cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
to the death
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The two gladiators fought to the death.
text: Within the independent government of the East Turkestan Republic, while Sabid-da-Mulla insisted upon defending the Old City of Kashgar to the death, Mahum and Nias wanted to quit the Old City for the time being, withdraw to Ying-chi-sha, and plan a second uprising.
ref: 1946 December 5, Military Information: Sinkiang Rebellions 1931-1937, page 9:
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: That will continue until one of the contestants dies.
raw_tags: of a contest
examples: text: Then, alluding with a toss of the head to the tumult in the station-yard, ‘When one has got to make correct entries, one comes to hate those savages - hate them to the death.’ He remained thoughtful for a moment.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 208:
glosses: To the utmost degree.
Derived terms: fight to the death
Related terms: to death
epigonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epigonisms
Etymology: From epigone + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […]
ref: 1948, William Van O'Connor, Sense and Sensibility in Modern Poetry:
glosses: An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition.
glosses: The product of an epigone.
Schwalbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: The World War II Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter.
tropical cyclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropical cyclones
Senses: glosses: A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
glosses: A rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, strong winds, and a circular or spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain, ranging in increasing strength from tropical depressions and tropical storm to hurricanes.
A typhoon; a hurricane.
qualifier: strictly
Derived terms: Mediterranean tropical cyclone
Related terms: cyclone
cyclonic storm
hurricane
tempest
tropical depression
tropical storm
typhoon
willy-willy
spring gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring guns
Senses: glosses: A gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.
Leier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Leiers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Leier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Erica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪkə
Forms: form: Erika
form: Ericka
form: Erykah
Etymology: A feminine form of Eric, ultimately from Old Norse. The name has also been associated with the flower genus.
Senses: examples: text: But Erica Mann Jong is, alas, just as patriarchal as Erica Jong. When Thomas Mann's daughter, Erika, was alive, the confusion of names bothered me. My parents had met and admired Thomas Mann. They loved his daughter's name and wished creativity upon me. Erica means white flower in German, and queen in old Scandinavian, but to them, it meant writer.
ref: 1994, Erica Jong, Fear of Fifty, page 140:
text: There are, of course, many ethical reasons to use nonviolent strategies. But compelling research by Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard University, confirms that civil disobedience is not only the moral choice; it is also the most powerful way of shaping world politics – by a long way.
ref: 2019 May 13, David Robson, “The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world”, in BBC:
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse.
Related terms: Eric
basic training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The standard training regime for introducing new recruits to the organization's discipline and basic operational skills.
Synonyms: boot camp
tutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtutɚ/
homophone: tooter
homophone: Tudor
ipa: /ˈtjuːtə/
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tutors
form: tutour
Etymology: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
Senses: examples: text: He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
glosses: One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
glosses: A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
glosses: A homeroom.
topics: law
glosses: One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
Synonyms: sense: one who teaches
word: preceptor
Derived terms: e-tutor
tutee
tutorage
tutorship
tutrix
Related terms: intuition
tuition
tutelage
tutelar
tutelary
tutorial
tutor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtutɚ/
homophone: tooter
homophone: Tudor
ipa: /ˈtjuːtə/
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tutors
form: tutoring
form: tutored
form: tutored
form: tutour
Etymology: From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.
Senses: examples: text: To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
glosses: To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
glosses: To treat with authority or sternness.
tutor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtutɚ/
homophone: tooter
homophone: Tudor
ipa: /ˈtjuːtə/
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tutors
Etymology: Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.
Senses: examples: text: here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.
ref: 1998 April 5, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2019, message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>:
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
tutor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtutɚ/
homophone: tooter
homophone: Tudor
ipa: /ˈtjuːtə/
rhymes: -uːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tutors
form: tutoring
form: tutored
form: tutored
Etymology: Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.
