cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sorcery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sôr'sərē
ipa: /ˈsɔɹ.sə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈsɔː.sə.ɹi/
Forms: form: sorceries
Etymology: From Middle English sorcery, borrowed from Middle French sorcerie, ultimately derived from Latin sors (“fate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Cognate with serō, seriēs, sermō. Compare also French sorcier.
Senses: examples: text: The tale is full of magic and sorcery.
text: In the Middle Ages, people were often accused of practicing sorcery.
glosses: Magical power; the use of witchcraft or magic arts.
glosses: Black magic.
Synonyms: black magic
hexcraft
magic
spellcasting
spellcraft
warlockry
witchcraft
wizardcraft
wizardry
Derived terms: sword and sorcery
Related terms: sorcerer
sorceress
sort
Sorcery in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
spectacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/
ipa: /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ækjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more spectacular
form: most spectacular
Etymology: From Latin spectaculum (“a sight, show”) + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: The parachutists were spectacular.
text: A branch of rail transport that seems to been rather neglected by historians is that concerned with cliff railways, of which a fair number exist in Great Britain. This is probably because these lines are overshadowed by the more spectacular funicular railways in Switzerland and other mountainous regions; perhaps, too, because of the general habit of referring to them as "cliff lifts," which tends to associate them with the vertical indoor type.
ref: 1951 August, P. W. Gentry, “Cliff Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 514:
glosses: Amazing or worthy of special notice.
examples: text: the merely spectacular
text: The like clamour, and outcry, the Rabble of the unbelieving Jews and Gentiles made againſt Polycarp Biſhop of Smyrna, at the time of his Martyrdom. crying out againſt him to the Governour, that he ſhould caſt him to the Lyons, and when he anſwered them he could not, becauſe the Spectacular ſports were concluded, then they cry’d out, Burn him, burn him, juſt as the Jews cryed out againſt Chriſt to Pilate, Crucify him, crucify him.
ref: 1681, George Hickes, A Sermon Preached before the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London:
text: Those apparently insignificant events which really make history are seldom featured in the press; the merely spectacular too frequently crowds the essential out of the public sheets.
ref: 1910 August 21, Andre Tridon, “Europe Flirts with Argentina to Win Her Rich Trade”, in The New York Times:
text: One of the more striking facets of these accounts of the Hell's Angels is the extent to which the defiant homosexual behavior they describe—especially the spectacular same-sex kissing—so closely mirrors the behavior of young women in the early twenty-first century.
ref: 2015, Jane Ward, Not Gay, New York University Press, →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: Related to, or having the character of, a spectacle or entertainment.
glosses: Relating to spectacles, or glasses for the eyes.
Derived terms: Howell's spectacular thelypody
spectacularly
spectacular mark
spectacularness
unspectacular
Related terms: spectacle
species
speculate
spectacular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɛkˈtæk.jʊ.lə/
ipa: /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/
rhymes: -ækjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spectaculars
Etymology: From Latin spectaculum (“a sight, show”) + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: Though business has more or less held up so far, a series of drug-related spectaculars sparked an exodus of the city's upper class this summer.
ref: 16 October 2010, “Under the volcano”, in The Economist:
glosses: A spectacular display.
examples: text: Here are a few examples of "spectaculars," or three-dimensional pieces, including those which have won awards […]
ref: 1966, Hanley Norins, The Compleat Copywriter:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A pop-up (folded paper element) in material sent by postal mail.
IANA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌænə/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I am not a(n), a caveat used by lay people to distinguish themselves from professionals on a subject.
Related terms: IANAD
IANAE
IANAL
IANAS
IANA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌænə/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
glosses: Initialism of Islamic Assembly of North America.
FDL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: copyright
intellectual-property
law
synonyms: GFDL
GNU FDL
glosses: Initialism of Free Documentation License.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of File Definition Language.
colubrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/
Forms: form: more colubrine
form: most colubrine
Etymology: From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).
Senses: examples: text: A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery.
ref: 1892 May 26, The W.A. Record, Perth, page 4, column 4:
glosses: Snakelike.
glosses: Relating to snakes.
Derived terms: colubrine sea krait
colubrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒljəˌbɹaɪn/
Forms: form: colubrines
Etymology: From Latin colubrinus, from colubra (“snake”) + -inus (“-ine”).
Senses: glosses: Any snake of the subfamily Colubrinae
charley horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charley horses
form: charlie horse
form: charley-horse
form: charleyhorse
Etymology: The term may date back to American slang of the 1880s, and is possibly from the pitcher Charlie "Old Hoss" Radbourn, who is said to have suffered from cramps.
