cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
boasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈboʊstɪŋ/
Forms: form: boastings
Senses: glosses: The making of boasts.
examples: text: Solomon says, "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." Some, as soon as their vain boastings were uttered, were made monuments of divine justice.
ref: 1849, Elizabeth Wilson, A Scriptural View of Woman's Rights and Duties, page 367:
text: After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 28:
glosses: An individual boast or bout of boasting.
Lyme disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: lime disease
Etymology: Named after the town of Lyme, Connecticut, USA, where a number of cases were identified in 1975.
Senses: examples: text: I wish I could get Lyme disease if it would get me out of this dance.
ref: 2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 18:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Infection by one of three or more subspecies of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted by four species of tick in genus Ixodes. Symptoms include a rash followed by fever, joint pain, and headaches.
Synonyms: Lyme neuroborreliosis
Derived terms: chronic Lyme disease
Related terms: english: sheep tick, castor bean tick, of western Eurasia
translation: sheep tick, castor bean tick, of western Eurasia
word: Ixodes ricinus
english: taiga tick, of China
translation: taiga tick, of China
word: Ixodes persulcatus
english: black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America
translation: black-legged tick, deer tick, of eastern North America
word: Ixodes scapularis
english: western black-legged tick, of western North America
translation: western black-legged tick, of western North America
word: Ixodes pacificus
english: white-footed mouse
translation: white-footed mouse
word: Peromyscus leucopus
zhoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒʊʃ/
ipa: /ʒʊʒ/
ipa: /ʒʉʃ/
ipa: /ʒʉʒ/
rhymes: -ʊʃ
rhymes: -ʊʒ
Forms: form: zhooshes
form: zhooshing
form: zhooshed
form: zhooshed
form: jooj
form: joosh
form: joozh
form: juj
form: jush
form: juzh
form: tszuj
form: zhoozh
form: zhush
form: zhuzh
Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970.
Senses: examples: text: Mostly the words are dusted off and brought out when we wish to zhoosh up the conversation, to announce a particular delight in our queenly style.
ref: 1988, Neil Bartlett, Who Was That Man?, →ISBN, page 82:
text: Mr. Warburton, a volunteer, swept into the group’s headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania, a team of hair stylists in tow, his objective to “zhoosh up” the women’s looks, he said.
ref: 2009 May 27, Ruth La Ferla, “To Dress for Success, You Must Trust His Eye”, in The New York Times:
text: Christmas dinner is stressful enough without busting out recipes you’ve never made before. That said, if Sue is after a little zhoosh, she might want to consider how she dresses her veg.
ref: 2021 December 21, Anna Berrill, “Final magic touches to zhoosh your Christmas lunch”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: spice
spruce
sweeten
glosses: To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.
zhoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒʊʃ/
ipa: /ʒʊʒ/
ipa: /ʒʉʃ/
ipa: /ʒʉʒ/
rhymes: -ʊʃ
rhymes: -ʊʒ
Forms: form: more zhoosh
form: most zhoosh
form: jooj
form: joosh
form: joozh
form: juj
form: jush
form: juzh
form: tszuj
form: zhoozh
form: zhush
form: zhuzh
Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:zhoosh.
