cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: trikes
Etymology: Shortening of triceratops.
Senses: examples: text: Ellie: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?
ref: 1992, David Koepp, Jurassic Park:
glosses: A triceratops.
Coordinate terms: english: Compsognathus
translation: Compsognathus
word: compy
anti-Semitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/
ipa: /ˌæntiːsəˈmɪtɪk/
ipa: /ˌæntiːsəˈmɛtɪk/
ipa: /ˌæntaɪ-/
rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Forms: form: more anti-Semitic
form: most anti-Semitic
form: antisemitic
Etymology: From anti- + Semitic; calque of German antisemitisch, which was first used in 1860 by Jewish scholar Moritz Steinschneider.
For more see anti-Semitism.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hen a Hamas spokesman recently stood by his statement that Jews used the blood of non-Jewish children for their matzos – one of the oldest anti-Semitic canards around – European elites were largely silent.
ref: 2014 August 20, “Why Jews are worried [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, page 8]”, in The New York Times:
text: The Anti-Defamation League reported a dramatic increase in antisemitic incidents in 2021 in this country, with a total of 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism reported to ADL, the highest number on record since the organization began tracking antisemitic incidents in 1979.
ref: 2022 November 19, Clarence Page, “Sometimes offensive comedy is just lazy laughs”, in Chicago Tribune:
antonyms: philo-Semitic
glosses: Relating to or exhibiting anti-Semitism.
wikipedia: Moritz Steinschneider
Hypernyms: ethnicistic
Coordinate terms: Islamophobic
Derived terms: anti-Semitically
Related terms: anti-Semite
antisemitica
anti-Semitism
anti-Semite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntiˈsɛmaɪt/
ipa: /ˌæntaɪ-/
ipa: /ˌæntiˈsiːmaɪt/
Forms: form: anti-Semites
Etymology: 1881, from German Antisemit (coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879 as a scientific-sounding self-identification), from German antisemitisch (coined by Moritz Steinschneider in 1860), from anti- + semitisch
Senses: examples: text: Aw yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire Australian anti-Semite on horseback.
ref: 2014, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
antonyms: philo-Semite
coordinate_terms: Islamophobe
glosses: Someone with anti-Semitic views.
Related terms: anti-Semitic
anti-Semitism
anti-semitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-semitisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of anti-Semitism.
blanc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blancs
Etymology: Borrowed from French blanc (“white”). Doublet of blank.
Senses: examples: text: Had Miss Fipps not told her what they were, she would have taken them for ladies of fashion. In an age when women wore less than they had ever done but wore just as much blanc and rouge, there was little difference between the ladies in the side boxes and the ladies in the centre.
ref: 2013, M. C. Beaton, Rake's Progress:
text: A guest at a party in 1764 was described as wearing on her face "rather too much yellow mixed with the red; she . . . would look very agreeable if she added blanc to the rouge instead of gamboge."
ref: 2015, Richard Corson, James Glavan, Beverly Gore Norcross, Stage Makeup, page 322:
text: A white mask of cosmetic face paint, or blanc, had long been the norm for formally dressed ladies in the eighteenth century, but by the 1790s the deliberate artifice of the white mask was supplanted by a desire for a "natural" whiteness without additional coloring. "Rouge is no longer used; pallor is more interesting," wrote one commentator in 1804; "The ladies only use the blanc, and leave the rouge to the men."
ref: 2020, Amelia Rauser, The Age of Undress, page 127:
glosses: A white cosmetic.
glosses: A white sauce of fat, broth, and vegetables, used especially for braised meat.
Related terms: film blanc
Sauvignon blanc
maestro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪstɹoʊ/
ipa: /maɪˈɛstɹoʊ/
Forms: form: maestros
form: maestri
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian maestro, from Latin magister (“master”). Doublet of magister, master, and meister.
