cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
propitiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more propitiously
form: most propitiously
Etymology: From propitious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a propitious manner.
prospectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From prospective + -ly.
Senses: coordinate_terms: retrospectively
glosses: In a prospective manner.
protectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more protectively
form: most protectively
Etymology: From protective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a protective manner.
providentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more providentially
form: most providentially
Etymology: From providential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a providential manner.
providently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more providently
form: most providently
Etymology: From provident + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a provident manner.
provocatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more provocatively
form: most provocatively
Etymology: From provocative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The two tables Peter approved of highly when they arrived next day and when Rita said provocatively to Peter's vanity, "Don't tell me you'll really be able to repeat that pattern as finely," Peter replied boastfully, "I'll do as good a job as the original, if not better."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 75:
text: Scottie, a precocious 10-year old,^([sic]) wears provocatively sloganed T-shirts and harasses her peers by text message.
ref: 2007 May 20, Joanna Kavenna, “While You Were Out”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a provocative manner.
provokingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more provokingly
form: most provokingly
Etymology: From provoking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a provoking manner.
prudishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prudishly
form: most prudishly
Etymology: From prudish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a prudish manner.
punctiliously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From punctilious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Monsieur Thuran became a frequent visitor at the home of Hazel Strong’s uncle in Cape Town. His attentions were very marked, but they were so punctiliously arranged to meet the girl’s every wish that she came to depend upon him more and more. Did she or her mother or a cousin require an escort—was there a little friendly service to be rendered, the genial and ubiquitous Monsieur Thuran was always available.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 110:
text: Confused for the moment by Podson's impersonation of a genteel stranger making an afternoon call, she now recognized his gentle fluff of whiskers, and dived at Jasper to cover her embarrassment. With Jasper out of action, Podson was able to raise his hat punctiliously and say, "Good afternoon."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 144:
text: I imagine the Dreamward’s food being even more varied and punctiliously prepared, the ship’s Gift Shop less expensive and its casino less depressing and its stage entertainment less cheesy and its pillow mints bigger.
ref: 1997, David Foster Wallace, “A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Kindle edition, Little, Brown Book Group:
glosses: In a punctilious manner.
pungently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pungently
form: most pungently
Etymology: From pungent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pungent manner.
punitively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more punitively
form: most punitively
Etymology: From punitive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Hospital staff or caretaking relatives may find sexual concerns humorous, disgusting, embarrassing; they are bound to react punitively to any signs of homosexuality or affectational same-sex relationship.
ref: 1983 December 10, Nancy A. F. Langer, “Different Abilities, Same Queer Pleasures”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 8:
glosses: In a punitive manner.
puritanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more puritanically
form: most puritanically
form: Puritanically
Etymology: From puritanical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a puritanical manner.
pushily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pushily
form: most pushily
Etymology: From pushy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pushy manner.
Derived terms: unpushily
swizz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swizzes
form: swiz
Etymology: Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.
Senses: examples: text: That packet only had ten sweets in it; what a swizz.
glosses: A swindle, con.
swizz
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swizzes
form: swizzing
form: swizzed
form: swizzed
form: swiz
Etymology: Possible alteration of swindle, early 20th c.
Senses: glosses: To swindle.
Derived terms: swizzer
swiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swizzes
Senses: examples: text: “Hold on a second. We were promised nudity. Penis and full bush. This is a swiz.”
ref: 2020 June 10, Sam Johnson & Stefani Robinson & Paul Simms, “Nouveau Théâtre des Vampires” (15:31 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 2, episode 10, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):
glosses: Alternative form of swizz.
equilibrio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Let the weight W […] be kept in equilibrio by the power P, through the mediums of the pulleys […]
ref: 1845, Edward Smedley, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, page 48:
glosses: equilibrium, balance
saucisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊˈsiːs/
ipa: /soʊˈsis/
Forms: form: saucisses
Etymology: Borrowed from French saucisse (“sausage”). Doublet of sausage.
Senses: topics: business
engineering
firearms
government
military
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc.
topics: fortification
fortifications
government
military
politics
war
glosses: A fascine of more than ordinary length.