synonyms: word: à la mode
word: chic
word: trendy
word: a la mode/à la mode
word: all the rage
word: chic
word: cool
word: dapper
word: done
word: elegant
word: fashionable
word: groovy
word: happening
word: hep
word: hip
word: in
word: in fashion
word: jaunty
word: modish
word: natty
word: on fleek
word: on trend
word: pizazzy
word: spiffing
word: spiffy
word: styleworthy
word: stylish
word: smart
word: snazzy
word: tasteful
word: tippy
word: trendy
word: voguish
word: up-to-the-minute
word: with-it
word: zhoosh
glosses: stylish, hot, cool
zhoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒʊʃ/
ipa: /ʒʊʒ/
ipa: /ʒʉʃ/
ipa: /ʒʉʒ/
rhymes: -ʊʃ
rhymes: -ʊʒ
Forms: form: zhooshes
form: jooj
form: joosh
form: joozh
form: juj
form: jush
form: juzh
form: tszuj
form: zhoozh
form: zhush
form: zhuzh
Etymology: UK 1960s. Unclear origin; one explanation is that it was borrowed from Angloromani yuser (“clean”, verb) and yusher (“clear”, verb), from Angloromani yus-, yuz-, yuzh- (“clean”) and yush- (“clear”), from Romani žuž-, už- (“clean”, adjective) (also compare Hindi उज्ज्वल (ujjval, “bright”)), but this has been seen as problematic. Another theory is that the term is instead an "expressive formation" similar to whoosh and swish. The South African sense reportedly comes from a regional pronunciation of "Jewish", alluding to the high reputation of Jewish tailors at the time, but this has also been considered unlikely. All senses originated around the same time, with the first attributed use of the noun in 1968 and the verb in 1970.
Senses: examples: text: Thank you for your happiness and your eternal Bona-ness and zhoosh.
ref: 2016 June 7, Tilda Swinton, quotee, “Tilda Swinton Shared A Moving Tribute To David Bowie At The CFDAs”, in Elle:
text: I grew up in a rain-lashed industrial town near London. Glamour and excitement were thin on the ground. The Swinging Sixties had yet to swing. No telly, no luxuries, no zhoosh. Except at Christmas time. Once a year, the local department store would festoon the window displays with twinkly lights and fake garland.
ref: 2020 June 18, Simon Doonan, “Let's Return to the Exuberance of Window Shopping”, in Town & Country:
text: Beyond the zhoosh, spangle and splendour, there’s substance to the development too.
ref: 2022 January 21, “The Monocle Minute”, in Monocle, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2025:
synonyms: dash
flamboyance
panache
swagger
verve
glosses: Style, glamor (especially in regard to clothing).
Derived terms: zhooshy
zhoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒʊʃ/
ipa: /ʒʊʒ/
ipa: /ʒʉʃ/
ipa: /ʒʉʒ/
rhymes: -ʊʃ
rhymes: -ʊʒ
Forms: form: zhooshes
form: zhooshing
form: zhooshed
form: zhooshed
form: jooj
form: joosh
form: joozh
form: juj
form: jush
form: juzh
form: tszuj
form: zhoozh
form: zhush
form: zhuzh
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a blender.
Senses: examples: text: Throw it all in a blender and zhoosh it until it's creamy smooth.
synonyms: blitz
glosses: To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.
zhoosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʒʊʃ/
ipa: /ʒʊʒ/
ipa: /ʒʉʃ/
ipa: /ʒʉʒ/
rhymes: -ʊʃ
rhymes: -ʊʒ
Forms: form: zhooshes
form: jooj
form: joosh
form: joozh
form: juj
form: jush
form: juzh
form: tszuj
form: zhoozh
form: zhush
form: zhuzh
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a blender.
Senses: examples: text: Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.
glosses: The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing.
despiteous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more despiteous
form: most despiteous
Etymology: From Middle English despitous, from Anglo-Norman despitous.
Senses: glosses: Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
glosses: Dispiteous.
Derived terms: despiteously
indecipherable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪndɪˈsaɪfəɹəbəl/
/ɪndɪˈsaɪfɹəbəl/
/ɪndə-/
Forms: form: more indecipherable
form: most indecipherable
Etymology: From in- + decipherable.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor's handwriting was indecipherable.
text: The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
ref: 2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson, The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry, UNC Press Books, →ISBN, page 141:
text: One of the last remaining members of the Navajo Code Talkers, who used their difficult-to-learn language to form an indecipherable code that helped the Allies win World War II, has died.
ref: 2019 January 16, Eric Levenson, “Alfred Newman, one of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, dies at 94”, in CNN:
glosses: Not decipherable; impossible to decode, read, understand or comprehend.
examples: text: The explanation some are suggesting is that the object takes on the appearance of what is behind it, or that it takes on the appearanec ^([sic]) of what the observer thinks is behind it. In both cases, the object is still visible. It's a visible representation of what's behind it, but it is still invisible, just indecipherable from its surroundings.
