cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cross section
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross sections
Senses: related: word: cross-section
word: crosssection
coordinate_terms: transection
intersection
bisection
glosses: A section formed by a plane cutting through an object, usually at right angles to an axis.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A sample meant to be representative of a whole population.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The probability that a particular nuclear reaction will take place.
Derived terms: cross-sectional
neutron cross section
radar cross section
time cross section
Related terms: cross-sectionality
cross-sectionally
cutaway
over the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle.
Senses: examples: text: Winemakers are over the moon to be able to showcase the individual nuances within their vineyards.
ref: 2003 December 14, Kate Drake, “Champagne Supernova”, in Time, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2012:
text: Well, I’ve liked Star Wars since the late ’70s. I liked it a lot. But I’m now over the moon about Star Wars, and I think a couple things happened.
ref: 2016 June 2, Alex McLevy, quoting Cass Sunstein, “Cass Sunstein explains why Star Wars is like America”, in AV Club:
synonyms: ecstatic
joyful
glosses: Delighted, thrilled.
wikipedia: Hey Diddle Diddle
Related terms: shoot the moon
translunary
nursery rhyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nursery rhymes
Etymology: From how Victorian and Edwardian parents used to tell such rhymes to their children in the nursery, i.e. the children's bedroom.
Senses: glosses: A short poem or song for children, mostly anonymous or handed down by folklore
embalm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈbɑːm/
ipa: /ɪmˈbɑm/
ipa: /ɪmˈbɔm/
ipa: /ɪmˈbɑlm/
rhymes: -ɑːm
rhymes: -ɑːlm
Forms: form: embalms
form: embalming
form: embalmed
form: embalmed
form: imbalm
Etymology: From Middle English enbawmen, from Middle French embaumer, from Old French embasmer. See balm.
Senses: examples: text: And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 50:2:
text: `Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To treat a corpse with preservatives in order to prevent decomposition.
examples: text: It is very curious to observe how the idea of revenge, inspired by an Egyptian who lived before the time of Christ, is thus, as it were, embalmed in an English family name.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To preserve.
glosses: To perfume or add fragrance to something.
Derived terms: disembalm
embalmable
embalmer
embalming
embalmment
unembalmed
misleading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: more misleading
form: most misleading
Etymology: From mislead + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.
ref: 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:
synonyms: confusing
misdirective
mistakable
antonyms: clear
unconfusing
unmisleading
glosses: Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Derived terms: disleading
misleadingly
misleadingness
unmisleading
misleading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Etymology: From mislead + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mislead
misleading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːdɪŋ
Forms: form: misleadings
Etymology: From mislead + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.
ref: 2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said, page 70:
synonyms: disinformation
false pretense
fakeout
head fake
misinformation
ploy
ruse
glosses: A deception that misleads.
shtetl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shtĕt'(ə)l
ipa: /ˈʃtɛt(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɛt(ə)l
Forms: form: shtetls
form: shtetlach
form: shtetlech
form: shtetlekh
Etymology: From Yiddish שטעטל (shtetl, “small town, village”), from שטאָט (shtot, “city”) + ־ל (-l, “diminutive suffix”) (compare German Städtl, Swabian Städtele), from Old High German stat, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis. Doublet of stead.
Senses: examples: text: However, you are right to suspect that there is some connection between my carefully considered opinion of the Hebrew people and this marvellous recital which your waxy ears, full of the cheesy gunk of the shtetl, have been so fortunate to hear.
ref: 1992, Will Self, Cock and Bull:
text: Most of the second-generation immigrant kids of his neighborhood had been […] as desperate to go to college and become lawyers, doctors, businessmen, and leave the teeming city for the suburbs, as their parents had been to leave behind the shtetls of Russia.
ref: 2004, Martin Torgoff, “Fearless, Immune, and Ready for All”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 8:
text: Albert Speer had a big vision for it during the Third Reich, with boulevards and gigantic monuments, and we definitely don't want that again. It's a collection of villages, of shtetls as we say in Yiddish.
ref: 2010, Peter Conrad, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 52-3
glosses: A Jewish village or small town, especially one in Eastern Europe.
