cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
witan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtən/
Forms: form: witans
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English witan, plural of wita (“wise man”).
Senses: examples: text: But in estimating the powers of the witan, we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence.
ref: 1833, S. A. Dunham, Europe in the Middle Ages, Green & Longman, page 48:
text: The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.
ref: 1889, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution:
glosses: The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot.
mahogany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈhɒɡəni/
ipa: /məˈhɑɡəni/
rhymes: -ɒɡəni
Forms: form: more mahogany
form: most mahogany
form: mahoganey
form: mahoganee
form: mahogeney
form: mahogeny
form: mohogeny
form: mohogeney
form: mahagony
form: mahagoney
Etymology: A word of unknown origin, concocted in either English or Middle Dutch from one or more exotic phytonyms and common European words.
Alternatively from Portuguese mogano, mógono, obsolete forms of mogno, itself of unknown origin (often suggested to be from the English word instead of the reverse), perhaps from an extinct indigenous language, such as a Mayan language originally spoken in Honduras or a South American language, but no known cognates survive. Another theory attempts to link Yoruba moganwo (“trees”, literally “tall ones”), but this has been criticized.
Senses: glosses: Made of mahogany.
glosses: Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.
FCS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of Football Championship Subdivision.
FCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of frame check sequence.
glosses: Initialism of fellow of the Chemical Society.
glosses: Initialism of family and consumer sciences.
sixth form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixth forms
form: 6th form
Etymology: Earlier educational naming conventions in public schools termed every two years of education "forms" (itself sometimes said to be from form (“bench”), where students of certain ages would sit together, though disputed, or alternatively from form (“established method of expression or practice”)), where Years 12 and 13 (i.e. ages 16 to 18) was the "sixth" and final form. State schools adopted the term "sixth form" and retained it when the rest of the form structure was dropped.
Senses: examples: text: Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form.
Maister: What a thing is this?
N: He is sick in bed.
M: How do you know?
N: One of the scholars in his house told me so.
ref: 1653, Corderius, Colloquia scholastica Anglo-Latina, […] 1653, page 220:
topics: education
qualifier: UK except Scotland
glosses: The final two years of secondary education, during which students of about 16 to 18 years of age prepare for their A-level examinations or equivalent qualifications.
glosses: a sixth form college.
Related terms: lower sixth
upper sixth
sixth form college
college
mito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Without consulting the girl’s doctor at Tufts, Boston Children’s concluded that the girl’s problem was not mito, but largely psychiatric, according to The Boston Globe.
ref: 2015 July 11, Maxine Eichner, “The New Child Abuse Panic”, in New York Times:
glosses: Mitochondrial disease.
sexo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sex + -o.
Senses: glosses: sex (sexual intercourse)
conjunto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjuntos
Senses: examples: text: In 1962, he joined Eddie Palmieri’s seminal band, La Perfecta, which challenged the big band scene with a smaller, conjunto lineup that called for fewer players and more improvisation.
ref: 2009 April 13, A. E. Velez, “Manny Oquendo, Latin Band Leader and Stylistic Innovator, Dies at 78”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba.
examples: text: […] conjunto is also evolving as a popular-music style. Younger musicians who once rejected conjunto and the accordion in the 1970s and 1980s, or those musicians who stopped performing due to lack of interest in conjunto, have […]
ref: 2012, Helena Simonett, The Accordion in the Americas, page 99:
glosses: The style of music played by such groups.
NN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: net neutrality, network neutrality
glosses: neural network
examples: text: The fury of every god and every goddess, the great living one, lalat / ’bareshak eye of Ethiopia be cast upon NN, the son of NN, and NN, the daughter of NN.
ref: 1996, Janet H. Johnson, ed. Hans Dieter Betz, The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Including the Demotic Spells, Second Edition, Volume One: Texts, page 217, PDM xiv. 366–75
glosses: nomen nescio
qualifier: twelve
glosses: Abbreviation of noon.
raw_tags: modifying a numeral
NN
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: the prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, the expansion called the Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars
NN
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Not now
glosses: No name, an unreleased song without an official title
glosses: Night night
topics: video-games
glosses: Nice nade
glosses: Netscape Navigator, a former web browser
Synonyms: sense: stars
word: Gliese
sense: stars
word: Gl
sense: stars
word: GJ
Related terms: word: 12 NN
word: 12NN
sense: stars
word: Wo
vada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːdə/
Forms: form: vadas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā).
