cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
frigidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frigidities
Etymology: From Middle English frigiditee, frigidite, a borrowing from Middle French frigidité, itself a borrowing from Latin frīgiditātem, accusative of Latin frīgiditās.
Senses: glosses: The state of being frigid; coldness; lack of heat.
synonyms: chilliness
dullness
glosses: Coldness of feeling, manner or quality; lack of ardor, animation or vivacity.
examples: text: It cannot be denied it [the chameleon] is (if not the moſt of any) a very abſtemious animall, and ſuch as by reaſon of its frigidity, paucity of bloud, and latitancy in the winter (about which time the obſervations are often made) will long ſubſist without a viſible ſuſtentation.
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, “Of the Cameleon”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 133:
glosses: Lack of natural heat and vigor of body; impotency.
examples: text: In France, Mme. de Pompadour was induced by Louis XV to eat such testicles in order to break down her frigidity.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 232:
text: An epileptic lover may (slightly) experience […] sporadic impotence/frigidity.
ref: 1983 February 12, John Zeh, “Epilepsy”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 29, page 4:
glosses: Lack of or low sex drive; a persistent inability to become aroused or achieve sexual satisfaction.
chilliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chillinesses
Etymology: From chilly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.
crime of passion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crimes of passion
Senses: examples: text: There was this boy I sent to the electric chair at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again.
ref: 2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones):
topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.
frigidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frigidly
form: most frigidly
Etymology: From frigid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frigid manner; coldly; icily.
frigidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From frigid + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being frigid; frigidity; coldness.
iconoclasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈkɒnəˌklæzəm/
Forms: form: iconoclasms
Etymology: From iconoclast.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, “iconoclasm” is a form of desecration and shares its general intention to deny the sacred qualities of an image and to demonstrate that it has no power, to prevent it from being treated as an idol or a rival to God.¹⁴ But not all forms of desecration constitute iconoclasm, though iconoclasm is always a form of desecration.
ref: 2024, Katherine Aron-Beller, Christian Images and Their Jewish Desecrators: The History of an Allegation, 400–1700, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 8:
synonyms: iconomachy
idoloclasm
antonyms: iconodulism
iconoduly
iconoplasm
hypernyms: desecration
glosses: The belief in, participation in, or sanction of destroying religious icons and other symbols or monuments, usually with religious or political motives.
glosses: A challenge to a widely held belief, tradition or cherished institution.
Derived terms: chromoclasm
Related terms: iconoclast
iconoclastic
iconoclastically
iconoclasticism
iconophobia
aniconism
icily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.sɪ.li/
Forms: form: more icily
form: most icily
Etymology: From icy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The cold Alpine air flowed icily into his car, so he stopped by the roadside to put on a leather trench-coat, thick scarf, and woollen hat[…]
ref: 1971, Alan Sillitoe, Travels in Nihilon, page 76:
glosses: In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.
examples: text: […]quite often her husband and Jo did not eat at home, or sat icily silent through a meal.
ref: 1943, M. F. K. Fisher, “To Feed Such Hunger”, in The Gastronomical Me:
text: Bond had pulled her head back by her hair and had kissed her once, long and cruelly. Then he had told her to go to sleep and had leant back and waited icily for his body to leave him alone.
ref: 1957, Ian Fleming, chapter 22, in From Russia With Love:
text: "So I was made to look the fool?" Jason said icily.
ref: 1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 164:
glosses: In an uncaring or coolly angry manner.
Synonyms: sense: in the manner of ice
word: coldly
sense: in an uncaring manner
word: aloofly
sense: in an uncaring manner
word: coldly
Related terms: ice
iciness
icy
idealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idealistic
form: most idealistic
Etymology: From idealist + -ic or ideal + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an idealist or to idealism.
Derived terms: hyperidealistic
idealistically
overidealistic
unidealistic
idealistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more idealistically
form: most idealistically
Etymology: From idealistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an idealistic manner.
unrealizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unrealisable
Etymology: From un- + realizable.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: unfulfillable, impractical, unrealistic
text: The quest for Saxonisms is an unrealizable nationalistic dream.
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 111:
antonyms: realizable
glosses: Not realizable; unable to be achieved or realized.
