cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
downgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊnˌɡɹeɪd/
ipa: /ˌdaʊnˈɡɹeɪd/
rhymes: (verb) -eɪd
Forms: form: downgrades
form: downgrading
form: downgraded
form: downgraded
Etymology: From down- + grade.
Senses: examples: text: The stock was downgraded from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’.
text: Basingstoke-Exeter will test this. From Salisbury westwards, it's largely single-track since British Rail downgraded it in 1967. There's a ten-mile loop between Templecombe and Yeovil, as well as shorter loops at Chard, Axminster and Honiton.
ref: 2025 February 5, Philip Haigh, “Where track and train integration will be put to the test”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 51:
glosses: To place lower in position.
examples: text: More significantly, rigid deference to [Justin] Bieber’s still-young core fan base keeps things resolutely PG, with any acknowledgement of sex either couched in vague “touch your body” workarounds or downgraded to desirous hand-holding and eye-gazing.
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
glosses: To reduce in complexity, or remove unnecessary parts; to dumb down.
examples: text: We cannot afford to downgrade the lifestyles of other lesbians; we cannot afford to portray lesbians thinly as drunken and bothersome separatists who push their views on "work-within-the-movement" dykes".
ref: 1978 April 29, Cindy Rizzo, “Unity of Divergence”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: Without downgrading my friends in the Building Trades, driving a nail or sawing a board is relatively simple.
ref: 1981, King Royer, Construction Manager in the 80's, page 278:
glosses: To disparage.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: to reduce the official estimate of a storm's intensity.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To revert software back to an older version.
Synonyms: defame
degrade
demote
reduce
revert
ruin
Derived terms: downgradable
downgrader
explanatory style
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: explanatory styles
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The automatic, natural, habitual way in which a person explains events.
sprezzatura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprezzaturas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sprezzatura (“nonchalance”), which was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione; the term gained currency in English in the mid-20th century, often to describe art.
Senses: examples: text: […] I have found quite a universal rule which in this matter seems to me valid above all others, and in all human affairs whether in word or deed: and that is to avoid affectation in every way possible as though it were some very rough and dangerous reef; and (to pronounce a new word perhaps) to practice in all things a certain sprezzatura [nonchalance]^([sic]), so as to conceal all art and make whatever is done or said appear to be without effort and almost without any thought about it.
ref: 1959, Charles S. Singleton, transl., The Book of the Courtier, translation of Il libro del Cortegiano by Baldassare Castiglione, The First Book, page 43:
text: Cassandra Wilson's music is the essence of sprezzatura, or calculated nonchalance, that special attitude described nearly 500 years ago by Baldassare Castiglione in “The Courtier,” his primer on how to ingratiate yourself with the aristocracy.
ref: 2002 February 19, Ben Ratliff, “Seeming So Nonchalant Can Be Harder Than It Looks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Mr. Mork played with soulful intensity (and impeccable intonation), and the interplay between him and Mr. Repin, with nicely coordinated gestures and phrasings, was enjoyable to watch. But Mr. Repin’s technical struggles were all too evident — the very opposite of sprezzatura.
ref: 2013 August 18, Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, “Unloading the Weightiness of Brahms With a Few Flicks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In men's fashion the ultimate style move is sprezzatura, embracing intentional errors such as undone buttons and misaligned neckties. Gianni Agnelli, the head of Fiat, wore watches over his shirtsleeves.
ref: 2022, W. David Marx, chapter 4, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN:
topics: art
arts
entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The art of performing a difficult task so gracefully that it looks effortless; calculated nonchalance.
wikipedia: Baldassare Castiglione
Erinys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɪnɪs/
Forms: form: Erinyes
form: Erinnys
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνῡ́ς (Erīnū́s). Possibly "the angry spirits" from ὀρῑ́νω (orī́nō, “to raise, stir, excite [towards anger]”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the female personifications of vengeance, particularly wrong or immoral deeds on behalf of the victims.
