cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
solferino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsoʊlfəˈɹiːnəʊ/
Forms: form: solferinos
Etymology: So called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought at about the time of its discovery.
Senses: glosses: A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline
glosses: The purple-red colour of this dye
whiffler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whifflers
Etymology: From whiffle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who whiffles, or frequently changes their course or opinion.
examples: text: Every Whiffler in a Laced Coat, who frequents the Chocolate-Houſe, and is able to ſpell the Title of a Pamphlet, ſhall Talk of the Conſtitution with as much Plauſibility as this very Solemn Writer, and with as good a Grace blame the Clergy for medling with Politicks which they do not underſtand.
ref: 1714 February, [Jonathan Swift], The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis: […], London: […] [John Barber] for John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 13:
glosses: One who argues evasively; a trifler.
glosses: One who plays on a whiffle; a fifer or piper.
examples: text: [...] Men, Wiues and Boyes, / Whoſe ſhouts & claps out-voyce the deep-mouth'd Sea, / Which like a mightie Whiffler 'fore the King, / Seems to prepare his way: [...]
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, prologue], page 91, column 1:
text: Whifflers, or fifers, generally went first in a procession, from which circumstance the name was transferred to other persons who succeeded to that office, and at length was given to those who went forward merely to clear the way for the procession […] In the city of London, young freemen, who march at the head of their proper companies on the Lord Mayor's day, sometimes with flags, were called whifflers, or bachelor whifflers, not because they cleared the way, but because they went first, as whifflers did.
ref: 1822, Robert Nares, A Glossary:
glosses: An officer who went before a procession to clear the way, by blowing a horn or otherwise; hence, any person who marched at the head of a procession; a harbinger.
glosses: The goldeneye (duck).
whifflers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiffler
dowress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dowresses
Etymology: From dower + -ess?
Senses: glosses: A woman entitled to dower.
dowresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowress
sulfydrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfydrates
form: sulphydrate
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion -SH⁻ which is the sulfur analogue of hydroxide; any salt containing this anion
overflourish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overflourishes
form: overflourishing
form: overflourished
form: overflourished
Etymology: From over- + flourish.
Senses: examples: text: Men, like falle Glasses, generally represent their Complexion better than Nature has made it. And as they are likely to overflourish their own Case, ſo their Flattery is hardest to be discover'd .
ref: 1697, Jeremy Collier, Essays upon Several Moral Subjects:
glosses: To make excessive display or flourish of.
examples: text: the beauteous evil / Are empty trunks o'erflourished by the devil
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: To embellish with outward ornaments or flourishes; to varnish over.
overflourished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overflourish
overflourishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overflourish
overflourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overflourish
trichiuroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trichiuroid
form: most trichiuroid
Etymology: Trichiurus + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to Trichiurus.
subdivine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + divine.
Senses: examples: text: he, that made you, hath given us some little glimpse of your subdivine natures, properties, operations
ref: 1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:
glosses: Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
overwit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overwits
form: overwitting
form: overwitted
form: overwitted
Etymology: From over- + wit.
Senses: examples: text: He knows no guilt, who knows no sin.
⁠Yet well they merit to be pitied,
By clients always overwitted.
ref: c. 1728, Jonathan Swift, The Answer to Paulus, an Epigram:
glosses: To outwit.
overwits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwit
overwitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overwit
overwitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwit
epicrania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicranium
epicranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicrania
Etymology: From epi- + cranium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper and superficial part of the head, including the scalp, muscles, etc; cranial region.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The dorsal wall of the head of insects.
Derived terms: epicranial
equiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin aequiformis, from aequus (“equal”) + forma (“form”).
Senses: glosses: Having the same form; uniform, equiformal
Related terms: equiformity
auchenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The back of a bird's neck; the nape.
rattlepate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattlepates
form: rattle-pate
Etymology: From rattle + pate.
Senses: examples: text: "The place seems suggestive of fancies to you?" we observed in reply to the rattlepate.
ref: 1848, Charles Fenno Hoffman, "The Man in the Reservoir", Greatest Short Stories, Volume 1, P. F. Collier & Son (1915), page 124
text: he is so quiet and reserved , and has that unlucky ironical way with him that people don't like; especially rattlepates like those
ref: 1875, Charlotte Mary Yonge, The Clever Woman of the Family:
synonyms: rattlehead
glosses: A chatterbox; someone who talks a lot.
rattlepates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rattlepate
pinaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinax
pinax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnæks/
Forms: form: pinaces
form: pinakes
Etymology: From Latin pinax, from Ancient Greek πίναξ (pínax, “tablet”).