Derived terms: unrealizableness
realizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹi.əˈlaɪz.ə.bl̩/
ipa: /ˌɹɪəˈlaɪz.ə.bl̩/
Forms: form: more realizable
form: most realizable
form: realisable
Etymology: From realize + -able. Compare French réalisable.
Senses: antonyms: unrealizable
glosses: Capable of being realized (made real) or achieved.
Derived terms: realizability
realizableness
realizably
unrealizability
unrealizable
unrealizably
Related terms: realizability
identically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈdɛntɪkəli/
Forms: form: more identically
form: most identically
Etymology: From identical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was hard to tell the twins apart: they even spoke identically.
text: It was inevitable that such a system should lead to the wide use of nicknames to distinguish identically named members of a family[…]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xv:
glosses: In an identical manner.
examples: text: two expressions that are identically equal to each other
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In terms of an identity.
Derived terms: identically zero
double fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double faults
Senses: examples: text: While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.
ref: 2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: triple fault
break point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break points
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game (but not the set or match).
Related terms: topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: break back point
topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: breakpoint
topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: double break point
topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: game
topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: match point
topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: set point
sense: others
word: fare break point
instep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnˌstɛp/
Forms: form: insteps
Etymology: From in- + step.
Senses: examples: text: high instep
text: arched instep
text: injured instep
text: The boot pressed uncomfortably against his instep.
text: She kicked the ball with the inside of her instep.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The arched part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle.
glosses: A section of any footwear covering that part of the foot.
glosses: In horses, the hind leg from the ham to the pastern joint.
Derived terms: instep borer
instepped
Related terms: metatarsus
foot fault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot faults
Senses: examples: text: In tennis, a foot fault results when server's foot is placed outside the service area prior to the ball being hit.
text: In pickleball, a foot fault occurs when a player volleys a ball while in the kitchen, or non-volley zone.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In certain sports, as in tennis or long jump, a fault in which the athlete's foot is in the wrong place at the wrong time.
match point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: match points
Senses: examples: text: He made it to match point three times and still lost, but you can't come much closer than that.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A state in a game where a player can win the entire match by winning the next point. Often used in tennis.
Related terms: break point
match
set point
set point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set points
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
volleyball
glosses: A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, (s)he will win the set (but not the match).
glosses: Alternative form of setpoint (“command signal fed into a controller”).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see set, point. (a setting or location that is fixed)
Synonyms: topics: tennis
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: set ball
Related terms: break point
match point
point-set topology
set
setpoint
in step
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Of a number of people walking, or especially marching, synchronously, so that that footfalls occur at the same time.
examples: text: The "Overhead Door" is the garage door that can be opened or closed at a touch every day in the year—regardless of the weather. It is the garage door that opens UP Completely Out of the Way. In short, it is the modern door for the modern garage—in step with the times.
ref: 1930 May 31, “The "Overhead Door" for Garage-Factory-Warehouse”, in The Saturday Evening Post, volume 202, number 48, page 110:
glosses: Of two or more people agreeing, or following the same policy or procedure.
WTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Initialism of Women's Tennis Association.
Related terms: sense: ATP
word: Men's Association of Tennis Professionals
word: International Tennis Federation
synchronously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪŋkɹənəsli/
text: Audio (US)
Forms: form: more synchronously
form: most synchronously
Etymology: From synchronous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Sequentially or synchronously, he-men consort polygynously.
ref: 2009 January 9, Natalie Angier, “Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game”, in The New York Times:
text: Software components usually communicate synchronously--the client makes a connection to the server, sends a request, waits for the server to send a response, and then closes the connection.
ref: 2020, Elton Stoneman, “Chapter 21: Asynchronous communication with a message queue”, in Learn Docker in a Month of Lunches, →ISBN, Section 21.1: What is asynchronous messaging?:
synonyms: simultaneously
in parallel
antonyms: asynchronously
coordinate_terms: diachronously
glosses: In a synchronous manner; carried out or occurring with synchrony; in phase or at the same time.