Related terms: Fury
Euterpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈtɝpi/
ipa: /juːˈtɜːpi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Εὐτέρπη (Eutérpē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of music and lyric poetry.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 27 Euterpe, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 27 Euterpe
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㉗
Ganymede
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡænɪmiːd/
Etymology: From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A moon of Jupiter.
Derived terms: Ganymedean
Ganymede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡænɪmiːd/
Forms: form: Ganymedes
Etymology: From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “I rejoice, I am glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.
Senses: glosses: A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
glosses: A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.
memetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˈmɛtɪks/
ipa: /məˈmɛtɪks/
Etymology: Blend of meme + genetics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The study of memes and their social and cultural effects.
Derived terms: memeticist
phylomemetics
cup-bearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup-bearers
Senses: examples: text: [P]rosper, I pray thee, thy ſeruant this day, and grant him mercie in the ſight of this man. For I was the kings cup-bearer.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Nehemiah 1:11, column 1:
text: [C]alling for Drink, one of the King's Cup-bearers that was accuſtomed to ſerve me, preſented the Cup with a troubled Look, and diſcompoſed Countenance: [...] taking the Cup from his Hands, I was carrying it to my Mouth, when Arſanes enter'd the Chamber, and haſtily running up to me, juſt as I touched the Cup with my Lips, he ruſhed against my Arm ſo rudely, as he made me let fall the Cup, [...]
ref: 1736, [Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède], translated by Robert Loveday, Hymen’s Præludia: Or, Love’s Master-piece. Being that So-much-admir’d Romance, intitled, Cleopatra. […], volume I, London: […] J. Watson, […], →OCLC, part II, book I, page 78:
text: The cup-bearer shrugged his shoulders in displeasure. "I thought to have lodged him in the solere chamber," said he; "but since he is so unsocial to Christians, e'en let him take the next stall to Isaac the Jew's.— [...]"
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 101:
text: Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 230:
glosses: Alternative form of cupbearer.
plasmolyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmolytes
Senses: glosses: Something which has been or is plasmolysed, as in the term for temporary or permanent water loss in the vacuole of a plant cell.
plasmolytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmolyte More than one thing which have been or are plasmolysed.
flying fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying foxes
Senses: hypernyms: fruit bat
megabat
glosses: A large Australasian bat, of the genera Pteropus or Acerodon in the family Pteropodidae, having a fox-like face.
glosses: Any bat of the family Pteropodidae (see Usage notes).
glosses: A cyprinid fish of species Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus.
synonyms: zipline
glosses: A device consisting of a chair suspended on a pulley, and running along a length of cable, used for transporting across ravines etc.
glosses: A cable-operated gyroscopic camera that is suspended on a ropeway, used in filming motion pictures and sporting events.
Derived terms: giant golden-crowned flying fox
Orpheus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹfi.əs/
ipa: /ˈɔɹfjuːs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús), built from an uncertain root with the -εύς (-eús) suffix. Perhaps root-cognate to Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós, “orphan”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Thracian musician and poet, who failed to retrieve his wife Eurydice from Hades.
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms: orpharion
Orphic
Orphism
adultescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: adultescents
Etymology: Blend of adult + adolescent.
Senses: examples: text: 1996, Precision Marketing 17 June 21/4 Consider the importance of adultescents to the music biz—they make up over a third of the audience at gigs, but have more cash to spend than teenagers.
text: First he was known as the ultimate adultescent, a thirty/fortysomething who admitted to being fixated with football and music and stuck at the mental/emotional age of 14.
ref: 2001, Andrew Calcutt, Brit Cult: An A-Z of British Pop Culture, page 237:
text: PlayStation2 and X-Box are all very well. But for die-hard video-game connoiseurs the Golden Age ended on 1 February, when Sega announced that the Dreamcast was to cease production after just three years. Stung by Sony's success since 1995 with PlayStation, the veteran video-game firm had put all its energies into a final charge on the hearts and minds of kids and adultescents with an affordable, technologically advanced new console.
