cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ladette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /læˈdɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: ladettes
form: laddette
Etymology: From lad + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s. It is also symptomatic of a broader cultural “awokening” that has reached the stuffiest institutions; even the royal family has recently relaxed its upper lip.
ref: 2017 May 15, Hannah Marriott, “Woke models: how activism became fashion's latest must-have”, in The Guardian, London, page 9:
text: So the rise in drinking seems to centre on gen X women, or, to give us our proper title, ladettes.
ref: 2021 September 22, Zoe Williams, “Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: geezerbird
tomboy
glosses: A young woman who behaves in a laddish manner, namely being boisterous and loud and drinking to excess.
Derived terms: ladettish
meishi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meishis
form: meishi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 名刺.
Senses: examples: text: Typically, a meishi features the company name at the top in the largest print, followed by the job title and then the name of the individual.
glosses: A Japanese business card.
business card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business cards
Senses: glosses: A small card with a person's name and professional information (such as occupation, business phone number, e-mail address, etc.).
Related terms: at-home card
calling card
name card
visiting card
back to basics
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: back-to-basics
Etymology: From back + to + basics.
Senses: examples: text: You can't teach them calculus when they can't add up; let's get back to basics.
text: While Strachan’s men have succeeded in adopting a more expansive, fluid style of play in recent times, it was very much a case of back to basics for this one.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
glosses: back to fundamental principles
back to basics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back-to-basics
Etymology: From back + to + basics.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A conscious return to principles such as self-respect, decency and honesty; especially the discredited policy of the Conservative government in the 1990s.
Related terms: Victorian values
e-mail address
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-mail addresses
form: email address
Senses: synonyms: e-dress
e-mail
email ID
mailaddr
glosses: A unique identifier of the form user name@domain name specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent.
balsamic vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsamic vinegars
Senses: synonyms: balsamico
glosses: A dark, sweet vinegar, made from reduced white wine, that has been matured in wooden barrels, the resins of which contribute to its flavour; especially such a vinegar from Modena in Italy.
banoffee pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banoffee pies
Etymology: Blend of banana + toffee + pie
Senses: examples: text: Many walkers who had never travelled this route before were hugely impressed by the scenic beauty of the line, which they enjoyed along with another excellent meal of lasagne with garlic bread, followed by banoffee pie.
ref: 2023 July 12, Paul Bigland, “Walkers and helpers play a 3 Peaks blinder”, in RAIL, number 987, page 60:
glosses: A dessert made from bananas, toffee and cream on a base of crushed biscuit or similar.
email address
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: email addresses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-mail address.
BASE jump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BASE jumps
Etymology: From BASE (“building, antenna-tower, span, earth”) + jump.
Senses: glosses: A parachute jump from a fixed point rather than from an aircraft; typically from a tall building, high bridge or rock formation.
BASE jump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: BASE jumps
form: BASE jumping
form: BASE jumped
form: BASE jumped
Etymology: From BASE (“building, antenna-tower, span, earth”) + jump.
Senses: examples: text: Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps.
ref: 2015 October 2, Veronica Rocha, “BASE jumper Johnny Strange dies in wingsuit jump in Swiss Alps”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: To make such a jump.
Derived terms: BASE jumper
palo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palos
Senses: glosses: Any of the traditional musical forms in flamenco.
Related terms: palo blanco
palo verde
CGI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: CG
qualifier: visual effects; animation; visual effects; animation
glosses: Initialism of Computer-Generated Imagery.
CGI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Common Gateway Interface.
CGI
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: CGIs
form: CGIing
form: CGIed
form: CGIed
form: CGI'd
form: CGI'd
Senses: examples: text: When a Transformer turns into a car, do you think it's a real car or was it also CGIed?
glosses: To create visuals using computer-generated imagery; to apply visual effects.
bumboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumboats
Etymology: From Dutch bomschuit (“small fishing boat”) + boat.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small boat used for carrying provisions to ships lying at anchor in a harbour.
Derived terms: bumboater
bumpkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌmp.kɪn/
rhymes: -ʌmpkɪn
Forms: form: bumpkins
Etymology: From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.
