cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
flowerling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowerlings
Etymology: From flower + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A small flower; a flowerlet.
flowerlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowerling
smocked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Wearing a smock.
Supervielle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Supervielles
Etymology: Borrowed from French Supervielle (alternatively via Spanish Supervielle as it is common in Argentina and Uruguay), itself from Occitan Supervièla.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Occitan].
Related terms: Superville
banjeonse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bænˈd͡ʒʌnseɪ/
ipa: /pænˈt͡ʃʌnseɪ/
rhymes: -ʌnseɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 반전세(半傳貰) (banjeonse, literally “half-jeonse”).
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
antonyms: jeonse
wolse
sageulse
glosses: A form of lease in the South Korean real estate market which is a hybrid between jeonse and wolse, in which the lessee provides the landlord with a smaller lump sum deposit than would be required with jeonse, while agreeing to pay a lower rate of monthly rent than would be required with wolse.
Related terms: jeonse
world's record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: world's records
Senses: glosses: Synonym of world record.
synonyms: word: world record
world's records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of world's record
pearier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of peary: more peary
peariest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of peary: most peary
bog-brained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bog-brained
form: most bog-brained
Senses: examples: text: To tar a chap of intelligence, wit and insight (and a cobbler-togetherer of exceedingly good popular musical tunes to boot) with the same mucky brush as the likes of Half Man Half Biscuit (who have just reformed. I think the question here is 'why, exactly?') will mark you out for life as a cauliflower-eared, bog-brained dolt, so there.
ref: 1990, Chris Fish, “The Jazz Butcher”, in Far Out And Fishy, number 4:
text: But try telling these bog-brained murphies.
ref: 1997 March 5, Chris Morris, “Decline”, in Brass Eye:
text: It gives me an edge over all of yees around here, allows me see yees for the inbred, underbred, bog-brained shower yees are.
ref: 1998, Marina Carr, By the Bog of Cats, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
glosses: Stupid.
quartermastered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of quartermaster
ammend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of amend.
foxy bolete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxy boletes
Senses: glosses: The edible mushroom native to Europe, Leccinum vulpinum.
foxy boletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foxy bolete
nightfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nightful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He feels such delightfulness, stay out all-nightfulness, may I get tightfulness, / Which none can explain.
ref: 1894 April 24, chapter XIX, in A New England Woman, The Socrates Publishing Company, page 133:
text: They had thought themselves / in Hawaii when suddenly the pines, / trembling with nightfulness, / shook them out of their sibyllance.
ref: 1967 [1957], Frank O'Hara, “Romanze, or The Musical Students”, in Meditations in an Emergency, 2nd edition, Grove Press, page 20:
text: “And as this nightfulness appears to thin with distance, it should be entirely possible to pinpoint its epicenter? I find myself very much inclined to agree, Picnic. […]”
ref: 2016 September 24, Sarah Porter, Vassa in the Night, Tom Doherty Associates, page 163:
text: Tonight the crescent moon is on its back / facing the darkness and I know that feeling / of nightfulness and the half ring it leaves / like part of a cupmark on a walnut table […]
ref: 2017, Julia McCarthy, “A Stab in the Dark”, in All the Names Between, Brick Books, page 5:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: The state of being nightful.
Cathedral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cathedral
form: the cathedral
Etymology: From cathedral. Coined by political blogger Curtis Yarvin, writing as Mencius Moldbug.
Senses: examples: text: The reaction from the Cathedral—the press, the political establishment, and everyone else who shaped acceptable opinion—was quick and unanimous
ref: 2019 May 14, Michael Malice, “The Strike” (chapter 3), in The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics, →ISBN, from third sentence of third paragraph:
text: This is why grown-up men and women in the Cathedral (to use the neoreactionary term for the Establishment) actually believe that the MAGA yahoos of January 6 nearly overthrew the US government.
ref: 2022 January 14, Rod Dreher, “Neckbeard Militias Are Not My Enemy”, in The American Conservative, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2022:
text: [Curtis Yarvin] is forthright in his belief that the present order — to his mind, an oligarchy governed by a complex of elite institutions (like this newspaper) that he calls “the Cathedral” — should be overthrown
ref: 2022 December 10, Ross Douthat, “A Political Theory of King Elon Musk”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2024:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The mainstream system or establishment in society, regarded as liberal or leftist.
suits and ties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suit and tie
Capts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Capt.
