cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
centennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/
Forms: form: centennials
Etymology: From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.
Senses: glosses: The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
Synonyms: centenary
Derived terms: centennially
multicentennial
semicentennial
quasquicentennial
sesquicentennial
bicentennial
tricentennial
quadricentennial
quincentennial
sexcentennial
septicentennial
octocentennial
Related terms: frequency
churn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃɜːn/
enpr: chûrn
ipa: /t͡ʃɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: churns
form: churning
form: churned
form: churned
Etymology: Noun from Middle English chyrne, cherne, kyrne ( > Scots kirn), from Old English ċyrn, ċyrin, ċirin (“churn”), from Proto-Germanic *kirnijǭ (“churn”); verb from Middle English chyrnen from Old English ċernan, from Proto-Germanic *kirnijaną (“to churn, stir”), of unknown origin. Cognate with West Frisian tsjerne, Dutch karn, Walloon serene, German Karn, Kirne, Norwegian Bokmål kjerne, Danish kærne, Swedish kärna, Icelandic kirna.
Senses: examples: text: Now the cream is churned to make butter.
text: no-churn ice cream
text: Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose.
ref: 1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses:
glosses: To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
examples: text: The slope of the terrain, shaped like a funnel, squeezed the growing swell of churning snow into a steep, twisting gorge.
ref: 2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Times:
glosses: To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.
examples: text: I was so nervous that my stomach was churning.
glosses: To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.
examples: text: Subscriptions can be ended or canceled, which is known as churn. If there are no subscriptions, a customer churns when they stop using the product.
ref: 2020, Carl S. Gold, Fighting Churn with Data, page 5:
topics: business
glosses: To stop using a company's product or service.
raw_tags: of a customer
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: To repeatedly cancel and rebook a reservation in order to refresh ticket time limits or other fare rule restrictions.
topics: business
finance
lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: To continually sign up for new credit cards in order to earn signup bonuses, airline miles, and other benefits.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To carry out wash sales in order to make the market appear more active than it really is.
Derived terms: churnable
churnalist
churnalize
churn and burn
churner
churningly
churn out
churn up
gut-churning
rechurn
stomach-churning
unchurn
unchurned
penalty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛnəlti/
note: Indic
ipa: /pɛˈnælʈi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɛnəlʈi/
Forms: form: penalties
form: pœnalty
Etymology: From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.
Senses: examples: text: The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
glosses: A legal sentence.
examples: text: Was it so irreconcilable, Warwick wondered, as still to peal out the curfew bell, which at nine o'clock at night had clamorously warned all negroes, slave or free, that it was unlawful for them to be abroad after that hour, under penalty of imprisonment or whipping?
ref: 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
glosses: A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: In sports
A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
examples: text: A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: In sports
A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
examples: text: "But you, my noble, my generous girl!" exclaimed Lord Avonleigh, "I dare not let you pay the penalty of my former folly."
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 126:
glosses: A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.
Synonyms: punition
punishment
sentence
Derived terms: counterpenalty
death penalty
drive-through penalty
face mask penalty
fixed penalty notice
long lap penalty
loyalty penalty
match penalty
minor penalty
pay the penalty
penalty arc
penalty area
penalty box
penalty card
penalty copy
penalty corner
penalty envelope
penalty function
penalty goal
penalty kick
penalty kill
penalty loop
penalty mark
penalty phase
penalty point
penalty rate
penalty shoot-out
penalty shootout
penalty shot
penalty spot
penalty throw
penalty try
penalty turn
penalty unit
Pessi
point penalty
prepayment penalty
stop-and-go penalty
Related terms: word: penal
word: penality
word: penalize
word: free kick
AGB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AGBs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of asymptotic giant branch; A classification of stars on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of AGB star (“a star in this classification”).
Coordinate terms: Cepheid
Cepheid variable
distance ladder
Hertzsprung-Russell
H-R diagram
standard candle
TRGB
type I supernova
Derived terms: AGB population
AGB star
Related terms: asymptotic giant branch
giant star
star
Vietnamese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/
ipa: /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Viet-Namese
Etymology: From Vietnam + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.
ref: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 228:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Vietnam.