Senses: examples: text: Of course there had been plenty of bruises—one mild case of charley-horse, several dislocated or sprained fingers, a wrenched ankle or two and any number of cuts and scrapes, […]
ref: 1914, Ralph Henry Barbour, Left End Edwards:
hypernyms: cramp
glosses: A muscle cramp, usually a strong one, in the thigh, leg, arm, or core.
examples: text: I knew to just keep my mouth shut about it — unless I wanted the word "dummy" to be followed by a charley horse.
ref: 2006, Joe L. Kincheloe, The Praeger Handbook of Urban Education, volume 1, page 324:
glosses: A punch in the thigh.
chigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chiggers
Etymology: From chigoe, likely from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô.
Senses: glosses: A chigoe (Tunga penetrans), a kind of flea found in tropical climates.
examples: text: Dr. Lareau, an emergency medicine physician at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Virginia, had seen these marks once or twice before on patients. She knew what had caused them. They were from chiggers, a species of tiny, reddish-brown mites able to leave bites that remain itchy for days or weeks.
ref: 2024 July 25, Carly Stern, “It’s Chigger Season. Here’s What to Know About the Pests.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A harvest mite (Trombiculidae spp.), a very small, red mite endemic to the Midwestern and Southeastern US, the infestation of which causes intense itching.
Synonyms: sense: mite
word: harvest mite
Derived terms: taxonomic: Asclepias tuberosa
word: chigger weed
chigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chiggers
form: chigga
Etymology: Blend of chink + nigger
Senses: examples: text: —He's not black, Stacia Jacobs who smelled like pee said. — He's yellow and black. He's a chigger. Do you know what a chigger is? It's a chink and a nigger.
ref: 2007, James Boice, MVP: A Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: An East Asian person who behaves in ways similar to a stereotypical urban African American.
candy striper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy stripers
form: candy-striper
form: candystriper
Etymology: First appears in the US c. 1944, from candy stripe + -er, due to the red-and-white striped jumpers worn by hospital volunteers, which resembled stick candy (being candy-striped); originally worn by a group of high-school girls who volunteered as hospital workers at East Orange General Hospital in New Jersey.
Senses: glosses: A volunteer worker in a hospital or hospice.
Related terms: candy girl
candy stripe
rheme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːm/
homophone: ream
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: rhemes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥῆμα (rhêma, “word, phrase, verb”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: comment
coordinate_terms: theme
glosses: The part of a sentence that provides new information regarding the current theme.
glosses: Synonym of sumisign.
synonyms: word: sumisign
Derived terms: rhematic
rhetic
Related terms: comment
predicate
subject
topic
boll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒl/
ipa: /bəʊl/
ipa: /boʊl/
rhymes: -ɒl
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: bole (some dialects)
homophone: bowl (some dialects)
Forms: form: bolls
Etymology: From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the slave picks down one side of a row, and back upon the other, but more usually, there is one on either side, gathering all that has blossomed, leaving the unopened bolls for a succeeding picking.
ref: 1853, Solomon Northup, chapter XII, in [David Wilson], editor, Twelve Years a Slave. […], London: Sampson Low, Son & Co.; Auburn, N.Y.: Derby and Miller, →OCLC, page 167:
text: The champion picker of the day before was the hero of the dawn. If he prophesied that the cotton in today’s field was going to be sparse and stick to the bolls like glue, every listener would grunt a hearty agreement.
ref: 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 1, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 6:
glosses: The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant.
glosses: A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl.
examples: text: I ſowed on this Ground, without any Dung or Manure, a Lippy of Oats, from which I had a Boll wanting a Chopin.
ref: 1742, Virgil, “Appendix to the Georgicks”, in James Hamilton, transl., Virgil’s Pastorals Translated into English Prose; as also His Georgicks, […], Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, […]; [s]old by J. Traill and G. Crawford, […]; and by J. Barry […], →OCLC, page 43:
text: The farmers ſervants who have families, and engage by the year, are called hinds, and receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]
ref: 1792, Robert Bowmaker, “Number LI. Parish of Dunse, (County of Berwick.)”, in John Sinclair, editor, The Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, volume IV, Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech [et al.], →OCLC, page 386:
text: The waggons are deep and square; wider at the top than at the bottom, and are fast at all sides. The bottom has hinges, and can be let down to discharge the coals, of which these waggons contain about three bolls each.
ref: 1944 September and October, Charles E. Lee, “An Ancient Underground Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 274, text from early 19th century:
glosses: An old dry measure equal to six bushels.
