cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
evacated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of evacate
evacates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evacate
evacating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of evacate
ignified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ignify
ignifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ignify
ignify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ignifies
form: ignifying
form: ignified
form: ignified
Etymology: From igni- + -fy.
Senses: examples: text: 1647, Richard Tomlinson (translator and reviser), Jean de Renou⁽ᶠʳ⁾, A Medicinal Dispensatory, [1623, Jean de Renou, Dispensatorium medicum], page 68,
For Ignition in ſome is the end of Uſtion, in others, Uſtion is not terminated till smoke expire; and yet many ſtones may be ignified three or four times, and ſtill ſuffunded with a certain humour, till they be bray'd.
text: […]found, that the whole quantity of Aer ignify'd[…].
ref: 1707, John Dunton, Athenian Sport: Or Two Thouſand Paradoxes Merrily Argued, To Amuſe and Divert the Age, page 146:
text: […]ſerves to divide and mix ſuch parts of the fuel as are actually ignified and ſaturated with the ethereal fire, with the other freſh parts not yet actually laid hold of by the fire, or as yet but beginning to be ignified;
ref: 1748, “Abstract of the [new] Mechanical Practice of Physick”, in The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, volume 17, page 218:
glosses: To form into fire.
ignifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ignify
cerotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See cerotene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline substance, C₂₇H₅₅.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol.
fer-de-lance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fer-de-lances
form: fers-de-lance
Etymology: Borrowed from French fer de lance (“spearhead”).
Senses: glosses: Bothrops lanceolatus or other lancehead snakes of genus Bothrops.
fer-de-lances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fer-de-lance
pachisi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parchesi
Etymology: From Hindi पचीसी (pacīsī, “twenty-five”), referring to the largest score that can be thrown with the cowrie shells. First attested in the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Indian board game in which players, throwing dice, shells, etc. to determine the distance of each move, attempt to be the first to take all of their counters around the board.
parchesi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pachisi.
pachamancas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pachamanca
piqueer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: piqueers
form: piqueering
form: piqueered
form: piqueered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pickeer.
piqueered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piqueer
piqueering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piqueer
piqueers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piqueer
resumptive pronoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resumptive pronouns
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: copy pronoun
shadow pronoun
glosses: A pronoun in a relative clause which refers to the antecedent of the relative pronoun.
resumptive pronouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resumptive pronoun
demutualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demutualizes
form: demutualizing
form: demutualized
form: demutualized
Etymology: From de- + mutualize.
Senses: qualifier: especially a building society
glosses: To change from mutual ownership to ownership via stocks or shares.
raw_tags: of a company
DIP switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DIP switches
form: dip switch
form: dip-switch
form: dipswitch
Etymology: From DIP (“dual in-line package”) + switch.
Senses: topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A miniature switch designed to be attached to a circuit board to customize the behavior of the circuit.
design by contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by French computer scientist Bertrand Meyer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A software design approach that prescribes formal, precise and verifiable interface specifications (contracts) with preconditions, postconditions, and invariants.
Synonyms: contract programming
DbC
programming by contract
contract programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Synonym of design by contract.
synonyms: word: design by contract
programming by contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Synonym of design by contract.
synonyms: word: design by contract
DbC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Design by Contract.
enfranchize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enfranchizes
form: enfranchizing
form: enfranchized
form: enfranchized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of enfranchise.
class invariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: class invariants
Senses: examples: text: Every object of a given class must satisfy the class's invariant. This invariant acts as a constraint, limiting the size of the class's state-space. A subclass both inherits the class invariant(s) of its superclass(es) and adds a further restriction of its own.
ref: 2000, Meilir Page-Jones, Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 272:
synonyms: type invariant
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: An invariant used to constrain objects of a class that is preserved by class methods and that constrains the state stored in the object.
Related terms: design by contract
class invariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of class invariant
pelleter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelleters
Etymology: From pellet + -er.
Senses: glosses: A machine for forming ingredients into pellets to feed animals.
pelure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelures
Etymology: From French pelure.
