesh in the Ox[…]
ref: 1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: A session.
A period of sustained social drinking or recreational drug taking.
glosses: A session.
A period of sustained cannabis smoking.
Derived terms: seshy
sesh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Forms: form: seshes
form: seshing
form: seshed
form: seshed
Etymology: Clipping of session.
Senses: glosses: To take part in a period of sustained cannabis smoking.
bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowl
bowling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊlɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈbɒʊɫɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈboʊlɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; ten-pin bowling/five-pin bowling
glosses: Candlepin bowling.
glosses: Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
glosses: A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
glosses: The action of the verb bowl.
glosses: Road bowling.
Derived terms: bowling alley
bowling average
bowling bag
bowling ball
bowling club
bowling crease
bowling figures
bowling-green
bowling green
Bowling Green
bowling shirt
bowling shoe
bowlliards
buffet bowling
cafeteria bowling
candlepin bowling
carpet bowling
collar the bowling
cosmic bowling
declaration bowling
fast bowling
fivepin bowling
lawn bowling
pace bowling
sharp as a bowling ball
sport bowling
ten-pin bowling
Related terms: word: bowl
word: bowler
word: bowls
word: lawn bowls
word: boules
word: crown green bowling
word: ninepins
word: skittles
roman: emoji
word: 🎳
Parsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹsənz/
Etymology: An occupational surname for a child or a servant of a parson.
* In the United States adopted by bearers of one or more similar sounding Jewish surnames, and of the Swedish surnames Pärsson and Persson.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Labette County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Decatur County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Ellipsis of Parsons Island.
Derived terms: Parsons code
Parsonsian
parsonsite
Parsons problem
Parsons puzzle
Parsons table
parson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːs(ə)n/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹsən/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)sən
Forms: form: parsons
Etymology: From Middle English persoun, from Anglo-Norman, Old French persone (“parson, person”), from Medieval Latin persona (“parson, person”), from Latin persona (“person”). Doublet of person and persona.
Senses: synonyms: rector
;
autem bawler
autem jet
hypernyms: cleric
coordinate_terms: vicar
glosses: An Anglican cleric having full legal control of a parish under ecclesiastical law.
hypernyms: minister
;
cleric
glosses: A Protestant minister.
examples: text: a lewde curate,
A parson benyfyced
But nothynge well advysed.
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 35–37:
hypernyms: priest
;
cleric
glosses: A Roman Catholic priest of an independent parish church.
Derived terms: Fleet parson
hedge parson
hunting parson
parsonage
parsonarchy
parson bird
parsondom
Parson Drove
parsoned
parsoness
parsonhood
parsonic
parsonical
parson imparsonee
parson-in-the-pulpit
parsonish
parsonlike
parsonly
Parson Russell
Parsons Green
Parson's Heath
parsonship
parson's nose
Parson Trulliber
squarson
intelligible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɛləd͡ʒəbəl/
rhymes: -ɛlədʒəbəl
Forms: form: more intelligible
form: most intelligible
Etymology: From Middle French intelligible, from Old French, from Latin intelligibilis.
Senses: examples: text: Italian and Spanish are partially mutually intelligible languages.
text: That comment seemed to anger Ingraham, who called James’ view a “barely intelligible, not to mention ungrammatical take on President Trump.”
ref: 2018 February 17, Devan Cole, “LeBron James: ‘I am more than an athlete’”, in CNN:
glosses: Capable of being understood; clear to the mind.
Synonyms: understandable
Derived terms: intelligibility
intelligibleness
intelligibly
interintelligible
mutually intelligible
unintelligible
Related terms: legible
Blue Ensign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Blue Ensign
Senses: glosses: Originally, the flag of the Rear Admiral's squadron in the English fleet.
glosses: The flag flown by a British naval auxiliary vessel. Members of certain British yacht clubs may also fly a blue ensign if it has been defaced by the inclusion of an insignia in the fly.
unintelligible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒɪbəl/
Forms: form: more unintelligible
form: most unintelligible
Etymology: From un- + intelligible.
Senses: examples: text: And indeed, my lord, there are so many passages in your writing in this controversy with me, which for their construction, as well as otherwise, are so unintelligible to me, that if I should be so unmannerly as to measure your understanding by mine, I should not know what to think of them.
ref: 1697, John Locke, Letter to the Bishop of Worcester (second reply)
text: They have ſwallowed and digeſted all the Fathers, the Codes, Provincials, Decretals, Pandects, Councils, Canons ; are Maſters of all the Schoolmen, not to fill their Heads and ſtuff their Writings with Quiddities and Quoddities, and far-fetched unintelligible Diſtinctions, but to be able to reaſon cloſely, to argue ſolidly, to rebuke, to confute, to reply, to rejoind, to ſyllogize, to criticize, to apologize, to advertize, to ſermonize, to decypherize, to――
ref: 1744, A Dialogue Between the Rev. Mr. Jenkin Evans and Mr. Peter Dobson, concerning Bishops., London: M. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noſter-row, →OCLC, page 37:
text: The curious feature of the art was that "horse-whisperers" actually talked to the animal, usually from mouth to ear, in an unintelligible tongue; which, however, the horses appeared to understand.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 216:
text: Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.
ref: 1953 August, “Station Announcements”, in Railway Magazine, page 506:
text: Lately, a study was made of oracle-bone inscriptions excavated in 1899 in the T'ang-yin county, 湯陰縣, of Honan Province and amounting to several thousand pieces, having unintelligible inscriptions whose dates nobody could determine.
ref: 1959, Liang Ch’i-ch’ao, translated by Immanuel C. Y. Hsü, Intellectual Trends in the Ch’ing Period [清代學術概論], Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xxxiv:
english: 清代學術概論
translation: 清代學術概論
glosses: Not intelligible; unable to be understood.