Senses: glosses: A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
examples: text: They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.
ref: 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1:
glosses: Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
Synonyms: word: bogan
word: boor
word: bumpkin
word: chawbacon
word: chuff
word: churl
word: clenchpoop
word: clown
word: cornball
word: jay
word: kern
word: lamb
word: lubber
word: lout
word: rube
word: Tony Lumpkin
word: tyke
word: peasant
word: unsophisticate
word: yahoo
word: yokel
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: barbarian
word: country bumpkin
word: heathen
word: hick
word: hillbilly
word: ingenue
word: joskin
word: philistine
word: pink
word: rustic
word: savage
Derived terms: bumpkinish
bumpkinism
bumpkinly
country bumpkin
joskin
Related terms: word: idiot
word: idler
word: ignoramus
buoyage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buoyages
Etymology: From buoy + -age.
Senses: examples: text: It has not been considered necessary to make any special inspection of particular ports or rivers in the United Kingdom, the greater number of the Committee being already more or less familar with the buoyage of our coasts.
ref: 1883, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 17, page ix:
text: There is no description available of the vessel, which served here until it was replaced by buoyage marking these channels .
ref: 2007, Wayne Kirklin, Lightships: Floating Lighthouses of the Mid-Atlantic:
text: In the absence of a route leading from seaward , the conventional direction of buoyage generally follows a clockwise direction around land masses.
ref: 2012, Light List: Pacific Coast and Pacific islands:
glosses: A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
examples: text: For the more important channels the marking is done principally by means of buoys, and this makes the buoyage systems of very special importance in North America, and accounts for the large number in proportion to the area considered; more than half of the buoys of the world are in North America.
ref: 1931, United States Lighthouses Bureau, Buoyage System of the United States, page 2:
text: This chart will be affected by the introduction of a new system of buoyage (IALA System A) scheduled for implementation between April and August 1977.
ref: 1977, Summary of Corrections, pages 3-139:
text: In some charted waters, obsolescent buoyage ( Uniform System of Buoyage ) may still be encountered .
ref: 1988, Sailing Directions (planning Guide) for the South Atlantic Ocean, page 161:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
examples: text: The Corporation of the Trinity House supply the Humber with buoys and lights, and license pilots; all vessels pay buoyage, and a primage is paid on the cargoes from foreign vessels; and this Corporation also appoint the dock and harbour-masters.
ref: 1863, J. Baxter Langley, The Illustrated Official Guide and Tourist's Hand Book to the North Eastern Railway, page 74:
text: Another great drawback for ships coming here is the heavy tonnage dues which are laid on every outgoing ship and the heavy buoyage tax levied on the steamers.
ref: 1885, United States Consular Reports - Issues 53-56, page 52:
text: 1670, Dec. 14. Order to take out warrants to arrest 4 Cinque port men who refused to pay buoyage and beaconage , and to arrest the master of a Yarmouth vessel not paying for lights which he had had the benefit of in passing to and from Holland .
ref: 1907, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts:
glosses: A fee charged to all boats that use waters that are marked with buoys, which goes to their maintenance.
code of practice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codes of practice
Senses: examples: text: The Group has recently concentrated on two main objectives, the implementation of a Code of Practice on minor station improvements and the preparation of a stock list of approved items of equipment for railway stations.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 252:
glosses: A set of guidelines and regulations to be followed by members of some profession, trade, occupation, organization etc.; does not normally have the force of law.
burgee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgees
Senses: glosses: A flag, usually a broad tapering pennant, often with a swallowtail, flown by yachts to identify the owner's yacht club.
glosses: Sometimes a flag in the form of a triangular swallowtail pennant regardless of use, as in the State Flag of Ohio as officially the 'Ohio Burgee'
swallowtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/
Forms: form: swallowtails
Etymology: From swallow + tail.
Senses: glosses: The forked tail of a swallow.
glosses: Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
examples: text: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
ref: 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
glosses: A type of tailcoat with two long tapering tails.
examples: text: Claudette visit me […] and the biggest, most beautiful black-and-yellow Jamaican swallowtail butterfly follow behind she, like it give us it little blessing.
ref: 2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 8:
glosses: Any of various butterflies of the family Papilionidae, many of which have a long extension to each hindwing.
Derived terms: black swallowtail
giant swallowtail
pale swallowtail
parsnip swallowtail
pipevine swallowtail
tiger swallowtail
zebra swallowtail
Shirl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɜːl/
ipa: /ʃɝl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Forms: form: Shirls
Senses: glosses: A short form of the female given name Shirley.
glosses: A surname.
burgoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burgoos
form: burgout
Etymology: Of unclear origin. Apparently from the dialectal term burgood (“yeast”).
