cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Dana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːnə/
ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˈdænə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Dawnay, or else an altered form of Dan or Daniel.
Senses: glosses: An American surname.
examples: text: Johnie had become a "problem" for the advisers and "baby deans" in University Hall: men with marvelously Puritan names like Dana Cotton and Christopher Wadsworth called him in and asked what the trouble was.
ref: 1971, J. Anthony Lukas, Don't Shoot — We Are Your Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 419:
text: Currently serving his sixth term in Congress, Dana Rohrabacher represents California's scenic 45th Congressional District.
ref: 2000, California Blue Book, page 168:
text: When Dana White barreled up to the microphone, at Donald Trump’s request, to say his piece on election night, it represented confirmation of the UFC CEO’s status as one of the key members of the president-elect’s inner circle.
ref: 2024 November 16, Aaron Timms, “How UFC head Dana White became the glue between Maga and the manosphere”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, originally given in honor of Richard Henry Dana Jr.
glosses: A town in Indiana; named for Charles Dana, a railroad official.
glosses: A village in Illinois; named for Thomas Dana, a railroad official.
glosses: A city in Iowa; named for Samuel Dana, an early settler.
Dana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːnə/
ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˈdænə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: Transliterations from various languages.
Senses: examples: from Persian دانا (dânâ, “wise”).
from Gulf Arabic دانة (dāna, “pearl”).
glosses: A female given name,
glosses: A village in central-west Jordan, from South Levantine Arabic ضانا.
glosses: A village in Amhara, Ethiopia, from Amharic ዳና (dana).
glosses: A town in central-west Nepal, from Nepali दाना (dānā)
Dana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːnə/
ipa: /ˈdeɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˈdænə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Dana.
Senses: glosses: A village in the Gmina of Puck, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
nana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näʹnə
ipa: /ˈnɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: nanas
form: 'nana
form: narna
form: narner
Etymology: An aphetic form of banana.
Senses: glosses: A banana.
examples: text: You look a right nana dressed up like that.
glosses: A foolish person.
nana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: näʹnə
ipa: /ˈnɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
enpr: nănʹə
ipa: /ˈnænə/
rhymes: -ænə
enpr: näʹnə
ipa: /ˈnɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: nanas
form: nanna
form: nan
Etymology: Variant spelling of nanna.
Senses: qualifier: term of endearment
glosses: One's grandmother.
glosses: A nanny.
Derived terms: nanaji
alcopop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/
ipa: /ˈæl.koʊ.pɑp/
ipa: /ˈæl.kə.pɑp/
Forms: form: alcopops
Etymology: Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”).
Senses: examples: text: However, the media soon went too far in playing the story up, claiming that underage drinkers drank only alcopop (actually they preferred cheap cider).
ref: 1999, Stanton Peel, Marcus Grant, editors, Alcohol and Pleasure: a health perspective:
text: The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture.
ref: 2003 January 23, Dave Haslam, London Review of Books:
text: Over on cheap flights from Prestwick and Stansted, these boys were often to be found floating trouserless in the Liffey at dawn, or staggering up Grafton Street, their T-shirts clinging to them with alcopops and spilled Sambuca.
ref: 2004 June 3, Andrew O'Hagan, London Review of Books:
glosses: An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.
Related terms: word: premix
word: cooler
word: malternative
parka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹkə/
ipa: /ˈpɑːkə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kə
homophone: Parker (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: parkas
form: parkee
form: parki
Etymology: 1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.
Senses: examples: text: Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.
ref: 2002 January 3, James Meek, London Review of Books:
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
Derived terms: packing parka
parkaed
parka squirrel
snorkel parka
Related terms: anorak
windcheater
shalwar kameez
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌlvɒː kəˈmiːs/
Forms: form: salwar kamees
form: salwar kameez
form: shalwar kamees
form: shalwar-kameez
Etymology: From Hindustani शलवार क़मीज़ (śalvār qamīz) / شلوار قمیص (śalvār qamīs), from Persian, from Arabic.
Senses: examples: 2002: Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez. — James Meek, in London Review of Books, 3 January 2002
2004: But the clientele that morning was mainly veiled wives in black burkas and bearded men wearing shalwar kameez — The New Yorker, 13 December 2004, p.52
glosses: an outfit worn by men and women in South Asian countries comprising loose trousers and a long shirt
must-have
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From must + have.