Senses: examples: text: I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
ref: 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 204:
glosses: A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia.
vada
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːdə/
Forms: form: vadas
form: vadaing
form: vada'd
form: vada'd
form: varder
Etymology: Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”)
Senses: examples: text: […]"The mummers have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession^([sic]) generally use. […]
"'Vada the glaze' is—Look at the window.[…]"
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Our Street Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 3, published 1861, Strolling Actors, page 139:
text: You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.
ref: 1967, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, “Gaslight Son of Flicker”, in Round the Horne, spoken by Sandy (Kenneth Williams):
text: Though she's a bimbo bit of hard, / she’s royal and tart. And girl, you know / vadaing her eek is always bona.
ref: 2015 October 12, Adam Lowe, “Poem of the week: Vada That”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To look (at), to see
Synonyms: look
Related terms: batata vada
vada pav
intracardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cardiac.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Inside the heart.
Derived terms: intracardiacally
MSAU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: MAU: a hub for a Token Ring network.
MAU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MAUs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of media/multiple attachment unit: a connectivity device for a token ring network.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of monthly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service.
token ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: token rings
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.
ring topology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring topologies
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network topology in which, in the physical case, every node of a network is connected to exactly two other nodes: one node designated as upstream and the other as downstream. A given node receives data from its upstream node and sends data to its downstream node.
mountainous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tə.nəs/
ipa: [ˈmæʊn.tn̩.əs]
ipa: [-ʔn̩-]
ipa: [ˈmæ̃ʊ̃(n)-]
ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈmaʊn.tə.nəs/
ipa: /ˈmæɔn.tɪ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈmæʊn.tə.nəs/
Forms: form: more mountainous
form: most mountainous
Etymology: From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).
Senses: examples: text: [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]
ref: 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXIX, page 184:
text: The mountainous nature of Norway has always been a serious obstacle to the development of railways, and although some 2,700 route miles are now open for traffic, several schemes have yet to be completed.
ref: 1956 April, H. A. Vallance, “To Oslo via Stavanger”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
text: 2024, Simon Montlake, In mountainous North Carolina, residents are the first responders after Hurricane Helene, in: The Christian Science Monitor, October 1 2024, headline
In mountainous North Carolina, residents are the first responders after Hurricane Helene[.]
glosses: Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
examples: text: But the added size did not give them an advantage this time. Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own.
ref: 2016 November 28, Mike Vorkunov, “Despite Flash of Rose’s Prime, Knicks Are Dazed by Westbrook and Thunder”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
glosses: Very difficult.
raw_tags: of a problem or task
glosses: Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.
Derived terms: word: intramountainous
word: mountainously
word: mountainousness
word: nonmountainous
word: unmountainous
Related terms: word: mountain
word: hilly
headgear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: headgears
Etymology: From head + gear.
Senses: examples: text: Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 296:
glosses: Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc.
glosses: The harness that fits on a horse's head.
glosses: The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The rigging on the foresail.
qualifier: orthodontics
glosses: A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems.
Synonyms: topics: clothing
textiles
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
business
word: headdress
word: headwear
sense: harness on a horse's head
word: bridle
punch card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch cards
form: punchcard
Senses: glosses: A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
examples: text: Programming by typing C++ or Python yourself might eventually seem as ridiculous as issuing instructions in binary onto a punch card.
ref: 2023 November 13, James Somers, “A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent.
Such a card, the size of a US dollar bill and having 80 columns of 12 rows, used in early mainframe computers.
glosses: A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.
