cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Quebec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪˈbɛk/
ipa: /kwəˈbɛk/
ipa: /kəˈbɛk/
ipa: /kwɪˈbɛk/
ipa: /kɛˈbɛk/
ipa: /keɪˈbɛk/
ipa: /kwəˈbɛk/
text: Canada
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: Quebecs
form: Québec
form: Kebec
Etymology: From French Québec, from Algonquin kepék (“(it) narrows”). Cognate with Mi'kmaq gepe'g (“plug”), and Mi'kmaq Kepinkek. It originally referred to the area around Quebec City where the Saint Lawrence River narrows to a cliff-lined gap. The name of the city preceded that of the province.
Senses: examples: text: And of course, in July 1967 De Gaulle did come to Canada. He made his speeches in Quebec, was enthusiastically received on the Chemin du Roy, shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” in Montreal and, on learning of the reaction of the Canadian government, returned to Paris without going to Ottawa.
ref: 1996, Eldon Black, “Prologue: 1960-1967”, in Direct Intervention: Canada-France Relations, 1967-1974, Carleton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:
synonyms: Province of Quebec
glosses: A province in eastern Canada. Capital: Quebec City. Largest city: Montreal.
synonyms: Quebec City
Québec City
glosses: The capital city of the province of Quebec, Canada.
glosses: Other places elsewhere:
A village in the town of Brooklyn, Windham County, Connecticut, United States.
glosses: Other places elsewhere:
An unincorporated community in Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States.
glosses: Other places elsewhere:
A small village in Esh parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1843).
glosses: Other places elsewhere:
A hamlet in Harting parish, Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU7821).
Derived terms: sense: province
word: QC
sense: province
word: Que.
sense: province
word: Que
sense: province
word: Qc.
sense: province
word: Qc
sense: province
word: P.Q.
sense: province
word: P. Q.
sense: province
word: PQ
word: Quebecer
word: Quebecker
word: Quebecian
word: Quebecism
word: Quebec red trout
word: Quebexican
Related terms: Quebecois
Québécois
duenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duˈɛ.nə/
Forms: form: duennas
Etymology: From Old Spanish duenna or dueña, from Vulgar Latin donna, from Latin domina (“Lady”). Doublet of dame.
Senses: examples: text: 'Madam, I have a secret to tell you.' Now the very word secret is enough to rouse any one's curiosity; and, giving a quick glance round to see if her duennas were on the alert, she prepared to listen, and I saw that her eye had caught sight of the letter.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 193:
text: Then he placed her in a house and shut her up in a chamber, appointing ten old women as duennas to guard her, and forbade her to go forth to the Seven Palaces.
ref: 1949, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
glosses: a chaperon of a young lady, usually an older woman.
glosses: a governess or nanny.
Derived terms: duennadom
duennaship
belly dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly dances
form: bellydance
form: belly-dance
Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is.
Senses: glosses: A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso.
Synonyms: oriental dance
belly dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belly dances
form: belly dancing
form: belly danced
form: belly danced
form: bellydance
form: belly-dance
Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is.
Senses: glosses: To perform a belly dance.
Derived terms: belly dancer
belly dancing
air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: [ɛː]
enpr: âr
ipa: /ɛɹ/
ipa: [ɛɚ]
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: Ayr
homophone: ere
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: err (one US pronunciation or with fair–fur merger)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: airs
form: airing
form: aired
form: aired
form: aire
form: ayre
form: eyr
form: ayr
Etymology: From Middle English aire, from Old French air, from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Displaced native Old English lyft. More at lift, loft.