Senses: examples: text: The must-have toy is the apotheosis of the marketing of toys as fashion accessories.
ref: 2003 December 15, The New Yorker, page 69:
glosses: Essential to own.
must-have
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: must-haves
Etymology: From must + have.
Senses: examples: text: The selfie-stick is this year's must-have.
text: There's a huge gulf between “must-have” and “nice-to-have” products. If you sell a nice-to-have product, no one, not even your best friends, will use it long term. We all focus on must-haves.
ref: 2021, Steven S. Hoffman, Surviving a Startup, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 58:
coordinate_terms: nice-to-have
glosses: An item that one must own, or a feature that is essential to a service, etc.
mushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mush
mushing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushings
Senses: glosses: Action of the verb to mush (travel with a dog sled).
glosses: A race with a dog team.
Related terms: musher
Spence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Senses: glosses: Short form of the male given name Spencer.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A locality in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia.
glosses: A ghost town in Magnetawan township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Spences Bridge
storey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɔː.ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈstɔː.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈstɔɹ.i/
homophone: story
rhymes: -ɔːɹi
Forms: form: storeys
form: stories
form: story
Etymology: From Middle English story, via Medieval Latin historia (“narrative, illustraton, frieze”) from Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “learning through research”). The current sense arose from narrative friezes on upper levels of medieval buildings, esp. churches. Doublet of story and history.
An alternative etymology derives Middle English story from Old French *estoree (“a thing built, building”), from estoree (“built”), feminine past participle of estorer (“to build”), from Latin instaurare (“to construct, build, erect”), but this seems unlikely since historia already had the meaning "storey of a building" in Anglo-Latin.
Senses: examples: text: For superstitious reasons, many buildings number their 13th storey as 14, bypassing 13 entirely.
text: a multi-storey car park
text: It was re-built in the year 1659, and conſiſts of two ſtories of aſhler work.—The loweſt, or ground flat, on each ſide of the main gate, is occupied by ſhops, and in the ſecond ſtorey, a range of large windows, with triangular pediments, give light to the Hall.
ref: 1798, James Denholm, The History of the City of Glasgow and Suburbs: Compiled from Authentic Records and Other Respectable Authorities. […], 2nd edition, Glasgow: […] R. Chapman, and Stewart and Meikle, page 112:
text: Let the ſtreet be 100 feet in breadth, from front to front; ſunk ſtorey, from front to paliſade, 10 feet; breadth of pavement, 8 feet; the height of the houſe 2 ſtories, 15 feet each, from floor to floor; […]
ref: 1805, George Douglass, The Art of Drawing in Perspective, from Mathematical Principles; […], Edinburgh: […] Mundell and Son, and John Anderson, […]; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, and T. Ostell, […], page 66:
text: Each of the succeeding stories should be furnished in the same manner, with the platforms directly above one another, to afford protection against loose materials falling upon the man at the pump. If the water is wanted in the second storey, open the ejection pipe and cock below, shut the cock above, and direct the ejection pipe to where it is wanted.
ref: 1825, W. S., “Plan for Extinguishing Fire & Protecting Buildings”, in The Glasgow Mechanics’ Magazine; and Annals of Philosophy, volume II, Glasgow: W R. M‘Phun, […], page 277, column 1:
text: This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.
ref: 2019, Roderick Beaton, Greece: Biography of a Modern Country, Penguin, published 2020, page 307:
synonyms: floor
level
coordinate_terms: deck
glosses: A floor or level of a building or ship.
examples: text: The IPA symbol for a voiced velar stop is the single-storey , not the double-storey .
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A vertical level in certain letters, such as a and g.
glosses: A building; an edifice.
Derived terms: midstorey
multi-storey
overstorey
second-storey man
storeyed
two-storey a
two-storey g
upper storey
Related terms: Storey in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
smelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: smĕlʹē
ipa: /ˈsmɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: smellier
form: smelliest
Etymology: From smell + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly.
glosses: Having a bad smell.
examples: text: The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case."
glosses: Having a quality that arouses suspicion.
examples: text: That smelly code needs to be refactored.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having signs that suggest a design problem; having a code smell.
raw_tags: in extreme programming
Synonyms: sense: having a bad smell
word: fetid
word: foul-smelling
word: malodorous
word: rank
word: stinky
word: whiffy
sense: having a quality that arouses suspicion
word: dodgy
sense: having a quality that arouses suspicion
word: doubtful
sense: having a quality that arouses suspicion
word: dubious
sense: having a quality that arouses suspicion
word: suspect
sense: having a quality that arouses suspicion
word: suspicious
Derived terms: smelly freckle
smelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: smĕlʹē
ipa: /ˈsmɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: smellies
Etymology: From smell + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And I can get home myself, thank you. Little smelly.
