cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overcomplicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcomplicated
form: most overcomplicated
Etymology: From over- + complicated.
Senses: glosses: excessively complicated
Derived terms: overcomplicatedly
overcomplicatedness
overcomplicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From overcomplicate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcomplicate
overcomplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcomplicates
form: overcomplicating
form: overcomplicated
form: overcomplicated
Etymology: From over- + complicate.
Senses: glosses: To make something excessively complicated.
Derived terms: overcomplicator
meisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meister
saphead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsæphɛd/
Forms: form: sapheads
Etymology: From sap + head.
Senses: examples: text: "You're dumb. A saphead. You don't savvy anything."
ref: 1938, John Fante, "Wait Until Spring, Bandini", (novel), Ch.5:
glosses: A simpleton, a stupid person.
Synonyms: simpleton
milksop
bowling ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowling balls
Senses: topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A solid ball used in the sport of bowling, with finger holes allowing it to be picked up.
Derived terms: sharp as a bowling ball
bowling balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowling ball
ball return
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball returns
Senses: topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A rack for bowling balls at the start of a bowling lane, where the balls are transported after returning from the pinsetter.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
pool
snooker
sports
glosses: A ramp inside the table, down which balls roll so they can be accessed.
ten-pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ten-pins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tenpin.
foul line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foul lines
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A line from which a player takes a free throw
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: One of the two lines on the edge of a field marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit.
topics: bowling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A line between the lane and the approach, which the bowler must not cross.
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In long jump, a line before which the jumper must start their jump with no part of the foot touching the line.
insalubrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insalubrities
Senses: examples: text: [S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.
ref: 1874, Georg August Schweinfurth, chapter I, in Ellen E. Frewer, transl., The Heart of Africa: Three Years' Travels and Adventures in the Unexplored Regions of Central Africa, from 1868 to 1871, second edition, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, And Searle, translation of Im Herzen von Afrika, Botanical Ardour:
glosses: The condition of being insalubrious; unhealthiness, unwholesomeness
elucidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more elucidative
form: most elucidative
Etymology: From elucidate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Towards this end, indeed, he had purposed to introduce, in this place, a dissertation touching the divine right of beadles, and elucidative of the position, that a beadle can do no wrong.
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, chapter 27, in Oliver Twist:
text: In looking at this wreck of Governments in all European countries, there is one consideration that suggests itself, sadly elucidative of our modern epoch.
ref: 1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter Day Pamphlets, ch. 4 “The New Downing Street”
glosses: Explanatory, clarifying; that serves to elucidate.
something fierce
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The wind had kicked up something fierce and the entire bay had transformed from placidity to slapping waves.
ref: 2004, Tom Rapko, Diving the Seamount, iUniverse, page 99:
qualifier: degree
glosses: To an extreme extent; badly, violently.
Related terms: something awful
something bad
something good
something terrible
disparates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disparate
output devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of output device
framebuffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of framebuffer
framebuffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framebuffers
Etymology: From frame + buffer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: framestore
glosses: A video output device that drives a display from a memory buffer containing a complete frame of graphical data.
frame buffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame buffers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of framebuffer.
frame buffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frame buffer
Gascon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæs.kən/
rhymes: -æskən
Forms: form: Gascons
form: Gascoigne
form: Gascoine
Etymology: From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
Senses: examples: text: I am a Gascoine, and there is no vice wherein I have lesse skill: I hate it somewhat more by complexion, than I accuse it by discourse.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Gene Kelly plays D'Artagnan as an irrepressible, tongue-in-cheek Gascon who is knee-deep in gory swordplay.
ref: 1948 November 1, “The New Pictures”, in Time:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Gascony, a region of southwest France.
glosses: A braggart; a bully.
glosses: A breed of cow from Gascony
Gascon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæs.kən/
rhymes: -æskən
Forms: form: Gascoigne
form: Gascoine
Etymology: From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gascony.
glosses: braggart; swaggering
Gascon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæs.kən/
rhymes: -æskən
Forms: form: Gascoigne
form: Gascoine
Etymology: From Middle English Gascoyne, from Anglo-Norman gascoign, gascun et al., Middle French gascon, from Latin plural Vascōnēs. Compare Basque. Doublet of Vascon.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of the Occitan language spoken in Gascony.
mujaheddin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mujahideen.
byen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: byens
Etymology: A dialectal reflex of Northern Middle English bane (“bone”), featuring the local change of Middle English /aː/ to /jɛ/.