* Perhaps ultimately from Welsh burym (“yeast”) + cawl (“cabbage, gruel”),
* Or perhaps from Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul).
* Or, from an alteration of ragout.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A dish which originated among seafarers during the days of sail: a sort of porridge seasoned with sugar, salt and butter.
glosses: A spicy stew, typically made with a combination of meats and vegetables, and often served with cornbread or corn muffins.
Shirley
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɜː(ɹ)li/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li
homophone: surely stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: A pun on surely and the name Shirley; probably inspired by the 1980 comedy film Airplane!, which has the exchange: "Surely you can’t be serious." "I am serious — and don’t call me Shirley."
Senses: examples: text: Shirley the pepper mills are whipped away by the peppier after use, so no danger there. But what about the candles?
ref: 2001 February 18, Tim Hall, “Spilero 15/2”, in uk.media.radio.archers (Usenet):
glosses: surely
burthen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝðn̩/
ipa: /ˈbɜːðn̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðən
Forms: form: burthens
Etymology: Old form of burden. Compare similar development in murder.
Senses: examples: text: [...] and thence to Calstock, a town on the Tamar, which is washed by the sea flowing through Plymouth Sound and Hamoaze, and which place vessels of 200 tons burthen can reach at spring tides—[...].
ref: 1940 December, Charles E. Lee, “The Wenford Mineral Line”, in Railway Magazine, pages 647, from the Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, October 3, 1834:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
examples: text: Nor less, I trust,
To them I may have owed another gift,
Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood,
In which the burthen of the mystery,
In which the heavy and the weary weight
Of all this unintelligible world,
Is lightened:
ref: 1798, William Wordsworth, Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey, lines 36–43:
text: It was with a daughter of Mr Shepherd, who had returned, after an unprosperous marriage, to her father's house, with the additional burthen of two children.
ref: 1817 (date written), [Jane Austen], Persuasion; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=III or IV), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
text: In some cases the conquering state contented itself with imposing a tribute on the vanquished: who, being, in consideration of that burthen, freed from the expense and trouble of their own military and naval protection, might enjoy under it a considerable share of economical prosperity, […]
ref: 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC, book I (Production), page 19:
text: Bidding them grope their way out and bestir,
[…] though the worst
Burthen of heat was theirs and the dry thirst
ref: c. 1860, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Husbandsmen, lines 4, 6-7:
glosses: Archaic form of burden.
glosses: rarely used musical tempo, meaning slow and ponderous (e.g. moving under a burden); similar to largo
glosses: a section of music with the tempo mark "burthen"
burthen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝðn̩/
ipa: /ˈbɜːðn̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ðən
Forms: form: burthens
form: burthening
form: burthened
form: burthened
Etymology: Old form of burden. Compare similar development in murder.
Senses: examples: text: he other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels – for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola – others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: Archaic form of burden.
Derived terms: afterburthen
burthenman
burthensome
disburthen
unburthen
firming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Senses: examples: firming gel
glosses: Of beauty products, intended to make the skin firmer.
firming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of firm
welly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: wellies
form: wellie
Etymology: Clipping of Wellington boot + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Dad has great big welly boots. For squishing in the mud; Two great big black welly boots: Thud, thud, thud.
ref: 2009, Verse for Ages:
glosses: Wellington boot.
glosses: Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor.
examples: text: Come on! Put some welly into it!
synonyms: back
elbow grease
glosses: Force or effort.
Derived terms: welly whanging
give it some welly
green welly brigade
green-welly
welly it
welly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Etymology: From welne, a dialectal variant of well-nigh.
Senses: examples: text: A person exceedingly hungry says, "I'm welly clem'd; I'm almost or well-nigh starved." It is the ordinary appeal of a beggar in the streets, when asking for food.
ref: 1853, Notes & Queries, volume 8, page 64:
glosses: Almost; nearly.
welly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Senses: examples: text: The real thrill comes to the investigator when, convinced that he is no mere casual diner, the waiter grins broadly and says, "You don't worry. I get you something welly nice."
ref: 1928 October 13, The Argus, Melbourne, page 2, column 7:
qualifier: In representations of Chinese pronunciation
glosses: very.
