cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dumpishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dumpishly
form: most dumpishly
Etymology: From dumpish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dumpish manner; dejectedly; gloomily.
oldtown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oldtowns
Etymology: From old + town.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of old town.
old town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old towns
form: oldtown
Senses: examples: text: He's living in old town these days.
text: She has a sunny apartment in the old town.
coordinate_terms: downtown
uptown
new town
glosses: The historic district of a city or town.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: St. Augustine, Florida, is a seriously old town by New World standards.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, town.
Related terms: Newton
New Town
new town
Newtown
Oldbury
Old City
Old Town
oldtown
Newburgh
Newbury
New City
Newville
oldtowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oldtown
old towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old town
jagra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jaggery (“unrefined sugar”).
yes-no questions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yes-no question
whale louse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whale lice
Senses: examples: text: Crablike whale lice dig deeply into sores and cuts.
ref: 1971 Mar, National Geographic, page 411:
glosses: A parasitic amphipod crustacean of the family Cyamidae found in skin lesions, genital folds, nostrils and eyes of marine mammals of the order Cetacea, i.e. whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Synonyms: cyamid
intragonadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + gonadal.
Senses: glosses: Inside the gonads.
CAM walker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CAM walkers
Senses: examples: text: The CAM walker is made of an aerographite porous sole and aluminium, so weighs less.
qualifier: orthopedics
glosses: Controlled Ankle Movement walker: an orthose (brace in the form of a boot that provides support, protection and immobilization of the ankle after injury or surgery.
Synonyms: walking boot
cam boot
foot brace
ankle boot
ankle walker boot
Related terms: ankle
bankerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bankerless
form: most bankerless
Etymology: From banker + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In the bankerless twelfth century, so great was the difficulty of transmitting money from Spain to Rome (which was generally done by pilgrims returning from Santiago), that for every ounce of gold brought safely to the treasury of St. Peter, […]
ref: 1838, The London Quarterly Review, volumes 61-62, page 204:
glosses: Without or lacking bankers.
dinosaur juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a humorous association of the term fossil fuel with dinosaurs. This is technically incorrect, since petroleum is derived primarily from fossilized zooplankton and algae.
Senses: examples: text: Within the first 50 years of drilling 2,400 wells, over 859,000,000 barrels of petroleum were extracted in Signal Hill and the Long Beach area. The new darling of Long Beach was dinosaur juice, not celluloid, with the city going wild over the revenues generated by the plentiful natural resource oozing below the former stages of the city's movie community.
ref: 1999, Jean-Jacques Jura, Rodney Norman Bardin, Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio, McFarland & Company, published 1999, →ISBN, page 157:
text: […] but most of all why are we robbing our grandchildren by wantonly burning up all the world's dinosaur juice?
ref: 2002, Paul Wood, False Confessions: A Life in Hawaiʻi, Flying Rabbit Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 113:
text: And that's just what runs on dinosaur juice — Honda also manufactures electric bicycles and carts and is constantly experimenting with solar- and other ultralow- and zero-emissions vehicles, […]
ref: 2003, Aaron P. Frank, Honda Motorcycles, MBI Publishing Company, published 2003, →ISBN, page 188:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: word: dino juice
word: dino oil
word: dinosaur oil
word: black gold
word: dino juice
word: dino oil
word: dinosaur juice
word: dinosaur oil
word: gas
word: gasoline
word: juice
word: oil
word: petrol
word: petroleum
word: Texas tea
glosses: Any liquid (gasoline, diesel, mineral oil etc.) derived from fossil fuels (especially petroleum), commonly used in vehicles as fuel or lubricant.
Related terms: dinosaur-burner
sunnyside up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sunny side up.
hollaing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of holla
hollas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of holla
hollaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of holla
sunnyside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The top of a cooked egg.
