cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
axiomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăksĭōʹmətə
ipa: /æksɪˈəʊmətə/
Senses: glosses: plural of axiom
examples: text: We do, indeed, find mention made of axiomata or general propositions to a greater extent than in the Organon, but they are never clearly distinguished…
ref: 1882, Alfred William Benn, The Greek Philosophers, page 375:
text: These pairs of extra-monads contain 32 ideas; so there may be 16 groups of axiomata in the theory of numbers, and 16 groups of axiomata in common or indefinite…
ref: 1947, Theodore van Schelven, An Introduction to Definitive Philosophy and Basic Psychology, page 34:
text: The truth of other axiomata would have to be defined in terms of the truth of these.
ref: 1985, William Kneale, Martha Kneale, The Development of Logic, page 53:
text: Kant refers to these principles as “axioms” (axiomata)…
ref: 1987, Paul Guyer, Kant and the Claims of Knowledge, page 65:
text: These axiomata themselves are self-evident to us; we do not feel that they need proving and recognize them intuitively.
ref: 2003, J. J. Van Der Leeuw, Conquest of Illusion, page 52:
text: The only text (S. E. M VII 246 = SVF 2.65 = LS 3oF) that seems to offer evidence that individual impressions might be correlated with multiple axiomata is…
ref: 2003, Brad Inwood, The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, page 261:
glosses: plural of axioma
angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: And also, many of the problems I’d had with what seemed to me to be — I don’t know what you’d call it — the angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin aspect…
ref: 1995, David Murray Schneider, Richard Handler, Schneider on Schneider — CL: the conversion of the Jews and other anthropological stories, page 201:
text: If that isn’t an angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin question, what would be?
ref: 1998, Daniel Clement Dennett, Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds, 1984–1996, page 75:
text: Finally, there was an angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin argument about whether Dr Kelly worked “in” the MoD or “for” the MoD.
ref: 2003, Simon Hoggart, The Guardian Unlimited: QC floats like a butterfly, stings like IDS:
glosses: Adjectival or attributive form of angels dancing on the head of a pin.
Related terms: angels dancing on the head of a pin
count angels on pinheads
angels dancing on the head of a pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to the theological question, How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?—a question cited to debunk mediaeval angelology in particular, and scholasticism in general. The point is that explorative discussions that the discussants consider important can be academic in both senses of that word—not only arcane, but also irrelevant.
Senses: examples: text: We are not talking about angels dancing on the head of a pin here.
ref: 1965, United States Congress House Government Operations, Procurement of a Cryogenic Cooling System for Fighter Aircraft: Hearing, 89-1, June 8–9, 1965, page 47:
text: …logically indistinguishable from the argument that because we do not know at what rate the angels dancing on the head of a pin are dying off…
ref: 1995, Julian Lincoln Simon, The State of Humanity, page 358:
text: The issues Dr. Wolfensberger wrestles with and writes about are not intellectual discussions of angels dancing on the head of a pin.
ref: 2001, William C. Gaventa, David L. Coulter, The Theological Voice of Wolf Wolfensberger, page 6:
glosses: The subject of arcane intellectual speculation—used as an example of a subject of enquiry in which the pursuit is of no value.
Related terms: angels-dancing-on-the-head-of-a-pin
count angels on pinheads
storm chaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm chasers
form: storm-chaser
form: stormchaser
Senses: glosses: One who chases storms as a profession or hobby.
glosses: One who finds and films storms, especially tornadoes.
Synonyms: stormhunter
storm-hunter
storm hunter
Hyponyms: hurricane chaser
hurricane hunter
tornado chaser
tornado hunter
typhoon chaser
typhoon hunter
martial artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: martial artists
Senses: examples: text: Jeffrey Wall, 15, is just as compassionate as he is fierce. The accomplished Tang Soo Do Korean martial artist is helping his community stay fit during the coronavirus pandemic.
ref: 2020 June 10, Ashley Vaughan, “This teenage martial artist creates videos to help superhero seniors stay active while in quarantine”, in CNN:
glosses: A practitioner and/or preceptor of martial arts.
Derived terms: mixed martial artist
clever dick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clever dicks
Senses: synonyms: word: clever arse
word: smart aleck
word: Buddha
word: clever clogs
word: clever dick
word: know-all
word: know-it-all
word: smart aleck
word: smart ass
word: smarty
word: smarty pants
word: wiseacre
word: wiseass
word: wise-ass
word: wisenheimer
glosses: A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.
renovation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛnəˈveɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: renovations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin renovatio, renovationem.