Synonyms: sense: card with holes or notches
word: index card
sense: card with holes or notches
word: punched card
sense: card used in early mainframe computers
word: punched card
sense: card used in early mainframe computers
word: Hollerith card
Related terms: multipunch
serves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝvz/
ipa: /sɜːvz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of serve
serves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɝvz/
ipa: /sɜːvz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vz
Senses: examples: text: His serves did not clear the volleyball net.
glosses: plural of serve
turners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turner
glutinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡluːtɪnəs/
Forms: form: more glutinous
form: most glutinous
Etymology: From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food
ref: 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:
glosses: Glue-like, sticky, viscid.
glosses: Of the nature of gluten.
glosses: Containing gluten.
Synonyms: word: glutinaceous
Derived terms: glutinous hag
glutinously
glutinousness
glutinous rice
non-glutinous
nonglutinous
unglutinous
glint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: glints
Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
Senses: examples: text: I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun.
text: To be plunged straight into the old nut and bolt shop, as was the writer's experience, during a spell of cloudless June Weather was a real hardship, and the mind kept flitting back to the glint of blue water under willow trees and the click of ball on bat on a quiet spacious greensward.
ref: 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
glosses: A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface.
examples: text: "My name is Elphinstone, ma'am," said the young man, and then he cleared his throat and gave a glint at Mary, and grew redder in the face than ever.
ref: 1849, chapter V, in Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, page 147:
text: Are ye the gentleman that’s speering for my hayreens—they’re fresh this morning—cast a glint at them, sir, and you’ll say you neever saw rubies, emeralds, and silver, and gold, sparkle sa boneely as the finny jewels that dazzle ye in this wee basket.
ref: c. 1858, Charles Selby, The Bonnie Fish Wife: An Original Musical Interlude in One Act, Lacy's Acting edition, London: Thomas Hailes Lacy, Scene II, page 15:
text: “[…] I also remember the following dialogue in the Suffolk vernacular between a neighbouring farmer and his backus (¹) boy :—‘I sa, Mester?’ ‘ Well, bor.’ (²) ‘If thar ain't Sillett's owd razor-backed hogs broke out agin. That thar owd sarpint of a sow ha' got her snout under the gate, and lifted it off the jimmers, (³) and I ketched a glint (⁴) of the rest on 'em skrigglin' (⁵) thar way through the shruff (⁶) in the hedge holl (⁷) and making another gap right atwin (⁸) the stub-apple (⁹) and the touch-wood (¹⁰) tree, and tha ha' bin' a pamplin' (¹¹) all over the land, and rootin (¹²) up our taters, and not one on 'em ringled (¹³). Mester, I think we'd better pound 'em.'” (¹⁴)
ref: 1875, Frederick Clifford, chapter XII, in The Agricultural Lock-out of 1874 […], Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, page 281:
glosses: A brief look; a glance.
Derived terms: glint in the milkman's eye
sunglint
glint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: more glint
form: most glint
Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
Senses: examples: text: The knife is glint.
glosses: Not sharp; dull.
raw_tags: of a blade
glint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
Forms: form: glints
form: glinting
form: glinted
form: glinted
Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.
Senses: examples: text: A wedding ring glinted on her finger.
text: Thor glared at him [...] what little light there was in the place mustered its forces briefly to glint menacingly off the horns of his helmet.
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 110:
glosses: To flash or gleam briefly.
examples: text: The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin'
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, The Holy Fair:
text: There was Clavers and six wild dragoons standin’ ranged in a raw, wi’ their muskets in hand, and a form kneelin’ on the grass afore them. I saw the flash o’ the guns, and as I turned to glint at the mangled corpse, oh, mither!
ref: 1847 November 6, “Lilly Begg: A Tale of the Times of the Covenant”, in Hogg's Weekly Instructor, volume VI, number 141, page 168, column 1:
glosses: To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
examples: text: The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […]
ref: 1980, Inquiry Magazine:
glosses: To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
examples: text: The sun glints grass and corn.
glosses: To dry; to wither.
Derived terms: aglint
glinty
scallywag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskælɪwæɡ/
Forms: form: scallywags
form: scalawag
form: scalliwag
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard
examples: text: But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
ref: 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
glosses: A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal
Derived terms: scally
prophase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prophases
Etymology: From pro- + phase.