Senses: examples: text: Then some wer fair and fat, some nowt but skin and byen, / And at a tyebble sat a man near twenty styen—
ref: 1840, R. Emery, “Newcastle Beer versus Spaw Water”, in The Tyne songster, a choice selection of songs in the Newcastle dialect, →ISBN, page 303:
glosses: bone
patrocinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: patrocinates
form: patrocinating
form: patrocinated
form: patrocinated
Etymology: From Latin patrocinatus, past participle of patrocinari (“to patronize”).
Senses: examples: text: But preach it up, and patrocinate it, prattle on it , and defend it as much as you will
ref: 1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais:
glosses: To support; to patronize.
paté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patés
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pâté.
paté
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: a cross paté
glosses: Alternative form of patté.
prime donne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prima donna
privados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of privado
rosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosa
federales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of federale
risotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian risotti.
Senses: glosses: plural of risotto
cauliflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cauliflower
refusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refuser
individuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of individuate
individuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of individuate
individuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of individuate
quintas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinta
South Tyrol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Alto Adige
Autonomous Province of Bolzano
glosses: A predominantly German-speaking autonomous province of the Trentino-Alto Adige region in north-east Italy; until 1919 part of Austria, since 1972 under a special autonomy statute. Capital: Bolzano.
antojitos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antojito
incuriosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incurious + -ity, from Latin incuriositas.
Senses: examples: text: But he wasn’t a model populist because liberal intellectuals disdained him, which is what apologists for Bush’s apparent incuriosity […] have sometimes tried to claim.
ref: 2009 January 18, Ross Douthat, “When Buckley Met Reagan”, in New York Times:
text: The people in these commercials are motivated by laziness and incuriosity, even when it comes to the most intimate of concerns.
ref: 2025 June 25, Ismail Muhammad, “Why Does Every Commercial for A.I. Think You’re a Moron?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The quality or state of lacking curiosity.
Related terms: incuriously
curiosity
igloolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more igloolike
form: most igloolike
Etymology: From igloo + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] they celebrated by kissing under a favorite old maple tree that overhangs a Boulder sidewalk, creating an igloolike enclosure.
ref: 2009 January 18, Lois Smith Brady, “Beth Leachman and Josh Gadbaw”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling an igloo
hypersexualize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypersexualizes
form: hypersexualizing
form: hypersexualized
form: hypersexualized
form: hypersexualise
Etymology: From hyper- + sexualize.
Senses: examples: text: Yet even as he stood as a not-so-benign emblem of black power, erotic and otherwise, the hypersexualized black male also became fodder for white exploitation.
ref: 2009 January 18, Manohla Dargis, A. O. Scott, “How the Movies Made a President”, in New York Times:
text: […]Gerwig was influenced by directors such as Max Ophüls and Jacques Tati, as if that confers greater legitimacy on a film using IP (intellectual property) to make money for a toy company that sells vacuous, hypersexualised dolls.
ref: 2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of
Derived terms: hypersexualization
Related terms: hypersexuality
hypersexualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypersexualize
hypersexualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hypersexualize
hypersexualized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypersexualize
hardcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardcourts
Etymology: From hard + court.
Senses: examples: text: To sum up, it is not at all unreasonable for the British to expect great things from Murray this season, particularly on the hardcourts he prefers.
ref: 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Top-Ranked Men and Women Focused on Australian Open Title”, in New York Times:
glosses: A tennis court having a hard surface, frequently concrete
hardcourts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardcourt
greedmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greedmeisters
Etymology: From greed + meister.
Senses: examples: text: Jim Morgan, who is about as close to Wall Street greedmeister Gordon Gekko as Murphy is to Manteo.
ref: 1992 March 1, David Mildenberg, “Morgan guarantees trust”, in Business North Carolina:
text: Instead, a handful of arrogant greedmeisters blew up their institutions and took our economy off the cliff along the way.
ref: 2009 January 18, Gretchen Morgenson, “The End of Banking as We Know It”, in New York Times:
glosses: An extremely greedy and powerful person, often a banker
midnight regulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midnight regulations
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A law introduced by an outgoing administration in the period between the election and inauguration of the new president.
goliath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlaɪəθ/
Forms: form: goliaths
Senses: examples: text: The second gala is being held by the International Conservation Caucus Foundation, comprising the goliaths of international and animal wildlife conservation like the Nature Conservancy and the World Wildlife Federation.
ref: 2009 January 18, Leslie Kaufman, “Torn Between Green Galas? At Least They’re a Walk Apart”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Goliath.