Senses: examples: text: Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish.
ref: 2002, David Seiler, “Type I -- What do you think about Wishes and how do you plan to break them?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: To fetch a card from one's deck.
multi-tasking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multitasking.
multi-tasking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of multi-task
motley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒtli/
ipa: /ˈmɑtli/
Forms: form: more motley
form: motlier
form: motleyer
form: most motley
form: motliest
form: motleyest
Etymology: From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I met a fool i' th' forest, / A motley' fool.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii], lines 906–907:
text: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: "One of them can see you, and one of them can see an empty hallway." Reynders narrowed her bleary eyes — she wasn't wearing her glasses, for some reason — as though momentarily uncertain which sight she was seeing. She apparently decided in favour of their motley group. "I'm the one who can see you. The one who can see you can talk to you. The one who can't talk to you can see you too, sometimes, but she doesn't want to because she knows you're not there. Where she is."
ref: 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
synonyms: word: heterogeneous
word: diverse
word: manifold
word: catholic
word: dishomogeneous
word: diverse
word: diversified
word: eclectic
word: heterogeneous
word: liberal
word: manifold
word: miscellaneous
word: mixed
word: motley
word: multifarious
word: multifold
word: sundry
word: variable
word: varied
word: various
glosses: Comprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
synonyms: word: colorful
word: prismatic
word: variegated
word: aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured
word: colorful (US) / colourful
word: colorific
word: discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US
word: obsolete) / discoloured
word: kaleidoscopic
word: many-coloured
word: motley
word: multichromatic
word: multicolor (US) / multicolour
word: multicolored (US) / multicoloured
word: multicolorous
word: multihued
word: particolored (US) / particoloured
word: polychromate
word: polychromatic
word: polychromed
word: polyhued
word: prismatic
word: rainbow
word: rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured
word: tissued
word: variegated
glosses: Having many colours; variegated.
Derived terms: motley crew
motley fool
motley iron
motleyness
Related terms: word: mottled
motley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒtli/
ipa: /ˈmɑtli/
Forms: form: motleys
Etymology: From Middle English motle, from Anglo-Norman motteley (“parti-colored”), from Old English mot (“speck”). Doublet of mote. The English word can be analysed as mottle + -y.
Senses: glosses: An incongruous mixture.
glosses: A jester's multicoloured clothes.
examples: text: Wil you be married, Motley?
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 198, column 2, line 71:
text: Alas, 'tis true, I have gone here and there, / And made myself a motley to the view, […]
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 110”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
glosses: A jester; a fool.
south-south-east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast.
south-south-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast.
south-south-east
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of south-southeast.
fickle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪk.əl/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: fickler
form: more fickle
form: ficklest
form: most fickle
Etymology: From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.
Senses: examples: text: O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v], page 69:
text: Still onward winds the dreary way;
⁠I with it; for I long to prove
⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love,
Whatever fickle tongues may say.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXVI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 43:
text: As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things
ref: 2010, James Murphy, “Home”, in This Is Happening, performed by LCD Soundsystem:
synonyms: flighty
capricious
mercurial
glosses: Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
examples: text: fickle breeze
text: fickle stock market
text: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
synonyms: erratic
vertiginous
roving
glosses: Changeable.
Derived terms: fickle finger of fate
fickleness
ficklesome
ficklety
fickly
fucked by the fickle finger of fate
unfickle
fickle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪk.əl/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: fickles
form: fickling
form: fickled
form: fickled
Etymology: From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).
Senses: glosses: To deceive, flatter.
glosses: To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
toque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊk/
ipa: /toʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
Forms: form: toques
form: touque
Etymology: From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
Senses: examples: text: Toques are for the most part indented in the mural style, in two rows, between which are placed marabout feathers. Flowers, feathers, ears of corn, in gold or silver: such are the chief ornaments on the heads of young ladies, either as separate decorations or all blended together. Black velvet toques are ornamented with marabout feathers of a light grey, mingled with a few ears of gold corn.
ref: 1824 January, La Belle Assemblée, volume 29, Fashions, page 32:
text: "Because Esmé said she was going out this afternoon to choose a new toque, and she hoped I should like it, and I’m not quite sure what it is, or where she'll wear it. Do you mind explaining?"