Related terms: sunnyside up
sunnyside down
sunny side down
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: sunny-side down
form: sunnyside down
Senses: glosses: Synonym of over easy.
synonyms: word: over easy
Coordinate terms: sunny side up
over medium
over hard
sunny-side down
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sunny side down.
sunnyside down
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sunny side down.
ballstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballstocks
Etymology: From ball + stock.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The handle of a printer's ball.
ballstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballstock
naginata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naginatas
Etymology: From Japanese 薙刀 (naginata, literally “mowing hatchet”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional Japanese halberd: a polearm historically used to cut down infantry and cavalry.
understuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more understuffed
form: most understuffed
Etymology: From under- + stuffed.
Senses: examples: a saggy, understuffed sofa
glosses: Inadequately stuffed.
qualifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: qualify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of qualify
radiateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: radiate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radiate
suiteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: suit + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suit
conveneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: convene + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of convene
croweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: crow + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crow
arrayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: array + -eth
Senses: examples: text: My father he setteth his champions in ring,
And in iron arrayeth them he.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 165:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of array
realizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: realize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of realize
metabiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to metabiology.
anticognitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticognitive
form: most anticognitive
Etymology: From anti- + cognitive.
Senses: examples: text: […]the culture emphasizes anticognitive and anti-intellectual currents which are rooted in a return to instinctual modes.
ref: 1997, Patrick Murray, editor, Reflections on Commercial Life:
text: Many authors – in particular, Meltzer and Bion – have described clinical situations in which the mind, where wholly or relatively incapable of tolerating psychic pain, performs destructive, or anticognitive, operations[…]
ref: 2006, Antonio Imbasciati, Constructing a Mind, page 117:
glosses: Opposing or counteracting cognition.
Lycians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lycian
cultivational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cultivation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cultivation.
capoch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capoches
form: capouch
form: capoche
Etymology: Compare Spanish capucho, Late Latin caputium, from capa (“cloak”).
Senses: glosses: A hood, especially one attached to the gown of a monk.
Synonyms: mountier cap
Related terms: cappuccino
capuchin
capoches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capoch
antiuniverse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiuniverses
form: anti-universe
Etymology: From anti- + universe.
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A conjectured universe formed from antimatter.
qualifier: relativity physics
glosses: Synonym of antiverse
synonyms: word: antiverse
antiuniverses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiuniverse
scaldeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: scald + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scald
terracide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin terra (“the world”) + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Months earlier the Elders of Chrislam had identified the Reborn saboteurs and handed them over to ASTROPOL, but they had stubbornly refused to defend themselves. There was also another problem: where could one find an unprejudiced jury? Certainly not on Earth, and probably not even on Mars.
Moreover, what was a suitable sentence for terracide?
ref: 1993, Arthur C. Clarke, The Hammer of God, Bantam Spectra, published 1994, →ISBN, page 190:
text: The sense of the sacred is presented here as the nucleus of the good and the only force that can bring about the lifestyle changes and power reallocations that are necessary to prevent terracide.
ref: 1998, Daniel C. Maguire & Larry L. Rasmussen, Ethics for a Small Planet: New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology, State University of New York Press (1998), back cover blurb
text: He hoped for a day when terracide, the death of the planet, was no longer possible, where the grim pendulum of global warming and global dimming was swinging the other way.
ref: 2013, Andrea Wright, Greenstone Rising, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
glosses: The destruction of a planet or of natural ecosystems.
Related terms: terricide
frejol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frejoles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of frijol.
quietlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of quietly: more quietly
troublesomest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of troublesome: most troublesome
assoileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assoil + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assoil
hoppeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: hop + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hop
allureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: allure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of allure
uniselectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uniselector
preparade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + parade.
Senses: glosses: Before a parade.
whelpeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: whelp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whelp
rankleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rankle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rankle
ranketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rank + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rank
Gaudian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gaudian
form: most Gaudian
Etymology: From Gaud (“name of various regions in India”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I shall, therefore, when referring to these language, generally use the word Gauḍian, reserving at the same time the right to call them also Neo-Indo-Aryan when I wish to be scientifically accurate.
ref: 1883, Sir George Abraham Grierson, Seven Grammars of the Dialects and Subdialects of the Bihárí Language, volume 1, →ISBN:
glosses: New Indo-Aryan.
