cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ere
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: yer
Etymology: From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”).
Senses: examples: text: My ſelfe was ſtirring ere the breake of day, […]
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature I3, verso:
text: The hill-tops rejoicing will ere long be at their ruddiest, and blush Good-night.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Old-Dragoon Drouet”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (Varennes), page 173:
glosses: Before; sooner than.
Derived terms: early
erenow
erer
ere
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: yer
Etymology: From Middle English er, from Old English ǣr (adverb, conjunction, and preposition), from Proto-West Germanic *airi, from Proto-Germanic *airiz, comparative of Proto-Germanic *airi (“early”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri (“day, morning”) (compare Avestan 𐬀𐬫𐬀𐬭 (ayar, “day”), Gk. ἠέριος (ēérios, “at daybreak”), see also era, Albanian herët (“early in the morning, at daybreak”) ). The adverb erstwhile retains the Old English superlative ǣrest (“earliest”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian eer (“before”), Dutch eer (“before, sooner than”), German ehe (“before”).
Senses: examples: text: Syꝛ, come downe ere my child die.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 4:49, column 1:
glosses: before.
Derived terms: erelong
ere that
erewhile
ereyesterday
erst
erstwhile
whilere
ere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
ipa: /ɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: eres
Senses: examples: text: As plesaunt to the ere as the blacke sanctus Of a sad sorte vpon a mery pyn.
ref: 1533, R. Saltwood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Obsolete form of ear.
ere
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
ipa: /ɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /eːɹə/
ipa: /ɛə/
ipa: /ɛː/
ipa: /ɛɚ/
ipa: /eː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /eə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /iə/
ipa: /eɹ/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: air
homophone: Ayr
homophone: eyre
homophone: heir
homophone: are (“unit of measurement”)
homophone: e'er (US)
homophone: ear (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: err (fair–fur merger)
ipa: /ɪə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: 'ere
Etymology: Formed from is + there + a/an.
Senses: examples: text: 'Ere bit o' bacon in it, Kathleen?
glosses: A contraction of is, there, and the indefinite article. Mainly used in questions.
erg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːɡ/
ipa: /ɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: ergs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Doublet of ergon and work.
Senses: glosses: A unit of work or energy, being the amount of work done by a force of one dyne applied through a distance of one centimeter. Equal to 10⁻⁷ joules.
Derived terms: word: atomerg
word: ergmeter
english: unit of energy
translation: unit of energy
word: foe
word: kiloerg
word: megaerg
word: megerg
word: megalerg
word: microerg
erg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːɡ/
ipa: /ɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: ergs
form: areg
Etymology: From French erg, from Algerian Arabic, from Arabic عِرْق (ʕirq).
Senses: topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large desert region of sand dunes with little or no vegetation, especially in the Sahara.
erg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːɡ/
ipa: /ɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: ergs
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: An ergometer.
erg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːɡ/
ipa: /ɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: ergs
form: erging
form: erged
form: erged
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: I erg every morning.
text: She erged a steady state piece.
text: What I mean to sy is, the exercise is helping. Although I'm not sure how you erg properly at this stage, Pulling into the sternum would be problematic.
ref: 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, page 187:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: To use an ergometer.
erode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹəʊd/
ipa: /ɪˈɹoʊd/
rhymes: -əʊd
Forms: form: erodes
form: eroding
form: eroded
form: eroded
Etymology: From French éroder, from Latin ērōdō.
Senses: examples: text: The cliff is gradually being eroded by the waves.
synonyms: corrode
eat away
gnaw
undermine
glosses: To wear away by abrasion, corrosion, or chemical reaction.
examples: text: to erode a person’s trust
text: to erode society’s morals
synonyms: corrode
eat away
glosses: To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.
Derived terms: bioerode
erodable
eroder
erodible
noneroding
reerode
Related terms: erosion
eros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə.ɹɒs/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.ɑs/
ipa: /ˈɪɚ.ɑs/
Forms: form: erotes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔρως (érōs, “love, desire”).
Senses: glosses: A winged figure of a child representing love or its power.
examples: text: He would introduce her to the wonders of eros; she would bloom under his expert tutelage.
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 54:
glosses: Physical love; sexual desire.
glosses: a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: libido
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive.
escrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/
Forms: form: escrows
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll.
