cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
warehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/
Forms: form: warehouses
form: warehousing
form: warehoused
form: warehoused
Etymology: From ware + house.
Senses: examples: text: Tobacco, for instance, shrinks materially by frequent reshippings, and as all goods are warehoused as a convenience to importers, duties should be paid on what the importer receives.
ref: 1894, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Opinions of Collectors of Customs Concerning Ad Valorem and Specific Rates of Duty on Imports:
glosses: To store in a warehouse or similar.
examples: text: When our elders presented school to us, they did not present it as a place of high learning, but as a means of escape from death and penal warehousing.
ref: 2015, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me, page 26:
text: We nevertheless pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to process many of these children through the criminal justice system, and to warehouse them for years – and even more if they end up graduating to adult prisons, as most of them do.
ref: 2020 July 23, Chris Daw, “'A stain on national life': why are we locking up so many children?'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To confine (a person) to an institution for a long period.
examples: text: the warehousing of syndicated TV shows
topics: business
glosses: To acquire and then shelve, simply to prevent competitors from acquiring it.
wholesale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
rhymes: -oʊlseɪl
Forms: form: wholesales
Etymology: From whole + sale.
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: bulk supply
glosses: The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.
Derived terms: wholesaler
wholesale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
rhymes: -oʊlseɪl
Forms: form: more wholesale
form: most wholesale
Etymology: From whole + sale.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to sale in large quantities, for resale.
examples: text: The bombing resulted in wholesale destruction.
text: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
ref: 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
text: By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.
ref: 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: London Midland Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
text: With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
glosses: Extensive, indiscriminate, all-encompassing; blanket.
wholesale
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
rhymes: -oʊlseɪl
Forms: form: more wholesale
form: most wholesale
Etymology: From whole + sale.
Senses: glosses: In bulk or large quantity.
examples: text: It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
ref: 2023 June 30, Melissa Gira Grant, “The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction”, in The New Republic, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
glosses: Indiscriminately.
wholesale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊlseɪl/
rhymes: -oʊlseɪl
Forms: form: wholesales
form: wholesaling
form: wholesaled
form: wholesaled
Etymology: From whole + sale.
Senses: glosses: To sell at wholesale.
accumber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkʌmbə/
Forms: form: accumbers
form: accumbering
form: accumbered
form: accumbered
Etymology: Variation of encumber.
Senses: glosses: To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accumbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bənt/
Forms: form: more accumbent
form: most accumbent
Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”).
Senses: examples: text: Together his accumbent pose and closed eyes denoted sleep, as an alternative to death, which the stiff, recumbent pose of previous effigies had embodied.
ref: 1998, Anne Markham Schulz, Giammaria Mosca called Padovano: a Renaissance sculptor in Italy and Poland, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
examples: text: Distinguished from other genera, with accumbent cotyledons, in the same class and order, by the entire, nearly equal petals; and the dehiscent, nearly entirely pouch, of 2, 1- or many-seeded cells, a broad dissepiment (septum), and nearly flat valves.
ref: 1840, William Baxter, British phænogamous botany, volume 5:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Related terms: accumb
accumbency
accubation
recumbent
accumbent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bənt/
Forms: form: accumbents
Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline”), from ad- (“to”) + *cumbō (“recline”).
Senses: examples: text: What a pennance must be done by every accumbent, in sitting out the passage through all these dishes; what a task the stomach must be put to in the concoction of so many mixtures.
ref: 1630, Bishop Joseph Hall, Occasional Meditations:
text: Let us, indeed, see how the point of view has changed which was held in regard to those cultivated and glib accumbents who in former days were taken for real social workers.
ref: 1903, “What Is Oblomovisn”, in Leo Wiener, editor, Anthology of Russian Literature from the Earliest Period to the, translation of original by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov, page 275:
text: Said also to be fond of playing practical jokes, he was apparently in the habit of placing his dinner guests on inflated cushions, which were contrived to deflate suddenly, sending their unsuspecting accumbents sprawling under the tables.
ref: 2014, Trevor R. Bryce, Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History:
glosses: One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accumbency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkʌm.bən.si/
Etymology: From accumb + -ency.
Senses: glosses: The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑ.kjuˈbeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Latin accubatiō, accubitiō, from accubō (“to recline”), from ad- + cubō (“to lie down”).