Senses: glosses: A tablet or register.
examples: text: Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]
ref: 1669, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne:
glosses: A list or scheme inscribed on a tablet.
disprinced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dis- + prince + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: For I was drench'd with ooze, and torn with briers, […] And, all one rag, disprinced from head to heel.
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Made unlike a prince; unprinced.
Synonyms: unprincely
digestedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more digestedly
form: most digestedly
Etymology: From digested + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically.
excortication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excortications
Etymology: Compare French excortication.
Senses: glosses: The act of stripping off bark, or a similar structure
glosses: The state of being stripped of bark, or something similar.
Synonyms: decortication
Related terms: excorticate
excortications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of excortication
hoove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Related to heave and hove.
Senses: glosses: A disease in cattle consisting of inflammation of the stomach by gas, usually caused by eating too much green food.
Synonyms: bloating
drum belly
meteorism
tympanites
tympany
wind dropsy
Derived terms: hooven
hoven
endamagement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endamagements
Etymology: Compare French endommagement.
Senses: examples: text: These flags of France, that are advanced here
Before the eye and prospect of your town,
Have hither march'd to your endamagement
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: damage; injury; harm
endamagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endamagement
haliotoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haliotoid
form: most haliotoid
Etymology: From translingual Haliotis + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Belonging to the genus Haliotis.
glosses: ear-shaped.
dinsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dinsome
form: most dinsome
Etymology: From din + -some.
Senses: examples: text: Till block an' studdie ring an' reel / Wi' dinsome clamour.
ref: 1785, Robert Burns, Scotch Drink:
glosses: Marked by din; noisy.
solipede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɒlɪˌpiːd/
Forms: form: solipedes
form: soliped
Etymology: From Latin sōliped-, sōlipēs.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A mammal having a single hoof on each foot; a solidungulate.
Derived terms: solipedal
solipedous
trental
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: trentals
Etymology: From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).
Senses: examples: text: Trentals seyde he, deliueren fro penaunce Hir freendes soules.
ref: c. 1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, Summoner's Tale:
text: their trentals and their shrifts
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale.”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The payment for this service.
glosses: Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
synonyms: word: triacontad
word: any set of thirty things
glosses: Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
synonyms: word: elegy
word: any funeral or funereal song or poem
topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.
synonyms: word: month's mind
extra: the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial
Synonyms: sense: set of requiem masses
word: tricennal
sense: set of requiem masses
word: tricenary
trentals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trental
misregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misregulates
form: misregulating
form: misregulated
form: misregulated
Etymology: From mis- + regulate.
Senses: glosses: To regulate incorrectly or imperfectly.
Related terms: misregulation
misregulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misregulate
misregulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misregulate
indetermined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + determined.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of undetermined.
amphiaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphiasters
Etymology: From amphi- + -aster.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure formed in mitosis, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphiasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphiaster
singularist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singularists
Etymology: From singular + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: a clownish singularist, or nonconformist to ordinary usage
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Provide things honest in the Sight of all Men”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: One who affects singularity.
examples: text: To that end, the singularist understands an inquiry to proceed.
ref: 2007, Michael Krausz, Interpretation and Transformation, page 30:
text: What divides the singularist from the multiplist is not just an epistemic difference.
ref: 2019, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, page 45:
glosses: A proponent of singularism.
One who believes there is a single valid interpretion.
examples: text: Like all singularists, Ducasse holds that causation is a relation between particular events with no generalist comonent.
ref: 1997, Douglas Ehring, Causation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation, page 8:
text: My own sympathies are with the generalizing singularist,
ref: 2010, Michael S. Moore, Causation and Responsibility, page 506:
glosses: A proponent of singularism.