Senses: examples: text: GCN staffers wrote and called our landlords, complaining about the building's disrepair, for months before informing them, in September, 1985, that we would pay our rent into an escrow account until repairs were made.
ref: 1987 May 9, “Setting the Record Strai..., um, Out in the Open”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: The court will decide which party is the rightful owner of the items in escrow.
ref: 2006, Kathryn J Haupt, Principles of California Real Estate, page 305:
text: “Well, Dominic,” Della suddenly chimed in. “Seeing as this place of yours is still under escrow, seems to me it's not really yours yet, is it?”
ref: 2012, Madison Lake, Jade Lake, Salon Antics, page 22:
topics: law
glosses: A contractual arrangement whereby money or assets are held in trust by an independent agent by the agreement of the parties, which can only be released to the relevant party once certain contractual conditions have been fulfilled.
glosses: The money or assets so held.
Derived terms: nonescrow
software escrow
Related terms: stakeholder
escrow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛ.skɹəʊ̯/
ipa: /ˈɛ.skɹoʊ̯/
Forms: form: escrows
form: escrowing
form: escrowed
form: escrowed
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Law French escrowe, from Old French escroe (“register, note; bit of parchment; piece”), from Frankish *skrōda (“piece”), from Proto-Germanic *skraudō, derivative of Proto-Germanic *skraudaną (“to shred”). Doublet of scrow and shred and partially scroll.
Senses: examples: text: The regulators suggest that in underwriting these loans, lenders be required to take into account the ability of the borrowers to make monthly payments at the higher rates and also property taxes and homeowners insurance, which are often not escrowed monthly in subprime loans.
ref: 2007 March 3, Vikas Bajaj, “U.S. Urges Lenders to Revise Standards on Granting Credit”, in New York Times:
glosses: To place in escrow.
Derived terms: escrowable
escrowee
nonescrowed
unescrowed
Related terms: impound
estop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈstɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
Forms: form: estops
form: estopping
form: estopped
form: estopped
Etymology: Uncertain. Traditionally derived from the rare Late Middle English estoppen (“to prevent conception”), from Anglo-Norman and Old French estoper, from a Late Latin stuppō. However, the modern senses appear rather to align more with the much commoner Middle English istoppen (“to block, obstruct, stop up, clog”), from Middle English i- (perfective prefix) + stoppen (“to block, stop”). More at stop.
Senses: examples: text: […] we twitted them, while we were together in the sun of the Continent, about English heating habits. Having done that, we are now estopped from bringing the matter up.
ref: 1957 November 23, William F. Buckley Jr., National Review:
text: 2020: "Nancy Pelosi Should Take All the Time She Needs to Submit Articles of Impeachment" by Philip Bobbitt, Slate.com
Finally, new evidence—emails surrounding the decision to withhold appropriated military assistance from Ukraine—has come out since the vote. Is anyone suggesting that the House managers be estopped from presenting this evidence?
topics: law
glosses: To impede or bar by estoppel.
synonyms: stanch
stopple
glosses: To stop up; to plug.
Derived terms: unestopped
ethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕth'ān
ipa: /ˈɛθeɪn/
enpr: ēth'ān
ipa: /ˈiːθeɪn/
rhymes: -ɛθeɪn
Forms: form: ethanes
Etymology: From eth- + -ane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
examples: text: chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes
text: The dissociation constants for ethanes in which the two halves of the molecule are different are not always close to the mean of the dissociation constants of the corresponding symmetrical ethanes.
ref: 1959, A. F. Trotman-Dickenson, Free Radicals: An Introduction, page 45:
text: Analysis of the ethane fraction also revealed anomalous deuteration of the ethane, the ethanes C₂H₅D, C₂H₄D₂ and C₂H₃D₃ being observed as well as C₂H₆. Ethanes with more than three D atoms were not detected.
ref: 1968, Transactions of the Faraday Society, volume 64, page 1573:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.