Synonyms: word: bacon
word: saucisson
word: sausage
coiffeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɑˈfəː/
ipa: /kwɑˈfɚ/
Forms: form: coiffeurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French coiffeur, from coiffer, from Old French coife, from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).
Senses: glosses: A male hairdresser.
Coordinate terms: coiffeuse
coiffeur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɑˈfəː/
ipa: /kwɑˈfɚ/
Forms: form: coiffeurs
form: coiffeuring
form: coiffeured
form: coiffeured
Etymology: Borrowed from French coiffeur, from coiffer, from Old French coife, from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).
Senses: glosses: To cut or style hair
cocktail stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocktail sticks
Senses: glosses: A short thin wooden stick with pointy ends, designed to hold decorations or fruit in a cocktail, or small portions of food generally.
Related terms: swizzle stick
toothpick
French stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French sticks
Senses: examples: text: So what makes a brill baguette? For Mr Paluel-Marmont and Mr de Rovira, a star French stick can usually be identified merely by its appearance. "Its regular overall form stems from careful manufacture; its harmonious volume is the sign of a dough kneaded slowly," they write.
ref: 2004 April 22, Jon Henley, “Guides show Parisians where their best bread is buttered”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: ‘It's true that there are more of us here than you can shake a French stick at,’ says one humorous adolescent, sitting outside a pavement cafe and doing his best to maintain an insouciant expression despite the gusts of English wind.
ref: 2008 March 23, Elizabeth Day, “The great French love affair with la vie anglaise”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
synonyms: French loaf
glosses: A baguette, a long thin loaf of bread.
drippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɪpi/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: drippier
form: drippiest
Etymology: From drip + -y.
Senses: examples: text: We headed for Tommy's Joynt on the corner, placed our orders for drippy roast beef dip sandwiches with the meat carvers behind the sneezeproof glass, and sat at our usual table under the stairs.
ref: 2010, Penny Warner, How to Crash a Killer Bash:
glosses: Dripping or tending to drip.
examples: text: In spite of the drippy weather, a small crowd of curious Whistlebrass residents explored the fairground eating cotton candy and roasted peanuts.
ref: 2016, Briar Lee Mitchell, Jack Keely, The Whistlebrass Storm Watcher, page 102:
glosses: Rainy.
examples: text: Julianne Moore’s Chanel was woefully drippy, Jennifer Aniston’s mermaid Versace was stale as five-day-old bread and Kerry Washington wore maid-of-honour chic.
ref: 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: Maudlin; sentimental.
glosses: Tiresome; annoying.
glosses: Extravagant, luxurious.
glosses: Wet (sexually aroused)
Derived terms: drippily
drippiness
driveler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drivelers
Etymology: From drivel + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who drivels.
drollery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹəʊləɹi/
Forms: form: drolleries
form: drolerie
Etymology: From French drôlerie, from drôle + -erie; equivalent to droll + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.
ref: 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 121:
text: You might be impressed by the simultaneous appearance of "Cardeans", "Clans" and North British Atlantics, or engaged by the drolleries of the three shunting engines, one from each company.
ref: 1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 1:
glosses: Comical quality.
glosses: Amusing behavior.
examples: text: "I'm pregnant."
"No drolleries this morning please."
"Three months."
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 252:
glosses: Something humorous, funny or comical.
examples: text: Sebastian: A liuing Drolerie : now I will beleeue
 That there are Vnicornes : that in Arabia
 There is one Tree, the Phœnix throne, one Phœnix
 At this houre reigning there.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 13:
glosses: A puppet show; a comic play or entertainment; a comic picture; a caricature.
glosses: A joke; a funny story.
glosses: A small decorative image in the margin of an illuminated manuscript.
drop-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Provided for short-term use.
examples: text: We need the ultimate drop-in biofuel to make use of our expensive oil-based infrastructure.
text: An alternative to cellulosic based second- generation biofuels are drop-in biofuels, that is, fuels such as synthetic gasoline that can be put into fuel tanks and pipelines with no modifications.
ref: 2012, Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar, Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture, page 276:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Fit to substitute for some element in a complex system without changes to the existing infrastructure.
examples: text: a drop-in centre
glosses: Allowing people to drop in; that is, to visit casually, without an appointment.