ref: 2001 December 22, Michael A. Norville, “Why do so many DMs hate their players”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):
text: If you knew who Jerry was you'd swear you'd been cloned. Your posting style is virtually indecipherable from his.
ref: 2004 April 21, RoyWilliamsIsGay, “Pablo the Troll”, in alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles (Usenet):
text: A British university compared lads' mags with comments from convicted rapists. It found that people could not distinguish the source of the comments. That is, Zoo uses language practically indecipherable from that of sex offenders.
ref: 2015 May 20, Laura Pintur, “My campaign against Zoo Magazine: the well-being of girls should come before profits” (0:25 from the start), in Guardian Australia:
glosses: Indistinguishable
Synonyms: undecipherable
unreadable
illegible
Derived terms: indecipherability
indecipherableness
indecipherably
despiteously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more despiteously
form: most despiteously
Etymology: From despiteous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a despiteous manner.
insulting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
Forms: form: more insulting
form: most insulting
Senses: examples: text: He received an insulting letter.
text: Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
ref: 2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN:
glosses: Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
Derived terms: insultingly
insultingness
noninsulting
uninsulting
insulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insult
insulting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
Forms: form: insultings
Senses: examples: text: grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of a Peacable Temper and Carriage”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
text: Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.
ref: 1689, Thomas Smith, diary:
glosses: The act of giving insult.
insultingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more insultingly
form: most insultingly
Etymology: From insulting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They made an insultingly low bid to buy the house.
glosses: In an insulting manner; to a degree that causes insult.
illegibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more illegibly
form: most illegibly
Etymology: From illegible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The doctor illegibly scrawled his signature: if it weren't on his letterhead, no-one would know who had written it.
glosses: In a manner that produces illegible results.
managed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænɪd͡ʒd/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈmænəd͡ʒd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manage
Derived terms: unmanaged Microsoft-managed
well-managed
scrawled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The doctor's scrawled signature was almost unreadable.
glosses: Having been written in a rapid and sloppy manner.
Derived terms: scrawled filefish
scrawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He scrawled his signature on the receipt with quick disregard for legibility.
glosses: simple past and past participle of scrawl
thumbstroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thumbstrokes
Etymology: From thumb + stroke.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a stroke of the strings (of a guitar for example) made with the thumb
observing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/
ipa: /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
ipa: /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of observe
observing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/
ipa: /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
ipa: /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Forms: form: observings
Senses: examples: text: Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.
ref: 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194:
glosses: observation
observing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈzɝvɪŋ/
ipa: /ɒbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
ipa: /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Forms: form: more observing
form: most observing
Senses: glosses: observant
Derived terms: observingly
unobserving
tricameralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tricameral + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: The practice of having three legislative or parliamentary chambers.
Coordinate terms: bicameralism
tetracameralism
unicameralism
Related terms: bicameral
bicamerality
tetracameral
tetracamerality
tricameral
tricamerality
unicameral
unicamerality
promoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈmoʊtɪŋ/
ipa: /pɹəˈməʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of promote
preserved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈzɜːvd/
ipa: /pɹəˈzɝvd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preserve
Derived terms: preserved in amber
preserved in aspic
packing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpakɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpækɪŋ/
rhymes: -ækɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pack
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: close-packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: copacking
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: fudge packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: meatpacking
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: packing for Perth
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: packing fudge
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: packing heat
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: packing on
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: pamper packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: send someone packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: sphere packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: tail packing
sense: Terms derived from packing (verb)
word: vacuum packing
packing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpakɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈpækɪŋ/
rhymes: -ækɪŋ
Forms: form: packings
Etymology: From Middle English pakkynge; equivalent to pack (“verb and noun senses”) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb.
The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The action of the verb.
The spatial arrangement of objects, items or constituent parts.
glosses: The action of the verb.
The gathering of birds, animals etc. into a pack.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: The action of the verb.