Derived terms: aminoethane
benzathine
bromoethane
chloroethane
cyanoethane
diazoethane
dibromoethane
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
dichloroethane
dicyanoethane
diiodoethane
epiethane
epoxyethane
etanidazole
ethanedinitrile
ethanedithiol
ethanium
ethanoic
ethanol
fluoroethane
geoethane
halothane
hexafluoroethane
hydroxyethane
iodoethane
mitotane
monohydroxyethane
nitroethane
pentafluoroethane
silicoethane
trichloroethane
trifluoroethanol
ethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛθaɪl/
ipa: /ˈɛθɪl/
ipa: /ˈiːθaɪl/
ipa: /ˈiːθɪl/
ipa: /ˈɛθəl/
homophone: Ethel (for one pronunciation of ethyl)
rhymes: -ɛθɪl
Forms: form: ethyls
Etymology: From German Ethyl, from Ether + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent hydrocarbon radical, C₂H₅, formally derived from ethane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Synonyms: english: acronymizing abbreviation
translation: acronymizing abbreviation
word: E
english: chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae
translation: chemical shorthand, found in chemical formulae
word: Et
Derived terms: aminoethyl
aminoethylpiperazine
artemotil
azidoethyl
benzethonium
bretazenil
bretylium
chloroethyl
cyanoethyl
dabigatran etexilate
desethyl
desethylchloroquine
desethylsimazine
diethyl
diethylamide
doxefazepam
ecothiopate
edrophonium
emepronium
etacrynic acid
ethaverine
ethionic acid
ethosuximide
ethotoin
ethoxyethyl
ethyl acetate
ethyl acrylate
ethyl alcohol
ethylamine
ethylamphetamine
ethylaniline
ethylate
ethylation
ethylbenzene
ethyl benzoate
ethyl biscoumacetate
ethyl borate
ethyl bromide
ethyl butylacetylaminopropionate
ethyl carbamate
ethyl carfluzepate
ethylcellulose
ethyl cellulose
ethyl chloride
ethyl dirazepate
ethylene
ethylephedrine
ethylestrenol
ethyl ether
ethyl formate
ethyl green
ethyl hexanoate
ethyl hydrate
ethyl hydroxide
ethylic
ethyl iodide
ethylketazocine
ethyl loflazepate
ethylmaleimide
ethyl mercaptan
ethylmercury
ethyl mercury
ethyl methyl cellulose
ethyl methylphenylglycidate
ethylmorphine
ethyl nitrate
ethyl nitrite
ethylnitrosourea
ethylnorepinephrine
ethylol
ethyl oxalate
ethyl oxide
ethylparaben
ethyl para-hydroxybenzoate
ethylphenacemide
ethylphenol
ethyl salicate
ethyl silicate
ethyl sulfide
ethylsulphuric acid
ethylthioxanthate
ethyl urethane
ethylvanillin
ethyl vinyl ether
ethylxanthate
ethylxanthogenate
eticlopride
eticyclidine
etidocaine
etidronic acid
etilefrine
etilevodopa
etizolam
etodroxizine
etomidate
etretinate
etybenzatropine
fluoroethyl
guanethidine
hydroxyethyl
hydroxyethylpromethazine
iminoethyl
methoxyethyl
methyl ethyl ketone
methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
monoethyl
nitrosoethylurea
norgestrel
octaethyl
oxalethyline
oxoethyl
pethidine
phenetol
phenylethylamide
suxethonium
tetraethyl
tetraethylammonium
tetraethylgermanium
tetra-ethyl lead
thioethyl
triethyl
evzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛvzəʊn/
Forms: form: evzones
form: evzonoi
form: evzoni
Etymology: From Greek εύζωνος (évzonos), from Ancient Greek εὔζωνος (eúzōnos, “girt for battle”), from εὖ (eû, “well”) + ζώνη (zṓnē, “girdle”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the Greek presidential guard.
examples: text: The soldiers seen at various stations belong to the corps of the Greek army that proved itself most effective in the recent war, the Evzonoi.
ref: 1905, Burton Holmes, The Wonders of Thessaly: The Burton Holmes Lectures: The Olympian Games in Athens; Grecian Journeys; The Wonders of Thessaly, page 242:
text: The best-paid Greek soldiers are the Evzonoi, their pay amounting to 12 lepta a day extra (that is to say, to 27 lepta net).
ref: 1913, Percy Falcke Martin, Greece of the Twentieth Century, page 98:
text: All this time little bands of rounded-up Evzones and men of the other regiment of the garrison were being brought in, together with news of the French losses.
ref: 1918, George Ward Price, The Story of the Salonica Army, page 227:
text: That's an evzone on our cover this month — and an evzone, as you probably know, is a Greek soldier of a certain kind. Recruited from mountain districts of Greece, the evzones make up rifle units in the Greek Army — but are better known to tourists as the skirted lads who make up the Royal Palace Guard.
ref: 1953 April, “Our Cover”, in The Rotarian, page 4:
text: The Evzones not only halted the invasion, but drove the Italians out of Greece and, by the onset of winter, occupied the southern quarter of Albania.
ref: 2010, Richard H. Kraemer, The Secret War in the Balkans: A WWII Memoir, page 107:
glosses: An infantryman of a select corps of the Greek army.
ewer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈjʊə/
homophone: your (one pronunciation, without pour–poor merger, rare)
homophone: you're (one pronunciation, without pour–poor merger)
ipa: /ˈju.ɚ/
rhymes: -uːə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ewers
Etymology: From Middle English ewer, from Anglo-Norman or Old French ewer, eawer (modern French évier), from Latin aquārium, from aqua (“water”). Doublet of aquarium.