raw_tags: of a place or facility
examples: text: The pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground is drop-in, and the ground is also used for Australian rules football.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of the pitch: prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
Derived terms: drop-in center
drop-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop-ins
Senses: examples: text: The office was efficient, but not well equipped to handle drop-ins.
synonyms: walk-in
glosses: One who casually drops in (visits unannounced or without appointment).
synonyms: walk-in
glosses: An informal event that does not require booking in advance.
synonyms: walk-in
glosses: A place that can be visited casually, without an appointment.
examples: text: Drop-ins can and often do happen accidentally. Sometimes you're so focussed on your take-off that you just don't see the other rider.
ref: 2004, Bill Mattos, Kayak Surfing, page 37:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The act of dropping in; that is, taking a wave that another surfer is already riding.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitch that is prepared away from the ground or venue, and dropped into place only when a match is to be played.
topics: advertising
broadcasting
business
marketing
media
glosses: A message or advertisement inserted into other material.
Related terms: plug-in
dropkick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropkicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drop kick.
dropkick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dropkicks
form: dropkicking
form: dropkicked
form: dropkicked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of drop kick.
drop-kicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop-kickers
Senses: glosses: one who dropkicks.
acai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsaɪ.iː/
ipa: /ˌæ.saɪˈiː/
ipa: /ɑ.sɑˈi/
ipa: /ɑ.saɪˈi/
ipa: /ˌæs.aɪˈi/
ipa: /ə.saɪˈi/
Forms: form: acais
form: açai
form: açaí
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese açaí, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡saʔi.
Senses: glosses: Any of several South American palms, of the genus Euterpe, having a dark purple drupe.
glosses: acai berry, the fruit of these trees, harvested for its juice.
Derived terms: acai berry
overpopulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'vər-pŏpʹyə-lāt(')ĭd
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈpɑpjə(ˌ)leɪtɪd/
rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪtɪd
Etymology: Verb form of overpopulate.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpopulate
overpopulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'vər-pŏpʹyə-lāt(')ĭd
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈpɑpjə(ˌ)leɪtɪd/
rhymes: -ɒpjəleɪtɪd
Forms: form: more overpopulated
form: most overpopulated
Etymology: First recorded in 1828, predating overpopulate. From over- + populated. Compare earlier overpeopled and overpopulous.
Senses: synonyms: overpeopled
overpopulous
glosses: Having or consisting of a higher population than can be sustained.
Related terms: overcrowded
overpopulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpopulate
overpopulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpopulate
accelerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A factor in the blood which participates in the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin during clotting; an activated form of factor V.
Derived terms: proaccelerin
adland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ad + land.
Senses: glosses: The world of advertising.
agri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈæɡɹɪ/
/ˈæɡɹi/
Forms: form: agro-
form: agr-
Etymology: Originally from Latin ager, agrī (“field”), reinforced by English agriculture, of the same etymology. Doublet of acre.
Senses: glosses: Denoting agriculture.
Related terms: Big Ag
ag
scourges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scourge
scourges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scourge
anandamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnæn.dəˌmaɪd/
Forms: form: anandamides
Etymology: From Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “bliss, happiness”) + -amide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of arachidonic acid that occurs naturally in the brain and in some foods (such as chocolate) and that binds to the same brain receptors as the cannabinoids (such as tetrahydrocannabinol) derived from cannabis.
ethanolamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethanolamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide derived from a carboxylic acid and ethanolamine
Derived terms: acylethanolamide
monoethanolamide
cannabinoid receptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannabinoid receptors
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Any of several receptors, found in the central nervous system and elsewhere, that bind to cannabinoids
A. N. Other
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: AN Other
form: A.N. Other
Etymology: From another, punctuating the initials and surname.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, how is the statement ‘A. N. Other is going to win the lottery the next time he plays’ to be evaluated if A. N. Other never plays again for the rest of his life?
ref: 1975, Bruno de Finetti, Theory of Probability: A Critical Introductory Treatment, page 62:
text: The broker, having arranged the deal, sends to Mr A. N. Other, or to the bank acting for him, a contract note (Figure 21.5).
ref: 1983, Jack Harvey, Modern Economics: An Introduction for Business and Professional Students, page 300:
text: HJP (“Douglas”) Arnold has expressed the regret that there was only one distant shot of Neil Armstrong near the LM. […] How could Armstrong forget, what about the list of assignments, the mission timeline? Or was he not there? And if he was not there, then was there an actornaut or A N Other astronaut in that pressurised suit?
ref: 1999, Mary Bennett, David S. Percy, “Photo Call”, in Dark Moon: Apollo and the Whistle-Blowers, Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 49:
text: Take the following as an example, imagining yourself as a member of the general public, and compare example A with example B.