ref: 2001 December 30, Peter Lyle, “Farewell 2001”, in Independent on Sunday:
text: This time his protagonist is not a gormless ‘adultescent’ but a middle-aged woman named Meg Riddoch.
ref: 2004, Australian Book Review, numbers 258-267, page 51:
text: For more than a year, the senator's "adultescent" campaign staffers have been swarming college campuses in beat-up cars with college logos, collecting names, building databases, and creating a social networking juggernaut […].
ref: 2008, Business Week, numbers 4065-4072, page 122:
glosses: An adult who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture.
Synonyms: adultolescent
kidult
manchild
womanchild
rejuvenile
Related terms: adultescence
QPR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Queens Park Rangers: a British football club based in London.
QPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QPRs
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of quality-price ratio.
QPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QPRs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of quarterly platform release.
QPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QPRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of queerplatonic relationship.
architrave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv/
enpr: ärʹkĭ-trāv′
Forms: form: architraves
Etymology: First attested 1563, borrowed from Italian architrave, from archi- (“main”) + trave (“beam”).
Senses: examples: text: Flutings also adorn the short architraves each side of the fanlight, and the abacus of the pilaster columns which is carried across a supplementary lintel in front of the lintel proper, the latter being several inches to the rear because of the deeply recessed arrangement of the door.
ref: 1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company:
topics: architecture
glosses: The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
examples: text: I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust.
ref: 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 17:
topics: architecture
glosses: The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.
Derived terms: architraval
architraved
Related terms: beam
lintel
ESD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electrostatic discharge; static electricity.
glosses: Initialism of electrostatic-sensitive device.
glosses: Initialism of equivalent spherical diameter.
glosses: Initialism of electronic software downloads.
glosses: Initialism of electronic software delivery.
national costume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: national costumes
Senses: examples: text: When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line.
ref: 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:
glosses: Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.
Related terms: national dress
folk dress
trave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: trāv
ipa: /tɹeɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: traves
Etymology: From Middle English trave, from Middle French trave, from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam, thing made using beams”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A crossbeam.
topics: architecture
glosses: A section formed by crossbeams.
synonyms: brake
glosses: A wooden frame to confine unruly horses while they are shod.
Related terms: architrave
chavtastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃævˈtæstɪk/
Forms: form: more chavtastic
form: most chavtastic
Etymology: From chav + -tastic.
Senses: glosses: Very much related to chavs.
glosses: Both fantastic and chavvy.
Derived terms: chavtastically
quoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /k(w)ɔɪn/
homophone: coin
homophone: coign
rhymes: -ɔɪn
Forms: form: quoins
Etymology: Variant of coin; compare coign.
Senses: examples: text: In Casterbridge there stood a noble pile, […]
But evil days beset that domicile;
The stately beauties of its roof and wall
Passed into sordid hands. Condemned to fall
Were cornice, quoin, and cove,
And all that art had wove in antique style.
ref: 1901, Thomas Hardy, A Man (In Memory Of H. Of M.):
glosses: Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
glosses: The keystone of an arch.
examples: text: Next fit the quoins, using the “persuader” to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all around.
ref: 1898, John Southward, Modern Printing: A Handbook of the Principles and Practice of Typography and the Auxiliary Arts:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A metal wedge which fits into the space between the type and the edge of a chase, and is tightened to fix the metal type in place.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A form of wedge used to prevent casks from moving.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A wedge of wood or iron put under the breech of heavy guns or the muzzle of siege-mortars to raise them to the proper level.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A number of apple varieties with a distinctive ribbed appearance, like corners of a coin.
Synonyms: sense: corner block of a building
word: cornerstone
Derived terms: quinie
quoin post
quoin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /k(w)ɔɪn/
homophone: coin
homophone: coign
rhymes: -ɔɪn
Forms: form: quoins
form: quoining
form: quoined
form: quoined
Etymology: Variant of coin; compare coign.