Senses: glosses: A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle. Originally used for carrying water
Hypernyms: pitcher
Derived terms: ewerer
ewerful
ewery
ewers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ewer
exhume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˈ(h)juːm/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzjuːm/
ipa: /ɛkˈs(j)um/
ipa: /ɪɡˈz(j)um/
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: exhumes
form: exhuming
form: exhumed
form: exhumed
Etymology: From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).
Senses: examples: text: The archeologist exhumed artifacts from the ground with a shovel.
text: Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 126:
glosses: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
examples: text: Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.
ref: 2009, S. E. Wilmer, Writing and Rewriting National Theatre Histories, page 47:
glosses: To uncover; to bring to light.
Synonyms: dig up
disinter
unbury
unearth
Derived terms: exhumable
exhumation
exhumer
reexhume
unexhumed
exude
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzjuːd/
ipa: /ɪɡˈzud/
ipa: /ɪkˈsud/
rhymes: -uːd
Forms: form: exudes
form: exuding
form: exuded
form: exuded
Etymology: Latin exudāre, exsudāre (“to sweat out”), from ex- (“out, out of”) + sudāre (“to sweat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-.
Senses: examples: text: There are five hundred and fifty-five trees, and they exude the sweetest odours
ref: 1870, William Henry Wilkins, The Romance of Isabel:
glosses: To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.
examples: text: The molten glass exudes into the space outside the outer crucible, and a filament is pulled from the exudant to form a cored glass fiber.
ref: 2013, Vladimir G. Plekhanov, Applications of the Isotopic Effect in Solids, page 258:
glosses: To flow out through the pores.
examples: text: Wearing that suit, Jasper just exudes class.
glosses: To give off or radiate a certain quality or emotion, often strongly.
Derived terms: exudant
exudate
exudation
exuder
exudivore
exusion
nonexuding
unexuded
eyelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.lət/
homophone: islet
rhymes: -aɪlət
Forms: form: eyelets
Etymology: From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling as eye + -let is due to folk etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Push the aglet of the shoelace through each of the eyelets, one at a time.
coordinate_terms: buttonhole
grommet
eyebolt
eye screw
screw eye
glosses: An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
glosses: A shaped metal embellishment containing a hole, used in scrapbook. Eyelets are typically set by punching a hole in the page, placing the smooth side of the eyelet on a table, positioning the paper over protruding edge and curling the edge down using a hammer and eyelet setter.
glosses: Cotton fabric with small holes.
glosses: The contact tip of the base of a light bulb.
glosses: A peephole.
glosses: A little eye.
Derived terms: eyeleteer
eyelet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.lət/
homophone: islet
rhymes: -aɪlət
Forms: form: eyelets
form: eyeletting
form: eyeleting
form: eyeletted
form: eyeletted
form: eyeleted
form: eyeleted
Etymology: From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling as eye + -let is due to folk etymology.
Senses: glosses: To make eyelets in.
eyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyers
Etymology: From eye + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixot, London, Notes vpon Book II. Chap. IV, p. 47,
The Amoretto was wont to take his stand at one place about the pew, where sate his Mistresse, who was a very attentive hearer of the man above her, and the sutor was as diligent an eyer of her, for having a book, and black-lead pen alwaies in his hand, (as if he took notes of the sermon) at last he got her exact picture.
text: You knew less about sex than you knew about sleuthing, but you soon figured out what the goods were and got them. You were not so much a private eye as an eyer of privates.
ref: 2010, Robert Coover, Noir, New York: Overlook Duckworth, page 97:
glosses: One who eyes someone or something.
fabler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fablers
Etymology: From fable + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] certain fine fablers and lowd lyers, such as were the Authors of King Arthure the great and such like, who tell many an vnlawfull leasing of the Ladyes of the Lake, that is, the Nymphes.
ref: 1579, Edmund Spenser, “Aprill”, in The Shepherd’s Calendar, London:
text: No wonder that the Mythology, and Arabian Nights, and Shakespeare, and Scott’s novels, entertain us,—we are poets and fablers and dramatists and novelists ourselves.
