cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
logorrheic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more logorrheic
form: most logorrheic
form: logorrhoeic
form: logorrhœic
Etymology: From logorrhea + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: It was a long, logorrheic tale.
text: The content of this logorrheic delirium is mainly made up of recent events.
ref: 1905, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Text-book of Insanity, page 495:
text: In a logorrheic swirl of speeches, talks, statements, challenges and replies Republican Nominee Alf Landon thrust halfway across the continent and all the way back from coast to coast last week […
ref: 1936 November 2, “Last Lap”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2008:
text: I'll leave it to Joe Biden to explain (or figure out) why he used "clean" as one of a logorrheic string of adjectives describing his Senate colleague Barack Obama.
ref: 2007 February 2, Eugene Robinson, “An Inarticulate Kickoff”, in Washington Post:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting logorrhea, the excessive flow of words
Synonyms: talkative
verbose
Derived terms: logorrheically
tragic heroes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tragic hero
grotesquerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹəʊˈtɛskəɹi/
Forms: form: grotesqueries
form: grotesquery
Etymology: From French grotesquerie.
Senses: examples: text: She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II (Burglary), page 378, column 1:
text: The tone is brittle and morbid, emphasizing the eerie grotesquerie of Albert Giraud's poems.
ref: 2009 January 12, Steve Smith, “Worlds Apart: Harmonies Earthbound and Lunar”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being grotesque or macabre.
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A genre of horror literature that was popular in the early 20th century, and practiced by writers such as Ambrose Bierce and Fritz Leiber.
fetally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fetally
form: most fetally
Etymology: From fetal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A strange game at the table involves oranges and kitchen implements flying as one or two bored housemates read or slide fetally under the table.
ref: 2009 January 12, Gia Kourlas, Roslyn Sulcas, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a fetal fashion; in the manner of a fetus
glosses: In the fetal position
exhilaratingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exhilaratingly
form: most exhilaratingly
Etymology: From exhilarating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Naharin's work, "Blush" is set to a bewildering range of music (Chopin and Radiohead enter the mix) and features a highly physical movement style that buckles torsos and lashes limbs in exhilaratingly illogical fashion.
ref: 2009 January 12, Gia Kourlas, Roslyn Sulcas, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that exhilarates
conferencegoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conferencegoer
cashectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cashectomies
Etymology: From cash + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: We've every facility here for dealing with people who are rich. We can deal with a blocked purse, we can drain private accounts and in the worst cases we can perform a total cashectomy, which is total removal of all moneys from the patient.
ref: 1970 December 22, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Episode Twenty-six:
text: Their first obligation is to sell you — to perform a cashectomy.
ref: 1984, Jeff Slutsky, Woody Woodruff, Streetfighting, →ISBN, page 154:
text: If print wants to perform a cashectomy on users, it should probably look to what happened with music, an industry in which people once paid handsomely for records, then tapes, then CDs, that was overtaken by the expectation that the same product should be free.
ref: 2009 January 12, David Carr, “Let’s Invent an iTunes for News”, in New York Times:
glosses: The removal of all of a person's money, usually by voluntary means.
conferencegoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conferencegoers
form: conference-goer
Etymology: From conference + goer.
Senses: examples: text: Our restaurant offers discounts to conferencegoers.
text: Some conference-goers said the workshops and plenary sessions offered this year did not adequately reflect an inclusive lesbian and gay health agenda.
ref: 1989 May 6, Jennie McKnight, “PWAs Demand Visibility in Gay Health Conference”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
glosses: A person who is attending a conference
Related terms: conferencegoing
cashectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cashectomy
beatboxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beatboxers
Etymology: From beatbox + -er.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice
Related terms: beatboxing
beatboxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beatboxer
wools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wool
unrepeated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + repeated.
