cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sicilian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈsɪlɪən/
ipa: /sɪˈsɪljən/
homophone: caecilian
Etymology: From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Senses: glosses: The language of Sicily.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sicilian terms
Sicilian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈsɪlɪən/
ipa: /sɪˈsɪljən/
homophone: caecilian
Forms: form: Sicilians
Etymology: From Latin Sicilia + -an. By surface analysis, Sicily + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The picture of devastated Palermo which he draws fills up the measure of the dastardly oppression which has now passed away; more disgraceful excesses than those committed by the Bavarese, as the Sicilians called the royal troops, were [...]
ref: 1861, The Foreign Quarterly Review, volume 75, page 553:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sicily, <.
examples: text: Palmgren was playing white and had opened the Sicilian quite correctly.
ref: 2009, Reg Keeland, translator, The Girl Who Played with Fire (translation of, 2006 (publication date), Stieg Larsson, Flickan som lekte med elden), Knopf, chapter 9, page 129
glosses: Any chess opening that starts 1 e4 c5.
Hypernyms: sense: opening
word: the Sicilian Defence
sense: opening
word: the Sicilian Defense
Sienna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage from the sienna colour.
Sierra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name of modern American usage, from the Spanish noun, confused with Ciara and Sarah.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Sierra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sierra
Senses: examples: text: I am going to the Sierra next weekend.
text: Most flocks in the Sierra and the Rocky Mountains live above the timber-line and at an altitude of twelve thousand feet.
ref: 1915 April 24, Enos A. Mills, “Wild Mountain Sheep”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 37:
text: Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
ref: 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Ellipsis of Sierra Nevada: a mountain range in the Western United States.
Silver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlvɚ/
Etymology: As a surname, anglicised from the German Jewish ornamental surname Silber.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a silversmith or a rich man, or for someone having silvery gray hair or living by a silvery brook.
glosses: A surname from German.
examples: text: " - - - I'll level with you, Mr. Cummings."
"Silver", he corrected.
"Sounds like the Lone Ranger's horse," she said.
ref: 1993, Ed McBain, Mischief, William Morrow and Co., →ISBN, page 67:
text: "Silver here, my darling wife, insists on the services of a particular yacht upholsterer. - - - " From the way he said the woman's metal name Quayle thought it was changed from a stodgier "Alice" or "Bernice".
ref: 1993, Annie Proulx, Shipping News, Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 121:
glosses: A unisex given name from English from the metal, or transferred from the surname.
Derived terms: Russell-Silver dwarfism
Silver-Russell dwarfism
Simba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Western Bolivian Guaraní language, ISO language code gnw.
glosses: A male given name from Swahili.
Sin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Akkadian 𒀭𒂗𒍪 (Sîn).
Senses: synonyms: Nanna
Nanna-Suen
Suen
qualifier: Assyrian and Babylonian mythology
glosses: The god of the moon.
Sin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 單 /单 (sin6) or 冼 (sin2).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Sin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew סִין.
Senses: examples: text: And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 16:1:
glosses: A desert mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, situated between Elim and Mount Sinai.
Singer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Etymology: From singer.
* (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines
* (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970).
Derived terms: Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Singerian
Related terms: Eisinger
Esinger
Isinger
Sing
Singh
Uisinger
Usinger
Singer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Singers
Etymology: From singer.
* (sewing machines): Named after American inventor and businessman I. M. Singer, the company founder of Singer Sewing Machines
* (motorcars): Named after British entrepreneur and businessman George Singer, the company founder of Singer & Co.
Senses: examples: text: They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288:
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: A sewing machine of the Singer brand.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A motorcar from a former make of British motor car.
Single
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Singles
Etymology: From Old English sengel (“brushwood; burnt clearing”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by a brushwood.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Sinophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sinophiles
Etymology: From Sino- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: A person who loves the country, culture, or people of China.
Related terms: -phile
Sinophilia
Sir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sirs
Senses: examples: text: “Every minute,” continued M. Krempe with warmth, “every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost. You have burdened your memory with exploded systems, and useless names. Good God! in what desert land have you lived, where no one was kind enough to inform you that these fancies, which you have so greedily imbibed, are a thousand years old, and as musty as they are ancient? I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. My dear Sir, you must begin your studies entirely anew.”
