cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
addleheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more addleheaded
form: most addleheaded
Etymology: From addle + headed.
Senses: glosses: Addled; confused; stupid; flustered.
Derived terms: addleheadedness
antichthonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antichthonic
form: most antichthonic
form: Antichthonic
Etymology: From antichthon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an antichthon.
antichthon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antichthons
form: Antichthon
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντίχθων (antíkhthōn), from ἀντί (antí, “against, opposite”) + χθών (khthṓn, “Earth”).
Senses: examples: text: It is curious at least, that his Philosophy obliged Pythagoras, to make the Solar System #61;10, tho' his imperfect Astrognosy reduced him to the shift of including the moon, and imagining an Antiχθων ["anti-earth, anti-world"] and taking the whole as a completory Unit—Sun, Mer[cury,] Ven[us,] Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Antichthon #61;9#43; Solar Syst[em] #61;1#61;10
ref: c. 1818 (date written), Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by George Whalley, The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Marginalia II: Camden to Hutton (Bollingen Series; LXXV), London: Routledge & Kegan Paul; Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 1984, →ISBN, paragraph 43, page 557:
synonyms: counter-earth
glosses: A hypothetical Earth on the opposite side of the Sun.
Derived terms: antichthonic
costeaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of costean
costeans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of costean
bittour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittours
Senses: glosses: A bittern (bird).
bittor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittors
Senses: glosses: A bittern (bird).
bittours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittour
bittors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittor
writing system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writing systems
Etymology: From writing + system.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The basic type of a system for writing languages. For example, alphabetic writing or logographic writing.
Synonyms: sense: system for writing one or more languages
word: script
writing systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of writing system
Laquisha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A rare variant of Lakeisha.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
grize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grizes
Senses: examples: text: That's a degree of love / No, not a grize; for 'tis a vulgar proof / That very oft we pity enemies.
ref: c. 1601-1602, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Yale University Press (1954), act III, scene 1, page 57:
glosses: Obsolete form of grise.
grizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grize
chirking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chirk
chirked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chirk
dupper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duppers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dubber (a kind of bottle)
duppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dupper
cramoisy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cramoisy
form: most cramoisy
Senses: examples: text: A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velvet.
ref: 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of cramoisie.
cramoisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cramoisies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cramoisie.
capercailzie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capercailzies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capercaillie.
capercailzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capercailzie
siped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sipe
siping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sipe
calumba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæˈlʌmbə/
ipa: /kəˈlʌmbə/
rhymes: -ʌmbə
Forms: form: calombo
form: colombo
form: columbo
Etymology: From Hausa kalumba (“small tree”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Frasera fastigiata
alt: syn. Frasera carolinensis
word: American columbo
word: calumbin
word: columbamine
australopiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of australopith
cabrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabrits
Senses: glosses: Dated form of cabrée (“pronghorn antelope”).
cabrits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabrit
autohesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The spontaneous bonding or adherence between two unvulcanized surfaces of an elastomer.
raw_tags: of polymers
Related terms: adhesion
automobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automobilities
Etymology: Blend of automobile + mobility
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: automobilery, motordom
text: In view of the fact that a number of paradigm shifts are required to bring about the authors' vision of sustainable automobility - paradigm shifts in the way cars are made, sold, used and powered - this approach appears inadequate.
ref: 2003, Paul Nieuwenhuis, Peter E. Wells, The Automotive Industry and the Environment: A Technical, Business and Social Future:
text: eMobility is not only an alternative drive technology that can be substituted for the combustion engine that has dominated until now, it could revolutionize transport altogether because it differs decisively from conventional automobility.
ref: 2012, Weert Canzler, “eMobility in Germany: Prospects for and barriers to sustainable mobility”, in Måns Nilsson, Karl Hillman, Annika Rickne, editors, Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport, page 260:
glosses: The use of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
Aston dark space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aston dark spaces
Etymology: Named after Francis William Aston.
Senses: glosses: The dark space in a glow discharge that is adjacent to the cathode.
wikipedia: Francis William Aston
Alhambresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Alhambresque
form: most Alhambresque
Etymology: From Alhambra + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Alhambresque architecture
text: Alhambresque decoration
glosses: Made or decorated in the style of the Alhambra, an Islamic or Moorish-style palace in Granada, Spaim.