Senses: glosses: A crisp, hard, thin paper, sometimes used for postage stamps.
betrayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: betray + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of betray
betrayest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: betray + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of betray
JML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
modelling
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Java Modeling Language.
criminal lawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criminal lawyers
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A lawyer who specializes in criminal law
electronic stability control
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An electronic system that assists in the control of car stability.
extended static checking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A range of techniques used for statically checking the correctness of some program constraints.
erotophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more erotophobic
form: most erotophobic
Senses: examples: text: The vitality which fueled Orton's scathing comedies was itself fueled by the adventure and excitement of his sexual exploits. The rage which came out in his plays was connected — deeply connected — to his understanding of being gay in an erotophobic world.
ref: 1987 May 9, Michael Bronski, “Prick Up Your Marriage”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
glosses: Relating to or characteristic of erotophobia or erotophobes.
Related terms: erotophobe
genophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more genophobic
form: most genophobic
Etymology: From geno- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or characteristic of genophobia or genophobes.
Related terms: genophobe
composite reuse principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: a technique by which classes may achieve polymorphic behavior and code reuse by containing other classes that implement the desired functionality instead using inheritance.
Synonyms: composition over inheritance
genophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genophobe
composition over inheritance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: arts
computing
design
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Synonym of composite reuse principle.
synonyms: word: composite reuse principle
pendulette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pendulettes
Senses: glosses: A small pendulum clock.
omnishambles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/
Forms: form: omnishambles
Etymology: From omni- + shambles. Introduced by the television show The Thick of It in 2009.
Senses: examples: text: Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles.
text: Rail unions also rounded on ministers to intervene in the energy "omnishambles", with ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan calling on the Government to "do the right thing for people, the right thing for business, and the right thing for our rail network. Because it is also the right thing for our planet."
ref: 2021 October 20, Paul Stephens, “Network News: Electricity prices force Freightliner to revert to diesel”, in RAIL, number 942, page 7:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
wikipedia: New Statesman
Synonyms: clusterfuck
debacle
fiasco
hot mess
perfect storm
shitstorm
stuckholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stuckholders
Etymology: Blend of stuck + stockholder.
Senses: examples: text: I had too many shares and the trading volume was diminishing. I was no longer just a stockholder; I was now a "stuckholder."
ref: 2008, Barry Igdaloff, A Guest in a Nightmare, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: A stockholder stuck with worthless or unsellable shares.
stuckholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stuckholder
percuteur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: percuteurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French percuteur.
Senses: examples: text: To return to my narrative: furnished with a percuteur, I had not long to wait for an opportunity of employing it. In February, 1834, a man of the name of Doyle was admitted into the hospital with symptoms of calculus […]
ref: 1846, The Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science, volume 1, page 18:
glosses: A medical instrument for therapeutic or diagnostic percussion.
tanalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tanalizes
form: tanalizing
form: tanalized
form: tanalized
Etymology: From Tanalith + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The Hall floor was completely removed and reconstructed with steel beams and tanalized timber joists, and refloored with a soft wood under-floor, and an English wainscot oak finish.
ref: 1975, Oxford Stone Restored: The Work of the Oxford Historic Buildings Fund, 1957-1974, Oxford Historic Buildings Fund:
glosses: To treat with Tanalith (chromated copper arsenate), a wood preservative.
tanalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tanalize
tanalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tanalize
doodley-squat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most other countries didn't have doodley-squat. […] Everybody in America was supposed to grab whatever he could and hold onto it. Some Americans were very good at grabbing and holding, were fabulously well-to-do. Others couldn't get their hands on doodley-squat.
ref: 1973, Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, Random House, published 2010, →ISBN, pages 12–13:
glosses: Alternative form of diddly-squat (“nothing whatsoever”).
spillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spillionaires
Etymology: Blend of spill + millionaire.