Gaudian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gaudian
form: most Gaudian
Etymology: From Gaudí + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), Spanish architect.
coffeemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffeeman
ricketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ricketed
form: most ricketed
Etymology: From ricket + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Rickety, shaky, unsteady.
ricketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From ricket + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ricket
ricketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ricket(s) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having the medical condition of rickets.
swinketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: swink + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swink
swinkt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swink
veileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: veil + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of veil
unveileth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: unveil + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unveil
edgeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: edge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of edge
road test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road tests
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roadtest.
road test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: road tests
form: road testing
form: road tested
form: road tested
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roadtest.
multipoinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + poinding.
Senses: glosses: multiplepoinding
centisomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centisome
motherfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motherfuck.
paleoart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleo art
form: palaeoart
Etymology: Coined by American artist Mark Hallett in 1987, from paleo- + art.
Senses: glosses: Art that depicts subjects related to paleontology.
glosses: The primitive art of Paleolithic peoples.
palaeoart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Commonwealth spelling
glosses: Alternative form of paleoart.
pseudoextinction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoextinctions
Etymology: From pseudo- + extinction.
Senses: glosses: phyletic extinction; the situation where all members of a species are extinct, but members of a daughter species remain alive
pseudoextinctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoextinction
pregaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drinking of cheap alcohol at home before going out socially.
Synonyms: preloading
pregaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of pregame
carpet munchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpet muncher
parahawking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + hawking.
Senses: glosses: An activity that combines paragliding with falconry, and in which birds of prey are trained to fly with paragliders, guiding them to thermals
Related terms: parahawk
cogitateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cogitate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cogitate
reclip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reclips
form: reclipping
form: reclipped
form: reclipped
Etymology: From re- + clip.
Senses: glosses: To clip again.
reclamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reclamps
form: reclamping
form: reclamped
form: reclamped
Etymology: From re- + clamp.
Senses: glosses: To clamp again.
rebias
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebiases
form: rebiasing
form: rebiased
form: rebiased
Etymology: From re- + bias.
Senses: glosses: To bias again.
reclamping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reclamp
reclamping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reclampings
Senses: glosses: The act of clamping something again.
reclamps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reclamp
reclamped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reclamp
reclips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reclip
reclipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reclip
reclipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reclip
rebiasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebias
rebiases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebias
rebiased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebias
resocket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resockets
form: resocketing
form: resocketed
form: resocketed
Etymology: From re- + socket.
Senses: glosses: To socket again.
socketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of socket
resockets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resocket
resocketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resocket
resocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resocket
unthrust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + thrust.
Senses: glosses: Not thrust out.
Tillotsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tillotsonian
form: most Tillotsonian
Etymology: From Tillotson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Tillotson (1630-1694), Archbishop of Canterbury.
antiluxury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiluxury
form: most antiluxury
Etymology: From anti- + luxury.
Senses: glosses: Opposing luxury.
antirum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirum
form: most antirum
Etymology: From anti- + rum.
Senses: examples: text: Those who had internalized that ethic and had linked it with the prohibitory cause were responsive to the antirum, antiparty pronouncements of their religious conferences.
ref: 1979, Paul Kleppner, The Third Electoral System 1853-1892, volume 2, page 256:
text: Their politics amount to no more than the division between the rum and the antirum parties[…]
ref: 1987, Louis J. Budd, Edwin Harrison Cady, On Mark Twain, page 147:
glosses: Opposing the drinking of rum.
maltitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maltitudes
Etymology: Blend of midpoint + altitude
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of the four line segments perpendicular to the sides of a cyclic quadrilateral and passing through the opposite side's midpoint.
maltitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maltitude
resoak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resoaks
form: resoaking
form: resoaked
form: resoaked
Etymology: From re- + soak.