Senses: glosses: The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes.
glosses: The first stage of meiosis.
Related terms: prometaphase
metaphase
anaphase
telophase
antemeridiem
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ante meridiem.
post meridiem
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: pm
form: PM
form: p.m.
form: postmeridiem
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin post merīdiem, from Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”).
Senses: examples: text: Some new Commissions produced, and Additions made to Committees, eodem die, Sess. 7. post meridiem.
ref: 1725, Church of Scotland. General Assembly, “Index of the ACTS of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland held in the Year 1725, which are not here printed.”, in Compilation of Scans of The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 1721–1730, digitised for George Mosman in 2008, (mistitled by Google Books as if relating to 1721 only), Edinburgh, Scotland: James Davidson & Robert Fleming, 5th Section: The Principal Acts of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Conveened [sic] at Edinburgh, the 6th of May, 1725, page 29 of 1725 Section, 5th page of Index):
text: 1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition, George Bell, page 237,
The civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon.
text: 1923, Christopher Morley, The Powder of Sympathy, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 84,
We reached that amiable town around two hours post meridiem, exceedingly hungry from our anxieties en route.
glosses: After noon, in the afternoon.
mires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mire
mires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mire
overconfident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/
Forms: form: more overconfident
form: most overconfident
Etymology: From over- + confident.
Senses: examples: text: The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident.
ref: 2020 April 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “We used to moan about normal life, now our fear is we'll never get it back”, in The Guardian:
text: By propagating a "reality distortion field"—that is, mesmerizing potential employees, investors, and strategic partners so they focus on a startup's world-changing potential rather than on its real-world risks—overconfident and charismatic founders in particular are able to persuade people to commit resources under terms favorable to their new venture.
ref: 2021, Tom Eisenmann, Why Startups Fail, Crown, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: Too confident.
synonyms: overweening
glosses: Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.
Derived terms: overconfidently
Related terms: insolent
conceited
foolhardy
cocky
degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɡɹiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: plural of degree
internym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internyms
Etymology: From inter- + -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban.
Senses: examples: text: Madeleine "why don't we just call the damn thing the "internym"?" Page
ref: 1997 February 23, Madeleine Page, “Epenthetics revisited”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
text: Madeleine "internym goes here" Page
ref: 1997 July 29, Madeleine Page, “Photographs in bars”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
text: I'm experimenting with the internym after seeing it so artfully used by others on other newsgroups.
ref: 1998 October 19, Rick Denney, “Our RST "middle names"...”, in rec.sport.triathlon (Usenet):
text: Michael "please destroy that message after reading[5]" Kuettner[6]
[…]
[5] This internym was inserted by the NSA to discredit [1]
ref: 2005 October 16, Michael Kuettner, “I know, it's not glass, but hey...”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):
glosses: A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post.
Burdett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An English surname from French derived from the French surnames Burdette, Bourdette, and back to Bourdet.
glosses: A hamlet in the County of Forty Mile, No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Pawnee County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in the town of Hector, Schuyler County, New York.
thespian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɛspi.ən/
ipa: /ˈθɛzbi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛspiən
Forms: form: more thespian
form: most thespian
form: Thespian
Etymology: From Latin Thespis, from the name of the Ancient Greek actor Thespis (fl. 6th century BCE), from Θέσπις (Théspis) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
thespian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɛspi.ən/
ipa: /ˈθɛzbi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛspiən
Forms: form: thespians
form: Thespian
Etymology: From Latin Thespis, from the name of the Ancient Greek actor Thespis (fl. 6th century BCE), from Θέσπις (Théspis) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An actor or player.
Derived terms: thesp
chary
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛəɹi/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeː.ɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃeɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɜːɹɪ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
homophone: cherry (Mary–marry–merry merger)
homophone: cheery (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: more chary
form: most chary
Etymology: From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care + -y.
The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care.
Senses: examples: text: O therefore loue be of thy ſelfe ſo wary, / As I not for my ſelfe, but for thee will, / Bearing thy heart, which I will keep ſo chary / As tender nurſe her babe from faring ill, [...]
