cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
malaguetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malagueta
unexfoliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + exfoliated.
Senses: glosses: Not exfoliated.
debosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deboshes
form: deboshing
form: deboshed
form: deboshed
form: debosht
form: debosht
Senses: examples: text: Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady, / And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady.
ref: c. 1619–1623, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Little French Lawyer”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii:
glosses: Obsolete form of debauch.
deboshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deboshed
form: most deboshed
Senses: examples: text: Thy lady is a scurvy lady, and a shitten lady,
And, though I never heard of her, a deboshed lady.
ref: 1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Little French Lawyer:
glosses: Obsolete form of debauched.
examples: text: Mrs Dibble was in her morning state of sobriety, which is to say that, having had a few gins, her deboshed innards were temporarily stultified, and gave her the illusion of functioning correctly when they were merely in a state of torpor.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 15:
glosses: Corrupted; in a sorry state.
deboshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debosh.
deboshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debosh
deboshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debosh
cursitating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See cursitor.
Senses: examples: text: Do they simply want a flitting, cursitating, ghostly appearance, such as we name by the word apparition?
ref: 1868, Horace Bushnell, Moral Uses of Dark Things:
glosses: Moving about slightly.
ladies' thimbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady's thimble
lady's thimble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' thimbles
Senses: glosses: The harebell (Campanula rotundifolia)
subdolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subdolous
form: most subdolous
Etymology: From Latin subdolus, from sub + dolus (“deceit”).
Senses: examples: text: and it seems that the king was troubled, lest this subdolous and eloquent man should shake his resolution.
ref: 1828, Isaac Disraeli, Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England, volume 1:
glosses: Sly; crafty; cunning.
oboval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oboval
form: most oboval
Etymology: From ob- + oval.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: obovate
disembellish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disembellishes
form: disembellishing
form: disembellished
form: disembellished
Etymology: From dis- + embellish: compare French désembellir.
Senses: examples: text: [G]ive it up, and weep, not that the reign of wonder is done, and God's world all disembellished and prosaic, but that thou hitherto art a Dilettante and sandblind Pedant.
ref: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pure Reason”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 47:
glosses: To deprive of embellishment; to undecorate.
Related terms: disembellishment
disembellished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disembellish
disembellishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disembellish
disembellishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disembellish
grassation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassations
Etymology: From Latin grassātiō (“rioting”), from grassāri.
Senses: examples: text: If in Vice there be a perpetual Grassation, there must be in virtue a perpetual Vigilance
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.
riotings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rioting
enkennel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enkennels
form: enkenneling
form: enkennelling
form: enkenneled
form: enkenneled
form: enkennelled
form: enkennelled
Etymology: From en- + kennel.
Senses: glosses: To put into a kennel.
enkennelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enkennel
enkennels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enkennel
enkenneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enkennel
spoonbilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: spoon-billed
Etymology: From spoon + billed.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end, as in the spoonbills.
exceptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsɛpʃəs/
Forms: form: more exceptious
form: most exceptious
Etymology: From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.
Senses: examples: text: Tom. So, did you mark the dulness of her parting now?
Alon. What dulness? Thou art so exceptious still.
ref: 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act II, signature D, verso:
text: And lastly, how shall many seeming Clashings, and dark Passages in Sacred History and Chronology be placed in such a Light, as may throughly satisfy, or at least effectually silence the Doubtful and Exceptious?
ref: 1715, Robert South, “Sermon I. Matth. xiii. 52.”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, volume IV, London: […] G. James, for Jonah Bowyer […], →OCLC, page 17:
text: The company, who were not at all exceptious, seemed extremely well pleased with every particular of the entertainment […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 9, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 68:
glosses: Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
Related terms: exceptiousness
Iztaccíhuatl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪstækˈsɪwætl̩/
ipa: /ˌistɑkˈsiwɑtl̩/
Forms: form: Ixtaccíhuatl
form: Ixtaccihuatl
form: Ixtaccíuatl
form: Iztaccihuatl
form: Iztaccíuatl
form: Ixtacihuatl
Etymology: From Spanish Iztaccíhuatl, from Classical Nahuatl iztāc (“white”) + cihuātl (“woman”). The mountain's name in Classical Nahuatl was Iztāc tepētl (literally “white mountain”).