Senses: glosses: To wedge or steady with quoins.
Derived terms: quoin up
forgetful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fərˈɡɛtfəl/
Forms: form: more forgetful
form: most forgetful
form: forgetfull
Etymology: From Middle English *forgetful, *forȝetful (suggested by derivative forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse (“forgetfulness”)), equivalent to forget + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Nor has Dalua part or mention in the antique legend. Like other ancient things, this divinity hath come secretly upon us in a forgetful time, new and strange and terrible, though his unremembered shadow crossed our way when first we set out on our long travel, in the youth of the world.
ref: 1912, William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, Poems and Dramas, William Heinemann, page 315:
glosses: Unable to remember things well; liable to forget.
examples: text: a forgetful mapping; a forgetful functor
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Dropping some of the input's structure or properties before producing an output.
Derived terms: forgetful functor
forgetfully
forgetfulness
unforgetful
contemplate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.təmˌpleɪt/
Forms: form: contemplates
form: contemplating
form: contemplated
form: contemplated
Etymology: First attested in the 1590s; borrowed from Latin contemplātus, the perfect active participle of contemplor (“to observe, survey, gaze (at), contemplate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also template.
Senses: examples: text: To love, at least contemplate and admire, / What I see excellent.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: We thus dilate / Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate.
ref: 1818, Lord Byron, “Canto IV”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza CLVIII:
glosses: To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.
examples: text: I contemplated doing the project myself, but it would have taken too long.
text: There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions.
ref: 1793 February 18, Alexander Hamilton, Loans, speech given to the United States House of Representatives
text: If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
ref: 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:
text: In Calcutta, season tickets are issued only for the calendar month, with a different colour for each month, so that this problem does not arise. The merest whisper of an idea to change Bombay to the Calcutta system brought such a howl of protest in the Press, that it was never seriously contemplated.
ref: 1953 November, 'Erca', “Ticket Frauds in the East”, in Railway Magazine, page 779:
text: Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.
ref: 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
glosses: To consider as a possibility.
Synonyms: sense: look at
word: examine
Derived terms: contemplatable
contemplate one's navel
contemplatingly
contemplatist
recontemplate
uncontemplated
Related terms: contemplation
contemplative
contemplator
contemplatory
contemplatrix
play hookey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays hookey
form: playing hookey
form: played hookey
form: played hookey
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of play hooky.
layout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lā′out
ipa: /ˈleɪ.aʊt/
Forms: form: layouts
Etymology: Deverbal from lay out.
Senses: examples: text: The garden’s layout was designed for easy access to all plants.
glosses: A structured arrangement of items within certain limits.
examples: text: The architect presented the building’s floor layout.
text: The magazine changed its page layout to look more modern.
text: He admired the efficient layout of the new website.
glosses: A plan for such arrangement.
glosses: The act of laying out something.
examples: text: The magazine changed its page layout to look more modern.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: The process of arranging editorial content, advertising, graphics and other information
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A map or a drawing of a construction site showing the position of roads, buildings or other constructions.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A specification of an integrated circuit showing the position of the physical components that will implement the schematic in silicon.
examples: text: He admired the efficient layout of the new website.
glosses: The customizable features of a user's profile (such as profile picture, screen name, and bio) collectively.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fully stretched out position of the body, with toes pointed and legs straight.
Derived terms: keyboard layout
layouting
masonry layout
multilayout
sublayout
waterfall layout
Related terms: buildout
loadout
setup
doldrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɒldɹəmz/
ipa: /ˈdɑldɹəmz/
Etymology: From obsolete doldrum (“slothful or stupid person”) plus the plural suffix -s. Doldrum is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum.
Senses: glosses: plural of doldrum (“slothful or stupid person”)
tied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: tīd
ipa: /taɪd/
note: Southern US, African-American Vernacular
ipa: [tʰaːd]
ipa: [tʰɑe̯d]
homophone: tide
rhymes: -aɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tie
spodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin spodium.