ref: 1965, Richard Dowling, chapter 31, in All the Beautiful People, London: Arthur Barker Limited […], page 228:
text: Or if you know any piglets with water pistols, maybe you could throw them a bottle of gargle and say, ‘Hoy you smellies, I bet you can’t squirt the little dangly thing up the dark end of my gob with this’.
ref: 2000, Ian Whybrow, Little Wolf’s Postbag, London: Collins, →ISBN, page 45:
text: However, according to [Joey] Owens, these anarchists are all a bunch of smellies, who run away “screaming” while forever being hit over the head with iron bars by victorious fascists.
ref: 2009 June, “Anti-Fascism in Liverpool: Action! Race War to Door Wars [Review]”, in KSL: Bulletin of the Kate Sharpley Library, number 58-9, London: Kate Sharpley Library, →ISSN, page 7, column 1:
text: Both of them had been called “little smellies,” because Hillie insisted their breath reeked of garlic and fish.
ref: [2012, Joe O’Neill, Wrath of the Caid (The Red Hand Adventures; II), [Hood River, Ore.]: Black Ship Publishing, →ISBN, page 92:
text: I have two little smellies to think of too. Family is big and cost of living in this city is increasing by the day.
ref: 2014, Shweta Taneja, Cult of Chaos: An Anantya Tantrist Mystery, Noida, Uttar Pradesh: HarperCollins Publishers India, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: A smelly person.
smelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: smĕlʹē
ipa: /ˈsmɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: smellies
Etymology: A comical pronunciation of the initials SMLE.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: a Short Magazine Lee Enfield rifle or one of its derivatives.
software engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: software engineers
Etymology: Back-formation from software engineering.
Senses: coordinate_terms: developer[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous>
programmer[Appendix:Glossary#broadly|broadly]] synonymous>
;
designer
;
software architect
glosses: One who designs and implements software solutions.
Related terms: code monkey
IT
systems analyst
en route
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒn ˈɹuːt/
ipa: /ɑn ˈɹut/
note: unadapted French pronunciation
ipa: /ɛn ˈɹu(ː)t/
note: unadapted French pronunciation
ipa: /ɑ̃ ˈɹu(ː)t/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: enroute
form: on route
form: en-route
Etymology: From French en route, from en (“in”) + route (“route”).
Senses: examples: text: The shipment is en route to the buyer.
text: Nearly a century ago, my grandfather passed through Istanbul en route to Europe along with hordes of other White Russians fleeing the Russian civil war.
ref: 2014 July 21, Ivan Watson, “Loud, anarchic, quirky: My love affair with Istanbul”, in CNN:
text: Italy's potential opponents in Sunday's final might hope this game has taken a lot out of Mancini's men but you would not bank on it from a side who have simply got better and better, now adding Spain to Belgium as they claim victims of the highest class en route to the showpiece.
ref: 2021 July 6, Phil McNulty, “Italy beat Spain on penalties: 'Pure theatre as Italy present formidable obstacle in final'”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: On the way.
examples: text: The army advanced, capturing several cities en route.
glosses: Along the way.
tattletale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
Etymology: From tattle + tale.
Senses: glosses: telltale; giveaway
tattletale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
Forms: form: tattletales
Etymology: From tattle + tale.
Senses: synonyms: word: tattler
word: whistle-blower
word: narc
word: snitch
word: abaddon
word: accuser
word: beefer
word: bewrayer
word: bigmouth
word: blabber
word: blabtale
word: blabtongue
word: canary
word: CI
word: finger
word: fink
word: fizgig
word: gossip
word: grass
word: informant
word: informer
word: jurat
word: leak
word: mole
word: narc
word: nark
word: nonce
word: outer
word: peacher
word: quisling
word: rat
word: ratfink
word: rooster
word: sneak
word: snitch
word: snout
word: squealer
word: state's evidence
word: stooge
word: stool pigeon
word: stoolie
word: supergrass
word: sycophant
word: tattler
word: tattletale
word: telltale tit
word: telltale
word: tout
word: whistleblower
glosses: One who tattles (reports others' wrongdoings), often a child seeking attention.
synonyms: word: gossip
word: rumourmonger
word: carrytale
word: blab
word: blabbermouth
word: blabtale
word: blabtongue
word: busybody
word: buzzer
word: gossip
word: gossiper
word: gossipmonger
word: meddler
word: mouth
word: mumblenews
word: newsmonger
word: rumormonger
word: rumourmonger
word: scandalmonger
word: sleazemonger
word: tabby
word: talebearer
word: talecarrier
word: tattletale
word: telltale
word: telltale tit
word: titivil
word: tittle-tattle
word: town crier
word: whisperer
glosses: One who gossips, often for the sake of attention.
tattletale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætəlˌteɪl/
Forms: form: tattletales
form: tattletaling
form: tattletaled
form: tattletaled
Etymology: From tattle + tale.