Senses: glosses: A mountain in central Mexico, the third-highest peak in Mexico.
Related terms: Popocatépetl
squarrulose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Diminutive of squarrose. See -ule.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Somewhat squarrose; slightly squarrose.
namba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nambas
Senses: glosses: A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.
successionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From successional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, succession.
enfierced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enfierced
form: most enfierced
Etymology: From en- + fierce + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His rude assault and rugged handeling
Straunge seemed to the knight, that aye with foe
In fayre defence and goodly menaging
Of armes was wont to fight, yet nathemoe
Was he abashed now not fighting so,
But more enfierced through his currish play
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Made fierce.
properation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin properatio.
Senses: examples: text: There is great preparation of this banquet, properation to it, participation of it.
ref: a. 1652, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet (sermon):
text: Often handling of the withering Flowre[…]is a properation of more swift decay.
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: haste; hurrying.
betrustment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betrustments
Etymology: From betrust + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: They have found it difficult to distinguish clearly, in the exercise of power, between a personal right, and a mere betrustment.
ref: 1793, Nathaniel Chipman, Sketches of the Principles of Government:
glosses: The act of entrusting, or the thing entrusted.
betrustments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betrustment
betrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of betrust
betrusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of betrust
whitterick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whittericks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitret.
whittericks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitterick
semibarbarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semibarbarians
Etymology: From semi- + barbarian.
Senses: examples: text: The bourgeoisie has subjected the country to the rule of the towns. It has created enormous cities, has greatly increased the urban population as compared with the rural, and has thus rescued a considerable part of the population from the idiocy of rural life. Just as it has made the country dependent on the towns, so it has made barbarian and semi-barbarian countries dependent on the civilised ones, nations of peasants on nations of bourgeois, the East on the West.
ref: 1848, Karl Marx, Frederick Engels, “Bourgeois and Proletarians”, in Manifesto of the Communist Party:
glosses: Someone partly civilized.
semibarbarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semibarbarian
cordierites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cordierite
dichroite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichroites
Etymology: From dichroic + -ite. So called because it presents two different colours when viewed in two different directions.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Iolite.
dichroites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dichroite
ramsted
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania, USA.
Senses: glosses: toadflax, especially common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris)
limescaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limescaled
form: most limescaled
Etymology: From limescale + -ed.
Senses: examples: a heavily limescaled bath
glosses: Having a deposit of limescale.
Ogas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ogases
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ogas. This surname is predominantly found in Argentina.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
unitarianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unitarianizes
form: unitarianizing
form: unitarianized
form: unitarianized
Etymology: From Unitarian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To convert to Unitarian views.
unitarianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unitarianize
unitarianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unitarianize
unitarianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unitarianize
undeposited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + deposited.
Senses: examples: text: undeposited funds
glosses: Not deposited.
untyrannical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untyrannical
form: most untyrannical
Etymology: From un- + tyrannical.
Senses: glosses: Not tyrannical.
undespotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undespotic
form: most undespotic
Etymology: From un- + despotic.
Senses: glosses: Not despotic.
nondepositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + depositional.
Senses: glosses: Not depositional.
nebulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebulins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An actin-binding protein localized to the I-band of the sarcomeres in skeletal muscle.
Related terms: nebulette
nebulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebulin
disensanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + en- (from Latin in) + sanity.
Senses: examples: text: What tediosity and disensanity / Is here among ye?
ref: c. 1613-1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen, published 1634, [Act III, scene v]:
glosses: insanity; folly
Synonyms: insanity
materiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin materiatio (“woodwork”).
Senses: examples: text: a materiation even of matter itself
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of creating matter; materialization
Related terms: materiate
carpospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpospores
Etymology: From carpo- + -spore.
Senses: glosses: A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
Related terms: carposporangium
carposporic
carpospores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpospore
demigration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demigrations
Etymology: From Latin demigratio.