Senses: examples: text: I'll hang these clothes on the rack to air them.
glosses: To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it.
examples: text: It's getting quite stuffy in this room: let's open the windows and air it.
glosses: To let fresh air into (a room or a building), to ventilate.
examples: text: Residents used the public meeting to air their concerns about the poor state of the roads.
text: John Mayer has apologised for using a racist epithet in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, after a number of prominent black musicians aired their disapproval.
ref: 2010 February 11, Rosie Swash, “John Mayer apologises after using N-word in Playboy interview”, in The Guardian:
text: Thus, in spite of all opposition, the rural and urban assemblies retained the germ of local government, and in spite of the dual control, as the result of which much of their influence was nullified, they did have a certain value in airing abuses and suggesting improvements.
ref: 1917, National Geographic, v.31, March 1917:
glosses: To make public (an opinion, concern, issue, secret, differences, etc); to present to public view (and sometimes discussion).
examples: text: The BBC decided not to air the controversial episode.
glosses: To broadcast (a television show etc.).
examples: text: This game show first aired in the 1990s and is still going today.
glosses: To be broadcast.
examples: text: Why is this girl airing me?
glosses: To ignore (a person).
Derived terms: airable
aired
aired-out
air one's dirty laundry in public
air one's dirty linen in public
air one's paunch
air out
air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: [ɛː]
enpr: âr
ipa: /ɛɹ/
ipa: [ɛɚ]
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
homophone: Ayr
homophone: ere
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: err (one US pronunciation or with fair–fur merger)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: aire
form: ayre
form: eyr
form: ayr
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of are.
all
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl
ipa: /ɔːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
ipa: /u(ɫ)/
ipa: /aːl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ɔl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: [ɔɫ]
note: of Canada
ipa: /ɑl/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ɑɫ]
note: of the US
ipa: /ɒl/
note: of the US
ipa: [ɒɫ]
ipa: /oːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
homophone: awl
homophone: I'll (some dialects)
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: al
Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with West Frisian al (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), Scots a' (“all”), German all (“all”), Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian all (“all”), Icelandic allur (“all”), Welsh holl (“all”), Irish uile (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“all, each, every”).
The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles).
Senses: examples: text: She was sitting all alone.
 It suddenly went all quiet.
I'm all done, Mommy! I did it all by myself.
text: 'Tis mystery all: th'Immortal dies
ref: 1738, Charles Wesley, “And can it be that I should gain”, in John Wesley, editor, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, Charlestown: Lewis Timothy, →OCLC:
text: The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127:
glosses: Wholly; entirely; completely; totally.
examples: text: The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
glosses: Apiece; each.
examples: text: Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
text: If he leave the company, I'll have to work all the harder.
qualifier: degree
glosses: So much; used with "the" and a comparative.
examples: text: All as his straying flock he fed.
ref: 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender, London: Hugh Singleton, →OCLC:
text: A damsel lay deploring / All on a rock reclined.
ref: 1715, John Gay, What D’ye Call It?, London: Bernard Lintott, →OCLC:
glosses: Even; just.
examples: text: She was all, “Whatever.”
glosses: A quotative particle, compare like.
Synonyms: completely
all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl
ipa: /ɔːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
ipa: /u(ɫ)/
ipa: /aːl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ɔl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: [ɔɫ]
note: of Canada
ipa: /ɑl/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ɑɫ]
note: of the US
ipa: /ɒl/
note: of the US
ipa: [ɒɫ]
ipa: /oːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
homophone: awl
homophone: I'll (some dialects)
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: alls
form: al
Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with West Frisian al (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), Scots a' (“all”), German all (“all”), Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian all (“all”), Icelandic allur (“all”), Welsh holl (“all”), Irish uile (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“all, each, every”).
The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles).