Capener
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Androider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Androiders
Etymology: From Android + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Since Instagram became available for Android users yesterday, a lobby of "but that was OUR app!" tweets are starkly highlighting the rift between iPhoners and Androiders.
ref: 2012 April 4, Emily Dreyfuss, “iPhone users: Android is ruining our Instagram club”, in CNET, CBS Interactive Inc., published 2012, retrieved 01 Mar 2020:
glosses: An Android user.
Androiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Androider
push notification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: push notifications
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: The delivery of information from a software application to a computing device without a specific request from the client.
push notifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push notification
pro-maskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pro-masker
outsourcee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outsourcees
Etymology: From outsource + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Outsourcing concerns an arrangement between a business (Outsourcer) and a third - party (Outsourcee) whereby the outsourcee provides a service for the outsourcer that may usually have been performed in-house.
ref: 2019 February 27, “Why Outsource?”, in Cable Harnesses UK Ltd:
topics: business
coordinate_terms: outsourcer
glosses: A provider that executes functions that are outsourced to them.
outsourcees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outsourcee
wordfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wordful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: So far as he has yet gone in Parliament it is impossible to forget that the Bill is his Brief, and whether it be of less or greater importance, he speaks with the same conscientious preparation, and identically the same impressive wordfulness.
ref: 1898 September 24, Grille, “A Lady's Impressions of the House of Commons”, in Leopold Maxse, editor, The National Review, volume 32, number 187, page 120:
text: This volume is, in its way, a masterpiece of erudition ; it mingles flashes of beauty with wordfulness and meaningless exposition and, as the reviewer intimated at the beginning, reaches, as deductions, the presuppositions with which it starts out—conclusions which, however, were made more persuasive in the simpler words of Jesus.
ref: 1941, Charles S. Macfarland, “Contemporary Theology” (chapter I), in Current Religious Thought: A Digest, Fleming H. Revell Company, A Christian Anthropology (section 5), page 35:
text: Clearly some spelling errors must arise from the operation of this system but the relative paucity of spelling errors resulting in non-words indicates that the outcome of the rules is checked for appropriate pronunciation and for wordfulness.
ref: 1980, John Morton, “The Logogen Model and Orthographic Structure”, in Uta Frith, editor, Cognitive Processes in Spelling, Academic Press, page 132:
glosses: Wordiness; verbosity; verboseness.
reevolves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reevolve
reevolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of reevolve
reevolved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reevolve
wordfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wordful
McElhenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
roll calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of roll call
roll called
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roll call
footballistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more footballistic
form: most footballistic
Etymology: From football + -istic; compare French footballistique, Spanish futbolístico.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to football (soccer).
Derived terms: footballistically
castlelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castlelets
Etymology: From Middle English castelet, from Old French castelet, northern form of chastelet. Equivalent to castle + -let.
Senses: examples: text: In a ſmall Iland of which not far from this Town, is a Tower,or Caſtlelet, called the Mouſeturn, i. e. the Tower of Mice : built by one of Hatto ( or Hanne ) Archbiſhop of Mentz, An. 900, or there abouts,
ref: 1666, Peter Heylyn, “Of Germany”, in Cosmographie in four bookes containing the chorographie and hiſtorie of the world, and all the Principal Kingdoms, Provinces, Seas, and Iſles thereof, page 417:
text: Stockbery, that is, the woody bery, or fortreſs in the woody place; for here was a Caſtlelet of the Criols heretofore.
ref: 1776, John Philipot, “Etymology”, in Villare Cantianum; or, Kent surveyed and illustrated, page 399:
text: “[…] For there uprose, with turrets tall, / With circling moat, and massive wall, / The castlelet of Sammerhall.”’
ref: 1841, William Henry Leatham, “Leatham's Poems”, in James Orchard Halliwell, editor, The Archaeologist, and Journal of Antiquarian Science, John Russell Smith, page 68:
glosses: Uncommon spelling of castlet.
castlelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castlelet
Russian cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russian cubits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of arshin.
synonyms: word: arshin
Spanish cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spanish cubits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of codo.
synonyms: word: codo
Portuguese cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Portuguese cubits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of covado.
synonyms: word: covado
Portuguese cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Portuguese cubit
Spanish cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spanish cubit
Russian cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Russian cubit
chaebŏl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaebŏls
form: chaebŏl
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaebol.
chaebŏls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaebŏl
jaebeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaebeols
form: jaebeol
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaebol.
jaebeols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaebeol
roll-call
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roll-calls
form: roll-calling
form: roll-called
form: roll-called
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roll call.
Shorwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ4582).
thermoballing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + balling.