give it some welly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives it some welly
form: giving it some welly
form: gave it some welly
form: given it some welly
form: give it some wellie
Senses: examples: text: Believe me, if you give it a little welly down a twisty B-road this car feels pretty entertaining
ref: 2000, Autocar, page 63:
text: Having put the engineer at ease, I think, it was time to give the car some welly and I was amazed how effortlessly it rocketed up to, er, high speeds, then lost speed almost as rapidly when the powerful brakes came into use.
ref: 2007, David Dixon, Richard Noble, “Tom Walkinshaw's Le Mans Effort”, in Watts My Line?: The Life and Work of Editorial Artist, Lawrie Watts, page 72:
text: I insisted we share the driving and, after we pulled in for a tank of petrol one hour into our drive, she reluctantly let me take over. 'Give it some welly,' she said to me as I eased off the clutch. 'I'm trying,' I said
ref: 2008, Alan McMonagle, Liar, Liar:
glosses: To increase fuel or power to an engine, as to a car by depressing the gas pedal.
examples: text: First they always obey the golden rule ‘Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might’ (Ecclesiastes 9:19), which translates as ‘always give it some welly’.
ref: 2008, Mark Salter, Trevor Turner, Community Mental Health Care: A Practical Guide to Outdoor Psychiatry:
text: I was then given the floor and had already determined that an impassioned rather than a measured delivery was what the occasion called for and as these opportunities do not present themselves very often I thought I would give it some welly.
ref: 2008, Ben Barnes, Plays and Controversies: Abbey Theatre Diaries 2000-2005, page 40:
text: So there I was, the dutiful husband, holding onto my wife's head and shouting words of comfort to her, “Go on love, give it some welly!” I'd completely forgotten all I'd learned from the classes I'd attended prior to our Thomas's arrival.
ref: 2008, Andy Thackwray, The Fruits From An Innocent Mind, page 52:
glosses: To apply great physical effort to (something).
Related terms: welly it
clitoral hood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitoral hoods
Senses: examples: text: With a Q-tip, Dr. Rubin probes each part of the vulva for pain, pointing out the labia minora, labia majora and vaginal opening as her patient follows along. Then, she checks under the clitoral hood for adhesions or other skin conditions.
ref: 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: clitoral foreskin
clitoral prepuce
praeputium clitoridis
glosses: A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.
clitoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪtəɹəl/
ipa: /ˈklɪtəɹəl/
ipa: /klɪˈtɔɹəl/
Etymology: From clitoris + -al.
Senses: examples: text: a clitoral orgasm
text: A clitoral orgasm is a localised phenomenon restricted to the clitoris itself.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: Of, or relating to the clitoris.
Synonyms: clitoric
Derived terms: clitoral foreskin
clitoral glans
clitoral hood
clitorally
clitoral prepuce
hemiclitoral
glower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
Forms: form: glowers
form: glour
form: glowr
Etymology: From an alteration (possibly Scots) of glore, from Middle English glōren, glouren (“to gleam; to glare, glower”); or from glow (“to stare”) (obsolete), and ultimately from a Scandinavian (North Germanic) language. Cognate with Low German gloren (“to flicker; to glimmer”), Dutch gloren, Icelandic glóra. Equivalent to glow + -er (a fossilized frequentative suffix). See more at glare.
Senses: examples: text: She sure has an awful glower on her face.
text: [H]e [Rab, a dog] growled and gave now and then a sharp impatient yelp; he would have liked to have done something to that man. But James had him firm, and gave him a glower from time to time, and an intimation of a possible kick;—all the better for James, it kept his eye and his mind off Ailie.
ref: 1862, John Brown, “Rab and His Friends”, in Spare Hours, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 33:
text: "I thought we could go a bit farther to the back pasture. You can get a better view." / "Of the extensive Bannister estate?" she said with a wry tone. / "Of the ranch," he said, a glower showing her that he didn't fully appreciate her comment.
ref: 2015, Carolyne Aarsen, chapter 6, in The Cowboy’s Homecoming (Love Inspired Books), New York, N.Y.: Harlequin, →ISBN, page 89:
text: "Enough," Nathaniel repeated as he kept a tight hold on their suspenders. "What's been said was said. What's been done has been done. It's over. Let is go." / The glowers the boys gave him warned Nathaniel that he was wasting his breath.
ref: 2016, Jo Ann Brown, chapter 1, in His Amish Sweetheart (Love Inspired Books; Amish Hearts; 3), New York, N.Y.: Harlequin, →ISBN:
glosses: An angry glare or stare.