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: (building renovation) demo, demolition, rebuilding
text: Near-synonym: (building renovation) remodeling
text: His room was currently under renovation.
text: During the course, the Cijin District Office, the frontline local government unit in charge of executing the tomb's renovation, also worked hard to communicate with the deceased's families about how to redesign the space.
ref: 2017, Anru Lee, Wen-hui Anna Tang, “Gender, Popular Religion, and the Politics of Memory in Taiwan's Urban Renewal: The Case of the Twenty-Five Ladies' Tomb”, in Zayn R. Kassam, editor, Women and Asian Religions, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 144:
synonyms: reno#Noun
glosses: An act, or the process, of renovating.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: Regeneration.
Derived terms: renovationism
renovationist
renoviction
reno
Related terms: renovate
bounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bounders
form: boundure
Etymology: From bound + -er.
Sense 2 poss. from bandar, borrowed from Hindi बन्दर (bandar, “monkey”), via Indian English.
Senses: glosses: Something that bounds or jumps.
glosses: A dishonourable man; a cad.
glosses: A social climber.
examples: text: Let the mountaine Pyrenaeus diuide the French, and Spaniards: and the wildernesse of Sand the Aethiopians, from Aegyptians. And in like manner also be all other Kingdomes: they are bound within their bounders, as it were in bands; and shut-vp within their limits, as it were in prison.
ref: 1638 Martin Fotherby (Iacob Blome: London) Atheomastix p.269
glosses: That which limits; a boundary.
glosses: A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet.
Derived terms: bounderish
bounderism
boundling
Related terms: homeward bounder
homeward-bounder
fumbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fumble
untied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tied.
Senses: examples: text: The sack had been left untied, and so by wriggling a bit he was able to get his head through the opening and look out.
ref: 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Not tied; undone
untied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From untie + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untie
denoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denote
participated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of participate
propagated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of propagate
pinheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪn.hɛdz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pinhead
tango uniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the NATO phonetic alphabet for the letters T and U, from tits up.
Senses: examples: text: I can never fly my fighter again. It is tango uniform.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Broken and unable to be fixed; dead.
dishonourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dishonourable
form: most dishonourable
Senses: examples: text: He adhered to the forms of his religion rather because he felt it would be dishonourable to change that of his fathers, than from any rational or sincere belief of its mysterious doctrines.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 192:
glosses: British standard spelling of dishonorable.
Derived terms: dishonourableness
dishonourably
piers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pier
duopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /djuːˈɒpəli/
ipa: /duː-/
ipa: /duˈɑpəli/
rhymes: -ɒpəli
Forms: form: duopolies
form: dyopoly
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From duo- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -poly (suffix meaning ‘pertaining to the number of sellers in a market’), by analogy with monopoly.
Senses: examples: text: Modern examples of duopoly include the American markets for credit cards (Visa and MasterCard), smartphones (Apple and Google), soft drinks (Coca-Cola and Pepsi), and airplanes (Airbus and Boeing).
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: An economic condition in which two sellers exert most control over the market of a commodity.
examples: text: In 2011, his spirit and body were shattered by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals. Last night, the stakes were just as high – even though the tournament is not out of the first week – because there is a creeping perception that the [Roger] Federer–[Rafael] Nadal duopoly is slowly giving way under pressure from below.
ref: 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:
text: In Spain, Socialist and PP governments have alternated since the 1980s. This cosy duopoly was weakened by the long recession that followed the bursting of Spain’s housing bubble in 2007.
ref: 2018 February 10, “Spain’s centrist Ciudadanos are on the march”, in The Economist, London: Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2018:
text: And these industrial farms have concentrated into a series of duopolies. Google and Apple’s browsers have nearly 85% of the world market share. Microsoft and Apple’s two desktop operating systems have almost 90%. Google runs about 90% of global search. More than half of all phones come from Apple and Samsung, while 99% of mobile operating systems are from Google or Apple. Apple and Google’s email clients manage nearly 90% of global email. GoDaddy and Cloudflare serve about 50% of global domain name system requests. And so on.
ref: 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:
text: First past the post voting has long maintained American politics as an effective duopoly where power simply alternates between two main parties.
glosses: The domination of a field of endeavour by two entities or people.
topics: broadcasting
media
synonyms: word: twinstick
glosses: A situation in which two or more radio or television stations in the same city or community share common ownership.