Senses: glosses: Bone charcoal, used as bleaching material or in the purification of sugar.
Hecate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕʹkətē
enpr: hĕʹkǐt
ipa: /ˈhɛkəti/
ipa: /ˈhɛkɪt/
enpr: hĕʹkətē
ipa: /ˈhɛkəti/
rhymes: (US) -ɛkɪt
Etymology: Via Latin Hecatē from Ancient Greek Ἑκάτη (Hekátē), possibly the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatós) or ἑκάεργος (hekáergos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter". Some rather suggest that the name derives from Ancient Greek ἑκών (hekṓn, “will”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A powerful goddess of magic, crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld. Her Roman counterpart is Trivia.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 100 Hekate, a main belt asteroid.
Coordinate terms: sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Trivia
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Artemis
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Diana
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Selene
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Luna
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Theia
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Phoebe
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: Pandia
sense: Greco-Roman moon goddess
word: the Menae
sense: goddesses of the dead
word: Melinoe
sense: goddesses of the dead
word: Mania
sense: goddesses of the dead
word: Macaria
sense: goddesses of the dead
word: Persephone
sense: goddesses of the dead
word: Proserpina
Helios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːliɒs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἥλιος (Hḗlios), from ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god of the Sun; son of Hyperion and Theia, brother of Selene and Eos, father of Phaeton amongst others. His Roman counterpart is Sol.
Synonyms: Titan
Related terms: Sol
Hephaestus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: hĭfēʹstəs
ipa: /hɪˈfiːstəs/
enpr: hĭfĕsʹtəs
ipa: /hɪˈfɛstəs
ipa: -eɪstəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος (Hḗphaistos), a pre-Greek word of unknown origin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.
Derived terms: Hephaestian
Hephaestic
hephaestin
Hercules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɜːkjəliːz/
ipa: /ˈhɜːkjʊliːz/
ipa: /ˈhɝːkjəliːz/
ipa: /ˈhɝːkjʊliːz/
Forms: form: Hercules
Etymology: From Latin Herculēs, from Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), apparently cognate of Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) and, according to Haudry, from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
Senses: glosses: A Hercules beetle.
examples: text: For the immaculate gentleman her cries had lured to what was to have been his death had been suddenly metamorphosed into a demon of revenge. Instead of soft muscles and a weak resistance, she was looking upon a veritable Hercules gone mad.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 28:
glosses: A man with Herculean attributes.
Heracles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛɹəkliːz/
Forms: form: Herakles
form: Hêraklês
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), from Ἥρα (Hḗra, “Hera”) + κλέος (kléos, “glory”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: Hercules
Melqart
glosses: Son of Zeus and Alcmene, a celebrated hero who possessed exceptional strength. Most famous for his 12 labours performed to redeem himself after killing his family.
Related terms: Heracleopolis
Herakleopolis
Herakleiopolis
Hermes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɝmiːz/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
glosses: The Egyptian Thoth, identified with the Greek Hermes.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.
Synonyms: topics: mythology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: Mercury
Derived terms: Hermesian
Hermes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɝmiːz/
Forms: form: Hermae
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermês), itself of disputed meaning and origin, possibly of non-Indo-European substrate origin or from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A head or bust on a square base, often double-faced.
Related terms: Mercury
Hermia
Hermione
Hestia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛsti.ə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 46 Hestia, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 46 Hestia
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㊻
Vesta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛstə/
rhymes: -ɛstə
Etymology: From Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”).
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
glosses: A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: ⚶
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
astrology
mysticism
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: formerly 🝷
Coordinate terms: sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Hestia
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Artemis
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Diana
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Athena
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Minerva
Derived terms: vestal
vestal virgin
Vestan
Vestian
vestoid
cryptoporticus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoporticuses
form: cryptoportici
form: cryptoportico
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.