Derived terms: goliath frog
goliath grouper
greedmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greedmeister
goliaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goliath
fascinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fascinators
Etymology: From fascinate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: A more repellent personality would be hard to imagine, and yet Hedda Gabler is one of the eternal fascinators of the world stage.
ref: 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:
qualifier: literal
glosses: A fascinating person or thing.
examples: text: Westminster Abbey was peppered with everything from neat pillbox hats to netted fascinators.
ref: 2023 May 6, Chloe Mac Donnell, “Coronation fashion sprang few surprises – but all eyes were on Penny Mordaunt”, in The Guardian:
text: Why, for example, was Lady Gaga the first act? Surrounded by pink ostrich feathers and wearing a fascinator that looked like a feather quill atop her head, she put on her best French accent to sing Mon truc en plumes (originally by Zizi Jeanmaire) but it still looked like a scrappy, tacky, riverbank cabaret by an American pop star.
ref: 2024 July 26, Arifa Akbar, “Paris Olympics opening ceremony review – soaring ambition deflated by patchy delivery”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: On a recent night when I visited, a group of girls had taken over an entire section, all of them wearing black fascinators as if attending a funeral. The hostess explained that it was a young woman named Mallory’s “RIP to my 20s” birthday dinner.
ref: 2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A delicate, often frivolous head decoration worn on the hair, primarily by women.
glosses: A type of wool or lace headscarf.
Derived terms: fascinatress
hatinator
cripplingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cripplingly
form: most cripplingly
Etymology: From crippling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Arab leaders remain cripplingly divided […].
ref: 2009 January 18, Robert F. Worth, “Why the Arabs Splinter Over Gaza”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a way that cripples, or is crippling.
countryish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countryish
form: most countryish
Etymology: From country + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Harvard's WHRB (FM 95.3) has everything from the punk-rocky “Record Hospital” at night to the country-ish “Hillbilly At Harvard” on Saturday mornings.
ref: 1998 January 24, “Boston: Vital Statistics (The Billboard Spotlight)”, in Billboard, volume 110, number 4, →ISSN, page 52:
text: In “Beach Baby,” a countryish waltz, and “Babys,” a ballad with an itchy piano underlay, Mr. Vernon conjures thoughts of summertime from a distance.
ref: 2009 January 18, Nate Chinen, “Sonic Adventures, From a Cappella to Zydeco”, in The New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: countrylike
glosses: Having characteristics of country music.
Related terms: countrify
go country
boyfriendship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boyfriend + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Back home, visions of boyfriendship danced through my head.
ref: 2009 January 18, Katherine Ruppe, “A Guest Star in His Romantic Drama”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or state of being someone's boyfriend
bootstrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bootstrappers
Etymology: From bootstrap + -er.
Senses: examples: text: They were part of a pioneer discussion group in Queens in the late ’40s, intentionally half black, half white — earnest bootstrappers, civil servants, teachers, who discussed novels, the Bible, politics.
ref: 2009 January 18, George Vecsey, “A Journey From Ebbets Field to the Steps of the Capitol”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement.
examples: text: If you examine the prerequisites list, you will notice it does not include bootstrapper packages for the Office 2003 PIAs.
ref: 2009, Rob Bovey, Stephen Bullen, Dennis Wallentin, John Green, Professional Excel Development:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A process that performs bootstrapping.
examples: text: To a nonparametric bootstrapper, simulation might consist in resampling to obtain the 95% confidence interval of the correlation coefficient […]
ref: 2009, James R. Thompson, Simulation: A Modeler's Approach, page xi:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: One who uses bootstrap methods.
bootstrappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bootstrapper
boycotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boycotter
bluecoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bluecoats
Etymology: From blue + coat.
Senses: examples: text: This was a bluecoat school in my day.
glosses: A pupil attending any of certain prestigious British schools having a traditional dress code.
examples: text: The shot wounded Thomas Lord, a 73-year-old former New York City police officer from Suffolk, Va., and a bluecoat with the Seventh New York Volunteer Cavalry.
ref: 2009 January 18, Ralph Blumenthal, “Re-enactor Is Indicted in Shooting of a Yankee”, in New York Times:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War
examples: text: "The offices are up those steps," said the bluecoat.
ref: 1900, Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie:
glosses: A policeman
Synonyms: sense: police officer
word: police officer
bluecoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bluecoat
unrenovated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + renovated.