Senses: glosses: To soak again.
resoaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resoak
resoaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resoak
resoaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resoak
bumpee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumpees
Etymology: From bump + -ee.
Senses: glosses: An airline passenger who is bumped to a later flight.
bumpees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumpee
hasteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: haste + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of haste
agitateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: agitate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of agitate
disporteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disport + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disport
ladeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lade + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lade
riverboating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊtɪŋ/
Etymology: riverboat + -ing
Senses: glosses: travel by riverboat
timecoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of timecode
timecoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of timecode
actuateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: actuate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of actuate
fluctuateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: fluctuate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fluctuate
teaseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: tease + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tease
toyeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: toy + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of toy
enableth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enable + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enable
pleasureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pleasure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pleasure
pleasurelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleasureless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of pleasure.
ghotul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghotuls
Senses: glosses: A spacious tribal hut used for education etc. in Gond culture.
ghotuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghotul
absenteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: absent + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of absent
excuseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: excuse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of excuse
cureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cure + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cure
curebie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curebies
Etymology: From cure + -bie.
Senses: examples: text: She begins by explaining why the event is called Autism Pride Day, so that the curebies and other nay-sayers who don't feel autism is something to celebrate might achieve a glimmer of understanding.
ref: 2008, James C. Wilson, Weather Reports from the Autism Front, McFarland & Co., →ISBN, page 198:
text: Of course I wish we could "cure" him of those debilitating problems. I want better drugs and therapies to ease Mickey's core challenges. But I'm no longer a "curebie." I don't want to change his very way of being. I love who he is.
ref: 2016, Liane Kupferberg Carter, Ketchup is My Favorite Vegetable, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: One who wishes to cure a condition (such as autism) that may be regarded as an acceptable alternative state of being.
Synonyms: word: pro-cure
curebies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curebie
undomesticatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + domesticatable.
Senses: glosses: Not domesticatable.
domesticatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more domesticatable
form: most domesticatable
Etymology: From domesticate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being domesticated.
Synonyms: word: domable
word: domesticable
word: tamable
word: tameable
Derived terms: undomesticatable
domesticabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domesticability
inexcusability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being inexcusable.
excusability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From excuse + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being excusable.
Derived terms: unexcusability
excusableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From excusable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being excusable.
unexcusability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + excusability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unexcusable.
unexcusableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unexcusable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unexcusable.
Melvillean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Melvillean
form: most Melvillean
form: Melvillian
Etymology: From Melville + -an or -ean.
Senses: examples: text: the Melvillean reforms of the 16th century
glosses: Associated with the Scottish education reformer Andrew Melville (1545–1622).
examples: text: He had a Melvillean obsession.
glosses: In a manner reminiscent of the writings of Herman Melville (1819–1891), especially the character Captain Ahab in Moby-Dick.
Melvillean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Melvilleans
form: Melvillian
Etymology: From Melville + -an or -ean.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Scottish education reformer Andrew Melville (1545–1622).
examples: text: But for me, and apparently for the Melvilleans who every summer trek up Monument Mountain on the first Sunday of August, the mountain has become a monument not to star-crossed Iroquois lovers but to the meeting of Hawthorne and Melville. Starting the easy hike up Monument Mountain on a sunny day in May, I hatch a scheme to come up here on the first Saturday of August, the day before the annual jaunt of the Melvilleans, to leave love notes from “Herman” to “Nathaniel” tacked on trees—just a little something to titillate the literati.
ref: 1998, Ian Marshall, “Greylock and the Whale”, in Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail, Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Reciprocating Melville’s interest in Japan, enthusiastic Japanese Melvilleans have ever pursued his works, through which they seek to understand the cultural background of Western civilization.