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 22”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, lines 11–12:
synonyms: word: cannily
word: carefully
word: charily
word: chary
word: conservatively
word: discreetly
word: gingerly
word: prudently
word: safely
word: tentatively
word: warily
word: charily
extra: carefully, cautiously, warily
antonyms: carelessly
incautiously
uncarefully
uncautiously
unwarily
glosses: Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.
lamer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Etymology: From lame + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lame: more lame
lamer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪmə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lamers
Etymology: From lame + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld.
ref: 1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.
ref: 2009, John Impagliazzo, Timo Järvi, Petri Paju, editors, History of Nordic Computing 2 […] , Springer, →ISBN, page 298:
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
games
gaming
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: elite
glosses: A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence.
laserpicium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lasarpicium
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laserpicium.
Senses: glosses: silphium resin
lawlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lawlessnesses
Etymology: From lawless + -ness.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: Wild West, free-for-all
synonyms: unlaw#Noun
antonyms: law
rule of law
law and order
glosses: A lack of law; a lack of law and order; anarchy.
examples: text: Houseless and Homeless. The estimate of the New York Housing Conference Secretary, Mr. Edward P. Doyle, that it will take half a billion dollars to overcome the present housing shortage, is probably not an exaggerated presentation of the plight New York is in in this respect. Furthermore, the housing-shortage conditions of New York reflect, proportionately, the conditions prevalent in almost every large city in the country. We seem to be threatened with widespread houselessness and homelessness, for the pitiable makeshifts to which so many are driven by house shortage, and the consequent exorbitant rents, are appalling travesties of what American homes should be. Just what Mr. Walter Stabler, Comptroller of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, meant when he said that "unless radical action is taken something drastic will happen," is not quite clear. "Something drastic" is a pretty vague term. Mr. Stabler could hardly mean riotous invasions of the premises of the "ins" by infuriated mobs of the "outs." Houselessness is undoubtedly a breeder of lawlessness, but it is not open to direct-action remedies of the bread riot variety which sheer hunger not infrequently precipitates. If people have not a place to lay their heads at night, not because they are penniless but because there are no roofs to shelter them, about the only thing they can do is to camp in parks and suburban fields. It has even come to that in Newark, and it may come to that elsewhere unless there is relief of some sort.
ref: 1920 June 26, Harvey's Weekly, volume 3, number 26, page 14:
text: The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, created in the 1950s to break the mob’s grip on the docks, became its own bastion of corruption and lawlessnesses, according to a scathing report from the released on Tuesday after a nearly two-year investigation by the state inspector general’s office.
ref: 2009 December 8, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Corruption Found at Waterfront Watchdog”, in The New York Times:
text: We’re in decline because a spirit of lawlessness, shamelessness and brainlessness has become a leading feature of a conservative movement that was supposed to be a bulwark against all three.
ref: 2023 August 28, Gail Collins and Bret Stephens, “Vivek Ramaswamy Is Suddenly Part of Our Political Life”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: unlaw#Noun
unlawfulness
antonyms: lawfulness
glosses: Defiance of the law; outlawry, exorbitant levels of crime.
Related terms: lawgiver
lawmaker
Big5
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bɪɡ faɪv/
Etymology: Defined by collaboration among five major computer companies in Taiwan.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A character encoding method for Traditional Chinese characters.
mod.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mod.
mod.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of modern.
FU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FUs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of follow-up.
FU
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Initialism of fine used (in stamp descriptions).
FU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Rodney’s English was pretty basic that first year, but, according to Elesin, their face said FU, no translation needed.
ref: 2021, Isabel Waidner, Sterling Karat Gold, Peninsula Press, page 133:
glosses: Abbreviation of fuck you.