Example A
A.N. Other
Dip Nut. FHT
Example B
Angela N. Other
Diploma in Nutrition and Member of the Federation of Holistic Therapists
ref: 2005, Helen Beckman, Suzanne Le Quesne, The Essential Guide to Holistic and Complementary Therapy, page 435:
glosses: A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; typically used when exhibiting an example.
bangarang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋ.ə.ɹæŋ/
Forms: form: bangarangs
Etymology: Borrowed from Jamaican Creole bangarang.
Senses: examples: text: —It funny how nobody come to check out what going on, specially with all the bangarang going on in here.
ref: 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 665:
glosses: A commotion.
glosses: A disturbance or argument.
glosses: Rubbish; miscellaneous items.
bashert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bashert
form: most bashert
form: beshert
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish באַשערט (bashert), from Middle High German beschern. Compare German bescheren.
Senses: glosses: preordained, fated
bashert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basherts
form: beshert
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish באַשערט (bashert), from Middle High German beschern. Compare German bescheren.
Senses: glosses: One's predestined soulmate.
boil wash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boil washes
Senses: glosses: The high-temperature programme on a washing machine
glosses: A wash using this programme
Related terms: boil-wash
boil-wash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boil-washes
form: boil-washing
form: boil-washed
form: boil-washed
Senses: glosses: To use the boil wash programme on a washing machine
brob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɒb/
Forms: form: brobs
Senses: glosses: A wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another. Much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.
brob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɒb/
Forms: form: brobs
form: brobbing
form: brobbed
form: brobbed
Senses: glosses: To poke or prick
bulerias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbu.ləˈɹi.əs/
Forms: form: bulerias
Senses: glosses: A fast flamenco dance
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The music for this dance
celestial navigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies.
wikipedia: celestial navigation
Synonyms: astronavigation
astronavigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + navigation.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Navigation by using the positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Navigation through space
Synonyms: topics: nautical
transport
word: celestial navigation
sense: navigation through space
word: astrogation
matchbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matchbooks
Etymology: From match + book.
Senses: examples: text: My company had matchbooks printed with the corporate logo as giveaway promotional items.
glosses: A small folded sheet of cardboard containing rows of cardboard matches, generally with a striker on the outside.
Related terms: matchbox
Charmat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Eugène Charmat, French chemist.
Senses: glosses: An inexpensive method of producing sparkling wine in which secondary fermentation takes place in tanks (rather than in bottles as in the méthode champenoise).
Derived terms: Charmat method
Charmat process
oversimplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversimplifications
form: over-simplification
Etymology: From over- + simplification.
Senses: glosses: An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
glosses: The process of making such an explanation.
oversimplifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oversimplification
diagnostician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪəɡnɒˈstɪʃən/
Forms: form: diagnosticians
Etymology: From diagnosis + -ician.
Senses: examples: text: Dr Smith was many things — a mentor, a friend, a helpful colleague — but his highest calling may have been as a diagnostician, in which role he undoubtedly saved lives by breaking a logjam in many a challenging differential diagnosis.
text: Dr. Robert Leroy Hutton, a retired specialist in internal medicine and a well‐known diagnostician, died yesterday here.
ref: 1964 September 24, “ROBERT L. HUTTON, DIAGNOSTICIAN, 83; Internist Dies —Had Been on Lincoln Hospital Staff”, in The New York Times:
text: "More and more, the shrewdest thinkers and artists are precocious archeologists of ... ruins-in-the-making, indignant or stoical diagnosticians of defeat, enigmatic choreographers of the complex spiritual movements useful for individual survival in an era or permanent apocalypse."
ref: 1969 July 13, Lawrence M. Bensky, “Susan Sontag, Indignant, Stoical, Complex, Useful -- and Moral”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person who diagnoses, especially a medical doctor.