Senses: glosses: To act as a tattletale; to tell on; to give away, reveal, or expose.
nary
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛə.ɹi/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈnɛɚ.i/
note: US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈnɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈneː.ɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈneəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈniəɹi/
ipa: /ˈneɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈneɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈnɜːɹɪ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: narry
Etymology: Univerbation of ne'er + a.
Senses: examples: text: And all about the room, candles gleaming in branched sconces. Nary one glare of electric light.
ref: 1923, Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines:
text: Every day, uncomplaining, this ten-ounce muscle contracts 100 thousand times nary “missing a beat.” Over a lifetime of faithful service, these two self-lubricating, self-regulating, high-capacity pumps beat two and one-half billion times […]
ref: 2014, Richard Swenson, More Than Meets the Eye: Fascinating Glimpses of God's Power and Design, Tyndale House, →ISBN:
text: Then, it took her nary ten minutes to diagnose me with adrenal fatigue
ref: 2014, Lori Gertz, When Mama Can't Kiss it Better, A journey of love, loss and acceptance:
text: Nary three weeks before, on December 12, Officer Cherylann Young steered a marked Miami-Dade County police cruiser toward the perimeter of MIA, the international airport.
ref: 2018, Antero Pietila, The Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: The Life and Legacy that Shaped an American City:
text: Mr. Hat: 'GOLDARMOR, THERE YOU ARE! I WAS THINKING... I'VE FOUGHT SCADS OF FOES, YET NARY A HAT IS WITHIN A GRASP!'
ref: 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Mr. Hat), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch
glosses: Not, never.
nary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛə.ɹi/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈnɛɚ.i/
note: US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈnɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ˈneː.ɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈneəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈniəɹi/
ipa: /ˈneɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈneɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈnɜːɹɪ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: narry
Etymology: Univerbation of ne'er + a.
Senses: examples: text: We'uns wuz willin't fout fur ole Tennessee, but for nary other State. When he started out o' Tennessee we'uns jest concluded t' strike out and leave him.
ref: 1910, John McElroy, Si Klegg: Experiences of Si and Shorty on the Great Tullahoma Campaign, page 109:
text: I'm cheered you liked [“The Partridge Festival”] but I must have it back as I have nary other copy. If you really want to read somebody, read Proust for pity's sake.
ref: 1961 March 20, Flannery O'Connor, letter to Maryat Lee, published in 1988, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
text: Together standing on the step outside the apartment house. Where nary a moth will ever come to smash its little dust on a Bonniface window pane.
ref: 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 286:
text: "Pish, and who cares for nary other?" Mrs. Bostwick cried out, tossing Etta's hand away from her. "I do, for one," said Etta tartly.
ref: 2010, Dorothy McCleary, Not for Heaven, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 289:
glosses: Not any.
toledo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toledos
Etymology: From Toledo.
Senses: examples: text: Peregrine's weapon entering a kind of net work in the shell of Godfrey's sword, the blade snapped in two, and left him at the mercy of the soldier, who, far from making an insolent use of the victory he had gained, put up his Toledo with great deliberation […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter XXXI, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume I, London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: A long toledo, vvith a hilt of filigrained ſteel, length of the blade three feet nine inches, finely tapering to a point.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, “Description of the Plates. Plate XXXIX.”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, page xv:
text: ‘Fair Neophyte, beautiful Christian,’ answered the stranger, with a diabolical sneer, ‘be it known to you that I regard bolts, and bars, and walls, as much as I did the breakers and rocks of your Indian isle—that I can go where, and retire when I please, without leave asked or taken of your brother’s mastiffs, or Toledos, or spring-guns, and in utter defiance of your mother’s advanced guard of duennas, armed in spectacles, and flanked with a double ammunition of rosaries, with beads as large as—’
ref: 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 274:
glosses: A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, a city famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.