Senses: examples: text: At three tenement buildings on West 107th Street last weekend, buyers shuffled past one another […] to look at newly renovated two-bedroom apartments in otherwise unrenovated buildings.
ref: 2009 January 18, Josh Barbanel, “For the Brave, the Moment Is Now”, in New York Times:
text: With much of the building unrenovated since it was built in the 19th century, there is a significant backlog of repairs estimated to be in excess of £1bn.
ref: 2020 November 18, Mike Brown tells Paul Stephen, “I wasn't going to let the Mayor down”, in Rail, page 45:
glosses: Not renovated; not having undergone renovation.
unelectably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unelectably
form: most unelectably
Etymology: From unelectable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thatcher won her three elections […] because she was seen as being closest to the center, in contrast to an unelectably left-wing Labor Party.
ref: 2009 January 18, Stephen Pollard, “Thatcher’s Legacy”, in New York Times:
glosses: To such an extent that one is unelectable
unachieved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + achieved.
Senses: examples: text: Among them are the unachieved Clinton-era idea of mandatory national service[…].
ref: 2009 January 18, Alan Brinkley, “‘This Is Our Moment’”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not yet achieved
tetchiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetchinesses
Etymology: From tetchy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Through it all she exudes tetchiness, weariness and a general contempt for everything in sight.
ref: 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being tetchy, or irritable
Related terms: tetchily
tetchy
sublessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublessors
form: sub-lessor
Etymology: From sub- + lessor.
Senses: examples: text: The sublessor insisted on being there.
ref: 2009 January 18, Joyce Cohen, “Run Away and Join the City”, in New York Times:
topics: law
property
synonyms: word: underlessor
word: sublandlord
word: underlandlord
word: subletter
word: underletter
word: subleaser
word: underleaser
word: head tenant
english: as tenant
translation: as tenant
word: superior tenant
antonyms: subtenant
undertenant
sublessee
underlessee
hypernyms: lessor
landlord
glosses: A tenant (or lessee) that grants a sublease; one who sublets.
Related terms: sublease
underlease
subtenancy
undertenancy
subletting
underletting
sublet
underlet
spreadingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spreading + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, the “very cleverness and spreadingness of murder” may have gathered her father within its compass[…].
ref: 2009 January 18, Art Winslow, “Ordinary Madness”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of spreading, or tending to spread
semipermanent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semipermanent
form: most semipermanent
form: semi-permanent
Etymology: From semi- + permanent.
Senses: examples: text: Such movable insulation could be applied to the end walls, either in the form of insulating shutters or a more semipermanent arrangement such as the one I use on the north roof of my pit.
ref: 1997, Greg Stone, Building a Solar-Heated Pit Greenhouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-37:
text: We are not at all permanent collections of particles. It is the patterns of matter and energy that are semipermanent (that is, changing only gradually), but our actual material content is changing constantly, and very quickly.
ref: 1999, Ray Kurzweil, The Age of Spiritual Machines, New York: Viking, →ISBN, page 54:
text: Although tens of thousands of refugees now live in semipermanent camps along the Thai border with Myanmar, some of them are periodically forced back against their will.
ref: 2009 January 18, Seth Mydans, “Thailand Is Accused of Rejecting Migrants”, in New York Times:
glosses: Neither temporary nor entirely permanent; of indefinite duration.
Related terms: semipermanence
semipermanently
seasonlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: season-long
Etymology: From season + -long.
Senses: examples: text: Armstrong reaffirmed that he is, above all, interested in making seasonlong use of his bully pulpit to promote the worldwide fight against cancer.
ref: 2009 January 18, Christopher Clarey, “Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lasting through an entire season
resegregate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resegregates
form: resegregating
form: resegregated
form: resegregated
Etymology: From re- + segregate.
Senses: examples: text: But school officials have found that the 55,000-student city school district, with Chinese the dominant ethnic group followed by Hispanics, blacks and whites, is resegregating.
ref: 2007 July 15, Jonathan D. Glater, “School Diversity Based on Income Segregates Some”, in New York Times:
glosses: To segregate, or become segregated, again.