Derived terms: anti-Vietnamese
East Vietnamese Sea
Vietnamese balm
Vietnamese cassia
Vietnamese cilantro
Vietnamese cinnamon
Vietnamese coffee
Vietnamese coriander
Vietnamese fermented glutinous rice
Vietnamese fermented sticky rice
Vietnamese fermented sweet rice
Vietnamese greenfinch
Vietnamese mint
Vietnamese mossy frog
Vietnameseness
Vietnamese pot-bellied pig
Vietnamese sandwich
Vietnamese spring roll
Vietnamese studies
Vietnamese time bomb
Vietnamese tuberculosis
Vietnamese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/
ipa: /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Vietnamese
form: Viet-Namese
Etymology: From Vietnam + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore.
ref: 2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 36:
glosses: A person or people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent.
glosses: Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.
Vietnamese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/
ipa: /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: Viet-Namese
Etymology: From Vietnam + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The Vietnamese I own is the one you gave me, the one whose diction and syntax reach only the second-grade level.
ref: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 31:
text: If the idea of “exotic” and complex languages with features you’ve never imagined thrills you, I guarantee you’ll get more out of studying Navajo, American Sign Language, Kikuyu, Vietnamese, Cree, Cantonese, Quechua, or Nuuchahnnulth than Quenya, Klingon, or attempting to make your own.
ref: 2023 December 30, Daniel W. Hieber, “Why I hate conlangs”, in Linguistic Discovery, archived from the original on 24 May 2024:
synonyms: Annamese
Annamite
glosses: The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Vietnamese terms
allemand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of allemande.
wadmal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wadmals
form: wadmaal
form: wadmeal
form: wadmel
form: wadmell
form: wadmol
form: wadmoll
Etymology: From Middle English wadmal, wadmol, from Old Norse váðmál (“woolen stuff”), from váð (“cloth”) + mál (“measure”). Cognate to Danish vadmel, Swedish vadmal, Norwegian Nynorsk vadmål and Icelandic vaðmál. Compare wad (“a small mass”) and woodmeil.
Senses: glosses: Thick coarse heavily napped wool mostly (formerly) used in Scandinavia and parts of Britain in winter clothing for the poor, similar to melton.
Related terms: word: wad
english: garment
translation: garment
word: weed
cardinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑːd.nəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹdɪnəl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹdnəl/
Forms: form: more cardinal
form: most cardinal
Etymology: From Middle French cardinal, from Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge, hence applied to that on which something turns or depends, important, principal, chief”), from cardin-, cardō (“hinge”) + -ālis, adjectival suffix.
Senses: examples: text: a cardinal rule
text: But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
ref: 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: the cardinal intersections of the zodiack
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
text: Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
ref: a. 1631, Michael Drayton, To my noble friend Mr. William Brown, of the evil time:
glosses: Of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
examples: text: a cardinal mark
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of or relating to the cardinal directions (north, south, east and west).
glosses: Describing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
glosses: Having a bright red color (from the color of a Catholic cardinal’s cassock).
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: fixed
mutable
glosses: Being one of the signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, associated with initiation, creation, and force.
daystar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪstɑː/
ipa: /ˈdeɪstɑɹ/
rhymes: -eɪstɑː(ɹ)
Forms: form: daystars
form: day star
Etymology: From Middle English daysterre, from Old English dæġsteorra, equivalent to day + star. Cognate with Scots daystern (“morningstar; daystar”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus
text: Here dawn'd the daystar of Hesperia's fame, / Here herald glory first emblazed her name;
ref: 1809, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad, book VI, l. 245:
text: And we have more sure the prophetic word; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the daystar arise in your hearts;
ref: 1865, Common English Version of the Bible, 2 Peter 1:19:
synonyms: Phosphorus
Eosphorus
glosses: The planet Venus as the morning star.
examples: text: I only go outdoors at night, away from the daystar's burning glare.