Senses: examples: text: Accubation was introduced in Rome after the first Punic War (264-241 BC). In Greece accubation was unknown at the time of the Homeric poems (cf. Od. i. 145 ἑξείης ἕζοντο κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε, XV. 134 ἑζέσθην δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κατὰ κλισμούς τε θρόνους τε), but afterwards the Greeks and Romans adopted this Oriental fashion and lay very nearly flat on their breasts while taking their meals, or in a semi-sitting posture supported on the left elbow.
ref: 1902, Journal of Biblical literature, volumes 21-22, page 64:
text: Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by very many Nations.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
Related terms: accumb
accumbent
accumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: accumbs
form: accumbing
form: accumbed
form: accumbed
Etymology: From Latin accumbō (“recline (at a table)”), from ad- + *cumbō (“lie down”).
Senses: glosses: To recline, as at table.
Derived terms: accumbency
Related terms: accubation
accumbent
accomplisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accomplishers
Etymology: From accomplish + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who accomplishes.
logarithm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒɡ.ə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈlɔɡ.ə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈlɑ.ɡə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈlɑ.ɡəɹ.ɹɪ.ðəm/
ipa: /ˈlɑɡ.ə.ɹɪðm/
ipa: /ˈlɑɡ.əɹ.ɹɪðm/
ipa: /ˈlɑ.ɡə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/
Forms: form: logarithms
Etymology: From New Latin logarithmus, term coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “word, reckoning”) and ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”); compare rational number, from analogous Latin.
Senses: examples: For a currency which uses denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, etc., each jump in the base-10 logarithm from one denomination to the next higher is either 0.3010 or 0.3979.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16.
wikipedia: John Napier
Synonyms: log
Derived terms: antilogarithm
binary logarithm
Briggsian logarithm
Briggs logarithm
cologarithm
common logarithm
dilogarithm
log
logarithmal
logarithmancy
logarithmic
logarithmisation
logarithmise
logarithmize
mesologarithm
Naperian logarithm
Napierian logarithm
natural logarithm
polylogarithm
superlogarithm
ternary logarithm
trilogarithm
Related terms: word: successor
sense: addition, summation
english: addend; total
translation: addend; total
alt: augend
word: + =
sense: addition, summation
english: sum
translation: sum
alt: summand
word: + +... =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication, factorization; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: product
translation: product
word: × =
sense: multiplication, factorization; factor
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × ×... =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient
english: with remaining
translation: with remaining
alt: quotient
word: Or sometimes
sense: exponentiation; base
english: power
translation: power
alt: exponent
word: =
sense: root extraction; degree
roman: radicand
word: √ =
sense: logarithmization
english: logarithm
translation: logarithm
alt: antilogarithm
word: log(base) =
word: ln
word: characteristic
word: mantissa
who's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͞oz
ipa: /huːz/
rhymes: -uːz
enpr: hwo͞oz
ipa: /ʍuːz/
homophone: whose
homophone: whos
rhymes: -uːz
Etymology: Contractions; who + 's.
Senses: examples: text: Who’s that in my bed?
glosses: Who is.
examples: text: Who’s been sleeping in my bed?
glosses: Who has.
synonyms: whom's
glosses: Whom is.
examples: text: “Who’s he want to fight?” Martin asked, and the man said: “I’ve heard him twice. He wants to kick the Indians out of Texas. He wants to fight Santy Anny and whip him proper. And he wants us to take Santy Fay”.
ref: 2014, James A. Michener, Texas, page 572:
glosses: Who (whom) does
Derived terms: who's who
who's
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͞oz
ipa: /huːz/
rhymes: -uːz
enpr: hwo͞oz
ipa: /ʍuːz/
homophone: whose
homophone: whos
rhymes: -uːz
Etymology: From who + -'s (possessive marker).
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of whose.
ons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of on
canescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɛsənt/
Forms: form: more canescent
form: most canescent
Etymology: From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”).
Senses: examples: text: An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […].
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 434:
glosses: Turning white or gray.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.
Related terms: canescence
rubescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːˈbɛsənt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more rubescent
form: most rubescent
Etymology: Attested since at least 1730, from Latin rubescens, present participle of rubescere.