Hyponyms: topics: politics
government
word: two-partyism
topics: politics
government
word: two-party system
Coordinate terms: duopsony
monopoly
oligopoly
polypoly
quadropoly
quintopoly
triopoly
Derived terms: word: duopolism
word: duopolist
word: duopolistic
word: duopolistically
Related terms: duarchy
phillumeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phil- + Latin lumen (“light”) + -y.
Senses: glosses: The hobby of collecting matchbox labels and other match-related items
Related terms: phillumenist
Super Bowl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuːpə bəʊl/
ipa: /ˈsjuːpə -/
ipa: /ˈsupəɹ boʊl/
Forms: form: Super Bowls
Etymology: From super + bowl, from bowl games such as the Rose Bowl Game and Orange Bowl.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The championship game of the NFL played in early February played between two teams, one each in the American Football Conference and National Football Conference.
wikipedia: Orange Bowl
Rose Bowl Game
Synonyms: superb owl
Superb Owl
The Big Game
Big Game
Derived terms: superb owl
Superb Owl
Super Bowl Sunday
Malaŵi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: scholarly
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of Malawi.
atorvastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atorvastatins
Etymology: From ator- + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”). The prefix probably from Spanish atorar (“to clog”), wherein the verb suffix -ar was taken off. Thus, the role is "to inhibit the clogging (of cholesterol)".
Senses: examples: text: Among statins, only simvastatin (up to 7.5 ng/L) and pravastatin (up to 40.4 ng/L) were identified in the raw water being these concentrations substantially higher than those found in the literature, 1 ng/L for pravastatin (Miao and Metcalfe, 2003) and 1.4 ng/L for atorvastatin and 1.0 ng/L for its metabolites o- and p-hydroxy atorvastatin in surface waters (Benotti et al., 2009). […] The last compound, gemfibrozil is the sole antilipidemic compound found (up to 3 ng/L) in a USA survey of 18 DWTPs whereas atorvastatin, simvastatin and their metabolites, the other studied compounds, were absent (Benotti et al., 2009). In our study, the two statins identified at the intake of the DWTP were eliminated by dioxychlorination (>99%) whereas bezafibrate, clofibric acid and gemfibrozil were only moderately removed with percentages of 37%, 68% and 11%, respectively although it has been reported that gemfibrozil and clofibric acid are readily oxidized with chlorine dioxide in spiked drinking water whereas bezafibrate remains unchanged (Huber et al., 2005a).
ref: 2011 June 24, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.
pithivier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pithiviers
Etymology: From the French commune of Pithiviers.
Senses: glosses: A pie or cake consisting of two puff pastry rounds enclosing frangipane and often fruit (if a dessert) or meat, etc.
wikipedia: Pithiviers
frangipane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹænd͡ʒɪˌpeɪn/
Forms: form: frangipanes
Etymology: Borrowed from French frangipane; see frangipani for more.
Senses: glosses: A cream made from ground almonds used in confectionery
glosses: A pastry filled with this cream
glosses: Alternative form of frangipani (“type of perfume”).
Related terms: marzipan
pesty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛsti
Forms: form: more pesty
form: pestier
form: most pesty
form: pestiest
Etymology: From pest + -y.
Senses: glosses: annoying or troublesome; pesky
Derived terms: pestily
pestiness
ateji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ateji
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 当(あ)て字(じ) (ateji) or 宛字(あてじ) (ateji).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The use of kanji chosen primarily for their phonetic (narrow sense) or semantic (broad sense) value to represent foreign or native Japanese words, or the kanji so used.
retorsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retorsions
form: retortion
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An act of retaliation taken by one nation against another as a reprisal.
retortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retortions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of retorsion.
simplistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more simplistically
form: most simplistically
Etymology: From simplistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: He explained relativity, but very simplistically.
text: Natural questions to ask are: 'What counts as data? How do you collect data?' There are two different types of data which linguists typically work with in formulating grammars. The first is a recorded sample of speech or text (such a sample is known technically as a corpus of utterances); we assume (perhaps simplistically) that in general people speak and write well-formed sentences. […]
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 24:
glosses: In a simplistic way.
examples: text: Simplistically, he was fired with pay.
glosses: Used to announce or excuse an oversimplified explanation or description. (Compare with in a nutshell.)