Derived terms: resegregation
sublessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublessor
resegregates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resegregate
resegregating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resegregate
resegregated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resegregate
pacesetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pace + setting.
Senses: examples: text: There’s no dearth of two-step and zydeco rhythm on “Alligator Purse” (Yep Roc), an upbeat new release by BeauSoleil, the pacesetting Cajun-revivalist band.
ref: 2009 January 18, Nate Chinen, “Sonic Adventures, From a Cappella to Zydeco”, in New York Times:
glosses: Defining a pace
Synonyms: trendsetting
pristinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pristinely
form: most pristinely
Etymology: From pristine + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […]Daniel Reuss leads a broadly paced, pristinely voiced rendition, enhanced by an atmospheric yet finely detailed recording.
ref: 2009 January 18, Allan Kozinn, “Under the Influence, or Providing It”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that is pristine
paratransit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænzɪt/
ipa: /ˌpeɪɹəˈtɹænsɪt/
Forms: form: paratransits
Etymology: From para- (“beside”) + transit, perhaps influenced by paraplegia. US from 1972.
Senses: examples: text: The disability community had hoped that the submission of ADA complementary paratransit plans to FTA would constitute an opportunity for real monitoring of local progress and that FTA would take action to ensure that transit agencies were in compliance with their plans.
ref: 2000, Marco Bristo, Promises to Keep: A Decade of Federal Enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, page 279:
text: So about twice a week, he calls a day in advance to arrange a trip[…] through Access-a-Ride, the city’s door-to-door paratransit service for the elderly and the disabled.
ref: 2009 January 18, Gregory Beyer, “For Disabled Riders, New Bumps in the Road”, in New York Times:
text: In developing countries the form of paratransit modes range from simple non-motorized human, mainly hand-drawn or pedal-driven, or animal-powered vehicles to motorized minibuses.
ref: 2010, Kenneth Button, A Dictionary of Transport Analysis, page 295:
synonyms: word: community transport
glosses: An auxiliary transit service without fixed routes or schedules, usually serving the disabled on demand.
mesmerizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mesmerizingly
form: most mesmerizingly
form: mesmerisingly
Etymology: From mesmerizing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: For decades I believed I suffered singularly, the only child forced to eat an organic-avocado-and-artisanal-cheese sandwich on sprouted-whole-grain bread while others gorged on glories like Twizzlers and M&M’s or sandwiches floating on wondrous Wonder bread, so mesmerizingly squishy and soft.
ref: 2009 January 18, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that mesmerizes
microbrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbrews
Etymology: From micro- + brew.
Senses: examples: text: Weeks later at a staff campout, he arrived with his guitar, harmonica and some interesting microbrews.
ref: 2009 January 18, Lois Smith Brady, “Beth Leachman and Josh Gadbaw”, in New York Times:
glosses: A beer produced by a small local brewery, or microbrewery.
microbrew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microbrews
form: microbrewing
form: microbrewed
form: microbrewed
Etymology: From micro- + brew.
Senses: glosses: To produce beer on a small scale, as a microbrewer.
minislump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minislumps
Etymology: From mini- + slump.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Boston Celtics appear to have emerged from their minislump relatively unscathed.
ref: 2009 January 18, Jonathan Abrams, “In Return to Form, Celtics Rout Nets Again”, in New York Times:
glosses: A brief slump in performance
microindustry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microindustries
Etymology: From micro- + industry.
Senses: examples: text: Also being shed are some of those colorful and slightly absurd microindustries — de-cluttering consultants, aroma therapy for pets — that sprouted in recent years by catering to the well-heeled[…].
ref: 2009 January 18, Alex Williams, “When the Action Moves On”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very small, specialized industry
microbrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbrew
minislumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minislump
rechannel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechannels
form: rechanneling
form: rechannelling
form: rechanneled
form: rechanneled
form: rechannelled
form: rechannelled
Etymology: From re- + channel.