Senses: examples: text: "Spillionaires" made as much as half a million dollars that spring operating cleanup boats.
ref: 1993, Janet Trowbridge Bohlen, For the Wild Places: Profiles in Conservation, Island Press, →ISBN, page 149:
glosses: A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.
spillionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spillionaire
subtypings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtyping
subtype polymorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of subtyping.
synonyms: word: subtyping
action-packed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more action-packed
form: most action-packed
Etymology: From action + packed.
Senses: glosses: Full of action; dramatic and exciting.
pelures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelure
pendulettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pendulette
percuteurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percuteur
persuasives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persuasive
defensive programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A form of defensive design aiming to ensure the continuing functioning of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of it.
Hypernyms: computer programming
defensive design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defensive designs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The practice of planning for contingencies in the design stage of a project so as to make the misuse of the software impossible, or to minimise the negative consequences.
Hypernyms: design
Related terms: defensive programming
defensive designs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defensive design
singlism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singleism
Etymology: From single + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Singlism seems to seep into way too many of the nooks and crannies of a person's life and leave its stain. A job applicant shows up for an interview and is asked how he will feel at company social events when he is the only one without a spouse.
ref: 2006, Bella DePaulo, Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Discrimination against and negative perception of single people and singlehood.
Derived terms: singlist
Related terms: single
singlehood
VDM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: development
glosses: Initialism of Vienna Development Method.
VDM-SL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: languages
glosses: Initialism of VDM Specification Language.
singleism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From single + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: But the sad truth is that even Janet Reno's description of herself as "an awkward old maid" buys into the myth of the never-married eccentric. That's how deep singleism goes.
ref: 1993 February 18, Alice Steinbach, “Singles are suspect to those who divide the world by twos”, in The Baltimore Sun:
glosses: Alternative spelling of singlism.
singlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singlists
Etymology: From single + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Like racists and sexists, singlists discriminate against an outcast group.
ref: 2011, Kay S. Hymowitz, Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men Into Boys, Basic Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who discriminates on the basis of singlehood; one who holds negative views of single people.
Related terms: single
singlehood
singlism
singlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singlist
slackcom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slackcoms
Etymology: Blend of slacker + sitcom.
Senses: examples: text: "Slackcom," confesses Cheryl Taylor, commissioner for entertainment at Channel 4, "is a term we started bandying around because of the nature of a lot of the sitcoms we started receiving; proposals revolving around twenty- or thirtysomething non-professionals."
ref: 1999 September 6, Janine Gibson, “Spaced out”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A sitcom which revolves around a slacker or slackers.
offsiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offsider
slackcoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slackcom
wife carrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Finnish sport in which men carry women through an obstacle course.
sitcomedian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitcomedians
Etymology: Blend of sitcom + comedian.
Senses: examples: text: If you love Ray Romano -- and we know that "Everybody Loves Raymond" -- check out the latest Esquire, which profiles the successful sitcomedian.
ref: 2003 April 21, Tim Cuprisin, “Bits of ethnic radio are still available”, in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
glosses: An actor who appears on a sitcom.
sitcomedians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitcomedian
EONIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eonia
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of Euro overnight index average.
Eonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Alternative form of EONIA.
stalkumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stalkumentaries
Etymology: Blend of stalk + documentary.
Senses: examples: text: The result is slight, but sweet in this hybrid of stalkumentary and romantic comedy. The filmmakers didn't haunt either Barrymore's home or office, but rather contacted her through people she knew or worked with.
ref: 2005 August 5, Carrie Rickey, “His dream? Connecting with Drew”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:
glosses: A documentary film or programme which follows its subject around and/or intrudes upon their private life, particularly to a degree characterized as stalking.
stalkumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stalkumentary
bodily integrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The right to physical autonomy and self-determination.
SWAGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SWAG
wild-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild-asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wild ass.
examples: text: This estimate is completely unreliable! It was produced by a wild-ass.
glosses: An uneducated or boorish person.
wild-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wild-ass
form: most wild-ass
Senses: examples: text: That's nothing but a wild-ass rumor.
glosses: Crazy; lacking caution or certainty.
wild asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wild ass
gets behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get behind
getting behind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get behind
skitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skit
skitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skit
asymmetrical meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asymmetric meter.