Senses: examples: text: Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.
ref: 1919, Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 171:
glosses: turning red; reddening
Related terms: rubescence
desiccate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
Forms: form: more desiccate
form: most desiccate
Etymology: From Latin dēsiccātus (“dried up”), the perfect passive participle of dēsiccō: see above. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: It [the byssus fungus] is not only capable of propagation by the most minute fragments, however rudely detached, but it also retains the principle of revivification for years together when in a desiccate state.
ref: 1824 May 21, “Liolett”, “On Vegetable Revivification”, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, volume III, number LXXXVIII, London: Printed and published by J[ohn] Limbird, […], published 12 June 1824, →OCLC, page 388, column 1:
text: How many years have you been here? / […] / Before a desiccate sky left rivers of cracks / in the belly of your red earth?
ref: 2016 August, Loretta Diane Walker, “Offsprings of Extremes [first published in Red River Review]”, in Barbara Blanks, editor, A Galaxy of Verse, volume 36, number 2, Garland, Tex.: A Galaxy of Verse Literary Foundation, published fall–winter 2016, →ISBN, page 89:
synonyms: dried
glosses: Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
desiccate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkət/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /dɪˈsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛsɪkət/
Forms: form: desiccates
Etymology: From the substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to Latin dēsiccō + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The Cy dyes are shipped as a desiccate in sealed packs.
ref: 2011, Virgil A. Rhodius, Carol A. Gross, “Using DNA Microarrays to Assay Part Function”, in Christopher Voigt, editor, Methods in Enzymology, volumes 497 (Synthetic Biology, Part A; Methods for Part/Device Characterization and Chassis Engineering), San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, section 5.3 (Cy3/Cy5 Coupling), page 90:
glosses: A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
vulpine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/
rhymes: -ʌlpaɪn
Forms: form: more vulpine
form: most vulpine
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).
Senses: examples: text: She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth.
ref: 1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “The Bag”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 80:
glosses: Pertaining to a fox.
glosses: Having the characteristics of a fox; foxlike; cunning.
vulpine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvʌlpaɪn/
rhymes: -ʌlpaɪn
Forms: form: vulpines
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vulpīnus (“foxy, fox-like”), from vulpēs, earlier volpēs (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *wl(o)p- (“fox”). Cognate with Welsh llywarn (“fox”), Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Armenian աղուէս (aġuēs), Albanian dhelpër, Lithuanian vilpišỹs (“wildcat”), Sanskrit लोपाश (lopāśa, “jackal, fox”).
Senses: examples: text: The family Canidae^([sic]) consists of two main subgroups, the vulpines (foxes) and the canines (wolves, coyotes, jackals, and dogs), and some intermediate “fox-dog” forms from South America.
ref: 1980, Michael Wilson Fox, The Soul of the Wolf, page 127:
glosses: Any of certain canids called foxes (including true foxes, arctic foxes and grey foxes), distinguished from canines, which are regarded as similar to dogs and wolves.
glosses: A person considered cunning.
Related terms: word: canine
word: lupine
english: tribe within subfamily Caninae
translation: tribe within subfamily Caninae
word: Vulpini
lupine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.paɪn/
rhymes: -uːpaɪn
Forms: form: more lupine
form: most lupine
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”) + -īnus (“pertaining to”). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.
Senses: glosses: Wolfish (all senses); wolflike.
synonyms: word: gluttonous
word: insatiable
word: rapacious
word: cormorant
word: edacious
word: esurient
word: gluttonous
word: gutfoundered
word: hungry as a hog
word: insatiable
word: lupine
word: pantagruelian
word: rapacious
word: ravening
word: ravenous
word: voracious
glosses: Ravenous.
Derived terms: lupinely
Related terms: canine
vulpine
lupine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.paɪn/
rhymes: -uːpaɪn
ipa: /ˈluː.pɪn/
ipa: /ˈluː.paɪn/
rhymes: -uːpaɪn
Forms: form: lupines
Etymology: See lupin.
Senses: glosses: North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).
Derived terms: fleshy lupine
harlequin annual lupine
lupine clover
lupinelike
lupinin
lupinosis
mercurial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məːˈkjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/
ipa: /mɝˈkjʊ.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /-ˈkjɔ-/
Forms: form: mercurials
form: mercuriall
form: ☿ial
form: ☿all
Etymology: Noun sense 1 (“(obsolete) plant known as mercury”) is from Middle English mercurial, from Anglo-Norman mercurial and Old French mercurial, or directly from their etymon, from Mercurius (“the Roman god Mercury”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
Later adjective and noun uses may have been directly derived from Latin mercuriālis, whence Middle English mercurial (“under the astrological influence of the planet Mercury”).
Senses: glosses: Any of the plants known as mercury, especially the annual mercury or French mercury (Mercurialis annua).
examples: text: As for [Lambert] Simnell, there was not much in him, more then that hee was a handſome Boy, and did not ſhame his Robes. But this Youth (of whom wee are now to ſpeake) was ſuch a Mercuriall, as the like hath ſeldome beene knowne; and could make his owne part, if at any time hee chanced to bee out.