Senses: examples: text: Certain subspecies, such as Japanese honey bees, guard against hornets by "thermoballing."
ref: 2007 September 17, “Honey Bee Defense Leaves Hornets Breathless”, in Science:
text: Some honeybees have adapted to defend themselves from Asian giant hornets via thermoballing, which is when they surround the hornet and vibrate their muscles.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Helen Roy, “Asian hornet guide: how to identify, the difference from a native European hornet, and how to report a sighting”, in BBC Wildlife Magazine:
topics: agriculture
beekeeping
business
lifestyle
glosses: An incident where honeybees surround a threat and cause it to die through high temperature.
put up on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up on
form: putting up on
form: put up on
form: put up on
Senses: examples: You gotta watch out for his loose lips, he'll put those guys up on you.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To make (someone) aware of or up-to-date on (something).
examples: His dad put him up on good music.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To make or keep (someone) current in knowledge, fashion or supply of (something).
walk on by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks on by
form: walking on by
form: walked on by
form: walked on by
Senses: examples: text: I said hello, but she walked on by.
glosses: To walk past (someone, something) without stopping or acknowledging them.
remark on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remarks on
form: remarking on
form: remarked on
form: remarked on
Senses: examples: text: He remarked on how good you are at the game.
text: Lots of people have this hairstyle back home, nobody would even remark on it.
glosses: To notice (something) and comment on it; to recognize that (something) is important or novel enough to comment on it.
remark upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remarks upon
form: remarking upon
form: remarked upon
form: remarked upon
Senses: glosses: Synonym of remark on.
synonyms: word: remark on
from behind
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: Engaged in the missionary position, usually anal sex.
raw_tags: of a sex act
go on by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes on by
form: going on by
form: went on by
form: gone on by
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To continue with normal business; to go about one's day; to ignore potential distractions and continue with the task at hand.
barberstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barberstores
Etymology: Compound of barber + store.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of barbershop.
synonyms: word: barbershop
headbutt with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: headbutts with
form: headbutting with
form: headbutted with
form: headbutted with
Etymology: From butt heads with.
Senses: examples: text: She's been headbutting with him since they first met.
glosses: To argue with (someone) or repeatedly get into conflict with (someone).
barberstores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barberstore
cheese out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cheeses out
form: cheesing out
form: cheesed out
form: cheesed out
Senses: glosses: To make (something) cheesy (overdramatic, trite); to make (something) less cool, especially by making it more mainstream.
glosses: To be smiling or laughing excessively or remarkably, usually as a result of smoking cannabis.
glosses: To chicken out; to lose one's nerve and therefore not participate in something.
zoom by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zooms by
form: zooming by
form: zoomed by
form: zoomed by
Senses: examples: text: Our time together has zoomed by.
glosses: To go by too quickly.
raw_tags: of an event or period of time
zipper up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zippers up
form: zippering up
form: zippered up
form: zippered up
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zip up.
synonyms: word: zip up
zipper down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: zippers down
form: zippering down
form: zippered down
form: zippered down
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zip down.
synonyms: word: zip down
worshipfull
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worshipfull
form: most worshipfull
Senses: examples: text: 1472, The Coventry Leet Book: Or Mayor's Register, sxn 57, "Joh. Thrumpton Mayor"
[…] the wheche old men all & euerych of hem by hym self deposed & swar openly vppon a boke in the presence of the forseid worshipfull men, all the grownde betwen Whitley broke & Barons ffeld of Couentre, that lyeth betwen the kynges hye waye ledyng from Whitley to Couentre on the one syde, and the kynges Parke on the toder syde, to be Comen to the Comeners of this Citee of Couentree;
ref: 1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], “To right worshipfull his especiall dear friend, M. Gabriell Harvey, Doctour of Law”, in Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe, →OCLC; republished as John Payne Collier, editor, Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts. Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I; no. 8), [London]: [s.n.], [1870], →OCLC, page 12:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of worshipful.
pleasantnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleasantnesses
Senses: examples: text: […] or for the pleaſantneſſe the ſtudie and reading, to be preferred before the chronicles and hiſtories.
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of pleasantness.
constitutional silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Have started hearing the term "Constitutional Silver" or "Constitutional Gold" for pre-64 silver and pre-33 gold.
ref: 2020 April 10, philographer, “When Did The Term "Constitutional Silver" Come About?”, in Collectors Universe Message Boards:
text: Hmmm... I've searched around a little bit, and it seems like "constitutional silver" is just a marketing term.
ref: 2021 January 16, The Eidolon, “What is “Constitutional Silver”?”, in CoinTalk:
ref: 2024 April 20, Street_Marsupial9809, “Thoughts on purchasing junk constitutional silver?”, in Reddit:
text: Yes - that's what you see in the picture, but I prefer the term "constitutional silver" because the real "junk" is actually the non-silver coins that replaced the silver coins.
ref: 2024 May 29, Jesse Colombo (@TheBubbleBubble), Twitter:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Silver American quarters, dimes, and half dollars, minted prior to 1965.
posteritie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posterities
Senses: examples: text: liuing of the poſteritie to be imbraced, […]
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
text: That my poſteritie ſham’d with the note / Shall curſe my bones, and hold it for no ſinne, / To wiſh that I their father had not beene.