"Not at all. A toque is that which if it had strings would be a bonnet, and if it had brim, would be a hat. It is worn on the head."
"Thanks, now I know where I am," said the vicar of St. Machars, with a sigh of relief.
ref: 1903, Janet Elder Rait, Alison Howard, Archibald Constable & Co., page 273:
text: She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown.
ref: 1932, Julien Green, translated by Vyvyan Holland, The Strange River, Harper & Brothers, page 180:
text: 1957—Samuel Beckett, "Endgame",
In a dressing-gown, a stiff toque on his head, a large blood-stained handkerchief over his face, a whistle hanging from his neck, a rug over his knees, thick socks on his feet, Hamm seems to be asleep.
glosses: A type of hat with no brim.
examples: text: Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque.
ref: 1999, Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Owl Books, →ISBN, page 154:
text: When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque, I knew I'd spotted my quarry.
"Chef Reynoso?"
ref: 2000, Jerrilyn Farmer, Killer Wedding, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 103:
text: Minutes later, a red-faced man in a chef's toque approached our table.
ref: 2004, Laura Levine, Killer Blonde, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
examples: 2007—October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in Elle, page 360,
Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town.
glosses: A chef.
glosses: A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
glosses: An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
toque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊk/
ipa: /toʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
ipa: /tuːk/
ipa: /tjuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
ipa: /təʊk/
ipa: /toʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
Forms: form: toques
form: tuque
Etymology: 1871. Assimilated from Canadian French tuque. Likely to be a hypercorrection from the time that toque was already in the dictionaries when they did not yet list tuque as a kind of hat. The French word tuque for hat is itself not strictly a deformation of French toque: it is also related to other meanings of tuque and to its former name bonnet à la turque (literally “Turkish-style bunnet/cap”).
Senses: examples: text: Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eyebrows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque. Gush gush.
ref: 1998, Douglas Coupland, chapter 1, in Girlfriend in a Coma, page 4:
text: It was like entering the Millennial id. Craft beer and cucumber water poured from kitchen taps. Laptoppers in jeans and toques clacked along to MGMT in the wood-paneled common area.
ref: 2018 March, Laura Bliss, “How WeWork Has Perfectly Captured the Millennial Id”, in The Atlantic:
synonyms: beanie
knit cap
stocking cap
watch cap
glosses: A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
Related terms: winter hat
winter toque
wool hat
toque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təʊk/
ipa: /toʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
ipa: /tuːk/
ipa: /tjuːk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: toques
Etymology: From Spanish toque.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The guitar part of flamenco music.
circadian rhythm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circadian rhythms
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: circadian clock
qualifier: sleep medicine
glosses: The internal body clock that regulates the roughly 24-hour cycle of biological processes in animals and plants.
Related terms: chronotype
infradian
ultradian
gobbledygook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/
ipa: /ˈɡɑːb(ə)ldɪˌɡuːk/
Forms: form: gobbledygooks
form: gobbledegook
form: gobblygook
form: garbley gook
form: gobbly-gook
Etymology: First attested in a memo by US Representative (Texas) Maury Maverick dated March 30, 1944, banning "gobbledygook language". Apparently coined in imitation of the sounds made by a turkey.
Senses: glosses: Nonsense; meaningless or encrypted language.
glosses: Something written in an overly complex, incoherent, or incomprehensible manner.
Derived terms: gobbledygooker
Related terms: bureaucratese
doubletalk
jargon
nonsense
officialese
VAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VARs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of VaR; Value at Risk.
glosses: Acronym of vector autoregression.
examples: text: [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.
ref: 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:
text: Another offside decision, confirmed by the VAR, also ruled out a French “goal” early in the second half, when Geyoro tucked in on the rebound from Berger’s close-range save from Marie-Antoinette Katoto; […].
ref: 2025 July 19, Tom Garry, “Berger stars in shootout as Germany overcome early red card to fell France at Euro 2025”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of video assistant referee.