One who believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events.
singularist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more singularist
form: most singularist
Etymology: From singular + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Yet insofar as such reconciliation or healing depends upon satisfactory elucidatory inquiries into the admissibility of interretations of pertinent situations, the conducts of inquiry associated with singularist and multiplist ideals would be operative.
ref: 2007, Michael Krausz, Interpretation and Transformation, page 30:
text: Rather than think of multiplist conditions as being always en route to an ideal singularist condition (which they may sometimes be), the multiplist allows that a singularist condition may itself be interim or en route to a yet deeper understanding of the complexities of pertinent practices .
ref: 2019, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, page 45:
glosses: Pertaining to the believe in a single valid interpretation.
examples: text: In that respect , I am working within a broadly Humean tradition and not the singularist tradition .
ref: 1997, Douglas Ehring, Causation and Persistence: A Theory of Causation, page 10:
text: Whether singularist theories of causation are viable depends intially on which brand of singularism one has in mind.
ref: 2010, Michael S. Moore, Causation and Responsibility, page 506:
glosses: Pertaining to the belief believes that the causal relationship is a directly perceivable and reducible relation between two events
singularists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singularist
doobage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doob + -age.
Senses: examples: text: So, Ahab, can I have all my doobage?
ref: 1985, John Hughes, 00:54:22 from the start, in The Breakfast Club (motion picture), spoken by John Bender (Judd Nelson):
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: marijuana
Related terms: doobie
orpin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of orpine (“the plant or the pigment”).
cremocarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremocarps
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρεμάννυμι (kremánnumi, “hang”) + -carp.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The fruit of fennel, carrot, parsnip, etc., consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.
cremocarps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cremocarp
orangeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔɹ.æn.ʒæt/
Forms: form: orangeats
Etymology: From French, from orange.
Senses: glosses: Candied orange peel.
examples: text: In the shadow of a potted palm, Tavy sipped her glass of orangeat, wishing it were black tea.
ref: 2011, Katharine Ashe, In the Arms of a Marquess, page 24:
qualifier: perhaps archaic
glosses: Orangeade (a drink).
orangeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orangeat
adunation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adunations
Etymology: From Latin adūnātiō, from ad + ūnus (“one”).
Senses: examples: text: [W]e are taught, that all the body of holy actions and miniſteries are to unite in production of the event, and that without that adunation one thing alone cannot operate: [...]
ref: 1678, Jeremy Taylor, “The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […]. The Third Part.”, in Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC, ad section XV (Considerations of Some Preparatory Accidents before the Entrance of Jesus into His Passion), discourse XX (Of Death, and the Due Manner of Preparation to It), page 397:
glosses: The act of uniting; union.
adunations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adunation
dribber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dribbers
Etymology: From drib + -er.
Senses: examples: text: he shall become, of a fair archer, a stark squirter and dribber
ref: 1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge […], London: […] Edouardi Whytchurch, →OCLC:
glosses: One who dribs; an archer who shoots weakly or badly.
dribbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dribber
droven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of drive
Synonyms: english: modern form
translation: modern form
word: driven
rostrula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rostrulum
rostrulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rostrula
Etymology: Diminutive of Latin rostrum a beak.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
entomology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A little rostrum (beak-like projection of an insect).
slave breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave breakers
Senses: examples: text: Great George was having behavioral problems, so his master sent him to a slave breaker.
glosses: A person who specializes in destroying the wills of unruly slaves, especially in the context of the antebellum American South.
argilliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more argilliferous
form: most argilliferous
Etymology: From Latin argilla (“white clay”) + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: argilliferous earths
text: argilliferous limestone
ref: 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Producing clay; rich in argil.
endosmometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: osmometric
alvine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ælvɪn/
/ælvaɪn/
Etymology: From Latin alvus (“belly”) + -ine (compare French alvin).
Senses: examples: text: alvine discharges  alvine concretions
text: Should the dose of bark [of Cinchona trees] be too strong, or its use be too long continued, or finally, the digestive canal, or any other organ be in a state of inflammation, all the phenomena we have just mentioned become more intense and all the symptoms of phlegmasia are aggravated. Uneasiness and dry heat are felt at the epigastric region; nausea, borborygm, vomiting or alvine evacuations take place; […]
ref: 1829, H[enri] M[ilne-]Edwards, P[ierre] Vavasseur, Joseph Togno, E[lias] Durand, “Tonic Substances”, in A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea & Carey— […], →OCLC, pages 115–116:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
misspense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + spense, shortened form of expense.
Senses: examples: text: So that now to engage in contest about them, may be reasonably deemed nothing more than a wilful mispense of our time, labour and good humour [...]
ref: 1680, Isaac Barrow, Of the love of God and our neighbour, in several sermons:
glosses: Improper spending; waste.
Related terms: misspend
astoop
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: more astoop
form: most astoop
Etymology: From a- + stoop.