Senses: examples: text: This accomplishment had been unrepeated, until now.
text: Sentimentality is the last thing that comes to mind in Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire," a 1912 piece seemingly without precedent, and an unrepeated stylistic cul de sac.
ref: 2009 January 12, Steve Smith, “Worlds Apart: Harmonies Earthbound and Lunar”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been repeated
seamlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seamless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “Fantasy Black Channel” is produced by the highly regarded and open-eared D.J. Erol Alkan, who has stitched these myriad influences into something approximating seamlessness.
ref: 2009 January 12, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or quality of being seamless
snakebitten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From snake + bitten.
Senses: examples: text: And that is when the Chargers, snakebitten for so long in the playoffs, began their inexorable slide.
ref: 2009 January 12, Judy Battista, “Steelers Dominate Chargers to Reach A.F.C. Title Game”, in New York Times:
text: Since then, his campaign sometimes seemed snake-bitten as it dodged hecklers and a drumbeat of presumptuous questions about life after No. 10 Downing Street.
ref: 2010 May 5, Alistair MacDonald, Joe Parkinson, “Brown Scrambles for Votes as U.K. Poll Nears”, in The Wall Street Journal:
glosses: Alternative form of snakebit.
unrattled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rattled.
Senses: examples: text: She was unrattled, despite the chaos all around.
glosses: Not rattled; steady
unfinanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + financed.
Senses: examples: text: We still have substantial unfinanced obligations.
glosses: Not financed; having no available financing.
underfinanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underfinanced
form: most underfinanced
Etymology: From under- + financed.
Senses: examples: text: G.M.'s plan may be underfinanced to the tune of $23 billion.
ref: 2009 January 12, Robert Cyran, “Debt Could Crush G.M.’s Best Efforts”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking sufficient financing
spontaneities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spontaneity
overfriendliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overfriendly + -ness or over- + friendliness.
Senses: examples: text: And I think part of it may have been a reaction to perceived overfriendliness of Clinton with the Hollywood crowd, and polls showing that people don't like celebrities.
ref: 2009 January 12, Ashley Parker, “Hollywood Clamors to Be a Part of Obama’s Big Day”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being too friendly
tombak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tombaks
form: tonbak
form: dombak
form: donbak
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian تنبک (tonbak). Doublet of dumbek.
Senses: examples: text: MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).
ref: 2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2022:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: zarb
glosses: A type of goblet drum used heavily in Persian music.
tombak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tombac
form: tambac
form: tomback
form: tonbak
form: dombak
form: donbak
Etymology: From Dutch, from Malay tembaga (“copper”), from Sanskrit ताम्र (tāmra). Entered Dutch usage during colonial period. Doublet of tumbaga.
Senses: synonyms: Dutch brass
German brass
glosses: A brass alloy also known as red-bronze, usually containing 82-99% copper and the rest usually zinc.
santur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: santurs
form: santūr
form: santour
form: santouri
form: santoor
form: santir
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian سَنْتُور (santūr), of uncertain origin; sometimes suggested to be from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion, “psaltery”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of hammered dulcimer played in Persian music
Related terms: santoor
remixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remixer
remixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remixers
Etymology: From remix + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It's little wonder Late of the Pier has become a favorite of remixers -- there's so much sound to choose from, and so little to be faithful to.
ref: 2009 January 12, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person or thing that carries out remixing
postbop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-bop
Etymology: From post- + bop.
Senses: examples: text: The drummer Dafnis Prieto, leading a superbly calibrated sextet, chopped up the pulse of his native Cuba with clever feints while borrowing from postbop harmony.
ref: 2009 January 12, Nate Chinen, “Acts Onstage (and on the Market) at Three Clubs”, in New York Times:
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A form of small-group jazz music that emerged in the early 1960s, under the influence of artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
break dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of breakdancing.
break dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break dance
postracial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-racial
Etymology: From post- + racial.