Related terms: OEM
profuse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈfjuːs/
rhymes: -uːs
Forms: form: more profuse
form: most profuse
Etymology: From Latin profusus.
Senses: examples: text: She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
text: profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
text: On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
profuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈfjuːs/
rhymes: -uːs
Forms: form: profuses
form: profusing
form: profused
form: profused
Etymology: From Latin profusus.
Senses: examples: text: Mercury, thy help hath been profused
ref: [1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
glosses: To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
profusely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈfjusli/
Forms: form: more profusely
form: most profusely
Etymology: From profuse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The run left him sweating profusely.
text: "Oh, I say! By Jove! What!" was his oration, after which he resumed his seat and perspired profusely.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: A shrubby species suitable for beefarming, as it flowers profusely from November-January, and yields both pollen and nectar.
ref: 1965, William Faris Blakely, A Key to the Eucalypts: With Descriptions of 522 Species and 150 Varieties, Forestry and Timber Bureau, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: In great quantity or abundance; in a profuse manner.
rework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːwɜː(ɹ)k/
Forms: form: reworks
Etymology: From re- + work.
Senses: examples: text: They sent the assembly back to the shop for rework.
glosses: The act of redoing, correcting, or rebuilding.
topics: business
food
lifestyle
manufacturing
glosses: Taking unsaleable food and using it in the manufacture of other food.
raw_tags: in particular
examples: text: They received the rework back from the shop.
glosses: Something redone, corrected or rebuilt.
examples: text: The schedule has been pushed back because of the rework.
glosses: Work done to correct defects associated with a deliverable product, plus any root cause analysis effort to identify the task(s) to be re-performed.
glosses: An instance of reworking.
rework
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈwɜː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: reworks
form: reworking
form: reworked
form: reworked
form: rewrought
form: rewrought
Etymology: From re- + work.
Senses: examples: text: You'll have to rework the crank assembly to incorporate the changes.
glosses: To redo, correct, or rebuild.
misgivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I had some misgivings about hiring someone so young, but it has worked out well.
glosses: plural of misgiving
Tasmanian blue gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian blue gums
Senses: glosses: The Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus globulus.
sweat bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweats bullets
form: sweating bullets
form: sweated bullets
form: sweated bullets
Senses: examples: text: He was sweating bullets about the exam all week.
text: Started sweating bullets when her dad asked, "How d'you really feel?"
She said, "I've been feeling like something inside me wants to scream[…]"
ref: 2021, Arlo Parks, “Hurt”:
glosses: To sweat profusely; especially, to be very nervous or anxious.
Synonyms: shit bricks
sweat blood
sweat like a pig
bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of bullet
bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
synonyms: pocket rockets
glosses: A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
bullets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊl.ɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bullet
tutee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tutees
Etymology: From tutor + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: [Tutor and] tutee. English "pupil." I met this queer coinage in two academic publications.
ref: 1927, Edwin Deller, “The Contributors Column: Americanisms”, in American Speech, volume 2, number 4, page 214:
text: 2007, Julie Winkelstein, "Libraries help everyone into Internet age," Contra Costa Times (Califoronia), 23 Nov.,
To make sure the pairings were good ones, both tutor and tutee filled out an application, indicating interests, computer proficiency, and even language.
antonyms: tutor#Noun
glosses: A student of a tutor.
Related terms: tuition
tutelage
tutelar
tutelary
tutor
tutorage
tutorial
tutorship
collate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈleɪt/
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.leɪt/
ipa: /kəˈleɪt/
ipa: /kəˈlæɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: collates
form: collating
form: collated
form: collated
Etymology: From Latin collātus, perfect passive participle of conferō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of confer. See also infer, delate and defer (Etymology 2), relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others. Not related to collateral.