glosses: The Sun.
stepmother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛpmʌðə/
Forms: form: stepmothers
form: step-mother
Etymology: From Middle English stepmoder, from Old English stēopmōdor, from Proto-Germanic *steupamōdēr (“stepmother”), corresponding to step- + mother. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Stäifmuur (“stepmother”), Dutch stiefmoeder (“stepmother”), German Low German Steevmoder (“stepmother”), German Stiefmutter (“stepmother”), Danish stedmor (“stepmother”), Swedish styvmor (“stepmother”), Icelandic stjúpmóðir (“stepmother”). Compare also West Frisian styfmem (“stepmother”).
Senses: synonyms: word: bonus mother
word: co-mother
english: same-sex and polygamous families
translation: same-sex and polygamous families
hypernyms: stepparent
coordinate_terms: stepfather
glosses: The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
examples: text: The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother, or love-in-idelness.
ref: 1974, Tove Jansson, translated by Thomas Teal, The Summer Book, Sort Of Books, published 2003, page 115:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A viola, especially Viola tricolor, heartsease.
Synonyms: word: mother-in-law
word: stepdame
word: stepma
word: stepmam
word: stepmama
word: stepmamma
word: stepmom
word: stepmomma
word: stepmommy
word: stepmum
word: stepmummy
Derived terms: ex-stepmother
Related terms: ex-stepfather
ex-stepparent
stepbrother
stepchild
stepdaughter
stepmother-in-law
stepfamily
stepfather
stepparent
stepsibling
stepsister
stepson
Genoa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/
ipa: /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/
Etymology: From Latin Genua (influenced by Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
Senses: glosses: A port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Genoa and the region of Liguria, Italy.
glosses: A metropolitan city of Liguria, established in 2015; in full, the Metropolitan City of Genoa.
glosses: A former province of Liguria.
glosses: A town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Miller County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small statutory town in Lincoln County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in DeKalb County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Nance County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated town in Douglas County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cayuga County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Ottawa County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The former name of Perry Heights, an unincorporated community in Stark County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of the city of Houston, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Vernon County, Wisconsin. Former name of village: Bad Axe.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Four townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska and Ohio, listed under Genoa Township.
glosses: a maritime republic in northwestern Italy that existed from the 11th century until its disestablishment in 1797 when Napoleon formed the Ligurian Republic, a client state; Genoa briefly regained independence in 1814 before becoming quickly annexed by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1815.
Genoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛn.əʊ.ə/
ipa: /dʒɛnˈəʊ.ə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛn.oʊ.ə/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛnˈoʊ.ə/
Forms: form: Genoas
Etymology: From Latin Genua (influenced by Italian Genova), as the city was known by the ancient Ligurians. Probably from the Ancient Ligurian word for “knee”, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénw-eh₂ (“knee”), a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu; in this sense “angle”, from its geographical position, thus akin to Geneva.
Senses: glosses: Genoa cake.
hypocoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more hypocoristic
form: most hypocoristic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to baby talk.
Related terms: hypocorism
hypocoristical
hypocoristically
hypocoristicon
hypocoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: hypocoristics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.
Related terms: endearing
pet name
term of endearment
size
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
homophone: psis
homophone: scise
homophone: sighs
Forms: form: sizes
form: sizing
form: sized
form: sized
Etymology: Attested since the 14th century, originally meant a “law or regulation that determines the amount to be paid”, from Middle English syse, sise (“regulation, control, limit”), from Old French cise, sise, aphetism of assise (“assize”), from the verb asseoir (“to sit down”), from Latin assidēre, composed of ad- (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sed-. Displaced native Old English miċelnes (literally “bigness”).
Senses: examples: text: a statute […] to size weights, and measures
ref: 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:
glosses: To adjust the size of; to make a certain size.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To classify or arrange by size.
To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.
topics: business
mining
glosses: To classify or arrange by size.