Derived terms: FU money
ores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːz/
ipa: /ɔɹz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
homophone: oars
homophone: ors
Senses: glosses: plural of ore
oars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːz/
ipa: /ɔɹz/
homophone: ores
homophone: ors
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of oar
oars
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːz/
ipa: /ɔɹz/
homophone: ores
homophone: ors
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oar
white phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The IDF spokesperson provided no comment on whether it had halted the practice, or the reported use of white phosphorus in Gaza, a densely populated area and home to more than 2 million people.
ref: 2023 October 9, Ruth Michaelson, Ben Doherty, “Israel ‘going on the offensive’ after retaking territories overrun by Hamas”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The most common allotrope of phosphorus; a yellow-white waxy solid that is insoluble in water and spontaneously combusts on exposure to air to form clouds of phosphorus pentoxide; used as a military smokescreen and as an incendiary weapon.
Synonyms: icy noctiluca
yellow phosphorus
yellow phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of white phosphorus.
synonyms: word: white phosphorus
red phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: white phosphorus
glosses: A stable allotrope of phosphorus, used in the manufacture of safety matches, pesticides, etc.
black phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The least reactive of the allotropes of phosphorus; it has no significant commercial use.
Coordinate terms: english: the graphene analogous derivative of black phosphorus, where black phosphorus is a graphite analog
translation: the graphene analogous derivative of black phosphorus, where black phosphorus is a graphite analog
word: phosphorene
violet phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of phosphorus that can be produced by day-long annealing of red phosphorus above 550 °C.
phosphorus pentoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the compound, P₂O₅, formed by the spontaneous combustion of white phosphorus in air; it reacts violently with water to form phosphoric acid and is used as a powerful desiccating agent
Claude glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Claude glasses
Etymology: Named after French painter Claude Lorrain (c. 1600–1682).
Senses: synonyms: Claude Lorraine glass
black mirror
glosses: A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, once used by artists to view landscapes and produce works similar to those of Claude Lorrain.
snare drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snare drums
Senses: glosses: A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.
Synonyms: english: United Kingdom
translation: United Kingdom
word: side drum
english: orchestral music
translation: orchestral music
word: tamburo piccolo
Derived terms: snare drummer
bass drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪsˌdɹʌm/
Forms: form: bass drums
Senses: glosses: a large drum with a low pitch
Derived terms: bass drummer
drum roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drum rolls
form: drumroll
Senses: glosses: A sound produced by hitting a drum repeatedly and rhythmically over short intervals.
drumstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌmˌstɪk/
Forms: form: drumsticks
form: drum stick
Etymology: From drum + stick.
Senses: glosses: A stick used to play drums.
glosses: The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
examples: text: She could imagine the taste of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee (fiction), translation of original in Assamese:
glosses: The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
examples: text: At a given signal, from the boss of the hack, who stands door in hand, the young lady gathers her clothes well up her drumsticks, and would you believe, two steps or springs only, like those of a kangaroo, take her into the house.
ref: 1855, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Nature and Human Nature, page 235:
glosses: A person's leg.
Synonyms: sense: chicken
word: chicken leg
sense: chicken
word: drummer
Coordinate terms: sense: chicken
word: chicken thigh
sense: chicken
word: thigh
Related terms: sense: chicken
word: drumette
curtsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝtsɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɜːtsɪ/
Forms: form: curtsies
form: curtseys
form: courtesy
form: curtsy
Etymology: Shortened from courtesy, 16th c.
Senses: examples: text: I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
text: Wid. I take my leaue with many thouſand thankes. / Rich. The Match is made, ſhee ſeales it with a Curſie.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 159, column 2:
text: [I]t was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately courtesies, and sweeping her train about, with a rustle which delighted her ears.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Amy’s Will”, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 284:
text: No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter II, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC:
glosses: A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.
Hypernyms: sense: gesture
word: congee
sense: gesture
word: congé
sense: gesture
word: conge
curtsey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɝtsɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɜːtsɪ/
Forms: form: curtseys
form: curtsies
form: curtseying
form: curtseyed
form: curtseyed
form: courtesy
form: curtsy
Etymology: Shortened from courtesy, 16th c.
Senses: examples: text: The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.
text: "I’m sure you’ll excuse me, sir," said Mrs Varden, rising and curtseying.