Derived terms: boll weevil
bollworm
cotton boll
throat-boll
boll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒl/
ipa: /bəʊl/
ipa: /boʊl/
rhymes: -ɒl
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: bole (some dialects)
homophone: bowl (some dialects)
Forms: form: bolls
form: bolling
form: bolled
form: bolled
Etymology: From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl.
Senses: examples: text: The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 9:31:
glosses: To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
husbandman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəzbəndmən/
Forms: form: husbandmen
Etymology: From Middle English husbandman, husbondman, equivalent to husband + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The xviii day of May in the fourth yeare of the Raigne of the kinge most excellent Monarche and in the year of our lord god 1606 I Thomas Knages of Lythe within the county of york husbandman sicke in body but whole in mynde and in perfect remembrance praised be to god do make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and forme following . . -
ref: 1606, Thomas Knages, The last will and testament of Thomas Knages (1533-1606):
text: 1684 Thomas Tusser, born at Riven-hall, was successively a Musician, School-master, Serving-man, and a Speculative Husbandman; - Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State - Thomas Fuller
text: Valiant Wisdom tilling and draining; escorted by owl-eyed Pedantry, by owlish and vulturish and many other forms of Folly; — the valiant husbandman assiduously tilling; the blind greedy enemy too assiduously sowing tares!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. XVII, The beginnings”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
text: The husbandman must labour before he receives the fruits
ref: 1844, Jean Calvin, Works:
text: The 'respected chaste female' is actorialized as a chopping, female husbandman …
ref: 1995, Louise Schleiner, Cultural Semiotics, Spenser, and the Captive Woman:
glosses: a person who raises crops and tends animals; a farmer
Related terms: husbander
husbandland
husbandry
flatboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatboats
Etymology: From flat + boat.
Senses: glosses: A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers.
Derived terms: flatboater
flatboatman
Related terms: barge
titmouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪtmaʊs/
Forms: form: titmice
form: titmouses
Etymology: From Middle English titmose, compound of tit (“small bird”) and mose, from Old English māse (“titmouse”), from Proto-West Germanic *maisā, from Proto-Germanic *maisǭ (compare Dutch mees, German Meise, Old Norse meisingr, French mésange), from *maisaz (“tiny, puny”) (compare Norwegian meis (“skinny weakling”)). Spelling as well as the plural form in imitation of the otherwise unrelated mouse.
Senses: glosses: Any small passerine bird mostly of the genus Baeolophus, which are found in the woods of the Northern Hemisphere and of Africa.
Synonyms: tit
Derived terms: taxonomic: Baeolophus atricristatus
word: black-crested titmouse
taxonomic: Cyanistes caeruleus
word: blue titmouse
taxonomic: Baeolophus wollweberi
word: bridled titmouse
word: juniper titmouse
taxonomic: Aegithalos caudatus
word: long-tailed titmouse
taxonomic: Baeolophus inornatus
word: oak titmouse
taxonomic: Baeolophus bicolor
word: tufted titmouse
Related terms: chickadee
Pseudopodoces
Baeolophus
Melanochlora
Sylviparus
pony
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊni/
ipa: /ˈpoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: ponies
form: ponying
form: ponied
form: ponied
Etymology: 1659 from Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus (cognate to English foal). Sense “small serving of alcohol” from 19th century, both for small sizes generally and for a quarter pint specifically, from the small size.
Senses: glosses: To lead (a horse) from another horse.
glosses: To use a crib or cheat-sheet in translating.
pony
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊni/
ipa: /ˈpoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Etymology: Clipping of pony and trap, rhyming with crap.
Senses: glosses: Of little worth.
pony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊni/
ipa: /ˈpoʊni/
rhymes: -əʊni
Forms: form: ponies
Etymology: Clipping of pony and trap, rhyming with crap.
Senses: glosses: Crap; rubbish, nonsense.
ounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: ounces
Etymology: From Middle English ounce, unce, from Middle French once, from Latin uncia (“Roman ounce, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Senses: glosses: An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
glosses: A troy ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₂ of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1034768 grams.
glosses: A US fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₁₆ of a US pint, 1.804688 cubic inches or 29.5735295625 millilitres.
glosses: A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of ¹⁄₂₀ of an imperial pint, 1.733871 cubic inches or 28.4130625 millilitres.
examples: text: He didn't feel even an ounce of regret for his actions.
glosses: Any small amount, a little bit.