Related terms: diagnosis
diagnostics
differential diagnosis
outwore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outwear
secondary fermentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary fermentations
Senses: glosses: Any fermentation that takes place after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine
The production of carbon dioxide in sparkling wine using the méthode champenoise, or in beer using bottle conditioning
glosses: Any fermentation that takes place after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine
Malolactic fermentation.
oversensitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oversensitive + -ness.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
synonyms: oversensitivity
glosses: The characteristic of being oversensitive.
malolactic fermentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of secondary fermentation in which the malic acid in wine is converted to lactic acid, reducing the wine's sharpness
oversensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversensitive
form: most oversensitive
form: over-sensitive
Etymology: From over- + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.
Derived terms: oversensitively
oversensitiveness
detestably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more detestably
form: most detestably
Etymology: From detestable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a detestable manner.
méthode champenoise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French méthode champenoise (“Champagne method”).
Senses: glosses: The method of producing sparkling wine by secondary fermentation in bottle, as used in the production of champagne.
dirtily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dirtily
form: most dirtily
Etymology: From dirty + -ly.
Senses: antonyms: cleanly
glosses: In a dirty manner.
chicklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicklets
Etymology: From chick + -let.
Senses: glosses: A small or young chick.
glosses: A young woman.
chicklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chiclet.
palely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪl.li/
Forms: form: more palely
form: most palely
Etymology: From pale + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, / Alone and palely loitering? / The sedge has withered from the lake, / And no birds sing.
ref: 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame sans Merci, stanza 1:
text: The people are palely prosperous. They lead monotonous lives.
ref: 1907, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, A Fountain Sealed, Chapter:
text: It was a warm dark night of faint clouds through which the moon shone palely as through a thin silk canopy.
ref: 1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, Part Two:
glosses: In a pale manner; lightly.
club-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: club-hops
form: club-hopping
form: club-hopped
form: club-hopped
Senses: glosses: To spend a short time in each of several nightclubs.
Derived terms: club-hopper
club-hopping
Related terms: pub-crawl
club-hopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: club-hoppers
Senses: glosses: A person who club-hops
club-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The action of making a series of short visits to a series of nightclubs.
club-hopping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: 2007: weary of Hilton's club-hopping ways, even celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly will this month publish its first “100% Paris-Free” issue. — Laura Barton, The Guardian, G2, 28 Jun 2007
glosses: That club-hops.
extras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstɹəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of extra
executables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of executable
comparison shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparison shops
Senses: glosses: An instance of comparison-shopping
Related terms: comparison-shop
comparison-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comparison-shops
form: comparison-shopping
form: comparison-shopped
form: comparison-shopped
Senses: glosses: To compare prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain.
Related terms: comparison shop
comparison shopper
comparison shopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparison shoppers
Senses: glosses: A person who comparison-shops.
incivil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪv.ɪl/
Forms: form: more incivil
form: most incivil
Etymology: From in- + civil.
Senses: examples: text: "No matter how rude or incivil the existing habits of behavior, in other words, if the creature was in fact a human being, then he/she was necessarily endowed with a soul and thus with a capacity of understanding at least sufficient to absorb and retain Europe's instruction."
ref: 2005, Lawrence E. Hazelrigg, 'Social Science and the Challenge of Relativism, ' -, →ISBN, page 235:
glosses: Displaying a lack of courtesy; rude, impolite.
examples: text: Oft haue I heard your Maieſtie complain,
Of Tamburlaine that ſturdie Scythian thiefe,
That robs your merchants of Perſepolis,
Trading by land vnto the westerne Iſles,
And in your confines with his lawleſſe traine,
Daily commits inciuill outrages.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
text: "It will be essentially incivil and criminal."
ref: 2001, M. K. Gandhi, 'Non-Violent Resistance, ', →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Uncivilized, barbarous.
Derived terms: incivilly
Related terms: incivility
uncivil
comparison shopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of comparing prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain.
Related terms: comparison shop
comparison shopper
shop around
dethronement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dethronements
Etymology: From dethrone + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: I felt the first inkling of a thing that presently grew quite clear in my mind, that oppressed me for many days, a sense of dethronement, a persuasion that I was no longer a master, but an animal among the animals, under the Martian heel.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 240:
synonyms: disenthronement
glosses: Removal from a superior place in a hierarchy.