To sift (pieces of ore or metal) in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.
examples: text: However, SDS-PAGE consistently sized most of the proteins smaller than the ProteoAnalyzer, resulting in a larger percent difference between the two systems.
ref: 2024, Agilent Technologies, Protein Sizing with the Agilent ProteoAnalyzer System:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To classify or arrange by size.
To separate different proteins by molecular weight.
glosses: To approximate the dimensions, estimate the size of.
examples: after 1633 (first published), John Donne, Farewell to Love
Our desires give them fashion, and so, / As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow.
glosses: To take a greater size; to increase in size.
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: To order food or drink from the buttery; hence, to enter a score, as upon the buttery book.
examples: text: 2. Queen.[…]lend us a knee;
But touch the ground for us no longer time
Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off:
ell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne
Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone
What you would doe.
ref: 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
glosses: To swell; to increase the bulk of.
Hyponyms: sense: to adjust size
word: resize
size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
homophone: psis
homophone: scise
homophone: sighs
Forms: form: sizes
Etymology: From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)
Senses: examples: text: The beginning of a new episode of work for Bradly was an agitated niggling over six-by-four squares of cardboard coated with size and white lead, prepared by himself to save an experimental waste of canvas.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: A thin, weak glue used as primer for paper or canvas intended to be painted upon.
glosses: Wallpaper paste.
glosses: The thickened crust on coagulated blood.
glosses: Any viscous substance, such as gilder's varnish.
Synonyms: word: size
word: bigness
word: bulk
word: largeness
word: magnitude
word: scale
Hypernyms: word: physical property
Hyponyms: word: minuteness
word: smallness
word: tininess
word: enormity
word: gargantuanness
word: ginormousness
word: ginormity
word: hugeness
word: massiveness
Derived terms: sizing
Related terms: word: big-ass
word: big old
word: gigantic
word: gigantesque
word: ginormous
word: behemothic
word: bulky
word: colossal
word: enormous
word: gargantuan
word: giant
word: great
word: great big
word: hulking
word: huge
word: mammoth
word: mastodonic
word: monstrous
word: mountainous
word: large
word: motivated
word: outsized
word: oversize
word: oversized
word: sizable
word: sizeable
word: staggering
word: stupendous
word: supersized
word: titanic
word: tremendous
word: vast
word: elephantine
word: immense
word: pantagruelian
word: Brobdingnagian
word: humongous
word: humungous
word: massive
word: big
word: little
word: little old
word: small
word: tiny
word: bitty
word: diminutive
word: dinky
word: lilliputian
word: micro
word: microscopic
word: mini
word: miniature
word: minuscule
word: minute
word: nano
word: slight
word: undersized
word: puny
word: petty
word: infinitesimal
word: negligible
word: it's not the size of the ship
word: it's the motion of the ocean
word: size matters
size
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
homophone: psis
homophone: scise
homophone: sighs
Forms: form: sizes
form: sizing
form: sized
form: sized
Etymology: From Middle English syse, of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa (“a glue used by painters”), perhaps ultimately related to size / syse (“amount”), or perhaps shortened from assisa, from assiso (“to make to sit, to seat, to place”)
Senses: glosses: To apply glue or other primer to a surface which is to be painted.
size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
homophone: psis
homophone: scise
homophone: sighs
Forms: form: sizes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sice (“number six in dice games”).