Senses: examples: text: The young attorneys were set the task of collating the contract submitted by the other side with the previous copy.
text: collate data
text: collate findings
text: collate information
text: collate results
text: I must collate it, word by word, with the original Hebrew.
ref: c. 1831, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on the Book of Common Prayer:
glosses: To examine diverse documents and so on, to discover similarities and differences.
examples: text: Detest your own age. Build a better one. And to set that on foot read incredibly dull essays upon Marlowe to your friends. For which purpose one must collate editions in the British Museum.
ref: 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, paperback edition, Vintage Classics, page 101:
text: "Once collated, all files are sent to an external printing business with a turnaround time of about seven days, and then most of the distribution is done in-house.
ref: 2021 September 22, John Potter tells Paul Stephen, “Your guide to Europe”, in RAIL, number 940, page 65:
glosses: To assemble something in a logical sequence.
examples: text: Collating was still necessary because they had to insert foldout sheets and index tabs into the documents.
glosses: To sort multiple copies of printed documents into sequences of individual page order, one sequence for each copy, especially before binding.
examples: text: Becauſe thoſe hereticall Biſhops being depoſed and reduced into Lay-communion, could not therefore collate baptiſme for their want of holy Orders: […]
ref: 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Section IV”, in Clerus Domini: or, A Discourse of the Divine Institution, Necessity, Sacrednesse, and Separation of the Office Ministerial. […], London: […] R[ichard] Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC, paragraph 4, page 23:
glosses: To bestow or confer.
topics: Christianity
glosses: To admit a cleric to a benefice; to present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; followed by to.
Derived terms: collatable
collatee
collater
miscollate
recollate
uncollated
Related terms: collation
collator
decollate
decollation
decollator
recollate
recollation
kt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kt..
BDSM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛm
Etymology: Contracted abbreviation of bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, sadism/masochism.
Senses: glosses: Sexual or non-sexual practices or activities involving bondage, discipline, sadism, masochism, or acts of domination and submission.
Hyponyms: sadomasochism
Related terms: bossy and servile
sox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: plural of sock (footwear)
Derived terms: Red Sox
Bosox
White Sox
Chisox
besot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈsɑt/
ipa: /bɪˈsɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
Forms: form: besots
form: besotting
form: besotted
form: besotted
form: besotten
Etymology: From be- + sot. Compare to Middle English assoten, assotten (“to act foolishly; fall madly in love, become infatuated”).
Senses: examples: text: You expect me and my men to besot ourselves with your drugs, ...
ref: April 2003, Robert Sheckley, "Legend of Conquistadors", Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 104, Issue 4; page 50
glosses: To muddle, stupefy, or cause to act foolishly, as with alcoholic liquor or infatuation.
Derived terms: besotted
besotten
besottedness
besottingly
-morphic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) + -ic, equivalent to -morph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: having a specific shape or form
Related terms: morph
-morph
morphic
-morphism
-morphous
-morphism
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) + -ism, equivalent to -morph + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state of having a specified shape or form.
Related terms: -morph
morph
morphic
-morphic
morphism
-morphous
-morphous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -morph + -ous.
Senses: glosses: having a specified shape or form
Related terms: -morph
-morphic
-morphism
infatuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætʃuˌ(w)eɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætjuˌ(w)eɪt/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætʃuˌ(w)eɪt/
Forms: form: infatuates
form: infatuating
form: infatuated
form: infatuated
Etymology: First attested in 1533; from Middle English infatuate and/or borrowed from Latin infatuātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 2 for more.
Senses: examples: text: If the mine was a “developed” one, and had no pay ore to show (and of course it hadn’t), we praised the tunnel; said it was one of the most infatuating tunnels in the land; driveled and driveled about the tunnel till we ran entirely out of ecstasies—but never said a word about the rock.
ref: 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XLIV, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 308:
text: I declare the girl seems quite to infatuate the men, and see if trouble does not come of it.
ref: 1888, George Manville Fenn, chapter 15, in One Maid’s Mischief, New York: Appleton, page 53:
glosses: To inspire with unreasoning love, attachment or enthusiasm.
examples: text: […] wee beggard our selues by hearkning after false riches, and infatuated our selues by hearkning after false knowledge.
ref: 1624, John Donne, Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, London: Thomas Jones, pages 3–4:
text: Heaven doubtless has infatuated these Infidels, and given them up to dote on the grossest Absurdities; other wise they could never swallow such open and notorious Impositions […]
ref: 1718, Daniel Defoe, A Continuation of Letters Written by a Turkish Spy at Paris, London: W. Taylor, Letter 4, p. 20:
glosses: To make foolish.