Related terms: abdication
aerostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪəɹə(ʊ)ˈstætɪk/
Forms: form: more aerostatic
form: most aerostatic
Etymology: From aero- + static. Compare French aérostatique.
Senses: examples: text: I have very much improved my mechanical combinations, for the navigation of the air and water by hydrostatic and aerostatic forces.
ref: 1828, “Mr. Genet's Remars on Dr. Jones' Animadversions”, in American Journal of Science, volume 13, page 377:
text: Atmospheric flight is dominated by the presence of atmospheric forces, which can be divided into aerostatic and aerodynamic categories.
ref: 2007, Ashish Tewari, Atmospheric and Space Flight Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation with MATLAB:
text: Hydrostatic and aerostatic guides are widely applied to precision feed tables, since their motion is accurate due to the lack of friction and wearing.
ref: 2008, Norberto Lopez de Lacalle, Machine Tools for High Performance Machining, page 384:
glosses: Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
examples: text: The general term for the machines used in this kind of navigation, is that of aërostats, or aërostatic machines; but those which are of a spherical figure, and filled with gas, are better known by the name of air-balloons.
ref: 1828, James Smith, The Panorama of Science and Art:
glosses: Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
Derived terms: aerostatically
devastator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛvəˌsteɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: devastators
Senses: glosses: one who devastates.
Synonyms: destroyer
devilment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛv(ɪ)lm(ə)nt/
ipa: /ˈdɛv(ə)lm(ə)nt/
Forms: form: devilments
Etymology: From devil + -ment (suffix forming nouns indicating the actions or results of what is denoted by the words it is attached to).
Senses: examples: text: He lived so long, and in his worldly matters prospered so much, there was so little sign of devilment in the accomplishment of his wishes, and the increase of his prosperity, that Simon, at the end of six years, began to doubt whether he had made any such bargain at all, as that which we have described at the commencement of this history.
ref: 1840, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “The Painter’s Bargain”, in The Paris Sketch Book, volume I, London: John Macrone, […], →OCLC, page 132:
text: It was just so with my Joe—always full of his devilment, and up to every kind of mischief, but he was just as unselfish and kind as he could be—and laws bless me, to think I went and whipped him for taking that cream, never once recollecting that I throwed it out myself because it was sour, and I never to see him again in this world, never, never, never, poor abused boy!
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XV, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, pages 129–130:
text: The stupid fellow hurriedly kissed the portrait, whipped out his knife, quick as lightning removed the miniatures, and substituted two photographs. Closing the case he deposited it carefully on a shelf containing a lot of girls' books and nicknacks. In a moment he was out of the room. Now what did all that mean? Some devilment, I'll be bound, for there was a wicked expression on the scoundrel's face all the while.
ref: 1894, Horace [Finn] Tucker, “Malduke Sets His Trap”, in The New Arcadia: An Australian Story, London; Melbourne, Vic.: George Robertson and Company, →OCLC, page 147:
synonyms: devilry
glosses: Devilish action or conduct; wickedness; (more generally) troublemaking behaviour; mischief; (countable) an instance of this.
glosses: A devilish, mischievous, or reckless nature; mischievousness.
examples: text: Ah, why the divil, Puddock, do you keep them ould women's charrums and divilments, about you—you'll be the death of some one yet, so you will.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Æsculapius to the Rescue”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 146:
glosses: Something cruel or evil; also, something which causes distress or suffering.
glosses: Something cleverly constructed.
glosses: A dish which is devilled (“made piquant or spicy”); a devil; also, the elements of the dish which make it spicy, or the piquancy or spiciness of the dish.
devitalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: devitalizes
form: devitalizing
form: devitalized
form: devitalized
Etymology: From de- + vitalize.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: deanimate
text: Noncrushing surgical clamps avoid devitalizing the cells of arterial walls.
text: Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era.
text: Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 126:
antonyms: animate
reanimate
rejuvenate
revitalize
vitalize
coordinate_terms: dispirit
kill#Verb
qualifier: literal
glosses: To deprive of vitality; to make lifeless; to weaken.