Senses: examples: text: The country is entering a postracial era.
text: (Tracy Morgan was more irreverent: while accepting the Golden Globe on behalf of “30 Rock,” he announced he was now the face of postracial America.)
ref: 2009 January 11, Alessandra Stanley, “Back in Business, Tears and Thanks Included”, in New York Times:
glosses: No longer bound by racial divisions.
line dancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of dance in which the dancers are in a line and performing the same steps together.
salinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: salinates
form: salinating
form: salinated
form: salinated
Etymology: From saline + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The chemist salinated her solution.
glosses: To add salt to.
Related terms: salination
saline
singing from the same hymn sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Present participle and gerund of sing from the same hymn sheet.
errhines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of errhine
philistines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philistine
emotionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more emotionable
form: most emotionable
Etymology: From emotion + -able.
Senses: examples: text: His was the genuine Celtic temperament—poetic, excitable, emotionable, unreasoning.
ref: 1887, Emily Lawless, Hurrish: A Study, page 24:
text: Delicat and subtle are the dealings of nature
whereby the emotionable sense secretly is touch'd
to awareness
ref: 1929, Robert Seymour Bridges, The Testament of Beauty, page 529:
text: Consequently man was an emotionable being and this emotion was the basis for morality.
ref: 2007, Ulrich Libbrecht, Within the Four Seas: Introduction to Comparative Philosophy, →ISBN, page 578:
glosses: Particularly expressive of or affected by emotion.
raw_tags: of a person or group or of their behavior or faculties
Synonyms: emotional
passionate
touchy-feely
international airports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of international airport
epeeist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epeeists
form: épéeist
Etymology: From epee + -ist.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Somebody who fences with an epee.
tablemates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tablemate
tablemate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
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Forms: form: tablemates
Etymology: From table + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: If you are on a ship that has two traditional dinner seatings, arrive at your table on time. Your tablemates will appreciate it and so will the waiters.
ref: 2003, Georgina Cruz, Cruises: How to Sail in Style for Less, page 223:
synonyms: tablefellow
glosses: Someone with whom one shares a table.
andro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: andros
Etymology: From Meitei.
Senses: glosses: A Meitei traditional type of alcoholic beverage or drink, originated from Andro village, Manipur, India.
andro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Even more tardy, baseball ultimately banned andro.
ref: 2009 January 13, George Vecsey, “Voters Cannot Forgive or Forget Suspicions of McGwire’s Drug Use”, in New York Times:
glosses: Androstenedione.
andro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: "I like the young, andro look, but I've dated across the board—butches, femmes, trannies—and that really bothers Clara. All her girlfriends in the past have been pretty much straight." Kim offers a rueful little laugh.
ref: 2004, New York:
glosses: Androgynous.
disprefer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: disprefers
form: dispreferring
form: dispreferred
form: dispreferred
Etymology: From dis- + prefer.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To favor or prefer (something) less than the alternatives.
Derived terms: dispreference
microgripper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgrippers
Etymology: From micro- + gripper.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A microscopic device used to grasp and manipulate microscale objects safely
Related terms: nanogripper
microtools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtool
microgrippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgripper
microtool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtools
Etymology: From micro- + tool.
Senses: examples: text: Most microtools for use in medical applications are operated by tethers of some kind.
ref: 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times:
glosses: A tool of microscopic size, such as is used in medical or technical applications
neorealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neorealist
backstreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backstreet
noncancelable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: noncancellable
Etymology: From non- + cancelable.
Senses: examples: text: He cited several reasons, including that a reservation was "absolutely noncancelable."
ref: 2009 January 13, Joe Sharkey, “Place Your Bets in Priceline’s Casino”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not able to be canceled
nonstudio
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + studio.
Senses: examples: text: […] a studio executive asked ruefully, referring to the celebration of nonstudio cinema held just before the Oscars in a tent on a beach in Santa Monica.
ref: 2009 January 13, David Carr, “Hollywood Night of Offbeat Choices”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not affiliated with a movie studio.
examples: text: All the recent nonstudio additions to art curricula only obscure the problem.
ref: 2001, James Elkins, Why art cannot be taught: a handbook for art students:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to an art studio.
nonsubscribers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsubscriber
oaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: oatier
form: oatiest
Etymology: From oat + -y.