Senses: examples: text: You've never been on a ride like this before; with a producer who can rap and control the maestro.
ref: 1992, “Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang”, in Andre R. Young, Tracy Curry, Calvin Broadus, Leon Haywood (lyrics), Andre R. Young (music), The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), Death Row Records:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A master in some art, especially a composer or conductor.
glosses: A gang elder in prison.
Synonyms: master
Derived terms: maestrolike
Related terms: maestra
maestro di cappella
magister
magisterium
magistra
meister
miss
missus
mister
mistress
Mr.
Mrs.
MS
noir
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnwɑː/
ipa: /ˈnwɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: more noir
form: most noir
Etymology: Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.
Senses: examples: text: As a neo-Sherlock Holmes, however, Mulder is also a very noir version of the classic detective (just as Scully is a very noir Watson).
ref: 2008, Jerold J. Abrams, Elizabeth Cooke, “Detection and the Logic of Abduction in The X-Files”, in The Philosophy of TV Noir, →ISBN, page 182:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Of or pertaining to film noir, or the atmosphere associated with that genre
Derived terms: cabinet noir
cybernoir
neo-noir
noirish
Nordic noir
pinot noir
retro-noir
rouge et noir
Scandinavian noir
Scandi-noir
tartan noir
tech noir
noir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnwɑː/
ipa: /ˈnwɑɹ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: noirs
Etymology: Shortened from film noir, and from French noir. Doublet of negro.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Film noir.
examples: text: Several noirs, including “Raw Deal,” have been set here.
ref: 2007 January 29, Wendell Jamieson, “Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, Nights Are Noir in Fog City”, in New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A production in the style of film noir.
libel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: līʹbəl
ipa: /ˈlaɪbəl/
rhymes: -aɪbəl
Forms: form: libels
Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
Senses: examples: text: Peter Parker: Spider-Man wasn't trying to attack the city, he was trying to save it. That's slander.
ref: 2002, Spider-Man:
glosses: A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
glosses: The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
glosses: Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
examples: text: These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district.
ref: 1873, United States Supreme Court, The Rio Grande, 86 U.S. 178,179
topics: law
glosses: A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
examples: text: a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
glosses: A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
Derived terms: blasphemous libel
libel tourism
libel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: līʹbəl
ipa: /ˈlaɪbəl/
rhymes: -aɪbəl
Forms: form: libels
form: libeling
form: libelling
form: libeled
form: libeled
form: libelled
form: libelled
Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle.
Senses: examples: text: He libelled her when he published that.
text: But vvhat ſo pure, vvhich envious tongues vvill ſpare? / Some vvicked vvits have libell'd all the fair.
ref: 1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 203:
topics: law
synonyms: word: assassinate
word: asperse
word: backbite
word: badmouth
word: belibel
word: belittle
word: besmirch
word: blaze
word: blemish
word: blot
word: calumniate
word: calumny
word: cloud
word: cut down
word: defame
word: demonize
word: denigrate
word: derogate
word: detract
word: discredit
word: disgrace
word: disparage
word: diss
word: forgab
word: infamize
word: lampoon
word: libel
word: malign
word: monster
word: reproach
word: revile
word: scandal
word: shit-talk
word: slag
word: slander
word: spatter
word: speak ill of
word: stab
word: talk shit
word: talk shite
word: talk trash
word: torch
word: traduce
word: trash-talk
word: vilify
word: vilipend
word: vituperate
glosses: To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
topics: law
glosses: To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: antilibel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: belibel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: blood libel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: cyberlibel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libelant
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libel chill
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libelee
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libeler
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libelist
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libeller
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libellist
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libellize
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: libelous
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: McLibel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: Twibel
sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb libel
word: unlibelled
Related terms: defamation
defame
slander
Komodo dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/
Forms: form: Komodo dragons
Etymology: From Komodo (island) + dragon.
Senses: glosses: Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.