Related terms: devitalization
prizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
homophone: prising
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prize
glosses: prizefighting (abbreviation)
prizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/
homophone: prising
Forms: form: prizings
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The act or state of prizing something, valuing it highly.
unplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unplug
unplugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unplug
unplugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unpluggings
Senses: examples: text: To deprive a teenage girl of a phone is devastating. After a few “unpluggings,” a mere threat of it would get her immediate attention.
ref: 2003, Tom McMahon, Teen Tips: A Practical Survival Guide For Parents With Kids 11-19:
glosses: The removal of a plug.
tautologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tautologically
form: most tautologically
Etymology: From tautological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tautological manner.
anatripsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἀνατρῖψις (anatrîpsis, “rubbing up”), ultimately from τρίβω (tríbō, “rub”).
Senses: glosses: The use of friction or rubbing as therapy, a form of massage
Related terms: anatriptic
xerotripsis
projectile vomit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: projectile vomits
form: projectile vomiting
form: projectile vomited
form: projectile vomited
Senses: glosses: To vomit with great expulsive force, so that the material expelled is projected away from the source.
projectile vomit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Stomach contents that are expelled with great force.
expulsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more expulsive
form: most expulsive
Senses: synonyms: expulsory
glosses: Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
Derived terms: anal-expulsive
expulsiveness
projectile vomits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of projectile vomit
projectile vomited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of projectile vomit
projectile vomiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of projectile vomit
projectile-vomit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: projectile-vomits
form: projectile-vomiting
form: projectile-vomited
form: projectile-vomited
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of projectile vomit.
projectile-vomited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of projectile-vomit Alternative spelling of projectile vomited.
projectile-vomits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of projectile-vomit Alternative spelling of projectile vomits.
projectile-vomiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of projectile-vomit Alternative spelling of projectile vomiting.
prime directive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prime directives
Senses: examples: text: We are, after all, discussing the prime directive of academic life and a vitally important rule of civilized life in general: Seek and disseminate the truth.
ref: 1902, Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School, page 1949:
text: Such probes would not invalidate the prime directive that a work of art must stand upon its intrinisic artistic merits
ref: 1946: University of Iowa/University of Chicago, The Journal of General Education, p. 160
text: The prime directive of Austrian policy was the preservation of this state of affairs.
ref: 1955, René Albrecht-Carrié, Europe After 1815, page 32:
glosses: An order or mission which presents the overriding control over a course of action.
prime directives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prime directive
Digibox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪdʒiːbɒks/
Forms: form: Digiboxes
form: Digi-box
Etymology: From digi- (“digital”) + box.
Senses: glosses: A digital set-top box, marketed in the UK.
wikipedia: Amstrad
Synonyms: sense: digital set-top box
word: converter box
sense: digital set-top box
word: digital television adapter
sense: digital set-top box
word: digital-to-analog converter
sense: digital set-top box
word: Freeview box
Hypernyms: set-top box
disempowerment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disempowerments
Etymology: From dis- + empowerment.
Senses: glosses: The act of disempowering
glosses: The condition of being disempowered; powerlessness
unsubstantiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsubstantiated
form: most unsubstantiated
Etymology: From un- + substantiated.
Senses: examples: text: Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
synonyms: word: baseless
word: idle
word: footless
word: groundless
word: unfounded
word: ungrounded
word: unjustified
word: unproved
word: unproven
word: unsubstantiated
word: unsupported
glosses: Lacking substantiation; without evidence.
unsubstantiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unsubstantiate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unsubstantiate
oversuspicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversuspicious
form: most oversuspicious
Etymology: From over- + suspicious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively suspicious; having a level of suspicion that is not warranted by circumstances.
Derived terms: oversuspiciously
fattoush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fattosh
form: fattush
Etymology: From North Levantine Arabic فَتُّوش (fattūš).
Senses: glosses: A salad, from the Levant, made from toasted pitta bread with cucumber, tomato, mint etc.
finasteride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -steride (“testosterone reductase inhibitor”). First use appears c. 1989 in the publication Pharmaceutical Business News.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
Related terms: post-finasteride syndrome
club-hops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of club-hop
club-hopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of club-hop
flip-flopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flip-floppers
form: flipflopper
Etymology: From flip-flop + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person, especially a politician, who changes his or her opinion.