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC, pages 112–113:
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person born under the influence of the planet Mercury; hence, a person having an eloquent, quickwitted, furtive, or volatile character.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound containing mercury.
examples: text: She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure. [...] After I had thus evacuated the Plethora, and diſpoſed her body for Mercurialls more operative, I gave her each morning and evening a few grains of Mercur. diaphoret. in a bolus with conſ. lujule and Mithridate, [...]
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, “Of Lepra, or Elephantiasis”, in Several Chirurgicall Treatises, London: Printed by E. Flesher and J[ohn] Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took […], →OCLC, 1st book (A Treatise of Tumours), page 139:
text: [A] small dose of the mercurial may cause excessive salivation; and, if this discharge be attended by much soreness of throat, it is most difficult to determine whether the salivation is actually the result of the mercurial, or merely symptomatic of the sore throat and cold. If it proceed from the mercurial, there will generally be some tenderness of the gums, a soft and flabby state of the sides of the tongue, and it will generally be more obstinate.
ref: 1858, James Copland, “POISONS—Poisoning—Poisoned—Symptoms and Treatment of”, in A Dictionary of Practical Medicine. […] In Three Volumes, volume III, part I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, →OCLC, paragraph 580, pages 413–414:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A preparation of mercury, especially as a treatment for syphilis.
longbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋbəʊ/
rhymes: -ɒŋbəʊ
Forms: form: longbows
Etymology: From long + bow.
Senses: glosses: A large bow that has a strong tension, and is usually more than 3 feet tall. The most famous longbows in history were the English longbows, which were crafted of yew.
Derived terms: draw the longbow
longbowman
longbowsman
longbowstringmaker
acetimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetimeters
Etymology: From Latin acetum (“vinegar”) + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar
Related terms: acetimetric
acetimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aceti(c) + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
acetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsi.tɪn/
ipa: /əˈsɛ.tɪn/
Forms: form: acetins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the triglyceride of acetic acid
Derived terms: acacetin
monoacetin
triacetin
Related terms: acetoglyceride
acetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /æ.sə.taɪz/
Forms: form: acetizes
form: acetizing
form: acetized
form: acetized
form: acetise
Senses: glosses: To acetify.
acetometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetometers
Etymology: From aceto- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acetimeter.
epicurean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: more epicurean
form: most epicurean
Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).
Senses: examples: text: The powers of the Canadian voyageurs and hunters in the consumption of meat strike the greenhorn with wonder and astonishment; and are only equalled by the gastronomical capabilities exhibited by Indian dogs, both following the same plan in their epicurean gorgings.
ref: 1847, George Frederick Augustus Ruxton, Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, page 267:
text: Though a list of the great writers contain all the constituents of an Epicurean feast, yet to most of us it resembles the menu of a Gargantuan banquet.
ref: 1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 61:
synonyms: Cyrenaic
hedonistic
glosses: Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort.
synonyms: word: decadent
word: epicurious
word: sybaritic
word: Babylonian
word: decadent
word: epicureal
word: epicurean
word: epicureous
word: epicurish
word: hedonic
word: hedonistic
word: intemperate
word: lotus-eating
word: luxurious
word: self-indulgent
word: sensualistic
word: sinful
word: sybarite
word: sybaritic
word: sybaritical
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
glosses: Devoted to luxurious living.
Derived terms: epicureanize
epicurious
unepicurean
epicurean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊəˈɹiː.n̩/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪ.kjʊˈɹi.n̩/
ipa: /ˌɛp.ɪˈkjʊ.ɹi.n̩/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: epicureans
Etymology: From Epicurean (“follower of Epicureanism”).
Senses: examples: text: I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal ; / I know it, and smile a hard-set smile, like a stoic, or like / A wiser epicurean, and let the world have its way.
ref: 1855, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Maud”, in Maud, and Other Poems, page 22:
text: Other eras have had their epicureans or hedonists, of course, who lived and sometimes died for the ideal of simplicity or pleasure in an epic kind of way. But today’s gazillion-strong influencer community has zero intellectual underpinning to it, which is why it’s so often the unwitting butt of its own joke.
ref: 2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: pleasure seeker
word: hedonist
word: bon viveur
word: epicure
word: epicurean
word: hedonist
word: high-stepper
word: lapling
word: lotus-eater
word: pleasure seeker
word: pleasurist
word: sensualist
word: softling
word: sybarite
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
glosses: One who is devoted to pleasure.
hedonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdənɪstɪk/
ipa: /hidəˈnɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more hedonistic
form: most hedonistic
Etymology: From hedonist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Among philosophers, attention to suffering has been a casualty of a long series of attacks on hedonistic utilitarianism—the doctrine that people are morally required to maximize the total surplus of happiness over suffering.
ref: 1999, Jamie Mayerfeld, Suffering and Moral Responsibility, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 3:
text: He refers to the danger of leading our lives on a hedonistic treadmill, seeking more accomplishments and trying to get more things and more money, leading eventually to ever increasing expectations.
ref: 2003, Paul Pearsall, The Beethoven Factor, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN:
synonyms: decadent
sybaritic
glosses: Devoted to pleasure
Synonyms: word: Babylonian
word: decadent
word: epicureal
word: epicurean
word: epicureous
word: epicurish
word: hedonic
word: hedonistic
word: intemperate
word: lotus-eating
word: luxurious
word: self-indulgent
word: sensualistic
word: sinful
word: sybarite
word: sybaritic
word: sybaritical
word: voluptuarian
word: voluptuary
Hypernyms: word: devoted
word: excessive
Hyponyms: english: hedonistic with regard to sex
translation: hedonistic with regard to sex
word: libertine
english: hedonistic with regard to food
translation: hedonistic with regard to food
word: gluttonous
word: Epicurean
word: epicurean
word: Cyrenaic
word: Cyrenian
word: Aristippan
english: philosophical
translation: philosophical
word: Aristippian
word: Apician
word: promiscuous
word: voracious
word: Cyrenean
word: debauched
word: dissolute
word: dissipated
Derived terms: antihedonistic
hedonistic calculus
nonhedonistic
unhedonistic
Related terms: word: hedonic
word: hedonism
word: hedonist
word: hedonistically
word: pleasure
word: sensualist
Saturnian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæ.tɜː(ɹ)n.jən/
Forms: form: more Saturnian
form: most Saturnian
Etymology: From Saturn + -ian.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Related to the planet Saturn.
glosses: Related to the Roman god Saturn.
glosses: Dour, baleful or sullen.
examples: text: Augustus, born to bring Saturnian times
ref: 1728, [Alexander Pope], “(please specify the page)”, in The Dunciad. An Heroic Poem. […], Dublin; London: […] A. Dodd, →OCLC:
glosses: Resembling a golden age; distinguished for peacefulness, happiness, contentment.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Involving a meter consisting of three iambics and an extra syllable followed by three trochees, employed by satirists in Ancient Rome.
Synonyms: Cronian
Kronian
Saturnial
Saturnine
Coordinate terms: Jovian
Lunar
Martian
Mercurian
Neptunian
Plutonian
Terran
Uranian
Venusian
Saturnian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sæ.tɜː(ɹ)n.jən/
Forms: form: Saturnians
Etymology: From Saturn + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An inhabitant of the planet Saturn.
glosses: A Saturnian poem
pleasure
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɛʒə/
enpr: plĕzhʹər
ipa: /ˈplɛʒɚ/
rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
Senses: glosses: pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
pleasure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɛʒə/
enpr: plĕzhʹər
ipa: /ˈplɛʒɚ/
rhymes: -ɛʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pleasures
form: pleasuring
form: pleasured
form: pleasured
Etymology: From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e / [...] / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith, [...]
ref: 1864, Alfred Tennyson, “Aylmer’s Field”, in Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 55:
synonyms: please
gratify
glosses: To give or afford pleasure to.
examples: text: Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
glosses: To give sexual pleasure to.
examples: text: to go pleasuring
glosses: To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
Derived terms: pleasurability
pleasure oneself
Related terms: displeasure
please
pleasant
accomptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They are […] to stand accomptable to their Maᵗˢ [Majesties] as well as for the provideing of good, sound, and wholesome Provicons for the health and sattisfaction of the seamen serving in their Maᵗˢ shipps and fleete as that the whole service shall be managed with all possible frugallity, and good husbandry on their Maᵗˢ behalfes.
ref: 1848 September, John Barrow, “Ancient Naval Records”, in The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, [...] A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, volume XVII, number 9, London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. […], →OCLC, paragraph 17, page 482:
glosses: Accountable.
accomptant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accomptants
form: accomptaunt
Senses: glosses: An accountant.
recycle bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recycle bins
Etymology: First sense appears c. 1971, in the Arizona Daily Sun. Computing sense appears in 1995 with the Windows 95 operating system.