Synonyms: sense: Varanus komodoensis
word: dragon lizard
sense: Varanus komodoensis
word: giant lizard
sense: Varanus komodoensis
word: Komodo lizard
RFID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The lockers were the standard metal cubes with electronic locks keyed to the RFID in our ID cards.
ref: 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, pages 11–12:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of radio-frequency identification.
dracunculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dracunculi
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”).
Senses: glosses: A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
glosses: A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
laccic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæk.sɪk/
rhymes: -æksɪk
Etymology: From French laccique (“laccic”).
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of lac, such as in laccic acid.
Gadhelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdɛlɪk/
/ɡaˈdɛlɪk/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin gathelicus, from gathelus, from Old Irish Goídel.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of Goidelic.
vanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈnɪl.ə/
ipa: /vəˈnɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: vanillas
form: vanille
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.
Senses: examples: text: Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 242:
glosses: Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes.
synonyms: vanilla bean
glosses: The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant.
synonyms: vanilla extract
glosses: The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant.
glosses: The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract.
synonyms: imitation vanilla
glosses: Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals.
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Someone who is not into fetishism.
topics: games
gaming
synonyms: stock
glosses: An unmodded version of a game.
glosses: A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream.
Derived terms: banilla
Cuban vanilla
imitation vanilla
nonvanilla
plain vanilla
vanilla bean
vanilla essence
vanilla extract
vanillafy
vanilla grass
vanilla leaf
vanillaness
vanillar
vanilla slice
vanilla submarine
vanilla wafer
vanilla-y
vanillery
Related terms: flavour extract
vanilla
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəˈnɪl.ə/
ipa: /vəˈnɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɪlə
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: more vanilla
form: most vanilla
form: vanille
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.
Senses: examples: text: A mass of folders and binders. One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: Of vanilla.
raw_tags: of flavor
examples: text: vanilla JavaScript
text: BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files.
ref: 2001, Michael Foot, “BeebIt 0.32 and BBCFiles 0.29 released”, in comp.sys.acorn.announce (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic.
examples: text: An uncharacteristically vanilla threesome and non-cute realist rendering - derived paradoxically from tracing drawings rather than photographs.
ref: 2006, Felix Lance Falkon, Gay Art: A Historic Collection, →ISBN, page 136:
text: While Dominick was more of a vanilla kind of a guy himself, he wasn't a total dunce when it came to the kinkier sides of things.
ref: 2010, Chloe Stowe, Hard Water, →ISBN, page 37:
text: Sebastian could never do that, be in a marriage with a vanilla woman.
ref: 2014, Christina Thacher, The Negotiation: A BDSM Romance, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
synonyms: normophilic
glosses: Not kinky, not involving BDSM.
glosses: Plain; conventional; unimaginative.
Synonyms: vanillar
Related terms: word: vanillin
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: jellybean
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: muter
form: mutest
Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their Earthy Mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected Eyes / Beholds his own hereditary Skies. / From ſuch rude Principles our Form began; / And Earth was Metamorphos'd into Man.
ref: 1717, John Dryden, “Book I”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Not having the power of speech; dumb.
examples: text: He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire ſtood mute, / And ſilence was in Heav’n: […]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature I2, verso, lines 217–218:
text: […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute!
ref: 1956, Ernst Kaiser and Eithne Wilkins (?, translators), Lion Feuchtwanger (German author), Raquel: The Jewess of Toledo (translation of Die Jüdin von Toledo), Messner, page 178
glosses: Silent; not making a sound.
glosses: Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters.
glosses: Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Synonyms: word: aphonic
word: aphonous
word: dumb
word: dumb as a post
word: mumchance
word: mute
word: tongueless
word: unspeaking
word: voiceless
Hypernyms: word: lacking
word: silent
Hyponyms: word: dumbstruck
word: speechless
word: wordless
Derived terms: deaf-mute
I'm mute
mute as a mouse
mute cornett
mute e
mute h
mutely
muteness
mute of malice
mute point
mute swan
mutism
mutist
mutistic
nonmute
palm mute
selectively mute
semimute
Related terms: word: inarticulate
word: inaudible
word: semimute
word: silence
word: make silent
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mutes
Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: occlusive
plosive
stop
glosses: A stopped consonant; a stop.