Synonyms: word: size
word: bigness
word: bulk
word: largeness
word: magnitude
word: scale
Hypernyms: word: physical property
Hyponyms: word: minuteness
word: smallness
word: tininess
word: enormity
word: gargantuanness
word: ginormousness
word: ginormity
word: hugeness
word: massiveness
Related terms: word: Size in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
word: big-ass
word: big old
word: gigantic
word: gigantesque
word: ginormous
word: behemothic
word: bulky
word: colossal
word: enormous
word: gargantuan
word: giant
word: great
word: great big
word: hulking
word: huge
word: mammoth
word: mastodonic
word: monstrous
word: mountainous
word: large
word: motivated
word: outsized
word: oversize
word: oversized
word: sizable
word: sizeable
word: staggering
word: stupendous
word: supersized
word: titanic
word: tremendous
word: vast
word: elephantine
word: immense
word: pantagruelian
word: Brobdingnagian
word: humongous
word: humungous
word: massive
word: big
word: little
word: little old
word: small
word: tiny
word: bitty
word: diminutive
word: dinky
word: lilliputian
word: micro
word: microscopic
word: mini
word: miniature
word: minuscule
word: minute
word: nano
word: slight
word: undersized
word: puny
word: petty
word: infinitesimal
word: negligible
word: it's not the size of the ship
word: it's the motion of the ocean
word: size matters
directory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
ipa: /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
Forms: form: directories
Etymology: From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrectōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
Senses: examples: text: look up an address in the directory
hypernyms: list
reference work
glosses: A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: folder
coordinate_terms: label
pseudodirectory
tag
glosses: A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
examples: text: […] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
ref: 2015, Jonathan D. Smele, Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926, →ISBN, Union for the Return to the Motherland, page 1243:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: directorate
glosses: A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
Hyponyms: active directory
multidirectory
nondirectory
subdirectory
working directory
Derived terms: directory assistance
directory climbing
directory enquiries
directoryless
directory service
directory traversal
ex-directory
metadirectory
non-directory
superdirectory
Related terms: atlas
gazetteer
index
rolodex
directory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
ipa: /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
Forms: form: more directory
form: most directory
Etymology: From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrectōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.
Senses: glosses: Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
group
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gro͞op
ipa: /ɡɹuːp/
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: groups
form: grouping
form: grouped
form: grouped
form: groop
form: groupe
Etymology: From French groupe (“cluster, group”), from Italian gruppo, groppo (“a knot, heap, group, bag (of money)”), from Vulgar Latin *cruppo, Renaissance Latin grupus, from Frankish *krupp, from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz (“lump, round mass, body, crop”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewb- (“to crumple, bend, crawl”).
In the “group theory” sense, calqued from French groupe, a term coined by the young French mathematician Évariste Galois in 1830.
Cognate with German Kropf (“crop, craw, bunch”); Old English cropp, croppa (“cluster, bunch, sprout, flower, berry, ear of corn, crop”) (whence English crop); Dutch krop (“craw”), Icelandic kroppr (“hump, bunch”). Doublet of crop and croup.
Senses: examples: text: group the dogs by hair colour
glosses: To put together to form a group.
examples: text: For many people forming pods last year, finding compatible people to group with was not a cost but a goal.
ref: 2021 October 1, Calder Katyal, “Schools Need to Undo the Damage of Pods”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To come together to form a group.
Synonyms: sense: put together to form a group
word: amass
word: categorise
word: categorize
word: classify
word: collect
word: collect up
word: gather
word: gather together
word: gather up
word: round up
sense: come together to form a group
word: assemble
word: begather
word: foregather
word: throng
word: assemble
Derived terms: groupable
YMMV
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of your mileage may vary.
Related terms: TMTOWTDI
YMMD
YWMV
urination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊəɹɪˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: urinations
Etymology: From urinate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The process of passing urine, that is, of eliminating liquid waste from the body.
Synonyms: word: call of nature
word: easement
word: emiction
word: leak
word: making water
word: miction
word: micturition
word: number one
word: pee
word: piss
word: pissing
word: tinkle
word: uresis
word: urination
word: wazz
word: wee
word: wee-wee
word: wiz
word: wizz
word: whiz
word: whizz
Hypernyms: word: bathroom break
Hyponyms: word: alginuresis
Derived terms: urination station
Related terms: word: urine
word: urinate
word: urinary system
word: defecation
best regards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I look forward to finally meeting you in person. Best regards, Peter.
glosses: Used as a polite closing of a letter
Synonyms: regards
kind regards
kindest regards
best wishes
respectfully
yours sincerely
yours truly
yours faithfully
Related terms: 73
Alençon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Alençon.
Senses: glosses: A town and commune, the capital of Orne department, Normandy, France.