ref: 1849, Henry David Thoreau, “Wednesday”, in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, Boston: James Munroe, page 279:
text: Clark insisted that Juan Diego was “on the imagination’s side”; Juan Diego was a “fabler, not a memoirist,” Clark said.
ref: 2015, John Irving, chapter 25, in Avenue of Mysteries, New York: Simon and Schuster:
glosses: A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
facer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: facers
Etymology: From face (noun) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I made £150 by Alton Locke, and never lost a farthing; and I got, not in spite of, but by the rows, a name and a standing with many a one who would never have heard of me otherwise, and I should have been a stercoraceous mendicant if I had hollowed when I got a facer, while I was winning by the cross, though I didn't mean to fight one.
ref: 1856 May, Thomas Hughes, quoting Charles Kingsley, “Prefatory Memoir”, in Charles Kingsley, Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet. […], London: Macmillan and Co., published 1876, →OCLC, page lvi:
glosses: A blow in the face, as in boxing.
examples: text: “You're such a snob,” she said, with a provoking laugh; coming from the family he was thought to be snobbish about, this was a bit of a facer.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 1, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 6:
text: He [Joschka Fischer] was for Nato, looser visa rules and—quite the facer for his pacifist colleagues—the bombing of Serbia.
ref: 2024 January 27, Janan Ganesh, “Could there be a liberal demagogue?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 21:
synonyms: slap in the face
glosses: An unexpected and stunning blow or defeat.
examples: Dory […] poured a little whisky into a glass, and grew reminiscent. “I had a facer myself this morning before I came down,” he said.
glosses: A serving of alcoholic drink; a dram.
facer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: facers
Etymology: From face (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who faces; one who puts on a false show; a bold-faced person.
fakeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fakeers
form: fakir
Senses: glosses: An Eastern religious ascetic or monk.
fard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːd/
ipa: /fɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: fards
form: faird
form: Scotland
form: feard
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English farden (“to apply cosmetics”) or Middle French farder, from Old French farder (“to make up or paint the face; to disguise; to represent in a false light”), from Frankish *farwidōn (“to colour, dye”), from Proto-Germanic *farwiþōną (“to colour”), from *farwō (“colour”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“coloured; motley”).
The word is cognate with Icelandic farða, Latin pulcher (“beautiful”), Old High German farwjan (“to colour”) (modern German Farbe (“colour”)), Middle Low German varwe (“colour”) (Low German Farwe (“colour”)), Welsh erch (“dark brown”).
The noun derived is from French fard (“cosmetics, make-up”), from Old French fart (“cosmetics, make-up”) (masculine) (farde (feminine)); further etymology is uncertain, but a possible derivation is from Old High German gifarwit (“coloured, painted”), past participle of farwjan (“to colour”), from Proto-West Germanic *faru (related to the verb).
Senses: examples: text: And theſe [including Edward Gibbon] preſent us with the ſkeleton of hiſtory, not merely clothed with muſcles, animated with life, and bearing the bloom of health upon its cheek; but, inſtead of carrying a higher fluſh of health upon its cheek, and ſhewing a brighter beam of life in its eyes, rubbed with Spaniſh wool, painted with French fard, and exhibiting the fire of falſehood and wantonneſs in its eyes.
ref: 1791, John Whitaker, chapter I, in Gibbon’s History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, in Vols. IV, V, and VI, Quarto, Reviewed, London: Printed for J[ohn] Murray, […], →OCLC, page 4:
text: [Y]et, that your Majesty may not be abused, and that you may see that there is nothing but fard in that which may seem fairest of all their proceedings, I conceive myself obliged in duty and honour to undervalue all their malice, and truly to inform your Majesty in what you are, and may be, so much concerned. [Footnote 1: […] Fard here signifies the false daubing on a harlot's cheek.[…]]
ref: 1856, Mark Napier, quoting James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, chapter XXXIII, in The Memoirs of the Marquis of Montrose, volume II, Edinburgh: Thomas G. Stevenson, […]; London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., →OCLC, page 701:
text: [page 141] Various other paints, or what the French commonly denominate fards, are chiefly made for theatrical use; but they are, nevertheless, extensively used by private individuals. Unfortunately, most of these have for a basis white lead. […] [page 142] In France, where the conservators of public health constitute an intelligent portion of every municipality, prosecutions for selling fatally deleterious fards are far from being uncommon.
ref: 1862 February, “Cosmetics”, in William B. Dana, editor, The Merchants’ Magazine and Commercial Review, volume XLVI, number II, New York, N.Y.: William B. Dana, publisher and proprietor, […], →OCLC, pages 141–142:
glosses: Colour or paint, especially white paint, used on the face; makeup, war-paint.
fard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːd/
ipa: /fɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: fards
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).