Synonyms: glare
scowl
Derived terms: word: glowerer
word: gloweringly
word: glowering
word: glowersome
Related terms: frown
glower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɡləʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɡloʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈɡlaʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
Forms: form: glowers
Etymology: From Middle English glouere, equivalent to glow + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Table 45 presents computed relative and absolute values for the spectral radiant emittance of a Nernst glower at T = 1965 and 2000°K (the corresponding emissivities are 0.427 and 0.438).
ref: 1968, Mikaél’ A[bramovič] Bramson, “Special Infrared Sources”, in Richard B. Rodman, transl., edited by William L. Wolfe, Infrared Radiation: A Handbook for Applications: With a Collection of Reference Tables (Optical Physics and Engineering), New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Springer-Verlag, 2013, →DOI, →ISBN, § 3 (Infrared Incandescent Lamps), page 274:
glosses: That which glows or emits light.
explicit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛksplɨsɪʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪksplɨˈsɪʈ/
Forms: form: more explicit
form: most explicit
Etymology: Borrowed from French explicite, from Latin explicitus (“disentangled, easy”), variant of explicātus.
Senses: examples: text: I gave explicit instructions for him to stay here, but he followed me, anyway.
text: If the task is indeed a difficult one, it may be worthwhile to attempt an explicit statement as to those aspects of the endeavor that appear to have the greatest importance for success or failure.
ref: 1989 January 24, Werner Winter, “On a new claim concerning substratum influence upon Tocharian”, in Central Asiatic Journal, volume 33, number 1/2, Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISSN, page 127:
synonyms: express
manifest
overt
antonyms: implicit
unexplicit
vague
glosses: Very specific, clear, or detailed.
examples: text: The film had several scenes including explicit language and sex.
text: Cerberus Scientist: I'm sorry, sir. None of Normandy's surveillance feeds have been responding since Shepard went rogue.
Illusive Man: I want it back. Retry the remote lockdown protocols.
Cerberus Scientist: After our last attempt, EDI flooded our server with seven zettabytes of explicit images. I think she was making a joke.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Cronos Station:
synonyms: raunchy
antonyms: circumspect
glosses: Containing material (e.g. language or film footage) that might be deemed offensive or graphic through clear and direct expressions.
Synonyms: word: clear
word: direct
word: explicit
word: express
word: monosemic
word: monosemous
word: patent
word: plain
word: specific
word: unambiguous
word: unequivocal
word: univocal
Hypernyms: word: distinct
word: obvious
word: overt
Hyponyms: word: definitive
Derived terms: explicitally
explicitate
explicitation
explicit function
explicitization
explicitize
explicitly
explicitness
hyperexplicit
inexplicit
nonexplicit
overexplicit
semiexplicit
sexplicit
Related terms: word: explicate
word: explication
word: explicator
word: blunt
word: explicitly
word: specify
explicit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛksplɨsɪʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪksplɨˈsɪʈ/
Forms: form: explicits
Senses: antonyms: incipit
glosses: The final few words of a text.
explicit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsplɪsɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛksplɨsɪʈ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪksplɨˈsɪʈ/
Etymology: Abbreviated from Latin explicitus est līber (“the book is set in order, ended”).
Senses: glosses: Used at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
scarf down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scarfs down
form: scarfing down
form: scarfed down
form: scarfed down
Senses: examples: text: I plan to scarf down the rest of this sandwich and get back to work.
text: It was Jan. 26 — just two days into GameStop’s big week — when he and his brother hit up Hooters, scarfed down 30 wings and got 10 more to go.
ref: 2021 February 7, Matt Phillips, Taylor Lorenz, Tara Siegel Bernard, Gillian Friedman, “The Hopes That Rose and Fell With GameStop”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2021:
synonyms: gobble
gobble down
gobble up
;
scarf
scarf up
;
scoff
scoff down
scoff up
;
snarf
;
wolf
wolf down
wolf up
glosses: To eat (something) quickly.
haute couture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊt kuːˈtjʊə/
enpr: ōt-ko͞o-tyo͝orʹ
enpr: ōt-ko͞o-türʹ
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French haute couture (“haute couture, high fashion”), from haute (“high, elegant”) + couture (“sewing”).
