cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Muse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞oz
ipa: /mjuːz/
homophone: mews
rhymes: -uːz
Forms: form: Muses
Etymology: From Middle English Muse, from Latin Musa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).
Senses: examples: text: And hears the Muſes in a ring,
Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.
ref: 1645, John Milton, Il Penseroso:
glosses: One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
Derived terms: musal
Musal
Related terms: museum
music
Muse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: myo͞oz
ipa: /mjuːz/
homophone: mews
rhymes: -uːz
Etymology: Borrowed from Shan မူႇၸေႊ (mùu tse᷈e).
Senses: glosses: A city in Shan State, Myanmar.
Synonyms: word: Muse
Hypernyms: word: goddess
Mutter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
My
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: Myr
glosses: Symbol for megayear(s).
Related terms: MYA
Mya
mya
Gyr
Ma
My
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of May.
My
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Myrmidon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.mɪˌdɒn/
ipa: /ˈmɜː.mɪ.dən/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.mɪˌdɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.mɪ.dən/
Forms: form: Myrmidons
Etymology: From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).
Senses: examples: text: The Myrmidons were the soldiers of Achilles, in the Trojan war. From them all zealous and unscrupulous followers of a political chief are called by that name, down to this day. But the origin of the Myrmidons would not give one the idea of a fierce and bloody race, but rather of a laborious and peaceful one.
ref: 1855, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter XII, in The Age of Fable:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.
Derived terms: myrmidon
Myrmidon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɜː.mɪˌdɒn/
ipa: /ˈmɜː.mɪ.dən/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.mɪˌdɑn/
ipa: /ˈmɝ.mɪ.dən/
Etymology: From Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes), a tribe of warriors led by Achilles to the Trojan War. Folk etymology in Ovid's time derived the tribe's name from μυρμηδών (murmēdṓn, “ant-nest”), from μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”)).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.
Möbius band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Möbius bands
form: Mobius band
Senses: glosses: A Möbius strip.
N
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: n
form: Ns
form: N's
Senses: glosses: The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
N
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: n
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
N
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn/
note: name of letter
rhymes: -ɛn
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: navy
glosses: north (see also n)
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: noun
examples: text: 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=)
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 23:
text: The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+
Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+.
ref: 2023 August 12, GM Noël Studer, “Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving”, in Next Level Chess:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: knight
coordinate_terms: P
R
N
D
second gear
first gear
glosses: Abbreviation of neutral (“gear selection”).
glosses: the prefix or word-initial sequence inter-, enter-, intr- or entr-.
glosses: the sound sequence /(V)ntr/.
glosses: Abbreviation of north.
Related terms: CHNOPS
CHON
N-acetyl-dihydroxyhomotyrosine
N-aquifer
N-arachidonoylethanolamine
N galaxy
nisin
NOx
N-tower
Na
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Narua
form: Mosuo
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages.
Nadir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown. It has been suggested that it is from Arabic نَزِير (nazīr, “rare, trivial”), but if it is Arabic, perhaps more likely would be نَذِير (naḏīr, “auspicious, boding well (?)”). Represents the word 'rare' in Hebrew.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Nadia
Naff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: South German and Alemannic German surname (Näff), variant of Neff.
Senses: glosses: An English surname.
Nagel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Nagelian
Nagel point
Nama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Khoisan language of Namibia.
glosses: A language of Papua New Guinea
Nan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æn
Senses: synonyms: November
qualifier: World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF
glosses: radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter N.
Nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Senses: examples: text: My Nan shall be the queen of all the fairies, / Finely attired in a robe of white.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Ann and Nancy.
Derived terms: Nanson
Nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Etymology: From Thai น่าน (nâan).
Senses: glosses: A province of Thailand.
glosses: The capital of Nan Province, Thailand.
Nancy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænsi/
ipa: [ˈnɛənsi]
rhymes: -ænsi
Forms: form: Nancys
form: Nancies
Etymology: Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.
Senses: examples: text: I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,
Naething could resist my Nancy:
But to see her was to love her;
Love but her, and love forever.
ref: 1792, Robert Burns, Ae Fond Kiss:
text: "And they've got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!" "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?" "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 7, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
text: There are many Nancies and Jerries in the world. They get told apart by a further name, such as Nancy Lovelace, or Jerry Turing.
ref: 2003, Ira Pohl, “Nested Classes”, in C# by Dissection: The Essentials of C# Programming, Boston, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 249:
text: Their agent, Nancy Phander, sent along a virutal^([sic]) 3D tour and a video tour and they put in an offer based on what they saw.
ref: 2020 June 26, Anna Bahney, “These people bought homes without ever stepping inside”, in CNN Business:
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: nance
Nance
nancyboy
Nancy Dawson
nonce
nosy Nancy
Nancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænsi/
ipa: [ˈnɛənsi]
rhymes: -ænsi
Forms: form: Nancies
form: Nancys
Etymology: Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.