The forming of players into a scrum.
examples: text: A kind of fine Norwegian hay, used as packing in the finnesko to keep the feet warm and to make the fur boot fit firmly.
ref: 1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:
glosses: As a concrete noun.
Material used to fill in the space around something, especially to make a piston etc. watertight or airtight.
examples: text: Among the inner packings in use are expanded polystyrene (popcorn), plastic-encapsulated air (air bubbles), various types of paper products, foam-in-place, molded polystyrene, and corrugated partitions (egg crating).
ref: 2013, Eugene L. Magad, Total Materials Management, →ISBN, page 375:
glosses: As a concrete noun.
Material used to wrap a product for sale etc.; packaging.
glosses: As a concrete noun.
A fee charged to cover the costs of packaging.
examples: text: Packing in a packed bed, or a column such as a distillation column or a chromatography column
glosses: As a concrete noun.
Special material used to fill containers or vessels for certain chemically related applications.
glosses: Clipping of meatpacking.
Derived terms: contract packing
co-packing
court-packing
meatpacker
meatpacking
packing case
packing-case
packinghouse
packingless
packing list
packing needle
packing-needle
packing noodle
packing parka
packing peanut
packing plant
packing room
packing snow
packing tape
postage and packing
subpacking
underpacking
wolf packing
Related terms: backpacking
packer
packmaker
packmaking
referred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈfɝd/
enpr: rĭ-fûrdʹ
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɜːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: refered
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refer
representing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of represent
representing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/
Forms: form: representings
Senses: examples: text: One ends up with a noumenal representation that has a phenomenal representation as its content, whereby the phenomenal representation, in turn, has as its content a temporally ordered sequence of representings, i.e. of mental episodes.
ref: 2017, Anil Gomes, Andrew Stephenson, Kant and the Philosophy of Mind: Perception, Reason, and the Self:
glosses: An act of representation.
townsman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: townsmen
Etymology: From Middle English townes-man, from Old English tūnes-mann, equivalent to town + -s- + man.
Senses: examples: text: Largely by reason of the persistence of John Crevallier Cobbold, a leading townsman and a member of a respected Suffolk family, the scheme was brought to fruition and by an Act dated July 19, 1844, the Eastern Union Railway came into existence.
ref: 1946 September and October, “Centenary of the Ipswich-Colchester Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 307:
synonyms: city dweller
coordinate_terms: country dweller
glosses: A man who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
glosses: A resident of a university town, as opposed to a scholar at the university; a townie.
glosses: Synonym of oppidan (“type of student”).
synonyms: word: oppidan
extra: type of student
Related terms: townswoman
testing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Forms: form: more testing
form: most testing
Senses: examples: text: England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.
ref: 2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC:
glosses: Difficult; tough.
testing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Forms: form: testings
Senses: examples: text: The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.
ref: 2011, Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke:
glosses: The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
Hyponyms: A/B testing
alpha testing
animal testing
beta testing
big bang testing
black-box testing
continuous testing
DNA testing
fuzz testing
genetic testing
gray-box testing
grey-box testing
hypothesis testing
integration testing
keyword-driven testing
Kleenex testing
model-based testing
model-driven testing
nuclear testing
PAT testing
portable appliance testing
psychological testing
reality testing
regression testing
risk-based testing
sandwich testing
sanity testing
spark testing
statistical hypothesis testing
surge testing
testing clause
testing ground
toxicology testing
type testing
unit testing
white-box testing
wind tunnel testing
testing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛs.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of test
Derived terms: testing effect
testing, testing
testing testing
townswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: townswomen
Etymology: From town + -s- + -woman, on the model of townsman.
Senses: glosses: A woman who is a resident of a town, especially of one's own town.
Related terms: townsman
insulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insult
insults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsʌlts/
/ɪnˈsʌlts/
Senses: glosses: plural of insult
insults
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɪnsʌlts/
/ɪnˈsʌlts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insult
sob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒb/
enpr: säb
ipa: /sɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: sobs
Etymology: From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).