Senses: examples: text: my darling wine astoop
ref: 1720, John Gay, “An Answer to the Sompner's Prologue of Chaucer”, in Poems on Several Occasions:
glosses: In a stooping or inclined position.
Kawi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːwi/
Etymology: From Sanskrit कवि (kavi).
Senses: examples: text: The theory that Balinese religion was a branch of Indian Hinduism led the society to believe that the literature of ancient Bali should be in the classical language of India, but in fact the Kawi language has absolutely no grammatical connection to Sanskrit.
ref: 2012, Adrian Vickers, Bali: A Paradise Created, 2nd edition, Tuttle, page 118:
glosses: A literary and prose language based on Old Javanese with a large number of Sanskrit loanwords, and used on the islands of Java, Bali, and Lombok; or the script used in writing this language.
Old Javanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The oldest and most extensive written language of Southeast Asia (chiefly in terms of written records, and the most extensive in the number and variety of its texts).
glosses: The oldest attested form of Javanese language spoken up to the thirteenth century.
Related terms: Kawi
Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Javanese terms
posthardcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post-hardcore
Etymology: From post- + hardcore.
Senses: examples: text: […]an original posthardcore band whose outrageousness is truly arty[…]
ref: 1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's record guide: the '80s:
text: David's faith in his church had been built on sandy ground for a while by the time he discovered politically correct, dub-influenced posthardcore.
ref: 2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body piercing saved my life, page 80:
text: Replacing Jane's Addiction as headliner that year was the Red Hot Chili Peppers, another LA-based posthardcore fusion ensemble.
ref: 2009, Steve Waksman, This ain't the summer of love, page 304:
glosses: A genre of music mainly derived from hardcore punk, with slower tempos and softer vocals.
obelised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of obelise
obelised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of obelized.
philomathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philomathic
form: most philomathic
Etymology: Compare French philomathique.
Senses: glosses: Relating to philomathy.
glosses: Having a love of learning or of humanities.
spinosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinosity
spinosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinosities
Etymology: From spinose + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of having a spine
Argolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Argolic
form: most Argolic
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Argolicus, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Argolis (various subdivisions which such name) in the Peloponnesus.
Derived terms: Argolic Gulf
forecited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fore- + cited.
Senses: examples: text: that forecited paſſage
ref: 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:
glosses: Cited or quoted before or above.
junkball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkballs
Etymology: From junk + ball.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A deliberately slow shot.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An off-speed pitch, such as a changeup, a curveball or a slider.
Derived terms: junkballing
Related terms: junkballer
junkballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkball
exagitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exagitations
Etymology: Latin exagitatio: compare Old French exagitation.
Senses: examples: text: apreternatural Exagitation and Commotion
ref: 1714, a Phyisican, A Treatise of diseases of the head, brain and nerves:
glosses: agitation
exagitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exagitation
marching ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the ant-like appearance of the moving dots.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An animated dotted line indicating which portion of an image is currently selected.
Synonyms: marquee
hyosternum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəm
Etymology: From hyo- + sternum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: hyoplastron
idiotize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: idiotizes
form: idiotizing
form: idiotized
form: idiotized
Etymology: From idiot + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: She was idiotized by hunger.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:idiotize.
glosses: To make, become, or deem idiotic or stupid.
idiotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of idiotize
idiotizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of idiotize
idiotizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of idiotize
affinitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more affinitative
form: most affinitative
Senses: examples: text: affinitative case
text: affinitative possession
glosses: Of the nature of affinity.
Related terms: affinitatively
countervailability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From countervail + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The only exception to countervailability of such broadly available government programs would have been for access
ref: 1988, David E. Birenbaum, The 1988 Trade Law: What It Affects and What It Means, page 74:
text: Not only would that allow countervailability to be based on almost any governmental activity in the exporting country; it also would present insuperable problems of allocation at the measurement stage in attempting to assess the aliquot share of benefits of education, stable currency, and so on, represented in the exported goods.
ref: 2010, Richard Boltuck, Robert E. Litan, Down in the Dumps: Administration of the Unfair Trade Laws, page 224:
glosses: The characteristic of being countervailable; the ability to be countervailed; compensability.
countervailable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more countervailable
form: most countervailable
Etymology: From countervail + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be countervailed; able to be counteracted, counterbalanced or neutralized; compensable.
compensability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From compensable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The characteristic of being compensable; the ability to be compensated.
counterfeitress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterfeitresses
Etymology: From counterfeiter + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female counterfeiter.
counterfeitresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterfeitress
institutive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɪtjʊtɪv/
/ɪnˈstɪt͡ʃətɪv/
Etymology: From institute + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: These words do not seem institutive or collative of power, but rather only admonitive or exhortative to duty
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). A Treatise on the Pope's Supremacy”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: Tending or intended to institute; having the power to establish.
examples: text: institutive decency
ref: 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
glosses: Established; depending on, or characterized by, institution or order.