Senses: examples: text: HAWKER, the Australian, who is to handle the Sopwith plane, predicts that any fast steamer out of New York will have no difficulty in beating the “Nancies” of the United States Navy.
ref: 1919 May 8, “The Waiting Airmen”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: Funny peculiar: Ganymede promising latitude, if not liberation. The Boy Done Good. For Nancies. He might, however, mean something vastly different for Normals, who are quietly - one could even say covertly - being invited to role model their increasing redundant selves on that darling petal Leonardo DeCaprio.^([sic])
ref: 1998 April 2, John Lyttle, “By Zeus, are you ready for the golden boy - Ganymede Redux?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: In Ashes to Ashes, DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the Neanderthal copper from 1973, has moved to London from Manchester to show the 'southern Nancys' a thing or two about policing.
ref: 2008 January 20, Beth Willis, “Ashes to Ashes: Life after Mars”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2010:
text: Get up you sad Nancies!
ref: 2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 89:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nancy.
Nancy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænsi/
ipa: [ˈnɛənsi]
rhymes: -ænsi
Etymology: From French Nancy, from Medieval Latin Nanciacum, from Old High German Nanzig.
Senses: glosses: A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, north-eastern France.
Nanny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Ann or Anne.
Narcissus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː(r)ˈsɪsəs/
Etymology: From Latin Narcissus, from Ancient Greek Νάρκισσος (Nárkissos, “Narcissus”).
Senses: examples: text: At the beginning of his narrative, Ishmael mentions Narcissus, the legendary character who plunged into the water and was drowned in the attempt to grasp his own essence (p. 14). Narcissus was unwilling to understand the relationship between himself and “the ungraspable phantom of life” in gradualistic terms and sought to bring that relationship to immediate closure, thus annihilating himself.
ref: 1982, Carl G. Vaught, The Quest for Wholeness, page 25:
text: We may now affirm that Plato's cave is inhabited by Narcissus. He already knows, but the knowledge he possesses is still a bit confused, obscure (this knowledge is situated in the caves of the memory, a dark space much like Narcissus’s place).
ref: 1994, Ronald Bogue, Mihai Spariosu, The Play of the Self, page 34:
text: Narcissus, as the myth has it, died because, unlike Lacan's child, he did not recognize himself; nor did he perceive the mirror for what it was: a boundary between reality and fiction.¹⁵
ref: 1999, Mieke Bal, Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary Art, Preposterous History, page 237:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A youth who spurned the love of Echo and fell in love with his own reflection in a pool: in some versions of the myth, he drowned trying to reach it, while in others he sat fixated until a god took pity and transformed him into a flower.
Derived terms: Narcissan
narcissist
narcissize
Related terms: narcissism
Narcissus complex
Nasal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Nasal terms
Natal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. Doublet of natal and Noel.
Senses: glosses: A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
glosses: A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
glosses: A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Derived terms: Natal brown
Natalian
Nation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nations
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Natividad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Lambunao, Iloilo, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Naguilan, La Union, Philippines.
Nativity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Nativity
Etymology: See nativity.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
glosses: Christmas.
Derived terms: snaketivity
Nazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːtsi/
ipa: /ˈnætsi/
ipa: /ˈnæzi/
rhymes: -ɑːtsi
rhymes: -ætsi
rhymes: -æzi
Forms: form: Nazis
form: Natsi
form: notsee
Etymology: 1930, from German Nazi, a clipping of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”) (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of national-sozial), since in German the nati- in national /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/ is approximately pronounced Nazi [ˈnäːtsi]; compare the parallel pejorative terms Sozi (“socialist, social democrat”), Kozi (“commie, commo, communist”).
A homonymic term Nazi was in use before the rise of the NSDAP in Bavaria as a pet name for Ignaz and (by extension from that) a derogatory word for a backwards peasant, which may have influenced the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.