Synonyms: Alhambraic
Faraday dark space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Faraday dark spaces
Senses: glosses: The dark space in a glow discharge that is between the negative glow and the positive column.
cream-fruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream-fruits
Senses: glosses: Annona cherimola.
glosses: Roupellia grata.
cream-fruits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream-fruit
cream horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream horns
Senses: glosses: A horn-shaped pastry filled with fruit or jam and whipped cream.
cream horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream horn
sea pike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea pikes
Senses: glosses: The garfish or needlefish, Belone belone.
glosses: The silver gar or Atlantic needlefish, Strongylura marina
glosses: A large food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found on both coasts of America; the robalo.
synonyms: merluce
glosses: The European hake
glosses: Any of several species of barracuda.
sea pikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea pike
autopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: I cannot too strongly impress upon your mind this one foundation-principle of Autology and Autopathy- namely, that the essential cause or blood and flesh condition which sickens one organ or tissue, in one person, is exactly the same which sickens another organ or tissue in another person.
ref: 1918, Edmond Raymond Moras, The practice of autopathy: the law of health and disease:
topics: homeopathy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.
examples: text: The reduction in soil water status and the cessation of sand movement are considered to be important factors in the decline of the A. ordosica community. The importance of allelopathy, and in particular autopathy, in preventing seedling growth of A. ordosica is also discussed.
ref: 1996, Commonwealth Bureau of Soil Science, Soils and fertilizers, volume 59, page 554:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
Derived terms: autopathic
gunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guna
cathode dark space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathode dark spaces
Senses: glosses: The dark space in a glow discharge between the cathode glow and the negative glow.
Synonyms: Crookes dark space
Hittorf dark space
Faradayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Faradayan
form: most Faradayan
Etymology: From Faraday + -an.
Senses: synonyms: word: Faradian
glosses: Of or relating to Michael Faraday (1791–1867), influential English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
threatless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more threatless
form: most threatless
Etymology: From threat + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of threats; unthreatening.
threatenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more threatenable
form: most threatenable
Etymology: From threaten + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being threatened.
unthreatenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unthreatenable
form: most unthreatenable
Etymology: From un- + threatenable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being threatened.
antiperestroika
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiperestroika
form: most antiperestroika
Etymology: From anti- + perestroika.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposing perestroika.
awfulize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: awfulizes
form: awfulizing
form: awfulized
form: awfulized
Etymology: From awful + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Now, when you awfulize you go beyond that and tell yourself, instead “It's horrible, awful and terrible!” You then mean several things, all of which are clearly unprovable and which any self-respecting Martian with an IQ of 100 could easily see through.
ref: 2010, Michael E. Bernard, Rationality and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Legacy of Albert Ellis:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
qualifier: psychotherapy
glosses: To react dramatically or catastrophically to distressing events.
Derived terms: awfulization
awfulizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of awfulize
awfulizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of awfulize
awfulized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of awfulize
axonopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axonopathies
Etymology: From axon + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder or disruption of the functioning of the axons
Derived terms: neuroaxonopathy
Related terms: axonopathic
axotomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: axotomizes
form: axotomizing
form: axotomized
form: axotomized
Etymology: From axotomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform an axotomy; to sever an axon
Related terms: axotomization
phleme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlemes
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of fleam (“instrument”).
phlemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phleme
axotomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of axotomize
axotomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of axotomize
axotomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of axotomize
polyneuropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + neuropathic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to polyneuropathy.
myelosuppressing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myelo- + suppressing.
Senses: glosses: Causing myelosuppression.
myelotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myelotoxic
form: most myelotoxic
Etymology: From myelo- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting myelotoxicity.
myelotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myelotoxicity
school-aged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more school-aged
form: most school-aged
Senses: examples: text: He's not a school-aged child; he's in college now.
glosses: Of the age at which students typically attend primary or secondary school; school-age.
Related terms: school age
taborine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tæbəˈɹiːn/
Forms: form: taborines
form: taborin
Etymology: Old French tabourin, French tambourin. See tabor, and compare tambourine.