Senses: examples: text: It is suggested that the child pray only the fardrak'ats at this stage. He can keep adding the sunnah rak'ats from the time he has all the fards completed—that is, from his seventh birthday—so that by age ten he has the entire salat, fards and sunnahs, complete.
ref: 1995, Norma Tarazi, Zeba Siddiqui, “Islamic Practices, Manners, and Values”, in The Child in Islam: A Muslim Parent’s Handbook, Plainfield, Ind.: American Trust Publications, →ISBN, page 132:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A commandment from Allah that a Muslim has to fulfill; a religious duty or obligation.
fard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːd/
ipa: /fɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فَرْض (farḍ, “religious duty”), from فَرَضَ (faraḍa, “to ordain, make obligatory, specify”).
Senses: examples: text: The second fundamental of Islam is "to perform the ritual prayer (namâz, salât) [five times a day in accordance with its conditions and fards] when the time for prayer comes." It is fard for every Muslim to perform salât five times every day after each time of salât starts and to know that he or she performs it in due time.
ref: 1993, Mawlânâ Diyâ’ Ad-dîn Khâlid, “Introduction”, in Belief and Islam (Hakîkat Kitâbevi Publications; no. 8), Istanbul: Hakîkat Kitâbevi, →OCLC:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Required as a matter of religious duty or obligation.
fard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːd/
ipa: /fɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: fards
Senses: examples: text: And ſone as he perſavys quhar that went / Forganyſt him, cumand throu greſy ſward, / Hys derreſt ſon Ene with hasty fard, / Baith his handys joyfull furthſtracht he than;[…]
ref: [a. 1522, Virgil, chapter XI, in Gawin Douglas [i.e., Gavin Douglas], transl., edited by [George Dundas], The Æneid of Virgil: Translated into Scottish Verse (Bannatyne Club, Publications; 64, no. 1), volume I, Edinburgh: T. Constable, printer, published 1839, →OCLC, page 355, lines 14–17:
glosses: Alternative form of ferd (“force of movement; impetus, rush; hence, a violent onset”).
fard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑːd/
ipa: /fɑɹd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: fards
Senses: glosses: A document attesting to the owner of a property.
farina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈɹiːnə/
ipa: /fəˈɹaɪnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: farinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”), from far (“kind of grain”).
Senses: glosses: A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.
glosses: A particular grade of wheat meal, commonly used as hot breakfast cereal in North America.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A powdery, pale yellow, crystalline secretion consisting of flavonoids in Primula and other species.
synonyms: cream of wheat
glosses: Hot breakfast cereal made from prepared farina in milk.
faro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛəɹəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹəʊ
homophone: pharaoh
Etymology: Presumably an alteration of pharaoh, itself a transcription of French pharaon, perhaps as a name for the King of Hearts.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
synonyms: farobank
pharaoh
glosses: A game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
Related terms: buck the tiger
fawner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːnə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɔːnə(ɹ)
homophone: fauna (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: fawners
Etymology: From fawn + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who fawns; a sycophant.
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fays
form: faying
form: fayed
form: fayed
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Senses: glosses: To fit.
examples: text: I have a strip cutter and I can cut the exact widths I need to fit, they are easy to fay together and attach very firmly to the bulkheads.
ref: Model Shipbuilders, 2010
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
topics: business
manufacturing
shipbuilding
glosses: Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
glosses: To fadge.
Synonyms: sense: to join or unite closely
word: affix
word: attach
word: put together
word: join
Derived terms: faying surface
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more fay
form: most fay
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Senses: examples: text: Under the four outer corners of the horizontal frame platform 22 are four tubular leg sleeves 23 that are fay together one at each outer corner.
ref: US Patent Application 20070033853, 2006
glosses: Fitted closely together.
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fays
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”). More at fairy.
Senses: examples: text: that mighty Princesse did complaine / Of grieuous mischiefes, which a wicked Fay / Had wrought [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A fairy.
Synonyms: fairy
Derived terms: faydom
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more fay
form: most fay
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English faie, fei (“a place or person possessed with magical properties”), from Middle French feie, fée (“fairy", "fae”). More at fairy.