Senses: examples: text: But there are, unquestionably, parts of the clothes conversation that are less accessible than others. Most notably, the haute couture.
ref: 2018 June 30, Vanessa Friedman, “Why We Cover High Fashion”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: High fashion as produced in Paris and imitated in other fashion capitals such as New York, London, and Milan.
glosses: The fashion houses or fashion designers that create exclusive and often trendsetting fashions.
glosses: Any unique stylish design made to order for wealthy and high-status clients.
glosses: French fashion.
Synonyms: exclusive fashion
high fashion
high style
Derived terms: couture
slide rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slide rules
Senses: glosses: An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the equivalent of addition and subtraction.
Synonyms: slipstick
returnee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˌtɜːˈniː/
ipa: /ɹɪˌtɝˈniː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: returnees
Etymology: From return + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: They recognise too, from the gait, from her posture, that whatever this returnee’s specific reasons for crossing whatever borders she did, they were painful, heavier still than all of her luggage.
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 139:
synonyms: returner
glosses: Someone who comes back or returns, especially to their own country or region.
synonyms: returner
glosses: A person who sends something back.
NIMBY
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪmbi/
rhymes: -ɪmbi
Forms: form: nimby
form: Nimby
Etymology: Was used in a 1980 article by British writer Emilie Travel Livezey; popularized by British politician Nicholas Ridley, who was Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment.
Prior to that, Joseph A. Lieberman, a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission, gave a keynote address in early 1979 at the Fort Magruder Conference Center in which he reportedly asserted that "the 'nimby' (not in my backyard) syndrome must be eliminated." As reported in the Newport News (Virginia) Daily Press, Tuesday, February 13th, 1979, "Radioactive Waste: National Regulations Needed." Source: WorldHistories.net.
Senses: examples: text: In cities like Houston, for example, all-white zoning boards targeted Black neighborhoods for the siting of noxious facilities, like landfills, incinerators and garbage dumps. Robert Bullard, a professor of urban planning and environmental policy at Texas Southern University, has called the practice “PIBBY” or “Place In Blacks’ Back Yard” — a spin on the acronym “NIMBY” (“Not In My Back Yard”).
ref: 2021 November 2, Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, “Poison in the Air”, in ProPublica:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nimby.
Synonyms: english: stronger
translation: stronger
word: BANANA
Related terms: LULU
NIMBY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪmbi/
rhymes: -ɪmbi
Forms: form: NIMBYs
form: nimby
form: Nimby
Etymology: Was used in a 1980 article by British writer Emilie Travel Livezey; popularized by British politician Nicholas Ridley, who was Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment.
Prior to that, Joseph A. Lieberman, a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission, gave a keynote address in early 1979 at the Fort Magruder Conference Center in which he reportedly asserted that "the 'nimby' (not in my backyard) syndrome must be eliminated." As reported in the Newport News (Virginia) Daily Press, Tuesday, February 13th, 1979, "Radioactive Waste: National Regulations Needed." Source: WorldHistories.net.
Senses: examples: text: The very thought of having even a secure landfill anywhere near them is anathema to most Americans today. It's an attitude referred to in the trade as NIMBY -- "not in my backyard."
ref: 1980 November 6, Emilie Travel Livezey, “Hazardous waste”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
text: Newman believes much of the resistance to the project stems from NIMBY (Not-In-My-Back-Yard) sentiment
ref: 2016, Annalise Klingbeil, “Decision day looms for Drop-In Centre's controversial hotel housing project”, in Calgary Herald:
text: From NIMBY (Not In MY Backyard) syndrome stalling several projects, Goa has moved ahead rationally to write a new chapter at Loliem, Canacona by welcoming location of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to the village.
ref: 2016 March 21, Nandkumar M Kamat, “For IIT GOA Loliem Shows the WIMBY Way”, in The Navhind Times:
glosses: Opposition to something deemed harmful or unpleasant being located in one's own neighborhood.
examples: text: Here again, the NIMBYs will try to derail any new dam project.
ref: 2008, David Paul Brennan, 50 Programs to Save the Economy:
text: To distinguish themselves from NIMBYs, the current generation of housing activists has adopted new “back yard” variants (YIMBY, “Yes in my backyard”; PHIMBY, “Public housing in my backyard”; YIGBY, “Yes in God’s backyard”) to declare how they are for things (everything, subsidized housing, building on church parking lots) that a NIMBY presumably is not.