Related terms: shtot
petal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛtl̩/
homophone: peddle
homophone: pedal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɛt(ə)l
Forms: form: petals
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
examples: text: Dawn held her breath, fearing he'd notice the slight protrusion where her babe rested beneath her heart, but he barely paused as his mouth found the tiny jewel hidden within the dewy petals of her sex.
ref: 1999, Connie Mason, chapter 19, in Shadow Walker, Leisure Books, page 362:
synonyms: word: beef curtains
word: beef flaps
word: cunt lips
word: fanny flaps
word: labes
word: lips
word: lower lips
word: meat curtains
word: meat flaps
word: mud flaps
word: netherlips
word: petals
word: piss flaps
word: pussy lips
word: vertical lips
word: wizard sleeve
glosses: The labia (majora).
examples: text: She is freezing cold. Sputtering. Big eyes wide and wet and red. Too shocked even to cry. 'It's okay, petal, it's okay.'
ref: 2011, Jo Baker, The Picture Book:
glosses: Term of endearment.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).
Derived terms: andropetal
anisopetalous
antepetalous
apetalous
apetaly
basipetal
bipetal
bipetalous
bracteopetal
catapetalous
choripetalous
depetal
dipetalous
dispetal
empetalled
fanpetal
flower petal
gamopetalous
hexapetalous
macropetalous
monopetalous
multipetalled
octopetalous
oligopetalous
oppositipetalous
parapetalous
pentapetalous
peripetalous
petaliferous
petaliform
petaline
petalled
petalless
petallike
petaloid
petalomania
petalous
petalsome
petaltail
petalwise
planipetalous
polypetal
polypetalous
quadripetal
rose petal
stenopetalous
tetrapetalous
tripetaloid
tripetalous
unpetal
unpetalled
Related terms: sepal
tepal
petal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛtl̩/
homophone: peddle
homophone: pedal stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɛt(ə)l
Forms: form: petals
form: petaling
form: petalling
form: petaled
form: petaled
form: petalled
form: petalled
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).
Senses: examples: text: anger against the men who had burdened her body with a lead shield of detestation for its blood, let loose without her will and its need against which she clenched her knees to her growing breasts, trying to clasp deep away from her hand that new soft wedge of hair, those lips that petaled out to her dreams.
ref: 1980, Thomas Alan Broughton, Winter Journey, page 133:
text: With his forefinger, he curled one of the ringlets that petaled against Malou's forehead.
ref: 2014, Tory Cates, Different Dreams, page 169:
text: In the park adjacent to the library, following a winding path, she saw ahead a fountain surrounded by a reflecting pool, and she walked to it and sat on one of the benches facing the water that flowered up in numerous thin streams, petaling the air with silver droplets.
ref: 2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 37:
glosses: To spread out from, like the petals of a flower
sexa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: sexa- or
form: before a vowel sex-
Etymology: From Latin sex (“six”).
Senses: synonyms: hexa-#Prefix
glosses: Six.
wikipedia: number prefix
chilia-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪliə/
Etymology: From Latin chilias, itself from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”). Doublet of kilo-.
Senses: synonyms: kilo-
mul:k-
mul:k
mul:K
antonyms: milli-
glosses: thousand; thousandfold.
Related terms: chiliad
chiliarch
chiliasm
chiliast
chiliastic
chiliomb
trichiliocosm
icosa-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: eicosa-
form: icosi-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi, “twenty”).
Senses: glosses: twenty
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: vigen-
quinque-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: quinqu-
Etymology: From Latin quinque (“five”).
Senses: synonyms: quint-#Prefix
;
penta-#Prefix
glosses: Five.
wikipedia: number prefix
vigen-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin viginti (“twenty”).
Senses: glosses: twenty
Synonyms: icosa-
Derived terms: vigesimal
twi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English twi-, from Old English twi- (“two, double”), from Proto-Germanic *twi- (“two-, double-”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwi- (“two-, double-”) (compare Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“twice”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”).
Compare twin, twice, two, and see more details at two. Further related to the prefixes bi-, di-, and dis-.
Cognate with German zwie- (“twice”), Swedish tve- (“twi-, double”), Russian дву- (dvu-), двух- (dvux-) Old Prussian dwi- (“twi-”), Latin bi-, bis (“twice”) (< Old Latin dui-, duis).
Senses: examples: twi-headed
glosses: two
examples: twilight, twisexual, twi-tongued
glosses: double, both
Synonyms: duo-
di-
twy-
twin-
triskaideka-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: triskaideca-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρεισκαίδεκα (treiskaídeka, “thirteen”), from τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + καί (kaí, “and”) + δέκα (déka, “ten”).
Senses: glosses: thirteen
wikipedia: number prefix
Synonyms: trideca-
septua-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin septua (“seven”), from septem (“seven”).