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 69–70:
text: The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of sir.
glosses: The titular prefix given to a knight or baronet.
glosses: A respectful term of address or reference to a man of higher rank or position before the man's given name or nickname.
Coordinate terms: english: woman who holds a knighthood; used with her given name or full name
translation: woman who holds a knighthood; used with her given name or full name
word: Dame
english: title used for the wife of a knight or baronet, with her married last name
translation: title used for the wife of a knight or baronet, with her married last name
word: Lady
Sir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Kara-tau, or "Black Mountain," the last spur of the Tian-shan towards the north-west, seldom exceeds 6,500 feet in height, but is geographically of great importance, as forming the water-parting between the Sir and Chu basins. It also abounds most in coal, iron, copper, and argentiferous lead.
ref: 1884, Élisée Reclus, translated by Ernest George Ravenstein et al., The Earth and Its Inhabitants, Vol. VI, p. 187:
glosses: Alternative form of Syr.
Siren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name was intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but this was "corrected" by the US Post Office to Siren, who thought the name applied for was a misspelling.
Senses: glosses: A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.
Sirrah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: sĭrʹrä
Forms: form: Sirah
Etymology: From Arabic سُرَّة (surra, “navel”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of Alpheratz.
synonyms: word: Alpheratz
Sisko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Siskos
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Šiško or Slovene Šiško.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sissy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: ‘Sissy is not a name,’ said Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Don’t call yourself Sissy. Call yourself Cecilia.’
‘It’s father as calls me Sissy, sir,’ returned the young girl in a trembling voice, and with another curtsey.
ref: 1854, Charles Dickens, “Book I, Chapter II”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:
text: “He'd give the store away if Sissy and I let him,” said Dreama.
ref: 2013, Lee Martin, Southern Psalms, page 70:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Cecilia.
Sitar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sitars
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Sitar, Czech Sitař and Slovak Sitár, occupational surname from síto (“sieve, net”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
situations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of situation
Skala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Skalas
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Skála and Polish Skała.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Slav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɑːv/
rhymes: -ɑːv
Forms: form: Slavs
form: Slavi
Etymology: From Middle English Sclave, borrowed from Medieval Latin Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry for more. Doublet of slave and ciao. Displaced native Old English Wined.
Senses: glosses: A member of any of the peoples of Europe who speak the Slavic languages.
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The Slavonian grebe.
Derived terms: Pan-Slav
Slavdom
Slavhood
Slavia
Slavic
Slavness
South Slav
Related terms: Slavonic
Slick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: That was a great move locking your keys in the car, Slick.
Don't you look good tonight, Slick!
glosses: A term of address, generally applied to males, possibly including strangers, implying that the person addressed is slick in the sense of "sophisticated", but often used sarcastically.
Slinky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: slinky
Forms: form: Slinkys
form: Slinkies
Etymology: The term was coined in 1943 by Betty James which means sleek and graceful
Senses: glosses: A toy in the form of a loose metal (originally) or plastic spring that can be made to "walk" down stairs as its coils separate and close up.
Slough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: slou
ipa: /slaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Etymology: From Middle English Slo, perhaps related to the noun slough (“marsh”) (referring to the land) or to sloe (referring to bushes).
Senses: glosses: A town in east Berkshire, England (formerly Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
glosses: A unitary authority and borough of Berkshire, the Slough Borough Council.
smart-alecky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smart-alecky
form: most smart-alecky
Etymology: From smart aleck + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The Katzenjammer Kids were fun because they made the adults look stupid. But they were a little too smart-alecky for my taste.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 11, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, pages 63–64:
glosses: Having the quality of a smart aleck; rude, disrespectful.
smart alec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smart alecs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of smart aleck.
Smithereens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Smithereen
Sn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sunday.
Sn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of southern.
Synonyms: sense: Sunday
word: D
sense: Sunday
word: Sun
Snark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: snärk
ipa: /snɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Etymology: Coined by Lewis Carroll as a nonce word in The Hunting of the Snark (1874). According to Beatrice Hatch, Carroll created this word as a blend of snail + shark.
Senses: glosses: A fictional animal in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark.
glosses: A ketch built by Jack London named after Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark
Derived terms: snark
So
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
So
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of So..