Senses: glosses: Fairy-like.
Related terms: fey
fae
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fays
form: faying
form: fayed
form: fayed
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fegien, fæien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.
Senses: glosses: To cleanse; clean out.
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: fays
Etymology: Abbreviation of ofay.
Senses: glosses: A white person.
fay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fā
ipa: /feɪ/
homophone: fey
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more fay
form: most fay
Etymology: Abbreviation of ofay.
Senses: examples: text: I really went for Ray's press roll on the drums; he was the first fay boy I ever heard who mastered this vital foundation of jazz music.
ref: 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 62:
glosses: White; white-skinned.
fedora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈdɔːɹə/
ipa: /fəˈdɔɹə/
Forms: form: fedoras
Etymology: From a 19th-century play by Victorien Sardou titled Fédora. The heroine, Fédora Romazov, wore a center-creased, soft brimmed hat. The name comes from the Russian Федо́ра (Fedóra), feminine form of Фёдор (Fjódor), from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros, “gift of god”), derived from θεός (theós, “god”) and δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
Senses: glosses: A felt hat with a fairly low, creased crown with a brim that can be turned up or down.
wikipedia: Fédora
Victorien Sardou
Derived terms: fedoraed
fermi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mi/
/ˈfɛə(ɹ)mi/
Forms: form: fermis
Etymology: Named after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi.
Senses: glosses: An obsolete name of the unit of length equal to one femtometre (10⁻¹⁵ m).
wikipedia: Enrico Fermi
ferric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fĕr'ĭk
ipa: /ˈfɛɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
Forms: form: more ferric
form: most ferric
Etymology: From Latin ferricus, from ferrum (“iron”).
Senses: synonyms: ferrous
siderous
glosses: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: ferrous
ferryl
glosses: Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +3.
Derived terms: deferric
diferric
ferric acid
ferric ammonium citrate
ferric bromide
ferric carbide
ferric chloride
ferric fluoride
ferric orthophosphate
ferric oxide
ferric phosphate
ferricrete
ferric state
ferric sulfate
ferric sulfide
ferric sulphide
ferric sulphate
ferrod
ferrosoferric
ferrosoferric oxide
hypoferric
mafic
microferric
monoferric
nonferric
potassio-ferric sulfate
potassio-ferric sulphate
fescue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛskjuː/
Forms: form: fescues
Etymology: From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).
Senses: examples: text: to come under the fescue of an imprimatur
ref: 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
text: ‘Now then,’ Mason rapping upon the Table’s Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly
ref: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
glosses: A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
glosses: A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
examples: text: with thy golden fescue play'dst upon
Thy hollow harp
ref: c. 1610s, Homer (attributed), translated by George Chapman, The Crowne of all Homers Workes: Batrachomyomachia, or the Battaile of Frogs and Mise […], published 1624:
glosses: An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
glosses: The style of a sundial.
Derived terms: red fescue
seaside fescue
sheep's fescue
tall fescue
fescue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛskjuː/
Forms: form: fescues
form: fescuing
form: fescued
form: fescued
Etymology: From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).
Senses: examples: text: A minister that cannot be trusted to pray in his own words without being chewed to, and fescued to a formal injunction of his rote lesson, should as little be trusted to preach, besides the vain babble of praying over the same things immediately again ; for there is a large difference in the repetition of some pathetical ejaculation raised out of the sudden earnestness and vigour of the inflamed soul, (such as was that of Christ in the garden,) from the continual rehearsal of our daily orisons;
ref: 1641, John Milton, Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnuus:
glosses: To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
fetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfitl̩/
rhymes: -iːtəl
Forms: form: foetal
form: fœtal
form: fætal
form: phoetal
form: phœtal
Etymology: From fetus + -al.
Senses: examples: text: fetal circulation
text: fetal membranes
topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: gametal
zygotal
blastocystic
blastular
embryonal
embryonary
embryonic
embryonical
glosses: Pertaining to, or connected with, a fetus.
Derived terms: afetal
early fetal demise
embryofetal
extrafetal
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
fetal alcohol syndrome
fetally
fetalness
fetal position
fetofetal
go fetal
intrafetal
maternofetal
multifetal
nonfetal
oncofetal
Pinard fetal stethoscope
postfetal
uterofetal
Related terms: intrauterine
prenatal
fete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fāt
enpr: fet
ipa: /feɪt/
ipa: /fɛt/
homophone: fate
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: fetes
form: fête
Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest.