Senses: glosses: A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In Microsoft Windows, a storage location for deleted files, from which they can be retrieved or permanently deleted.
Synonyms: english: sense 1
translation: sense 1
word: recycling bin
english: sense 2, on other operating systems and emails
translation: sense 2, on other operating systems and emails
word: trash
accriminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɪmɪneɪt/
Forms: form: accriminates
form: accriminating
form: accriminated
form: accriminated
Etymology: From ac- (“to”) + criminate (“accuse”).
Senses: glosses: To accuse of a crime.
Related terms: accrimination
accretive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹi.tɪv/
Etymology: From accrete + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: […] Vegetables spring up from their Mother Earth; and we can no more discern their accretive Motion, then we can their most hidden cause.
ref: 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter 9, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing, London: Henry Eversden, page 81:
text: There could be no rest-houses for revolt, no dividend of joy paid out. Its spirit was accretive, to endure as far as the senses would endure, and to use each advance as base for further adventure, deeper privation, sharper pain.
ref: 1927, T. E. Lawrence, chapter 19, in Revolt in the Desert, Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing, pages 170–171:
text: The deal, expected to be completed by the summer, would be immediately accretive to cashflow and earnings per share while giving BP an extra 500,000 barrels per day.
ref: 2003 February 12, Terry Macalister, “BP looks to volatile nations”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
Derived terms: nonaccretive
Related terms: accrescent
accretional
accrete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /əˈkɹit/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: accretes
form: accreting
form: accreted
form: accreted
Etymology: Back-formation from accretion.
Senses: examples: text: Astronomers believe the Earth began to accrete more than 4.6 billion years ago.
text: According to the reigning hypothesis, about 4.5 billion years ago, shortly after Earth had accreted down into a sphere from its little slub of circumsolar material, another newborn planet [Theia], still shaky on its feet, slammed obliquely into Earth with terrifying force.
ref: 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times:
text: Chris Ormel, an astronomer at the University of Amsterdam, and his colleagues recently calculated that protoplanets began to form at the snow line around the star, then grew quickly by accreting pebbles.
ref: 2018 April 26, Alexandra Witze, “Earth May Have Been Formed by a Bunch of Tiny Space Pebbles”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To grow together, combine; to fuse.
glosses: To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
examples: text: the reader has not only mastered this distinction , but that he has so thoroughly accreted it and assimilated it to his habits of mind
ref: 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
glosses: To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
Derived terms: accreter
accretor
hyperaccreting
reaccrete
unaccreted
accrete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /əˈkɹit/
rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: Back-formation from accretion.
Senses: examples: text: accrete matter
glosses: Characterized by accretion; made up.
examples: text: Fruit coriaceous, crowned with accrete calyx
ref: 1881, Henry Baillon, “Jackia”, in The Natural History of Plants, volume 7:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: adglutinate
glosses: Grown together.
Derived terms: accretive
Related terms: accrescence
accrescent
accretion
accrescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɛsənt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more accrescent
form: most accrescent
Etymology: From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”).
Senses: examples: text: whose living growth is more and more conspicuous , and daily ornamented with new appearances of accrescent variety and alteration
ref: 1728, Samuel Shuckford, The Sacred and Profane History of the World:
glosses: Growing; increasing.
examples: text: The fruiting calyx is accrescent, covering all or most of the fruit.
ref: 2012, Bean, "A taxonomic revision of the Solanum echinatum group (Solanaceae)", Phytotaxa 57:33–50, doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.57.1.6
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
Related terms: accrescence
accretional
accretive
accrescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɛsəns/
Forms: form: accrescences
Etymology: From Late Latin accrescentia. Compare Italian accrescente.
Senses: examples: text: the silent accrescence of belief from the unwatched depositions of a general, never-contradicted hearsay!
ref: 1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Statesman's Manual, page xli:
glosses: Continuous growth; an accretion.
Related terms: accrescent
accrete
accretion
etc.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
ipa: /ɪt ˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
ipa: /ˌɛkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛt.(ə.)ɹə/
Forms: form: etc
form: ec.
form: &c.
form: &c
form: &ca.
form: &ca
form: et cetera
Etymology: From Middle English et cetera, etc., from Latin etc., an abbreviation of et cetera (“and the rest [of the things]; and the other things”).
Senses: examples: text: The grocery shop sells cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, etc.
text: I like video games of strategy (Civilization, SimCity, etc.) and speed (such as Neverball).
synonyms: asf
glosses: And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.