So
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /soʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology: From Cantonese 蘇／苏 (sou1).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An intelligent Socialist movement will use their patriotism, instead of merely insulting it, as hitherto.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn, Pt. III:
glosses: Of, belonging to, or constituting a party or political group that advocates socialism.
Synonyms: socialistic
Socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Socialists
Senses: glosses: A member of a party or political group that advocates socialism.
Synonyms: socialist
Sol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒl/
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -ɒl
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Sōl.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The sun goddess.
examples: text: Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
ref: 2017 March 1, Marc Waddington, “How dad’s bionic arm invention is changing son’s life & prosthetics”, in Daily Post, № 51,073, page 6/2:
glosses: A male given name
Synonyms: sense: Earth's star
word: sun
sense: Earth's star
word: Sun
word: ☉
word: ☼
Derived terms: Sol Invictus
Sol system
solifaction
Sol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒl/
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -ɒl
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Sōl.
Senses: examples: text: 4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol.
ref: 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:
text: George [...] Ist. Mars, three Lions passant guardant in Pale Sol, for the Arms of England, Impal'd with Scotland, i.e. Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure counterflory Mars. 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland. 4th. Seme party per Pale, and per Chevron enarche, in the Ist Mars, two Lions passant guardant Sol, for Brunswick. In the 2d Partition Sol, semy of Hearts Mars, and a Lion rampant Jupiter, armed and langued of the First, for Luneburg.
ref: 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry … Second Edition:
text: 8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh;
ref: 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium … vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:
text: ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.
ref: 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
topics: alchemy
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
pseudoscience
glosses: Gold.
Sol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒl/
ipa: /soʊl/
rhymes: -ɒl
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: sole
homophone: soul
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: “Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Solomon.
Sola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Solas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Sola.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
Sole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea area, corresponding to the Sole Bank, to the north of FitzRoy
Solidarity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.
Solon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊlən/
other: /ˈsəʊlɒn/
ipa: /ˈsoʊlən/
other: /ˈsoʊˌlɑn/
rhymes: -əʊlɒn
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Σόλων (Sólōn).
Senses: examples: text: Now if your Majesty would have our bristles
To bind your mortar with, or fill our colons
With rich blood, or make brawn out of our gristles,
In policy—ask else your royal Solons—
You ought to give us hog-wash and clean straw,
And sties well thatched; besides it is the law!
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
text: [T]he law codes drafted in Athens in the late seventh and early sixth centuries were the work of individuals, Drakon and then Solon.
ref: 1976, L[ilian] H[amilton] Jeffery, “Kylon and Drakon”, in Archaic Greece: The City-States, c. 700-500 b.c., New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, section II (Central and Northern Greece), subsection 7 (Athens and Attica), page 86:
glosses: An ancient Athenian statesman and lawgiver, one of the Seven Sages (c.630-c.560 BC).
glosses: A city in Iowa.
glosses: A town in Maine.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A city in Ohio.
Derived terms: solon
Som
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Soms
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Khmer សោម (saom), a surname of unclear origin.
* Borrowed from Bengali সোম (śōm), a Hindu surname from Sanskrit सोम (soma, “moon”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Soma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सोम (sóma).
Senses: glosses: The soma juice, capitalized usually when mentioned in personified, deified form.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Synonyms: soma
Related terms: Haoma
Son
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Son
Etymology: From son (“male offspring”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.
Coordinate terms: the Father
Holy Ghost
Trinity
Related terms: Son of God
Son of Man
Son
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sons
Etymology: As a surname, from:
*Korean 손 (son)
*Khmer ស៊ន (sɔɔn) or Khmer សឺន (səɨn)
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sonde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language
glosses: A dialect of Kikongo language
Sonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sonnes
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and German Sonne.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Sooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Sooners
Senses: glosses: A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
glosses: A native or resident of the American state of Oklahoma
A competitor representing the University of Oklahoma.
qualifier: collegiate sports
examples: text: Some skunk of a Sooner, sneaking in ahead of the Run, had set the blaze to keep the Boomers off, saving the land for himself.
ref: 1930, Edna Ferber, Cimarron, page 27:
coordinate_terms: Boomer
glosses: One who crossed into Indian territory before the official opening of settlement in the Oklahoma land rush, in order to obtain land sooner.