Senses: synonyms: septi-#Prefix
;
hepta-#Prefix
glosses: Seven.
wikipedia: number prefix
Derived terms: Septuagint
septuagenarian
sesqui-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin sēsqui- (“1½ times; increased by 50%”), from semi- (“half”) and -que (“and; also”).
Senses: glosses: 1½; 1½ times
glosses: In a ratio of 3 to 2
Related terms: one and a half
Whitsun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭtʹsən
enpr: hwĭtʹsən
ipa: /ˈwɪt.sən/
ipa: /ˈʍɪt.sən/
Forms: form: Whitsuns
Etymology: Apocopic form of Whitsunday.
Senses: examples: 1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv.
glosses: Whitsunday.
examples: 1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in Whitsun week, throngs of millhands of the period, cads and their flames, tawdry, blowsy, noisy, drunken.
synonyms: Whitweek
Whitsuntide
Pentecost
glosses: The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.
Derived terms: Whitsun Monday
Whitsun term
Whitsun Tuesday
Whitsun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭtʹsən
enpr: hwĭtʹsən
ipa: /ˈwɪt.sən/
ipa: /ˈʍɪt.sən/
Etymology: Apocopic form of Whitsunday.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide
Whitsunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndi/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /ˈʍɪtsəndeɪ/
ipa: /ˈʍɪtsəndɪ/
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
Forms: form: Whitsundays
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Whitsonday, from whit (“white”) + Sonday (“Sunday”), from Old English hwīt sunnandæg, probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England. Doublet of White Sunday.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: Pentecost (season), Whitsun, Whitsuntide, Whit
text: Jesus, ascended into Heav'n again/Bestow'd this won'drous Gift upon good Men/That various Nations, by his Spirit led,/All understood what Galileans said.
ref: 1773, John Byrom, “On Whitsunday”, in Miscellaneous Poems:
text: An older name for this day [Pentecost] is Whitsunday, or “white Sunday,” named for the white garments worn by the newly baptised.
ref: 2004, Vicki K Black, Welcome to the Church Year: An Introduction to the Seasons of the Episcopal Church:
topics: Christianity
related: word: Whit Sunday
synonyms: Whitsun
Whit
Pentecost
Pentecost Sunday
glosses: The Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls, seven weeks after Easter.
related: word: Whit Sunday
glosses: A quarter day falling on 15th May.
Derived terms: Whitsunday Islands
Related terms: alt: doublet
word: White Sunday
Whitsunday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
ipa: /wɪtˈsʌndi/
ipa: /ʍ-/
ipa: /ˈʍɪtsəndeɪ/
ipa: /ˈʍɪtsəndɪ/
rhymes: -ʌndeɪ
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Whitsonday, from whit (“white”) + Sonday (“Sunday”), from Old English hwīt sunnandæg, probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England. Doublet of White Sunday.
Senses: glosses: A local government area in northern Queensland, Australia; in full, Whitsunday Region.
Whitsuntide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whitsuntides
form: Whitsun Tide
Etymology: From Whitsun (“Whitsunday”) + -tide.
Senses: examples: text: The third year he had a tailor staying with him before Whitsuntide, making new clothes for the holidays.
ref: 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 158:
text: There are eight 4-wheel coaches of the open toastrack type, but provided with roofs, and during the holiday season, usually beginning at Whitsuntide, trains are run as required on the one-engine-in-steam principle.
ref: 1941 July, “The Isle of Man Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 315:
text: The museum purchased the photo album for £420 (about $515). […] The photo album is titled "Reminiscences of a visit to Shaftesbury. Whitsuntide 1892. A present to Auntie from Ernest."
ref: 2023 November, Julia Binswanger, “Folk and Fairy Tales”, in Smithsonian Magazine:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: Pentecost
Whitsun
Whitweek
glosses: The week that begins with Whitsunday.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The weekend which includes Whitsunday.
quarrelsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɒɹəlsəm/
enpr: kwôrʹəlsəm
ipa: /ˈkwɔɹəlsəm/
enpr: kwŏrʹəlsəm
ipa: /ˈkwɑɹəlsəm/
rhymes: -ɒɹəlsəm
Forms: form: more quarrelsome
form: most quarrelsome
Etymology: From quarrel + -some.