Derived terms: Alençon diamond
Alençon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌælɒ̃nˈsɒ̃n/
Forms: form: Alençons
Etymology: Borrowed from French Alençon.
Senses: glosses: Alençon lace.
wallah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑːlə/
ipa: /ˈwɒlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
rhymes: -ɒlə
Forms: form: wallahs
form: waala
form: waalah
form: walah
form: wala
form: vaala
form: vaalah
form: valah
form: walla
Etymology: Either from Hindi -वाला (-vālā, “pertaining to”) or from Hindi वाला (vālā, “person in charge”).
Senses: examples: text: Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? From the boxwallah, two rupees eight annas.
ref: 1931, George Orwell, A Hanging:
glosses: A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
glosses: Ellipsis of competition wallah.
glosses: A guy or bloke.
Derived terms: base wallah
boxwallah
boxwalla
compass wallah
competition wallah
dudhwallah
ground wallah
puncture-wallah
punkahwallah
wallah
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑːlə/
ipa: /ˈwɒlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
rhymes: -ɒlə
ipa: /ˈwɑːlɑː/
ipa: /wəˈlɑː/
ipa: /wəllə/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /ˈwɑːlə/
ipa: /ˈwɒlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
rhymes: -ɒlə
Forms: form: wallahee
form: wallahi
form: wellah
form: wullah
Etymology: From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wal-lāh, literally “by God”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: by God (Allah); may God be my witness. Used in making a solemn oath
wallah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑːlə/
ipa: /ˈwɒlə/
rhymes: -ɑːlə
rhymes: -ɒlə
ipa: /ˈwɑːlɑː/
ipa: /wəˈlɑː/
ipa: /wəllə/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: A corruption of voilà.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of voilà.
damosel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damosels
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of damsel.
damosella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damosellas
Etymology: Variant of damoiselle or damosel, 15th and 16th century variants of damsel, from early Middle English dameisele.
Senses: examples: text: But, damosella virgin,
Was this directed to you?
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: Damsel.
damoiselle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damoiselles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of damsel.
damourite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damourites
Etymology: After the French chemist Damour + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A kind of muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
ipa: /ˈsikwəns/
ipa: /ˈsi.kwɛns/
ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
ipa: /ˈsiːkwəns/
homophone: sequins (General American, Canada)
Forms: form: sequences
form: sequencing
form: sequenced
form: sequenced
Etymology: From Middle English sequence, from Old French sequence (“a sequence of cards, answering verses”), from Late Latin sequentia (“a following”), from Latin sequēns (“following”), from sequī (“to follow”); see sequent.
Senses: examples: text: We sequenced the code to keep it organised.
text: The later edition of the book sequenced the chapters differently, which caused a lot of confusion among non-technical readers.
glosses: To arrange (something) in an order.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To determine the order of monomers in (a biological polymer), e.g. of amino acids in (a protein), or of bases in (a nucleic acid).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To produce (music) with a sequencer.
examples: text: Children start to make meanings and connections as soon as they encounter the book. This starts with the initial analyses and inferences they make when they see the book cover and continues as they sequence through the interior illustrations.
ref: 2021 April 21, Benita Strnad, Ginger Magnusson Hewitt, “Reading a Book Through Its Cover: The Importance of Preserving Visual and Tactile Information in Children’s and Young Adult Literature in the Academic Library”, in Collection Management, volume 46, numbers 3–4, →DOI, page 335:
text: If indeed smokers sequence through more biologic therapies, these findings may bring about significant practice changes focused on smoking cessation earlier in the CD course.
ref: 2023 July 21, Madeline Alizadeh, Osman Ali, Raymond K. Cross, “Assessing Progression of Biologic Therapies Based on Smoking Status in Patients With Crohn’s Disease”, in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, volume 20, →DOI, page 2:
glosses: To proceed through a sequence or series of things.