Senses: examples: text: She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
glosses: Everything that one is capable of.
raw_tags: with a possessive pronoun
examples: text: she therefore ordered Jenny to pack up her alls and begone, for that she was determined she should not sleep that night within her walls. […] I packed up my little all as well as I could, and went off.
glosses: The totality of one's possessions.
examples: text: I will die fighting for my people, because my people are all.
text: All are one and one is all.
ref: 1992, Bruce Coville, My Teacher Flunked the Planet:
glosses: Everything in general; all that matters.
all
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl
ipa: /ɔːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
ipa: /u(ɫ)/
ipa: /aːl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ɔl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: [ɔɫ]
note: of Canada
ipa: /ɑl/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ɑɫ]
note: of the US
ipa: /ɒl/
note: of the US
ipa: [ɒɫ]
ipa: /oːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
homophone: awl
homophone: I'll (some dialects)
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: al
Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with West Frisian al (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), Scots a' (“all”), German all (“all”), Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian all (“all”), Icelandic allur (“all”), Welsh holl (“all”), Irish uile (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“all, each, every”).
The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles).
Senses: examples: text: And those two froward sisters, their faire loves, / Came with them eke, all they were wondrous loth.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, volume 2, London: Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Although.
all
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ôl
ipa: /ɔːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
ipa: /u(ɫ)/
ipa: /aːl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ɔl/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: [ɔɫ]
note: of Canada
ipa: /ɑl/
note: of Canada
ipa: [ɑɫ]
note: of the US
ipa: /ɒl/
note: of the US
ipa: [ɒɫ]
ipa: /oːl/
ipa: [oːɫ]
homophone: awl
homophone: I'll (some dialects)
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: al
Etymology: From Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic *all, from Proto-Germanic *allaz, of uncertain origin but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“all”). Cognate with West Frisian al (“all”), Dutch al (“all”), Scots a' (“all”), German all (“all”), Swedish all (“all”), Norwegian all (“all”), Icelandic allur (“all”), Welsh holl (“all”), Irish uile (“all”), Lithuanian aliái (“all, each, every”).
The dialectal sense “all gone” is a calque of German alle. The use in who all, where all etc. also has equivalents in German (see alles).
Senses: examples: text: The butter is all.
glosses: All gone; dead.
Derived terms: allhood
allness
Related terms: albeit
almighty
almost
alone
already
alright
also
although
altogether
always
any
each
every
everyone
everything
none
some
quantifier
∀
almost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːɫ.məʊst/
note: emphatic, utterance-final
ipa: /ɔːɫˈməʊst/
ipa: /ˈɔː(l)məs/
ipa: /ˈɔl.moʊst/
ipa: /ˈɑl.moʊst/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.moʊst/
ipa: [ˈɒːɫmost]
rhymes: -əʊst
Forms: form: almosts
form: aulmos
Etymology: From Middle English almost, from Old English eallmǣst (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to al- (“all”) + most.
Senses: examples: text: In all the submissions, they found four papers that were clearly worth publishing and another dozen almosts.
glosses: Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.
amount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə.mount'
ipa: /əˈmaʊnt/
rhymes: -aʊnt
Forms: form: amounts
Etymology: From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Senses: examples: text: The amount of atmospheric pollution threatens a health crisis.
glosses: The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
examples: text: Pour a small amount of water into the dish.
text: The dogs need different amounts of food.
text: The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.
ref: 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
glosses: A quantity or volume.
examples: text: The final amount of students who have participated to mobility for the period 1995-1999 is held to be around 460 000.
ref: 2001, Gisella Gori, Towards an EU right to education, page 195:
glosses: The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
Hyponyms: word: batch
word: bolus
word: notional amount
word: principal amount
english: helping, portion
translation: helping, portion
word: serving
Derived terms: amount of substance
paramount
amount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ə.mount'
ipa: /əˈmaʊnt/
rhymes: -aʊnt
Forms: form: amounts
form: amounting
form: amounted
form: amounted
Etymology: From Middle English amounten (“to mount up to, come up to, signify”), from Old French amonter (“to amount to”), from amont, amunt (“uphill, upward”), from the prepositional phrase a mont (“toward or to a mountain or heap”), from Latin ad montem, from ad (“to”) + montem, accusative of mons (“mountain”).