dung beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌŋ biːtəl/
Forms: form: dung beetles
Senses: examples: text: "They went in together. His was accepted and mine rejected. The title of his paper was 'The Reproductive System of the Dung-Beetle'." There was a general laugh.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: What do dung beetles do? Adults and larvae of dung beetles feed only on dung and therefore are not a threat to the environment. This is in contrast to some other beetles found in dung pads, (not dung beetles) which feed on vegetable and other matter besides dung, while others are carnivorous. The activity of adult dung beetles can break up the dung pad, and most species bury the dung in the ground for feeding and breeding.
ref: 1990, Marina Tyndale-Biscoe, Common Dung Beetles in Pastures of South-eastern Australia, [Collingwood, Vic.?]: Division of Entomology, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 2:
text: And then there are dung beetles, feces-eaters extraordinaire. The sacred dung scarab of Egypt symbolized resurrection and immortality, explaining why the ancient Egyptians often placed these beetles in tombs with the dead and why they painted dung beetle figures on their sarcophagi.
ref: 2005, Marty [Martha L.] Crump, Headless Males Make Great Lovers: And Other Unusual Natural Histories, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Some dung beetles, called rollers, use their back legs to roll dung into a smooth, tiny ball. […] The ancient Egyptians believed that the sun was rolled across the sky by a giant dung beetle named Khepri.
ref: 2010, Aaron Reynolds, The Dung Beetle Bandits, London: Raintree Publishers, →ISBN:
text: Without dung beetles, the world would be a dirtier place. Animal dung can carry parasites and other germs that can make livestock sick. Farmers and ranchers need dung beetles to keep their pastures clean. Dung beetles clear away 80 percent of the cow manure in the whole of Texas.
ref: 2014, Emma Carlson Berne, Dung Beetles: Stronger than Ten Men! (Animal Superpowers), New York, N.Y.: PowerKiDS Press, →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: Any of the beetle of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles), especially of the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers.
glosses: Any of the true dung beetles of subfamily Scarabaeinae.
Related terms: dor
scarab
confine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kənfīnʹ
ipa: /kənˈfaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɒnfaɪn/
enpr: känʹfīn
ipa: /ˈkɑnfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: confines
form: confining
form: confined
form: confined
Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
Senses: examples: text: Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.
ref: 1717, John Dryden, “Book XII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: ‘Why, Sir, to be sure, such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany, will borrow German words; and such parts as confine with Tartary will borrow Tartar words.’
ref: 1791, James Boswell, Life of Johnson, Oxford, published 2008, page 467:
glosses: To have a common boundary with; to border on.
examples: text: Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined! let order die!
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: 1680, John Dryden, Ovid’s Epistles translated by several hands, London: Jacob Tonson, Preface,
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
text: Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
ref: 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
synonyms: pen
hem in
glosses: To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds.
Derived terms: confinable
confination
confinee
confine oneself
deconfine
reconfine
unconfine
confine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kənfīnʹ
ipa: /kənˈfaɪn/
ipa: /ˈkɒnfaɪn/
enpr: känʹfīn
ipa: /ˈkɑnfaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: confines
Etymology: From Middle French confiner, from confins, from Medieval Latin confines, from Latin confinium, from confīnis.
Senses: glosses: A boundary or limit.
examples: text: She says for you to bring her a slice of cake,
A bottle of the best wine,
And not to forget the fair young lady
That did release you from close confine.
ref: a. 1917, anonymous, “Lord Bateman” (folk song) as published in Bertrand Harris Bronson (1959) The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads, vol. 1, p. 419
glosses: Confinement, imprisonment.
Synonyms: sense: limit
word: border
sense: limit
word: bound
sense: limit
word: limit
Derived terms: confineless
bayonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪənɪt/
ipa: /ˈbeɪənɛt/
ipa: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
enpr: bā'ə-nĕtʹ
enpr: bāʹə-nĭt
enpr: bāʹə-nĕt'
ipa: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
ipa: /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/
ipa: /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
ipa: /ˈbæɡənɛt/
ipa: /ˈbæɡənət/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -eɪənɪt
rhymes: -eɪənət
Forms: form: bayonets
Etymology: From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Senses: examples: text: Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.
ref: 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:
text: “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.”
ref: 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 515:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
Derived terms: bayonet charge
bayonet clutch
Bayonet Constitution
bayoneteer
bayonet joint
bayonetlike
beef bayonet
knife bayonet
Spanish bayonet
spike bayonet
sword bayonet
Related terms: knife
spear
sword
bayonet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeɪənɪt/
ipa: /ˈbeɪənɛt/
ipa: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
enpr: bā'ə-nĕtʹ
enpr: bāʹə-nĭt
enpr: bāʹə-nĕt'
ipa: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
ipa: /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/
ipa: /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
ipa: /ˈbæɡənɛt/
ipa: /ˈbæɡənət/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -eɪənɪt
rhymes: -eɪənət
Forms: form: bayonets
form: bayoneting
form: bayonetting
form: bayoneted
form: bayoneted
form: bayonetted
form: bayonetted
Etymology: From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.