Senses: glosses: Containing oats.
glosses: Resembling oats.
Derived terms: oatiness
nonsubscriber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsubscribers
Etymology: From non- + subscriber.
Senses: examples: text: The pay cable network HBO will broadcast the event and provide a free signal so that nonsubscribers can also watch, said Linda Douglass, the chief spokeswoman for the inaugural committee.
ref: 2009 January 13, Laurie Goodstein, “Gay Bishop Is Asked to Say Prayer at Inaugural Event”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not a subscriber to a service
floaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floaty
glosses: plural of floatie
floatier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of floaty: more floaty
floatiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of floaty: most floaty
overdetection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + detection or overdetect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: "In prostate cancer, there's a lot of talk about overdetection and overtreatment," said Dr. David C. Miller[…]
ref: 2009 January 13, Nicholas Bakalar, “Prognosis: Left Behind in Prostate Cancer Screening”, in New York Times:
glosses: Detection at levels greater than are actually the case
Related terms: overdetect
scoundreldom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scoundrel + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The authorities say that he admitted to stealing as much as $50 billion, which, if true, would place him at the top of financial scoundreldom.
ref: 2009 January 13, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “In Madoff, a Court Trusts”, in New York Times:
glosses: All scoundrels or scoundrel-like activities, considered as a group
roughnecking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roughneck
roughnecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roughneck
unslick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unslick
form: most unslick
Etymology: From un- + slick.
Senses: examples: text: And here in the penthouse offices of Senator Entertainment, Bret Easton Ellis, another symbol of those super-slick times, is sprawled in a soft chair, wearing decidedly unslick running shoes and sweats.
ref: 2009 January 13, Michael Cieply, “Injecting a Taste of the Flush and Flashy ’80s Into Sundance”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not slick; not polished or fancy
underdetection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + detection.
Senses: examples: text: "But this study says that in these very disadvantaged men, there is underdetection and undertreatment, that the cancers are not being found early enough."
ref: 2009 January 13, Nicholas Bakalar, “Prognosis: Left Behind in Prostate Cancer Screening”, in New York Times:
glosses: Detection at excessively low levels, or at levels lower than are actually the case
Related terms: underdetect
ultrasmall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + small.
Senses: examples: text: In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots capture the most attention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mundane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there.
ref: 2005 February 22, Kenneth Chang, “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021:
text: Magnetic resonance force microscopy employs an ultrasmall cantilever arm as a platform for specimens that are then moved in and out of proximity to a tiny magnet.
ref: 2009 January 13, John Markoff, “A Breakthrough in Imaging: Seeing a Virus in Three Dimensions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2019:
glosses: Extremely or exceedingly small.
Synonyms: infinitesimal
Related terms: supersmall
anticorporate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticorporate
form: most anticorporate
Etymology: From anti- + corporate.
Senses: examples: text: And there's a lot of anticorporate fervor, anti-pharmaceutical company fervor.
ref: 2009 January 13, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Book Is Rallying Resistance to the Antivaccine Crusade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019:
text: For the Grateful Dead lyricist John Perry Barlow, cyberlibertarian and a founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, freewheeling file-sharing and community-building seemed like an anticorporate be-in.
ref: 2009 August 2, Virginia Heffernan, “Hop on, Pop”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2021:
glosses: Opposed to, or taking a negative view of, corporations and their activities
antivaccine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A new book defending vaccines, written by a doctor infuriated at the claim that they cause autism, is galvanizing a backlash against the antivaccine movement in the United States.
ref: 2009 January 13, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “Book Is Rallying Resistance to the Antivaccine Crusade”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of anti-vaccine.
Derived terms: antivaccinist
biocompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + compatible.
Senses: examples: text: The researchers say that there are many hurdles to overcome in using such a device inside the body, but that the work represents "a step toward the development of biocompatible, minimally invasive, autonomous microtools."
ref: 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times:
glosses: Compatible with biological tissue.