Senses: examples: text: Like many people of his generation, open homosexuality was not an option, and so his desires were limited to more furtive couplings and rechanneled into a whirlwind of frenzied political activity.
ref: 1985 August 24, Gordon Gottlieb, “CIA-Baiting a Liberal Closet Queen”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 14:
text: I wondered how some of that compassion for a hawk could be rechanneled to help human beings like those I had just seen dying in Darfur.
ref: 2009 January 18, Nicholas D. Kristof, “Win a Trip You Won’t Forget”, in New York Times:
glosses: To channel in a new or different way.
reductiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reductivenesses
Etymology: From reductive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There is danger in trying too cleanly to diagram the roots of Hedda’s pathology. That way lies reductiveness.
ref: 2009 January 18, Charles Isherwood, “Hedda Forever: An Antiheroine for the Ages”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being reductive, of reducing things to their components
Related terms: reductionism
reductivity
reductively
rechannels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rechannel
rechanneling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rechannel
rechanneling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rechannelings
Senses: glosses: The process by which something is rechanneled, or sent in a new direction.
rechanneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rechannel
prepublication
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + publication.
Senses: examples: text: The book received a flash of prepublication publicity in October […]
ref: 2009 January 18, Robert S. Boynton, “Demographics and Destiny”, in New York Times:
glosses: Preceding, or in preparation for, publication.
prepublication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prepublications
Etymology: From pre- + publication.
Senses: glosses: A preliminary version of a publication, produced in advance of the final version.
prequalify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prequalifies
form: prequalifying
form: prequalified
form: prequalified
Etymology: From pre- + qualify.
Senses: examples: text: Applicants receive debt and mortgage counseling, and are prequalified for mortgages.
ref: 2009 January 18, Marcelle S. Fischler, “A Windfall for (Some) Buyers”, in New York Times:
glosses: To qualify or be qualified in advance.
Derived terms: prequalification
preconstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconstructions
Etymology: From pre- + construction.
Senses: examples: text: Another part of the agreement will also immediately allow the park service to have access to the land, even before the condemnation suit is filed, which will allow preconstruction work, like soil sampling and surveying, to take place.
ref: 2009 January 18, Sean D. Hamill, “Land Deal Is Reached for a 9/11 Memorial”, in New York Times:
glosses: Work done in preparation for construction, such as of a building.
examples: text: Our texts are so clear to those who have eyes to see and comprehend, that the simple statement of their true meaning ought at once to dissipate the clouds gathered round them by dogmatic prejudices, interested imaginations, and political preconstructions.
ref: 1872, Eduard Reuss, Robert William Dale, History of Christian Theology in the Apostolic Age, volume 1, page 378:
glosses: A preconception or prejudice.
postbaccalaureate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-baccalaureate
form: post baccalaureate
form: postbac
form: post-bac
form: postbacc
form: post-bacc
Etymology: From post + baccalaureate.
Senses: examples: text: She graduated from Wellesley and received a certificate in postbaccalaureate premedical studies from Georgetown.
ref: 2009 January 18, “Maria Lapointe and Samuel Hodas”, in New York Times:
glosses: Subsequent and in addition to the baccalaureate, or bachelor's, degree
oceanview
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ocean + view.
Senses: examples: text: Several Cozumel wedding packages are available, including […] El Cozumeleño Resort’s wedding package for 5,649.57NOK (or free if you reserve 12 oceanview rooms for four consecutive nights), […].
ref: 2009 January 18, Hilary Howard, “Cozumel Makes Weddings Easier”, in New York Times:
glosses: Overlooking the ocean
oceanview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oceanviews
Etymology: From ocean + view.
Senses: glosses: A view of the ocean.
nonvintage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vintage.
Senses: examples: text: We carry both vintage and nonvintage albums.
glosses: Not vintage: recent
examples: text: Hidalgo’s nonvintage La Gitana manzanilla, a favorite aperitif in Spain, is so delicate that an opened 500-milliliter bottle stays zippy only two days when refrigerated.
ref: 2009 January 18, Howard G. Goldberg, “The Brief Life of a Charmer”, in New York Times:
text: And after a manhug, hearty congratulations and two hastily poured glasses of decidedly nonvintage champagne, he said, without a hint of irony, 'Why?'
ref: 2012, Dylan Jones, Mr Jones' Rules for the Modern Man:
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: Not a vintage wine: not made from grapes harvested during a single year
nonvintage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonvintages
Etymology: From non- + vintage.
Senses: glosses: A wine that is not a vintage wine.
overstaff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstaffs
form: overstaffing
form: overstaffed
form: overstaffed
Etymology: From over- + staff.