Senses: examples: text: The close walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let them walke abroad.
ref: 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Positions, London: Longmans, Green and Company, published 1888, page 87:
topics: architecture
glosses: A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns.
Melpomene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛlˈpɒ.mɪ.ni/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελπομένη (Melpoménē), from μέλπω (mélpō, “to sing”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of tragedy
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 18 Melpomene, an asteroid.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The tragedy mask.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Buskins, as a symbol of tragedy.
Derived terms: melpomenish
Melpomenean
Thalia and Melpomene
'fro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'fros
Senses: glosses: Contraction of afro.
afro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæf.ɹoʊ/
Forms: form: afros
form: Afro
Etymology: From Afro-. In relation to the sense 2, see latino and anglo.
Senses: examples: text: sheʼd been unmissable sitting in the front row of the lecture theatre with a crazy-ass afro and stunning face
ref: 2019, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other, Penguin Books (2020), page 335:
glosses: hairstyle characterized by tightly curled locks and a rounded shape.
examples: text: The Ghanaian government employed several Afros, as many of the expatriates called themselves, downplaying their Americanness, in ideological and infrastructure-building occupations.
ref: 2012, Kevin K. Gates, American Africans in Ghana: Black Expatriates and the Civil Rights Era, University of North Carolina Press (2006), pages 142–143:
text: At the height of the American civil rights agitation, a number of members of the Black Panther movement moved to Tanzania, and lived outside Arusha where they formed a community, calling themselves ‘’Afros.’’
ref: 2022, Beatrice Materu, “The African Americans who chose to return to Africa”, in The EastAfrican, page 1:
text: Afrodescendants (or simply Afros) are the descendants of Africans who were dispersed.
ref: 2022, Jun Takahara, “Say It Loud — I’m Afro and I’m Proud: Why we need to replace our racial identity labels with (pan-)ethnic ones”, in Medium, page 1:
glosses: A person of African ancestry
Synonyms: topics: hairstyle
hairdressing
crafts
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
word: 'fro
sense: person of African descent
word: Afrodescendant
Derived terms: Afro comb
afroed
Afro pick
halfro
Related terms: Jewfro
portico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈpɔɹtɪkoʊ/
Forms: form: porticos
form: porticoes
form: portici
Etymology: From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.
Senses: examples: text: The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes.
ref: 1732, [Awnsham Churchill; John Churchill], A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English. […], volume VI, London: […] Messʳˢ Churchill, for John Walthoe, […]; Tho. Wotton, […], page 723, column 2:
text: The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
text: The long-closed G.W.R. station alongside has a decidedly derelict-looking frontage, with eight gargoyles or figureheads still clinging to the portico.
ref: 1952 February, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Wessex”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:
text: […] Porticus Milliaria (portico of the thousand paces) which was the longest, if not the most attractive, of the many portici of ancient Rome.
ref: 1971, Carlo Galassi Paluzzi, Roman Churches, Italian State Tourist Office, page 44, column 1:
text: The portici enhance street life today, as they did when they were first constructed, not simply by providing protection from sun and rain, but by providing attractive public spaces for friends to meet, for business people to conduct business, for vendors to display their wares, for musicians to play their music and for beggars to beg. […] Most tours of Bologna begin in the Piazza Maggiore, on the site of the Roman forum, but it’s important to remember that the piazza didn’t begin to take its present shape till toward the end of the 13th century—after the age of medieval towers, after the citizens began to enjoy their portici.
ref: 1996 November 10, Robert Hellenga, “Bologna through medieval eyes”, in The New York Times Magazine, pages 40–42:
text: These lines are possibly meant to represent two portici flanking the building on its long sides.
ref: 2016, Roger S. Bagnall, Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Akın Ersoy, Cumhur Tanrıver, editors, Graffiti from the Basilica in the Agora of Smyrna, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and New York University Press, →ISBN, page 433:
glosses: A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
Derived terms: anteportico
porticoed
porticolike
Menoetius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɪˈniːʃi.əs/
/mɪˈniːʃəs/
Forms: form: Menœtius
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μενοίτιος (Menoítios). The name "Menoetius" literally means "defying fate" or "ruined strength".