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
text: [A]nother [critic] has vovvde to get the conſumption of the lungues, or to leue to poſteritie the true orthography and pronunciation of laughing: […]
ref: 1604 (date written), Iohn Marston [i.e., John Marston], Parasitaster, or The Fawne, […], London: […] T[homas] P[urfoot] for W[illiam] C[otton], published 1606, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i:
text: Our fond Begetters, who would never die,
Love but themselves in their posteritie.
ref: 1681, John Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, Dublin, page 17:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of posterity.
nobilitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nobilities
Senses: examples: text: Againe, there is another familie of Scots, commonlie called the Scoties in Iſubꝛia, whereof Bernard Scotia and Hoꝛace his bꝛother (the one a ſenatoꝛ of Mantua, and the other a pꝛelat) are both famous, as well foꝛ their vertue, as nobilitie: alſo Francis Scotia, loꝛd of Pine and Mondone, and other nobles of the marqueſdome of Saluce, are deſcended from the Scots, […]
ref: 1585, The Historie of Scotland, Conteining the Beginning, Increase, Proceedings, Continuance, Acts and Gouernement of the Scotish Nation, from the Originall Thereof vnto the Yeere 1571, Gathered and Written in English by Raphaell Hollinshead: and Continued from 1571, to 1585, by Others: […], page 284, column 1:
text: […] what inconragement of nobilitie to noble […]
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
ref: 1631, John Weever, Antient fvnerall monvments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent,: with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and bvriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations ..., London: Thomas Harper, page 569:
text: Yf she be hable to make any power at home, she shall be withborne and herself keapt from all other comfort than her own nobilitie.
ref: 1866, Alexander M'neel-Caird, Mary Stuart:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of nobility.
unnaturall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnaturall
form: most unnaturall
Senses: examples: text: This man speakes of an unnaturall ill-favourdnesse and membrall deformity, but we call ill-favourdnesse a kinde of unseemelinesse at the first sight, which chiefely lodgeth in the face, and by the colour worketh a dislike in us.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.12:
text: […] hath not the Lord used that other more terrible and heart-frighting course […] of Prodigies, Signes and Apparitions in the ayre, and other most degenerating, unnaturall and wonder-striking contingents amongst us here at home?
ref: 1643, John Vicars, Prodigies & Apparitions, or, Englands Warning Piece,:
text: […]and what vices therein it [sc. the hare] figured; that is, not only pusillanimity and timidity from its temper, feneration or usury from its fecundity and superfetation, but from this mixture of sexes, unnaturall venery and degenerous effemination.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of Hares”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 120:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of unnatural.
godlinesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godlinesses
Senses: examples: text: But thou, O man of God, flie these things; and follow after righteousnesse, godlinesse, faith, loue, patience, meekenesse.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 6:11:
text: On the other side, representing a serpentine generation wholy, made of fraud, policies, and practises, men lovers of the world, and haters of truth and godlinesse, fighters against the light, protectors of darkenesse, persecuters of marriage, and patrons of brothelles, abnegators and dispencers against the lawes of God […]
ref: 1605, Edwin Sandys, A Relation of the State of Religion, London: Simon Waterson:
ref: 1658, Samuel Crooke, Τα Διαφεροντα, or Divine characters in two parts, acutely distinguishing the more secret and undiscerned differences between 1. The Hypocrite in his best dresse of seeming virtues and formal duties. And the true Christian in his real graces and sincere obedience. As also between 2. The blackest weeds of dayly infirmities of the truly godly, eclipsing saving grace, and the reigning sinnes of the unregenerate that pretend unto that godlinesse they never had:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of godliness.
righteousnesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: righteousnesses
Senses: examples: text: Deliuer me from bloud giltineſſe (O God) thou that art the god of my health: and my toungue ſhall ſyng of thy righteouſneſſe.
ref: 1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Firste Daie of Lente Commonly Called Ashe-wednisdaye”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacramentes, […], London: […] Edowardi Whitchurche […], →OCLC, folio xxxii, verso:
text: Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:11, column 2:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of righteousness.