Senses: examples: text: put ourselves from the side of Eden, into the land of Nod, that is, of demigration?
ref: 1617, Joseph Hall, Quo Vadis? A just Censure of Travel:
glosses: emigration
demigrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demigration
sightproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtpɹuːf/
Forms: form: sight-proof
Etymology: From sight + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: As it was, whenever the yellowbirds came back, their enemies were hidden in their own sight-proof bush.
ref: 1871, James Russell Lowell, “My Garden Acquaintance”, in My Study Windows, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 12:
text: This louver may also be used where a sightproof louver is desired.
ref: 1959, Carol J. Dyson, AIA, Louvers in extruded aluminum, Construction Specialties, Inc., page 6:
text: There is no more perfect place for a mugger to catch you than in an almost soundproof, sightproof apartment entranceway as you are fumbling with your keys or reaching for your mail.
ref: 1975, Randall Bassett, “three defense strategies and how to use them” (chapter 6), in Zen karate, New York: Warner Books, →ISBN, factor no. 2: physical vulnerability, page 72:
glosses: invisible; not able to be seen
kaikai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Nigerian gin
percontatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pərkŏntətōʹrĭəl
ipa: /pəkɒntəˈtɔəɹɪəl/
Forms: form: more percontatorial
form: most percontatorial
Etymology: First attested in 1853; formed from Latin percontātōrius (from percontōr (“to inquire”)) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Given to or characterised by the asking of questions, especially open-ended ones (percontations).
Related terms: word: percontation
word: percontative
english: rhetorical question mark
translation: rhetorical question mark
word: punctus percontativus
balayages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balayage
redressment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redressments
Etymology: Compare French redressement.
Senses: examples: July 19 1822, Thomas Jefferson, letter to Doctor Waterhouse
Don Quixote undertook to redress the bodily wrongs of the world, but the redressment of mental vagaries would be an enterprise more than Quixotic
glosses: The act of redressing; redress.
redressments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redressment
slaveborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slave + born.
Senses: glosses: born in slavery
tarentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tarantism.
progressist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: progressists
Etymology: From progress + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Gérard Moore, in his double character of semi-foreigner and thorough-going progressist, the man most abominated.
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The Waggons”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: Synonym of progressionist (“one who makes or supports progress”).
synonyms: word: progressionist
extra: one who makes or supports progress
glosses: Synonym of progressionist (“one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form”).
synonyms: word: progressionist
extra: one who holds that all life forms gradually evolve to a higher form
progressists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progressist
disanoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disanoints
form: disanointing
form: disanointed
form: disanointed
Etymology: From dis- + anoint.
Senses: examples: text: to disanoint a king
text: after they have juggled and paltered with the world , bandied and borne arms against their king , divested him , disanointed him , nay , cursed him all over in their pulpits and their pamphlets
ref: 1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC:
glosses: To invalidate the consecration of.
disanointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disanoint
disanointing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disanoint
disanoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disanoint
dispropertied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disproperty
disproperties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disproperty
disproperty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disproperties
form: dispropertying
form: dispropertied
form: dispropertied
Etymology: From dis- + property.
Senses: examples: text: He still hath held them; that, to his power, he would
Have made them mules, silenc'd their pleaders, and
Disproperty'd their freedoms
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To strip of property; to dispossess (someone) of.
dispropertying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disproperty
boskiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bosky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: boscage
glosses: The state or quality of being bosky; bushiness.
gallinacean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallinaceans
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the former taxonomic order Gallinae (gallinaceous birds) of birds resembling fowl.
gallinaceans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallinacean
mistakeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mistake + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without any mistakes.
Derived terms: mistakelessness
hodometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hodometers
Etymology: From hodo- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of odometer.
hodometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodometer
assinego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assinegos
form: assinegoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of assinico.
assinegoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assinego
delphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin delphinus (“a dolphin”) + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise.
Synonyms: phocenin
Related terms: dolphin oil
phocenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Compare French phocénine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: delphin
sudoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sudor + -al, from Latin sudor.
Senses: examples: text: sudoral eruptions
text: If an individual sweat profusely, even though he is in the plenitude of health, these special sudoral efflorescences will be observed: they will at times be very painful, and may bear the aspect of measles, roseola, urticaria &c.
ref: 1869, Armand Trousseau, translated by John Rose Cormack, Lectures on Clinical Medicine, Volume 2, Lindsay & Blakiston, page 299:
text: 1875, Prof. Vulpian, Physiology—The Action of Jaborandi and of Atropine upon the Perspiration, Saint Louis Clinical Record, Volumes 1-2, page 38 (of volume 2),
I think that the same reasoning applies to the action of atropine and jaborandi upon the sudoral secretion.