examples: text: As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it:
ref: 1668 OF Dramatick Poesie, AN ESSAY. By JOHN DRYDEN Esq; (John Dryden)
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: An actor who does not speak; a mime performer.
examples: text: The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male mutes, to whom the Queen made another sign.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: A person who does not have the power of speech.
examples: text: He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […]
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter IX, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 95:
text: The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear.
ref: 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
text: Then followed a long silence during which the mute turned to them and said, ‘Of course you'll be wanting an urn, sir?’
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 481:
glosses: A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine.
examples: text: Another related primary control is called a mute, which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. Mutes are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal […]
ref: 2012, Tomlinson Holman, Sound for Film and Television, page 174:
glosses: An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound.
examples: text: The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving.
ref: 1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants:
glosses: A mute swan.
Derived terms: mute cancel
plunger mute
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mutes
form: muting
form: muted
form: muted
Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus.
Senses: glosses: To silence, to make quiet.
examples: text: Please mute the music while I make a call.
antonyms: unmute
glosses: To turn off the sound of.
Derived terms: muteable
muter
Related terms: dumb
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mutes
form: muting
form: muted
form: muted
Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Senses: examples: text: I Mute as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge.
ref: 1530 July 28 (Gregorian calendar), Iohan Palsgraue [i.e., John Palsgrave], “The Table of Verbes”, in Lesclarcissement de la langue francoyse⸝ […], [London]: […] [Richard Pynson] fynnysshed by Iohan Haukyns, →OCLC, 3rd boke, folio cccvi, recto, column 1; reprinted Geneva: Slatkine Reprints, October 1972, →OCLC:
text: And I knewe not that there were Sparrowes in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the Sparrowes muted warme doung into mine eyes, […]
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 2:10:
text: The Birds were large, fine, and neat accordingly; looking as like the Men in my Country, as one Pea do's like another; for they eat and drank like Men, muted like Men, endued or digested like Men, farted like Men, but stunk like Devils, […]
ref: 1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “How the Ringing Island had been Inhabited by the Siticines, who were Become Birds”, in The Works of Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick: Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds, and Sayings of Gargantua, and His Sonne Pantagruel. […], London: […] [Thomas Ratcliffe and Edward Mottershead] for Richard Baddeley, […], →OCLC; republished in volume II, London: […] Navarre Society […], [1948], →OCLC, 5th book, page 292:
text: All the pigeons, to the number of thirty-five, flew to and fro over the men's heads and muted upon them from mid-air; […]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: Of a bird: to defecate.
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mutes
Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Senses: examples: text: On which was written not in words,
But hieroglyphic mute of birds
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:
text: The Wart was familiar with the nests of Spar-hawk and Gos, the crazy conglomerations of sticks and oddments which had been taken over from squirrels or crows, and he knew how the twigs and the tree foot were splashed with white mutes, old bones, muddy feathers and castings.
ref: 1958, T[erence] H[anbury] White, chapter III, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone):
glosses: The faeces of a hawk or falcon.
mute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞ot
ipa: /mjuːt/
ipa: /mɪu̯t/
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: moot stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: mutes
form: muting
form: muted
form: muted
Etymology: From Latin mutare (“to change”).
Senses: examples: text: Have I muted all my feathers?
ref: 1633 May 21 (licensing date), John Fletcher, James Shirley, “The Night-Walker, or The Little Thief. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv:
glosses: To cast off; to moult.
jackpudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækˈpʊdˌɪŋ/
Forms: form: jackpuddings
Senses: glosses: An amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others
Synonyms: buffoon
clown
comedian comic
cutup
fool
harlequin
humorist
jester
joker
merry-andrew
wag
zany
per se
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈseɪ/
ipa: /pɚˈseɪ/
ipa: /pɚˈsiː/
ipa: /pəˈsæɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: (General American) -iː
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”).