Swanepoel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Afrikaans.
Cullavellan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Cullen + Lavellan.
Senses: examples: text: I just read the best cullavellan fic and now my blood is boiling why do I have class
ref: 2016 February 3, cade (@tinygrunt), Twitter:
text: There was this one cullavellan fic where both Cullen and Lavellan didn't want kids and honestly it made me so happy.
ref: 2017 May 16, Alex (@Nimbose), Twitter:
text: All the other Cullavellan shippers I’ve met saying how their Inky and Cullen fell in love at first sight and stuff… Meanwhile mine was ready to fist fight this man in a Denny’s parking lot any day of the week
ref: 2022 February 12, ace (@ace_trash_boi), Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of Cullen Rutherford and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.
arrogancie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrogancies
Senses: examples: text: […] where vaine glorious Ixion Proclaymed, that he was the Minion of Juno, and had Acteoned Jupiter: for which arrogancie, Jupiter threw him to Hell, with this pictured vengeaunce.
ref: 1987 [1582], George Whetstone, edited by Diana Shklanka, An Heptameron of Civill Discourses, Garland Publishing, Inc., page 144:
text: Were it not a sottish arrogancie, that wee should thinke our selves to be the perfectest thing of this Universe?
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: The third [vice] is Arrogancie, and the fourth Pride, two vices neer a kinne, Cosen germans […] when men shall arrogate much unto themselves; looking overly and superciliously upon others.
ref: 1650, John Brinsley the younger, An Antidote against the Poysonous Weeds of Heretical Blasphemies, London: Ralph Smith, page 3:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of arrogancy.
Fenhawke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Fenris + Hawke.
Senses: examples: text: Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.
ref: 2017 February 16, vacantstars, Reddit:
text: I binge read some fenhawke fics from nearly a decade ago and still love them just as much :)
ref: 2020 March 2, Jill (@EphemeraBlossom), Twitter:
text: Fenhawke will always be my number 1 dragon age ship 😭😭
ref: 2023 February 3, fawn (@fuwafawn), Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of Fenris and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.
Handers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Hawke + Anders.
Senses: examples: text: Me listening to any song: Wow I can't believe this artist too ships handers, and decided to write a song about it, what an amazing world
ref: 2015 September 27, deneb (@v3gaaltair), Twitter:
text: Goddamn Handers ship being so beautifully angsty.
ref: 2016 January 29, Nyxie Black (@NyxieBlack), Twitter:
text: I have no idea what liking the Handers pairing says about me lol 😂.
ref: 2022 May 25, witchresserina, Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.
via-satellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: satellite-fed foreign shows delayed by several minutes or hours in contrast to live television broadcasts
dumbocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumbocracies
Etymology: Blend of dumb + democracy or dumb + -o- + -cracy. First use appears c. 1869.
Senses: examples: text: Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint. Don’t vote for [George Hunt] Pendleton and poverty. The dumbocracy and aristocracy all support Pendleton and poverty. […] The Democracy are economical. That’s the reason they fail to pay the interest on the State debt, and pocketed the cash instead. No economy about paying your debts, from a Democratic standpoint.
ref: 1869 September 30, “Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint”, in John T. Raper, editor, The Vinton Record, volume 20, number 6 (whole 995), McArthur, Oh., →ISSN, page [2], column 3:
text: Dumbocracy in action. Is fatal --- get thee behind me, God!
ref: 1980, Whole Earth Catalog (publisher), The Coevolution Quarterly - Issues 28-29, page 25:
text: It is more like a "dumbocracy" that the Minister of Energy might recognise.
ref: 1985, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and House of Representatives, Volume 468, page 9057:
text: The democratization of art and culture for political purposes will only make us dumber than we are, and dumbocracy in America is presently at its height.
ref: 1994, John Reed Club, New York Branch (contributor), Partisan Review - Volume 61, page 713:
text: The only reason they agreed to dumbocracy and was that they saw how it would deliver up a servile, compliant, docile population who would delude themselves that they were "free" and in charge, hence would never revolt.
ref: 2016, Michael Faust, The Case For Meritocracy:
glosses: A democracy, particularly an ineffective or dysfunctional one.