Synonyms: sense: avoirdupois ounce
word: oz.
sense: avoirdupois ounce
word: ℥
sense: avoirdupois ounce
english: pharmacy
translation: pharmacy
word: uncia
sense: fluid ounce
word: oz.
sense: fluid ounce
word: fl. oz.
sense: small amount
word: modicum
Derived terms: 12-ounce curls
an ounce of prevention is better than an ounce of cure
an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
bounce to the ounce
fine ounce
metric-ounce
metric ounce
ounceland
twelve-ounce curls
with every ounce of one's being
ounce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊns/
rhymes: -aʊns
Forms: form: ounces
Etymology: From Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”), by false division (the l was thought to be the article), from Italian lonza, ultimately from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of onza and lynx.
Senses: examples: text: The Ounce or the vvilde Cat, is as big as a mungrell dog, this creature is by nature feirce, and more dangerous to bee met vvithall than any other creature, not fearing eyther dogge or man; […]
ref: 1634, William Wood, “Of the Beasts that Live on the Land”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Bellamie, […], →OCLC, 1st part, page 23:
text: Halloa! another prey,
The nimble Antelope!
The ounce is freed; one spring,
And his talons are sheath’d in her shoulders,
And his teeth are red in her gore.
ref: 1801, Robert Southey, “(please specify the page)”, in Thalaba the Destroyer, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] [F]or T[homas] N[orton] Longman and O[wen] Rees, […], by Biggs and Cottle, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
glosses: Synonym of snow leopard, Panthera uncia.
synonyms: word: snow leopard
word: Panthera uncia
examples: text: The ounce, a leopard-like creature, is dreaded for its depredations by the Indians of Brazil.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 235:
topics: biology
cryptozoology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of onza, a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore.
synonyms: word: onza
extra: a particularly aggressive cougar or jaguarundi in Mexican folklore
prioritize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaɪˈɒɹətaɪz/
ipa: [pɹaɪˈɒɹtaɪz]
ipa: /pɹaɪˈoɹətaɪz/
ipa: [pɹaɪˈoɹtaɪz]
ipa: /pɹɑeˈɔɹətɑez/
ipa: /pɹaɪˈɒɹətaɪz/
ipa: [pɹɑe̯ˈɔ̟ɹətɑe̯z]
Forms: form: prioritizes
form: prioritizing
form: prioritized
form: prioritized
form: prioritise
Etymology: From priority + -ize. First attested in 1967 as U.S. government jargon, becoming more widespread through the 1970s and ’80s, but still denounced as officialese by purists into the 1990s.
Senses: examples: text: When I don't have time to buy everything at the store, I prioritize fresh fruit and vegetables over foods like rice or noodles.
text: Boeing's article stressed prioritizing roll control during recovery from nose-down bank upsets unless the airplane was in a stall condition; if the airplane was stalled, Boeing recommended recovering from the stall before recovering from the upset. The article described the nose-down upset recovery technique as follows: "Reduce angle of attack. This unloads the wing, allows the airplane to accelerate, which reduces rudder deflection and improves lateral control ability. […]"
ref: 1999 March 24, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.10.2.3 1997 Through 1998—Information and Changes Disseminated by Boeing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision with Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2022, pages 205–206:
text: In 2005 Houston Methodist Hospital (HMH) established a Sepsis Care Management Performance Improvement (CMPI) committee and prioritized sepsis detection and management in its ICUs, using the approaches of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.
ref: 2015 November 24, Stephen L Jones, Carol M Ashton, Lisa Kiehne, Elizabeth Gigliotti, Charyl Bell-Gordon, Maureen Disbot, Faisal Masud, Beverly A Shirkey, Nelda P. Wray, “Reductions in sepsis mortality and costs after design and implementation of a nurse-based early recognition and response program”, in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, volume 41, number 11:
text: Loretta's already designing the next smelter. She has some improvements in mind. The new one will prioritize silicon extraction and—
ref: 2017, Andy Weir, chapter 17, in Artemis, pages 295-6:
text: Skinimalism prioritizes skin health and lets your natural beauty shine through.
ref: 2022 February 1, Lourdes Avila Uribe, “Everything You Need To Know About 'Skinimalism', The Latest Beauty Trend”, in HuffPost:
glosses: To value, do, or choose something first, or before other things.
glosses: To arrange or list a group of things in order of priority or importance.
glosses: To rank something as having high priority.
Derived terms: reprioritize
reprioritise
Related terms: prioritization
LART
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: LARTs
Etymology: Acronym of luser attitude readjustment tool.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: cluebat
glosses: A luser attitude readjustment tool; something with which a clueless person is struck.