Senses: glosses: A cry with a short, sudden expulsion of breath.
examples: text: “My husband, alas! whom I now (sob, sob) mourn,
A short time since (sob) to this grave (sob) was borne;
And (sob) he lies buried in this (sob, sob) grave.”
ref: 1874, George Carter Stent, The Jade Chaplet in Twenty-four Beads, page 9:
glosses: sound of sob
Derived terms: sobby
sob sister
sob story
sob stuff
sob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒb/
enpr: säb
ipa: /sɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: sobs
form: sobbing
form: sobbed
form: sobbed
Etymology: From Middle English sobben, perhaps from Middle Low German sabben (“to drool, slobber, salivate”). Cognate with West Frisian sabje, sobje (“to suck”), Dutch zabben, sabbelen (“to suck”), zabberen (“to drool”), German Low German sabbeln, severn (“to drool”), German sabbern (“to drool, slobber”), Norwegian sabbe (“to spill, drop, make a mess”). Compare also Old English sēofian (“to lament”), German saufen (“to drink, swig”).
Senses: examples: text: She was sobbing because she was feeling very miserable.
text: She sigh'd, she sobb'd, and, furious with despair, / She rent her garments, and she tore her hair.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 5”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To weep with convulsive gasps.
examples: text: "He doesn't love me!" she sobbed.
glosses: To say (something) while sobbing.
sob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒb/
enpr: säb
ipa: /sɑb/
rhymes: -ɒb
Forms: form: sobs
form: sobbing
form: sobbed
form: sobbed
Etymology: See sop.
Senses: examples: text: the Tree, being sobbed and wet, ſwells the Wood
ref: 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
glosses: To soak.
Derived terms: sobby
tenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of taenia.
dispiteous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dispiteous
form: most dispiteous
Etymology: Variant of despiteous, later reanalysed as dis- + piteous.
Senses: examples: text: […] these .ii. noble princes [wer] by treyterous tiranny taken & depriued of their estate, shortly shut vp in prison & priuely slain & murderd by yᵉ cruell ambicion of their vnnaturall vncle & dispiteous tourmentours […]
ref: c. 1460s, John Hardyng, “Rychard the third”, in The Chronicle of Ihon Hardyng in Metre, London: Richard Grafton, published 1543:
text: How now, foolish rheum!
Turning dispiteous torture out of door!
I must be brief, lest resolution drop
Out at mine eyes in tender womanish tears.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: O England! when the Wallace Wight was led,
A fettered wonder, to thy capital,
How cruel, how dispiteous was his fall!
ref: 1851, Thomas Smibert, “The Wallace Wight”, in Io Anche! Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, Edinburgh: James Hogg, page 56:
text: “The unerring owls have hooted. The dispiteous and humorous gods have spoken. […]”
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter 16, in Zuleika Dobson, New York: John Lane, published 1912, page 252:
text: As we began our descent from the mountains, the image of Yi villages threaded together only by footpaths stayed in my mind. Not that they hadn’t been affected by the dispiteous anarchism of the Cultural Revolution, but they lived in relative isolation.
ref: 1997, Gretel Ehrlich, chapter 3, in Questions of Heaven: The Chinese Journeys of an American Buddhist, Boston: Beacon Press, pages 72–73:
synonyms: cruel
impiteous
merciless
pitiless
ruthless
unpitying
glosses: Not showing mercy or pity.
Derived terms: dispiteously
dispiteousness
dispiteously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dispiteously
form: most dispiteously
Etymology: From dispiteous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dispiteous manner.
dispiteousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dispiteous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being dispiteous.
malevolently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more malevolently
form: most malevolently
Etymology: From malevolent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He glared malevolently at the shining porcelain, and then shook his head lugubriously.
ref: 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 25:
text: They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
glosses: In a malevolent manner; evilly.
displaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of display
displaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪɪŋ
Forms: form: displayings
Senses: glosses: The process by which something is displayed; a showing.
insultation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insultations
Etymology: Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation.