Related terms: demonocracy
center island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: center islands
Senses: glosses: a barrier or structure on the median strip dividing opposing lanes of a road (typically lined with plants, trees, streetlights, and/or pillars supporting road or railway overpasses/flyovers)
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see center, island.
dumbocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dumbocracy
bubliks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bublik
friendmance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friendmances
Etymology: From friend + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: Fenris friendmance (especially with a mage Hawke) for heals and feels.
ref: 2018 October 20, Kiralai, Reddit:
text: I really want to rivalmance Anders but honestly I love his friendmance so much I can’t do it
ref: 2019 July 13, DreamsTyme, Reddit:
text: I feel like most people prefer the friendmances (especially for Fenris) but the rival paths are so interesting!
ref: 2022 September 1, MelloGlory, Reddit:
antonyms: rivalmance
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A romance with a character with whom the player has a friendly relationship in Dragon Age II.
friendmance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: friendmances
form: friendmancing
form: friendmanced
form: friendmanced
Etymology: From friend + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: In my peronal^([sic]) opinion, Anders and Merrill are for friendmancing only, unless you want to truly, deeply hurt and bully them.
ref: 2015 December 28, [deleted user account], Reddit:
text: Friendmancing Fenris as a pro-Mage Hawke is another favourite. I really love the growth you see in him throughout.
ref: 2022 October 10, lalaquen, Reddit:
text: If female Hawke friendmances Sebastian, he will suggest a chaste marriage with her taking vows as a Chantry sister.
ref: 2022 July 12, LadyNorbert, Reddit:
antonyms: rivalmance
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.
GTPase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GTPases
Etymology: From GTP + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a large family of hydrolase enzymes that bind to the nucleotide guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and hydrolyze it to guanosine diphosphate (GDP).
GTPases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GTPase
rivalmance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rivalmances
Etymology: From rival + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, Anders' rivalmance is cruel. I never did it, and I don't plan it (I simply can't imagine).
ref: 2017 December 17, CaiusGermanicus, Reddit:
text: I actually like the unhealthy aspects of the rivalmances (and some of the romances) in DA.
ref: 2018 February 21, wardsarefunctioning, Reddit:
text: I preferred the friendmance with Fenris personally, but like with Isabela, the rivalmance is also pretty good.
ref: 2019 February 24, KvonLiechtenstein, Reddit:
antonyms: friendmance
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A romance with a character with whom the player has an antagonistic relationship in Dragon Age II.
rivalmance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rivalmances
form: rivalmancing
form: rivalmanced
form: rivalmanced
Etymology: From rival + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.
ref: 2017 December 17, IntoTheCosmo, Reddit:
text: I love rivalmancing Anders and Fenris. Brings a lot of tension that I find really sexy lol.
ref: 2019 May 10, [deleted user account], Reddit:
text: i wanted to rivalmance Merrill once but that would cause my heart to explode.
ref: 2022 August 28, Vlad_Dracul89, Reddit:
antonyms: friendmance
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: To romance a character in this manner in Dragon Age II.
Inky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Inkies
Etymology: From Inq(uisitor) + -y, as a term of endearment.
Senses: examples: text: Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?
ref: 2019 July 23, Nabusqua, Reddit:
text: Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.
ref: 2022 July 2, RhiaStark, Reddit:
text: My Inky was a very faithful Andrastian, like his family, and he believed he was the Herald of Andraste…kind of.
ref: 2023 July 19, JJJwhovian, Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
video-games
synonyms: Quizzy
glosses: The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Purple Hawke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the purple icon used to denote sarcastic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.
Senses: examples: text: Purple Hawke gets all the love, and I honestly see why. That irreverent little shit is hilarious.
ref: 2016 November 4, AntiChri5, Reddit:
text: I agree Purple Hawke can sometimes be inappropriate, but I don't find those situations that common...
ref: 2021 June 2, curmudgeonintaupe, Reddit:
text: Purple Hawke is one of the best protagonists in gaming period.
ref: 2024 January 23, Aveta95, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A Hawke player character who expresses a sarcastic personality.
wikipedia: Dragon Age II
Blue Hawke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the blue icon used to denote diplomatic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.
Senses: examples: text: Blue Hawke is too nice for the armpit of the free marches.
ref: 2019 January 4, Kerlysis, Reddit:
text: Blue Hawke tries to see the good in everyone even when things aren't ideal or working in their favor.
ref: 2022 October 28, [deleted user account], Reddit:
text: Blue Hawke is the only sane Hawke.
ref: 2023 March 29, TheHistoryofCats, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A Hawke player character who expresses a diplomatic personality.
wikipedia: Dragon Age II
Red Hawke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the red icon used to denote aggressive dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.