Senses: examples: text: Beat loud the taborines, let the trumpets blow, / That this great soldier may his welcome know.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v]:
glosses: A small, shallow drum; a tabor.
taborines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taborine
college-aged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, just over a third of all traditionally college-aged Americans were enrolled in an institution of higher education.
ref: 2005, Carl L. Bankston, III, “Filipino Americans”, in Pyong Gap Min, editor, Asian Americans: Contemporary Trends and Issues, Pine Forge Press, →ISBN, page 200:
synonyms: college-age
glosses: Describing a person of the age at which students typically attend higher education.
Weichselstadt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weichselstadt.
Senses: glosses: The city Weichselstädt (now called Aleksandrów Kujawski) near Thorn/Torun.
candlestand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candlestands
Etymology: From candle + stand.
Senses: glosses: A holder for candles; a branched candlestick.
candlestands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candlestand
conceptualisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conceptualism
catastrophized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈstɹɑfəˌsaɪzd/
ipa: /kəˈstɹɒfəˌsaɪzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catastrophize
catastrophized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈstɹɑfəˌsaɪzd/
ipa: /kəˈstɹɒfəˌsaɪzd/
Forms: form: more catastrophized
form: most catastrophized
Senses: examples: text: The public is much too bewildered, catastrophized, and morbidly concerned about the symptoms of COVID-19.
ref: 2022 May 26, Xue Lan, Han Yu, Lei Cui, “Application of Telemedicine in COVID-19: A Bibliometric Analysis”, in Frontiers in Public Health, →DOI:
glosses: Exposing catastrophizing attitude.
catastrophizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catastrophize
underbudget
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underbudgets
form: underbudgeting
form: underbudgeted
form: underbudgeted
Etymology: From under- + budget.
Senses: glosses: To budget a smaller amount that is needed.
overbudgeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbudget
overbudgeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbudget
overbudgets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbudget
underbudgeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underbudget
underbudgets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underbudget
underbudgeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underbudget
routerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From router + -less.
Senses: examples: a routerless network solution
glosses: Without a router.
diagrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diagrids
Etymology: Blend of diagonal + grid
Senses: glosses: A structure, used by some buildings, which is made up of triangles formed from beams of steel or sometimes other materials.
diagrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diagrid
twilight sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Dämmerschlaf.
Senses: glosses: An amnesic condition characterized by insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness, induced by an injection of morphine and scopolamine, especially to relieve the pain of childbirth.
Related terms: twilight birth
porocephalosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Porocephalus + -osis
Senses: glosses: Infection by parasitic crustaceans of genera Porocephalus or Armillifer.
scink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scinks
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of skink (“animal”).
scinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scink
skinsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skinful
ropedancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rope + dancing.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tightrope walking.
synonyms: word: tightrope walking
Related terms: rope dance
rope dancer
britzskas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of britzska
britchkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of britchka
Pascalians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pascalian
carrageens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrageen
carrigeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrigeens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carrageen.
carrigeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carrigeen
carragheen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carragheens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of carrageen.
carragheens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carragheen
footstalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footstalk
podophthalmous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: stalk-eyed (said formerly of crustaceans in the former group Podophthalmia)
Synonyms: podophthalmic
skivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skiver
skivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skiver
chichling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chichlings
Etymology: From chich (“chickpea”) + -ling (“forming diminutives”).
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of chickling (“grass pea”).
Derived terms: chichling pea
chichling vetch
chichlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chichling
glossae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossa
Draper point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After John William Draper.
Senses: glosses: The temperature (approximately 798 K, 525˚C, or 977˚F) above which almost all solid materials visibly glow as a result of blackbody radiation.
wikipedia: John William Draper
Draper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹeɪpɚ/
Forms: form: Drapers
form: Drapper
Etymology: English occupational surname, from the noun draper.
Senses: glosses: An English surname originating as an occupation for a draper (cloth merchant).
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Jones County, South Dakota; named for railroad official C. A. Draper.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A small town in Denton County, Texas, renamed from Corral City in 2016.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah; named for Mormon elder William Draper.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A census-designated place in Pulaski County, Virginia.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin; named for Wisconsin librarian and historian Lyman Draper.
glosses: A community in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada; named for businessman Thomas Draper.
glosses: A residential locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Draperian
Draper point
Grotthuss-Draper law
Draperian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Draperian
form: most Draperian
Etymology: From Draper + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Theodore Draper (1912–2006), American historian and political writer.