Synonyms: sense: native or resident of Oklahoma
word: Okie
sense: native or resident of Oklahoma
word: Oklahoman
Derived terms: Sooner State
Sora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Soram (“surname of Meitei origin”).
Sora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Munda ethnic group from eastern India.
Sora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austroasiatic language spoken in eastern India.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A female given name.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sora terms
Sorb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sorbs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sorbe, from Lower Sorbian Serb, the self-appointed name. Doublet of Serb.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Slavic people living in Lusatia in eastern Germany.
wikipedia: +s
Derived terms: Sorbian
Related terms: Wend
Sound
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Sound
Etymology: From the common noun sound (“strait, inlet”).
Senses: glosses: The strait that separates Zealand (an island of Denmark) from Scania (part of Sweden); also sometimes called by the Danish name, Øresund.
glosses: Synonym of Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.
synonyms: word: Plymouth Sound
word: Devon
word: England
Southern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation or non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈsʌð.ən/
note: General American, rhotic
ipa: /ˈsʌð.ɚn/
Forms: form: more Southern
form: most Southern
form: Sotheran
form: Sothern
form: Sotheron
form: Southan
form: Southerin
form: Southon
form: Southorn
form: Sudran
form: Sudron
form: Sutherin
form: Suthern
form: Sutherns
form: Suthren
Etymology: English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.
Senses: glosses: From or pertaining to the southern part of any region.
raw_tags: not in the US
examples: text: But although Southern cooking makes use of a cornucopia of vegetables, it also typically includes generous portions of meat and fried chicken. Even vegetable dishes and breads are often cooked with animal fat: Greens are fried in bacon grease …
ref: 1993, Lillian Kayte, Southern Surprise, published in the June 1993 issue of the Vegetarian Times, page 36
text: Southern cooking makes its presence felt throughout the northern half of the state. Vegetables such as okra, collard greens, black-eyed peas, fried green tomatoes, and fried eggplant are added to staples such as fried chicken, roast beef, and hogjaw — meat from the mouth of a pig.
ref: 2004, Mark Ellwood, Todd Obolsky, Ross Velton, The Rough Guide to Florida, page 34:
glosses: From or pertaining to the South, the south-eastern states of the United States, southern portions of some other states (e.g., Southern California), or to the inhabitants or culture of that region.
Southern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation or non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈsʌð.ən/
note: General American, rhotic
ipa: /ˈsʌð.ɚn/
Forms: form: Sotheran
form: Sothern
form: Sotheron
form: Southan
form: Southerin
form: Southon
form: Southorn
form: Sudran
form: Sudron
form: Sutherin
form: Suthern
form: Sutherns
form: Suthren
Etymology: English surname, from the adjective southern. Often used as a northern English nickname for someone from the south of the country, or as a Scottish nickname for an Englishman.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Ellipsis of Southern Comfort.
Spa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The town name is from Walloon espa (“fountain, spring”), which could be from Latin spargere (“to spread, scatter”) or spatium (“free space”).
Senses: glosses: A city in the province of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
SPAM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: During World War II, of course, I ate my share of SPAM along with millions of other soldiers.
ref: 1966 June 29, Dwight D Eisenhower, Letter to Hormel Foods dated 29 June 1966:
glosses: Alternative form of spam (“tinned meat product”).
Span
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spans
Etymology: * As a Slovene surname, from župan (“head of a district”), from župa (“district”); compare Zupan.
* As a German surname, variant of Spahn; also Spann.
* As a Jewish surname from Span (“chip”) (probably through Yiddish).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Speck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Specks
Etymology: * As a German surname, from the noun Speck (“bacon”).
* As an English surname, variant of Speake, and perhaps a variant of Peck with an initial -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Speed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Speeds
Etymology: * As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed.
* As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody.
* As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell.
* Most place names seem to taken from the surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.
Sphinx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsfɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
Forms: form: the Sphinx
form: Sphinxes
form: Sphinges
form: Sphynx
Etymology: From Middle English Spynx, from Ancient Greek Σφίγξ (Sphínx), perhaps from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “bind tightly, to strangle”). The appurtenance of Egyptian Szp:p-A53 (šzp, “image, statue, sphinx”) or Szp:p-A53-anx-n:x (šzp-ꜥnḫ, “living image”) remains unclear.