Senses: examples: text: She's too quarrelsome to participate in a civil conversation.
text: Rampion grown in the cottage garden made the children of the house quarrelsome; breathing deeply into a handful of mint refreshed your senses, but aconite could cause your death.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254:
synonyms: belligerent
contentious
litigious
combative
glosses: Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
Synonyms: word: agonistic
word: argumentative
word: bangsome
word: bellicose
word: belligerent
word: contentious
word: debateful
word: discordant
word: disputatious
word: factious
word: fractious
word: fratchety
word: fratchy
word: litigious
word: logomachic
word: pettifogging
word: quarrelous
word: quarrelsome
word: rantankerous
word: squabbly
word: strifeful
word: unpacific
Hypernyms: word: enthusiastic
word: eristic
word: passionate
Hyponyms: word: perverse
Derived terms: quarrelsomely
quarrelsomeness
Related terms: word: combative
word: dispute
word: irritable
quarterfinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪnəl
Forms: form: quarterfinals
form: quarter final
form: quarter-final
Etymology: From quarter + final.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One of the four competitions in a knockout tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals.
glosses: A competition that narrows a field of contestants (quarterfinalists) to a set of semifinalists, for a subsequent final.
Synonyms: last eight
quarter
Derived terms: quarterfinalist
Related terms: final
semifinal
round of 16
round of 32
oryzivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒɹɪˈzɪvəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪvəɹəs
Etymology: From Latin orȳza (“rice”) + -vorous.
Senses: glosses: Having a diet rich in rice.
questionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɛst͡ʃənəbl̩/
Forms: form: more questionable
form: most questionable
form: quæstionable
Etymology: From question + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
text: A crude, cold rain was falling heavily; the spring-time presented itself as a questionable improvement.
ref: 1881, Henry James, Jr., chapter 3, in The Portrait of a Lady, New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 28:
text: MAHA went viral across social media and led to an explosion of questionable claims regarding health and wellness.
ref: 2024 August 26, Mikael Thalen, “MAGA turns to roadkill-eating anti-vaxer with a brain worm to ‘Make America Healthy Again’”, in The Daily Dot:
glosses: Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
examples: text: Tiffiny’s behavior is highly questionable.
text: […] he had a love of money—a sort of acquisitiveness, that led him into questionable dealings.
ref: 1920, Carolyn Wells, chapter 18, in Raspberry Jam, Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, page 302:
glosses: Of dubious respectability or morality.
examples: text: Thou com'ſt in ſuch a queſtionable ſhape / That I will ſpeake to thee.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], page 257, column 1:
glosses: Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
Derived terms: questionability
questionableness
questionably
unquestionability
unquestionable
unquestionableness
unquestionably
questioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: questioners
Etymology: From Middle English questioner; equivalent to question + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
Synonyms: asker
inquirer
inquirist
inquisitor
interrogator
interviewer
querent
questionnaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/
ipa: /ˌk(w)ɛstjəˈnɛə/
ipa: /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/
Forms: form: questionnaires
Etymology: Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“I question”) (English query).
Senses: examples: text: carry out a questionnaire
text: fill out a questionnaire
text: In considering their post-war designs some of the British and American railways have adopted the course of taking a cross section of the requirements of the travelling public by distributing questionnaires dealing with details of seating, lighting, catering, and other features making for comfortable journeys.
ref: 1946 January and February, “Post-War Passenger Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:
glosses: A form containing a list of questions; a means of gathering information for a survey.
Related terms: question
questionnaire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌk(w)ɛstʃəˈnɛə/
ipa: /ˌk(w)ɛstjəˈnɛə/
ipa: /ˌkwɛs.t͡ʃəˈnɛɹ/
Forms: form: questionnaires
form: questionnairing
form: questionnaired
form: questionnaired
Etymology: Borrowed from French questionnaire, from Late Latin quaestionarius, from quaestio (English question) + -arius, from quaerō (“I question”) (English query).
Senses: glosses: To survey using questionnaires.
quick on the uptake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: quick-witted
word: astute
word: brainy
word: bright
word: brilliant
word: clever
word: educated
word: genius
word: gifted
word: ingenious
word: intellectual
word: intelligent
word: keen
word: knowledgeable
word: piquant
word: quick
word: quick-witted
word: rational
word: sagacious
word: savvy
word: scholared
word: sharp
word: smart
word: talented
word: whip-smart
word: wise
antonyms: word: slow on the uptake
word: slow-witted
word: intelligent
glosses: Able to readily understand things; aware and intelligent.
quicklime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/
Forms: form: quicklimes
Etymology: From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
Senses: examples: text: The Warders strutted up and down, / And kept their herd of brutes, / Their uniforms were spick and span, / And they wore their Sunday suits, / But we knew the work they had been at, / By the quicklime on their boots.
ref: 1898, Oscar Wilde, The Ballad of Reading Gaol:
glosses: Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
Synonyms: burnt lime
caustic lime
unhydrated lime
anhydrous lime
lime
quicklime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɪkˌlaɪm/
Forms: form: quicklimes
form: quickliming
form: quicklimed
form: quicklimed
Etymology: From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
Senses: glosses: To treat with quicklime.