text: The average duration of sudoral typhoid is therefore about five weeks.
ref: 1897, John A. Robison, “Medical Progress: Medicine”, in John H. Hollister, editor, The North American Practitioner, The J. Harrison White Company, page 213:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to sweat; caused by sweat; characterised by the production of sweat.
unresuscitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + resuscitable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to resuscitate.
shmear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shmears
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmear.
shmear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shmears
form: shmearing
form: shmeared
form: shmeared
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmear.
shmears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shmear
gladiuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gladius
Anabaptistries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anabaptistry
Anabaptistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anabaptistries
Etymology: From Anabaptist + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed in Munster.
ref: 1645, Ephraim Pagitt, Heresiography:
glosses: The Anabaptist theology
waggel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwæɡ.əl/
rhymes: -æɡəl
homophone: waggle
Forms: form: waggels
form: wagel
Senses: glosses: The young of the great black-backed gull (Larus marinus), formerly considered a distinct species.
waggels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waggel
thiophenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A certain acid, analogous to benzoic acid.
knights in shining armour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knight in shining armour
letchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more letchy
form: most letchy
Etymology: From letch + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lechy.
black knight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black knights
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
antonyms: white knight
glosses: A villain or evil character who masks their identity and that of their liege by not displaying heraldry.
topics: business
coordinate_terms: white knight
glosses: A person or company that makes an unwelcome takeover bid.
glosses: A dragonfly of species Camacinia othello.
Related terms: knight in shining armor
white knight
♞
black knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black knight
white knights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white knight
gobbledegooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gobbledygooks
Senses: examples: text: All professions unwittingly make a mystery of their skills and all too often invent new gobbledegooks to confound the public.
ref: 1965, James Joyce Quarterly, volumes 3-4, page 11:
glosses: plural of gobbledegook
PRUSVI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Related terms: PR
USVI
US
VI
recta ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕkʹtə rāʹshĭō
ipa: /ˈɹɛktə ˈɹeɪʃɪəʊ/
Etymology: First attested in an English text in 1677; borrowed from Latin rēcta ratiō (“right reason”), a calque of Ancient Greek ὀρθὸς λόγος (orthòs lógos). Cf. Cicero, De leg. I, 7, I, 2: “Recta ratio - quae cum sit lex, lege quoque consociati homines cum diis putandi sumus.”
Term used in a letter to "Tom" by John Locke, October 20, 1659: “...We are all centaurs, and ’tis the beast that carries us, and everyone’s recta ratio is but the traverses of his own steps.”
Senses: examples: text: Here we may ſee whence the Scholemen borrowed their Recta ratio, right reaſon, which they make with the Philoſophers to be the Regula eſſe moralis, the rule of Moral Beings and Actions.
ref: 1677, Theophilus Gale, The Court of the Gentiles, part III: “The Vanity of Pagan Philoſophie Demonſtrated”, ii:4.3, page 38
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: “Right reason”, which regards virtue as desirable in itself.
whiteass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whiteasses
Etymology: From white + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: And how many times have our people spoke^([sic]) of dreams since the Whiteasses came?
ref: 2000, Michael Piedmonte, Split Land of Liberty, page 137:
glosses: A white person.
whiteasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiteass
U. S. Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the U. S. Virgin Islands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of US Virgin Islands.
U.S. Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the U.S. Virgin Islands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of US Virgin Islands.
V. I.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of V.I..
dextrorotary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: dextrorotatory
sensualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sensualizes
form: sensualizing
form: sensualized
form: sensualized
form: sensualise
Etymology: From sensual + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: By that one neglect [of prayer], thy thoughts are sensualized.
ref: 1839, Thomas Harvey Skinner, Religion of the Bible: In Select Discourses:
text: Not to suffer oneself to be sensualized by pleasures
ref: 1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
text: normalizing and sensualizing condom use may be of great benefit
ref: 1993, Scott C. Ratzan, Aids: Effective Health Communication For The 90s:
glosses: To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure.
Derived terms: sensualization
sensualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sensualize
sensualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sensualize
sensualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sensualize
dextronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A syrupy substance obtained by the partial oxidation of various carbohydrates, such as dextrose.