LART
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: LARTs
form: LARTing
form: LARTed
form: LARTed
Etymology: Acronym of luser attitude readjustment tool.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To strike with a LART.
prioritization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /prʌɪˌɒrətʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: prioritizations
form: prioritisation
Etymology: From prioritize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Many autistic individuals without a PTSD diagnosis may actually meet criteria for PTSD but have not received an official diagnosis, potentially due to stronger prioritization of the primary diagnosis of autism.
ref: 2025 May 17, Emily Hotez, Rebecca K. Tsevat, Sha Tao, Jenny Mai Phan, Philip Smith, Tammy Shen, Jonas Ventimiglia, Liliana Rivera, Hailey Kissner, Lisa A. Croen, Lindsay Shea, “Autism, Obesity, and PTSD Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Analysis of National Medicaid Claims Data”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:
glosses: The process of assigning priorities to things or tasks.
Related terms: prioritize
eucharistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eucharistic
form: most eucharistic
form: Eucharistic
Etymology: From Eucharist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The eucharistic sacrament.
ref: 1849, George Cornewall Lewis, An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Pertaining to the Eucharist.
examples: text: The eucharistical part of our daily devotions.
ref: 1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing.
Synonyms: eucharistial
eucharistical
Derived terms: eucharistically
uneucharistic
eucharistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eucharistical
form: most eucharistical
Senses: examples: text: sacrifices […] distinguished into expiatory, euctical, and eucharistical
ref: 1745, Edmund Law, Considerations on the State of the World with regard to the Theory of Religion:
glosses: Alternative form of eucharistic.
Derived terms: uneucharistical
Xena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziː.nə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: Possibly a variant of Xenia, from Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”), the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, from ξένος (xénos, “foreign, strange”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
Xena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziː.nə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Etymology: The lead character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) was the inspiration for the dwarf planet's nickname and for comparisons to the character.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Eris (dwarf planet)
Coordinate terms: sense: dwarf planet
english: moon of Xena
translation: moon of Xena
word: Gabrielle
Xena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈziː.nə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: Xenas
Etymology: The lead character in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–2001) was the inspiration for the dwarf planet's nickname and for comparisons to the character.
Senses: examples: text: I am raising a little Xena, a water warrior. Fierce, sure of herself.
ref: 1999 (Dec), David Lansing, "My Neighborhood", Orange Coast Magazine, 25(12): 189
text: How do I drill self-confidence into the illogical half of my brain. or train my logical half to become my inner Xena and shout it down?
ref: 2000, Lynn Harris., Breakup Girl to the Rescue!, page 120:
text: "Okay, Xena," he said, taking the rope from Haley and tugging the branch toward the back door. "You push, and we'll get this outside."
ref: 2001, Judith Arnold, Muriel Jensen, Bobby Hutchinson, All Summer Long, page 148:
text: She is a beautiful woman, the result of a family tree that includes African and Irish blood. But there's no getting around her five-eleven frame and muscular body. The rest of her staff calls her Xena. She likes that.
ref: 2005, Melissa Jacobs, Lexi James and the Council of Girlfriends, page 78:
text: Julian shook his head at her brazenness. "That's okay, I believe you. You are a regular Xena."
ref: 2006, Elaine Overton, Promises of the Heart, page 107:
glosses: A tough, physical, confident woman.
Synonyms: Amazon
foster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈfɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).
Senses: examples: text: foster parents
glosses: Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
examples: text: a foster child
glosses: Receiving such care.
examples: text: We are a foster family.
glosses: Related by such care.
Derived terms: fosteress
fostership
foster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈfɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fosters
Etymology: From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).
Senses: examples: text: Some fosters end up adopting.
glosses: A foster parent.
glosses: The care given to another; guardianship.
foster
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈfɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fosters
form: fostering
form: fostered
form: fostered
Etymology: From Middle English foster, from Old English fōstor (“food, sustenance”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōstr, from Proto-Germanic *fōstrą (“nourishment, food”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch voester (“nursemaid”), Middle Low German vôster (“food”), Old Norse fóstr (“nurturing, education, alimony, child support”), Danish foster (“fetus”), Swedish foster (“fetus”).