Senses: examples: text: "Thankfully, we were overstaffed, both the day shift and evening shift," said Francis Englert of the Red Cross New York chapter.
ref: 2009 January 18, Jake Mooney, “Socks and Blankets, Courtesy of a Familiar Good Samaritan”, in New York Times:
glosses: To furnish with too many staff.
Related terms: understaff
prequalifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prequalify
prequalifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prequalify
prequalified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prequalify
overstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overstaff
overstaffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstaff
overstaffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overstaff
misfortunate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misfortunate
form: most misfortunate
Etymology: From misfortune + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) or mis- + fortunate.
Senses: examples: text: It quickly became clear to me that I would have to make the transition from being a misfortunate tourist to being a Chicagoan[…].
ref: 2009 January 18, Aleksandar Hemon, “United States of Chicago”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having suffered misfortune; pitiable or habitually unfortunate.
Derived terms: misfortunately
Related terms: fortunate
unfortunate
multipaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + paned.
Senses: examples: text: The Real Estate Record and Guide said it was reminiscent of “the old English house,” with flanking wings, a central court and multipaned windows.
ref: 2009 January 18, Christopher Gray, “Meet Me Under the Gobbling Gargoyles”, in New York Times:
glosses: Furnished with multiple panes
raw_tags: of a window
nonplayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonplayers
Etymology: From non- + player.
Senses: examples: text: I was one of the nonplayers.
ref: 2009 January 18, Jonathan Abrams, “The Eagles’ Mike Patterson, as a Roommate Remembers Him”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not a player
nonblack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-black
form: non-Black
Etymology: From non- + black.
Senses: examples: text: Let us return to the hypothesis that generated the paradox: All nonblack things are nonravens.
ref: 2001, Peter Achinstein, The book of evidence:
glosses: Not black in color.
examples: text: […]electing an African-American in a country where African-Americans make up 13 percent of the population required a candidate who appealed to nonblack voters.
ref: 2009 January 18, Robert S. Boynton, “Demographics and Destiny”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not of African descent; not racially black.
Synonyms: unblack
nonblack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonblacks
form: non-black
form: non-Black
Etymology: From non- + black.
Senses: glosses: A nonblack person.
nonangler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonanglers
Etymology: From non- + angler.
Senses: examples: text: The trip starts at $17,850 a person (or $12,138 for nonanglers) […].
ref: 2009 January 18, Hilary Howard, “Cruising Patagonia”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not an angler, or does not engage in fishing
nonplayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonplayer
nonanglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonangler
microindustries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microindustry
dage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dages
Etymology: Blend of day + rage (“an exciting party”).
Senses: examples: text: So help me god, if I see someone just standing around at a dage acting like they're not having any fun at all, I will run inside, print out an application for Penn State, and force you to fill it out write in front of me. Have fun, that's what a dage is for, don't be a buzzkill.
ref: 2016 March 10, Ryan Cagide, “What not to do at a Rutgers dage”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2020:
text: Dages in general just isn't^([sic]) appealing, but going out in the middle of the afternoon in the snow is what I would least like to do on my day off. If I get a day off from school, I'm going to be using it to catch up on sleep and my Netflix shows.
ref: 2019 February 20, Ariana Pelosci, “No, I Would Not Like To 'Snage'”, in The Odyssey Online, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:
text: Throughout the school year, some UD students embraced the designation, with the No. 1 moniker becoming an often-heard rallying cry during "dages" (daytime parties) and bar crawls alike.
ref: 2019 August 5, Natalia Alamdari, Brandon Holveck, “University of Delaware again ranks among the top party schools in the nation. Where did it fall?”, in The News Journal, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:
text: As someone of legal drinking age who will likely never see another Rutgers dage in her life, the BORG doesn't catch my interest very much as a consumer. But when I got multiple doctors on my feed advocating for the use of a BORG as a harm reduction tactic, it piqued my interest.
ref: 2023 March 3, Meredith MacLean, “To BORG or not to BORG: Safe alternative or dangerous trend?”, in The Daily Targum, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023:
synonyms: darty
dayger
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A party held in the daytime.
minelayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minelayers
Etymology: From mine + layer.