Related terms: limelight
slaked lime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaked limes
Senses: synonyms: cal
glosses: Calcium hydroxide, a soft white powder, produced by adding water to quicklime. It is used in making mortar and cement, and has many industrial uses.
hydroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hī-drŏks'-īd
ipa: /haɪˈdɹɒks.aɪd/
Forms: form: hydroxides
Etymology: From hydro- + oxide.
Senses: examples: text: A sample of carbon removed from the ocean in the solid form of calcium carbonate and magnesium hydroxide from UCLA's SeaChange program -- now known as Equatic -- in 2023.
ref: 2024 April 21, Laura Paddison, “Can this ocean-based carbon plant help save the world? Some scientists are raising red flags”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent anion (OH⁻) based on the hydroxyl functional group.
glosses: Any substance containing such an anion.
Derived terms: aluminium hydroxide
aluminum hydroxide
ammonium hydroxide
barium hydroxide
beryllium hydroxide
cadmium hydroxide
caesium hydroxide
cesium hydroxide
calcium hydroxide
dihydroxide
dodecahydroxide
ethyl hydroxide
gallium hydroxide
hydrogen hydroxide
indium hydroxide
iron hydroxide
lithium hydroxide
magnesium hydroxide
methyl hydroxide
methylmercury hydroxide
monohydroxide
nickel hydroxide
oxohydroxide
oxyhydroxide
pentahydroxide
plumbic hydroxide
potassium hydroxide
quaternary ammonium hydroxide
radium hydroxide
rubidium hydroxide
sodium hydroxide
stannic hydroxide
stannous hydroxide
strontium hydroxide
tetramethylammonium hydroxide
thallium hydroxide
zinc chromate hydroxide
zinc hydroxide
zirconium hydroxide
Related terms: hydroxy
hydroxyl
hydronium
hydrogen ion
pOH
pH
quickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɪknəs/
rhymes: -ɪknəs
Forms: form: quicknesses
Etymology: From Middle English quiknes, qwiknes, quyknesse, cwicnesse, equivalent to quick + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.
glosses: rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
Derived terms: with a quickness
quick-tempered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quick-tempered
form: most quick-tempered
Senses: examples: text: He was a quick-tempered fellow who was generally avoided by his co-workers.
glosses: Easily or quickly angered or frustrated.
Synonyms: hot-headed
short-tempered
temperamental
emotional
irascible
Related terms: hot-tempered
aroused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaʊzd/
rhymes: -aʊzd
Forms: form: more aroused
form: most aroused
Senses: examples: text: The feminist writer and academic Marina Warner believes the unexpectedly wide appeal of this explicit fiction could be a sign of how difficult people now find it to feel aroused in an era when sex and nudity have become so commonplace.
ref: 2012 June 30, Vanessa Thorpe, “Why does Fifty Shades of Grey turn British women on?”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2022:
text: You can concentrate on one that you already know well and one that you know will cause you to become very aroused.
ref: 2018 January 25, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, “Ask Dr. Ruth: How to Focus on Creating a Better Sex Life”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022:
synonyms: word: ablaze
word: amorous
word: aroused
word: buckish
word: concupiscent
word: desirous
word: DTF
word: excited
word: frisky
word: fuckish
word: gagging for it
word: hard
word: horny
word: hot
word: hot and bothered
word: hot to trot
word: in heat
word: lascivious
word: lewd
word: libidinous
word: lickerish
word: lustful
word: lusty
word: prurient
word: randy
word: ravenous
word: rock hard
word: ruttish
word: rutty
word: sexed up
word: stimulated
word: thirsty
word: toey
word: toey as a Roman sandal
word: turned on
word: unchaste
word: venereal
word: venereous
word: wanton
glosses: Sexually excited; randy, lustful.
examples: text: The general public is becoming more and more aroused about this whole matter of safety, and any manufacturer who would be enterprising enough to offer thorough driving instruction with each car purchased would probably find it a valuable selling point.