Senses: synonyms: the Great Sphinx
the Great Sphinx of Giza
glosses: An ancient, large statue in Egypt, with the face of a man and the body of a lion, lying near the Great Pyramids.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the many offspring of Typhon and Echidna, a winged lion-like creature with a woman's face, who committed suicide out of frustration after Oedipus managed to solve her riddles.
Derived terms: Sphingian
Sphingine
sphinx
Spica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin spīca virginis "Virgo's ear of grain"
Senses: examples: text: The constellation Virgo is a Y-shaped group, of which α, the star at the foot, is the well-known Spica, a star of the first magnitude.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A binary star in the constellation Virgo; alpha (α) Virginis.
Spiffy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spiffies
Senses: examples: text: The only neat thing about him was his collar. It was held down by a Spiffy wire stay.
ref: 1975, Irvin Faust, A Star in the Family, page 60:
glosses: A spring-wire collar stay, worn by men.
Spike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪk
Etymology: From spike, variously from having spiky hair, being thin (like a railroad spike), etc.
Senses: examples: text: This book contains mostly humorous animal poems by poets such as Spike Milligan, Theodore Roethke, and Rudyard Kipling.
ref: 1995, Donna E. Norton, Through the eyes of a child: an introduction to children's literature, page 418:
text: He was meant to be called Benjamin, but he arrived with a little tuft of hair on top of his head, like a spike, and they called him Spike for three days, and then recalled a romantic, childless afternoon, years earlier, spent watching a matinee revival of She's Gotta Have It.
ref: 2013, Zadie Smith, N-W, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 238:
glosses: A male nickname.
Spike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪk
Forms: form: Spikes
Etymology: From spike, perhaps a nickname for a tall, thin person.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Around us the history of the land has centred for thrice a hundred years; out of the nation's heart we have called all that was best to throttle and subdue all that was worst; fire and blood, prayer and sacrifice, have billowed over this people, and they have found peace only in the altars of the God of Right. Nor has our gift of the Spirit been merely passive.
ref: 1903, W. E. B. DuBois, chapter 14, in The Souls of Black Folk:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Ellipsis of Holy Spirit.
Derived terms: slay someone in the Spirit
Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptist
Spirograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spirographs
head_nr: 1
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: A geometric drawing toy consisting of a set of plastic gears and toothed rings.
Derived terms: Spirograph Nebula
Split
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: splĭt
ipa: /splɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
homophone: split
Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος (Spálathos) and Ἀσπάλαθος (Aspálathos), from ἀσπάλαθος (aspálathos, “spiny broom”), a common shrub in the area.
Senses: glosses: A port city in Croatia.
Spot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From spot.
Senses: glosses: A popular given name for a dog
Spree
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃpɹeɪ/
ipa: /spɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: spray (one pronunciation)
Etymology: Borrowed from German Spree.
Senses: glosses: A river in Germany that flows through Lusatia and into Berlin, where it flows into the Havel.
wikipedia: Spree
Springbok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Springboks
Senses: glosses: A member of South Africa's national rugby union team ("the Springboks").
Spruce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: For Prussia, an alteration of Pruce; see that entry and spruce for more.
Senses: glosses: Prussia.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caledonia Township, Alcona County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Roseau County, Minnesota, named for spruce trees there.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bates County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Oconto County, Wisconsin.
Spur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spurs
Etymology: English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.
Senses: glosses: An occupational surname from Middle English
Synonyms: Spoor
Spoore
Spoores
Spoors
Spor
Spore
Spores
Spors
Spurr
Spurs
Spur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spurs
Etymology: English surname, variant of Spurr. Compare the noun spur.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a fan, player, coach etc.
Sr.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Sr
form: Snr
form: snr
Senses: examples: text: John Doe Sr.
text: Ronaldo Sr., who is the record goalscorer in men’s international soccer with 136 goals for Portugal, congratulated his son on his Instagram Stories by posting a picture of his name on the squad list, saying: “Proud of you, son!”
ref: 2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN:
glosses: Abbreviation of senior A title used after a father's name when his son is given the same name.