Synonyms: gluconic acid
simple meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple meters
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: meter with two subdivisions for every pulse
compound meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compound meters
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A meter with three subdivisions for every pulse.
Spanish Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Spanish Virgin Islands
Senses: synonyms: Passage Islands
Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
glosses: A group of islands near Puerto Rico, west of the U.S. Virgin Islands, separated by a channel from them, under the administration of Puerto Rico. They are part of the Virgin Islands chain but not part of the Virgin Islands archipelago, being separated by the Virgin Passage channel.
Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
Senses: glosses: Spanish Virgin Islands
Synonyms: Spanish Virgin Islands
Passage Islands
asymmetric meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asymmetric meters
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: meter with an irregular pulse (usually with the top number of the time signature being 5, 7, 11, etc.).
stockmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stockman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or skills of a stockman.
Passage Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Passage Islands
Senses: glosses: a group of islands in the Virgin Islands chain, to the west of the Virgin Islands archipelago and east of Puerto Rico; separated from the Virgin Islands archipelago by the Virgin Passage channel.
Synonyms: Puerto Rican Virgin Islands
Spanish Virgin Islands
Brachman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brachmans
Etymology: Latin Brachmanae (plural), from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Brahman.
Brachmans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brachman
tirewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tirewomen
Etymology: From tire + woman. See tire (“attire”).
Senses: examples: text: fashionableness of the taylor or tirewoman's making
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§37”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
text: 'that a paltry girl, who is not worthy to be my tirewoman, the orphan of a murderer. . .that a creature thus naturally formed to excite aversion and contempt should so engross thy affections!'
ref: 1836, Joanna Baillie, Witchcraft, act 1, page 8:
glosses: A lady's handmaid.
glosses: A female dresser in a theatre; a wardrobe assistant.
Related terms: tireman
tirewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tirewoman
impetrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛtɹətɪv/
Etymology: Latin impetrativus (“obtained by entreaty”).
Senses: examples: text: prayers, which were most perfect and impetrative
ref: 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
glosses: Of the nature of impetration; getting, or tending to get, by entreaty.
cicisbeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cicisbeo + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Goldoni, whose fault was rather to have overcharged than spared the vices of society, described cicisbeism only as an absurd and troublesome code of etiquette, by no means interfering with the sanctity of private affections.
ref: 1848, Italy, Past and Present, volume 1, page 441:
text: This would include all those regular sexual relations, which are practised with or without marriage, such as cicisbeism, free love and conjoint marriage (see below).
ref: 2008, Miriam Koktvedgaard Zeitzen, Polygamy: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, page 22:
glosses: The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.
del credere
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, of belief or trust.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Engaging, when selling goods on credit, to guarantee to the principal that the purchaser is solvent. The seller is otherwise responsible for the debt.
Geissler tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Geissler tubes
Etymology: After Heinrich Geissler, who invented it in 1857.
Senses: glosses: An early gas discharge tube used to demonstrate the principles of electrical glow discharge.
Geissler tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Geissler tube
sellee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sellees
Etymology: From sell + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One to whom something is sold; a purchaser.
glosses: One who is sold.
Synonyms: buyer
purchaser
vendee
sellees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sellee
high-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The last night they kept it up in great style, and were getting into a high-go, when the captain called us off to go aboard, for, it being south-easter season, he was afraid to remain on shore long; and it was well he did not, for that very night, we slipped our cables, as a crowner to our fun ashore, and stood off before a south-easter, which lasted twelve hours, and returned to our anchorage the next day.
ref: 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., chapter XXVII, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC:
glosses: A celebration; a party.
shacklock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shacklocks
Senses: glosses: A sort of shackle.
shacklocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shacklock
scyphiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scyphiform
form: most scyphiform
Etymology: From Latin scyphus (“a cup”) + -iform.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Shaped like a cup.
raspatoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raspatorium
raspatorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raspatoria
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A raspatory.
tambu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”).
tambu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tambus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”).
disprize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disprizes
form: disprizing
form: disprized
form: disprized
Etymology: From dis- + prize. Doublet of dispraise.
Senses: examples: text: Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.
ref: a. 1687, Charles Cotton, Ode to Lydia:
glosses: To depreciate.
disprizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disprize
disprizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disprize
bagarap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin bagarap, from English bugger up.
Senses: glosses: broken down; broken; wrecked; messed up
bagarap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin bagarap, from English bugger up.