Related terms: word: diachronically
word: synchronically
word: synchronization
word: synchronized
proportionately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more proportionately
form: most proportionately
Etymology: From proportionate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
proportionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəli/
ipa: /pɹəˈpɔːʃənəli/
Forms: form: more proportionally
form: most proportionally
Etymology: From proportional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively.
extradite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕk′strə-dīt′
ipa: /ˈɛk.stɹəˌdaɪt/
ipa: /ˈek.stɹəˌdɑet/
ipa: /ˈek.stɹəˌdaɪt/
ipa: /ˈek.sʈɾaˌɖajʈ/
rhymes: -ɛkstɹədaɪt
Forms: form: extradites
form: extraditing
form: extradited
form: extradited
Etymology: Back-formation from extradition.
Senses: examples: text: Balfour, who had sought refuge in Argentina, was extradited, and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude at Parkhurst Prison in the Isle of Wight.
ref: 1948 July and August, K. Westcott Jones, “The Isle of Wight Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 216:
glosses: To remove a person from one state to another by legal process.
Derived terms: extraditable
extraditee
extraditer
unextradited
persistently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more persistently
form: most persistently
Etymology: From persistent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The small girl persistently asked her father to buy her the doll.
text: One of the most persistently held beliefs about sharks is that they have to stay in motion to stay alive.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: In a persistent manner.
Synonyms: ceaselessly
incessantly
nonstop
continuously
Derived terms: nonpersistently
semipersistently
freeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹiː.mən/
ipa: /ˈfɹiːˌmæn/
Forms: form: freemen
Etymology: From Old English frēomann, equivalent to free + -man and paralleled by similar constructions in other Germanic languages. Doublet of preman.
Senses: glosses: A free person
A person who is not a serf or slave.
glosses: A free person
A burgher with full freedom of a city, as opposed to nobles, outsiders, bondsmen, and others.
glosses: A free person
A person who has received an honorary freedom of a city.
examples: text: There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
ref: 1836, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., “Poetry: A Metrical Essay”, republished in The Poems of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, 1862, OCLC 5091562, pages 7–8
glosses: A free person
A person who is a citizen of a free country, as opposed to a subject of a tyranny or totalitarian dictatorship.
raw_tags: as two words
glosses: A free person
A person who immigrated to Australia freely, as opposed to those transported as convicts, or such a transported convict who has regained his freedom.
glosses: A free person
An independent fur trapper.
Synonyms: sense: member in full standing of a medieval town
word: citizen
sense: member in full standing of a medieval town
word: burgher
sense: member in full standing of a medieval town
word: burgess
Hyponyms: sense: one who has become free
word: freedman
Derived terms: freemanlike
freeman on the land
freeman's
freemanship
freeman's key
freeman's quay
Harry Freeman's
nonfreeman
metho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methylated spirits + -o (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: Ben Cropp, aided by his wife Lynn, tests the effectiveness of metho and vinegar against box jellyfish stings (above); see Ben′s foreword for details of the experiment.
ref: 1985, Living Australia, photograph caption, Dangerous Australians: The Complete Guide to Australia's Most Deadly Creatures, page 61:
text: 1988, Kate Jennings, Cold Water, Save Me, Joe Louis, reprinted 2010, Trouble: Evolution of a Radical, Selected Writings 1970-2010, page 78,
We thought an alcoholic was a low life, someone on metho, or a benighted person who drank a bottle of gin before breakfast. Not us.
text: Assist students to design and construct models of hot-air balloons ranging from those using shopping bags and hair dryers, to those using tissue paper and metho burners, depending on the resources available.
ref: 1996, Curriculum Corporation (Australia), From Igloos to Yurts: Years 4-7, page 23:
glosses: Methylated spirits.
subcategory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcategories
form: sub-category
Etymology: From sub- + category.
Senses: examples: text: The moment subcategories of the overall population are denied rights, the rights of all are threatened.
ref: 2005 August 8, Leslie Feinberg, “1952 court victory against anti-gay charges”, in Workers World:
text: I have categories within subcategories because I get so many submissions about poop and potty training.
ref: 2013 April 2, CNN Living Staff, “Beware the parental overshare”, in CNN:
text: On the other hand, the label of “feminist” is beginning to feel more like a subcategory on Netflix – an algorithmic signpost – than a meaningful description of art.
ref: 2024 March 13, Beatrice Loazya, “Is Poor Things a feminist film? Is Barbie? These have become meaningless questions”, in The Guardian:
glosses: With respect to a given category; a narrower category.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: child category
supercategory
glosses: A subclass of a category which is itself a category, whose arrows are a restriction of the arrows of the parent category, and whose composition rule is a restriction of the parent category's.