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Titan, son of Iapetus and Clymene, he had three brothers: Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. He joined Cronus and the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympian gods. Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt and sent him down to Tartarus.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of Hades' shepherds on Erythea. He told Geryon when Heracles stole Geryon's herd.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Father of Patroclus and son of Actor. (Iliad, XI, 765)
s'more
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: smôr
ipa: /ˈsmɔɹ/
ipa: /ˈsmɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: smōr
ipa: /ˈsmo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈsmoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: s'mores
form: smore
Etymology: A contraction of some more, so called because they are meant to be so tasty that one always wants some more.
Senses: examples: 1990, Margaret Kenda, Cooking Wizardry for Kids
S’Mores are a traditional favorite cook-out food with Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.
2003, Sheri Joseph, Bear Me Safely Over
She bit into the s’more, and the melted marshmallow goo fell over her lip, onto her chin.
2003, Cynthia Kaplan, I’m Like This
I’d had too many s’mores.
glosses: A snack food made by combining graham crackers, marshmallows (frequently toasted) and chocolate, a typical camping fireside treat.
Moirae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mœræ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “Moirae”), from μοῖρᾰ (moîră, “lot, destiny”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the goddesses, who controlled every person's destiny by weaving the thread of life.
Related terms: Fates
Moira
Moira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɔɪɹə
Forms: form: Moirai
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.
Related terms: Moirae
Moira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɔɪɹə
Forms: form: Moiras
Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Máire, a cognate of Mary. Doublet of Maura.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
Related terms: Maureen
Moira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɔɪɹə
Etymology: From Irish Maigh Rath.
Senses: glosses: A village in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 1460).
glosses: A village in Ashby Woulds parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England, named after the earldom of Moira in Northern Ireland (OS grid ref SK3115).
Moira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɪɹə/
rhymes: -ɔɪɹə
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: glosses: A local government area in northern Victoria, Australia; in full, the Shire of Moira.
Nyx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪks/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The primordial goddess of night.
Oceanus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /oʊˈsiːənəs/
Forms: form: Okeanos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós). Doublet of ocean.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Personification of vast waters or the world ocean. He was the first-born of the Titans, son of Uranus and Gaia, the god Ωκεανός Ποταμός (Ōkeanós Potamós, “River Ocean”) that encircled the earth. With his sister-wife, Tethys, he fathered all rivers and the Oceanids.
Polyhymnia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒliˈhɪmniə/
ipa: /ˌpɑliˈhɪmniə/
ipa: /ˌpɑlɪˈhɪmniə/
rhymes: -ɪmniə
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολυύμνια (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια (Polúmnia)
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of sacred music.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 33 Polyhymnia, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 33 Polyhymnia
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㉝
Derived terms: Polyhymnian
Ulysses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈlɪ.siːz/
ipa: /ˈjuːlɪ.siːz/
Etymology: From Latin Ulyssēs, a frequent alternative form of Ulixēs (“Odysseus”), influenced by the Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Odysseus.
Senses: examples: text: "The truth is always a novelty," returned Kingston; "but I have always considered the patient Ulysses, the model of a classical coquette: you may get many useful hints from his career."
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Introduction”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 138:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Latin name form of Odysseus
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Grant County, Kansas, United States. Named after Ulysses S. Grant.