Senses: glosses: to mess up; to bugger up
bagarap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tok Pisin bagarap, from English bugger up.
Senses: glosses: accident; wreck
subelongate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + elongate.
Senses: glosses: Partially elongated.
tartrovinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tartro- + vinic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ethyltartaric acid
pedaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedary
pedary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedaries
Etymology: From Latin pedarius (“of the foot”).
Senses: examples: text: Hovv ſome brought forth canonizations, ſome expectations, some pluralities and unions, ſome tot-quots, and diſpenſations, ſome pardons, and theſe of vvonderful variety; ſome ſtationaries, ſome jubilaries, ſome pocularies for drinkers, ſome manuaries for handlers of relicks, ſome pedaries for pilgrims, ſome oſcularies for kiſſers.
ref: 1536 June 16 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, “Sermon II. Master Latimer’s Discourse on the Same Day in the Afternoon [Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, before the Parliament Began, the Sixth Day of June, the Twenty Eighth Year of the Reign of the Late King Henry VIII].”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume I, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 30:
glosses: A sandal.
unnotified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + notified.
Senses: glosses: Not having been notified.
curialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cūriālis (“belonging to the imperial court”), from cūria rēgis (“counsellors and retinue of a king”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to a court.
glosses: Relating or belonging to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.
restinguish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restinguishes
form: restinguishing
form: restinguished
form: restinguished
Etymology: From Latin restinguere, restinctum, from re- (“re-”) + stinguere (“to quench”).
Senses: examples: a. 1616 (written), 1717 (published) A View of the Controversies in Religion, which in these last times have caused the Lamentable Divisions in the Christian World
the Thirst of languishing Soules is Restinguished
glosses: To quench or extinguish.
restinguished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restinguish
tambaran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tambarans
form: tambaram
form: tamberan
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A demon or spirit, among certain peoples of Papua New Guinea.
sardachate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sardachates
Etymology: From Latin sardachates. Compare French sardachate. See sard and agate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of agate containing sard.
sardachates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sardachate
Drummond light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Drummond lights
Etymology: Named after British naval officer and civil engineer Thomas Drummond (1797–1840).
Senses: glosses: limelight
Drummond lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Drummond light
locksmithery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From locksmith + -ery or lock + smithery.
Senses: glosses: The work of a locksmith.
locksmithy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The work of a locksmith.
smallest room in the house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The bathroom; the room containing the toilet.
sphaera recta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsfiːɹə ˈɹɛktə/
Etymology: First attested in 1932; Latin: sphaera (“sphere”, “globe of the heavens”) + rēcta (feminine nominative singular of rēctus, “right”, “upright”) = “upright sphere”.
Senses: examples: text: There is a certain region lying to the south of us which is said to be under the equator, where the poles fall on the horizon, and the sphere of the universe stands straight up, as it were (sphaera recta).
ref: 1932, Sir Thomas Little Heath, Greek Astronomy, page 135:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An idealised conception of the celestial sphere in which the celestial equator is perpendicular to the local horizon and the Sun reaches the zenith at its highest point.
pistillidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pistillidium
pistillidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pistillidia
Etymology: From New Latin pistillidium, from Latin pistillum (“pestle”) + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An archegonium.
helicotrema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helicotremata
form: helicotremas
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “coil”) + τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).
Senses: examples: text: These openings may be respectively named the cochlear and vestibular helicotremata, the latter being many degrees larger than the former; so that, should a fluid be poured into the cupola, it will pass into the vestibular rather than the tympanic scala.
ref: 1849, J. D. Macdonald, “Development and comparative anatomy of the organ of hearing”, in London Journal of Medicine, page 870:
text: The lower tympanic scala begins at the crest of the cochlear fenestra and courses up spirally below the osseous spiral lamina, while the upper vestibular scala begins at the vestibular recess and passes above the spiral membrane to the helicotrema.
ref: 1907, Johannes Sobotta, Atlas and Text-book of Human Anatomy: Vascular system, lymphatic system, nervous system and sense organs:
text: We have made measurements on the size of the helicotrema two ways, either by reconstructing the helicotremas from serial sections, or directly in osmium-fixed preparations.
ref: 2012, Peter Dallos, The Auditory Periphery Biophysics and Physiology, page 183:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of the cochlear labyrinth where the scala tympani and the scala vestibuli meet.