Synonyms: the Elder
Father
Hyponyms: english: one
translation: one
word: I
word: the First
Related terms: english: junior
translation: junior
word: Jr.
word: Dr.
word: Jr.
word: Mr.
word: Ms.
Sr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sr
Senses: examples: text: Sr. Josaphata
glosses: Abbreviation of Sister The title for religious sisters in Christianity.
St.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sts.
form: St
Senses: related: word: st
word: st.
glosses: Abbreviation of street (in names of specific streets, not as a common noun)
examples: text: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
text: After years of debate, hundreds of United Methodists from all over the world gathered in St. Louis last week to settle the denomination’s stance on LGBT clergy and same-sex weddings.
ref: 2019 March 3, Dakin Andone, “Fractured after vote against LGBT clergy, weddings, United Methodists face possible split”, in CNN:
synonyms: S.
Sta.
Ste.
glosses: Abbreviation of Saint (always capitalized).
glosses: Abbreviation of state (pertaining to US states)
Staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æfs
Senses: qualifier: postal
glosses: Abbreviation of Staffordshire.
Stan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /stæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Stans
Etymology: Clipping of Stanley.
Senses: glosses: A municipality in southeast Slovenia.
examples: text: Stan Jessop taught at a different school now but lived in the same small 1930s semi-detached as he had done ten years ago. Stan made him sound like an old allotment guy but he was only thirty-six.
ref: 2010, Kate Atkinson, Case Histories: (Jackson Brodie), Random House, →ISBN, page 307:
text: Finally, there’s a Stan Lee fly, in honor of the late Marvel Comics visionary.
ref: 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Stanley.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Stanislav.
glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Stan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Stans
Etymology: Clipping of Stanley.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stan (a type of superfan)
Stan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Stans
Etymology: From -stan.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stan.
Standard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "I felt that I had to come," she said, as if she could tell from my face that I still wasn't getting it. She spoke Standard, with no real accent. She was dressed in pragmatic, sexless human clothes; if we hadn't been face-to-face, she could have passed for a human.
ref: 1996, Joan D. Vinge, Dreamfall, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 150:
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: Common
glosses: Denoting the name of a universal language in various works.
Related terms: Galactic
Star
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”).
* Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”).
* As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”).
* As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”).
* As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
ref: 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, The Emily Starr Series; All Three Novels: Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs and Emily's Quest, Read Books Ltd, →ISBN:
text: Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
ref: 2019 February 7, Elly Griffiths, The Stone Circle: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 11, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English.
glosses: A hamlet in Lamont County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A hamlet in Shipham civil parish, Somerset, England.
glosses: A work settlement in the Dyatkovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A village in the Maryovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A small village in Fife council area, Scotland, also known as Star of Markinch.
glosses: A city in Idaho.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Munising Township, Alger County, Michigan.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Holt County, Nebraska.
glosses: A small town in Montgomery County, North Carolina.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mills County, Texas.
glosses: A hamlet in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
glosses: A small settlement near the village of Gaerwen, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Star class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
Stare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: stâr
ipa: /stɛə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A surname
Fredrick John Stare (1910–2002), American nutritionist
glosses: A surname
Ward Stare (born 1982), American conductor
Stare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: stâr
ipa: /stɛə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈstaɹeɪ/
homophone: Staré
ipa: /stəˈɹeɪ/
enpr: stâr
ipa: /stɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Polish Stare and Ukrainian Старе́ (Staré), both neuter substantives of adjectives — Polish stary and Ukrainian стари́й (starýj) — meaning “old”, both of which ultimately descend from Proto-Slavic *stàrъ. Compare Staroye.
Senses: glosses: A village in the Gmina of Rogoźno, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A village in the Gmina of Wysoka, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A hamlet in the Gmina of Kaźmierz, Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A former village in the former Irkliiv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1750, destroyed in 1959–60 by the flooding of the Kremenchuk Reservoir
glosses: A village in Voronkiv rural hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1455.
glosses: A village in Zghurivka settlement hromada, Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1910.
glosses: A rural settlement in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1930, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014.