Cymro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Welsh Cymro or Cymru.
Senses: examples: text: The root of the Cornish language was the same as that of the Welsh language, but largely amalgamated with the Saxon; […] Every vestige of this old Cymro-Saxon jargon has however past away, except it be indeed the use of a few pronouns decidedly Saxon.
ref: 1838 March, Sylvanus Urban (pseudonym), review of The Parochial History of Cornwall, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume IX, page 274
text: They moved to Rhydlewis, just to the west of Llandysul, where he spent what appears to have been a poor (his mother was expelled from chapel for not paying her dues) and unhappy childhood, falling foul of the Cymrophobic education system of the time.
ref: 2004, Jim Perrin, Travels with the Flea... and Other Eccentric Journeys, →ISBN:
text: Formerly Mr Driscoll held court at that bastion of Welsh nationalism, The Cayo Arms, on Cardiff’s Cathedral Road, where he could be consulted on any matter concerning Cymro-Irish relations as long as an element of rugby football was included in the conversation.
ref: 2010 July 15, Graham Henry, “Irish 'consul' holds court at new HQ”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Western Mail:
glosses: Welsh.
examples: text: From B.C. 390, to B.C. 900, is the fall and rise of the Etrurian or Tyrrhenian empire, of the establishment of the Cymro-Gallic empire in Northern Italy, and of the Etrurian domination in Rome
ref: 1862, Britannicus (pseudonym), “Vindication of the mosaic ethnology of Europe”, in The Cambrian Journal, page 149:
text: And as for the physical type or types, the light complexion is very unlike that of the earlier British or Iberian race, though we cannot say that the ruling Cymro-Gaelic stocks were not fair.
ref: 1907, John Beddoe, Joseph Hamberly Rowe, “The Ethnology of West Yorkshire”, in The Yorkshire Archæological Journal, volume 19, page 32:
text: Some people derive Berwick from the Cymro-Teutonic compound Aber-wick. This sounds most reasonable, Aber signifying the mouth of a river, while some of the Saxons whom Ida gathered into one kingdom certainly then or later had a "wick" or town here. The Celts would naturally have emphasized the penultimate and made it Aberwick [...]
ref: 1909, A. G. Bradley, The Romance of Northumberland, page 137:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Celtic.
Synonyms: sense: Welsh
word: Cambro-
Lison
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lisons
form: Lyson
Etymology: Multiple etymologies, including:
* French Lison, Calvados, or the Lison river, both in France
* a variant of Leyshon, from a Welsh personal name
* Slovak Lisoň
* Polish Lisoń
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A commune in Calvados department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A river in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Suzette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Suzettes
Etymology: From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: “Halt!” shouted the general as the happiest of Suzettes turned toward her kitchen.
ref: 1909 May, F[rank] Berkeley Smith, “The Horrors of War”, in Smith’s Magazine: A Publication for the Home, volume IX, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Smith Publishing House, →OCLC, page 310, column 2:
text: On September 5, 1967, Iola gave birth to our last child. She was a beautiful, bright-eyed baby girl, and I named her Suzette. I had fallen in love with French names.
ref: 2006, LeRoy T. Allen, Sr., chapter 10, in Just a Little Country Boy: In the Throes of the Civil Rights Revolution in the North, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Using the pen name “Suzette,” she became one of the country’s first female newspaper reporters.
ref: 2006 May, Don Pitcher, “Caroline Lockhart”, in Wyoming (Moon Handbooks), 6th edition, Emeryville, Calif.: Avalon Travel Publishing, →ISBN, “Lovell and Vicinity” section, page 559, column 1:
text: Here's a little history of my introduction to The Big Cheesette. The first time she was nasty for no apparent reason, was on course, when I mispronounced the manager in charge of wardrobe's name, Suzette. I accidentally, called her Susan.
ref: 2010, Derra St. Denis, chapter 20, in Flip the Bird, [Morrisville, N.C.]: Lulu, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from French.