Derived terms: institutively
mizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mizzy
mizzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizzies
form: mizzey
form: mizz
Etymology: From Middle English misy (“swamp, bog”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old English *mȳsiġ, *mīesiġ, from Proto-West Germanic *miusiju, from Proto-Germanic *miusijō (“swamp, bog”, literally “mossy place”), from Proto-Germanic *meusą (“moss, moor”), related to Old Norse mýrr ("swamp, bog, moor"; whence English mire), Middle English mes, mease, mise, mese (“moss”), from Old English mēos (“moss”). Compare also dialectal English mizzick, mizzack, mezzack, mizuk, perhaps the same word with a suffix akin to -ock.
Senses: examples: text: They draggunt meh thro' wick thurns, o'er doytch-backs un thro' mizzies, […]
ref: 1819, Paul Bobbin, Sequel Lanc. Dial., page 39:
text: For miles in every direction lay the old forest of Gardomwood, a relic of primeval woodland, rich in glades and brakes, in streamlets and mizzies.
ref: 1894, R. Murray Gilchrist, Dame Inowslad:
glosses: A bog or quagmire.
exsertile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsɜː(ɹ)taɪl/
/ɛkˈsɜː(ɹ)tɪl/
Etymology: From exsert + -ile.
Senses: examples: text: The male is furnished with an exsertile penis
ref: 1822, John Fleming, The Philosophy of Zoology:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Capable of being thrust out or protruded.
oncilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɒnˈsiː.ə/
Forms: form: oncillas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish oncilla, diminutive of onza (“snow leopard”).
Senses: synonyms: little spotted cat
glosses: a small spotted felid, of species Leopardus tigrinus, found in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America.
burler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burlers
Etymology: From burl + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who burls (removes knots from cloth).
glosses: Alternative form of birler.
burlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burler
damnification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin damnificatio.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The act of causing injury or loss.
raw_tags: ~
Related terms: damnify
damnifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damnification
lizard's tail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lizard's tails
form: lizardtail
form: lizard tail
Senses: glosses: One of various plant species.
Houttuynia cordata, chameleon plant, a herbaceous perennial plant native to Japan, Korea, southern China and Southeast Asia.
glosses: One of various plant species.
Crassula muscosa, rattail crassula, a succulent plant native to South Africa
glosses: One of various plant species.
Saururus cernuus, a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lizard, tail.
Synonyms: sense: Saururus cernuus
word: water dragon
sense: Saururus cernuus
word: swamp root
sense: Saururus cernuus
word: swamp lily
lizard's tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lizard's tail
complaintful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more complaintful
form: most complaintful
Etymology: From complaint + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Persistenyl complaining; kvetchy.
cri de cœur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cris de cœur
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cri de coeur.
cris de cœur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cri de cœur
cris de coeur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cri de coeur
enrace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɹeɪs/
Forms: form: enraces
form: enracing
form: enraced
form: enraced
Etymology: From en- + race. Compare French enraciner.
Senses: examples: text: When she in fleshly feede is eft enraced
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, An Hymne in Honour of Beautie:
glosses: To enroot; to implant.
enraced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enrace
enraces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enrace
enracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enrace
jetfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetfoils
Etymology: From jet + foil, from a Boeing trademark.
Senses: glosses: A passenger-carrying hydrofoil propelled by water jets.
waterjets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterjet
jetfoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jetfoil
deiformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deiform + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Resemblance to deity; godliness.
alecost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alecosts
Etymology: From ale + Latin costus (“an aromatic plant”). Compare costmary.
Senses: glosses: The plant costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), formerly much used for flavoring ale.
sheal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheals
Etymology: See shell.
Senses: glosses: A shell or pod.
sheal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheals
Etymology: See shieling
Senses: glosses: A shieling
sheal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sheals
form: shealing
form: shealed
form: shealed
Etymology: See shieling
Senses: examples: text: That's a shealed peascod.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
glosses: To shelter under a shieling
sheals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheal
biplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + plicate.