Senses: examples: text: Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful.
ref: c. 1588–1593, [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: As It was Plaide by the Right Honourable the Earle of Darbie, Earle of Pembrooke, and Earle of Sussex Their Seruants (the First Quarto), London: Printed by Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, at the little North doore of Paules at the signe of the Gunne, published 1594, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
glosses: To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
examples: text: Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
text: ⁠A flower beat with rain and wind,
Which once she foster’d up with care
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto VIII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 10:
text: And Time, which is the hound of Sish, devoured all things; and Sish sent up the ivy and fostered weeds, and dust fell from the hand of Sish and covered stately things.
ref: 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC:
text: Grimsby doesn't ever wound quite as devastatingly as Borat or Brüno, but it's a vital, lavish, venomously profane two fingers up at Benefits Street pity porn and the social division it fosters.
ref: 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ‘Sacha Baron Cohen’s vital, venomous action movie’”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
glosses: To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
glosses: To nurse or cherish something.
examples: text: There Florimell, in her first ages flowre,
And passing beautie did eftsoones reveale,
Was fostered by those Graces
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To be nurtured or trained up together.
Derived terms: cofostered
cross-foster
fosterable
fosterage
foster brother
foster care
foster-child
foster child
fosterer
fosteress
foster fail
foster family
foster father
foster home
fosterhood
fostering
fosteringly
fosterling
fosterment
foster mother
foster parent
foster sibling
foster sister
foster up
nonfostered
unfostered
foster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
note: without the cot–caught merger
ipa: /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɑ.stɚ/
ipa: /ˈfɔs.tə/
ipa: /ˈfɒs.tə/
ipa: [ˈfɔ̟s.tə]
rhymes: -ɒstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: fosters
Senses: examples: text: A griesly Foster forth did rush.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A forester.
flasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæʃɚ/
rhymes: -æʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flashers
Etymology: From flash + -er.
Senses: glosses: Anything that flashes, especially a device that switches a light on and off.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: An indicator or turn signal.
examples: text: Mr Yorke of D'Affrenalli has been introduced to me as a Wit & a Flasher: it was supposed that we were to admire one another's Abilities,—but I fancy the Project failed on both Sides […].
ref: 1795 March 17, Hester Piozzi, Thraliana:
glosses: Someone of great accomplishments, or brilliant appearance.
glosses: Someone who exposes themselves indecently; someone who ‘flashes’ their genitals.
Synonyms: word: exhibitionist
Sindhi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndi/
note: India, Pakistani English
ipa: /ˈsɪnd̪ʱi/
rhymes: -ɪndi
homophone: Cindy
homophone: Sindy
Forms: form: Sindhee
form: Sinde
Etymology: Distant doublet of Hindi.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Sindh, the Sindhi language or the Sindhi people.
Sindhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndi/
note: India, Pakistani English
ipa: /ˈsɪnd̪ʱi/
rhymes: -ɪndi
homophone: Cindy
homophone: Sindy
Forms: form: Sindhis
form: Sindhee
form: Sinde
Etymology: Distant doublet of Hindi.
Senses: glosses: A Sindhi-speaking person from or residing in Sindh.
Sindhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndi/
note: India, Pakistani English
ipa: /ˈsɪnd̪ʱi/
rhymes: -ɪndi
homophone: Cindy
homophone: Sindy
Forms: form: Sindhee
form: Sinde
Etymology: Distant doublet of Hindi.
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan language spoken in four main dialects in Pakistan and India. There are around 35 million Sindhi speakers in Sindh سنڌ and more than 40 million throughout the world. Sindhi is written with a modified Arabic script that has 52 letters, and in a modified Devanagari script too.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Sindhi terms
ॻ
ॾ
ॼ
ॿ
Singhalese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋɡəˈliːz/
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Singhalese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋɡəˈliːz/
Forms: form: more Singhalese
form: most Singhalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
Singhalese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋɡəˈliːz/
Forms: form: Cingalese
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Sinhalese.
slog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒɡ/
ipa: /slɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: slogs
Etymology: Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.
Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.
Senses: glosses: A long, tedious walk or march.
examples: text: It is as if Mr. Faulks had bled his own prose white, draining it of emotion in order to capture the endless enervating slog of war.
ref: 1996 February 11, Michael Gorra, “Tunnel Vision”, in The New York Times:
text: England's experimental line-up will have realised early on that this would be a long, hard slog against the multi-talented Brazilians with great strength in their starting line-up and on the bench.
ref: 2017 November 14, Phil McNulty, “England 0 – 0 Brazil”, in BBC Sport:
text: There, despite the long slog of the pandemic and all the distracting dramas at headquarters, the schools themselves have mostly kept it together.
ref: 2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times:
text: Alsup wrote that Anthropic preferred to “steal” books to “avoid ‘legal/practice/business slog,’ as cofounder and CEO Dario Amodei put it.”
ref: 2025 June 25, Lee Chong Ming, quoting William Alsup and Dario Amodei, “Anthropic cut up millions of used books to train Claude — and downloaded over 7 million pirated ones too, a judge said”, in Business Insider:
glosses: A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.
glosses: A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An aggressive shot played with little skill.
slog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒɡ/
ipa: /slɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: slogs
form: slogging
form: slogged
form: slogged
Etymology: Probably a variation of slug (“to hit very hard”) or slough.