Senses: examples: text: Against Insulation
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
examples: text: Their triumphant insultation over Babel.
ref: c. 1818, George D'Oyly, Richard Mant, The Holy Bible According to the Authorized Version: Volume 2:
glosses: exultation
insolence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.sə.ləns/
Forms: form: insolences
Etymology: From Middle French insolence, from Latin īnsolentia.
Senses: examples: text: all the insolence of imaginary superiority
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 14, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
text: There she was, doing rude things, and saying ruder, which every body bore with the best grace in the world: then, as now, it was perfectly astonishing what people in general will submit to in the way of insolence, provided the said insolence be attended by rank and riches.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XVIII. The Fête.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 133:
text: The coarseness and truth of her attack alike overwhelmed him. But her supreme insolence found him words, and he too burst forth. "Yes! and I forbid you to do it! You despise me, perhaps, and think I'm feeble. But you're mistaken. You are ungrateful, impertinent, and contemptible, but I will save you in order to save Irma and our name.
ref: 1905, E. M. Forster, Where Angels Fear to Tread, chapter 2
text: They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence.
ref: c. 1908–52, W.D. Ross, transl., The Works of Aristotle, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Rhetoric, II.1389b11, by Aristotle, →OCLC, page 636
glosses: Contemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
examples: text: Two heavy iron chains were put about his neck, (in metal and weight different from them he bore before!) and, loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers, (who in such ware seldom give scant measure,) he was brought into the presence of Isaacius.
ref: 1652, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, and the Profane State, page 442:
glosses: Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
examples: text: Her great excellence / Lifts me above the measure of my might / That being fild with furious insolence / I feele my selfe like one yrapt in spright.
ref: 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: The quality of being unusual or novel.
Derived terms: dumb insolence
insolency
insolence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.sə.ləns/
Forms: form: insolences
form: insolencing
form: insolenced
form: insolenced
Etymology: From Middle French insolence, from Latin īnsolentia.
Senses: examples: text: ...we are bound to assert that we never heard either in his public discourses or private conversation, anything that might tend towards encouraging sedition, or anyways insolencing the government
ref: 1851, Church Wardens of Burlington, “The Church Wardens &c. of Burlington to the Honourable Society. Burlington, 28th, 1715”, in Collections of the Protestant Episcopal Historical Society, volume 1, →OCLC, page 76:
text: bishops, who were first foully insolenced and assaulted.
ref: 1648, attributed to Charles I of England, Εἰκὼν Βασιλική [Eikōn Basilikē = Royal Portrait]. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Maiestie, in His Solitvdes and Svfferings:
glosses: To insult.
flaneur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /flæˈnɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /flɑˈnʊɚ/
Forms: form: flaneurs
form: flaneuring
form: flaneured
form: flaneured
form: flâneur
Etymology: From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).
Senses: examples: text: Meantime, we flaneured about the Guernsey market, and a remarkable pretty sight it was this bright morning.
ref: 1867, The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, page 64:
text: Still, I wrote him often, and although I missed him, through autumn I contentedly flaneured about. At Alchemy's Christmas break we flew to Paris and stayed at Nathaniel's flat on Rue du Cherche-Midi. The three of us would lahdidah to the Luxembourg Gardens, where we read Alchemy the French canon of subversive lit.
ref: 2015, Bruce Bauman, Broken Sleep, Other Press, LLC, →ISBN:
text: Flaneuring, at its essence, is the art of wandering aimlessly through urban environments, observing the world with a curious and open mind. It's about savoring the journey rather than fixating on a destination.
ref: 2019, Erika Owen, The Art of Flaneuring:
glosses: To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
insolency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insolencies
Etymology: From Latin īnsolentia.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being insolent.
glosses: An act of insolence.
bonafide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bona fide.
pu pu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pupu
Etymology: From Hawaiian pūpū.
Senses: glosses: An appetizer, in American Chinese or Hawaiian cuisine.
pupu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The tradition of pupu and cocktail parties naturally suited the lifestyle of people on holiday and for whom socializing was high on the agenda, particularly in an exotic location like Hawaii.
ref: 2009, Roger Haden, Food Culture in the Pacific Islands, page 136:
glosses: Alternative form of pu pu.