Derived terms: sequenceability
sequenceable
accentuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɪkˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: accentuations
Etymology: From Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:
glosses: Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
topics: ecclesiastical
entertainment
lifestyle
music
religion
glosses: Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Derived terms: misaccentuation
overaccentuation
reaccentuation
slingshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/
rhymes: -ɪŋʃɒt
Forms: form: slingshots
Etymology: From sling + shot.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 61:
glosses: A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
glosses: A sling bikini.
hypernyms: elastic band
glosses: An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue.
glosses: Synonym of slingshot effect.
synonyms: word: slingshot effect
Synonyms: sense: stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles
word: bean shooter
sense: stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles
word: catapult
sense: stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles
word: flip
sense: stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles
word: hand catapult
sense: stick with elastic band for shooting projectiles
word: shanghai
Derived terms: gravitational slingshot
gravity slingshot
slingkini
slingshot effect
slingshot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/
rhymes: -ɪŋʃɒt
Forms: form: slingshots
form: slingshotting
form: slingshotted
form: slingshotted
Etymology: From sling + shot.
Senses: glosses: To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
examples: text: The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.
glosses: To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun).
Related terms: gravity assist
cwm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːm/
ipa: /kʊm/
homophone: combe
homophone: coom
homophone: khoum (some pronunciations)
rhymes: -uːm
Forms: form: cwms
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh cwm (“valley”). Doublet of combe.
Senses: examples: text: A fine glacier descends from Mount Longstaff. It has cut very deep and the walls stand at an angle of at least 50°. Otherwise, although there are many cwms on the lower ranges, the mountains themselves seem little carved.
ref: 1913, Robert Falcon Scott, Scott's Last Expedition, Volume 1, Chapter 16:
synonyms: cirque
combe
corrie
glosses: A valley head created through glacial erosion and with a shape similar to an amphitheatre.
sarnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːni/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ni
Forms: form: sarnies
form: sarny
form: sarney
Etymology: From sarn- (“perhaps from a dialectal pronunciation of the first syllable of sandwich”) + -ie. Alternatively, perhaps a misreading or an intentional dissimilation of samie (i.e. sammie), where the 'm' is mistaken for or replaced with 'rn'.
Senses: examples: text: Hello my flower, shall I fix up a cheese sarnie for you?
text: With their jock-straps pinching, they slouch to attention
While queueing for sarnies at the office canteen.
ref: 1972, “Thick As A Brick”, Ian Anderson (lyrics), performed by Jethro Tull:
text: In fact no one was playing bingo, 10p or otherwise. Nor had the patrons been enticed by the complimentary shrink-wrapped sarnies and packets of cheese-and-onion on offer in the roped-off ‘Over 18s VIP area’, with its £500-jackpot fruit machines.
ref: 2012, Tim Moore, You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Around Unloved Britain, Vintage, →ISBN, page 7:
text: Just like Marple, there's a plaque at the London terminus [Paddington] commemorating a fictional character - a polite, friendly little bear from darkest Peru who has a penchant for marmalade sarnies.
ref: 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 74:
glosses: A sandwich.
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: The Sandwich tern.
Synonyms: sense: sandwich
word: sammie sanger
sense: sandwich
word: sango
sense: sandwich
alt: RSA
word: sarmie
sense: sandwich
word: sambo
sense: sandwich
word: butty
Derived terms: crisp sarnie
tongue sarnie
perseverate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəːˈsɛvəɹeɪt/
ipa: /pɚˈsɛvəˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: perseverates
form: perseverating
form: perseverated
form: perseverated
Etymology: Back-formation from perseveration. Doublet of persevere.
Senses: examples: text: After perseverating for several more months, Woodrow Wilson accepted the offer.
ref: 2013, A Scott Berg, Wilson, Berkley, published 2014, page 84:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To persist in doing something; to continue to repeat an action after the original stimulus has ended.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To cause the perseveration of (a given reflex or response).
Synonyms: english: excess attention or obsession
translation: excess attention or obsession
word: obsesses
english: to repeat
translation: to repeat
word: keep on
english: to repeat; verb
translation: to repeat; verb
word: harp
Derived terms: perseverator
Related terms: perseveration
perseveratory
cornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
ipa: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt
Forms: form: cornets
Etymology: From Middle English cornet, from Old French cornet, a diminutive of a popular reflex of Latin cornū (“horn”).