Senses: glosses: To stab with a bayonet.
examples: text: to bayonet us into a submission
ref: 1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC:
glosses: To compel or drive by the bayonet.
primer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/
enpr: prīʹmə
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɚ/
enpr: prĭmʹər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīʹmər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
homophone: primmer
Forms: form: primers
Etymology: From Middle English primer, primere, from Medieval Latin primarius and primarium (“prayer book”) possibly via Anglo-Norman primer (“prayer book”), from prima (“prime the liturgical hour and office”) + -arius and -arium (suffix forming related objects). Its use for schoolbooks derived from the late medieval and early modern use of such prayer books to teach reading.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: book of hours
prayer book
glosses: A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
topics: Christianity
Protestantism
ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
examples: ref: 1545, The A.B.C. Primers:
text: Four-year-old Elizabeth Finkle-McGraw would receive the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer from her grandfather. Fiona Hackworth would be getting a copy of the Illustrated Primer too, for this had been John Percival Hackworth's crime: He had programmed the matter compiler to place the cockleburs on the outside of Elizabeth's book.
ref: 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN:
glosses: A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
examples: text: [...] The two assets of the book are clear explanation, and a multitude of extremely helpful diagrams, some in two colours, and cutaway photographs; these clearly unravel a difficult subject for the layman, as well as the student engineman for whom the primer is chiefly designed.
ref: 1959 March, “New Reading on Railways: The Railwayman's Diesel Manual. By William F. Bolton. G. H. Lake. 7s. 6d.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 172:
glosses: An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
glosses: An elementary school class; an elementary school student.
Derived terms: double great primer
great primer
long primer
primer book
primer cord
primer school
primer-state
two-line great primer
primer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/
enpr: prīʹmə
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɚ/
enpr: prĭmʹər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīʹmər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
homophone: primmer
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīmʹə
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/
enpr: prīʹmə
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɚ/
enpr: prĭmʹər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīʹmər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
homophone: primmer
Forms: form: primers
Etymology: From prime + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The percussion primer, known as the “ 110-grain percussion primer,” contains an igniting charge of 95 grains of black powder in addition to the essential elements of a percussion primer.
ref: 1912, United States Army Ordnance Dept, Handbook of the 2.95-inch mountain gun mate/riel and pack outfit, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Therefore, the shotgun primer is quite self- contained. It consists of a separate metal cup called a battery cup that contains the primer itself. That's why it is considered a two-piece primer.
ref: 2003, Sam Fadala, The Gun Digest Blackpowder Loading Manual, →ISBN, page 73:
text: Take care when handling primers, especially ensure that your fingers are free of oil or dirt. Oil can affect the detonating properties of the primer pellet, and can be the cause of misfires if too much oil gets into the primer.
ref: 2016, Steve Sieberts, Gun Digest Shooter's Guide to Competitive Pistol Shooting, →ISBN, page 224:
glosses: Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
glosses: A person who primes explosives.
glosses: A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
glosses: A layer of such a substance.
examples: text: The undermakeup (primer) should be allowed to dry-set for 30 seconds. Apply foundation over the primer with a sponge using light, careful strokes to blend. Undermakeups come in cream form, sponge-on wands, or sponge-on cream, and as a lotion.
ref: 1989, Stan Place, Bobbi Ray Madry, The Art and Science of Professional Makeup, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
glosses: A person who primes wood, metal, etc.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
glosses: A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
glosses: A person who prunes trees.
Related terms: primary
prime
primer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪ.mə(ɹ)/
enpr: prīʹmə
ipa: /ˈpɹɪm.ɚ/
enpr: prĭmʹər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīʹmər
note: US, irregular, but common; borrowed from Etymology 2
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪmə(ɹ)
homophone: primmer
ipa: /ˈpɹaɪmɚ/
enpr: prīmʹə
rhymes: -aɪmə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman primer (“first”), from Latin prīmārius (“first”).