Synonyms: sense: an oversimplified explanation or description
word: in layman's terms
Hypernyms: in other words
that is to say
sissified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sissified
form: most sissified
Senses: glosses: Made like a sissy; effete.
sissified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sissify
effeteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From effete + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being effete.
effetely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more effetely
form: most effetely
Etymology: From effete + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an effete manner.
restorative justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any of several forms of justice that attempt to repair the harm done to the victim, sometimes by having the offender make restitution.
poor man's
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Saxon is author of the popular terrorist manual The Poor Man's James Bond, a handbook containing recipes for bombs, napalm and tear gas.
ref: 1996, False Patriots: The Threat of Antigovernment Extremists:
text: People do not want 'second best' self-help schemes, which are regarded as a poor man's version of the market.
ref: 1999, Charles Leadbeater, Ian Christie, To Our Mutual Advantage:
text: Much as the creators of Usenet called it “the poor man's ARPANET,” bulletin boards were a poor man's FTP.
ref: 2001, Graham Nelson, The Inform Designer's Manual:
text: Bowling is something everybody can do. It's a poor man's golf.
ref: 2013, Jude Morgan, National Past Time: Kingpin Alley, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6:
synonyms: BTEC
dollar-store
Poundland
pound-shop
Tesco Value
Wish.com
glosses: Cheaper than, simpler than, a low-quality version of, or inferior to.
Derived terms: poor man's asparagus
Poor Man's Bible
poor man's black velvet
poor man's butter
poor man's cabbage
poor man's cake
poor man's caviar
poor man's cocaine
poor man's copyright
poor man's diamond
poor man's fridge
poor man's ginseng
poor man's goose
poor man's latte
poor man's lobster
poor man's manure
poor man's mustard
poor man's orchid
poor man's pepper
poor man's pizza
poor man's racehorse
poor man's sauce
poor man's shilling
poor man's soap
poor man's steak
poor man's Tiffany
poor man's umbrella
poor man's weatherglass
people's
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpəlz/
Senses: examples: text: She [Diana, Princess of Wales] was of the people and for the people, and the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, captured that sentiment when he described her as 'the people's princess'.
ref: 2011, Andrew [David] Morton, “Foreword”, in Diana: Her True Story – In Her Own Words, electronic edition, London: Michael O'Mara Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Considered to be of, from, or in tune with the common people, rather than from a ruling elite.
examples: text: the People's Liberation Army
text: She was elevated to the rank of People's Artist in 1940.
ref: 1958, John Gunther, Inside Russia Today, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →OCLC:
glosses: In certain socialist states: of, from, or controlled (at least in name) by the common people rather than a ruling elite.
examples: text: People's United States of America
text: People's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
text: People's Republic of France
glosses: Used to label a state as secretly authoritarian or totalitarian regardless of its government.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, -'s.
khybers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khyber
sabrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈbɹɑːʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːʒ
Forms: form: saberage
Etymology: From French sabrage. By surface analysis, sabre + -age.
Senses: glosses: The usually ceremonial technique of opening a bottle, typically of champagne, by slicing off the bottle's neck with a sabre.
Related terms: sabring
sabering
port tong
cream puffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream puff
bn.
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bn (“billion”).
Laval
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lavals
Etymology: Borrowed from French Laval.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A large city in southwestern Quebec, Canada; a suburb of Montreal.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Island of Laval: an island of Quebec, Canada; synonym of Île Jésus.
glosses: A placename:
A town and commune, a prefecture of Mayenne department, Pays de la Loire, France.
glosses: A placename:
A tiny hamlet in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxembourg province, Belgium.
glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: word: cachou de Laval
word: Lavaller
épéeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: épéeists
form: epeeist
Etymology: From épée + -ist.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A fencer who competes with an épée sword.
girl band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girl bands
Senses: glosses: A pop group or rock band made up solely of young women.
Hypernyms: girl group
Related terms: boy band
zip-wire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zip-wires
form: zipwire
form: zip wire
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zipline.
synonyms: word: zipline
unzip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: unzips
form: unzipping
form: unzipped
form: unzipped
Etymology: From un- + zip.
Senses: examples: text: He turned back and started unzipping a bag.
ref: 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 274:
glosses: To open something using a zipper.
glosses: To come open by means of a zipper.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
night out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nights out
Senses: glosses: Going away from one's usual residence for an entire night, and returning the next day.
examples: text: So if the bad boy’s proving elusive, why not try some novel, rewarding activities with a virtuous one? It might get your neurons firing. He might stick around afterwards. And even if he doesn't, you can be content in the knowledge that you and your misguided dopamine system had a good night out.
ref: 2012 May 14, Susan Carnell, “Bad Boys, Bad Brains”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: We know that many male City employees still go to lapdancing clubs for a fun night out. We know City organisations have struggled in their vaunted attempts to get more women on boards.
ref: 2018 January 25, Amelia Gentleman, “Men-only clubs and menace: how the establishment maintains male power”, in the Guardian:
glosses: Spending the evening away from one's usual residence. The phrase typically implies going to a bar or restaurant, going to watch entertainment, or other types of nightlife.