Related terms: crêpe Suzette
Suzette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suzettes
Etymology: From French Suzette, from Suzanne (“Susan”) + -ette, feminine of -et (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: […] crêpes Suzette and all that, I had a dish lately that I wouldn’t swap for a stack of Suzettes a mile high.
ref: 1949, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume 66, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 56:
text: Secret Of Suzettes / We have requests for a Crepe Suzette recipe—Here is one that is good, but not too difficult.
ref: 1963 February 22, The Lincoln Star, 61st year, number 124, Lincoln, Neb., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 7:
ref: 1990 June 11, Karin Orr, “Ukrainian crepes just like Suzettes”, in The Grand Rapids Press, Grand Rapids, Mich., →ISSN, →OCLC, page D3
related: word: suzette
glosses: Ellipsis of crêpe Suzette.
vampireless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vampire + -less.
Senses: examples: text: All of my horror novels are vampireless and zombieless.
glosses: Without vampires.
apostolic succession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apostolic successions
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The unbroken chain of consecrations by laying on of hands from the Apostles of Jesus Christ to the bishops, and from to bishop to bishop through the ages.
prairie-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prairie-dogs
form: prairie-dogging
form: prairie-dogged
form: prairie-dogged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prairie dog.
Nicene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.siːn/
Forms: form: Nicaene
form: Nicæne
Etymology: Latin Nīcaenus
Senses: synonyms: Nicaean
glosses: Of or pertaining to Nicaea.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the First Council of Nicaea convened by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, or to the churches that profess the Nicene Creed, the formulation of which began at this council.
Derived terms: ante-Nicene
Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed
Nicenian
Niceno-
Post-Nicene
Nicene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪ.siːn/
Forms: form: Nicenes
form: Nicaene
form: Nicæne
Etymology: Latin Nīcaenus
Senses: synonyms: Nicaean
Nicenist
glosses: A supporter of the Nicene Creed.
green smoothie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green smoothies
Senses: glosses: A type of health shake made by blending raw leafy vegetables with fruits and water.
cassid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Cassidae.
smoxploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokesploitation
Etymology: From smoke + -sploitation.
Senses: examples: text: "Smoxploitation" films with titles like Smoky Kisses and Sorority Girls Smoke now exist that show nothing but conventionally attractive (what else?) women smoking.
ref: 1998, Sharon Bohn Gmelch, Gender on Campus: Issues for College Women, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 178:
glosses: A genre of fetish films that focus on a person smoking a cigarette.
bicardial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + cardial.
Senses: glosses: Having two separate hearts.
give one's notice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives one's notice
form: giving one's notice
form: gave one's notice
form: given one's notice
Senses: examples: text: I realized that I wanted to paint pictures of horses like Sir Alfred. On the last day of the exhibition at Wildenstein, I went in to see my boss and gave my notice.
ref: 1991 August, L. K. Petrich, “The market for equine art”, in American Artist, volume 55, number 589, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of give notice.
landly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more landly
form: most landly
Etymology: From land + -ly. Cognate with German ländlich (“rural”).
Senses: examples: text: […] and which is successful, we think, in giving an agreeable impression of the landly and hospitable people of whom it treats.
ref: 1832, Railway locomotives and cars: Volume 1
glosses: Of or pertaining to land or the land; terrestrial; rural; rustic.
what's done is done
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: what's done cannot be undone
Etymology: From a line of dialogue spoken by the character Lady Macbeth in Act III Scene II of Macbeth by William Shakespeare.
Senses: glosses: Events that have already taken place cannot be changed and actions that have already been committed cannot be undone, so it is best not to dwell on them.