Derived terms: Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses syndrome
Related terms: Odysseus
bubbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [bʌb.lə]
Forms: form: bubblers
Etymology: From bubble + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In proof of this I can assert my success in extinguishing a youthful bubbler near Reykholt church.
ref: 1860, Charles Stuart Forbes, Iceland; Its Volcanoes, Geysers and Glaciers, page 247:
glosses: Something that emits bubbles.
glosses: An airstone for an aquarium.
examples: text: There are many types of fountain from which persons may drink by taking the nozzle of the bubbler into the mouth, and this practice is common; furthermore, there are many types in the use of which water from the lips of the consumer falls back onto the bubbler at the point of outlet.
ref: 1919 February, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, number 250, page 39:
text: 1939 June, Ella Gardner, Short-Time Camps: A Manual for 4-H Leaders, United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 346, page 11,
Plans for an inexpensive bubbler or drinking fountain that have been worked out by the 4-H Club department in Massachusetts are shown in figure 4.
text: 1962 February, Repairs and Utilities: Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Mechanical Ventilation, and Evaporative Cooling, United States Department of the Army, Technical Manual TM 5-670, page 82,
Small self-contained water coolers have a limited capacity of cooled water. They are equipped with one bubbler or drinking fountain and have a capacity of about 5 gallons of cooled water per hour or less.
qualifier: Wisconsin; Rhode Island; Massachusetts; Wisconsin; Rhode Island; Massachusetts
glosses: A drinking fountain.
qualifier: cannabis subculture
glosses: A device used for smoking marijuana, similar to a cannabis pipe but with a section that holds water, like a bong
examples: text: ...above all the Jews, jobbers, bubblers, ſubſcribers, projectors, directors, governors, treaſurers, &c.
ref: 1772, Alexander Pope, “Letter VII”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, volume V, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 227:
glosses: One who cheats.
glosses: A freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), of central North America.
Synonyms: sense: drinking fountain
word: drinking fountain
sense: drinking fountain
word: water fountain
sense: device for smoking marijuana
word: bubbler bong
Derived terms: sense: something that emits bubbles
word: gas bubbler
Odysseus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdɪsjuːs/
ipa: /oʊˈdɪsi.əs/
ipa: /oʊˈdɪsjuːs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀδυσσεύς (Odusseús). Doublet of Ulysses.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Laertes and Anticlea and father of Telemachus. A Greek leader during the Trojan War, he was responsible for the Trojan horse. He was also king of Ithaca, hero of the Iliad and protagonist of the Odyssey.
Related terms: Ulysses
Urania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊˈɹeɪ.ni.ə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Οὐρανία (Ouranía).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of astronomy.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the epithets of Aphrodite.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 30 Urania, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 30 Urania
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㉚
Derived terms: Uranian
Dungeons & Dragons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒənz ən ˈdɹæɡənz/
Forms: form: Dungeons and Dragons
Senses: topics: games
glosses: A particular fantasy role-playing game.
wikipedia: +
Synonyms: D&D
Derived terms: Dungeons & Dragoner
Diana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈænə/
rhymes: -ænə
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.
Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.
Senses: examples: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and all the world worshippeth.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The daughter of Latona and Jupiter, and twin sister of Apollo; the goddess of the hunt, associated wild animals and the forest or wilderness, and an emblem of chastity; the Roman counterpart of Artemis.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 78 Diana, a main belt asteroid.
examples: text: She betook herself to the bedroom in the western wing, there to lie and watch pale Diana chase the Hunter down the sky.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 138:
topics: astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Moon; the Moon as a deity.
examples: text: But succeeding ages (little regarding S. Chrysosthome's admonition to the contrary) have recalled prophane names, so as now Diana, Cassandra, Hyppolytus, Venus, Lais, names of unhappy disaster are as rife, as ever they were in paganism.
ref: 1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 56:
text: A wholesome British name like Diana, Anne, Margaret or Elizabeth impresses a judge much more than all your vulgar Marilyns, Donnas, Madonnas and Dawns.
ref: 1993, James Kirkup, Queens Have Died Young and Fair, P. Owen, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Coordinate terms: sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Artemis
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Athena
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Minerva
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Hestia
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Vesta
Derived terms: Diana butterfly
Diana fritillary
Diana monkey
Related terms: Di
Diane
Dianna
Dianne