ref: 2001, Arimichi Makino, “Melville among Japanese Melvilleans”, in Sanford E. Marovitz, A[thanasios] C. Christodoulou, editors, Melville “among the Nations”: Proceedings of an International Conference, Volos, Greece, July 2–6, 1997, Kent, Oh.: Kent State University Press, →ISBN, section VI (Projection and Reflection), page 520:
text: But he no longer dreamed of putting out to sea; his daytime occupation was to make sure duties had been paid on unloaded cargo, and his writing hours were devoted to an 18,000-line poem, Clarel, about a pilgrimage through the desert—the desert!—to various sites in the Holy Land, which few even among Melvilleans can claim to have read.
ref: 2016, Paul La Farge, “Sailors and Scriveners”, in Rebecca Solnit, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, editors, Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas, Oakland, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: An admirer or scholar of the works of Herman Melville (1819–1891).
do the right thing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does the right thing
form: doing the right thing
form: did the right thing
form: done the right thing
Senses: examples: text: There was a lot of money in the wallet I found, but I did the right thing and handed it in.
text: In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.
ref: 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: To do what is ethical or just.
Related terms: do the needful
high road
mumchances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumchance
nippeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: nip + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nip
spritted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sprit
spritting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sprit
enjoineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enjoin + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enjoin
disordereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: disorder + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disorder
scampishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scampishly
form: most scampishly
Etymology: From scampish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scampish manner; mischievously.
scamperingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From scampering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With a scampering motion.
preventabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preventability
unpreventability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + prevent + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unpreventable.
preventableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From preventable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being preventable.
unpreventableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpreventable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being unpreventable.
presentableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From presentable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being presentable; acceptable appearance.
presentability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From present + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: For as much as the Downton Abbey alum has capitalized on his leading-man presentability—how suited he is to wearing suits—his best performances play deviously on that quality.
ref: 2021 September 16, A. A. Dowd, “Dan Stevens as a dashing robot lover? That computes”, in AV Club:
glosses: The quality of being presentable; acceptable appearance.
uncryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɹɪp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Forms: form: more uncryptic
form: most uncryptic
Etymology: From un- + cryptic.
Senses: glosses: Not cryptic; straightforward.
crypticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryptic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cryptic.
aggrandizeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: aggrandize + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aggrandize
storeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: store + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of store
muffleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: muffle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muffle
accompanieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: accompany + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of accompany
enervateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: enervate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enervate
slaketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: slake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slake
slackeneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: slacken + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slacken
distrusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: distrust + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of distrust
mistrusteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mistrust + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistrust
sprawleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sprawl + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sprawl
anticonversion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticonversion
form: most anticonversion
Etymology: From anti- + conversion.
Senses: examples: anticonversion laws in India
topics: law
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Opposing or preventing conversion from one religion to another.
separatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separatism
antiseparation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiseparation
form: most antiseparation
Etymology: From anti- + separation.
Senses: glosses: Opposing separation (e.g. from a political union).
antidivorce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidivorce
form: most antidivorce
Etymology: From anti- + divorce.
Senses: glosses: Opposing divorce.
antimasculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimasculine
form: most antimasculine
Etymology: From anti- + masculine.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to what is masculine.
antiagrarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiagrarian
form: most antiagrarian
Etymology: From anti- + agrarian.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposed to the political interests of working farmers.
antiagriculture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiagriculture
form: most antiagriculture
Etymology: From anti- + agriculture.
Senses: glosses: Opposing agriculture.
antiagricultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiagricultural
form: most antiagricultural
Etymology: From anti- + agricultural.
Senses: glosses: Opposing agriculture.
anticonflict
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticonflict
form: most anticonflict
Etymology: From anti- + conflict.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or counteracting conflict.
antifamine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifamine
form: most antifamine
Etymology: From anti- + famine.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or counteracting famine.
antirelief
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirelief
form: most antirelief
Etymology: From anti- + relief.
Senses: glosses: Opposing debt relief.
anticharity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticharity
form: most anticharity
Etymology: From anti- + charity.