Senses: examples: text: Hence, God would have to be the immediate per se cause of some natural motions, but not of all. But no known natural motion is without a natural motion as its immediate per se cause.
ref: 1980, Mortimer Adler, How to Prove There Is a God: Mortimer J. Adler's Writings and Thoughts About God, Open Court, →ISBN, page 197:
text: Before stating at 74b5ff. that the connection between the subject and predicate of the premisses of scientific inferences must not be accidental but per se, he introduces the technical terms 'about all' ( 'kata pantos' ) and 'per se' (' kath' hauto ') in order to clarify the meaning of this proviso.
ref: 1988, J. van Rijen, Aspects of Aristotle’s Logic of Modalities, page 137:
text: The per se cause of the house is the building skill and the craftsman who exercises it, while the per accidens cause is the fair-skinned or the artistic man. Alexander says: 'Aristotle says that just as anything that exists is one thing per se and another per accidens (by “being what it is per se” he means the substance, and by "what is per accidens" he means the attributes of the substance), so a cause is one thing per se and another per accidens.
ref: 2014, Barrie Fleet, Simplicius: On Aristotle Physics 2, page 97:
text: They hold to the impossibility of an actual per se infinity, because in a per se series the effects have a dependence on their causes, in which case if the series were infinite, the ultimate effect would be dependent on an infinite chain of causes; and since an infinity cannot be traversed, the being of such an effect would never be explained.
ref: 2015, Gaven Kerr, Aquinas's Way to God: The Proof in De Ente et Essentia:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
examples: text: Until recently Denmark hesitated to adopt a formal per se law, preferring to give more discretion to its judges, but the general practice was to take blood tests and to convict those accused under the classical law if the blood alcohol concentration was greater than 100 mg./100 ml.
ref: 1981, Hugh Laurence Ross, Deterrence of the Drinking Driver: An International Survey, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, page 80:
text: CBS (441 U.S. 1 [1979]) explains, the per se rule against price-fixing isn't to be taken literally.
ref: 2006, Sheldon Kimmel, How and why the Per Se Rule Against Price-fixing Went Wrong, page 1:
topics: law
glosses: That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
positive crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positive crystals
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A doubly refracting crystal in which the index of refraction for the extraordinary ray is greater than for the ordinary ray, and the former is refracted nearer to the axis than the latter, such as quartz and ice; as opposed to negative crystal: one in which this characteristic is reversed, such as Iceland spar or tourmaline.
cacoxenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cacoxene
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ξένος (xénos, “guest”) because the phosphorous content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
inorganic-chemistry
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.
dephlogisticate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dē"flŏjĭs'tĭkāt"
ipa: /ˌdiflɒˈd͡ʒɪstɪˌkeɪt/
enpr: dē"flŏjĭs'tĭkāt"
ipa: /ˌdiflɑˈd͡ʒɪstɪˌke(ɪ)t/
Forms: form: dephlogisticates
form: dephlogisticating
form: dephlogisticated
form: dephlogisticated
Etymology: From de- + phlogisticate, after French déphlogistiquer (“to dephlogisticate”).
Senses: glosses: To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
Derived terms: dephlogisticated
archery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ärchərē
ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃəɹiː/
ipa: /ˈɑːt͡ʃəɹiː/
Forms: form: archeries
Etymology: From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
glosses: A group of archers.
Derived terms: archery ground
archery tag
dartchery
para-archery
Related terms: archer
bowman
bowmanship
toxophilite
positive degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.
Related terms: comparative degree
superlative degree
wikify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭk'ifī
ipa: /ˈwɪkifaɪ/
Forms: form: wikifies
form: wikifying
form: wikified
form: wikified
Etymology: From wiki + -fy.