Senses: examples: text: Red Hawke's deadpan delivery was one of the most hilarious moments in the game for me haha.
ref: 2015 September 23, HawkeThisHawkeThat, Reddit:
text: I once played a Red Hawke that was a sociopath that got off on the murder knife.
ref: 2020 March 24, phorayz, Reddit:
text: Blue Hawke was kind of a pollyanna and Red Hawke was a jerk, so I went with Purple Snarky Hawke.
ref: 2023 August 19, illuminancer, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A Hawke player character who expresses an aggressive personality.
wikipedia: Dragon Age II
guanosine diphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanosine diphosphates
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: GDP
glosses: An ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside guanosine; the product of dephosphorylation (via hydrolysis) of GTP by a GTPase.
guanosine diphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanosine diphosphate
Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Kents Hill and Monkston Parish Council) in the city of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, that includes the named places.
Monkston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow parish, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8938).
neurolizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurolizers
Senses: examples: text: Serg's left hand reached for the neurolizer at the back of his battlesuit.
ref: 1996, Tracy Hickman, Requiem of Stars, page 38:
text: If Justin had known what a neurolizer was he probably would've joined the fray, which would have given the assailant an easy couple of seconds to take a few more shots.
ref: 2010, Dani Kollin, Eytan Kollin, The Unincorporated Man - Volume 1, page 178:
text: One of the thugs grabs Vulpina's arms and lifts her up from her seat while the other henchman uses a neurolizer to stun Jorrim.
ref: 2011, J. Edward Parrott, Planet X: The Annunaki Wars, page 168:
text: "I learn in a few years. It's complicated." said Therese as she went and snuck out into the front room and took her mom's keys, grabbed the neurolizer from the back of the Cuckoo clock in the hallway , and came back and helped Kara sneak out on her injured leg and crutches .
ref: 2023, Clinton Armer, Space-Girl Michelle #3, Legends Never Die:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A hand-held weapon that disrupts the nervous system of a victim in some way.
neurolizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurolizer
Kents Hill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in Kents Hill, Monkston and Brinklow parish, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8937).
glosses: An unincorporated village in the town of Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
12 NN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 12NN
form: 12:00 NN
Etymology: Abbreviation of 12 noon, modelled after AM and PM.
Senses: coordinate_terms: 12 MN
glosses: Noon.
12 MN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 12MN
form: 12:00 MN
Etymology: Abbreviation of 12 midnight, modelled after AM and PM.
Senses: coordinate_terms: 12 NN
glosses: Midnight.
Readfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in the town of Caledonia, Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States.
bodybeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodybeats
Etymology: From body + beat.
Senses: examples: text: Rap-tap! drums of inundation, of syncopation And a bodybeat / an ideo-beep in ideophone / A drivinghome, a drive-suite Against the eternal mattress / the clay carpet Of eternal rhythm / of divine rhyme Flowing from feet / street Into sacred fingers
ref: 1991, Eugene Redmond, The Eye in the Ceiling: Poems, page 81:
text: Consider the effects of simple rhythm and "bodybeat sounds" on newborn infants.
ref: 1996, David Chagall, Surviving the Media Jungle, page 4:
text: Never mind, she is me, you— tied to that bodybeat, fainting on the rack of blood, moving to the metronome- –empty, empty, empty.
ref: 2013, Erica Jong, Becoming Light: Poems New and Selected:
text: They spied her out even ass she spied them, and, bodybeat to bodybeat, she and her mother met, shaking to silent sobs and twisting hearts.
ref: 2019, Fannie Hurst, Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl:
text: She takes me through her own bodybeats, showing me how she channels them into her arms and voice and weaves them into charms.
ref: 2019, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, David Mogo Godhunter:
glosses: One's natural biological rhythm, such as a heartbeat or the cadence of one's breathing.
bodybeat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodybeats
form: bodybeating
form: bodybeated
form: bodybeated
Etymology: From body + beat.
Senses: examples: text: the same gesture for several goals (touch for nursing and riding) or different gestures for the same goal (slap ground and bodybeat for play)
ref: 2006, Simone Pika, Katja Liebal, “Differences and Similarities between the Natural Gestural Communication of the Great Apes and Human Children”, in Angelo Cangelosi, Andrew D M Smith, Kenny Smith, editor, Evolution Of Language, page 269:
text: Ogden and Schildkraut (1991) mention in their compilation of gorilla ethograms several auditory gestures such as backhand pound, bodybeat, chestbeat, chestpat, clap, knock, and slap surface; tactile gestures such as brush, nudge, poke, push, tag, and touch with hand; and visual gestures such as armcross, arm shake, armswing, extended palm, foot back, head shake, head turn, head twirl, and pat.
ref: 2020, Josep Call, Michael Tomasello, The Gestural Communication of Apes and Monkeys, page v:
text: Similarly, different gestures can be used for the same goal: slapping the ground and bodybeating for play.
ref: 2014, Vyvyan Evans, The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct, page 38:
glosses: To beat or pound one's body with the fists.
bodybeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodybeat
bodybeats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bodybeat
Mendelssohn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mendelssohns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mendelssohn.