Senses: examples: text: Social Darwinism, with its racism, classism, and anticharity attitudes, is a major threat to humane policy today.
ref: 2011, Rachel M. MacNair, The Psychology of Peace, page 123:
glosses: Opposing charitable donations.
anticharity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticharities
Etymology: From anti- + charity.
Senses: glosses: A charity nominated by a potential donor who disagrees with its goals, used as a forfeit for money wagered to encourage oneself to do something.
anticharities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticharity
debt relief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The partial or total forgiveness of debt.
Related terms: antirelief
cementhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementheads
Etymology: From cement + -head.
Senses: glosses: A stubbornly stupid person.
cementheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementhead
antimilitia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimilitia
form: most antimilitia
Etymology: From anti- + militia.
Senses: examples: an antimilitia law
glosses: Opposing or forbidding militias.
antiparade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiparade
form: most antiparade
Etymology: From anti- + parade.
Senses: examples: an antiparade law
glosses: Opposing or forbidding parades.
antifemininity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + femininity.
Senses: glosses: Beliefs and behaviours that oppose or shun femininity.
antimasculinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + masculinity.
Senses: glosses: Beliefs and behaviours that oppose or shun masculinity.
antifag
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifag
form: most antifag
Etymology: From anti- + fag.
Senses: examples: text: "And I used to make antifag jokes all the time!" Chet pushed on both temples, to show his self-disgust.
ref: 1981, Daniel Curzon, Human Warmth & Other Stories, page 25:
text: They have got fairly liberal laws on victimless crimes, but the Los Angeles police are still busy entrapping homosexualists because the police chief in Los Angeles is very antifag.
ref: 1983, Michael Denneny, Charles Ortleb, Thomas Steele, The Christopher Street reader, page 297:
glosses: Opposing homosexuals.
antihippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihippy
form: most antihippy
Etymology: From anti- + hippy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antihippie.
anticaptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticaptivity
form: most anticaptivity
Etymology: From anti- + captivity.
Senses: examples: text: Some animal-rights groups and anticaptivity philosophers argued that the whale should be released to the wild immediately.
ref: 2005, Keneth Brower, Freeing Keiko, page 38:
glosses: Opposing the keeping of animals in captivity.
transformistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænsfɔː(ɹ)ˈmɪstɪk/
/ˌtɹɑːnsfɔː(ɹ)ˈmɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more transformistic
form: most transformistic
Senses: glosses: Relating to transformism.
antitrans
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitrans
form: most antitrans
form: anti-trans
Etymology: From anti- + trans.
Senses: examples: text: Although I wanted to undermine the foundations on which such antitrans screeds were built, there were many alternative strategies I might have used.
ref: 2011, Gayle Rubin, Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader, page 216:
text: This led Lee Brewster of Queens Liberation Front to denounce antitrans lesbian feminists.
ref: 2012, Marc Stein, Rethinking the Gay and Lesbian Movement:
glosses: Antitransgender or antitranssexual.
Synonyms: antitransgender
transantagonistic
transphobic
Related terms: transprejudice
cissupremacy
hunt-and-pecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hunt-and-peckers
Etymology: From hunt-and-peck + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who types with the hunt-and-peck technique.
hunt-and-peckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hunt-and-pecker
antidisciplinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidisciplinary
form: most antidisciplinary
Etymology: From anti- + disciplinary.
Senses: examples: text: The interdisciplinary is often the antidisciplinary made safe.
ref: 2000, David Batchelor, Chromophobia, page 97:
glosses: Going against the accepted wisdom of a discipline.
glosses: Not fitting within a traditional discipline or outside the boundaries of traditional disciplines.
antidiscipline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidisciplines
Etymology: From anti- + discipline.
Senses: glosses: An academic discipline that is the opposite of another, or that goes against the conventions of disciplines generally.