Derived terms: helicotremal
helicotremata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helicotrema
broadspread
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more broadspread
form: most broadspread
Etymology: From broad + spread.
Senses: glosses: widespread
spearminty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spearminty
form: most spearminty
Etymology: From spearmint + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of spearmint.
gentlemen's club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlemen's clubs
form: gentleman's club
Senses: glosses: A private club of a type originally established by and for British upper-class men in the 18th century.
glosses: A strip club.
overmentioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + mentioned.
Senses: glosses: Mentioned previously in a document etc.; abovementioned.
wype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wypes
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: The wipe, or lapwing.
wypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wype
snappishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snappishnesses
Etymology: From snappish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being snappish.
moroxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin morus (“mulberry tree”) + Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”) + -ic + acid. Named by Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid derived from the mulberry.
wikipedia: Martin Heinrich Klaproth
baenopod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːnəˌpɒd/
Forms: form: baenopods
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “to walk”) + -pod.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the thoracic legs of arthropods.
baenopods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baenopod
cerebricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See cerebral.
Senses: examples: text: Your incident is a typical example of cerebral induction from a source containing stored cerebricity.
ref: 1892, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Over the Teacups:
glosses: Brainpower; the faculty of intelligence.
stingbull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stingbulls
Etymology: From sting + bull?
Senses: glosses: The greater weever (Trachinus draco), with a powerful sting on its dorsal fin.
properispome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊˈpɛɹɪspəʊm/
Forms: form: properispomes
Senses: glosses: properispomenon
Related terms: perispome
properispomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of properispome
strippet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪpɪt/
Forms: form: strippets
Etymology: From strip + -et.
Senses: examples: text: a little brook or strippet
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Scotlande, […]”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC:
glosses: A small stream.
glosses: a small strip
strippets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strippet
weeverfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weeverfish
weevilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weevilly
form: most weevilly
Etymology: From weevil + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of weevily.
Panteutonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + Teutonic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to all the Teutonic races.
unproviding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unproviding
form: most unproviding
Etymology: From un- + providing.
Senses: glosses: Failing to provide; not giving.
unprovide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unprovides
form: unproviding
form: unprovided
form: unprovided
Etymology: From un- + provide.
Senses: examples: text: Get me some poison, Iago, this night. I’ll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind again—This night, Iago!
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: To deprive of necessary provision, neglect,or unfurnish.
unprovides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unprovide
dotal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊtəl/
Etymology: From Latin dotalis, from dos, dotis (“dowry”). Compare French dotal. See dot (“dowry”).
Senses: examples: text: Shall I, of one poor dotal town poſſeſt,
My people thin, my wretched country waſte
ref: 1717, Samuel Garth, Metamorphoses:
glosses: Pertaining to dower, or a woman's marriage portion; constituting or comprised in dower.
Derived terms: extradotal
galvanotonus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galvano- + tonus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: electrotonus
trichogyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trichogynes
Etymology: French, from Ancient Greek θρίξ (thríx, “hair”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”)
Senses: examples: text: Ascodesmis is a third type which might be derived either directly or through the erysiphaceous type from an endomycetous ancestor; the antheridium and oogonium are but little differentiated, but the latter is furnished with a trichogyne and becomes septate after fertilization; the ascogenous hyphae are few and the sheath simple.
ref: 2010, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Fungi: Ascomycetes, Ustilaginales, Uredinales, page 54:
topics: biology
botany
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The slender, hair-like cell which receives the fertilizing particles, or antherozoids, in female red seaweeds, lichens and fungi.
Related terms: trichogynic
trichogynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichogyne
blesmol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blesmols
Etymology: From Afrikaans blesmol, from bles (“blaze (fleck of colour on animal coat)”) + mol (“mole”). Compare blesbok.
Senses: glosses: Any sub-Saharan African rodent in the family Bathyergidae.
wikipedia: Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
Synonyms: bathyergid
Derived terms: Damaraland blesmol
blesmols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blesmol
nuncupatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin nuncupāt-, past participial stem of nuncupō, + -ory. Compare Late Latin nuncupātōrius.
Senses: examples: a nuncupatory will
glosses: Nuncupative; oral rather than written.