Derived terms: infatuated
infatuative
infatuator
Related terms: fatuity
fatuously
fatuousness
infatuation
infatuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈfætju(w)ət/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætʃu(w)ət/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætju(w)ət/
ipa: /ɪnˈfætʃu(w)ət/
Forms: form: more infatuate
form: most infatuate
Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: He is infatuate about her.
ref: 1901, J. M. Barrie, Quality Street, act III:
glosses: Infatuated, foolishly attracted to someone.
examples: text: Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne
The enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes
Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne
ref: c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
text: 1623, Joseph Hall, Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments (original title Contemplations vpon the Historie of the Old Testament), Edinburgh: Ja. Robertson et al., 1796, Volume 2, Book 18, Contemplation 4, p. 167,
There was never wicked man that was not infatuate, and in nothing more than in those things wherein he hoped most to transcend the reach of others.
text: Wilde was in a curious double temper. He made no pretence either of innocence or of questioning the folly of his proceedings against Queensberry. But he had an infatuate haughtiness as to the impossibility of his retreating, and as to his right to dictate your course.
ref: 1918, George Bernard Shaw, “A Letter to Frank Harris, published by him in his Life of Wilde”, in Pen Portraits and Reviews, London: Constable, published 1931, page 293:
glosses: Foolish, lacking good judgement.
infatuate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infatuates
Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English infatuate (“foolish”, adjective), from Latin infatuātus, perfect passive participle of infatuō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: 1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume I, Letter 26, p. 183,
[…] she has a number of relations here, brothers and cousins, by the dozen; but they are all priests, and I am apprehensive that some of these infatuates may persuade her to quit me, and lock her up in a convent […]
text: The idol has come sliding down its pedestal to fawn and grovel with all the other infatuates in the dust about my feet.
ref: 1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter 4, in Zuleika Dobson, New York: John Lane, page 59:
glosses: Infatuated person.
collator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: collators
Etymology: From collate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who collates.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program or algorithm that collates.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A machine that selects, merges and matches decks of punch cards.
glosses: A police officer who maintains criminal records and analyzes them for intelligence.
collation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈleɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
homophone: colation
Forms: form: collations
form: collationing
form: collationed
form: collationed
Etymology: From Middle English collacioun, collation, from Old French collation, from Latin collatiō, from the participle stem of cōnferō (“to bring together”).
Senses: examples: text: I […] collationed in Spring Garden.
ref: 1658 May 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for May 20, 1658]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:
glosses: To partake of a collation, or light meal.
collating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒˈleɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊ.leɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /kɑˈleɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of collate
decollate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-kŏlʹāt
enpr: dĕkʹə-lāt
ipa: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
Forms: form: decollates
form: decollating
form: decollated
form: decollated
Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin dēcollātus, perfect passive participle of dēcollō (“to behead”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“of, from”) + collum (“neck”) + -ō.
Senses: glosses: To behead.
decollate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-kŏlʹāt
enpr: dĕkʹə-lāt
ipa: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
enpr: dē-kə-lātʹ
ipa: /diːkəˈleɪt/
enpr: dĭ-kŏlʹāt
enpr: dĕkʹə-lāt
ipa: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
Forms: form: decollates
form: decollating
form: decollated
form: decollated
Etymology: First attested in 1967; from de- + collate.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To separate the copies of a multipart computer printout.