Possibly related to slag, seen in the North Germanic languages, in association with the third verb and second noun definition.
Senses: examples: text: The leading engine was one of the Class Y6 2-8-8-2 compound articulateds, [...] The stack noise of one of these great brutes slogging up a grade was quite unforgettable.
ref: 1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 419:
text: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
A miraculous desert rain. We slog, dripping, into As Safi, Jordan. We drive the sodden mules through wet streets. To the town’s only landmark. To the “Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth.”
synonyms: word: ambulate
word: pedestrianize
word: raik
glosses: To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
glosses: To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
glosses: To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
Derived terms: word: footslog
word: slog away
word: slog one's guts out
word: slog-sweep
wreak havoc
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːk ˈhæv.ək/
Forms: form: wreaks havoc
form: wreaking havoc
form: wreaked havoc
form: wreaked havoc
form: wrought havoc
form: wrought havoc
Senses: examples: text: The storm wreaked havoc on his garden.
glosses: To cause damage, disruption, or destruction.
Related terms: run amok
wrought
lithography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪθˈɒɡɹəfi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: lithographies
Etymology: From German Lithographie, from λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”). Originally the printing surface was a flat piece of limestone that was treated with grease to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate. By surface analysis, litho- + -graphy.
Senses: hypernyms: planography
hyponyms: offset printing
photolithography
glosses: The process of printing an image by drawing the image with a water-repellent material onto a hard, flat surface (typically metal), then copying the surface by applying water and ink (or the equivalent) to it and pressing another material against it.
Derived terms: autolithography
chromolithography
lithograph
lithographer
lithographist
microlithography
nanolithography
offset lithography
photolithography
soft lithography
stereolithography
robustify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: robustifies
form: robustifying
form: robustified
form: robustified
Etymology: From robust + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: The UI looks nice, but you'll need to robustify it before it goes into production.
text: To robustify the Mincer and Zarnowitz (1969) test against instabilities, Rossi and Sekhposyan (2016) propose a fluctuation test constructed over rolling windows[.]
ref: 2024, Barbara Rossi, “Recent developments in forecast evaluation”, in Michael P. Clements, Ana Beatriz Galvão, editors, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Edward Elgar, page 294 of 274-304:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
statistics
glosses: To make more robust, that is, more tolerant of unexpected events.
Related terms: robusticize
kindred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭn′drĭd
enpr: kĭn′drəd
ipa: /ˈkɪndɹɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɪndɹəd/
Forms: form: kindreds
form: kinred
Etymology: From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).
Senses: glosses: Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin.
examples: text: *Behold he commeth with clouds, and euery eye ſhal ſee him,and they alſo which pearced him: and all kinreds of the earth ſhall waıle becauſe of him: euen ſo. Amen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Rev 1:7:
glosses: People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
examples: text: Cla. By heauen, I thinke there is no man ſecure / But the Queenes Kindred, and night-walking Heralds,[…]
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: A grouping of relatives.
examples: text: He that is in Distress tho' a stranger has a right to claim kindred with the wealthy—
ref: 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, V.i:
glosses: Blood relationship.
glosses: Affinity, likeness.
examples: text: And what I wouldn't give to find a soulmate?/Someone else to catch this drift/And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred?
ref: 1995, Alanis Morissette, “All I Really Want”, in Jagged Little Pill:
glosses: One who is kindred, literally or figuratively; a kin, kinsman.
examples: text: We talked with Jonina about our kindred, Heathenry in the United States, Asatru in Iceland, and the details of our religious practice.[…]
ref: 2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods: A Collection of Essays Concerning the Folkway of Our People, page 174:
text: Your chosen kindred or other group is a Venn circle that contains you, but it may not be the same circle as your family.
ref: 2013 November 8, Patricia M. Lafayllve, A Practical Heathen's Guide to Asatru, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 117:
text: Not all, but many people believe that if you're not in a kindred, then you are not a real Norse Pagan or heathen.
ref: 2019 May 20, Theodoric Dukka, A Heathen's Guide: Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, →ISBN, page 101:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
synonyms: hearth
garth
stead
glosses: A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.