Senses: synonyms: cornet-à-piston
cornet-à-pistons
glosses: A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
glosses: A piece of paper twisted to be used as a container.
glosses: A pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK, dated) an ice cream cone.
examples: text: They discerned a body of five cornets of horse very full, standing in very good order to receive them.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
glosses: A troop of cavalry; so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A kind of organ stop.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A hollow horn-like growth.
Derived terms: corneter
cornetfish
cornetist
field cornet
ice-cream cornet
cornet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔɹˈnɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
ipa: /ˈkɔːnɪt/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪt
Forms: form: cornets
Etymology: From Middle French cornette, diminutive of corne, from Latin cornua (“horns”).
Senses: glosses: The white headdress worn by the Sisters of Charity.
glosses: The standard flown by a cavalry troop.
examples: text: No general would have sent a mere cornet in command of five hundred horse: Fairfax despatched a colonel to take charge as soon as he heard what had happened.
ref: 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 45:
text: This cornet [translating Cornet] was a brave young cavalier and not more than two years older than me.
ref: 1999, Mike Mitchell, translating HJC von Grimmelshausen, Simplicissimus, III.14, Dedalus 2016, p. 253
glosses: The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).
Derived terms: cornetcy
assistant field cornet
field cornet
pellet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛl.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈpel.ɪt/
rhymes: -ɛlɪt
Forms: form: pellets
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
Senses: examples: text: a pellet of wood, paper, or ore
glosses: A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
glosses: A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
glosses: Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: ogress
glosses: A roundel sable (black circular spot).
glosses: One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
Derived terms: biopellet
ice pellet
immunopellet
macropellet
micropellet
pelletable
pelletal
pellet drum
pelleter
pellet gun
pelletization
pelletless
pelletlike
pellet moulding
pellet stove
pellistor
repellet
pellet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛl.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈpel.ɪt/
rhymes: -ɛlɪt
Forms: form: pellets
form: pelleting
form: pelleted
form: pelleted
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pelote, pelet, from Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.
Senses: synonyms: pelletize
glosses: To form into pellets.
glosses: To strike with pellets.
nocturnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒkˈtɜː(ɹ).nəl/
ipa: /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Forms: form: more nocturnal
form: most nocturnal
form: nocturnall
Etymology: From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.
Senses: examples: text: nocturnal birds
qualifier: creature; group; or species; creature; group; or species
glosses: Primarily active during the night.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: a suspicious nocturnal outing
text: Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.
ref: 2013 January 1, Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore, “Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016, pages 47–48:
glosses: Taking place at night, nightly.
raw_tags: of an occurrence
Synonyms: word: lucifugous
word: nightish
word: nightly
word: nighttime
word: nocturnal
Hyponyms: word: matutinal
word: matutine
word: vespertinal
word: vespertine
Coordinate terms: crepuscular
Derived terms: noctophobia
nocturnal active photolocation
nocturnal arc
nocturnal arch
nocturnal delirium
nocturnal emission
nocturnalism
nocturnalist
nocturnality
nocturnally
nocturnal penile tumescence
nocturnal pollution
nonnocturnal
seminocturnal
sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
nocturnal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒkˈtɜː(ɹ).nəl/
ipa: /nɑkˈtɝ.nəl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Forms: form: nocturnals
form: nocturnall
Etymology: From Middle French nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nox (“night”), from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognates include Ancient Greek νύξ (núx), Sanskrit नक्ति (nákti), Old English niht (English night) and Proto-Slavic *noťь.
Senses: glosses: A person or creature that is active at night.
examples: text: A rather different instrument was the nocturnal: it enabled you to tell the time at night, provided you knew the date, from the position of the stars in the constellation of the Great Bear, which rotate around the Pole Star.
ref: 2015, David Wootton, The Invention of Science, Penguin, published 2016, page 188:
synonyms: star clock
glosses: A device for telling the time at night, rather like a sundial but read according to the stars.