Related terms: genie is out of the bottle
here we are
the die is cast
there's no point crying over spilt milk
yesterday is gone
you can't go home again
that ship has sailed
sisters before misters
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: When Sophie was a teenager, she and her friends had a "sisters before misters" pact, meaning they'd never date each other's exes and they'd never let a guy come between their friendship.
ref: 2008, Nancy Robards Thompson, Accidental Princess, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 110:
synonyms: chicks before dicks
antonyms: misters before sisters
dicks before chicks
coordinate_terms: hoes before bros
;
bros before hoes
glosses: A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
Related terms: sister from another mister
hemicranial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniəl
Etymology: From hemi- + cranial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemicrania.
chicks before dicks
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: "I meant for us girls to have fun tonight. I didn't mean go^([sic]) snogging blokes. Chicks before dicks, babe."
ref: 2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl: A Smart, Sexy and Scandalously Funny Expose, Pan Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A woman should prioritize her female friends over her boyfriend or husband.
Synonyms: sisters before misters
Related terms: bros before hoes
mail-order bride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mail-order brides
Senses: hyponyms: cyberbride
glosses: A woman who is listed in a catalogue to be selected by a man for marriage.
Related terms: passport bro
mail-order brides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mail-order bride
kaylied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kaylied
form: most kaylied
form: kalied
Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from kali (“type of candy”); see sherbet (sense 4).
Senses: examples: text: He got completely kaylied last night.
text: So come and wave your 'ons from side to side and we'll drink loads of beer till we're more kaylied.
ref: 2020, “Black Country Mon”performed by Johnny Cole:
glosses: Extremely drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
above measure
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Beyond measure.
abr.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of abridge.
abr.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of abridged.
abr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of abridgement.
parrot cry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrot cries
Etymology: From the tendency of parrots to repeat words they have heard.
Senses: examples: text: Michael Portillo as shadow chancellor will immediately leap up with the parrot-cry: "Labour always increases taxes and often invents new ones".
ref: 2001 August 6, Roy Hattersley, The Guardian:
text: Parrot cries for silence on delicate political issues sounded increasingly archaic – and were quite unable to stem the rising tide of parlementary critique.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 265:
glosses: A shout which is mindlessly or mechanically repeated.
parrot cries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrot cry
EJB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EJBs
Senses: qualifier: Java programming language
glosses: Initialism of Enterprise JavaBean.
head hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head hunter
slanguist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slanguists
Etymology: Blend of slang + linguist.
Senses: examples: text: "The inability of slow-witted censors to keep up with the implications of fast talk from "ultra-modern slanguists" made for a fun game of hide-and-seek between the hip and the hapless.
ref: 1999, Thomas Doherty, Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: A person with an above-average familiarity with slang; one who studies, or loves to use, slang.
slanguists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slanguist
UDT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UDTs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of user-defined type.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of uniform data transfer.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Underwater Demolition Team.
glosses: Initialism of urine drug testing.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of undescended testis.
ditransitive verbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ditransitive verb
photomaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomatons
Etymology: Genericized trademark. Blend of photograph + automaton or similar.
Senses: glosses: A photo booth.
photoreportage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: photojournalism
semisomnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin semi- (“half”) + somnus (“sleep”) + -ia. Compare with insomnia. Coined by British sleep expert Neil Stanley in 2007.
Senses: examples: text: Like many people, Heidi is suffering from the effects of modern society's non-stop nature, and she is also struggling to separate her work and home life - what I call the "Blackberry-Bushed" cause of semisomnia.
ref: 2007 December 7, Catherine Vonledebur, “Too tired to get night's sleep”, in Coventry Evening Telegraph:
glosses: A chronic state of low-grade exhaustion caused by too little or fitful sleep.
picaillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picaillons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of picayune (“old coin”).
photomatons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photomaton
picaillons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picaillon
exact science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exact sciences
Senses: topics: sciences
qualifier: strictly
glosses: A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods.
topics: sciences
glosses: A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous.
examples: text: Jury selection isn't an exact science.
text: It is not an exact science, but if England can play with such distinction again then nobody should be too concerned about everything going horribly wrong.
ref: 2013 October 11, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:
text: 1967 Harry Levin, Why Literary Criticism Is Not an Exact Science (book title) (Harvard University Press)
glosses: Used contrastively to characterize something as imprecise or relying on intuition or heuristics.