Arcadic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: holonyms: Arcado-Cypriot
glosses: The ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia.
azn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Asian (often associated with Asian pride)
arcaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arcade + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It has been little altered over the years save for the addition of a platform awning which rather obscures the arcaded entrance to the booking hall.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. P. White, “The Tonbridge-Hastings Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 529:
text: There they were, already, in the central hall, the great feature of the house, two storeys high, with an arcaded gallery on the upper level, and a giant chimneypiece made from bits of a baroque tomb.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
text: The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern.
ref: 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in RAIL, number 948, page 27:
glosses: Provided or furnished with arcades.
arcaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From arcade + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arcade
arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ärchʹĭz
ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɪz/
ipa: /ˈɑːt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃɪz
homophone: archers (non-rhotic with weak-vowel meger)
Senses: examples: text: Underneath the arches
I dream my dreams away,
Underneath the arches
On cobblestones I lay;
Back to back we're sleeping,
Tired out and worn,
Happy when the daylight comes creeping,
Heralding the dawn.
ref: 1941, Bud Flanagan, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: plural of arch
arches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ärchʹĭz
ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɪz/
ipa: /ˈɑːt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tʃɪz
homophone: archers (non-rhotic with weak-vowel meger)
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arch
arcading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: arcadings
Etymology: From arcade + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: […] the intimate and cloistered loveliness of the chancel, with its pointed arcading, graceful ribbed vault and five narrow east lancets, led his attention on and focused it first upon the remote glow of the sanctuary.
ref: 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors, London: Victor Golancz:
topics: architecture
glosses: An arrangement of arcades.
examples: text: Whatever your taste in arcade games, one thing is certain: the world of home arcading has never been richer.
ref: 1988, Computer Gaming World, volumes 43-54, page 47:
topics: video-games
glosses: The playing of arcade games.
arcading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Etymology: From arcade + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arcade
hyperspace drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperspace drives
Senses: glosses: a hypothetical propulsion system for spacecraft that would "warp" spacetime
Synonyms: jump drive
warp drive
contritely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more contritely
form: most contritely
Etymology: From contrite + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ah, but someone was raising her, so they were going to lay her on the trestles, and she not dead. She opened her eyes, took a deep breath, then limply and contritely placed both arms round Andrew's neck.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 181:
glosses: In a contrite manner.
contriteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contrite + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being contrite.
individuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒuəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of individual
happens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæpənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of happen
fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːldz/
rhymes: -iːldz
Senses: glosses: plural of field
fields
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiːldz/
rhymes: -iːldz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of field
depascent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depascent
form: most depascent
Etymology: From Latin depascere.
Senses: glosses: Consuming.
depends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈpɛndz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depend
delayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delay
delayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Senses: examples: text: Many, and probably true, anecdotes have been published on the long-delayed and artful revenge of various animals.
ref: 1875, Charles Darwin, chapter 3, in The Descent of Man^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Descent_of_Man_(Darwin)/Chapter_III):
text: First, if the delayed policy is no more stringent, it will miss the climate target of the original, non-delayed policy [...]
ref: 2014, Council of Economic Advisers, “Section 2”, in The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change:
glosses: Happening later than is usual, expected, or desired.
Synonyms: word: adjourned
word: bogged down
word: deferred
word: delayed
word: imprompt
word: in abeyance
word: in nubibus
word: interrupted
word: lated
word: logjammed
word: suspended
word: stalled
word: stifled
word: on hold
word: on ice
word: paused
word: postponed
word: retarded
word: tardy
Hypernyms: word: hindered
word: overdue
Hyponyms: word: moratory
topics: law
finance
business
Derived terms: nondelayed
undelayed
Related terms: word: time-delayed
word: a long time coming
word: delay
word: inactive
word: procrastinate
dedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/
Forms: form: more dedicated
form: most dedicated
Senses: examples: text: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
ref: 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
glosses: Devoted; loyal; conscientious.
glosses: Used or intended for a particular purpose
Derived terms: dedicatedly
dedicatedness
nondedicated
passenger dedicated line
superdedicated
undedicated
dedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dedicate
contracted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/
Forms: form: more contracted
form: most contracted
Senses: glosses: Arranged by contract; established by agreement.
glosses: Made smaller by contraction.
glosses: Incurred; acquired.