Senses: examples: text: As a starting point, I've wikified an article I wrote a while ago.
text: This is definitely worth wikifying.
ref: 2001 May 22, Jeff Hobbs, “Re: memory usage in tcl”, in comp.lang.tcl (Usenet):
text: I added a justification, and tried to "wikify" the entry, which involved adding references and reformatting the text.
ref: 2007, Lisa Neal, “My Life as a Wikipedian”, in eLearn Magazine:
text: We don't yet know how blogs will evolve, and it is almost certain that what we will be using in ten years will be very different from what we might be using now––but who will be taking the lead in making sure that these are organized and preserved and described in such a way that we can guide someone to the relevant blog posting or wikified document as readily as we now direct them to a particular journal article?
ref: 2007, T. Scott Plutchak, “What's a Serial When You're Running on Internet Time?”, in The Serials Librarian:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
qualifier: wiki jargon
glosses: To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext.
raw_tags: of text or other content
examples: text: The Los Angeles Times proved this last week, with its high-minded but ultimately hilarious attempt to 'wikify ' its editorial column.
ref: 2005 June 26, Frank Kane, “Eureka! Journalists may not be doomed after all”, in The Observer:
text: Although he's adamant that NCBI is not going to "wikify" GenBank, Lipman says he's eager to work with mycologists to come up with a solution, possibly through RefSeq.
ref: 2008 March 21, Elizabeth Pennisi, “Proposal to 'Wikify' GenBank Meets Stiff Resistance”, in Science:
glosses: To make into a wiki, or to use a wiki approach for.
examples: text: "They can blog and podcast and 'wikify ' and do all sorts of things we could not even imagine until very recently."
ref: 2007 May 1, Graeme Philipson, quoting Bruce McCabe, “On the cusp of another digital revolution”, in The Age:
glosses: To use or participate in a wiki.
Derived terms: dewikification
dewikify
wikification
belligerent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt/
ipa: /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt/
Forms: form: more belligerent
form: most belligerent
Etymology: From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).
Senses: glosses: Engaged in warfare, warring.
glosses: Eager to go to war, warlike.
glosses: Of or pertaining to war.
examples: text: England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield.
ref: 2019 November 3, Liam de Carme, “Boks, you beauties”, in Sunday Times:
glosses: Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
glosses: Acting violently towards others.
glosses: Uncooperative.
Synonyms: sense: eager to fight
word: aggressive
sense: eager to fight
word: antagonistic
sense: eager to fight
word: bellicose
sense: eager to fight
word: combative
sense: eager to fight
word: contentious
sense: eager to fight
word: pugnacious
sense: eager to fight
word: quarrelsome
sense: eager to fight
word: truculent
Derived terms: antibelligerent
belligerati
belligerently
cobelligerent
interbelligerent
nonbelligerent
non-belligerent
unbelligerent
Related terms: bellicose
belligerence
belligerency
belligerent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈlɪdʒ.(ə).ɹənt/
ipa: /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ə.ɹənt/
Forms: form: belligerents
Etymology: From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).
Senses: examples: text: The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.
glosses: A state or other armed participant in warfare
Derived terms: cobelligerent
Related terms: warmonger
oily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɪli/
rhymes: -ɔɪli
Forms: form: oilier
form: oiliest
form: oyly
Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).
Senses: examples: text: oily machinery;   oily rags;   oily fish;   oily cooking
text: His clothes were apt to look oily and smell of eating-houses.
ref: 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby, the Scrivener:
text: […] overdressed young men of enigmatic appearance, with oily thick hair, shifty eyes, and hands covered with cheap rings, swaggered about smoking cigarettes and talking in loud, ostentatious voices.
ref: 1917, Robert Hichens, Wilderness, Chapter:
text: Dyes listed with the word “lake” indicate the dye is a fat-soluble version, meaning it can dissolve in oily foods or drinks.
ref: 2025 March 29, Kristen Rogers, “Over half of US states are trying to eliminate food dyes. Here’s what you can do now”, in CNN:
glosses: Covered with or containing oil.