Derived terms: decollator
decollate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-kŏlʹāt
enpr: dĕkʹə-lāt
ipa: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
enpr: dē-kə-lātʹ
ipa: /diːkəˈleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkələt/
enpr: dĭ-kŏlʹāt
enpr: dĕkʹə-lāt
ipa: /dɪˈkɒleɪt/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəleɪt/
enpr: dē-kə-lātʹ
ipa: /diːkəˈleɪt/
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin dēcollātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more.
Senses: glosses: Tapering to a blunt end.
Derived terms: decollate snail
chikan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chikan
form: chikans
Etymology: From Japanese 痴漢.
Senses: glosses: Any act of public molestation or offense, usually of a sexual nature, against unsuspecting victims.
raw_tags: in Japan
glosses: A person, usually a man, who rubs against or gropes others, usually women, in crowds, often in trains, to attain sexual pleasure.
raw_tags: in Japan
chikan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chikans
Etymology: From Hindi चिकन (cikan).
Senses: examples: text: A collection of Calcutta chikan-work. Sent by Patna Chikanwala and Sons of Taltala, Calcutta
ref: 1885, Official Report of the Calcutta International Exhibition, page 34:
text: For many reasons, certain chikan stitches are not stem stiches or satin stitches —not even the technique is commensurate.
ref: 1999, Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber, Embroidering Lives: Women's Work and Skill in the Lucknow Embroidery Industry:
text: In most markets, you will find amazing varieties in which chikan can be used: in bedspreads, napkins, curtains, cushion covers, besides sarees
ref: 2004, Travel House Guide To Incredible India, page 74:
text: Dhaka was an important centre of chikan craft. It is said that Jahangir brought this craft to Lucknow and later it was whole-heartedly adopted by the Nawabs of Lucknow, thus it became a part of the culture of Lucknow.
ref: 2010, Neel Mani Prasad Verma, I. C. Awasthi, Contractual Employment in Indian Labour Market: Emergence and Expansion, page 327:
text: You know I help women who do the chikan embroidery work?
ref: 2011, Subhadra Sen Gupta, The Secret Diary of the World's Worst Cook:
glosses: A form of Indian cotton embroidery that is associated with the Lucknow area.
examples: text: More and more people in India and abroad are getting familiar with the exquisite embroidered chikans of Lucknow, embroidered by the delicate and clever fingers of about 4000 ladies in and around the old city.
ref: 1967, Traveller in India - Volume 11, page 31:
text: Hetal's family sends her suitcasefuls of exquisite Lucknow chikans, all in white.
ref: 2003, Usha K. R., The Chosen, page 231:
text: That's why he wanted Ammi and Asharfi to sell the house and join him in Delhi, away from the nose-picking, Ganj-strolling, chikan-wearing, coffee-drinking habits of a lifetime.
ref: 2008, Mukul Kesavan, Looking Through Glass, page 324:
glosses: An item (such as a sari, bedspread, cushion cover, etc) that is made with chikan embroidery.
decollator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decollators
Etymology: From decollate + -or.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper
frotteurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frotteurists
Senses: examples: text: ... frotteurist is a helpless victim in the clutches of his obsession, but it's equally possible that he's simply a bored creep looking for a cheap thrill . Perhaps the fuguist is in psychological flight from a memory that cannot be borne[…]
ref: 2000, Tamara L. Roleff, Laura K. Egendorf, Mental Illness: Opposing Viewpoints, Greenhaven Press, Incorporated:
text: ... frotteurist is one who becomes sexually aroused by bumping against others. It can be very difficult to detect if one has been victimized by a frotteurist because they tend to hangout in crowded places like subways or elevators[…]
ref: 2006 05, David T. Liebert, College Psychology in a Nutshell, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 211:
text: ... frotteurist. I had never heard the term before. MacSpeiden proceeded to describe a documented mental condition that impels males to engage in frottage—to rub their genitals, usually while they are clothed, against women, especially in[…]
ref: 2007 November 15, George Clarke, Justice and Science: Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence, Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 106:
text: ... frotteurist will organise their sexual experiences, in the main, without any kind of collective support, whiles "swingers," homosexuals and premarital lovers are more likely to organise their experiences in group situations with[…]
ref: 2008, Samantha Holland, Remote Relationships in a Small World, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 266:
glosses: A frotteur.
multipart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + part.