Aelita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ī-lēʹtə
ipa: /aɪˈlitə/
ipa: [aɪ̯ˈliɾə]
Etymology: From Russian Аэли́та (Aelíta).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Russian.
inferrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inferrer
electrovores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrovore
cedar closet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cedar closets
Senses: glosses: A closet intended to protect clothing from insects, especially moths, and musty odors due to its lining of cedar.
begas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bega
Kingdom of Spain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kingdom of Spain
Etymology: Calque of Spanish Reino de España.
Senses: glosses: Official name of Spain: a country in Southern Europe.
frat lit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the English word frat (meaning immature juvenile adult male university student when used pejoratively), + lit as an abbreviation for the English word literature.
Senses: glosses: Literature perceived to appeal to, or be marketed at, young men or bros, typically concerning violence, adventure, war, and military themes.
Hypernyms: dick lit
manfiction
Related terms: chick lit
cock socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock sock
horse cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse cock
horse dicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse dick
donkey dicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey dick
donkey cocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey cock
raw dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raw dog
raw dogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raw dog
raw dogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raw dog
party favors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party favor
kissing booths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kissing booth
limp dicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limp dick
HMU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: hmu
Senses: examples: text: hmu for a good time
glosses: Initialism of hit me up; contact me at a later time.
Related terms: LMK
unvirile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvirile
form: most unvirile
Etymology: From un- + virile.
Senses: glosses: Not virile; lacking masculinity and youth.
Related terms: unvirility
nonvirile
boydicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boydick
glossopoeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡlɑsəʊˈpɪə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From glosso- (“language”) + -poeia (“making”); coined by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Senses: examples: text: Glossopoeia, which is neither an imitative language nor a creation of names, takes us back to the borderline of the moment when the word has not yet been born, when articulation is no longer a shout but not yet discourse, when repetition is almost impossible, and along with it, language in general: the separation of concept and sound, of signified and signifier, of the pneumatical and the grammatical, the freedom of translation and tradition, the movement of interpretation, the difference between the soul and the body, the master and the slave, God and man, the author and the actor.
ref: 1978, Jacques Derrida, translated by Alan Bass, Writing and Difference, published 1990, page 240:
text: Still more curiously, English offers a second pair of homophones — “hew” and “hew” — with a quite similar range of antonymous meanings, opening the possibility of a glossopoeia of a most cunning and pleasing sort.
ref: 2000, International and Area Studies, University of California, Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, volume 5, page 153:
text: 2007, Carl F. Hostetter, "Languages Invented by Tolkien", In M.C. Drout, ed., The J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment, pp. 332,
In short, we see a movement from language creation as a utilitarian and thus shared endeavor toward glossopoeia that is at once strongly abstract and artistic in pursuing and expressing a private and personal linguistic aesthetic and that is rigorously historical and systematic, susceptible within the fictive construct to the scientific tools of historical philology: an aspect of language creation nearly if not entirely unique to Tolkien.
text: 2009 May 12, Tashi “Cracking the Mayan Code on Nova PBS”, rec.music.classical.guitar, Usenet,
I don't have any idea what you are talking about. I don't equate Glossopoeia with Mathematics, it is the creation of language.
glosses: The creation of constructed languages for artistic purposes; language so created.
Derived terms: glossopoeic
almandin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of almandine.
rhenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rhenic
form: most rhenic
Etymology: From rhenium + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or containing rhenium.
Rhenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rhenic
form: most Rhenic
Senses: glosses: Rhenish.
Volgan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Volgan
form: most Volgan
Etymology: From Volga + -an.
Senses: examples: Volgan steppes, Volgan and Siberian tribes
glosses: From, residing or located by, or pertaining to the Volga.
Related terms: Volgian
Volgian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An obsolete regionally defined geological unit in Russia, in part Jurassic and in part Cretaceous, corresponding to the Tithonian and part of the Berriasian, and perhaps even part of the Kimmeridgian.
Volgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Volgian
form: most Volgian
Senses: glosses: Of, from or pertaining to this period.