ref: 1932 October 1, Curtis Billings, “The Nut That Holds the Wheel: A Primer for Motorists”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023:
text: Indeed, payers of local property taxes have become the most aroused group in the nation. In the last two years, property owners have voted down bond issues of all stripes even those for schools.
ref: 1972 January 31, “Taxes Bite Deeper”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2018:
synonyms: word: annoyed
word: angry
word: aggravated
word: agitated
word: bothered
word: exasperated
word: frustrated
word: irritable
word: irritated
word: irked
word: peeved
word: pestered
word: pissy
word: ratty
word: shitty
word: sore
word: tired
word: vexed
word: bee in one's bonnet
word: have it in for
word: hot and bothered
word: hold a grudge
word: brassed off
word: browned off
word: cheesed off
word: peed off
word: pissed off
word: PO'd
word: teed off
word: ticked off
glosses: Stirred up, agitated.
Derived terms: hyperaroused
nonaroused
overaroused
scaroused
unaroused
aroused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaʊzd/
rhymes: -aʊzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arouse
quick-witted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quick-witted
form: most quick-witted
Senses: examples: text: Juno MacGuff is the kind of teenager we all wish we could have been: quick-witted, frighteningly intelligent beyond her years and comfortable enough in her own skin to resist those incessant high-school pressures to conform, even as her body expands with an unplanned pregnancy.
ref: 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News:
glosses: Alternative spelling of quickwitted.
quieten down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: quietens down
form: quietening down
form: quietened down
form: quietened down
Senses: examples: text: As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.
glosses: To become quieter.
examples: text: Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
glosses: To reduce intensity of an activity.
examples: text: The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.
glosses: To make someone or something become quieter.
Related terms: english: preferred in US
translation: preferred in US
word: quiet down
Democritus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɒkɹɪtəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δημόκριτος (Dēmókritos).
Senses: glosses: A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
Related terms: Democritean
quieten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən/
Forms: form: quietens
form: quietening
form: quietened
form: quietened
Etymology: From quiet + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: quieten the class
text: Take deep, deep breaths and quieten your mind while you contemplate what has been revealed within my latest journallings to you.
ref: 2013, Dianne Pegler, The Sacred Order of the Magi, page 149:
glosses: To make quiet.
examples: text: quieten down please, the speaker is going to start.
glosses: To become quiet.
Derived terms: quieten down
quinine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪˈniːn/
ipa: /ˈkwɪn.iːn/
ipa: /ˈkwaɪ.naɪn/
ipa: /ˈkwɪn.aɪn/
rhymes: -iːn
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Forms: form: quinines
form: quinining
form: quinined
form: quinined
Etymology: The noun is either:
* derived from Spanish quina (“quinine”) (a clipping of quinaquina (“Cinchona bark”)) + English -ine (suffix forming names of chemical substances, especially (among others) alkaloidal substances); or
* borrowed from French quinine, from quin(quina) (“Cinchona bark”) + -ine (feminine form of -in (suffix forming nouns)).
Spanish quinaquina and French quinquina are both derived from Quechua kina-kina, a reduplication of kina (“bark; (specifically) Cinchona bark”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: synonyms: word: quininize
glosses: To treat (someone) with quinine.
Derived terms: word: quinined
Hesiod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hēʹsē-əd
enpr: hĕsʹē-əd
ipa: /ˈhiː.si.əd/
ipa: /ˈhɛs.i.əd/
Etymology: Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodus, from Ancient Greek Ἡσίοδος (Hēsíodos).
Senses: glosses: Ancient Greek poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.
Derived terms: Hesiodic
Hesiodian
Hesiodean
tonic water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonic waters
Senses: examples: text: Tonic water's active ingredient is quinine, a chemical compound derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, native to South America. This alkaloid has long been known to relieve the pain and fever of malaria and other tropical diseases, making it a staple "tonic" in warm-weather countries.
ref: 2009 Spring, Anthony Dias Blue, “Mixology: Gin & Tonic”, in Drinks, the Magazine of Fine Wine, Spirits, and Living, page 8:
glosses: A carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
Synonyms: Indian tonic water
Related terms: soda water
gin and tonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gin and tonics
form: gins and tonic
form: gins and tonics
Senses: examples: text: She drank gin and tonic by preference.
glosses: A simple cocktail made from gin and tonic water, often served on ice and with a slice of lime or lemon.
examples: text: The bartender served them each a gin and tonic on the rocks.
glosses: A glass of the above.