Related terms: antidisciplinary
antidisciplines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidiscipline
antiunemployment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiunemployment
form: most antiunemployment
Etymology: From anti- + unemployment.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing or countering unemployment.
antiredundancy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + redundancy.
Senses: glosses: Countering or eliminating redundancy within a system.
antilandfill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilandfill
form: most antilandfill
Etymology: From anti- + landfill.
Senses: glosses: Opposing landfill.
entrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: entrappers
Etymology: From entrap + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, entraps.
Synonyms: spy
entrappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entrapper
antioxidating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + oxidating.
Senses: glosses: antioxidation
antiultraviolet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + ultraviolet.
Senses: glosses: Blocking ultraviolet light.
antiskidding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + skidding.
Senses: glosses: antiskid
losell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: losells
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of losel.
lozel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lozels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of losel.
lozels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lozel
losells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of losell
anticonsumption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌmpʃən
Etymology: From anti- + consumption.
Senses: synonyms: anticonsumerism
glosses: Opposition to consumerism.
antifeedback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + feedback.
Senses: glosses: Preventing feedback in a system.
antimining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimining
form: most antimining
Etymology: From anti- + mining.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing mining (commercial excavation).
tormenteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: torment + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of torment
twisteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: twist + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twist
anticamping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticamping
form: most anticamping
Etymology: From anti- + camping.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or preventing camping.
antitrailer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitrailer
form: most antitrailer
Etymology: From anti- + trailer.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or forbidding the use of trailers (unpowered wheeled vehicles).
dimmeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dim + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dim
pronounceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pronounce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pronounce
announceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: announce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of announce
antifinance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifinance
form: most antifinance
Etymology: From anti- + finance.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout American history, the populist antifinance bias has led to many political decisions that were inefficient from an economic point of view. But this bias has also helped preserve the long-term health of America's democratic capitalism.
ref: 2012, Luigi Zingales, A Capitalism for the People, page 10:
glosses: Opposing finance.
antialgebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antialgebra
denounceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: denounce + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denounce
keeno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːnəʊ/
Forms: form: keenos
Etymology: From keen + -o?
Senses: examples: text: There was a perception that a pupil could be clever, yet not a 'keeno', so long as one's display of ability was not too overt. Such 'cool' cleverness is an attribute for the astute teacher to foster in boys!
ref: 1998, Kevan Bleach, Raising boys' achievement in schools, page 47:
text: Those in the back row are the rebels, who are hoping to get away with messing around or doing some marking. Those who sit at the front are the keenos who have all the answers.
ref: 2004, Sue Cowley, Sue Cowley's A-Z of Teaching, page 18:
text: I was one of my year's only sad keenos, which resulted in me at perhaps thirteen years old competing in the district sports 1500-metres event[…]
ref: 2011, Steve Backshall, Looking For Adventure:
glosses: A pupil who works hard; a swot.
keeno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːnəʊ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keno (“gambling game”).
keenos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keeno
countableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From countable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Countability
stormeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: storm + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of storm
styleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: style + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of style
belittleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: belittle + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belittle
shoeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shoe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoe
righteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: right + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of right
alighteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: alight + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of alight
outgoeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: outgo + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outgo
feigneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: feign + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feign
baketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: bake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bake
rocketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rock + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rock
deliberateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deliberate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deliberate
liberateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: liberate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liberate
surrendereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: surrender + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surrender
staketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: stake + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stake
eraseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: erase + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of erase
Tychonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈkəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈkoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Tychonian
form: most Tychonian
Etymology: From Latin Tycho (stem Tychon-) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Tychonic
creamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːmɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of creaming
skatefish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skatefish
Etymology: From skate + fish.
Senses: glosses: skate (type of fish)
baked-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more baked-in
form: most baked-in
Senses: glosses: Built in; inseparably included.
nontrunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + trunk.
Senses: examples: nontrunk airlines
nontrunk carriers
glosses: Not operating as a trunk.