Related terms: Volgan
has someone's back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have someone's back
having someone's back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have someone's back
had someone's back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have someone's back
wears too many hats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear too many hats
wearing too many hats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear too many hats
wore too many hats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear too many hats
threads the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thread the needle
threading the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thread the needle
threaded the needle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thread the needle
pouring gasoline on the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pour gasoline on the fire
pours gasoline on the fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pour gasoline on the fire
fans the flames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fan the flames
fanning the flames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fan the flames
fanned the flames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fan the flames
twists the knife
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twist the knife
twisting the knife
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twist the knife
twisted the knife
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twist the knife
preaches to deaf ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preach to deaf ears
preaching to deaf ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preach to deaf ears
preached to deaf ears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preach to deaf ears
talks over someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of talk over someone's head
talking over someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk over someone's head
talked over someone's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of talk over someone's head
makes someone's jaw drop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make someone's jaw drop
making someone's jaw drop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make someone's jaw drop
made someone's jaw drop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make someone's jaw drop
gives a rat's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give a rat's ass
giving a rat's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give a rat's ass
gave a rat's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give a rat's ass
given a rat's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give a rat's ass
has on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have on
having on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have on
had on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have on
having someone on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have someone on
has a good one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a good one
having a good one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have a good one
had a good one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a good one
keeps to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep to oneself
keeping to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep to oneself
kept to oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep to oneself
makes mincemeat out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make mincemeat out of
making mincemeat out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make mincemeat out of
made mincemeat out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make mincemeat out of
makes matters worse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make matters worse
making matters worse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make matters worse
made matters worse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make matters worse
artlanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artlangers
Etymology: From artlang + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 2001 February 19, Hessu, “a few questions about Esperanto”, sci.lang, Usenet,
The biggest mistakes conlangers or artlangers do, is assume that learners of their IAL has same backround (languages, culture, religion and education) than themselves.
text: There are also Idists and Interlingua-ists (the IALA kind) around, as well as conlangers and artlangers of all sorts... not to mention the Lojbanists.
ref: 2001 July 28, George Partlow, “Least Favorite "Standard" Opera”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):
text: You're right that it's not the primary concern of the artlanger, but you might be surprised to learn that many artlangers have considered what their conlangs sound like to the extent of making recordings of texts and learning to speak others' conlangs.
ref: 2007 May 23, Padraic Brown, “Where to speak ...”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet):
glosses: One who creates artlangs.
Coordinate terms: auxlanger
conlanger
artlangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artlanger
tooth-drawer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tooth-drawers
Senses: examples: text: worn in the cap of a tooth-drawer
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: Someone who draws teeth; a dentist.
tooth-drawers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tooth-drawer
shuk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hebrew שוק. Doublet of souq.
Senses: glosses: An Israeli street market.
notches on one's bedpost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notch on one's bedpost
hound's-tongue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hound's-tongues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hound's tongue.
goes gaga over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go gaga over
going gaga over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go gaga over
went gaga over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go gaga over
gone gaga over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go gaga over
puts on the map
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put on the map
putting on the map
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put on the map
goes bonkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go bonkers
going bonkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go bonkers
went bonkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go bonkers
gone bonkers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go bonkers
puts something behind one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put something behind one
putting something behind one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put something behind one
puts up a fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put up a fight
putting up a fight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put up a fight
runs counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of run counter
running counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run counter
ran counter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of run counter
sucks a lemon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck a lemon
sucking a lemon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suck a lemon
sucked a lemon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suck a lemon
swims upstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swim upstream
swimming upstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swim upstream
swam upstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swim upstream
puts out a fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put out a fire
putting out a fire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put out a fire
catching one's drift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch one's drift
caught one's drift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch one's drift
puts lipstick on a pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put lipstick on a pig
putting lipstick on a pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put lipstick on a pig
steps on someone's toes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of step on someone's toes
stepped on someone's toes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of step on someone's toes
works one's magic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of work one's magic
working one's magic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of work one's magic
worked one's magic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of work one's magic
opens someone's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open someone's eyes
opening someone's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of open someone's eyes
opened someone's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of open someone's eyes
cuts someone loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut someone loose
cutting someone loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut someone loose
stays the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stay the distance
staying the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stay the distance
stayed the distance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stay the distance
screams loudest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scream loudest
screaming loudest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scream loudest
screamed loudest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scream loudest
makes peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make peace
making peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make peace
made peace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make peace
comes to a close
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of come to a close
coming to a close
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of come to a close
came to a close
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to a close
getting blood from a stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get blood from a stone
got blood from a stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get blood from a stone
gets blood from a stone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get blood from a stone
first palatalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sound change occurring in Proto-Slavic, which caused palatalization of velar consonants under certain circumstances, resulting in the hushing sounds č /tʃ/, š /ʃ/ and ž /ʒ/.