Senses: examples: text: the primer English kings
ref: 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:
glosses: First in time, initial, early.
glosses: First in importance, premier.
glosses: First in position, foremost.
Derived terms: primer fine
primer seizin
pulchritude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŭlʹkrĭ-tūdʹ
ipa: /pʌlkrə.t(j)uːd/
ipa: [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtjuːd]
ipa: [ˈpʰʌɫkɹəˌtuːd]
Forms: form: pulchritudes
Etymology: From Middle English pulcritude, from Latin pulchritūdō, from pulcher (“beautiful”).
Senses: examples: text: 1978, Charles D. Benson and William Barnaby Faherty, Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations, NASA Special Publication 4204, 1978, ch. 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20061020074600/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/ch4-8.html
One participant recalls arriving at his Cocoa Beach motel on a Saturday evening with the Miss Universe contest on TV. To his wife's amazement, his interest in feminine pulchritude gave way to fatigue, and he was asleep before the final selection.
text: Do you know why a woman of such pulchritude is married to me? 'Cause I make a comfortable living.
ref: 1979, The Jerk, 00:18:20:
synonyms: word: comeliness
word: attractiveness
word: beautifulness
word: beauty
word: comeliness
word: good-lookingness
word: gorgeousness
word: loveliness
word: prettiness
word: pulchritude
glosses: Physical beauty.
Derived terms: pulchritudinous
bandoleer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandoleers
Senses: examples: text: The ammunition bandoleer, containing 100 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, is placed in this bracket. But a problem arose in this operation because the canvas and metal magazine requires zipping and unzipping to effect a change of bandoleers, a manual act which consumes too much time at a critical moment: during the assault, a gunner must avoid lulls in firing and maintain his proper alignment and firepower.
ref: 1967, Infantry, page 57:
text: Hastily Pak wrapped his poncho around his waist, tied it, then emptied the pouches of the bandoleer, scattering the last of their food on the ground. He emptied his water bottle and shoved it into a pouch in the bandoleer, then plunged the bandoleer into the river.
ref: 2006, Paul Deal, Hard Truths: Five Science Fiction Stories, →ISBN, page 132:
text: The original T4 bandoleer could not be fitted to the weapon directly.
ref: 2012, Kevin Dockery, The M60 Machine Gun, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of bandolier.
expulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/
Forms: form: expulsions
Etymology: From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.
Senses: examples: text: The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.
glosses: The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
Derived terms: antiexpulsion
chemoexpulsion
expulsionary
expulsionism
expulsionist
nonexpulsion
reexpulsion
Related terms: expel
guru
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʊɹuː/
ipa: /ˈɡuːɹuː/
ipa: /ɡʊˈɹuː/
ipa: /ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u/
ipa: /ˈɡu(ˌ)ɹu/
ipa: /ɡəˈɹu/
rhymes: -ʊɹuː
rhymes: -uːɹuː
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: gurus
form: guruing
form: gurued
form: gurued
form: goru
form: gooroo
form: gourou
form: guroo
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi गुरु (guru) / Punjabi ਗੁਰੂ (gurū), from Sanskrit गुरु (guru, “venerable, respectable”), originally "heavy" and in this sense cognate to English grieve and, more distantly, brute. Doublet of grave. A traditional, though flawed etymology based on the Advayataraka Upanishad (line 16) describes the syllables gu as “darkness” and ru as “destroyer”, thus ascribing the meaning of “one who destroys/dispels darkness” to the word.
Senses: glosses: To act as a guru; to give wise advice
gynandromorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynandromorphs
Etymology: From gyno- + andro- + -morph.
Senses: glosses: An insect, crustacean or bird literally having physical characteristics of both sexes, usually displaying a bilateral difference.
glosses: A person having certain physical characteristics of both sexes.