Synonyms: word: and so forth
word: and so on
word: and the rest
word: blah blah blah
word: et al.
word: you name it
word: ...
word: …
Coordinate terms: et seq.
vel sim.
Related terms: and a partridge in a pear tree
and counting
Doctor of Musical Arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Doctors of Musical Arts
Senses: glosses: A terminal degree intended for musicians who wish to combine the highest attainments in their major area with proven accomplishment in theoretical studies and musicology.
Related terms: doctor
D.B.A.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D.B.A.s
Senses: glosses: Initialism of database analyst.
glosses: Initialism of database administrator.
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Business Administration (“a terminal degree”).
Th.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Theology.
accrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌkɹɪmɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: accriminations
Etymology: From accriminate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Whereupon the Bishop of Mewes answered, / Sir, If this accrimination be levelled at me, let me, I beseech you, know my fault, while I am here to make defence.
ref: 1660, John Dauncey, The History of the Thrice Illustrious Princess Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Queen of England, page 37:
glosses: Accusation, recrimination.
bicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/
ipa: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃɹ(ə)l/
ipa: /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/
Forms: form: more bicultural
form: most bicultural
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: [W]ithout English, I would not be how I am: a bilingual and bicultural person at home in both English and Japanese.
ref: 2003, Yasuko Kanno, “Preface”, in Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities: Japanese Returnees betwixt Two Worlds, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, published 2009, →DOI, →ISBN:
text: Also as unfortunate are the overt and covert deficit notions held by teachers and administrators towards bicultural students; deficit notions, extended, by assocation, to bicultural parents. These misguided notions are propagated, for the most part, devoid of any systematic analysis that directly implicates the oppressive social, economic, political, cultural and linguistic forces that structurally shape and perpetuate the exclusion, exploitation, and domination of bicultural communities.
ref: 2006, Antonia Darder, “Foreword”, in Edward M. Olivos, The Power of Parents: A Critical Perspective of Bicultural Parent Involvement in Public Schools (Counterpoints; 290), New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: Peter Lang, →ISBN, →ISSN, page xi:
coordinate_terms: monocultural
tricultural
;
multicultural
polycultural
glosses: Adapted to two separate cultures.
Derived terms: biculturalism
biculturality
biculturally
biculturation
bicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃ(ʊ)əɹəl/
ipa: /baɪˈkʌlt͡ʃɹ(ə)l/
ipa: /baɪˈkəlt͡ʃ(ə)ɹəl/
Forms: form: biculturals
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
The adjective is derived from bi- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + culture + -al.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Compared with ethnic affirmers, biculturals are better educated; have higher incomes, socioeconomic status, and self-esteem; and are more involved in local social networks.
ref: 2013 October, Nirmalya Kumar, Jan-Benedict Steenkamp, “Diaspora Marketing”, in Harvard Business Review, Brighton: Harvard Business Publishing, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2022:
text: Persons without a migratory background may also have a transcultural identity—and not everybody who is confronted with at least two cultures is automatically supposed to have a transcultural identity[…]. Thus, biculturals do not necessarily have a transcultural identity.
ref: 2015 August 29, Miriam A. Knauss, Kristina Günther, Sophie Belardi, Pauline Morley, Ulrike von Lersner, “The Impact of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination on Mental Health Depends on Transcultural Identity: Evidence for a Moderator Effect”, in BMC Psychology, volume 3, number 1, London: BioMed Central, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, article no. 30, page 3, column 1:
text: With every win, coach Regragui dreams louder and louder of actually becoming World Champion, and urges all Moroccans, biculturals and binationals across the world to openly do the same.
ref: 2022 December 12, Maïthé Chini, “Belgium in Brief: A reflection of raw Moroccan reality”, in The Brussels Times, Brussels: BXL Connect, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2022:
glosses: A person belonging to two cultures.
merry Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: merry Xmas
Senses: examples: text: Merry Christmas, Jack. / Same to you. And a happy New Year.
text: Have a merry Christmas, Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.
text: I am aſhamed to talk of theſe Trifles, but to make you ſenſible by the Way, that the Spaniards are not ſo ungrateful as you repreſent them, I ſhall tell you, that the Money ariſing out of the Sale that was made of the Wine and Chocolate belonging to the Cardinal at his Departure, was more than ſufficient to defray the Expences of his Journey, and had he continued fifteen Days longer at Madrid, he would have received by the Poſt a Bill of 1000 Piſtoles, with which a Friend wiſhed him a merry Chriſtmas, which Sum was paid by the King’s Orders to the Government of Madrid to be employed for the Benefit of the Publick.
ref: 1722, The Hiſtorical Regiſter, volume VII, № XXVIII, “An Anſwer from the Marqueſs of ———— to the Letter of a Prelate, concerning Cardinal Alberoni”, pages 291–292
glosses: Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.