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: hard science
formal science
natural science
soft science
social science
pigeonnier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigeonniers
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A dovecote, especially in France.
Epictetus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɛ.pɪkˈtiː.təs/
/ˌɛ.pɪkˈteɪ.təs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίκτητος (Epíktētos).
Senses: glosses: A Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50 – c. 135).
Derived terms: Epictetan
schmooseoisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of schmooze + bourgeoisie. Coined by Boston College English professor Paul Lewis in 1992.
Senses: glosses: The class of people whose livelihoods are dependent on talking.
piquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piquettes
Etymology: From French piquette.
Senses: examples: text: At dinner Pierre takes a glass of piquette, saying that they had too much wine the day before (the fête day). I look at Charles, and he has piquette too.
ref: 1879, Phebe Earle Gibbons, French and Belgians, page 282:
text: She gave him a glass of piquette and a hunch of bread.
ref: 1889, The Mechanical News, page 379:
text: The latter is usually utilized in the South of France for the production of piquettes, or the manufacture of spirit; the alcohol may be obtained by direct distillation or by the distillation of the piquettes. […] Through the same procedure the third vessel charged with the liquid from the second will yield a piquette containing 8·75 per cent. of alcohol, and the fourth vessel charged with the liquid from the third will yield a piquette containing 9·5 per cent.
ref: 1900, L. Roos, Raymond Dubois, William Percy Wilkinson, Wine-making in Hot Climates, pages 190, 195:
text: With bread for his soup, a bottle of piquette on the table, onions and potatoes, he can carry on.
ref: 1941, Life, page 22:
text: The men were given a daily ration of a small bottle of piquette or watered down wine with their lunch and evening meal.
ref: 1967, Clifford McElrath, On Santa Cruz Island: The Ranching Recollections of Clifford McElrath, page 7:
glosses: A drink of marc and water.
destandardise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: destandardises
form: destandardising
form: destandardised
form: destandardised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of destandardize.
destandardises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of destandardise
destandardising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of destandardise
destandardised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of destandardise
pivoter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pivoters
Etymology: From pivot + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which pivots, especially a muscle.
skeptimistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skeptimistic
form: most skeptimistic
Etymology: Blend of skeptical + optimistic.
Senses: examples: text: Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, said he was "skeptimistic," both optimistic and skeptical, of any government plan that could bring back the construction industry.
ref: 2011 February 9, Ray Hagar, “Lawmakers hear about plight of unemployed construction workers”, in Reno Gazette-Journal:
glosses: Both skeptical and optimistic at once.
community language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: community languages
Senses: examples: text: Commonly spoken community languages in Australia include Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Arabic, Greek, Italian, indigenous languages, and so on.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: An unofficial language spoken by a minority of people.
examples: 1985 UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Africa. 1985. African community languages and their use in literacy and education : a regional survey. Dakar : UNESCO.
Such languages, which serve the purposes of general communication over fairly wide areas within countries, are what are referred to as the community languages of Africa.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: An unofficial language spoken as a local lingua franca among people of diverse ethno-linguistic backgrounds.
de-authorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-authorises
form: de-authorising
form: de-authorised
form: de-authorised
Etymology: From de- + authorise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deauthorize.
mericlone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mericlones
Senses: glosses: A plant (especially an orchid) that has been cloned via meristem propagation
de-authorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of de-authorise
de-authorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of de-authorise
de-authorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-authorise
skeptimist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skeptimists
Etymology: Blend of skeptic + optimist.
Senses: examples: text: Then there are those of us who are agonizingly ambivalent about a new ballpark for the Giants. Call us "skeptimists."
ref: 1996 March 24, Robert Rubino, “Questionable Support For New SF Ballpark”, in Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
glosses: One who is both skeptical and optimistic.
skeptimists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeptimist
normalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of normaliser
meikle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meikle
form: most meikle
Senses: examples: text: In the Den of Kinraddie one such beast had its lair […] and at gloaming a shepherd would see it, with its great wings half-folded across the great belly of it and its head, like the head of a meikle cock, but with the ears of a lion, poked over a fir tree, watching.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon [pseudonym; James Leslie Mitchell], “Prelude: The Unfurrowed Field”, in Sunset Song: A Novel, London: Jarrolds, Limited, →OCLC; republished Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 2008, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of mickle.