Hypernyms: category
distributor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distributors
form: distributour
form: distributer
Etymology: From distribute + -or.
Senses: examples: text: “The importance of that decision means that the voices of upset consumers have been heard and that those responsible for harming the highly respected reputation of Bud Light and Anheuser-Busch are no longer able to do so,” the distributor said in its statement. […] Still, some distributors are upset with Anheuser-Busch (BUD).
ref: 2023 April 26, Jordan Valinsky, “Bud Light sales are falling, but distributors say they’re sticking by the brand”, in CNN:
text: The recall said that the distributors — Walmart, CVS and AACE Pharmaceuticals — will be arranging the return of all the affected products.
ref: 2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN:
glosses: One who or that which distributes.
synonyms: word: dizzy
glosses: A device that distributes electric current, especially to the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A machine for distributing type.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An appliance, such as a roller, in a printing press, for distributing ink.
Derived terms: dist
distie
distributor cap
distributorless
distributor road
distributorship
distributress
distro
e-distributor
microdistributor
shit distributor
subdistributor
brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪts/
Senses: glosses: plural of bracket
brackets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹækɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bracket
icons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icon
timescale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timescales
Etymology: From time + scale.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time scale.
Derived terms: long-timescale
short-timescale
bullbat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullbats
Etymology: bull + bat; so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening.
Senses: examples: text: bullbats peened overhead and dived on roaring wings.
ref: 1963, Hal Borland, When the Legends Die:
glosses: A New World bird, common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor).
Synonyms: nightjar
nighthawk
imperfective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪv
Senses: examples: text: In the last chapter, we observed the rise of an imperfective marker in English, the Progressive, as the dominant and surviving member of a wider paradigm of imperfective aspectual functions in Old English, but which were no longer marked in the same way in later stages of the history of English.
ref: 2006, Debra Ziegeler, Interfaces with English Aspect: Diachronic and Empirical Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 89:
text: The former is the basic imperfective subjunctive, while the latter is prominent or intensified.[…]While the present subjunctive is imperfective in aspect, the perfect subjunctive is imperfective in aspect and spatially proximate.
ref: 2008, Constantine R. Campbell, Verbal Aspect and Non-indicative Verbs: Further Soundings in the Greek of the New Testament, Peter Lang, page 65:
text: Consider, then, the result of applying these tense morphemes to a perfective or an imperfective verb.
ref: 2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
glosses: Of, relating to or having the properties of the imperfective aspect.
Coordinate terms: perfective
Derived terms: imperfectively
imperfectiveness
imperfectivization
imperfective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: imperfectives
Senses: examples: text: Examples of past imperfectives are shown in (42).
ref: 2005, Jane H. Hill, A Grammar of Cupeño, University of California Press, page 132:
text: These putative indeterminate imperfectives are innovative in form precisely because they add a manner meaning to the range of lexical meanings available to Proto-Slavic motion verbs.
ref: 2010, Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, “Introduction: Verbs of motion in Slavic languages: Paths for exploration”, in Viktoria Hasko, Renee Perelmutter, editors, New Approaches to Slavic Verbs of Motion, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 5:
text: Past imperfectives are also unproblematic because imperfectives are mass-like in nature, hence contractible.
ref: 2012, Ronald W. Langacker, Essentials of Cognitive Grammar, Oxford University Press, page 157:
glosses: The imperfective aspect; a verb having this aspect.
nighthawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌɪthɔːk/
ipa: /ˈnaɪthɑk/
Forms: form: nighthawks
Etymology: From night + hawk.
Senses: glosses: A nightjar, especially Caprimulgus europaeus (Eurasian nightjar).
examples: text: The swallows circled around and I watched them and the night-hawks flying above the roofs and drank the Cinzano.
ref: 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 91:
glosses: A New World nightjar of the genus Chordeiles, especially Chordeiles minor.
glosses: A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the night and the early morning hours.
glosses: A nighthawker (metal detectorist who works illegally at night).
glosses: An unlicensed prostitute who worked the roadsides at night.