Synonyms: G and T
G&T
quintet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪnˈtɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: quintets
form: quintette
Etymology: From French quintette, from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto (“fifth”), itself from Latin quintus, related to quīnque (“five”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A group of five musicians, fit to play such a piece of music together
glosses: Any group of five members
Synonyms: word: fivesome
word: pentad
word: pentuplet
word: quinity
word: quintad
word: quintet
word: quintuplet
word: quintuplex
Hypernyms: word: decade
word: group
Hyponyms: word: luster
word: lustrum
word: pentalogy
word: quinquenniad
word: quinquennium
word: quinquevirate
word: quintade
word: quinquennal
word: quinquennial
word: quintennium
word: quintole
word: string quintet
Coordinate terms: word: duo
word: trio
word: quartet
word: sextet
Meronyms: word: quin
word: quint
Derived terms: string quintet
Related terms: duo
trio
triplet
quartet
sextet
septet
octet
nonet
chamber ensemble
chamber orchestra
number
quizzical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɪzɪkəl/
rhymes: -ɪzɪkəl
Forms: form: more quizzical
form: most quizzical
Etymology: From quiz + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: But I did see things that aren't yet quite right, and at which I raised a quizzical eyebrow.
ref: 2022 July 27, Sir Michael Holden, “In praise of Crossrail 1... and in search of Crossrail 2”, in RAIL, number 962, page 34:
glosses: Questioning or suggesting puzzlement.
glosses: Strange or eccentric.
glosses: Jocose; humorous.
Synonyms: word: quizzic
word: quizzish
Derived terms: quizzically
quaily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quailies
Senses: glosses: The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a game bird.
edition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɛdɪʃan/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪˈɖɪʃan/
ipa: /ɪˈdɪʃən/
ipa: [ɪˈdɪʃ.n̩]
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /əˈdɪʃən/
homophone: addition
rhymes: -ɪʃən
Forms: form: editions
Etymology: From French édition, from Latin ēditiō, from ēdere (“to publish”).
Senses: examples: text: She wanted a copy of the Clericotes edition, but had to settle for the 1921 edition. She had never liked abridged editions.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: A written work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner, or at a certain time.
examples: text: The first edition was soon sold.
glosses: The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time.
examples: text: What he had found was a particularly valuable first edition.
glosses: An instance of the first or second sense.
examples: text: The 2014 edition of the Tour de France started in Leeds, Yorkshire.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A particular instance of an event.
Derived terms: author's edition
bulldog edition
cabinet edition
coedition
co-edition
collector's edition
dead tree edition
editioned
editioning
e-edition
first edition
interedition
limited edition
misedition
pocket edition
red-letter edition
re-edition
test firing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: test firings
Senses: glosses: A launch of a rocket or missile, or a firing of a gun, in order to investigate its performance, handling characteristics etc.
Hippocrates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈpɒkɹəˌtiːz/
Forms: form: Hippokrates
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Hippocratēs, from Ancient Greek Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs). Compare Middle English Ypocras.
Senses: examples: text: The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates promoted wine for various purposes, including reducing fevers and dressing wounds.
ref: 2022 January 22, Jonathan Reiner, “If you think that glass of wine is good for you, it’s time to reconsider”, in CNN:
glosses: A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἱπποκράτης (Hippokrátēs), notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine".
Derived terms: Hippocrates' sleeve
Hippocratian
Hippocratism
lune of Hippocrates
Related terms: facies Hippocratica
hippocras
Hippocratic
Hippocratical
Ionian Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /aɪˈəʊ.ni.ən ˈsiː/
Forms: form: the Ionian Sea
Senses: glosses: A sea in the central and east central part of the Mediterranean.
fully
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʊli/
rhymes: -ʊli
Forms: form: fullies
form: fullying
form: fullied
form: fullied
Etymology: A reference to the phrase "the prisoner was fully committed for trial".
Senses: examples: text: So I got run in, and was tried at Marylebone and remanded for a week, and then fullied (fully committed for trial), and got this stretch and a half.
ref: 1879 October, “Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language”, in Macmillan's Magazine, volume 40, number 240, page 506:
text: He made the same reply when he was asked if he had anything to say before being committed; and straightway was "fullied." He lurched serenely out of the dock, waving his cap […]
ref: 1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago, page 291:
text: That would have stirred them up a bit — Charles Pearce in court! Instead of which he was John Ward, and if he was fullied he'd probably get seven years at the most five, perhaps — and then he could be ill and be released on ticket.
glosses: To commit or send someone to trial.
proof of concept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofs of concepts
form: proofs of concept
form: proof-of-concept
Senses: glosses: A short and/or incomplete realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasibility.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: perhaps nonstandard
glosses: A proof of technology or pilot project.