Synonyms: word: evening out
word: gimmick
word: night on the town
day trip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day trips
Senses: glosses: An excursion that lasts most of the day.
Synonyms: daycation
Derived terms: day-tripper
extreme day trip
tap into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: taps into
form: tapping into
form: tapped into
form: tapped into
Senses: glosses: To establish a connection with (something), especially in order to take advantage.
examples: text: When he ran out of money, he decided to tap into his trust fund.
text: 2004 Mark-Anthony Falzon - Cosmopolitan Connections: The Sindhi Diaspora
A significant number of Sindhi businesses in London tap into their connections with India and elsewhere to cater for the 'ethnic niche' market.
text: 19 December 2014, Paul M Farber in The Guardian Online, Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next
Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people.
text: Each language has its own distinct phonological qualities which a counter can tap into with effect. It is not necessarily specific phonemes (though these can sometimes be diagnostic), but rather the frequency and phonotactic distribution of each disparate set of phonemes that go together in the speech stream in certain recognisable ways.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10:
text: The Bluebell Railway, which ended its long isolation from the national network with the reopening to East Grinstead nine years ago, is keen to tap into a much larger population within easy travelling distance.
ref: 2022 September 21, Howard Johnston, “Bluebell Railway ready to advance 'through' railway”, in RAIL, number 966, page 23:
glosses: To access (a resource or object).
Related terms: tap in
Kieron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ciaran
form: Keiron
form: Kieran
Etymology: From Ciaran.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
lupines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lupine
handakuten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hænˈdæ.kuˌtɛn/
/hɑːnˈdɑː.kuˌtɛn/
Forms: form: handakuten
Etymology: From Japanese 半濁点(はんだくてん) (handakuten), from Middle Chinese 半 (pàn, “half”) + 濁 (ɖæwk, “muddy, voiced”) + 點 (tém, “mark, spot”).
Senses: synonyms: word: maru
coordinate_terms: dakuten
tenten
nigori
glosses: A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
anaesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaesthetic
anaesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The field of anaesthesiology.
alkaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪdz/
Senses: glosses: plural of alkaloid
zip wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zip wire
freeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of free
freeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Forms: form: freeings
Senses: examples: text: However again, in these freeings of voices it should be observed that the African American Southern voice and character is framed within the freed European American Southern voice.
ref: 1991, Gayl Jones, Liberating Voices: Oral Tradition in African American Literature:
text: The freeing of funding from a never-ending pipeline of expensive road schemes is going to happen over time, and will allow mult-modal schemes to be funded first.
ref: 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 35:
glosses: The act of making something free; liberation.
freeing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Forms: form: more freeing
form: most freeing
Senses: examples: text: Reimagining a ’90s-style “cool” Marvel bad guy as a Universal Monster-style antihero is a great, potentially freeing idea for a superhero picture, providing the opportunity to connect otherwise disparate eras of comics and genre movies.
ref: 2024 October 23, Jesse Hassenger, “Tom Hardy takes one more hit-and-miss spin with a symbiote in Venom: The Last Dance”, in AV Club:
synonyms: liberating
glosses: Making one free; causing someone to experience freedom.
Synonyms: liberating
Derived terms: freeingly
unfreeing
freest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: free-est
form: freeëst
form: freeest
Senses: examples: text: And, however they may seem high and great, [these people] are confined to narrowness of thought, and enslaved in that which should be the freest part of man, their understandings.
ref: 1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book IV, ch.20, section 4:
text: The small quantity of corn imported even in times of the greatest scarcity, may satisfy our farmers that they can have nothing to fear from the freest importation.
ref: 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book IV:
text: For my own part, however, I desire to say that I am in favour of removing, not only this, but all legal impediments whatever, to the freest choice by women of a career whether in political or civil life.
ref: 1861, John Stewart Mill, The Subjection of Women, Transaction, published 2001, page 177:
glosses: superlative form of free: most free
freest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of free
shamans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑː.mənz/
/ˈʃeɪ.mənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of shaman
talismans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.lɪs.mænz/
/ˈtæ.lɪs.mənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of talisman
Meänkieli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mean Kieli
Etymology: From the native Meänkieli term meänkieli, from meän kieli (“our language”).