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 19.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: On the other hand, Mrs. Ladbrook was standing in skull-cap and front, with her turban in her hand, curtsying and smiling blandly[…]
ref: 1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XI, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I, page 180:
text: 'I be as nothing in the eyes of my lord,' and she curtseyed towards him[…]
ref: 1887, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter XVI, in Allan Quatermain:
text: 1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.
text: 1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.
text: 1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games
The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).
glosses: To make a curtsey.
Hypernyms: congee
congé
conge
Derived terms: curtseyer
Related terms: Not to be confused with courtsey
hamfisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: "God damn and blast all you hamfisted yokels!" he was saying. "And you, sir, down there. Take that grin off your face and be more careful, or I'll have you clapped under hatches to sail with us today. Easy, there, easy! Christ, rum at seven guineas an anker isn't meant to be dropped like pig iron!"
ref: 1938 April, C[ecil] S[cott] Forester [pseudonym; Cecil Louis Troughton Smith], chapter V, in A Ship of the Line, Greenwich edition, London: Michael Joseph, published 1951 (February 1962 printing), →OCLC, pages 40–41:
text: In 1973, Sonia Orwell broke David Bowie's heart by refusing him permission to adapt her late husband [George Orwell]'s final novel into a rock musical. She had rebuffed every request since the hamfisted 1956 movie version starring Edmond O'Brien, and was never likely to make an exception for a glam-rock dandy, but he was sorely aggrieved.
ref: 2019 November 13, Dorian Lynskey, “Bowie's Books and Why Bowie Matters review – a manic turnover of new ideas”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of ham-fisted.
Derived terms: hamfistedly
hamfistedness
hamfisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hamfist
enlargement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/
ipa: /ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/
Forms: form: enlargements
form: inlargement
Etymology: From enlarge + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
glosses: An act or instance of making something larger.
examples: text: Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
glosses: A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
glosses: An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
examples: text: Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: Freedom from confinement; liberty.
examples: text: Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.
ref: 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence, page 40:
glosses: Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
Derived terms: benign prostate enlargement
FDDI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Fiber Distributed Data Interface.
inferno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfɝnoʊ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəʊ
Forms: form: infernos
Etymology: From Italian inferno (“hell”), from Latin infernus (“of the lower regions”), inferna (“the lower regions”); see infernal.
The meaning "big fire" came as a figurative use from the traditional idea of hellfire.
Senses: examples: text: At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [of the volcanic crater].
ref: 1899, D. C. Worcester, The Philippine Islands and Their People:
text: When Jurgis had first inspected the packing plants with Szedvilas, he […] found that each one of these lesser industries was a separate little inferno, in its way as horrible as the killing beds, the source and fountain of them all[, and t]he workers in each of them had their own peculiar diseases.
ref: 1906, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle:
glosses: A place or situation resembling Hell.
examples: text: The inferno ripped through the forest, destroying anything in its path.
text: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
text: Unfortunately for Admiral Kurita, this is where the good news ends. The fire started by New Jerseys hit amidships has spread, and there is now a towering inferno' that occupies the middle third of the Japanese battleship.
ref: 2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 34:59 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2022:
glosses: A large fire; a conflagration.
Synonyms: afterlife
Derived terms: towering inferno
Related terms: infernal
UDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Universal Decimal Classification.
glosses: Initialism of United Daughters of the Confederacy.
examples: text: ‘My cousin gave me Their Eyes Were Watching God. She had it in a class. She goes to UDC. I liked that book.’
ref: 2001, Percival Everett, Erasure, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 26:
glosses: Initialism of University of the District of Columbia.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Umbrella for Democratic Change.
UDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of universal data connector: a type of hermaphroditic connector.
hoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊzɪz/
ipa: /ˈhoʊzɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of hose
hoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊzɪz/
ipa: /ˈhoʊzɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hose
shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃuːz/
ipa: /ʃʲuz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of shoe
Hypernyms: footwear
footgear
shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃuːz/
ipa: /ʃʲuz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoe
lexicologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexicologists
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logist.
Senses: glosses: an expert at lexicology