Derived terms: Meikle Earnock
stekan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stekans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of steekkan.
ride the coattails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the coattails
form: riding the coattails
form: rode the coattails
form: ridden the coattails
Senses: examples: text: Further, some investors ride the coattails of investor giants, such as Warren Buffett, meaning they would frequently invest in the stocks Buffet invested in.
ref: 2010, Robin Speziale, Lessons from the Successful Investor, page 53:
text: He had the reputation of a wannabe hardman, riding his cousin's coattails.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 251:
glosses: To succeed by virtue of association (with).
Related terms: friends in high places
synthespian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synthespians
Etymology: Blend of synthetic + thespian.
Senses: examples: text: Final Fantasy apparently took 200 digital artists four years to make; a whole year was needed just to perfect the 60,000 hairs on the head of the heroine, Dr Aki Ross, the first photo-realistic 'synthespian' to lead a movie.
ref: 2006, Daniel Frampton, Filmosophy, Wallflower Press, →ISBN, page 205:
glosses: A completely computer-generated character who appears in a film or similar work; a virtual actor.
synthespians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synthespian
Crown prosecutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crown prosecutors
form: crown prosecutor
Senses: glosses: The state prosecutor; the legal party responsible for presenting the case against an individual in a criminal trial.
Coordinate terms: Crown attorney
pedohebephiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedohebephile
pigeonniers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigeonnier
piquettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piquette
pneumopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumopathy
monticuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monticulus
Community language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Community languages
Senses: glosses: Any of the official languages of the European Union.
Apostles' Creed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Apostles' Creed
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A statement of Christian belief, traditionally ascribed to the twelve Apostles of Jesus.
glutinane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glutinanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular triterpene hydrocarbon; any of several naturally-occurring compounds based upon this structure
little black dress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little black dresses
Senses: examples: text: When dressing up for a night out, let's not forget the sex appeal, allure, and slenderizing effect of ultrasheer black hosiery under that little black dress.
ref: 2012, Rebecca Apsan, Lessons in Lingerie: Finding Your Perfect Shade of Seduction:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
synonyms: LBD
glosses: A simply cut and often quite short evening or cocktail dress.
examples: text: The F-bomb is the little black dress of vulgarity. Noun, verb, participle, verbal noun — it goes with everything.
ref: 2013 April 24, Alexandra Petri, “The peculiar brilliance of that sorority e-mail”, in The Washington Post:
text: Who, excepting fictional fanged creatures of the night, doesn't love a bit of garlic? It goes in anything and is like the little black dress of the food world.
ref: 2014 August 24, Sarah Hazelwood, “5 of the Best…Fruits and Vegetables to grow this August”, in Buzz, page 27:
text: While Phelps might have been the headliner, Ledecky became the little black dress of American swimming; unpretentious, regal and ridiculously versatile.
ref: 2014 August 10, Karen Crouse, “After Tuneup for Trials, American Swimmers Evaluate Potential”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: LBD
glosses: Something simple, versatile, and elegant; something that pairs well with many other things.
examples: text: I've seen Snape/Loki. Little Black Dresses, both of them. They'll go with anybody.
ref: 2018 September 23, Marion Beet (@Knitronomicon), Twitter:
text: Sansa is SUCH a good little black dress. I honestly would read almost any character in GOT with her.
ref: 2021 March 24, acequeenking (@acequeenkingpin), Twitter:
text: Brienne is my little black dress of GOT/ASOIAF. I am happy to read fic with her shipped with many many many characters.
ref: 2021 September 24, captainellie (@captainecomb), Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: fandom bicycle
glosses: A character who is shipped with many other characters.
glycerophosphoglucose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycero- + phospho- + glucose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glucose ester of glycerophosphoric acid
glosses: Its fatty acid derivatives - the phosphatidylglucoses