Senses: examples: text: The County Board of Education worked out simple textbooks in Meänkieli and started to promote the vernacular in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI). Meänkieli was perceived as a bridge between Swedish and St Fi.
ref: 2006, Robert B. Kaplan, Richard B. Baldauf, Language Planning and Policy in Europe, →ISBN, page 242:
text: The Tornedalians call their speech meän kieli ("our language"). Meänkieli was banned from schools until 1992 (see Huss 1999, 80ff. for an historical outline). Since then, the Tornedalians' mother tongue has been taught alongside Swedish. The Meänkieli, however, is not often used in writing outside the schools.
ref: 2005, Ulrich Ammon, Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society, Language Arts & Disciplines, →ISBN, page 1547:
synonyms: word: North Finnish
word: Torne Valley Finnish
word: Tornedalen
word: Tornedalen Finnish
word: Tornedalsfinska
english: see usage notes
translation: see usage notes
glosses: A language spoken by some 40,000–70,000 people mainly in Northern Sweden. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Swedish.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Meänkieli terms
porgy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːɡi/
Forms: form: porgies
Etymology: From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”).
The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.
Senses: glosses: Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
examples: text: Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.
ref: 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, pages 244-245:
glosses: Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tautoga onitis
word: black porgy
taxonomic: Boridia grossidens
word: Borrigueta porgy
taxonomic: Calamus campechanus
word: Campeche porgy
taxonomic: Calamus mu
word: flathead porgy
taxonomic: Calamus arctifrons
word: grass porgy
taxonomic: Calamus taurinus
word: Galapagos porgy
taxonomic: Calamus calamus
word: goat's head porgy
taxonomic: Acanthopagrus schlegelii
word: Japanese black porgy
taxonomic: Calamus bajonado
word: jolthead porgy
taxonomic: Calamus nodosus
word: knobbed porgy
taxonomic: Calamus proridens
word: littlehead porgy
taxonomic: Calamus penna
word: littlemouth porgy
taxonomic: Stenotomus chrysops
word: northern porgy
taxonomic: Calamus brachysomus
word: Pacific porgy
taxonomic: Calamus pennatula
word: pluma porgy
taxonomic: Pagrus pagrus
word: red porgy
taxonomic: Sarpa salpa
word: salema porgy
taxonomic: Calamus calamus
word: saucereye porgy
taxonomic: Calamus arctifrons
word: shad porgy
taxonomic: Calamus penna
word: sheepshead porgy
taxonomic: Stenotomus aculeatus
word: southern porgy
taxonomic: Calamus cervigoni
word: spotfin porgy
taxonomic: Chaetodipterus faber
word: three-tailed porgy
taxonomic: Calamus leucosteus
word: whitebone porgy
colichemarde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colichemardes
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A blade, with a hexagonal or diamond-shaped cross section, once used to make small swords.
harrass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: harrasses
form: harrassing
form: harrassed
form: harrassed
Senses: examples: text: If the Americans have horse well trained to the woods, it will harrass such an army infinitely
ref: 1829, Jared Sparks, The Correspondence of the American Revolution:
text: [I]n his soundest sleep, the strain continues, he goes on listening, always listening, intently, anxiously, and wakes at last, harrassed, irritable, unrefreshed.
ref: 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XLIII, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 509:
text: When he was discharged as a homosexual and told me about the FBI files on both of us, the court martial procedure, etc., I expressed regret for any problems I had caused him with my letters. He admitted that some of my letters had given the officers material with which to harrass him, but he added "Without your letters I could not have got through the ordeal."
ref: 1988 April 9, Glenn L. Sitzman, “Todos Son Pillos (They Are All Thieves)”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of harass, now a common misspelling.
acropolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æˈkɹɒ.pɒ.lɪs.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of acropolis
megalopolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɛ.ɡæˈlɒ.pɒ.lɪs.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of megalopolis
Kven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kven kvääni
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by a few thousand people in Northern Norway. It is a variant of Finnish with a structure and grammar similar to Finnish, but the vocabulary considerably influenced by Norwegian.
Kven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kvens
Etymology: From Kven kvääni
Senses: glosses: A person of Finnish descent living in North Norway.
Related terms: North Finnish
megapolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɛˈɡæ.pɒ.lɪs.ɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of megapolis
ywis
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of iwis.
sodium citrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium citrates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The salt of sodium and citric acid with the chemical formula Na₃C₆H₅O₇ and used primarily as a food additive.
paramedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramedicines
Etymology: From para- + medicine.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That field of medicine practiced by paramedics.
misfeasance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misfeasances
Etymology: From Middle French mesfaisance.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An actual or alleged wrong that arises from an action; often, the wrongful use of legal authority.