Senses: glosses: having multiple parts
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: of computer printout that is printed in multiple copies on paper having two or four continuous sheets rolled together with interleaving carbon paper; after printing it is separated on a decollator
Derived terms: multiparter
as the actress said to the bishop
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: as the bishop said to the actress
form: said the actress to the bishop
form: said the bishop to the actress
Etymology: In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the occupation of actress was commonly associated with prostitute. The phrase plays on the contrasting natures of an actress or prostitute on one hand and a presumably (although possibly not actually) chaste bishop on the other.
Senses: examples: text: Heavens, that's a big one – as the actress said to the bishop.
text: The important thing was where you do it, not what you do (as the actress said to the bishop)
ref: 1976, David Widgery, The Left in Britain:
text: "Oh, well," offered Andrews wryly, as she peeled a piece of fruit, "nothing like a hot banana — as the actress said to the bishop." She then apologized for the tacky sexual quip, explaining, "It just slipped out — as the actress said to the bishop."
ref: 1998, Timothy White, The Entertainers: portraits of stardom in the twentieth century:
text: He has, as the actress said to the bishop, been an unconscionably long time coming,[…]
ref: 1999, Michael Sprinker, Ghostly demarcations: a symposium on Jacques Derrida's Spectres of Marx:
glosses: Used to highlight a sexual ambiguity in an innocent remark.
Related terms: double entendre
double-entendre
euphemism
innuendo
oo-er
ooh, matron
nudge nudge wink wink
that's what she said
double entendre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃ːdɹ/
ipa: /dʌbəl ɒnˈtɒndɹə/
Forms: form: double entendres
form: doubles entendres
form: double entendre
Etymology: According to Merriam-Webster and OED, from rare and obsolete French double entendre, which literally meant "double meaning" and was used in the senses of "double understanding" or "ambiguity," but acquired its current suggestive twist after being first used in English in 1673 by John Dryden. From French double (“double”) + entendre (“to understand, to mean”). The phrase has not been used in French for centuries and would be ungrammatical in modern French. The closest modern equivalents are double sens, which often has (but not always) the suggestiveness of the English expression, and sous-entendu which implies a subtext.
Senses: examples: text: Avoid all equivocal expressions, usually denominated double entendre; they are certain proofs of a mean and indelicate mind.
ref: 1812, A treatise on politeness, tr. from the French by a lady, page 172
text: It is a momentous crusade without the cross; and an insidious one, for the calumnies and double entendre against the church are well wrapped up and keenly distributed.
ref: 1891, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World, page 785:
text: Churn and stick, and the agitation needed to make the butter, would obviously suggest sexual intercourse, and so the work song becomes an occasion for a series of double entendres in which the dairy maids could tease the men working in the vicinity and thus enact the courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi to make their work sacred.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 171:
text: It is not only the teacher's play with single words, phrases, and double entendre that are common in my classroom data.
ref: 2000, James P. Lantolf, Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning, page 126:
glosses: A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
wikipedia: David Pecker
Jeff Bezos
Related terms: double meaning
equivocation
single entendre
triple entendre
wordplay
equivoque
indelicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indelicate
form: most indelicate
Etymology: From in- + delicate.
Senses: examples: text: As late as the 1950s and early 1960s, when "funk" and "funky" were used increasingly in the context of jazz music, the terms still were considered indelicate and inappropriate for use in polite company.
ref: 2023 July 14, Wikipedia contributors, “Funk”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:
glosses: Improper or immodest.
glosses: Coarse or tasteless.
examples: text: Schuetz acknowledges that he knew about the Dale Barbre murder investigation as it was reported in GCN. Yet the Barbre murder saga provided only the skeleton — if I may be forgiven the indelicate word choice — for the story they concoct.
ref: 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:
glosses: Tactless or undiplomatic.
Derived terms: indelicately
indelicateness