Derived terms: biocompatibility
cytobiocompatible
clawlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clawlike
form: most clawlike
Etymology: From claw + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The tool, a clawlike gripper less than a millimeter in diameter, could grab cells from tissue for a biopsy, for example.
ref: 2009 January 13, Henry Fountain, “A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: fingerlike
pawlike
handlike
glosses: Resembling a claw.
cleanings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkliːnɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cleaning
companywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From company + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: "We have begun to implement a companywide reorganization, which includes significant staff reductions, not renewing many consultants' contracts and the continuation of other cost-reduction initiatives, that will ensure we remain competitive and profitable in 2009," Christie's said in a statement on Monday[…]
ref: 2009 January 13, Julia Werdigier, “Christie’s Cuts Costs as Art Market Slows”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extending throughout a company
Synonyms: firmwide
ante litteram
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Latin ante (“before”) + litteram, accusative singular of littera (“letter, writing”).
Senses: examples: text: In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.
text: What could have been a moral victory or arguably a feminist struggle ante litteram remains a farcical squabble between a nagging wife and a ridiculous old man.
ref: 2007, Patricia Vilches, Gerald E. Seaman, Seeking Real Truths: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Machiavelli, page 191:
text: the new mass media played an increasingly crucial role throughout the nineteenth century as an ante litteram CNN.
ref: 2011, Davide Rodogno, Against Massacre: Humanitarian Interventions in the Ottoman Empire, 1815-1914, page 16:
glosses: Before the term existed; before the term was coined.
Synonyms: avant la lettre
hantavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hantaviruses
Etymology: From the name of the Hantan River in South Korea, via the genus name Hantavirus.
Senses: examples: text: To reveal the molecular epidemiology of hantaviruses in this region, a total of 374 small mammals (eight species of rodents and one species of shrew) were captured in the Chinese part of the Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island (Heilongjiang Province).[…] Overall, these results suggest that Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island harbors considerable hantavirus diversity.
ref: 2014, Cai-QiaoWang et al., “Co-circulation of Hantaan, Kenkeme, and Khabarovsk Hantaviruses in Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, China”, in Virus Research, volume 191, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any virus of the genus Hantavirus, transmitted by aerosolized rodent excreta or rodent bites, especially the deer mouse. Hantaviruses cause Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS): incubation lasts for 1–5 weeks, sickness begins with fever and muscle aches, followed by shortness of breath and coughing.
wikipedia: Hantan River
Derived terms: Muerto Canyon hantavirus
Related terms: orthohantavirus
harrowingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more harrowingly
form: most harrowingly
Etymology: From harrowing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for […]devising harrowingly zany methods of chasing one another up and down the storied Iditarod Trail.
ref: 2009 January 13, Michael Brick, “Racing's Last Frontier”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is harrowing
Related terms: harrowingness
hantaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hantavirus
insiderism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From insider + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Weiner and his aides dismissed such talk as idle political insiderism […]
ref: 2009 January 13, Michael Barbaro, Raymond Hernandez, “Sounding Like a Rival, Weiner Attacks Bloomberg”, in New York Times:
glosses: The characteristic behavior of insiders
glosses: Attitudes or behavior which are preferential to insiders
biocompatibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocompatibility
alternan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its alternating linkage structure.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The glucan produced by the enzyme alternansucrase.
neorealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neorealistic
form: most neorealistic
Etymology: From neo- + realistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neorealism.
Derived terms: neorealistically
stickmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stickman
readvertise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: readvertises
form: readvertising
form: readvertised
form: readvertised
Etymology: From re- + advertise.