Senses: examples: text: COTYLEDONS very broad, foliaceous, cordate, biplicate and infolded
ref: 1849, Asa Gray, The Genera of the Plants of the United States:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Twice folded together.
doughbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doughbirds
Etymology: From dough + bird, from its soft, pale breast meat.
Senses: glosses: An Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis).
doughbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doughbird
trivalve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + valve.
Senses: synonyms: trivalved
glosses: Having three valves.
trivalve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trivalves
Etymology: From tri- + valve.
Senses: glosses: Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
trivalves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trivalve
syllaba anceps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭʹləbə ănʹsĕps
ipa: /ˈsɪləbə ˈænsɛps/
Forms: form: syllabae ancipites
Etymology: Latin: syllaba (“syllable”) + anceps (“double-headed, uncertain”)
Senses: examples: text: Syllabae ancipites at the ends of lines are […]
ref: 1908, Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt [eds.], The Oxyrhynchus Papyri (Egypt Exploration Fund), volume 5, issues 840–844, page 17
text: The name of L constitutes one syllable, but its position at the end of the (dactylic-hexameter) line makes it a syllaba anceps, either long or short, and any one of three interpretations seems possible: el (with the preceding word, geminat, having a long final syllable, the A retaining its original length, as we find in even later poets), or le (with Strzelecki, the E being long or short), or ll (with Marx), i.e., sonant/syllabic l (as others put it).
ref: ante''' 1971, Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (1973, University of California Press; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part VI: “Conclusions”, § 1: ‘The Ancient Evidence’, page 51
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A syllable of unfixed or undecided weight.
charadriiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Belonging to the Charadriiformes.
charadriiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charadriiforms
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the order Charadriiformes
charanguista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charanguistas
Etymology: From Spanish charanguista.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who plays a charango.
Synonyms: charangoist
charanguistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charanguista
syllabae ancipites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭʹləbē ănsĭʹpĭtēz
ipa: /ˈsɪləbiː ænˈsɪpɪtiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of syllaba anceps
equestrianship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equestrian + -ship.
Senses: glosses: equestrianism
squabby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squabby
form: most squabby
Etymology: From squab + -y.
Senses: examples: text: squabby person
synonyms: squabbish
glosses: Short and thick
land artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land artists
Senses: glosses: An artist who creates art in or from natural components such as earth and rock.
dods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dod
wisdome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wisdomes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of wisdom.
faithhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faithheads
form: faith head
form: faith-head
Etymology: From faith + -head.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is overly religious.
quarter-days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter-day
quarter waiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter waiter
quatrebles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quatreble
Ejaculation Proclamation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ejaculation Proclamation
Etymology: Rhyme with Emancipation Proclamation, a proclamation issued by US President Abraham Lincoln.
Senses: examples: text: And we now have a title to Clinton's speech to the nation last Monday night: The "Ejaculation Proclamation."
ref: 1998 August 19, basch, “An^([sic]) Look at the Speech”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: I accepted it as the 'momentary lapse of judgment' before posting a 'not appropriate' message to the newsgroup of a person who merely 'volunteered' to articulate a scenario that may have been on some Americans' minds in the hours following their watching of the Ejaculation Proclamation.
ref: 1998 August 19, Colin M. Alberts, “Hitler 1933”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet):
text: This would be the Ejaculation Proclamation, eh?
ref: 1998 August 19, endPC, “My Fellow Americans”, in alt.fan.regular-guys (Usenet):
text: the curtain jet up later rather than sooner Monday fo' Slick's Ejaculation Proclamation.
ref: 1998 August 20, Bob Kemp, “Theatre of the Absurd”, in alt.personals.intercultural (Usenet):
text: Not sure what nation you're from or the nature of its legal system, but would you and your countrymen be concerned if serious allegations arose causing your leader of perjury, subornation of perjury and obstruction of justice? The great misperception is that it's about sex. Anyone who saw the "Ejaculation Proclamation" speech Monday night should know that's exactly what the Prez wants us to think -- it's between him, Hillary and his God. It's not.
ref: 1998 August 20, Scott Sprintz, “Embassy Bombs Retaliated”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim (Usenet):
glosses: US President Bill Clinton's admission that he had had an "improper physical relationship" with Monica Lewinsky.
wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation
shock diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shock diamonds
Senses: glosses: Any of the diamond-shaped wave patterns that appear in the supersonic exhaust plume of an aerospace propulsion system, such as a supersonic jet engine or rocket, when it is operated in an atmosphere.
wikipedia: shock diamond
Synonyms: Mach diamond
thrust diamond
mænad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mænads
form: mænades
Senses: examples: text: VVild yuie) for it is dedicated to Bacchus & therefore it is ſayd that the Mænades (that is Bacchus franticke prieſtes) vſed in theyr ſacrifice to carry Thyrſos, vvhich vvere pointed ſtaues or Iauelins, vvrapped about vvith yuie.
ref: 1579, E. K., “[October. Ægloga Decima.] Glosse.”, in Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 43, verso:
text: The ſecrets of the good goddeſs are knovvn, vvhen the pipe the loins / Incites; and alſo vvith the horn, and vvith vvine, the Mænads of Priapus / Are driven, aſtoniſhed, and toſs their hair and hovvl.
ref: 1789, Juvenal, “Satire VI”, in M[artin] Madan, transl., A New and Literal Translation of Juvenal and Persius; […], volume I, London: […] [F]or the editor, and sold at T. Becket’s, […], →OCLC, page 273, lines 313–315:
text: I, a most enamoured maiden / Whose weak brain is overladen / With the pleasure of her love, / Maniac-like around thee move / Gazing, an insatiate bride, / On thy form from every side / Like a Mænad, round the cup / Which Agave lifted up / In the wierd^([sic – meaning weird]) Cadmæan forest.
ref: 1818–1819 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Prometheus Unbound”, in Prometheus Unbound […], London: C[harles] and J[ames] Ollier […], published 1820, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, pages 146–147:
text: Even in the uttermost frenzy of energy is each mænad movement royally, imperially, incedingly upborne.
ref: 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Vashti”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 191:
glosses: Archaic form of maenad.
mænads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mænad
counterturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterturns
Etymology: From counter- + turn.
Senses: examples: text: Every turn, every spiral, every extension eventually has to be tempered by a counterturn, a counterspiral, or a flexion; sometimes strong, sometimes subtle.
ref: 2010, Richard Freeman, The Mirror of Yoga:
glosses: A turn in the other direction; one of the turns of a zigzag.
examples: text: turns and counterturns of plot
ref: 1668, John Dryden, Essay of Dramatick Poesie:
glosses: The critical moment in a drama, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
counterturns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterturn
crocodility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crocodile + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A sophistical mode of arguing.
discretively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more discretively
form: most discretively
Etymology: From discretive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a discretive manner.
pererration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pererrations
Etymology: From Latin pererrare, pererratum (“to wander through”).
Senses: examples: text: […] Jonas in the Whales belly, travelled much, but ſaw little, why, becauſe jee was ſhut up in the body of that great (aquatique) beaſt, ſo theſe may be ſaid to have been carried up and downe through many Countreys, and after a long pererration to and fro, to returne as wiſe as they went, becauſe their ſoules were ſo ill lodged, and ſhut up in ſuch ſtupid bodies: […]
ref: 1642, James Howell, “Section XV”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Instructions for Forreine Travell. […] (English Reprints; 16), London: [Alex. Murray & Son, 15 June 1869], →OCLC, pages 67–68:
glosses: A rambling or wandering through various places.
pererrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pererration
Troic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Troic
form: most Troic
Etymology: Latin Troicus, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: March 14 1819, William Ewart Gladstone, The Homeric Artemis
I have given you some clear grounds of distinction between the Troic and Achæan religions , and of the place which Artemis holds in the Troic system
glosses: Pertaining to Troy; Trojan.
superplants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superplant
rebullition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin rebullire (“to bubble up”).
Senses: examples: text: c. 1632, Henry Wotton, a letter
there may be a rebullition in that business
glosses: The act of boiling up or effervescing.
reimbodied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reimbody
reimbodies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reimbody
reimbody
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reimbodies
form: reimbodying
form: reimbodied
form: reimbodied
Etymology: From re- + imbody.
Senses: examples: text: the Parts brought to touch one another do immediately reimbody
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Archaic form of reembody.
reimbodying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reimbody
fabavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fabaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of several viruses, of the genus Fabavirus, that are transmitted by aphids, and cause wilt in broad beans and similar plants
fabaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fabavirus
ferricyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferricyanide
ferrocyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrocyanide
eozoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eozoön