Related terms: defeasance
malfeasance
nonfeasance
mad as a hatter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæd æz ə ˈhætə/
ipa: /ˌmæd æz ə ˈhætɚ/
Etymology: First recorded 1829. Of uncertain origin, though usually explained as referring to hat-makers suffering from Erethism due to handling mercury-contaminated felt. Derivation from Old English ātor (“poison”) or its descendant English atter lacks evidence.
Senses: examples: text: He's a very good fellow, but as mad as a hatter. He's called Madman, you know. And never was such a fellow for getting all sorts of rum things about him. He tamed two snakes last half, and used to carry them about in his pocket; and I'll be bound he's got some hedgehogs and rats in his cupboard now, and no one knows what besides.
ref: 1857, [Thomas Hughes], chapter III, in Tom Brown’s School Days. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
text: "I think he’d be as mad as a hatter at your insinuation that he would invite any of his wives, if all I hear of him is true; and what I’ve heard, Wolsey has told me."
ref: 1895, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 7, in A House-Boat on the Styx:
text: I think Adam Wayne, who is as mad as a hatter, worth more than a million of you. But you have the force, and, I admit, the common sense, and he is lost.
ref: 1904, Gilbert K[eith] Chesterton, “The Experiment of Mr. Buck”, in The Napoleon of Notting Hill, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane, The Bodley Head, →OCLC, book III, page 176:
text: Once Lord John passed across his newspaper, upon the margin of which he had written in pencil, "Poor devil! Mad as a hatter." No doubt it was very eccentric, and yet the performance struck me as extraordinarily clever and amusing.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Blurring of the Lines”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 31:
text: Sometimes, I feel sure he is as mad as a hatter; and then, just as he is at his maddest, I find there is method in his madness.
ref: 1920 October, Agatha Christie, “The Arrest”, in The Mysterious Affair at Styles […], New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, published March 1927, page 218:
text: If you ask me that woman's as mad as a hatter.
ref: 1939, Agatha Christie, chapter 11, in And Then There Were None:
glosses: Crazy or demented.
wikipedia: Erethism
Synonyms: disturbed
insane
loopy
nutty
mad as a March hare
Related terms: hatter
Mad Hatter
sextile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛks.taɪl/
rhymes: -ɛkstaɪl
Etymology: From Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + īlis (“-ile”).
Senses: topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or denoting the aspect or position of any two celestial bodies separated by 60°.
sextile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛks.taɪl/
rhymes: -ɛkstaɪl
Forms: form: sextiles
Etymology: From Latin sextīlis (“one sixth”), from sextus (“sixth”) + īlis (“-ile”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A quantile of six equal proportions; any of the subsets thus obtained.
glosses: A segment that is a sixth of the whole.
topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A sextile aspect or position.
Hypernyms: quantile
Coordinate terms: word: median (2-quantile)
sense: A sextile aspect or position.
word: tercile
sense: A sextile aspect or position.
word: tertile
word: quartile
word: quintile
word: septile
word: octile
word: decile
word: hexadecile
word: ventile
word: vigintile
word: centile
word: percentile (100)
word: millile (1000)
Related terms: ⚹
sextiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛks.taɪlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of sextile
quantile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.taɪl/
Forms: form: quantiles
Etymology: Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
Hyponyms: median (2-quantile)
tercile
tertile
quartile
quintile
sextile
septile
octile
decile
hexadecile
ventile
vigintile
centile
percentile (100)
millile (1000)
Related terms: fractile
quantiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.taɪlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of quantile
literatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪ.tɚˈeɪ.tɪm/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin litterātim, from littera (“letter”). First known use: 1643.
Senses: examples: text: In order to give its Scots flavor to the eye, as I cannot to the ear, I shall transcribe its beginning literatim.
ref: 1903, The Friends’ Historical Society, The Journal of the Friends’ Historical Society, page 1:
glosses: Letter by letter.
raw_tags: of the copying of text
Related terms: verbatim et literatim
gradatim
seriatim
syllabatim
verbatim
gradatim
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɹæ.dæˈtiːm/
ipa: /ɡɹəˈdeɪ.tɪm/
Etymology: Attested in English since 1575–1585: from Latin gradātim, from gradus (“step”).
Senses: examples: text: This trend of thought and preaching and practice resulted gradatim in the junior certificate, to mark the distinction between university and secondary…
ref: 1928, JUNE: W J Cooper, The School Review: The Junior-College Movement in California, vol. 36, № 6, pp409–422
glosses: step by step; gradually and methodically.