Senses: examples: text: After failing to sell 37069/402/423 recently, Direct Rail Services has readvertised the three locomotives (along with 37218 and 37401 Mary Queen of Scots) for sale again.
ref: 2023 November 1, “Network News: Direct Rail Services makes new attempt to offload five Class 37s”, in RAIL, number 995, page 22:
glosses: To advertise again.
readvertises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of readvertise
readvertising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of readvertise
readvertised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of readvertise
microblogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbloggers
Etymology: From micro- + blogger or microblog + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who writes a microblog.
microbloggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microblogger
flatbreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flatbread
autist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː.tɪst/
rhymes: -ɔːtɪst
Forms: form: autists
Etymology: From autism + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Most autists are not artists, as most artists are not autists; but in the chance of their coming together […] there must, I think, be an interaction between the two, so that the art takes on some of the strengths and weaknesses of autism […]
ref: 1995, Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars:
text: Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.
ref: 2011, W M Bernstein, A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis:
glosses: An autistic person, a person with autism.
examples: text: autists arguing about 'muh graphics'
qualifier: often self-deprecatory
glosses: A person characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
autists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autist
gutsiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gutsy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being gutsy.
Synonyms: boldness
courage
daring
guts
masculinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: masculinises
form: masculinising
form: masculinised
form: masculinised
Etymology: From masculine + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.
ref: 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of masculinize.
Derived terms: demasculinise
masculinised
masculinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: masculinizes
form: masculinizing
form: masculinized
form: masculinized
form: masculinise
Etymology: From masculine + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Returning to the sculptor described earlier, we know why that young woman suffered. She was housebound and bedbound, her face was changed by steroids, she was masculinized by her treatment, one breast was scarred, and she had almost no hair.
ref: 1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, →DOI, page 642:
text: Impersonality always masculinizes a woman.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
text: The global androgenization hypothesis predicts that neighboring males will masculinize both AGD and 2D:4D and, therefore, that AGD and 2D:4D will correlate within sexes.
ref: 2007 December 14, Peter L. Hurd, Allison A. Bailey, Patricia A. Gongal, Reginia H. Yan, John J. Greer, Silvia Pagliardini, “Intrauterine Position Effects on Anogenital Distance and Digit Ratio in Male and Female Mice”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:
text: Surgical interventions for gender dysphoria, according to WPATH, can include feminizing or masculinizing hormone therapy, voice therapy, chest augmentation and reduction, or genital surgery.
ref: 2018 May 31, Emanuella Grinberg, “What is medically necessary treatment for gender-affirming health care?”, in CNN:
glosses: To make masculine; to give typically male characteristics.
Synonyms: word: manify
word: masculize
Derived terms: demasculinize
hypermasculinized
hypomasculinized
masculinizable
masculinization
nonmasculinizing
remasculinize
undermasculinized
unmasculinized
masculinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of masculinise
masculinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of masculinise
masculinised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more masculinised
form: most masculinised
Derived terms: hypermasculinised
masculinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of masculinise
masculinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of masculinize
masculinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of masculinize
masculinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of masculinize
tuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tut
tutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tut
tutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuttings
Senses: examples: text: For all his tuttings about inexperienced amateurs, he had not taken in a word that Nansen had said.
ref: 2011, Fergus Fleming, Ninety Degrees North: The Quest For The North Pole:
glosses: The act of making a tut sound in disapproval.
tutting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuttings
Etymology: From the English nickname Tut for Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, likening the geometric positions and right angles of the dance style to the perceived angularity of ancient Egyptian at.
Senses: glosses: A modern street dance style in which dancers position body parts in angular positions, especially moving the hands and fingers in intricate ways (finger-tutting).
tutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From the English nickname Tut for Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, likening the geometric positions and right angles of the dance style to the perceived angularity of ancient Egyptian at.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tut
tutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌtəd/
rhymes: -ʌtəd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tut
subcultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + cultural.
Senses: examples: text: A sub-cultural style or artifact, when adopted by the mainstream, loses its singularity. Once bell-bottoms became fashionable they were no longer a "gay style."
ref: 1980 August 16, Michael Bronski, “Does Life Incriminate Art?”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 5, page 10:
glosses: Pertaining to a subculture, or to subcultures in general.