Synonyms: inscrutable
unexplainable
Related terms: incomprehensible
unfathomable
fathomless
trainee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹeɪˈni/
ipa: [tʃɹeɪˈni]
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: trainees
Etymology: From train + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
glosses: A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.
Synonyms: english: medical
translation: medical
word: orientee
Related terms: apprentice
buddy
intern
work shadowing
idiolect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪd.i.əʊ̯.lɛkt/
ipa: /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
ipa: /ˈɪd.i.ə.lɛkt/
ipa: /ˈɘ.di.ɐʉ.lekt/
Forms: form: idiolects
Etymology: From idio- + -lect.
Senses: examples: text: She perfected the fictional idiolect, fashioning habits of speaking for even minor characters that rendered them utterly singular.
ref: 2012, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved, page 3:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The language variant used by a specific individual.
Derived terms: idiolectal
idiolectic
idiolectical
Related terms: idioculture
malevolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlɛvələnt/
Forms: form: more malevolent
form: most malevolent
Etymology: From Middle English *malevolent (suggested by Middle English malevolence), from Old French malivolent and Latin malevolentem, from male (“badly, wrongly”) + volens (“willing, wishing”), from velle (“to wish”).
Senses: examples: text: In Iraq the bullying continued. After she witnessed the death of a colleague, Manning felt how “with enough grief, adrenaline and fear”, war can turn anyone “amoral, even malevolent”.
ref: 2022 October 27, Simon Parkin, “README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – secrets and spies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others.
examples: text: Vela, Javier Hernández and Lozano switched positions with a thrillingly malevolent sense of purpose.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: Having an evil or harmful influence.
Synonyms: evil
Derived terms: malevolently
omnimalevolent
unmalevolent
Related terms: malevolence
repaper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: repapers
form: repapering
form: repapered
form: repapered
Etymology: From re- + paper.
Senses: examples: text: "And you bought the house?" "Well, it was re-papered and painted and fumigated, and done up outside."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: To apply new wallpaper to, either by first stripping the old wallpaper off, or by papering over the top.
photocopier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocopiers
Etymology: From photocopy + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Now the chintzy nameplate is all that distinguishes his work space from those of the photocopier repairperson, diet food company, and kitchen designer down the hall.
ref: 1998 December 18, Peter Margasak, “Punk Planet's New Atmosphere”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A machine which reproduces documents by photographing the original over a glass plate and printing duplicates.
wikipedia: Fuji Xerox
Konica Minolta
Singapore Management University
Taiwan
automatic document feeder
Synonyms: sense: by ellipsis
word: copier
word: photoduplicator
Hyponyms: xerox machine
xerography machine
Derived terms: laser copier
digital copier
ingredient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
ipa: /ɪŋˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/
note: in very rapid speech
ipa: /ɪnˈɡɹiːd͡ʒənt/
Forms: form: ingredients
Etymology: From Middle French ingredient, from Latin ingrediens, present participle of ingredior (“I go or enter into or onto”).
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: mixture; whole
text: Near-synonyms: constituent, component
text: The ingredients of a Spanish omelette are potatoes, eggs, onion, and a little salt.
text: By way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients.
ref: 1704, I[saac] N[ewton], “(please specify |book=1 to 3)”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. […], London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:
text: Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids.
ref: 1731, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Nature of Aliments, and the Choice of Them, According to the Different Constitutions of Human Bodies. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC:
glosses: One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food.
examples: text: Holonym: end result
text: Innovation is just one ingredient for continued growth.
text: Patience and understanding are key ingredients for a long-lasting marriage.
glosses: A necessary element to achieve a certain goal; a component.
Derived terms: active ingredient
bioingredient
inactive ingredient
ingredient deck
microingredient
Related terms: word: ingress
english: sometimes hyponymous
translation: sometimes hyponymous
word: foodstuff
future proof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more future proof
form: most future proof
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of future-proof.
future proof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: future proofs
form: future proofing
form: future proofed
form: future proofed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of future-proof.
dependant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɛndənt/
Forms: form: more dependant
form: most dependant
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Smith has this morning exercised the privilege of riches upon a poor dependant cousin, by sending me on business to London.
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 177:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of dependent.
examples: text: However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]
ref: 2006 April 27, Sylvia Moosmüller, Theodor Granser, “The spread of Standard Albanian: An illustration based on an analysis of vowels”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 18, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of dependent.
Derived terms: dependancy
dependant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɛndənt/
Forms: form: dependants
Senses: glosses: UK and Commonwealth standard spelling of dependent.
phenomena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈnɒm.ɪ.nə/
ipa: /fɪˈnɑm.ɪ.nə/
rhymes: -ɒmɪnə
Forms: form: phænomena
form: phœnomena
Etymology: The plural form of phenomenon, formed according to the Ancient Greek -ον (-on) → -α (-a) pluralisation pattern.
Senses: examples: text: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of phenomenon