Synonyms: trimmer
U-turner
flushable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flushable
form: most flushable
Etymology: From flush + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It's such a relief to find a flushable toilet in this bathroom.
glosses: That has a flushing mechanism.
raw_tags: of a toilet
examples: text: Dispose of these pads carefully; they're not flushable.
glosses: Designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
raw_tags: of a product
Derived terms: unflushable
flushable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flushables
Etymology: From flush + -able.
Senses: glosses: A wipe or similar product designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
glitchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃi/
Forms: form: glitchier
form: glitchiest
Etymology: From glitch + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a glitchy computer
text: The output of a multiplexer can also be glitchy due to the propagation of glitches from the data and select inputs.
ref: 1996, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design: 1996 : November 10-14, 1996, San Jose, CA : Digest of Technical Papers, IEEE Computer Society, →ISBN:
text: If the phone is still glitchy, try to remember what changes you made to it recently. Did you install some new App Store program, add a new video, mess around with your calendar?
ref: 2012, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 510:
text: The unprecedented move comes one day after Samsung halted production of the dangerously glitchy devices.
ref: 2016 October 10, Jose Pagliery, “Samsung tells users: Turn off your Galaxy Note 7 phone NOW”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Prone to glitches.
examples: text: electronic music with glitchy sounds
glosses: Characteristic of glitch or error.
Derived terms: glitchily
glitchiness
hydroperoxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroperoxyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The radical, .O-OH, formed by removing a hydrogen atom from hydrogen peroxide, or by protonating the superoxide ion
Derived terms: hydroperoxylation
superoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superoxides
Etymology: From super- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peroxide
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion, O₂⁻, obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion
protonate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: protonates
form: protonating
form: protonated
form: protonated
Etymology: From proton + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: protonate the carbonyl group
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To add one or more protons to (a molecule, ion or radical).
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To acquire an additional proton.
Derived terms: deprotonate
reprotonate
Related terms: protonation
Islamofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamofascists
Etymology: From Islamo- + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: So it is with the highly ideological term "Islamofascist," a label that is being wielded as a blunt weapon in a left-right debate and has been carelessly bandied about by some presidential candidates.
ref: 2007 June 11, “A lazy, simplistic analogy”, in The New York Times:
text: Political candidates appeal to those Christians by defining the ambition of Islamofascists in language that makes prior threats from, say, Hitler or Stalin seem benign.
ref: 2008 January 21, James Carroll, “Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A Muslim fundamentalist.
Islamofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Islamofascist
form: most Islamofascist
Etymology: From Islamo- + fascist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Islamofascism
Synonyms: Muslimofascist
Related terms: Islamonazism
Islamophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamophobes
form: islamophobe
form: Islamaphobe
Etymology: From Islamo- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person who fears or hates Islam and Muslims.
Synonyms: Muslimophobe
Muslimphobe
Islamophobist
anti-Muslimist
Related terms: Islamophobia
Islamophobic
Islamophobics
islamophobics
Islamophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamophobias
form: islamophobia
form: Islamaphobia
Etymology: From Islamo- + -phobia. Attested since the 1920s, but popularized by a 1976 article by Georges Chahati Anawati.
Senses: glosses: Fear or hatred of Islam or Muslims.
Synonyms: word: Muslimophobia
word: Muslimphobia
Related terms: Islamophobe
Islamophobiac
Islamophobian
Islamophobic
Islamophobism
anti-Arabism
anti-Jewism
anti-Semitism
anti-Muslimism
Christianophobia
Germanophobia
Judeophobia
self-analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + analysis.
Senses: examples: text: Self-analysis of my interactions with others fails because, though I understand myself, I can't understand others.
glosses: Analysis performed on oneself, introspection.
self-educated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-educated
form: most self-educated
Etymology: From self- + educated.
Senses: glosses: Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher.
Related terms: autodidact
self-taught
self-educated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From self- + educated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of self-educate
Related terms: self-education
self-employment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + employment.
Senses: examples: text: Self-employment lacks the security of working for a big company, but at least the only idiot boss you will meet is yourself.
glosses: The act or practice of working for oneself, such as being an independent contractor.
Related terms: self-employed