Derived terms: subculturalist
subcultural capital
subculturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subcultural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of a subculture.
subliterately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subliterately
form: most subliterately
Etymology: From subliterate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subliterate way.
get off on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets off on
form: getting off on
form: got off on
form: got off on
form: gotten off on
Senses: examples: text: I don't get off on champagne.
text: Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!
ref: 1973, “Figure Eight”, in Bob Dorough (music), Multiplication Rock, performed by Schoolhouse Rock!/Blossom Dearie:
glosses: To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.
glosses: To fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.
Synonyms: get a charge out of
Related terms: get off
get on
fixities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fixity
acanthas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acantha
admissabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of admissability
adenopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenopathy
aircrewmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aircrewman
airdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airdate
aeroallergens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aeroallergen
ambassadresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambassadress
aposymbioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aposymbiosis
apophonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apophony
atars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atar
atherothromboses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atherothrombosis
arthropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthropathy
badded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bad
mountain dew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because it was often illicitly distilled in the mountains.
Senses: examples: text: […] and a big-bellied bottle of old whiskey — for there is nothing like mountain-dew taken internally for resisting the effects of night mists.
ref: 1837 November, “Leistering Salmon by Torch-Light”, in New Sporting Magazine, volume XIII, number 79, page 310:
text: 1870s or 1870s, George Etell Sargent, The Story of a City Arab, Religious Tract Society, page 387.
How they were employed was manifest from the strong perfume of tobacco and mountain dew (illicit whisky) which, striking upon me as I entered, almost overpowered my senses, […]
glosses: Illegally distilled whiskey.
glosses: Illegally distilled rum.
Synonyms: sense: illegally distilled whiskey
word: bootleg
sense: illegally distilled whiskey
word: hooch
sense: illegally distilled whiskey
word: moonshine
sense: illegally distilled whiskey
word: poteen
sense: illegally distilled whiskey
word: white lightning
bottleshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottleshops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bottle shop.
bottle shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottle shop
woodburning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wood-burning
Etymology: From wood + burning.
Senses: examples: text: a woodburning stove
synonyms: woodfired
coordinate_terms: coalfired
oil-fired
glosses: Designed to, or otherwise capable of, burning wood.
Related terms: firewood
wood burner
woodfire
woodsmoke
woodstove
surgical procedures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surgical procedure
D&Cs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of D&C
abstenance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of abstinence, by confusion with abstention.
take the shadow for the substance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the shadow for the substance
form: taking the shadow for the substance
form: took the shadow for the substance
form: taken the shadow for the substance
Etymology: Traditional, particularly in sermons; attested since 1818.
Senses: glosses: To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.
abstainment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abstainments
Etymology: From abstain + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Criminality consists in the Intention; and the mere abstainment therefrom, through motives of hope or fear, is not Innocence; but Prudence […]
ref: 1871, Edward Nichols Dennys, The alpha, or First principle of the human mind, page 227:
text: It is the custom in the household of Atonement Day fasters of the old school to begin the evening meal, after the twenty-four hours of abstainment, with coffee and freshly baked coffee cake of every variety.
ref: 1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny herself:
glosses: An act of abstaining; an abstention.
abstenious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of abstemious (or possibly of abstentious).
abundancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩.si/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.si/
Forms: form: abundancies
Etymology: From abundance + -y.
Senses: glosses: A state of plentifulness.
Derived terms: abundancy index
abusee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abusees
Etymology: From abuse + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Are the abusees all crazy, suffering from well-earned paranoid delusions and post-traumatic stress...
ref: 2001, Athalya Brenner, Carole R Fontaine, A feminist companion to reading the Bible: approaches, methods and strategies:
coordinate_terms: abuser
glosses: A person who is the victim of abuse.
abusement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abusements
Etymology: From abuse + -ment.
Senses: glosses: Abuse.
glosses: A misleading.
abundary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abundaries
Senses: glosses: An overflowing, a cornucopia, an abundant source.
triacylglycerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triacylglycerol
wankery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wank + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: The core band, meanwhile, had clearly honed their chops well on stage; Ashton's lead guitar work avoids both wankery and simplicity […]
ref: 2002, Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide to Rock:
text: Their visas entailed bribes and a certain amount of bureaucratic wankery, but were approved quickly enough.
ref: 2003, Marshall Moore, The Concrete Sky:
text: There are moments of static beauty, haunting sparseness, and pointless wankery, sometimes all in the same tune.
ref: 2003, Jim DeRogatis, Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock:
text: Sub Pop was different, they were arty and more into darker, weirder stuff like Big Black. K was pretty much the opposite of that kind of macho wankery.
ref: 2007, Everett True, Nirvana: The Biography:
glosses: Unnecessary or pretentious noodling (messing around).
Related terms: wankerdom
interesterify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interesterifies
form: interesterifying
form: interesterified
form: interesterified
Etymology: From inter- + esterify.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To subject to interesterification
interesterifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interesterify
interesterified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interesterify
hypocrisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocrisies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
interesterifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interesterify
flat-bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flat-bottom
form: most flat-bottom
Senses: examples: text: The axle-pulleys should be not less than two-and-a-half-inch wheels with flat-bottom channels or grooves.
ref: 1897, Francis C[ruger] Moore, “The Comforts of Home”, in How to Build a Home: The House Practical; Being Suggestions as to Safety from Fire, Safety to Health, Comfort, Convenience, Durability, and Economy, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure Co., →OCLC, page 60:
text: Two standard types of flat-bottom track were introduced as early as 1949, and some 1,570 miles had been laid down to the end of 1950.
ref: 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 225:
text: With secondhand bullhead rail almost unobtainable, the NYMR has been forced to go for new flat-bottom rail and orders are being placed; 58 fb rails are already en route to the railway.
ref: 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 412:
glosses: Alternative form of flat-bottomed.
grammatical persons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grammatical person
accidentalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accidentalists
Etymology: From accidental + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who believes in accidentalism.
glosses: An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
groovesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more groovesome
form: most groovesome
Etymology: From groove + -some.
Senses: examples: text: A colourful, bouncy, groovesome platformy sort of thing that's a tad too hard for its own good.
ref: 1992, Jon Pillar, Captain Dynamo (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 79)
text: […] bold yet complex, lively yet reflective, scintillating yet groovesome, fast yet mellow...
ref: 2000, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Consumer Guide:
text: […] amply demonstrated by the groovesome pop of Gorillaz […]
ref: 2004, John Harris, Britpop!:
glosses: Groovy, cool.
oblique cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oblique case
DWEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DWEMs
Senses: examples: text: Female authors, added in recent years, include Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf. Many instructors, who may add works to the required list, also include Sappho. Even so, the emphasis on DWEM's does not please many women and minorities. […] It was in Professor Smit's classroom that Plato was the DWEM of the day.
ref: 1992 October 10, Mervyn Rothstein, “At Columbia, the Classics' Olympian Reign Is Challenged”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2018:
text: Few physicists are deploring the dead-white-European-male (DWEM) origins of their discipline.
ref: 1993, Howard Dickman, The Imperiled Academy:
text: The DWEM represents the canon works so long prized by academic traditionalists — works created largely by Western, Eurocentric men, mostly now dead […]
ref: 1997, Philip Herbst, The Color of Words:
text: Foucault has met a similar fate — derided as another DWEM […]
ref: 2002, Sallie Westwood, Power and the Social:
glosses: Acronym of dead white European male.
Heegaard decomposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heegaard decompositions
Etymology: Named after Poul Heegaard, Danish mathematician.
Senses: glosses: The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.
wikipedia: Poul Heegaard
Synonyms: Heegaard splitting
Heegaard splitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Heegaard splittings
Etymology: Introduced by Poul Heegaard in 1898.
Senses: glosses: The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.
wikipedia: Poul Heegaard
Synonyms: Heegaard decomposition
Heegaard decompositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Heegaard decomposition
Heegaard splittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Heegaard splitting