Related terms: Stare Selo
Stare Sioło
Starling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: When we had all laughed and applauded till we were faint, Starling, not to be outdone, favoured us with a more modern saltatory entertainment in the Lancashire clog manner — to the best of my belief, the longest dance ever performed […]
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname from a nickname for a gregarious person.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
Related terms: Sterling
Stirling
Stars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The 53rd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Start
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Starts
form: start
form: START
Etymology: The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
Senses: glosses: A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
Start
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Starts
form: start
form: START
Etymology: Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
Start
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Start
form: start
form: START
Senses: examples: text: It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: The city of London, England.
State
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: States
Senses: glosses: A current governing polity, country, city-state, or community.
glosses: The current governing polity, country, city-state, or community under which the speaker lives.
Related terms: state
Crown
State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: State begins fouling and UCLA misses a couple of front-end free throws on one-and-ones.
ref: 2009, Brandon Lang, Stanley Cohen, Beating the Odds: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Sports Handicapper, →ISBN:
text: The Pack’s average seed in the mountain of NCAA tourney predictions out there is 10, and even the most optimistic takes on State’s situation have the team as an eight-seed.
ref: 2019 February 25, Steven Muma, “NCAA tournament position stays tenuous as NC State does the bare minimum”, in Backing the Pack:
glosses: State University, as the shortened form of a public university name.
Steen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steens
Etymology: * As a general Germanic surname, from Dutch Steen, West Flemish van der steen, Danish Steen, Swedish Steen, Norwegian Steen. Doublet of Stone and Stein. Compare Staines.
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from Stephen.
* As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from mac Stiamhna (“son of Stephen”), usually Anglicized as McStephen, McStein.
Senses: synonyms: Sten
glosses: A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
Derived terms: Steen's Bridge
Steen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Steens
Etymology: Early Afrikaans, elliptically from steendruiven (“stone grapes”), from steen (“stone”) + druiven (“grapes”), plural of druif.
Senses: glosses: Chenin blanc, a variety of white wine.
Stein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Stein. Doublet of Stone and Steen.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic from a Scots diminutive of Stephen.
examples: text: “Sunlight tends to make it a little better,” Stein said. “When people are more covered up in clothing like they are in the fall and the winter, some people’s psoriasis gets worse.”
ref: 2025 February 10, Monica Haider, “Dermatologists share how to treat dry skin”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from German Stein.
Stella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsʈɛlːa/
homophone: stella
homophone: stellar
homophone: steller
homophone: Steller (non-rhotic)
Etymology: From Latin stēlla (“star”).
Senses: examples: text: What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,
ref: 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
examples: text: Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella
ref: 2006, “Sheila”, performed by Jamie T:
glosses: Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
glosses: A town in South Africa.
glosses: A village in Missouri.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.
Related terms: stella
Stella Maris
Stella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsʈɛlːa/
homophone: stella
homophone: stellar
homophone: steller
homophone: Steller (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: Stellas
Etymology: From Latin stēlla (“star”).
Senses: examples: text: I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.
glosses: A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
examples: text: They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men.
ref: 2018, Bianca C. Williams, The Pursuit of Happiness, Duke University Press, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: milk bottle
glosses: A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).
Sten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stens
form: STEN
form: STEn
form: sten
Etymology: Acronym of Shepherd, Turpin, Enfield. From the names of the weapon's chief designers, Major Reginald Shepherd and Harold Turpin, and EN for Enfield.
Senses: glosses: The Sten gun, a family of British 9-millimeter submachine guns used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II, the Korean War and other conflicts.
Sten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stens
form: STEN
form: STEn
form: sten
Etymology: From North Germanic (Danish Sten, Swedish Sten, Norwegian Sten).
Senses: synonyms: Steen
glosses: A surname from the North Germanic languages, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)
Stern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sterns
form: Sterne
Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, from the noun Stern (“star”). This was also borrowed into various Slavic languages such as Serbo-Crotian and Slovenian.
* As an English surname, from the adjective stern.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method
Stern-Brocot tree
Stern-Gerlach experiment
Stew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /stu/
homophone: stew
homophone: stu
homophone: Stu
rhymes: -uː
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Stewart.
Related terms: Stu
Steward
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stewards
form: Stewart
Etymology: From steward.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.
glosses: A village in Lee County, Illinois, United States.
Related terms: Stewart
Stuard
Stuart
Stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sticks
Etymology: The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Official IRA.
Synonyms: Sticky