Senses: examples: text: The money in my pocket amounts to three dollars and change.
glosses: To total or evaluate.
examples: text: He was a pretty good student, but never amounted to much professionally.
text: His response amounted to gross insubordination.
text: It was, however, J.R.R. Tolkien who pointed out the close relationship in language as well as spelling, almost amounting to identity, between the Corpus MS of the Ancrene Riwle (A) and the Bodley MS of the Katherine Group (B).
ref: 1965, Arne Zettersten, Studies in the dialect and vocabulary of the Ancrene Riwle (Lund Studies in English; 31), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerup, page 21:
text: "The breadth of this LPR system is spectacular and amounts to a warrantless search."
ref: 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News:
glosses: To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.
examples: text: So up he rose, and thence amounted straight.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 54:
glosses: To go up; to ascend.
Related terms: extent
magnitude
measurement
number
quantity
size
amusement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmjuzmənt/
Forms: form: amusements
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French amusement, from amuser + -ment. Morphologically amuse + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: To my great amusement, the dog kept on chasing its tail and yelped when it bit it.
text: This is some form of amusement you're talking about.
ref: 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 234a:
glosses: Entertainment.
examples: text: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."
ref: 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
text: His chief amusements were gunning and fishing, or sauntering along the beach and through the myrtles, in quest of shells or entomological specimens--his collection of the latter might have been envied by a Swammerdamm.
ref: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
text: The Cat was sour-tempered and grumpy, at first, but before they had journeyed far, the crystal creature had discovered a fine amusement. The long tails of the monkeys were constantly sticking through the bars of their cage, and when they did, the Glass Cat would slyly seize the tails in her paws and pull them.
ref: 1919, L. Frank Baum, The Magic of Oz:
synonyms: word: amusement
word: avocation
word: diversion
word: divertisement
word: fancy
word: hobby
word: kill-time
word: pastime
word: pursuit
word: sport
glosses: An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
Derived terms: amusement arcade
amusement park
amusement ride
antiamusement
angle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng'gəl
ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡl̩/
rhymes: -æŋɡəl
Forms: form: angles
form: angling
form: angled
form: angled
Etymology: From Middle English anglen (“to meet at an angle, converge”), from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
qualifier: often in the passive
glosses: To place (something) at an angle.
examples: text: The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
glosses: To change direction rapidly.
examples: text: How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
glosses: To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
topics: ball-games
billiards
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng'gəl
ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡl̩/
rhymes: -æŋɡəl
Forms: form: angles
Etymology: From Middle English angel (“fishhook”), from Old English angel (“hook, fishhook”), from Proto-West Germanic *angul, from Proto-Germanic *angulaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk- (“to make crooked, bend”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Ongle (“fishhook; fishing pole”), West Frisian angel (“fishing rod, stinger”), Dutch angel (“fishhook”), German Angel (“fishing pole”), Luxembourgish Aangel (“fishing rod”), Icelandic öngull (“fishhook”), Norwegian Nynorsk angel, ongel, ongul (“fishhook”), Swedish angel (“pike hook”), Prasuni uku (“shoulder”).
Senses: examples: text: Give me mine angle: we'll to the river there.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
text: A fisher next his trembling angle bears.
ref: 1717, Alexander Pope, Vertuminus and Pomona:
glosses: A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
angle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ăng'gəl
ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡəl/
ipa: /ˈeɪŋ.ɡl̩/
rhymes: -æŋɡəl
Forms: form: angles
form: angling
form: angled
form: angled
Etymology: From Middle English anglen (“to fish, fish with a hook”, literally “to fish-hook”), perhaps from Old English *anglian, from Proto-West Germanic *anglōn (“to hook”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian ongelje (“to fish, angle”), Dutch hengelen (“to fish, angle”), German Low German angeln (“to fish, angle”), German angeln (“to fish, angle”).