Related terms: second palatalization
third palatalization
farrand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: [ˈfæɹənd]
[ˈfæɹənt]
Forms: form: farand
form: farant
form: farent
form: farrant
form: farren
Etymology: From Middle English farand, farende, farinde, from Old English farende (present participle of Old English faran (“to set forth, go, travel, wander, proceed”)), from Proto-Germanic *farandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *faraną (“to go, fare, travel”), equivalent to fare + -and. More at fare.
Senses: examples: text: A sore matter for a sinner to be corrected, and yet to go light-farrand under it.
ref: 1660, Dickson, Writings:
text: Likely he was, right fair and well farrand, Manly and stout, […]
ref: 1756, William Hamilton, A New Edition of the Life and Heroick Actions of the renoun'd Sir William Wallace, etc.:
text: My farand friends farewell ! so near my heart, / My dowsome cow, my good old mare, and cart !
ref: 1836, Richard Furness, Medicus-magus:
text: When, four years before, Ainsworth took land next his own and rebuilt the farmstead "on a new-farrand plan," he had felt a secret irk against him, […]
ref: 1893, K. Snowden, Tales of the Yorkshire Wolds:
glosses: Having a specified form or disposition; fashioned.
Derived terms: old-farrand
old-farrant
farantly
second palatalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Slavic linguistics
glosses: A sound change occurring in Proto-Slavic, which caused palatalization of velar consonants under certain circumstances, resulting in the hushing sounds c /ts/, s /s/ or š /ʃ/, and (d)z /(d)z/.
Related terms: first palatalization
third palatalization
conveyanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of conveyance
old-farrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more old-farrant
form: most old-farrant
form: old-farrand
form: old-farant
Etymology: From old + farrant.
Senses: examples: text: Whiles he came home: weary old-farrant face Pale from the midnight candle;
ref: 1866, Robert Williams Buchanan, Idyls and Legends of Inverburn, page 41:
text: "Ye'd best stand asoide; Ride your old-farrant face behind yon ellum, Hear all, and see your Parish judge the nobs!"
ref: 1894, Punch, volume 107, page 267:
text: They sought and searched as for hid treasure; and she was precious in many hearts, the playful little chatterbox with her old-farrant ways, and her bonnie smile!
ref: 1911, The Expository Times, volume 22, page 210:
text: […] and stately clocks made in the town a hundred years ago, and quaint old-farrant lamps and cogeys and sand-glasses that apologized […]
ref: 1913, James Matthew Barrie, Tommy and Grizel, page 298:
glosses: Old or old-fashioned; (of children) precocious, already as shrewd as someone old.
Derived terms: audfarandly
liquating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of liquate
liquates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liquate
amafufunyana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mafufunyana.
positive column
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positive columns
Senses: glosses: A glowing region in a glow discharge between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow.
discmag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discmags
Etymology: From disc + mag.
Senses: examples: text: Addressed to personal computer users, the programs and documentation are customized for the users' different computer systems. One such discmag is Software Digest […]
ref: 1978, Copyright Management, volumes 1-6, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of diskmag.
discmags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discmag
discette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: discettes
Etymology: From disc + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: We still distribute source, in 'Tiny' Pascal, on each discette sold.
ref: 1981, Interface Age, volume 6, page 57:
text: Edit program, if necessary, as described above, re-test and save on discette when finished.
ref: 1983, R. C. Holland, Microcomputers for process control, page 180:
glosses: Dated form of diskette.
discettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discette
Lasallian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lasallian
form: most Lasallian
Etymology: From La Salle + -ian, after the founder, Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the De La Salle Brothers, formerly named The Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious teaching congregation.
Lasallian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lasallians
Etymology: From La Salle + -ian, after the founder, Saint Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.
Senses: glosses: A member of De La Salle Brothers (formally The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools).