cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ouboet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ouboets
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans ouboet.
Senses: examples: text: A boy who is an ouboet would not shirk responsibility, but being the younger, the baby […]
ref: 2014, Zoe Wicomb, October: A Novel:
glosses: An older brother or a male friend.
kurrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Arabic كُرَّاث (kurrāṯ).
Senses: glosses: Egyptian leek; considered a variety of Allium ampeloprasum (Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat) or a species Allium kurrat
ajudicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of adjudicate.
Lullington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2513).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7851).
long-player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-players
form: long player
Etymology: From long-play + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The re-release of ‘Da Funk’ by Virgin Records, and the subsequent long-player Homework, broke Daft Punk to an overground audience that had for too many years seen French pop as synonymous with crooners such as Johnny Hallyday.
ref: 2011, Colin Larkin, The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Omnibus Press, →ISBN, page 486:
glosses: Synonym of long-play.
synonyms: word: long-play
long player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long players
Senses: examples: text: Other than regularly supporting Client in a DJ'ing capacity, Andy Fletcher was likewise rewarded in kind with praise being heaped on his label's début long player following its August 2003 release […]
ref: 2009, Jonathan Miller, Stripped: Depeche Mode, Omnibus Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of long-player.
Willersey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1039).
armfulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armfull
Weston-sub-Edge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP1241).
curlbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curlbars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of curl bar.
curl bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curl bar
armsfull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armfull
Bishop's Cleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Tewkesbury borough, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9627).
fisheress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fisheresses
Etymology: From fisher + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Fancy again, Lady fisheresses (I appeal to good old Tory young ladies who land big salmon every autumn in or about the Gordon-Richmond estates in Scotland), how much jollier it is to see the monarch of the stream on the grass than to ‘rink’ at Prince’s, or to be carried round Belgravian drawing-rooms, half dead and quite knocked up, in the mazy waltz. Not that Prince’s is a bad place by any means, nor ballrooms either. / Now, is not this a romantic opening? I am going to talk about cockney fishing twenty years ago.
ref: 1876, Baily’s Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, volume XXVIII, number 192, Cornhill, London: A. H. Baily & Co., About Several Men Who Went A-Angling, pages 167–168:
text: With ribbons and rings and fluffy things / She strolls on the sand slopes brown, / As trig as a yacht and without a spot / On the folds of her creamy gown. / ’Tis scarce the dress of a fisheress, / Yet thus to be arrayed / Is parcel and part of the subtle art / Of this fair young fisher maid. / […] Clinton Scollard.
ref: 1898, Munsey's Magazine, volume 19, A Pair Fisher Maid.:
text: Peter. What! Jennings! That black fish, with the very red and blue gills? / Sarah. Why Peter! Peter Perch! Shame on you, Peter! How dare you give the pious Mr. Simon such scaly names! You see then, I’m watching all your queer fish talk. Bless me! After a bit I shall be taken for a fisheress!
ref: 1940, America's Lost Plays, volumes 13–14, page 183:
text: The various pieces are gathered from more-or-less scientific treatises and begin, as did Peter Corodimas’ “In Trout Country” (Little, Brown, 1971), with Dame Juliana Berners, that amiable fisheress of the fifteenth century, and come right down to articles in contemporary periodicals.
ref: 1974, Best Sellers, volume 34, page 490:
glosses: A female fisher.
Related terms: fisherwoman
Yealmpton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5751).
Dump
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Toledo District, Belize.
Dump
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Donald Trump.
Afro-Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Afro-Ukrainian
form: most Afro-Ukrainian
Etymology: From Afro- + Ukrainian.
Senses: examples: text: Another reason for discontent is the mixed origin of singers, as was the case with the Afro-Ukrainian Gaitana or Swedish singer Loreen, described as Swedish of Moroccan-Berber descent
ref: 2017, Juliana Tzvetkova, Pop Culture in Europe, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 172:
text: The mistress of the house, Julietta, is Afro-Ukrainian. Her father was from Africa. He came to the U.S.S.R. as a student.
ref: 2022, Andrey Kurkov, Diary of an Invasion, Mountain Leopard Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Ukrainians of African descent.
Afro-Ukrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afro-Ukrainians
Etymology: From Afro- + Ukrainian.
Senses: examples: text: Performances of blackness, as exemplified by Afro-Ukrainians like Gaitana and African groups like Alfa-Alfa and Chornobryvtsi, show that musicians walk a fine line of wishing to change perceptions of blacks in Ukraine while at the same time dipping into expectations of black performance aesthetics in order to communicate with the audience.
ref: 2014, Adriana N. Helbig, Hip Hop Ukraine, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: A Ukrainian of African descent.
astronomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: astronomy
smokeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokeress
Warri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Delta State, Nigeria.
osmoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmoscope
West Ardsley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2825).
Related terms: East Ardsley
barrack-room lawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrack-room lawyers
form: barracks room lawyer
Senses: examples: text: "Dot" Williams: If you were any kind of senior officer, you wouldn't have sent such an inexperienced young policeman out on such a dangerous job.
 Senior Sergeant Grossmith: Hooked yourself a regular barracks room lawyer, I see.
ref: 2012 May 4, Shelley Birse, “Blood and Circuses” (34:38 from the start), in Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, season 1, episode 11:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A know-it-all.
Synonyms: barracks lawyer
barracks room lawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barracks room lawyer
Amhara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈhæɹə/
Forms: form: Amharas
Etymology: From Ge'ez ዐምሐራ (ʿämḥära).
Senses: examples: text: Ahmed was also appreciated for his talents as a showman, because he had no equal in letting loose the famous eskista, with the heaving quiver of the torso and shoulders, of which Ethiopians are so fond. Eskista is the dance of the Amharas, enhancing amorous repartee and expressing collective jubilation.
ref: 2002 August 1, Frank Tenaille, Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music, →ISBN, page 168:
glosses: A member of a Semitic people of Ethiopia.
Derived terms: Amharic
Amhara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈhæɹə/
Etymology: From Ge'ez ዐምሐራ (ʿämḥära).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Amhara people; synonym of Amharas; a Semitic-speaking people of Ethiopia.
glosses: Ellipsis of Amhara language; synonym of Amharic; a Semitic language spoken by the Amharas, and a lingua franca used by Ethiopia.
glosses: a province of the Ethiopian Empire
examples: text: Spokespeople for the Ethiopian government, the army and Amhara's regional administration did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The government has not publicly commented on allegations its forces have committed abuses in Amhara.
ref: 2023 October 30, Dawit Endeshaw, “Conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara kills dozens, rights body says”, in Reuters:
glosses: A state of Ethiopia; in full, Amhara Region. Seat: Bahir Dar.
yellow vest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow vests
Etymology: Calque of French gilet jaune.
Senses: examples: text: “Justice for Adama,” a movement launched after the 2016 death of Adama Traoré, a 24-year-old black man killed by police, joined forces with the yellow vests on Saturday.
ref: 2018 December 8, James McAuley, “Why are the ‘yellow vests’ still protesting in France? His name is Macron”, in The Washington Post:
text: Yellow vest protesters accuse Mr Macron of protecting the Parisian elite, especially the rich, while neglecting the hardship of citizens in the provinces.
ref: 2019 November 16, “Yellow vest protests: More than 100 arrested as violence returns to Paris”, in BBC News:
synonyms: yellow jacket
glosses: A member of a French protest movement which started in late 2018 against rising fuel prices and advocates for economic justice and institutional political reforms.
yellow vests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yellow vest
Woodkirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in West Ardsley, Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE2725).
Ambedkarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ambedkarites
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Ambedkarism, the philosophy or the ideology of B. R. Ambedkar.
Related terms: Ambedkarian
Ambedkarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ambedkarite
Ambedkarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ambedkarian
form: most Ambedkarian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer.
Related terms: Ambedkarite
Ambedkarism
merry-go-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In Ruſcia, there are no preſents but of meate or drinke; I preſent you vvith meate, and you in honourable courteſie to requite mee, can do no leſſe then preſent mee vvith the beſt mornings draught of merry-go-downe in your quarters, […]
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
glosses: strong ale
trim-tram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trim-trams
Senses: examples: text: A trym tram for an horſe myll it were a nyſe thyng / Deyntes for dammoyſels, Chaffer far fet […]
ref: c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott:
text: Our consciences, now, quite unclogged from the fear of his vain terriculaments and rattle-bladders; and from the fondness of his trimtrams and gugaws
ref: 1547, William Patten, The Expedition into Scotland, as published in 1895, Edward Arber, An English Garner, volume III, page 70
text: Head, body, taile and all of a redde Herring you ſhall haue of mee, if that vvill pleaſe you, or if that vvill not pleaſe you, ſtay till Eſter Terme, and then vvith the anſvvere to the Trim Tram, I vvill make you laugh your hearts out.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “To His Readers, Hee Cares Not What They Be”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
glosses: A worthless trifle.
working vocabulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working vocabularies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of active vocabulary.
synonyms: word: active vocabulary
plague doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plague doctors
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A physician treating the bubonic plague, or employed simply to collect demographic and epidemiological data, especially one wearing protective clothing including goggles and a mask with a long bird's beak filled with aromatics to ward off the disease.
plague doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plague doctor
Dornoch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7989).
glosses: A village in Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Dornoch Firth
Fortrose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly a survival of the territorial name Fortriu, from Pictish.
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in the Black Isle, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7256).
glosses: A coastal locality in Southland, New Zealand.
Biluchistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Balochistan.
NCSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of National Cyber Security Centre.
glosses: Abbreviation of National Cybersecurity Center.
glosses: Abbreviation of National Computer Security Center.
impeachy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: impeachier
form: impeachiest
Etymology: Blend of impeach + peachy, equivalent to impeach + -y.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Relating to impeachment.
XIVth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From XIV (Roman numeral representing fourteen) + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: ENGLISH / of / THE XIVᵗʰ CENTURY, / illustrated by notes, grammatical and philological, / on / Chaucer’s Prologue and Knight’s Tale. / designed to serve as / AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
ref: 1872, Stephen Haskins Carpenter, English of the XIVth Century, Illustrated by Notes, Grammatical and Philological, on Chaucer’s Prologue and Knight’s Tale. Designed to Serve as an Introduction to the Study of English Literature, Boston: Ginn Brothers:
text: PROCEEDINGS OF THE XIVth INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COORDINATION CHEMISTRY / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA / JUNE 22-28, 1972
ref: 1972, Proceedings of the XIVth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Toronto, Canada, June 22-28, 1972, volume 1:
text: This volume presents the proceeding of the four workshops Spoken Language, Neurolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics and Language Contacts across the Baltic of the joint conferences of the XIVth Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics and VIIIth Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics held at the University of Göteborg, August 16-21, 1993.
ref: 1994, Proceedings of the XIVth Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics and the VIIIth Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics, August 16-21, 1993, →ISBN:
text: U.S. National Reports to the XIVth Congress of The International Academy of Comparative Law
ref: 1994, U.S. National Reports to the XIVth Congress of The International Academy of Comparative Law: Athens, Greece, July 31-August 6, 1994:
text: PROCEEDINGS OF THE / XIVth Triennial Congress of the […]
ref: 2000, Ergonomics for the New Millennium: Complex systems and performance:
glosses: Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.
Synonyms: 14th
fourteenth
Related terms: sense: Previous
word: XIIIth
sense: Next
word: XVth
Lebid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lebids
Etymology: From Ukrainian Ле́бідь (Lébidʹ), from ле́бідь (lébidʹ, “swan”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Ле́бідь (Lébidʹ).
Lebed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lebeds
Etymology: From Russian Ле́бедь (Lébedʹ), from ле́бедь (lébedʹ, “swan”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Ле́бедь (Lébedʹ).
Nouvelle Vague
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nouvelle vague.
XVIIIth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From XVIII (Roman numeral representing eighteen) + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: PICTURES / of / GERMAN LIFE / In the XVIIIᵗʰ and XIXᵗʰ Centuries.
ref: 1863, Georgiana Malcolm, transl., Pictures of German Life In the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, translation of original by Freytag, Gustav:
text: The prince goes to the chief of Naharaina, a land probably unknown to the Egyptians until the Asiatic conquests of the XVIIIth Dynasty had led them to the upper waters of the Euphrates.
ref: 1895, Egyptian Tales: XVIIIth to XIXth Dynasty, page 29:
text: French Architects of the XVIIIth Century.
ref: 1900, French Architects and Sculptors of the XVIIIth Century, London: George Bell and Sons, page XIII:
text: Nordenskiold: Periplus, reproduces the Chart of the Arctic Ocean (No. II. of our Atlas) on p. 97, and notes (p. 98) that this is a very early map of the North Coast of Asia based on the Great Northern Expedition (1734–42); no official and complete atlas faithfully rendering the observations of this Expedition was published during the XVIIIth cent.
ref: 1940, Printed Books of the XVth to the XVIIIth Century, Many Illustrated with Woodcuts Or Engravings, page 12:
text: XVIIIth INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ELECTROCARDIOLOGY, 1991
ref: 1992, Józef Jagielski, Mirosław Górnicki, editors, Electrocardiology '91: Proceedings of the XVIIIth International Congress on Electrocardiology: Warsaw, Poland, 24 – 26 August 1991, World Scientific, →ISBN, page IV:
text: We believe that this work was produced in Flanders in the XVIIIᵗʰ century imitating the style that prevailed there during the first quarter of the previous century.
ref: 2001, Angel Miguel Navarro, Flemish and Dutch Masters (from the XVIth to the XVIIIth Century) at the National Museum of Fine Arts, →ISBN, page 46:
text: Imagining Europe in the XVIIIᵗʰ century: the case of Herder
ref: 2006, Imagining Europe in the XVIIIth century: the case of Herder:
text: General Reports of the XVIIIᵗʰ Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
ref: 2011, Karen B. Brown, David V. Snyder, editors, General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: Abbreviation of eighteenth; 18th.
Synonyms: 18th
eighteenth
Related terms: sense: Previous
word: XVIIth
sense: Next
word: XIXth
covid-19 parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covid-19 party
glizzies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glizzy
COVID-19 party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COVID-19 parties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of covid-19 party.
Covid-19 party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Covid-19 parties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of covid-19 party.
IIIrd person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most writers on this subject conclude that the notions Ist person, IInd person and IIIrd person are semantic primes, ie.., cannot be further broken down into other semantic components.
ref: 1970, Journal of Tamil Studies, volume 2, number 2:
text: Plural / IInd person jaoge / jaogi / Ist and IIIrd person jaēge / jaēgi
ref: 1974, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 34, page 35:
text: In IIIrd person also, honorific—non-honorific distinction is maintained.
ref: 1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: Alternative form of third person.
Coordinate terms: Ist person
IInd person
IInd person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most writers on this subject conclude that the notions Ist person, IInd person and IIIrd person are semantic primes, ie.., cannot be further broken down into other semantic components.
ref: 1970, Journal of Tamil Studies, volume 2, number 2:
text: In H. singular Ist person form is different from the rest and in plural the IInd person form is different from the rest of the forms.
ref: 1974, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 34, page 35:
text: Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.
ref: 1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Alternative form of second person.
Coordinate terms: Ist person
IIIrd person
Ist person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Most writers on this subject conclude that the notions Ist person, IInd person and IIIrd person are semantic primes, ie.., cannot be further broken down into other semantic components.
ref: 1970, Journal of Tamil Studies, volume 2, number 2:
text: In H. singular Ist person form is different from the rest and in plural the IInd person form is different from the rest of the forms.
ref: 1974, Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute, volume 34, page 35:
text: Plural suffixes may be optionally added after the Ist person exclusive ƞə—z̆e, Ist person inclusive ƞə—təƞ, and IInd person non-honorific khyo—z̆e and honorific ñe—z̆e.
ref: 1979, Ladakhi grammar, →ISBN, page 104:
glosses: Alternative form of first person.
Coordinate terms: IInd person
IIIrd person
HTFU
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: HTFU means you pull yourself out of a warm bed, suit up and jump on your bike even if the weather is awful.
ref: 2015 April 26, Karl Stade, “Winter cycling: your complete survival guide”, in The New Daily:
text: (see title)
ref: 2016 March 9, Frank Strack, “Rule #5 : Cycling's relationship with HTFU”, in Cyclist:
text: “You know what I applied this morning? Some HTFU cream,” Tucker says. “What’s that?” A grin. “Harden the fuck up.”
ref: 2017 June 20, Christopher Solomon, “The Hayduke Option”, in Outside Magazine:
text: “Now put a little HTFU cream on and strap in.” “What's HTFU cream?” “Harden the fuck up,” Hayden said.
ref: 2019, Justin Sloan, George S. Mahaffey Jr., Syndicate Wars:
glosses: Initialism of harden the fuck up.
thentofore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: This was a shed in Covent Garden Market, thentofore dignified by the title of ‘Carpenter's Coffee House’ […] .
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 49
glosses: Theretofore; before that.
nounify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nounifies
form: nounifying
form: nounified
form: nounified
Senses: examples: text: In modern parlance, the difference between nouns, adjectives, and verbs has blurred somewhat: nouns take on the appearance of adjectives, verbs become nounified, and so on.
ref: 1997, Woody Leonhard, Lee Hudspeth, Timothy-James Lee, Excel 97 Annoyances:
text: [...] Authors have a maddening tendency to nounify verbs and to privilege verbified nouns in their languaged discourse; they have proclivity toward vocabularistically challenged prose [...]
ref: 1998, Justice quarterly, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: The Pentagon has now nounified it [the word push back].
ref: 2004, William Safire, The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time:
glosses: To turn into a noun.
Afro-Ukrainians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Afro-Ukrainian
ecopreneurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ecopreneurial
form: most ecopreneurial
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ecopreneurs.
ecoprovincial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eco- + provincial.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an ecoprovince.
ecopsychologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ecopsychological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means or, or in terms of, ecopsychology.
GWAPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GWAP
denormalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denormalizers
Etymology: From denormalize + -er.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A process or algorithm that denormalizes.
denormalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denormalizer
denotability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From denote + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being denotable.
maskhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maskholes
Etymology: Blend of mask + asshole
Senses: examples: text: Why is this my problem to deal with? This maskhole? This covidiot whose stupidity is putting me at risk? This isn't what I signed up for.
ref: 2020 July 19, Eli Saslow, “No mask, no entry. Is that clear enough?”, in The Washington Post, page A1:
text: The Maskhole wears theirs halfway down the face, while grinning, thus rendering the protection to others null and void.
ref: 2020 August 6, Phoebe Luckhurst, “The great cover-up: TRENDS from fashion's big spenders to DIY menders”, in Evening Standard, page 17:
text: Kimmel first tore into “maskhole” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for shredding up a warning from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), regarding Congress’ mask mandate.
ref: 2021 May 21, Leia Idliby, “Jimmy Kimmel slams ‘Freeloaders’ avoiding the vaccine: ‘You’re the guy who brings five napkins to a potluck’”, in Mediaite, Newstex Trade & Industry Blogs:
text: Maskholes and other assorted Covid-era jagoffs have shown the level of abuse that these jobs subject people to, and if the extra unemployment gave people the leverage to hold out for more money to take that abuse, I’m all for it.
ref: 2021 July 22, Tommy Christopher, “Opinion: Biden Gives Great Answer for Republican Restaurant Mogul Who Can’t Find Workers”, in Mediaite, Newstex Trade & Industry Blogs:
glosses: A person who refuses to wear a facemask during the COVID-19 pandemic.
examples: text: I did not mean Masshole. I meant Maskhole a virtue-signaling, white-privilege 'progressive' who knows nothing about COVID, but believes he does and also believes he has some inherent right to tell everyone else how to live their lives on account of COVID.
ref: 2020 May 15, Ed Mosca, “Don’t be a #Maskhole”, in Granite Grok, Newstex blogs:
text: Well, look, I wear a mask, I try not to be a maskhole about it. If I see — if I see somebody who doesn't have a mask, I don't call 911.
ref: 2021 March 18, John Kennedy, quotee, “SEN. JOHN KENNEDY (R-LA) IS INTERVIEWED ON FOX NEWS”, in Political Transcript Wire, Lanham:
text: Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as “speaker maskhole,” as she revealed that she has now been sent two warning letters for not wearing a face mask in Congress.
ref: 2021 May 21, James Crump, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Nancy Pelosi ‘Speaker Maskhole’ Over House Fines”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A person who harasses others for not wearing a face mask.
glosses: A person who insists on wearing a mask long after the covid pandemic is over, including when alone in the car or at home.
maskholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maskhole
microclimatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From microclimate + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The study of microclimate.
glosses: The microclimate of a particular environment.
cyberresilience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + resilience.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast to cyberprotection, cyberresilience anticipates that a cyberattack will succeed. It has in place methods for rapid detection, cushioning the effects and quickly restoring systems to their pre-attack state. […] Any additional regulation should incentivize organizations to increase their focus on cyberresilience and recovery.
ref: 2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resilience to cyberthreats.
Related terms: cyberresilient
cyberresilient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyberresilient
form: most cyberresilient
Etymology: From cyber- + resilient.
Senses: examples: text: Any additional regulation should incentivize organizations to increase their focus on cyberresilience and recovery. It’s not a matter of if, but when, an organization will be breached. The organizations that are cyberresilient will best be able to protect our privacy and our critical infrastructure.
ref: 2022 September 30, Michael Coden, “Letters: Against Cyberattacks”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resilient to cyberthreats.
Related terms: cyberresilience
ghost language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost languages
Etymology: By analogy to ghost town.
Senses: examples: text: Of the 250 or so Aboriginal languages once spoken in Australia, two-thirds are extinct or moribund. Coastal languages were usually the first to go, with settlement patterns matching patterns of extinction. In Western Australia, the former of approximately 110 Aboriginal languages, 45 were presumed extinct, and another 30 were on the verge of extinction. Wajuk, the original language of Perth, was dead. Nyungar, the language of the southwestern tip of the continent, was gone. Mirning, the language of Eucla, had disappeared with barely a trace. Witjaari, once spoken north of Wajuk, was now a ghost language. And the list went on. I had come to a land of linguistic devastation.
ref: 2000, Juliette Blevins, Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Oceanic linguistics special publication; 30), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page ix:
synonyms: dead language
extinct language
glosses: A language which has lost its speakers.
synonyms: spurious language
glosses: A posited natural language which does not actually exist.
ghost languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost language
wind engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind engine
CCNY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: City College of New York
Hallyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: hallyu
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 한류(韓流) (Hallyu, literally “Korean current”).
Senses: examples: text: As amazing as Samsung is, its international appeal doesn't derive directly from Hallyu.
ref: 2014, Euny Hong, The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture, page 234:
text: The sudden rise of Korean popular culture and its dissemination in Asian countries, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu, took many people in Asia by surprise, […]
ref: 2016, Dal Jin, New Korean Wave: Transnational Cultural Power in the Age of Social Media, page 4:
text: Since early 1999, Hallyu exports have added an estimated $11.6 billion into the Korean economy (0.2 percent of Korea's GDP), contributing to the status of South Korea as the world's 12th largest economy.
ref: 2020, Hyo Kyung Woo, “The Emergence of Koreatown in Singapore and a Global Community of K-culture Fans”, in Jinwon Kim, Soo Mee Kim, Stephen Cho Suh, editors, Koreatowns: Exploring the Economics, Politics, and Identities of Korean Spatial Formation, page 122:
text: The spread of South Korean (hereafter Korean/Korea) popular culture across borders, that is, the Korean Wave or hallyu, whose origin dates back to the late 1990s, is no longer a new phenomenon to media users and scholars of media, communications, cultural, and narrative studies alike.
ref: 2020, Hyesu Park, Understanding Hallyu: The Korean Wave Through Literature, Webtoon, and Mukbang, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of Korean Wave.
synonyms: word: Korean Wave
sialophagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialophagias
Etymology: From sialo- + -phagia.
Senses: glosses: The excessive swallowing of saliva
half joe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half joes
Senses: examples: text: [M]y father's draft […] was paid in the Portuguese coin of half-Joes, or six-and-thirty shilling pieces, at that time made current in Great Britain.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 59
glosses: A Portuguese gold coin, worth 3,200 reis, formerly current in North America.
half joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half joe
sliceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slice + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Ability to be sliced.
antifeudalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifeudalist
form: most antifeudalist
form: anti-feudalist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antifeudal.
synonyms: word: antifeudal
antifeudalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifeudalists
form: anti-feudalist
Senses: glosses: Somebody opposed to feudalism.
Tain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town (royal burgh) in Ross-shire, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7882).
gendervague
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gender + vague.
Senses: examples: text: Someone who is gendervague cannot separate their gender identity from their neurodivergence—being autistic doesn't cause my gender identity, but it is inextricably related to how I understand and experience gender.
ref: 2016, Lydia X. Z. Brown, quoted in Finn V. Gratton, Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families (2019), page 15
text: […] Julia Feliz—a gendervague, pansexual, Afro-Boricua (Puerto Rican)—created the flag design used in this image.
ref: 2019, "Acknowledgements", in Katie Steele & Julie Nicholson, Radically Listening to Transgender Children: Creating Epistemic Justice Through Critical Reflection and Resistant Imaginations, unnumbered page
text: Lei Wiley-Mydske is an autistic and otherwise disabled mom, […] activist, artist, and gendervague writer from the Pacific Northwest.
ref: 2021, “Contributors”, in Emily Paige Ballou, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Sharon daVanport, editors, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity, page 204:
glosses: Having a gender identity linked to one's neurodivergence (particularly autism).
Synonyms: neurogender
Hypernyms: neuroqueer
Hyponyms: autigender
Related terms: english: gender-nonspecific
translation: gender-nonspecific
word: gender-vague
Embo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8192).
Fourpenny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH8094).
combava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combavas
Senses: examples: text: Alsatian-born and classically trained, Vongerichten was in love with Oriental exotica—tamarind, galangal (a gingerlike root that tastes of lime), and the citric combavas leaf-from his days in Bangkok, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
ref: 1990 March 19, New York Magazine, page 78:
text: In Reunion Island, the production of a local selection of combava (Citrus hystrix DC) has steadily declined since the 60's due to severe CTV.
ref: 2004, S.A.M.H. Naqvi, editor, Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables, volume 1:
text: A certain citrus tree in the Comoro islands northwest of Madagascar and in other nearby islands and in Madagascar itself produces large and very delicate fruits, locally known as combavas.
ref: 2017, Steffen Arctander, Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 141:
text: The presence of furocoumarin compounds creates photosensitisation of any skin that is subjected to prolonged exposure to the sun after application of combava expressed essential oil to that area.
ref: 2019, Dominique Baudoux, Contemporary French Aromatherapy:
glosses: Synonym of kaffir lime.
synonyms: word: kaffir lime
combavas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combava
iPadOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From iPad + OS.
Senses: examples: text: Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone or iPad.
ref: 2020 July 9, Jacob Krol, “Here’s how to get the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 public beta”, in CNN:
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A mobile operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. used for its tablets.
cheap and nasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: cheap and of bad quality.
Related terms: cheap and cheerful
ballist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballists
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of ballista.
second most
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: second-most
form: secondmost
Senses: glosses: Second to the most.
phacolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacoliths
Etymology: Coined by English geologist Alfred Harker in 1909 as phacolite, from phaco- (“lens”) + -lite or -lith (“rock”).
Senses: examples: text: This body is a phacolith intruded along the gneiss-schist boundary in the trough of a syncline that plunges 16° southeast.
ref: 1947, Virgil Everett Barnes, Raymond Fillmore Dawson, George Ashworth Parkinson, Building Stones of Central Texas - Volume 19, page 21:
text: This bedding forms a distinctive stratigraphic sequence that may be traced from phacolith to phacolith throughout an area of 1,200 square miles.
ref: 1964, Geological Survey Professional Paper, volume 501, page A-81:
text: Corndon Hill, which lies east of Montgomery in Powys, Wales, is a circular phacolith made of Ordovician dolerite (Figure 5.3b).
ref: 2007, Richard Huggett, Fundamentals of Geomorphology, page 120:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lens-shaped mass that occurs in an anticlinal crest or synclinal trough.
phacoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacolith
Newdigate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1942).
grandfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandfriends
Etymology: From grand- + friend.
Senses: examples: text: One high school has “Senior Teas” on a fairly regular basis, bringing senior citizens and teenagers together in a social setting. Other communities have students adopt a senior citizen as a “grandfriend” and have regular get-togethers
ref: 2000, Marcia Yannizze Melnyk, The Weekend Genealogist:
text: To enter the contest, students 8-18 years interview a grandparent or grandfriend 50 years or older about the older persons hopes and goals through their life, how they achieved their goals and overcame obstacles ....
ref: 2004, The Social Studies Professional:
text: “But I'm sure no one would object if I came as your grandfriend.” He looked puzzled, then beamed at me. “yes! My grandfriend! oh, and you're supposed to bring a treat.” “How about brownies?” “yes. My grandfriend and brownies.”
ref: 2014, Alan Sorem, Lucy Scott’s Grand Stand: Age Is an Attitude, Not a Condition, page 52:
text: A grandfriend is someone from an older generation. These wise, grandparent-aged friends can help make life a little more fun—and impart wisdom you can't get anywhere else. There may be potential grandfriends in your community in assisted-living facilities.
ref: 2018, Amy Neumann, Simple Acts to Change the World: 500 Ways to Make a Difference, page 94:
glosses: A friend of the same generation or age as a grandparent.
stream graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stream graphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of streamgraph.
stream graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stream graph
Red Rider
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Red Rider
Senses: examples: text: When she finally spoke, the word came out as a breathy whisper. “War?” ¶ “The Red Rider,” the woman agreed.
ref: 2010, Jackie Morse Kessler, Hunger (fiction), Boston; New York: Graphia, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Came, as the prophet from his lonely shore / To man foretold, a thousand years before, / When the Red Rider—minister of wrath, / Rode on his desolating, destin'd path!
ref: 1833, A. W. Fenton, “To the Spirit of Byron”, in Midnight in London, and Other Poems, Penrith, page 108:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of red rider.
First Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: First day
form: first day
form: First-day
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan history/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
hysteriae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysteria
Second Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Monday (the second day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
Third Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Tuesday (the third day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
Aldergrove
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and international airport in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A community in the Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
Fourth Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Wednesday (the fourth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
Fifth Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Thursday (the fifth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
Sixth Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Friday (the sixth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Saturday
translation: Saturday
word: Seventh Day
Seventh Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used (like First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" implications/etymology of the traditional name.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Saturday (the seventh day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week)
Coordinate terms: english: Sunday
translation: Sunday
word: First Day
english: Monday
translation: Monday
word: Second Day
english: Tuesday
translation: Tuesday
word: Third Day
english: Wednesday
translation: Wednesday
word: Fourth Day
english: Thursday
translation: Thursday
word: Fifth Day
english: Friday
translation: Friday
word: Sixth Day
Related terms: Seventh-day Adventist
🦀
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Etymology: From 2018 April Fools' Day single "Crab Rave" by musician Noisestorm, where the music video features crabs dancing in a similar form to this emoji; popularized by a version in which the words "Obama is Gone" were overlaid on the video.
Senses: examples: text: 🦀 The mods are gone 🦀
text: They resigned! —Really? 🦀🦀🦀
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:🦀.
glosses: Used in celebration.
glosses: good riddance
Jordan rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the defendant, Barrett Richard Jordan, in the Canadian criminal court case, known as R v Jordan, whose resolution, the ruling decision, that established the rule.
Senses: topics: government
law
politics
qualifier: crime; constitution; human rights; crime; constitution; human rights
glosses: A rule regarding the length of a criminal court case, usually limited to eighteen or thirty months from filing charges to trial.
wikipedia: en:R v Jordan (2016)
Podeschwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Podeschwas
Etymology: Respelling of Podeszwa, from Polish podeszwa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Wallops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Wallops Island.
Wallops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wallop
Wallop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wallops
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Farleigh Wallop
Middle Wallop
Nether Wallop
Over Wallop
Wallops Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wallop + -'s + island. From landowner John Wallop, who was granted title to the island in 1692 by the Crown.
Senses: glosses: An island of Accomack, Virginia, United States in the Virginia Barrier Islands, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Synonyms: english: former name
translation: former name
word: Kegotank Island
Accomack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Accawmack, an Amerind tribe originally resident in Accomac Shire, Commonwealth of Virginia, Colonial America, British North America.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Accawmack.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Accomac.
glosses: Ellipsis of Accomack County.
Accomac County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Accawmack Indians who inhabited the area.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Accomack County: a county of Virginia, United States.