Synonyms: sense: New World nightjar
word: bullbat
sense: New World nightjar
word: nightjar
sense: person who remains awake and active during the night
word: night owl
sense: person who remains awake and active during the night
word: night person
Derived terms: taxonomic: Chordeiles gundlachii
word: Antillean nighthawk
taxonomic: Chordeiles minor
word: common nighthawk
taxonomic: Chordeiles pusillus
word: least nighthawk
taxonomic: Chordeiles acutipennis
word: lesser nighthawk
taxonomic: Chordeiles nacunda
word: Nacunda nighthawk
word: nighthawking
taxonomic: Chordeiles rupestris
word: sand-colored nighthawk
impetrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmpɪtɹeɪt/
Forms: form: impetrates
form: impetrating
form: impetrated
form: impetrated
Etymology: First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin impetrātus, perfect passive participle of impetrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + pātrō (“to achieve, make happen”).
Senses: glosses: To obtain by asking; to procure upon request.
examples: text: But he that would illustrate this, should distinguish between this salvation, already impetrated or obtained, and salvation about to be impetrated; or between salvation, and the promise of salvation […]
ref: 1798, Herman Witsius, The Oeconomy of the Covenants, volume III:
text: A slight testimonial, sir, which I thought fit to impetrate from that worthy nobleman, (here he raised his hand to his head, as if to touch his hat,) MacCallum-more.
ref: 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IX, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 198–199:
text: On the cross He redeemed us with His Blood; on the altar He intercedes or impetrates that we may individually have part in that redemption.
ref: 1853, Andrew Kim, The Catholic Missionary, volume III:
text: It is striking that the majority of these documents were issued when Dominic was present in the curia, and it is reasonable to suppose that he took a personal interest in impetrating them.
ref: 2004, Patrick Zutshi, “Letters of Pope Honorius III”, in Pope, Church and City:
glosses: To ask for, demand.
Related terms: impetration
impetrative
impetrator
impetratory
impetrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmpɪtɹeɪt/
Etymology: First attested in 1528; borrowed from Latin impetrātus, perfect passive participle of impetrō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + pātrō (“to achieve, make happen”).
Senses: examples: text: If the one were impetrate after the other , and the suits made by one man , it is hard to think that one man , being instructed in the suit for both , would put the dispensation of less moment in a bull[…]
ref: 1649, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII:
glosses: Impetrated.
raw_tags: as a participle
glosses: Obtained by entreaty.
raw_tags: as an adjective
imposthumes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imposthume
imposthumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of imposthume
imposthume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imposthumes
Etymology: A corruption of aposteme.
Senses: glosses: An abscess.
glosses: A person suffering from an abscess.
Derived terms: imposthumate
imposthume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: imposthumes
form: imposthuming
form: imposthumed
form: imposthumed
Etymology: A corruption of aposteme.
Senses: glosses: To form an abscess.
glosses: To affect with an abscess.
colla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collum
colle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of coal.
in a state
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Agitated and anxious.
glosses: Messed up; dilapidated.
Related terms: in state
incombustible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪŋkəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
Forms: form: more incombustible
form: most incombustible
Etymology: From in- + combust + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: The ash represents the more incombustible mineral matter, usually of the nature of clay or slate.
ref: 1921, Charles Kenneth Leith, The Economic Aspect of Geology, page 124:
glosses: Not capable of catching fire and burning; not flammable.
Derived terms: incombustibleness
incombustibly
incombustible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪŋkəmˈbʌstɪbəl/
Forms: form: incombustibles
Etymology: From in- + combust + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is not flammable.
hot chat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot chats
Senses: glosses: Verbal communication with the intent to cause sexual arousal.
Related terms: phone bone
nervousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervousnesses
Etymology: From nervous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: A part of the nervousness at Chelsea involves whether any more sponsors will follow the telecommunications and internet service provider Three in withdrawing support, at least temporarily.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The state or quality of being nervous.
Synonyms: english: much less common
translation: much less common
word: nervosity
nervosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervosities
Etymology: From Latin nervōsitās.