Senses: glosses: To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
examples: text: He must be angling for a pay rise.
glosses: To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
raw_tags: with for
Derived terms: angledog
angler
anglerod
angletwitch
angleworm
angling
ant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ănt
ipa: /ænt/
ipa: [ɛənt]
ipa: [eənt]
ipa: [ɛːnt]
ipa: /ɛnt/
rhymes: -ænt
homophone: aunt stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: änt
ipa: /ɑːnt/
Forms: form: ants
form: anting
form: anted
form: anted
form: ante
form: ampte
Etymology: From Middle English ampte, amte, emete, amete, from Old English ǣmete (“ant”), from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā (literally “biting-thing, cutter”), from Proto-Germanic *ē- (“off, away”) + *maitaną (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂y- (“to cut”). Cognate with Scots emmot (“ant”), dialectal Dutch emt, empt (“ant”), German Ameise and Emse (“ant”). See also emmet.
Senses: examples: text: Wild birds tend to ant and sunbathe most frequently during periods of high humidity, particularly right after heavy or prolonged rainfall in summer.
ref: 1974, Eloise Potter and Doris Hauser, “Relationship of anting and sunbathing to molting in wild birds”, in The Auk, volume 91, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2011, page 538:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
belly flop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly flops
form: bellyflop
form: belly-flop
Senses: topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.
glosses: A similar move performed on a trampoline.
glosses: A flop; an utter failure.
Synonyms: belly flopper
belly whop
belly whopper
Related terms: backflop
cannonball
rip entry
belly flop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belly flops
form: belly flopping
form: belly flopped
form: belly flopped
form: bellyflop
form: belly-flop
Senses: glosses: To perform this type of dive.
glosses: To perform this type of trampolining move.
any
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnɪ/
ipa: /ˈɛni/
ipa: /ˈæni/
ipa: /ˈæni/
homophone: Annie
ipa: /ˈɛni/
ipa: /ˈɪni/
homophone: innie (US, pin–pen merger)
rhymes: -ɛni
rhymes: -æni
Forms: form: anie
form: anny
Etymology: From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique.
Senses: examples: text: If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
text: That doesn't bother me any. (chiefly US usage)
text: You don't seem to be any the worse after such a tragic experience.
text: I will not remain here any longer.
text: I wasn't any too easy in my mind.
ref: 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 58:
text: 'That wouldn't surprise me any.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 104:
glosses: To even the slightest extent, at all.
any
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛnɪ/
ipa: /ˈɛni/
ipa: /ˈæni/
ipa: /ˈæni/
homophone: Annie
ipa: /ˈɛni/
ipa: /ˈɪni/
homophone: innie (US, pin–pen merger)
rhymes: -ɛni
rhymes: -æni
Forms: form: anie
form: anny
Etymology: From Middle English any, eny, ony, ani, aniȝ, eniȝ, æniȝ, from Old English ǣniġ (“any”), from Proto-West Germanic *ainīg, *ainag, from Proto-Germanic *ainagaz, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”), equivalent to one + -y.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian eenich (“some”), West Frisian iennich (“only”), Dutch enig (“any, some”), Afrikaans enig (“any”), German Low German enig (“some”), German einig (“some”); via Proto-Indo-European *óynos cognate with Latin ūllus (“any”), Latin ūnicus (whence Italian unico (“unique”), French unique (“unique”)). Piecewise doublet of unique.
Senses: examples: text: Any may apply.
glosses: Any thing(s) or person(s).
Amy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.mi/
rhymes: -eɪmi
Forms: form: Amys
form: Aimee
form: Aimée
form: Amey
form: Amee
form: Amie
form: Amye
Etymology: Anglicized form of Old French Amee (modern French Aimée),
which was both a nickname and a form of the Latin name Amata (“beloved”).