Senses: examples: text: The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Mendelson.
Mandelson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmandəlsən/
[ˈmandl̩sən]
[ˈmandl̩sn̩]
Forms: form: Mandelsons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mendelson.
Menderson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛndɚsən/
[ˈmɛndɚsn̩]
Forms: form: Mendersons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mendelson.
baby collar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby collars
Senses: glosses: a Peter Pan collar
person deprived of liberty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persons deprived of liberty
form: PDL
Senses: qualifier: international law
glosses: convicted prisoner; incarceree
LOLtastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more LOLtastic
form: most LOLtastic
Etymology: From LOL + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: Comedy / Looking forward to a LOLtastic Funny in Falkirk.
ref: 2010 July, “Contents”, in The Skinny, number 58, Edinburgh: Radge Media Ltd, page 5:
text: You know all those LOL-tastic Mayan calendar, “the end is nigh” jokes we’ve politely tolerated for months?
ref: 2012 December 18, Grace Dent, “Beijing cuts to the chase with doom mongers”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, published 19 December 2012, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022, page 13, column 4:
text: Hey, sorry can I grab your attention for one quick sec? Then I promise you can go back to hashtaging^([sic]) how loltastic awesome that jam was you were at last night, and how #whitegirlwasted you got- #nofilter #goodthingyourenotacoffemachine.^([sic])
ref: 2013 January, Sarah Ratzlaff, “My Generation”, in Proxy, Toronto, Ont.: North Toronto Collegiate Institute, page 31, column 1:
text: The next stop is Victoria’s Secret / I Can’t Believe It’s Not Borough! […] Ever since the transport authorities in Madrid began selling sponsorship rights to their subway system, London Underground has gone a bit LOL-tastic. The Spanish capital has been renaming its subway stations with the new sponsors’ names overriding the originals.
ref: 2013 June 4, John Walsh, “Transport: The Next Stop on ‘The Tube Sponsored by O2’ Is…”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 23:
text: Tommy Kha’s hilarious photographic series “Stoic Man Being Kissed By Strangers” is a LOLtastic must-see.
ref: 2013 October 16, “Frontlash”, in The Music, number 10, Melbourne, Vic., page 70:
text: Enlight is one of the smartest photo-editing tools around. As well as a raft of regular features, you can add text in muitiple fonts and turn photos into graphics or LOLtastic memes.
ref: 2015 August, Katie Collins, “Apps of the Month”, in Wired, UK edition, London, page 035:
text: Tuesday 4 […] FAMILY Big Howard’s LOLtastic Yukfest
ref: 2017 April, “What’s On”, in The Greenwich Visitor, number 78, Greenwich, London, page 22:
glosses: Hilarious.
Thake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Turkey teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkish teeth
Etymology: From Turkey (country) + teeth, in reference to the fact that Turkey is a popular destination for low-price private dental surgery.
Senses: examples: text: A tall, spindly man gaily swept into the room, his gleaming white Turkey teeth lighting the way ahead of him, a beacon in the mood lighting of the boutique.
ref: 2023, Gina Kirkham, Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat: A brand new unmissable humorous cozy crime mystery, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
text: Veneers like that cost a fortune. They are understated, no Turkey teeth for him, but the upper canine left is missing, not extracted by somebody with a dental degree.
ref: 2024, Caro Ramsay, Out of the Dark, Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN:
text: He flashed his warrant card at a receptionist with "Turkey teeth" - they were all over the bloody place; had folk stopped looking in mirrors? - and false eyelashes.
ref: 2024, O. J. Mullen, The Wrong Woman, Boldwood Books Ltd, →ISBN:
glosses: Unnaturally white, straightened teeth, especially from an overseas dentist.
mortial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mortial
form: most mortial
Senses: examples: text: They saw 'is wounds was mortial, an' they judged that it was best, / So they took an' drove the limber straight across 'is back an' chest.
ref: 1892, Rudyard Kipling, “Snarleyow”, in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 37:
glosses: Obsolete form of mortal.
Pavano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pavanos
form: Pagano
Etymology: From the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Paganu/Pavanu, from paganu.
Borrowed from Italian Pavano.
Senses: examples: Carl Pavano, b. 1976
glosses: A surname from Sicilian.