* The verb derives from French fêter.
Senses: examples: text: The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.
ref: 1991, Treasure Hunting, Treasure Hunting Publications
glosses: A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
glosses: A feast, celebration or carnival.
fete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: fāt
enpr: fet
ipa: /feɪt/
ipa: /fɛt/
homophone: fate
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: fetes
form: feting
form: feted
form: feted
form: fête
Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest.
* The verb derives from French fêter.
Senses: examples: text: Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
ref: 1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd:
text: Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.
ref: 2007 April 6, Mike Barnes, “Is this the hardest-working man in music?”, in The Guardian:
text: In another LRB review, he had written after reading Martin Amis’s latest, elsewhere feted as a glorious return to form: “I read The Zone of Interest straight through twice from beginning to end and it feels like I’ve read nothing at all.”
ref: 2016 April 9, Philip Oltermann, quoting Michael Hofmann, “Michael Hofmann: ‘English is basically a trap. It’s almost a language for spies’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: For three days Emmanuel Macron was wooed and fêted by Donald Trump, treated to marching bands and banquets.
ref: 2018 April 27, William Cook, “Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?”, in The Spectator:
synonyms: celebrate
glosses: To celebrate (a person).
fib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: fibs
Etymology: Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable (“nonsense”).
Senses: examples: text: Aſk me no queſtions, and I'll tell you no fibs.
ref: 1773, [Oliver] Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer: Or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. […], London: […] F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, Act III, page 51:
text: Wouldn’t that serve as an excuse, in Boston? I am told they are very sincere; they don't tell fibs.
ref: 1878, Henry James, chapter 6, in The Europeans, Macmillan and Co.:
synonyms: word: alternative fact
word: anti-fact
word: invention
word: bluff
word: bollocks
word: bullshit
word: canard
word: cap
word: chin
word: clanker
word: contradiction
word: cram
word: disinformation
word: fabrication
word: falsehood
word: falsification
word: fib
word: flam
word: goof
word: hoax
word: hummer
word: inveracity
word: inverity
word: jive
word: lie
word: mendacity
word: misinformation
word: mistruth
word: nonsense
word: nontruth
word: pork pie
word: porker
word: porky
word: prevarication
word: red flag
word: rubbish
word: story
word: swack-up
word: tall tale
word: terminological inexactitude
word: untruism
word: untruth
word: whopper
word: wisker
word: yanker
word: yed
glosses: A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
examples: text: "Oh! you dreadful fib," said Flora.
ref: 1861, Henry Kingsley, Ravenshoe:
glosses: A liar.
fib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: fibs
form: fibbing
form: fibbed
form: fibbed
Etymology: Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable (“nonsense”).
Senses: glosses: To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
Derived terms: fibber
fibbery
fibster
outfib
unfibbing
Related terms: pilfer
fib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: fibs
Etymology: Clipping of fibula.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The fibula.
Related terms: tib
fib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: fibs
form: fibbing
form: fibbed
form: fibbed
Senses: examples: text: Fib the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung; beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purse.
ref: 1785, Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, published 1788, To Fib:
text: The Chicken himself attributed this punishment to his having had the misfortune to get into Chancery early in the proceedings, when he was severely fibbed by the Larkey one, and heavily grassed.
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: As Biggs and his party arrived, I heard Hawkins say to Berry, "For heaven’s sake, my boy, fib with your right, and mind his left hand!"
ref: 1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Fight at Slaughter House”, in Men's Wives, page 16:
text: Then there was a wild scuffle and a furious outcry, and all the bargemen for a moment seemed to hug me and themselves too; when, as there was no room to hit out, in the phraseology of the ring, I fibbed at half-a-dozen waistcoats and faces with all my might and main.
ref: 1865, Grantley Berkeley, “Eton Boys”, in My Life and Recollections, volume 1, page 311:
text: Quoth he, "Thou dost surely jest when thou sayest that thou dost not understand such words. Answer me this: Hast thou ever fibbed a chouse quarrons in the Rome pad for the loure in his bung?"
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part sixth, page 207:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.
Synonyms: pummel
Derived terms: english: pummelling
translation: pummelling
word: fibbing
word: fibbing-gloak
word: fibbing-match
fib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: fibs
Etymology: Short for Fibonacci.
Senses: glosses: A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: A-fib
sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: a-fib
sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: v-fib
sense: etymologically unrelated terms
word: V-fib