Derived terms: contractedly
contractedness
hypercontracted
incontracted
noncontracted
supercontracted
uncontracted
contracted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹæktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contract
dedicatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛdɪkeɪtədli/
Forms: form: more dedicatedly
form: most dedicatedly
Etymology: From dedicated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a dedicated manner.
contractedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From contracted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being contracted.
contractedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more contractedly
form: most contractedly
Etymology: From contracted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a contracted manner.
vowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: glosses: past participle of vow
vowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaʊd/
rhymes: -aʊd
Senses: glosses: Undertaken in accordance with a vow; solemnly promised.
devotedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devotednesses
Etymology: From devoted + -ness.
Senses: glosses: State of being devoted.
devotedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more devotedly
form: most devotedly
Etymology: From devoted + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a devoted manner.
headlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɛdlɒŋ
Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Senses: synonyms: head first
antonyms: feet first
glosses: With the head first or down.
examples: text: Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
text: When his eyes were clear again, he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward. Big iron upper-works rose out of this headlong structure, and from that twin funnels projected, and spat a smoking blast shot with fire into the air. It was the torpedo-ram, Thunder Child, steaming headlong, coming to the rescue of the threatened shipping.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, “The "Thunder Child."”, in The War of the Worlds, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, retrieved 24 Nov 2022, page 175:
text: Realizing he is now boxed in on all sides, Hipper decides the only remaining card he has to play is to sell his ships as dearly as possible. The remaining German ships make a hard turn southeast, and drive headlong at the Grand Fleet. It is a brave gesture, but only eight of the ships emerge from the pall of smoke that roughly marks the original German line of advance. Two more emerge minutes later, but that is all.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:24 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2022:
text: I felt deja vu as I recalled a video in which a Tesla owner slammed on the brakes after his car appeared set on crashing headlong into a construction site.
ref: 2021 November 18, Matt McFarland, “We tried Tesla’s ‘full self-driving.’ Here’s what happened”, in CNN:
glosses: With an unrestrained forward motion.
glosses: Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation; in haste, hastily.
headlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɛdlɒŋ
Forms: form: more headlong
form: most headlong
Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Senses: examples: text: Their path led them past sharp cliffs, along narrow trails unknown and untrodden, past headlong boulders strewn across barren, treeless, wind-haunted heights.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:
glosses: Precipitous.
examples: text: On sighting their prey, they check their flight and hurtle in a headlong dive to the sea.
ref: 1993, Michael Hume Jackson, Galapagos, a Natural History, page 143:
glosses: Plunging downwards head foremost.
examples: text: Bumps, bruises, and scratches are often the result of their efforts to outstrip each other in the headlong race.
ref: 1900, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 3, page 243:
glosses: Rushing forward without restraint.
examples: text: “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.
ref: 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Reckless; impetuous.
Derived terms: headlongness
headlongs
headlong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɔŋ/
ipa: /ˈhɛd.lɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɛdlɒŋ
Forms: form: headlongs
form: headlonging
form: headlonged
form: headlonged
Etymology: From Middle English hedlong, alteration of hedling, heedling, hevedlynge (“headlong”), assimilated to long. More at headling.
Senses: examples: text: If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
ref: 1862, Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams:
text: Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.
ref: 1905, Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature:
glosses: To precipitate.
headlongness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From headlong + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Headlong quality or speed; precipitateness.
headlongs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Headlong
eastward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈist.wɚd/
ipa: /ˈiːst.wəd/
Etymology: From Middle English estward, from Old English ēastweard, ēasteweard; equivalent to east + -ward.
Senses: glosses: The direction or area lying to the east.