Synonyms: in order
stepwise
sequentially
Related terms: alternatim
literatim
seriatim
verbatim
methodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: of Canada
ipa: /mɪˈθɑdɪkəli/
note: of Canada
ipa: [mɪˈθɑɾɪkəli]
Forms: form: more methodically
form: most methodically
Etymology: From methodical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 429:
glosses: In a methodical manner; with order.
Synonyms: word: scientifically
word: systematically
word: methodically
word: orderly
word: systemwise
Hyponyms: word: intramethodically
word: sequentially
Coordinate terms: word: carefully
word: conscientiously
word: meticulously
word: mindfully
word: procedurally
word: scientifically
word: systemically
word: technically
word: techniquewise
word: thoughtfully
Derived terms: intramethodically
graph theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graph theorists
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mathematician or computer scientist who specializes in graph theory
number theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: number theorists
Senses: glosses: A mathematician who specializes in number theory
group theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: group theorists
Senses: glosses: An algebraist who specializes in group theory
ring theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring theorists
Senses: glosses: An algebraist who specializes in ring theory
representation theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: representation theorists
Senses: glosses: An algebraist who specializes in representation theory
swilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swill
swilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swillings
Senses: examples: text: Amid raucous shouts and swillings of beer they informed Tommy that he had just been awarded an immediate bar to his D.F.C. […]
ref: 1942, Charles Graves, The Avengers, page 24:
glosses: Greedy drinking.
anthimeria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænθɪˈmɪəɹiə/
Forms: form: anthimerias
form: antimeria
Etymology: Based on Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + μέρος (méros, “part”) with non-etymological ⟨h⟩.
Senses: examples: text: Not only is "I googled that hottie" great publicity for the company, but it's fresh and funny and an excellent example of how anthimeria gives English an invigorating slap upside the head.
ref: 2006 July 9, Ben Yagoda, “Language: The moving parts of speech”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Consider some other examples of anthimeria using slightly different types of words in the noun slot: Crystal's slogans "Full of Wow" and "Full of Yum," and the popular use of fail as a noun, as in "an epic fail" or "buckets of fail."
ref: 2014 May 13, James Harbeck, “How advertisers trick your brain by turning adjectives into nouns”, in The Week:
glosses: The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another, in English typically the use of a noun as if it were a verb.
Related terms: word: conversion
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: zero derivation
gaje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gajes
form: gaje
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gadjo (“non-Roma”).
laste
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of last.
longe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
homophone: lunge
Forms: form: longes
form: longeing
form: longed
form: longed
form: lunge
Etymology: From French allonger (“to lengthen”), or Latin longa (“long”), i.e. the long rope.
Senses: glosses: To work (a horse) in a circle at the end of a long line or rope.
longe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
homophone: lunge
Forms: form: longes
form: lunge
Etymology: From French allonger (“to lengthen”), or Latin longa (“long”), i.e. the long rope.
Senses: glosses: A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a longe line, approximately 20-30 feet long, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while longeing.
examples: text: […] he parried my thrusts with great calmness, until I had almost exhausted my spirits; and when he perceived me beginning to flag, attacked me fiercely in his turn.—Finding himself however better opposed than he expected, he resolved to follow his longe, and close with me; accordingly, his sword entered my waistcoat […]
ref: 1748, Tobias Smollett, chapter 59, in The Adventures of Roderick Random, volume 2, London: J. Osborn, page 252:
glosses: A lunge; a thrust.
examples: text: LONGE.—The training ground for the instruction of a young horse, to render him quiet, tractable, and supple; to give him free and proper use of his limbs, to form his paces, and to prepare him in all respects for the cavalry service.
ref: 1885, Edward S. Farrow, Farrow’s Military Encyclopedia, volume 2, New York, page 230:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The training ground for a horse.
longe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
homophone: lunge
Forms: form: longæ
form: longas
form: lunge
Senses: glosses: plural of longa
plene
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pliːn/
ipa: /ˈpliːniː/
Etymology: From Latin plēnus (“full”) (adjective) or plēnē (“fully”) (adverb).
Senses: examples: text: In the Mishnah (according to the Kaufmann Codex), this vowel is nearly consistently written plene (about 10,000 occurrences); most exceptions are in the tractate Avot.
ref: 2013, Gregor Geiger, Plene Writing of the Qōṭēl Pattern in the Dead Sea Scrolls:
glosses: With matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
raw_tags: of abjad script