Senses: glosses: The state of being nervous; nervousness.
programatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of programmatically.
alloying element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alloying elements
Senses: glosses: An element that is used to make up an alloy.
appropriability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appropriabilities
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The environmental factors that govern an innovator's ability to capture profits generated by an innovation.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˌɡɔːnəʊ kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/
Forms: form: Nagorny Karabakh
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian нагорно-караба́хский (nagorno-karabáxskij) (without the adjectival ending), the relational adjective of Russian Наго́рный Караба́х (Nagórnyj Karabáx), as in Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ, “Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast”).
Senses: glosses: A landlocked region in South Caucasus.
glosses: The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Synonyms: Artsakh
Mountainous Karabakh
Derived terms: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Related terms: Karabakh
Lower Karabakh
carnaptious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carnaptious
form: most carnaptious
Etymology: From Scots carnaptious.
Senses: glosses: bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
nabobess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nabobesses
Etymology: From nabob + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female nabob.
glosses: The wife of a nabob.
dramatic beat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramatic beats
Senses: topics: broadcasting
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: The smallest division of action in a play, film or other work of drama; The moment at which increasing dramatic tension produces a noticeable change in the consciousness of one or more characters.
Related terms: dramatic unit
ébéniste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ébénistes
Etymology: From French ébéniste.
Senses: examples: text: An interesting George III commode, c. 1772, by the Swedish-born ébéniste to the Prince of Wales, Christopher Fuhrlohg, has decoration in his inimitable marquetry depicting Erato and her Lyre […].
ref: 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 135:
glosses: An ebonist; a cabinetmaker who veneers furniture.
enough to make the angels weep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a passage in Shakespeare, Measure for Measure...man ,/Drest in a little brief authority,/plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven/As make the angels weep.
Senses: examples: text: For several years the government has continuously reduced the amount of money spent on education. Now they complain that teachers are not doing their job properly- It's enough to make the angels weep.
glosses: Something so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.
faceplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/
ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌplænt/
Forms: form: faceplants
form: face-plant
Etymology: From face + plant (“place, set firmly”). Originally skateboarding and snowboarding slang, a humorous variant of handplant, which is an intentional technique in these sports.
Senses: examples: text: The skater slipped off his board and did a painful faceplant.
text: Only by catching himself with his poles had he avoided doing a face plant in the snow.
ref: 2005, Michael Thomas Ford, Looking For It, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN:
text: My cheek feels raw where Cherchette kissed me, like I did a face plant onto concrete.
ref: 2009, Sarah Cross, Dull Boy, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: 2024 February 17, Sharon Adarlo, “AI Hiring Tools are Ignoring Qualified Candidates, Expert Says”https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-ignoring-qualified-candidates, The_Byte, futurism.com
These kind of recruiting resources faceplants are likely to multiply as more businesses adopt these tools for the hiring process.
glosses: The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
topics: video-games
glosses: Death or defeat in a multiplayer online game.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
synonyms: facebuster
glosses: A wrestling move in which an attacking wrestler forces an opponent down to the mat face-first without a headlock or facelock.
Related terms: assplant
handplant
faceplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌplɑːnt/
ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌplænt/
Forms: form: faceplants
form: faceplanting
form: faceplanted
form: faceplanted
form: face-plant
Etymology: From face + plant (“place, set firmly”). Originally skateboarding and snowboarding slang, a humorous variant of handplant, which is an intentional technique in these sports.
Senses: examples: text: Moments before she face-planted on the tile, his hands shot out and grabbed her, pulling her safely to his chest. She face-planted in the middle of his pecs instead.
ref: 2013, Micah Persell, Of Consuming Fire: Middle of the Garden, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: eat it
word: eat shit
glosses: To land face first.
glosses: To completely fumble or fail in an activity, usually in a spectacular fashion.
Related terms: extreme sport
facepalm
becalmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of becalm
becalmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more becalmed
form: most becalmed
Senses: examples: text: […] when we got aſterne we grew becalm'd, land-lockt in a fort, and were ſported all the way […]
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique:
text: Although the breeze had now utterly failed, we had made a great deal of way during the night, and were now lying becalmed about half a mile to the southeast of the low eastern coast.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Unable to move due to lack of wind.
raw_tags: of a sailing ship
Derived terms: unbecalmed
FAS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In fact, 18 students in my class are under the FAS, compared to an average of four students in each of the other Primary Six classes.
ref: 2016, Fang Yanping, Singapore Teachers: Narratives of Care, Hope and Commitment, page 26:
glosses: Initialism of Financial Assistance Scheme.
examples: text: FAS estimates Russia has 1,816 tactical, or non-strategic, weapons (shorter range and intended for use in battle rather than for the destruction of whole cities).
ref: 2023 September 5, Julian Borger, Andrew Roth, “Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Initialism of Federation of American Scientists.