Senses: examples: text: The Dame Anne Dudley, mentioned in a contemporary record, was Leicester's first wife, the unfortunate Amy Robsart. It may be noticed, in passing, that the name Amy - presuming that it occurs in contemporary manuscripts of authority - is an extremely rare one. It is obvious how easily the name Aime might be read for Anne.
ref: 1886, Hubert Hall, Society in the Elizabethan Age, Kessinger Publishing, published 2003, →ISBN, page 94:
text: As a child, Amy could have been drawn by Millais, if he was inclined - the name Amy is deceptively apt - but though the plumpness remains, not much but some, the ringlets have gone to be replaced by curls of the colour of cinnamon.
ref: 1975, Derek Marlowe, Nightshade, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, page 7:
text: As Amy had been baptized Amelia (but always called Amy) after her mother, now her daughter, too, was baptized Amelia.
ref: 1999, Susan Butler, Lawrence Butler, East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart., →ISBN, page 5:
text: When I remained alive, they named me Amy, because it was a regular girl's name, a popular girl's name, a name a thousand other baby girls were given that year, so maybe the gods wouldn't notice this little baby nestled among the others.
ref: 2012, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix, published 2013, →ISBN, page 249:
text: Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.
ref: 2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024:
text: Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.
ref: 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
examples: text: [...] Mr. John W. Amy, landlord of the "Cross Keys" at Arnold, Nottingham.
ref: 1959 October 23, “Talking of Trains: Landlord hires a diesel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 460:
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Amata
approval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɹuːvəl/
ipa: /əˈpɹuvəl/
rhymes: -uːvəl
Forms: form: approvals
Etymology: From approve + -al.
Senses: examples: text: I need to get an approval on this purchase order.
glosses: An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
examples: text: Words of approval never seem to come from him.
glosses: An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
Synonyms: sense: expression granting permission or indicating agreement
word: approbation
word: sanction
sense: expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement
word: commendation
word: approval
word: assent
word: assentment
word: consent
Coordinate terms: english: in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval
translation: in some legal contexts, authorization is different from approval
word: authorization
Derived terms: approval voting
disapproval
fore-approval
nonapproval
postapproval
preapproval
pre-approval letter
reapproval
sale on approval
seal of approval
stamp of approval
type approval
unapproval
Related terms: word: approve
word: approved
word: praise
arm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: äm
ipa: /ɑːm/
enpr: ärm
ipa: /ɑɹm/
enpr: äm
ipa: /ɐːm/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: arms
form: arming
form: armed
form: armed
Etymology: From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Cognates
Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).
Senses: examples: text: And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
text: Arm your prize; / I know you will not lose him.
ref: 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
arm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: äm
ipa: /ɑːm/
enpr: ärm
ipa: /ɑɹm/
enpr: äm
ipa: /ɐːm/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: armer
form: more arm
form: armest
form: most arm
Etymology: From Middle English arm (“poor, wretched”), from Old English earm (“poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (“poor, ill”).
Cognates
Akin to Dutch arm (“poor”), German arm (“poor”), Yiddish אָרעם (orem, “poor”), Swedish arm (“poor”).
Senses: glosses: Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
glosses: To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: äm
ipa: /ɑːm/
enpr: ärm
ipa: /ɑɹm/
enpr: äm
ipa: /ɐːm/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: arms
Etymology: Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.
Senses: examples: text: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
ref: 1789, Second Amendment to the United States Constitution:
text: The next thing I laid hold of was a brace of pistols, and as I already had a powder horn and bullets, I felt myself well supplied with arms.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
glosses: A weapon.
raw_tags: used in the plural
examples: text: The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
glosses: Heraldic bearings or insignia.
glosses: War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
Synonyms: word: arm
Hyponyms: word: cement arm
Meronyms: word: shoulder
word: forearm
word: elbow
word: wrist
word: hand
Derived terms: arm-chest
armed
armrack
arms factory
arms race
army
brothers in arms
coat of arms
disarm
firearm
in arms
lay down one's arms
outarm
polearm
present arms!
sidearm
small arm
take up arms against
to arms!
under arms
up in arms
balalaika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæləˈlaɪkə/
rhymes: -aɪkə
Forms: form: balalaikas
form: balalaiki
form: balalajka
form: balalayka
Etymology: From Russian балала́йка (balalájka).