Related terms: english: Great Britain
translation: Great Britain
word: happy Christmas
word: happy holidays
word: season's greetings
MEP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: NASA
aerospace
astronomy
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Mars Exploration Program.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Music Elective Programme.
qualifier: building industry
glosses: Initialism of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing.
examples: text: In 2018 the National Institute of Standards and Technology will work to transition MEP centers solely to non-Federal revenue streams, as was intended when the program was first established.”
ref: 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
MEP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MEPs
Senses: examples: text: Eva Kaili, the Greek MEP at the centre of a cash for influence scandal implicating Qatar, will remain in jail pending trial, a Belgian court has decided.
ref: 2022 December 22, Jennifer Rankin, “Greek MEP Eva Kaili to stay in custody after corruption charges, says court”, in The Guardian:
text: A French train carrying hundreds of MEPs and their teams from Brussels ended up by accident at Marne-la-Vallée, the stop for Disneyland Paris.
ref: 2023 October 16, Lisa O'Carroll, “Rail signalling error diverts Strasbourg-bound MEPs to Disneyland”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: Eurodeputy
Euro-MP
glosses: Initialism of Member of the European Parliament.
glosses: Acronym of mean effective pressure.
Coordinate terms: sense: Member of the European Parliament
word: EP
sense: Member of the European Parliament
word: MP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: EP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: IP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: MIP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: P
Derived terms: sense: mean effective pressure
word: BMEP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: FMEP
sense: mean effective pressure
word: IMEP
Related terms: Member of Parliament
pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnɪz/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.iːz/
rhymes: -ɛnɪz
rhymes: -ɛniːz
Forms: form: penies
Senses: glosses: plural of penny
examples: text: It costs only pennies per day.
glosses: An unspecified, but very small amount of money.
pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnɪz/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.iːz/
rhymes: -ɛnɪz
rhymes: -ɛniːz
Forms: form: penies
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of penny
secrete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭkrētʹ
ipa: /sɪˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /səˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: First attested in 1678: from Latin sēcrētus (“[having been] separated”).
Senses: examples: text: […] they ſuppoſing Two other Divine Hypoſtaſes Superiour thereunto, which were perfectly Secrete from Matter.
[…]
This ſo containeth all things, as not being yet ſecrete and diſtinct; whereas in the Second they are diſcerned and diſtinguiſhed by Reaſon; that is, they are Actually diſtinguiſhed in their Ideas; whereas the Firſt is the Simple and Fecund Power of all things.
ref: 1678: Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, book 1, chapter 4, pages 307 and 582
glosses: Separated.
secrete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭkrētʹ
ipa: /sɪˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /səˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: secretes
form: secreting
form: secreted
form: secreted
Etymology: First directly attested in 1728; attested as the past-participial adjective secreted in 1707: from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“I separate”); reinforced by back-formation from secretion; compare secern; cognate with French sécréter and the Spanish secretar.
Senses: examples: text: Why one set of cells should secrete bile, another urea, and so on, we do not know.
ref: 1842, William Benjamin Carpenter, Principles of Human Physiology:
text: Many tumors secrete two or more different hormones.
ref: 2008, Stephen J. McPhee, Maxine A. Papadakis, et al., Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, McGraw-Hill Medical, page 1202:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
synonyms: word: secern
qualifier: glands
glosses: To extract a substance from blood, sap, or similar to produce and emit waste for excretion or for the fulfilling of a physiological function.
raw_tags: of organs
examples: text: If you won’t believe my great new doctrine (which, by the bye, is as old as the Greeks), that souls secrete their bodies, as snails do shells, you will remain in outer darkness.
ref: 1863: Charles Kingsley (author), Frances Elizabeth Kingsley (editor), Charles Kingsley, his Letters and Memories of his Life (first published posthumously in 1877), page 156 (8th edition: 1880)
text: Let me not be misunderstood. I see as clearly as any man possibly can, and rate as highly, the value of wealth, and of hereditary wealth, as the security of refinement, the feeder of all those arts that ennoble and beautify life, and as making a country worth living in. Many an ancestral hall here in England has been a nursery of that culture which has been of example and benefit to all. Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.
ref: 1887, James Russell Lowell, Democracy and Other Addresses, published 1892, page 15:
glosses: To exude or yield.