Synonyms: word: GAM
Derived terms: gynandromorphic
gynandromorphism
gynandromorphophilia
gynandromorphous
gynandromorphy
Related terms: gynandrous
gender ambiguous
hermaphrodite
lance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: läns
ipa: /lɑːns/
enpr: lăns
ipa: /læns/
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: lances
Etymology: From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
Senses: examples: text: Thy brother’s blood the thirsty earth hath drunk, Broach’d with the steely point of Clifford’s lance[…]
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], line 15:
text: The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry.
ref: 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:
glosses: A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
examples: text: What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 49:
glosses: A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
qualifier: pyrotechnics
glosses: One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A lancet.
lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: läns
ipa: /lɑːns/
enpr: lăns
ipa: /læns/
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: lances
form: lancing
form: lanced
form: lanced
Etymology: From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
glosses: Pierce with or as if with a lance.
glosses: Move suddenly and quickly
Derived terms: word: break a lance
word: break one's lance
word: demilance
word: fer-de-lance
word: fire lance
word: freelance
word: hand lance
word: hand-lance
word: lancebill
word: lance bombardier
english: cavalry
translation: cavalry
word: lance bucket
word: lance corporal
word: lance-corporal
word: lancefish
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: lance fish
word: lancehead
word: lance-jack
word: lance knight
word: lance-knight
word: lanceless
word: lancelike
word: lanceman
word: lance-ovate
word: lancepod
word: lancer
word: lance rest
word: lance sergeant
word: lance skink
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: lance snake
word: lancewood
word: lanciform
word: microlance
word: oxygen lance
word: oxylance
word: sand lance
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: stink-fire lance
word: thermal lance
word: thermic lance
word: the tongue wounds more than a lance
Related terms: lancet
lance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: läns
ipa: /lɑːns/
enpr: lăns
ipa: /læns/
rhymes: -ɑːns
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: lances
form: lancing
form: lanced
form: lanced
Etymology: From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.
Senses: examples: example
glosses: To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
examples: text: to lance a vein or an abscess
glosses: To open with a lancet; to pierce.
glosses: To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
examples: text: He lanced my drink and spiked it!
glosses: to steal or swipe
Derived terms: lanceable
outlance
Related terms: javelin
pike
spear
gynandrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γύνανδρος (gúnandros, “of doubtful sex, womanish; warlike woman”); equivalent to gyno- (“woman”) + -androus.
Senses: examples: text: Orchids have gynandrous flowers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having stamens and pistils together in a column.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting characteristics of both femininity and masculinity. Denotational synonym and connotational antonym of androgynous.
Derived terms: polygynandrous
Related terms: androgyny
gynandromorphic
gynandry
hemigynous
cuir-bouilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cuir-bouilli was leather softened by boiling (generally in oil), and stamped or moulded into a definite form when in that condition; upon drying it became intensely hard and tough.
ref: 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 65:
glosses: Alternative form of cuir bouilli.
hermaphrodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
Forms: form: hermaphrodites
Etymology: From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
Senses: glosses: A person possessing ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
examples: text: An earthworm is a hermaphrodite.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Cosexual: an organism possessing both types of gonads; a flower possessing both stamens and pistils.
examples: text: Comb jellies are sequential hermaphrodites.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Dichogamous: an organism which begins its life as one sex and changes its sex over its life cycle.
glosses: A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A hermaphrodite brig.
glosses: A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An armoured fighting vehicle having features of both male tanks and female tanks.
Synonyms: word: maphrodite
word: morphodite
word: mophrodite
word: androgyne
word: gynandromorph
word: dichogamous
word: cosexual
word: intersex
Derived terms: androhermaphrodite
euhermaphrodite
false hermaphrodite
hermaphrodism
hermaphroditish
hermaphroditism
hermaphroditize
herm
pseudohermaphrodite
hermaphrodite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɝˈmæfɹədaɪt/
Etymology: From Hermaphroditus, the mythical son of Hermes and Aphrodite, who merged bodies with a naiad, thereafter having both male and female qualities.
Senses: glosses: Having ambiguous sexual organs or characteristics.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having both ovaries and testes or both stamens and pistils.
glosses: Combining two opposing qualities.
Synonyms: androgynous
hermaphroditic
intersex
ambisexual
Related terms: word: berdache
english: two-spirits were formerly often called hermaphrodites
translation: two-spirits were formerly often called hermaphrodites
word: two-spirit
word: genderqueer
false hermaphrodite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false hermaphrodites
Senses: glosses: pseudohermaphrodite.
Related terms: hermaphrodite
pseud-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudo- used before a vowel other than O.
jazeraint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazeraints
Senses: examples: text: Some authorities profess to discover jazeraint work in this representation, which was a method of defence much used in later centuries for archers' jacques and various other garments, but we have no right to assume that the Normans at that period carried such a heavy weight of armor as this would necessitate, or were acquainted with such a technical and complicated manufacture as jazeraint work.
ref: 1909, Charles Henry Ashdown, European Arms & Armor, page 68:
glosses: Alternative spelling of jazerant.