Senses: glosses: A ship capable of laying mines.
minelayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minelayer
moralities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morality
arret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arrêt.
boogyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boogymen
Etymology: From boogy + -man.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bogeyman.
gingerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚɪzm̩/
Etymology: From ginger + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Gingerism is popular with comedians and audiences, and just as addicts take methadone instead of heroin, ginger gags are a safe, controlled substitute for ....
ref: 1997, Oliver Double, Stand Up!: On Being a Comedian, page 219:
text: A young girl asked the website: "What is the difference between racism, gingerism and sexism? "Nothing, that's what.
ref: 2004 July 22, “Red alert over an annoying prejudice.”, in Huddersfield Daily Examiner:
text: Gingerism in the workplace could form the basis of formal grievances or constructive dismissal cases, an employment lawyer has warned.
ref: 2007 June 14, “Red hair bullying cases could end up in court”, in The Register:
glosses: Prejudice or discrimination against people with red hair.
Synonyms: gingerphobia
Related terms: gingerist
anet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænɪt/
ipa: /ˈænət/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English anet, anete, annet, annete, from Middle French anet, from Latin anēthum (“dill; anise”).
Senses: glosses: The herb dill; also dillseed.
rattish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rattish
form: most rattish
Etymology: From rat + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to rats.
glosses: Exhibiting qualities that are commonly associated with rats.
rattish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rattish
form: most rattish
Etymology: From ratty + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Slightly short-tempered.
glosses: Slightly run-down or dilapidated.
waltzing Matilda
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of waltz Matilda
crown wards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crown ward
ticky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tickier
form: tickiest
Etymology: From tick + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.
glosses: infested with ticks (the tiny woodland arthropod of the order Acarina).
ticky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tickies
Etymology: From tick + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Can I get another ticky?
glosses: a tick (particularly, a check mark).
Derived terms: ticky box
ticky
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From tick + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Ticky-ticky-ticky the clock continued regardless of whether anyone listened.
qualifier: also tick
glosses: Representing short pitchless sound at a reasonable volume.
Related terms: ticky-tack
ticky-tacky
tickies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticky
engle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛŋɡəl/
Forms: form: engles
Senses: examples: text: What between his Mistress Abroad, and his Engle at Home, high Fare, soft Lodging[…]
ref: 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A favourite; a paramour; an ingle.
engle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɛŋɡəl/
Forms: form: engles
form: engling
form: engled
form: engled
Senses: examples: text: I'll presently go and engle some broker.
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:
glosses: To cajole or coax.
circumlocutional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumlocutional
form: most circumlocutional
Etymology: From circumlocution + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to circumlocution: circumlocutionary.
Derived terms: circumlocutionally
bucheron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As soon as I saw the wrapper of a delightfully pungent, runny-centered bucheron, I knew my dinner was done.
ref: 2009 January 21, Melissa Clark, “Roasted Beets, Now Stainless”, in New York Times:
glosses: A goat's-milk cheese from the Loire Valley in France.
yeggman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeggmen
Etymology: From yegg + man.
Senses: examples: ref: 1915, W. M. McCarty, practically every thug, yeggman and ex-convict in the land:
qualifier: cant
glosses: A person who breaks open safes, a burglar; a yegg.
Synonyms: safecracker
yegg
droving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹəʊvɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈdɹoʊvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drove
droved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəʊvd/
ipa: /dɹoʊvd/
rhymes: -əʊvd
rhymes: -oʊvd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drove
glosses: informal past tense of drove.
Praag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Prayagraj.
velouté
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəluˈteɪ/
Forms: form: veloutés
Etymology: Borrowed from French velouté (“velvety, smooth”).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.
onpass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: onpasses
form: onpassing
form: onpassed
form: onpassed
Etymology: From on + pass.
Senses: examples: text: Canberra will pass on to the United States allegations by two former British detainees that Australian terror suspect Mamdouh Habib was tortured at Guantanamo Bay.
ref: 2004 June 3, “Fed: Canberra to onpass torture claims to US”, in AAP General News, Australia, retrieved 21 Jan 2009:
text: Presumably the North Koreans balked because they hadn't been able to find any financial institution that would onpass to them the $25 million unfrozen by the U.S. from a bank in Macau.
ref: 2007 June 23, “Nuke News From North Korea”, in Wall Street Journal, retrieved 21 Jan 2009, page A10:
text: While most expect the central bank to cut again today, not everyone is convinced commercial banks will onpass the full savings.
ref: 2009 January 20, Rita Trichur, Brett Popplewell, “Banks urged to match full rate cut”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 21 Jan 2009, page B7:
glosses: To pass along or hand over.
Synonyms: relay
transfer