Synonyms: sense: people of same ethnic descent
word: brethren
sense: people of same ethnic descent
word: kinship
Derived terms: kindredless
kindred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭn′drĭd
enpr: kĭn′drəd
ipa: /ˈkɪndɹɪd/
ipa: /ˈkɪndɹəd/
Forms: form: kinred
Etymology: From Middle English kyndrede, from older kynrede (“kindred”), from Old English *cynrēd, *cynrǣden (“kindred, family, stock”), from cynn (“kind, kin, lineage”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”). Equivalent to kin + -red, see these. The -d- is epenthetic between a nasal and a liquid (as e.g. in spindle).
Senses: examples: 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.
We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;
glosses: Of the same nature, or of similar character.
examples: text: kindred tongues
glosses: Connected, related, cognate, akin.
Derived terms: kindredly
kindredness
kindredship
kindred soul
kindred spirit
unkindred
suine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suines
Senses: examples: text: Primitive suines appeared in the Eocene.
ref: 1983, The New Encyclopaedia Britannica, volume 7, page 574:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: (strictly) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the taxonomic subfamily Suinae, which is comprised of modern pigs (genus Sus) and their close relatives, both living and extinct.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: (loosely) An even-toed ungulate belonging to the suborder Suina.
glosses: A buttery substitute usually made of suet or lard.
bell curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bell curves
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: graph
text: All this is enhanced by well-chosen illustrations: the bell curve of Galton and similar frequency-curves,[…]
ref: 1919, Journal of Abnormal Psychology:
topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
synonyms: Gaussian curve
hypernyms: curve#Noun
glosses: The bell-shaped curve that is typical of the normal distribution.
Derived terms: bell curve god
Related terms: central limit theorem
Gaussian distribution
Laplacean
Laplacian
snowbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnəʊbɜːd/
ipa: /ˈsnoʊbɝːd/
Forms: form: snowbirds
Etymology: From snow + bird.
Senses: hypernyms: junco
<
bird#Noun
<
animal#Noun
<
organism#Noun
species#Noun
glosses: A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
hypernyms: bird#Noun
<
animal#Noun
<
organism#Noun
species#Noun
glosses: A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
hypernyms: bird#Noun
<
animal#Noun
<
organism#Noun
species#Noun
glosses: The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
hypernyms: person#Noun
coordinate_terms: sunbird
year-rounder
glosses: A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: enlistee#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
hypernyms: druggie#Noun
<
criminal#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.
Derived terms: blue snowbird
Related terms: snowcock
Oliver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑlɪvɚ/
ipa: /ˈɒlɪvə/
Forms: form: more Oliver
form: most Oliver
Etymology: From Middle English Oliver, from Old French Olivier, by folk etymology derived from the Latin name Olīvārius, but probably representing an Old High German form of Old Norse Óleifr (“ancestral + relic”) (modern Danish Olaf and Swedish Olof), or Proto-Germanic *ala- (“all”) + *wēraz (“true”) (modern Swedish allvar). Name of a paladin of Charlemagne in medieval French romance.
Senses: glosses: Drunk, pissed.
Synonyms: Oliver Twist
drunk
Nammu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Sumerian mythology
glosses: The goddess of the primeval sea that gave rise to heaven and earth.
papist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪp.ɪst/
rhymes: -eɪpɪst
Forms: form: papists
form: Papist
Etymology: From Middle French papiste, from Latin pāpa (“pope”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.
Synonyms: Romist
Derived terms: antipapist
nonpapist
papistly
ultrapapist
Related terms: papa-
papacy
papal
papally
papism
papistic
papistical
papistry
pope
popery
popish
popishness
papist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪp.ɪst/
rhymes: -eɪpɪst
Forms: form: more papist
form: most papist
form: Papist
Etymology: From Middle French papiste, from Latin pāpa (“pope”).
Senses: examples: text: However, Menem promptly surprised many observers (and most of his voters) by forming an alliance with Alsogaray, and becoming more papist than the Pope in economic orthodoxy.
ref: 2011, Jill Hedges, Argentina: A Modern History:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Roman Catholic.
Synonyms: popish
Related terms: Roman Catholicism
Reformation
patricide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/
Forms: form: patricides
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: The murder of one's father.
Derived terms: patricidal
patricide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/
Forms: form: patricides
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīda. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: One who has murdered their father.
Synonyms: sense: murderer of one's father
word: father-slayer
Related terms: femicide
filicide
fratricide
genocide
homicide
infanticide
matricide
parricide
regicide
sororicide
suicide
uxoricide