ref: 2022 June 5, Conor Dougherty, “Twilight of the NIMBY”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2022:
text: "Our CEQA process is clearly broken when a few wealthy Berkeley homeowners can block desperately needed student housing for years and even decades," Newsom's office said in a statement. "California cannot afford to be held hostage by NIMBYs who weaponize CEQA to block student and affordable housing. This selfish mindset is driving up housing prices, and making our state less affordable."
ref: 2023 March 1, Aaron Kliegman, “Newsom declares war on environmentalists seeking to halt construction project”, in Fox News:
glosses: Synonym of nimby.
synonyms: word: nimby
NIMBY
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪmbi/
rhymes: -ɪmbi
Forms: form: more NIMBY
form: most NIMBY
form: nimby
form: Nimby
Etymology: Was used in a 1980 article by British writer Emilie Travel Livezey; popularized by British politician Nicholas Ridley, who was Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment.
Prior to that, Joseph A. Lieberman, a member of the US Atomic Energy Commission, gave a keynote address in early 1979 at the Fort Magruder Conference Center in which he reportedly asserted that "the 'nimby' (not in my backyard) syndrome must be eliminated." As reported in the Newport News (Virginia) Daily Press, Tuesday, February 13th, 1979, "Radioactive Waste: National Regulations Needed." Source: WorldHistories.net.
Senses: examples: text: The problem is that these demands tend to be more parochial than millenial,^([sic]) much more NIMBY (not in my back yard) than global, and more concerned with financial well-being than ecological health.
ref: 1990, Steven Anzovin, Preserving the world ecology:
text: How much more NIMBY can we get?
ref: 2012, Allan Caplan, How much more NIMBY can we get?:
text: “There's a very 'NIMBY' feel about it,” Allen said.
ref: 2012 August 20, Bridget Clerkin, “New West Windsor outpatient addiction treatment facility answers call to serve local need”, in The Times of Trenton:
text: Some are NIMBY neighbors who don't want the traffic or changes in their neighborhood.
ref: 2013, Peter Ladner, The Urban Food Revolution: Changing the Way We Feed Cities:
text: Why is California more NIMBY than Texas, for instance, or Austin more NIMBY than Houston?
ref: 2016, Eric Jaffe, Toward a Stronger Theory of NIMBYism:
glosses: Synonym of nimby.
synonyms: word: nimby
Derived terms: NIMBYism
sciagraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciagraphies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The art of representing shadows as realistically as possible.
glosses: A vertical section through a building.
glosses: Radiography.
glosses: The making of sundials.
ERA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ERAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Earth rotation angle (the rotation of the Earth from the Celestial Intermediate Origin that has no instantaneous motion along the equator.)
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of explosive reactive armor.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of engine room artificer, a Royal Navy position.
ERA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of European Railway Agency, called today the European Union Agency for Railways.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment.
Clotho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkloʊθoʊ/
Etymology: From Latin Clōthō, from Ancient Greek Κλωθώ (Klōthṓ), from κλώθω (klṓthō, literally “to spin”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The youngest of the three Fates, a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the spinner of the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Nona.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 97 Klotho, a main belt asteroid.
Atropos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætɹəpɒs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄτροπος (Átropos, “inflexible, not turning”), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, “not”) + -τροπος (-tropos, “turned”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the three Fates, or Moirae; a daughter of Zeus and Themis; the cutter of the thread of life, depicted as an old woman. Her Roman counterpart is Morta.
Coordinate terms: Clotho
Lachesis
YGM
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of you've got mail: used to inform someone that an e-mail message has been sent to them.
Morgan le Fay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɔːɡən lə ˈfeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From Old Welsh or Old Breton Morgen (a female given name unrelated with the male one Morgan, literally “sea-born”) + Old French la fee (“the fairy”).
Senses: synonyms: Morgaine
Morgana
fata Morgana
coordinate_terms: Accalon
King Arthur
qualifier: Arthurian legend
glosses: The half sister of King Arthur, known for being a powerful enchantress.
Related terms: Fata Morgana
Lachesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪsɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λάχεσις (Lákhesis).
Senses: examples: text: And if it were asked how it is known that the pocket in which Erskine kept this key was sewn on to the front of his underhose, the answer to that would be this, that one day when Erskine was doing his number one against a bush, Watt, who as Lachesis would have it was doing his number one too against the same bush, but on the other side, caught a glimpse, through the bush, for it was a deciduous bush, of the key, gleaming among the flap buttons.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the three Fates (Moirae), daughter of Zeus and Themis; the measurer of each thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Decima.
Lachesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlækɪsɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Λάχεσις (Lákhesis).
Senses: topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The venom of Lachesis muta, the bushmaster snake, used to treat various conditions.
Derived terms: Lachesian
tête-à-tête
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/
ipa: /ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/
Forms: form: tête-à-têtes
form: tete-a-tete
form: tête à tête
form: tete a tete
Etymology: Borrowed from French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”).
Senses: examples: text: From the tête-à-tête with Mr. Thomas Tough, ſhe goes to her deſk again, and begins to write "With what appetite ſhe may," in the forlorn hope of procuring from her bookſeller part of the money ſhe has been compelled to promiſe to the ſaid Thomas's peremptory demands, on behalf of Mr. Humphrey Hotgooſe—[…]
ref: 1794, Charlotte Smith, chapter XI, in The Banished Man. […], volume II, London: […] T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, (successors to Mr. [Thomas] Cadell) […], →OCLC, pages 225–226:
text: Despite their explorations of what the Vatican termed "the family", it was uncertain whether the pope and the president concerned themselves with such issues during their behind-closed-doors tête à tête.
ref: 2014 January 24, Lizzy Davies, “François Hollande affair allegations overshadow meeting with Pope Francis”, in The Guardian:
text: Fernandinho and Fernando made Yaya Touré’s absence not feel important and Mourinho became so agitated it required a tête-à-tête with Mark Clattenburg on the touchline.
ref: 2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian, London:
text: The Kremlin said Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin would first hold a “tête-à-tête” discussion with interpreters, followed by negotiations by delegations and “a working breakfast.”
ref: 2025 August 15, Ashley Ahn, “Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: head-to-head
glosses: A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head.
topics: furniture
lifestyle
synonyms: confidante
conversation bench
courting bench
kissing bench
love seat
vis-à-vis
glosses: A bench or sofa that allows two people to talk face-to-face, especially one that is S-shaped.
glosses: A variety of early flowering, fragrant daffodil.
tête-à-tête
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛt.əˈtɛt/
ipa: /ˌteɪt.əˈteɪt/
Etymology: Borrowed from French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”).
Senses: examples: text: Swankey of the Body Guard himself, that dangerous youth, and the greatest buck of all the Indian army now on leave, was one day discovered by Major Dobbin tête-à-tête with Amelia, and describing the sport of pig-sticking to her with great humour and eloquence […]
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: In particular his tête-à-tête luncheons were described, to which, as it now turned out, practically every journalist listening had at one time or another been invited.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 10:
glosses: In private, between two people; head-to-head.
Decima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪmə/
Etymology: From Latin meaning "the tenth".
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the measurer of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Lachesis.
Coordinate terms: Nona
Morta
Nona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Latin meaning "the ninth", because she was prayed to in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The youngest of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the spinner of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Clotho.
Coordinate terms: Morta
Decima
Morta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin mors (“death”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the three Fates, or Parcae, daughter of Jupiter and Justitia; the cutter of the thread of life. She is the Roman equivalent of Atropos.
Coordinate terms: Nona
Decima
Epimetheus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛpɪˈmiːθiəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús, “afterthought, hindsight”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Son of Iapetus and Clymene, brother to Atlas, Menoetius and Prometheus, of whom he ignored warnings to beware of any gifts from Zeus. He accepted Pandora as his wife, thereby bringing sorrow to the world; father to Pyrrha.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A moon of the planet Saturn.
Derived terms: Epimethean
tete-a-tete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tete-a-tetes
Senses: examples: text: Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tete-a-tete was over.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 29:
text: “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.”
ref: 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of tête-à-tête.
Erato
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹətoʊ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐρατώ (Eratṓ).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, eroticism, and mimic imitation, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. Usually depicted with a crown/wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a golden arrow and doves. Often accompanies Eros/Cupid.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 62 Erato, a main belt asteroid.
Derived terms: Eratoan
downgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/
rhymes: (verb) -eɪd
Forms: form: downgrades
Etymology: From down- + grade.
Senses: glosses: A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
examples: text: [...] dynamic braking is fitted to the 99-ton, 55 ft.-long locomotives to help control these otherwise vacuum-braked trains on the long, continuous downgrades encountered on the coastal route.
ref: 1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 218:
glosses: A downhill gradient on a road or railway.
coordinate_terms: comedown
glosses: A reduction in quality; a descent towards an inferior state.
Derived terms: downgrade dance