Senses: glosses: A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin.
Derived terms: balalaikist
art
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːt/
ipa: /ɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
ipa: [ɑːʔ]
ipa: [äˑɹt]
ipa: [-ɻ-]
ipa: [ɑˑɻt]
ipa: [aːt]
ipa: [äːt]
ipa: [ɒːt]
ipa: [ɒət]
note: rhotic
ipa: [ɒɹt]
ipa: [ɑ̈ɹt]
ipa: [ɐɹt]
ipa: /ɐːt/
ipa: [äːt]
ipa: /ɑːt/
ipa: [ɑːtʰ]
ipa: [-tsʰ]
ipa: /ət/
ipa: /əɹt/
ipa: /ɑːt/
ipa: /ɑɹt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
ipa: [ɑːʔ]
ipa: [äˑɹt]
ipa: [-ɻ-]
ipa: [ɑˑɻt]
ipa: [aːt]
ipa: [äːt]
ipa: [ɒːt]
ipa: [ɒət]
note: rhotic
ipa: [ɒɹt]
ipa: [ɑ̈ɹt]
ipa: [ɐɹt]
ipa: /ɐːt/
ipa: [äːt]
ipa: /ɑːt/
ipa: [ɑːtʰ]
ipa: [-tsʰ]
Etymology: From Middle English art, from Old English eart (“(thou) art”), second-person singular present indicative of wesan, from Proto-Germanic *art (“(thou) art", originally, "(thou) becamest”), second-person singular preterite indicative form of *iraną (“to rise, be quick, become active”), from Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or(w)- (“to lift, rise, set in motion”).
Cognate with Faroese ert (“art”), Icelandic ert (“art”), Old English earon (“are”), from the same preterite-present Germanic verb. More at are.
Senses: examples: text: How great thou art!
glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of be
Related terms: am
are
be
been
beest
being
thou'rt
was
wast
were
wert
as
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
Etymology: From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German a(l)s, German als, Dutch als.
Senses: examples: text: You’re not as tall as I am, but you are definitely as happy as can be.
text: It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
text: In 1939, as in 1914, all of Europe seemed to want war.
text: “My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly.
 Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan.
 “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
ref: 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
examples: ref: 1865, The Act of Suicide as Distinct from the Crime of Self-Murder: A Sermon:
ref: 1937, Tobias Matthay, On Colouring as Distinct from Tone-inflection: A Lecture, London: Oxford University Press:
glosses: Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
examples: text: Likewise many other indulgences were by virtue hereof granted; as, to have a portatile altar, to receive the Sacrament privately; […]
ref: 1820, John Strype, The Life of the Learned Sir Thomas Smith, page 48:
text: First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.
ref: 1913, “Aboriginal”, in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
text: The floor of the chamber was tesselated, of marble and green tourmaline, and on every square of tourmaline was carven the image of a fish: as the dolphin, the conger, the cat-fish, the salmon, the tunny, the squid, and other wonders of the deep.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: For example; for instance. (Compare such as.)
Derived terms: as I live and breathe
as
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
Etymology: From Middle English as, als(a), alswa, from Old English eallswā (“just so; as”), thus representing a reduced form of also. Compare German Low German a(l)s, German als, Dutch als.
Senses: examples: text: You are not as tall as my sister.
text: They are big as houses.
text: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
text: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
examples: text: What is your opinion as a parent?
text: As your big sis, I must warn. Like our parents, I am worry about your life too.
text: He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
text: Directed by Howard Hawks, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starred Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei and Jane Russell as Dorothy.
ref: 2000, Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast, St. James encyclopedia of popular culture, volume 2, page 223:
text: Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
ref: 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
glosses: In the role of.
examples: text: I bought you a new toy as a special treat.
glosses: In the form of.