FAS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She said people with FAS are on a spectrum, have a wide range of intelligences, that the intelligence test is biased, and that I got strong intuition and street smarts, that I’m smart where it counts, which I already knew, but when she told me it felt good, like I didn’t really know it until she said it like that.
ref: 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 17:
glosses: Initialism of fetal alcohol syndrome.
FAS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of free alongside ship.
folo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑloʊ/
Forms: form: folos
Etymology: Clipping of follow up
Senses: examples: text: We buried the story in Metro—no folo. Sacha found the clip.
ref: 2015, Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy, Spotlight, spoken by Walter V. Robinson (Michael Keaton):
topics: journalism
media
glosses: An article in a publication that revisits the content of an earlier article.
egoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːɡoʊ.ɪst/
Forms: form: egoists
Etymology: From French égoïste, from Latin ego + -iste. By surface analysis, ego + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of egoism.
glosses: An egocentric or self-centered person.
qualifier: by confusion of the similar words
glosses: An egotist (person who talks excessively about themselves).
Derived terms: egoistic
rational egoist
superegoist
Related terms: egoism
egoistical
egotist
foll
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem.
ref: 2009, Sally Muir, Joanna Osborne, Diana Miller, Pet Projects: The Animal Knits Bible, page 71:
topics: business
knitting
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Abbreviation of following.
user interface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user interfaces
Senses: examples: text: A virtual intelligence is an advanced form of user interface software. VIs use a variety of methods to simulate natural conversation, including an audio interface and an avatar personality to interact with.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Computers: Virtual Intelligence (VI) Codex entry:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The visual part of a software application that a user sees and interacts with.
Synonyms: UI
Hypernyms: interface
Hyponyms: character user interface
graphical user interface
text-based user interface
Web user interface
arboriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arboriform
form: most arboriform
Etymology: Latin arbor (“tree”) + -iform
Senses: examples: text: Arboriform air-fresheners are commonly pine-scented.
glosses: Resembling a tree in shape or appearance.
programmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹəʊ.ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɹoʊ.ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌpɹoʊ.ɡɹəˈmæɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌpɹəʉ.ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: [ˌpɹəʉ.ɡɹəˈmæɾ.ɪk]
ipa: /ˌpɹoː.ɡɹəˈmæt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɹoː.ɡɹɑːˈmæt.ɪk/
Etymology: From programme + -atic.
Senses: examples: text: This allows programmatic tabulation of senses concerned with RELIGION, or ISLAM, or FESTIVALS, or any combination of these.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489:
glosses: Of, relating to, or using a step-by-step program, especially a computer program.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of or relating to program music.
glosses: Of or relating to a political program; ideological.
Derived terms: programmatically
Related terms: programmatical
programmatics
Los Angelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Los Angelisation
form: losangelisation
form: losangelization
Etymology: Blend of Los Angeles + -ization, after the city in California that enjoyed significant growth post-World War II.
Senses: glosses: Dispersed urban development; urban sprawl.
Related terms: Los Angelise
Los Angelize
placename
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: plās'nām
ipa: /ˈpleɪsneɪm/
Forms: form: placenames
form: place-name
form: place name
Etymology: From place + name.
Senses: examples: text: With a complex site, different site elements may not be terminologically distinguished, or else a generic term may be optionally added to the placename to distinguish a site element, such as a hill, well, or claypan at the location.
ref: 2012, Nick Thieberger, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Fieldwork, page 401:
synonyms: toponym
nomen loci
geographic name
geographical name
glosses: The name of a place; a word or phrase which indicates a particular location or region.
caprese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɹeɪzi/
Etymology: From Italian caprese (“of Capri”).
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of Capri.
raw_tags: of food
Related terms: caprese salad
genovese
Genovese
neapolitan
Neapolitan
sangiovese
caprese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kəˈpɹeɪzi/
Etymology: From Italian caprese (“of Capri”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of caprese salad.
double play depth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The infield is at double play depth with one out and a man at first.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shift in the defensive alignment of the infielders towards home plate when there is a baserunner on first base, to increase the possibility of getting a double play.
four fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Four fingers are up for Jones because the weak-hitting Smith will follow.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The sign made by the manager directing the pitcher to issue an intentional walk.
Related terms: walk
keystone corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keystone corners
Senses: examples: text: Jones takes the toss at the keystone corner, on to first... double play.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Second base, because it is often the key to scoring and defense.
Related terms: hot corner
futret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: futrets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitret.
globe trotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: globe trotters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of globetrotter.
gowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊən
Forms: form: gowans
Etymology: From Scots, from Scottish Gaelic [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: We twa hae run about the braes,
and pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin' auld lang syne.
ref: 1788, Robert Burns, 'Auld Lang Syne':
text: Upjohn wrote this slim volume, which, if you recall, was about preparatory schools, and in it, so Kipper tells me, said that the time spent in these establishments was the happiest of our lives. Ye Ed passed it on to Kipper for comment, and he, remembering the dark days at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, when he and I were plucking the gowans fine there, slated it with no uncertain hand.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: / Like dew on the gowan lying / Is the fa' o' her fairy feet; / And like winds in summer sighing, / Her voice is low and sweet— / Her voice is low and sweet, / And she's a' the world to me, / And for bonnie Annie Laurie / I'd lay me doon and dee.
ref: 1852-1859, Lady John Scott, “Annie Laurie”, in Scottish Songs:
glosses: A common daisy (Bellis perennis).
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Decomposed granite.
Derived terms: gowaned
gowany
grin like a Cheshire cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grins like a Cheshire cat
form: grinning like a Cheshire cat
form: grinned like a Cheshire cat
form: grinned like a Cheshire cat
Etymology: Attested since at least the 1780s. The reason why Cheshire was combined with cat is disputed: see here for more information.
Senses: examples: text: John ended the set with a beautiful serve, an ace, and could not help grinning like a Cheshire cat.
text: CHESHIRE CAT. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.
ref: 1788, Francis Grose, A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue, 2nd corrected and enlarged edition, London:
text: Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will grin.
ref: 1792, John Wolcot (under the pseudonym Peter Pindar), Pair of Lyric Epistles:
text: ‘It’s almost as if we’ve gone silly with happiness,’ said Marcus two days later. ‘Everyone in the house going round grinning like a lot of Cheshire Cats! The family I mean.’ ‘And Jess,’ said Kitto quickly. ‘Oh well, Jess is as good as family,’ said Fanny comfortably. Jessamy said nothing, but she looked up quickly and her smile would have rivalled any Cheshire Cat.
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 127:
synonyms: smile from ear to ear
qualifier: simile
glosses: To smile broadly, especially in a self-satisfied way.
wikipedia: Cheshire Cat#Origins
Hemant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛmənt/
rhymes: -ɛmənt
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi हेमंत (hemant).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage.
jeah
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: variant of yeah; yes.
jeah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: variant of yeah; yes.
Juno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒunoʊ/
rhymes: -uːnəʊ
Etymology: From Middle English Juno, from Latin Iūnō of uncertain origin. One hypothesis is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- (“she of heavenly authority”), from *dyew- (“sky, heaven”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), reflecting her role as goddess of rulers. Another is derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yúh₃onh₂- (“the young goddess”), from *h₂eyu- (“long time, lifetime”) + *-Hō (“burden, authority”), making it cognate with Latin iuvenis (“young”). Both would have produced the unattested early Latin form *Iuvō, declined with the root Iūn- and eventually normalized to Iūnō.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The queen of the gods, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Hera.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: mul:⚵
glosses: 3 Juno, the third asteroid discovered.
examples: text: But after a few visits to share details about ultrasounds and such, Juno and Mark find they have similar interests in music and movies - and Juno does have extraordinary tastes for someone her age, from the songs of Iggy and the Stooges to the horror flicks of Dario Argento.
ref: 2007 December 3, Christy Lemire, “Review: "Juno" A Small Comic Charmer”, in CBS News:
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: Juno Beach
Juno Moneta
Junonian