examples: text: oily swells;   oily seas
text: There were no breakers and no waves, for not a breath of wind was stirring. Only a slight oily swell rose and fell like a gentle breathing, and showed that the eternal sea was still moving and living.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “After the Story”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 195:
synonyms: oilish
oillike
glosses: Resembling oil.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: slick, buttery; smarmy
text: […] for I want that glib and oyly Art,
To ſpeake and purpoſe not, ſince what I well entend
Ile do’t before I ſpeake, […]
ref: c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Mr. Carker the Manager, sly of manner, sharp of tooth, soft of foot, watchful of eye, oily of tongue, cruel of heart, nice of habit, sat with a dainty stedfastness and patience at his work, as if he were waiting at a mouse’s hole.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “A Trifle of Management by Mr. Carker the Manager”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 211:
text: ‘He had an inflexible will beneath all that oily kindness which passed for spiritual […]’
ref: 1914, Algernon Blackwood, The Damned:
coordinate_terms: soapy
glosses: Excessively friendly or polite but insincere.
Derived terms: nonoily
oilily
oiliness
oily bitterling
oilyish
oily rag
oily rice
oily-wad
smell of an oily rag
unoily
Related terms: oilfish
oilseed
olive-oily
oily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɪli/
rhymes: -ɔɪli
Forms: form: oilies
form: oyly
Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”).
Senses: examples: text: Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies, and pearls).
ref: 1998, Joanna Cole, Stephanie Calmenson, Michael Street, Marbles: 101 ways to play:
text: But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […]
ref: 2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life, page 39:
glosses: A marble with an oily lustre.
glosses: Oilskins. (waterproof garment)
XNAY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Initialism of X-No-Archive: yes, a Usenet message header that indicates the message should not be retained on the server after delivery. Probably also influenced by ixnay.
Senses: glosses: Indicates the poster’s request for a message not to be stored in Usenet archives.
Related terms: english: X-No-Archive
translation: X-No-Archive
word: XNA
perfect tense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect tenses
Senses: glosses: A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
glosses: A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
Often, specifically, the present perfect tense as distinguished from the past perfect and future perfect tenses.
Related terms: pluperfect
future perfect
present perfect
imperfect tense
perfect system
bosom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊz(ə)m/
ipa: /ˈbʌz(ə)m/
rhymes: -ʊzəm
rhymes: -ʌzəm
Forms: form: bosome
Etymology: From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).
Senses: examples: text: bosom buddies
text: Lieut. Creecy of the navy, who has been detailed to the aerial experiments at the fort, and who was a bosom companion of young Selfridge, was brokenhearted.
ref: 1908 September 18, “Fatal fall of Wright airship”, in New York Times, Describing the death of Thomas Etholen Selfridge, first airplane fatality in history:
glosses: In a very close relationship.
astucious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more astucious
form: most astucious
Senses: glosses: having insight or acumen; perceptive; shrewd
Derived terms: astuciously
astucity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astucities
Senses: glosses: Craftiness; astuteness.
astute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əsˈtjuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: astuter
form: astutest
Etymology: From Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”).
Senses: glosses: Quickly and critically discerning.
examples: text: astute analysis
text: astute observation
text: astute remark
text: The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.
ref: 23 September 2014, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Shrewd or crafty.
Synonyms: crafty
shrewd
wily
knowing
Derived terms: astutely
astuteness
unastute
activities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiːz/
ipa: /ækˈtɪv.ə.tiːz/
ipa: /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/
ipa: [ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾiz]
ipa: /ækˈtɪv.ə.tiz/
ipa: [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾiz]
Senses: glosses: plural of activity
actless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæktləs/
rhymes: -æktləs
Etymology: From act + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without action or spirit.
Derived terms: actlessness
acton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tən/
Forms: form: actons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aketon.
acton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tən/
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of actinon.
formule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjuːl/
Forms: form: formules
Etymology: Borrowed from French formule. Doublet of formula.