Derived terms: as-built
as
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ˈæs/
homophone: ass
note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
Forms: form: ases
form: asses
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin as. Doublet of ace.
Senses: qualifier: unit of weight
glosses: A libra.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
synonyms: assarion
assarius
glosses: Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
as
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ˈæs/
homophone: ass
Etymology: From a + -s.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of a's.
as
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ˈæs/
homophone: ass
ipa: /ˈæz/
note: stressed form
ipa: /æz/
ipa: [æz]
ipa: [az]
rhymes: -æz
ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ˈæs/
homophone: ass
Etymology: Shortening of as hell or as fuck or similar.
Senses: examples: text: sweet as
text: It also appears in other positions in the sentence: his big as car could hardly fit.
It's pretty scratched, and dented as.
ref: 2021 May 17, “Language Matters: Sweet as is Kiwi as”, in Stuff:
glosses: Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely
balance beam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balance beams
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics event using the balance beam apparatus.
glosses: The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum.
floor exercise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floor exercises
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A performance on a mat-covered floor using no apparatus.
vocative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: väk'ətĭv
enpr: vōk'ətĭv
ipa: /ˈvɑkətɪv/
ipa: /ˈvoʊkətɪv/
enpr: vŏk'ətĭv
ipa: /ˈvɒkətɪv/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈvakətɪv/
Forms: form: more vocative
form: most vocative
Etymology: From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
examples: text: In English, the vocative may be indicated by an addressee–address separation comma, or by the particle O, as in "What is the matter, sir?", "Mother, listen!", or "O Lord".
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.
Related terms: vocal
vocative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: väk'ətĭv
enpr: vōk'ətĭv
ipa: /ˈvɑkətɪv/
ipa: /ˈvoʊkətɪv/
enpr: vŏk'ətĭv
ipa: /ˈvɒkətɪv/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈvakətɪv/
Forms: form: vocatives
Etymology: From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The vocative case
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word in the vocative case
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A vocative expression
examples: text: [T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter L”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
Related terms: word: interjection
sense: Fiction essentials
urls: https://blackcatedit.com/2022/05/19/fiction-essentials-vocative-expressions/
word: vocative expressions
sense: Fiction essentials
urls: https://blackcatedit.com/2022/05/19/fiction-essentials-vocative-expressions/
word: Black Cat Editorial Services
amontillado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amontillados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish amontillado.
Senses: glosses: A pale, dry sherry from Montilla.
peruke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈɹuːk/
ipa: /pəˈɹuk/
rhymes: -uːk
Forms: form: perukes
form: perruque
form: peruque
Etymology: From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.
Senses: examples: text: To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.
ref: 1762–1771, Horace Walpole, “Mr. JOHN SMITH”, in A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV, or Engravers), London: […] Thomas Farmer […], →OCLC, page 105:
text: But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]
ref: 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CCXIII, page 109:
text: Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]
ref: 1834, Robert Southey, “Ante-preface”, in The Doctor, &c., volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, pages 35–36:
text: Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like the plumage of an aviary.
ref: 1979, J.G. Ballard, chapter 19, in The Unlimited Dream Company:
text: With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.
ref: 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135:
glosses: A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Derived terms: peruked
Related terms: perruquier
attributive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɹɪ.bju.tɪv/
Forms: form: attributives
Etymology: From attribute + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: In "this big house," "big" is an attributive, while in "this house is big," it is a predicative.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
one eighty out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I read you loud and clear but it's still 180-out.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: incorrect; false
four oh four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: four oh fours
Etymology: From the Internet HTTP error code 404 (Not Found).
Senses: examples: text: Yup, clueless in Seattle, a 404 if I ever saw one.
glosses: a naive or clueless person.
four one one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The number 411 dialed in North America reaches directory assistance.
Senses: examples: text: Can you give me the four one one on their next concert?
glosses: information