Synonyms: sense: method to demonstrate feasibility
word: feasibility study
sense: proof of technology
word: proof of technology
sense: proof of technology
word: pilot project
Hypernyms: sense: method to demonstrate feasibility
word: method
sense: method to demonstrate feasibility
word: realization
sense: proof of technology
word: pilot project
etymologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etymologists
Etymology: From etymology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This was the first time that James had met with one of the bogus etymologists common at that period, who believed that the derivation of a word could be solved by finding any foreign word that sounded something like it.
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 53:
glosses: A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
Derived terms: folk etymologist
Related terms: etymon
etymological
etymology
etymologize
removal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmu.vəl/
ipa: /ɹəˈmuː.vəl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmʉː.vəl/
rhymes: -uːvəl
Forms: form: removals
Etymology: From remove + -al.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, there have been significant grubbings of these pears, especially in Tasmania where removals have been assisted by the Fruit Growing Reconstruction Scheme.
ref: 1976, Occasional Paper:
text: Mr. Homan has been the agency’s executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations, the division that carries out the removals.
ref: 2017 January 31, Ron Nixon, “Trump Names Thomas Homan as Acting Immigration Enforcement Chief”, in The New York Times:
text: The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.
ref: 2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9:
glosses: The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
glosses: The relocation of a business etc.
examples: text: The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.
glosses: The dismissal of someone from office.
glosses: An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.
glosses: Murder.
Synonyms: sense: moving to another place
word: move
sense: moving to another place
word: relocation
word: ablation
word: deduction
word: deinstallation
word: removal
word: subduction
word: sublation
word: subtraction
Derived terms: antiremoval
boyremoval
buccal fat removal
card removal
mountaintop removal
removalist
removal van
mankind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mænˈkaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Etymology: From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.
Senses: examples: text: One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.
text: The examples of all ages shew us that mankind in general desire power only to do harm, and, when they obtain it, use it for no other purpose.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
text: Malone's hot blood flushed to his head as he thought of this trifler, this insect, coming between mankind and a message of instruction and consolation descending from above.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
text: It next moves through the history of the Jewish people, recounting the life and death of our Lord and Savior, and ends with the Book of Revelation foretelling the inevitable climax of God's plan for mankind.
ref: 2011, David Charles Cole, Understanding God's Message for Mankind: Essential Scripture and Commentary, page 1:
glosses: The human race in its entirety.
examples: text: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 18:22:
text: “[...] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
examples: text: And they are two strong ties upon mankind. Justice is the virtue that innocence rejoiċeth in
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter:
glosses: Human feelings; humanity.
Synonyms: sense: all men, humans
word: humankind
Hyponyms: sense: all men, humans
word: womankind
sense: all men, humans
word: womenkind
Derived terms: mankindly
mankindness
easier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈi.zi.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈiː.zi.ə/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of easy: more easy
easier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈi.zi.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈiː.zi.ə/
Senses: examples: text: Easier said than done!
glosses: comparative form of easy: more easy
glosses: more easily
lee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: le
homophone: lea
homophone: Lea
homophone: Lee
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
homophone: Li
homophone: Lie
Forms: form: lees
Etymology: From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The side of the ship away from the wind.
examples: text: the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship
text: We lurked under lee.
ref: 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC:
text: Desiring me to take shelter in his lee.
ref: 1873, John Tyndall, “Niagara”, in Fragments of Science, published 1907, page 182:
text: He turned into Cumberland street and, going on some paces, halted in the lee of the station wall. No-one.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection.
glosses: Calm, peace.
Derived terms: alee
leeboard
lee cloth
lee-ho
leeward
leewards
leeway
Merry Lees
under the lee
lee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /liː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: le
homophone: lea
homophone: Lea
homophone: Lee
homophone: leigh
homophone: Leigh
homophone: li
homophone: Li
homophone: Lie
Etymology: From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
Senses: examples: text: lee side, lee shore, lee helm
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
nautical
transport
glosses: Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
Derived terms: lee gauge
lee shore