Senses: glosses: formula (model)
formulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mjə.li/
ipa: /-.leɪ/
ipa: /-.laɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /fɔ(r).m(j)ʊl.e/
Forms: form: formulæ
form: formulas
Senses: glosses: plural of formula
dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒɡɪŋ
Forms: form: doggings
Senses: examples: text: […] free from the doggings of the common informer, but under the superintendence of the bishop […]
ref: 1844, George Lillie Craik, Charles MacFarlane, The Pictorial History of England, page 598:
glosses: The act of one who dogs or harasses.
examples: text: We do it because we've found / When people crowd around / It is somehow more profound / When you're dogging.
ref: 2011, Adele Anderson and Dillie Keane, “Dogging”, performed by Fascinating Aida:
text: Even that […] had been less awful than this date-rape opportunity and likely dogging hotspot, with its hasty skim of tarmac spread like cheap, stale caviar across the pink pedestrian tiles beneath […].
ref: 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, page 21:
glosses: The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched.
Related terms: alpha dogging
chute dogging
hog-dogging
dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɑɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɒɡɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dog
aculeiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aculeiform
form: most aculeiform
Etymology: From Latin aculeus (“thorn”) + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Like a prickle or thorn
acuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkjuːɪti/
Forms: form: acuities
Etymology: From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (“sharpen”).
Senses: glosses: Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
examples: text: The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity.
text: And yet [Ray] Dalio’s acuity prompts an awkward question: how much of Bridgewater’s success comes not from the way it is organized, or any notion of “radical transparency,” but from the boss’s raw investment abilities?
ref: 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
text: Donald Trump’s frequently bizarre public appearances[…] have once again raised questions about his mental acuity, experts say. […] During his presidency, Joe Biden was subjected to intense speculation over his mental acuity – including from Trump.
ref: 2025 August 3, Adam Gabbatt, “‘He has trouble completing a thought’: bizarre public appearances again cast doubt on Trump’s mental acuity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
Synonyms: wisdom
Derived terms: hyperacuity
stereoacuity
visual acuity
Related terms: acute
acutance
acuteness
acuition
acture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Action.
acuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ju.ət/
ipa: /ˈæk.ju.eɪt/
Forms: form: more acuate
form: most acuate
Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere (“to sharpen”), from acus (“needle”).
Senses: glosses: Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
acuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ju.ət/
ipa: /ˈæk.ju.eɪt/
Forms: form: acuates
form: acuating
form: acuated
form: acuated
Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere (“to sharpen”), from acus (“needle”).
Senses: examples: text: wicked dispositions shou'd have knowledge to acuate their ill intentions
ref: 1764, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury:
glosses: To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.
acuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Senses: glosses: The act of sharpening.
Synonyms: acuition
acuition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuitio (“whetting, sharpening”), from acuo (“sharpen”). By surface analysis, acuity + -ion.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acuation (“act of sharpening”).
synonyms: word: acuation
extra: act of sharpening
Related terms: acuity
aculeate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aculeate
form: most aculeate
Senses: glosses: Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
glosses: Having prickles or sharp points.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a stinger; stinging.
Derived terms: nonaculeate
aculeate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aculeates
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.
aculeated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aculeated
form: most aculeated
Etymology: From Latin aculeatus, from acus (“needle”).
Senses: glosses: Having a sharp point; armed with prickles.
glosses: Pungent, incisive.
Synonyms: prickly
aculeate
aculeolate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having small prickles or sharp points.
Related terms: aculeate
acuminate
aculeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkjuː.lɪ.əs/
ipa: /əˈkju.li.əs/
Forms: form: aculei
Etymology: From Latin aculeus.
Senses: examples: text: Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […].
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 15:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.
glosses: A sting.
Derived terms: subaculear
packed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pækt/
rhymes: -ækt
homophone: pact
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pack