Senses: examples: text: Taiwan fears Xi Jinping has been inspired by Adolf Hitler's tactics, and is calling on our federal government to take action, warning a Chinese invasion would allow Beijing to rule the world by weaponising its computer chip industry. The Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister compared the sector to the Czech armaments which boosted the capability of the Nazis in World War II.
ref: 2025 August 25, 0:00 from the start, in Taiwan warns of Chinese invasion and chip industry domination, Seven News, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2025:
glosses: A member of the Nazi Party (the National Socialist German Workers' Party or NSDAP).
glosses: One who advocates neo-Nazism, or a similarly fascist, racist, anti-Semitic, xenophobic, ethnic supremacist, or ultranationalist ideology; a neo-Nazi.
examples: text: She's a total grammar Nazi.
qualifier: see usage notes below
glosses: One who imposes their views on others; one who is unfairly oppressive or needlessly strict. (also frequently uncapitalised: nazi)
Hyponyms: beefsteak Nazi
Derived terms: anti-Nazi
Ashke-Nazi
communazi
environazi
feminazi
femi-Nazi
grammar Nazi
Japanazi
masculinazi
muslimonazi
nazi
Nazicrat
Nazidom
Naziesque
Naziette
Nazi exploitation
Nazification
Nazify
Naziland
Nazi-like
Nazilike
NaZionism
Nazionist
Nazi Party
Naziphile
Naziphilia
Naziphobe
Naziphobia
Nazism
Nazisploitation
Nazitru
NazLib
neo-Nazi
play the Nazi card
Ruzzia
Ruzzian
Ukronazi
Zionazi
Nazi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːtsi/
ipa: /ˈnætsi/
ipa: /ˈnæzi/
rhymes: -ɑːtsi
rhymes: -ætsi
rhymes: -æzi
Forms: form: more Nazi
form: most Nazi
Etymology: 1930, from German Nazi, a clipping of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”) (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of national-sozial), since in German the nati- in national /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/ is approximately pronounced Nazi [ˈnäːtsi]; compare the parallel pejorative terms Sozi (“socialist, social democrat”), Kozi (“commie, commo, communist”).
A homonymic term Nazi was in use before the rise of the NSDAP in Bavaria as a pet name for Ignaz and (by extension from that) a derogatory word for a backwards peasant, which may have influenced the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.
Senses: hypernyms: fascist
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.
examples: text: They have good reason to fear them too, for their machine gun strafing, their rockets, and their bombs knock out Nazi bridges, trucks, tanks, and kill them by the score.
ref: 1944, United States Office of War Information, Press Release Labor Press Service, page 1:
text: The second development was the program for the redesign (Neugestaltung) of several German cities as representative Nazi cities.
ref: 1993, Jeffry Diefendorf, chapter 5, in In the Wake of War: The Reconstruction of German Cities after World War II, New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 116:
text: It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.
ref: 2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record:
hypernyms: fascist
German
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nazi Party specifically, or to Nazism, neo-Nazism, or neo-Nazis more generally.
Of or pertaining to the Third Reich.
synonyms: fascist
glosses: Domineering, totalitarian, or intolerant.
Nazi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːtsi/
ipa: /ˈnætsi/
ipa: /ˈnæzi/
rhymes: -ɑːtsi
rhymes: -ætsi
rhymes: -æzi
Etymology: 1930, from German Nazi, a clipping of Nationalsozialist (“National Socialist”) (1924), earlier attestation (1903) as shortening of national-sozial), since in German the nati- in national /ˌnatsi̯oˈnaːl/ is approximately pronounced Nazi [ˈnäːtsi]; compare the parallel pejorative terms Sozi (“socialist, social democrat”), Kozi (“commie, commo, communist”).
A homonymic term Nazi was in use before the rise of the NSDAP in Bavaria as a pet name for Ignaz and (by extension from that) a derogatory word for a backwards peasant, which may have influenced the use of that abbreviation by the Nazis' opponents and its avoidance by the Nazis themselves.
Senses: examples: text: All this requires some very careful unpacking, for obviously, Dr. Bosse is “speaking Nazi with the Bormann dialect.”
ref: 2008, Joseph P. Farrell, Nazi International, →ISBN:
text: He must write and speak “Nazi”, which is essentially anti-scientific' (Schreiber 1935a: 79). Falk Ruttke's presentation was illustrative in this sense. Ruttke was a member of the Reich Committee for Public Health Policy, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for Population and Racial Policy at the Reich Interior Ministry. Ruttke told the participants that after Hitler's accession to power, the 'knowledge of genetic laws was invoked towards the creation of a healthy race,...'
ref: 2014, Marius Turda, Aaron Gillette, Latin Eugenics in Comparative Perspective, →ISBN, page 123:
text: What is pertinent is that it was possible to effectively speak Nazi to Nazis and then become an “innocent nationalist” during the Cold War. Kubiiovych's truth, if any, was that he mastered both. Pragmatism and brutality thus meshed seamlessly. For Kubiiovych, developing the Ukrainian cooperative system under Germans would not only strengthen the Ukrainian economy but also protect Ukrainian peasants from Jewish exploitation.
ref: 2015, Tarik Cyril Amar, The Paradox of Ukrainian Lviv: A Borderland City, →ISBN:
glosses: The language (ideological jargon) of Nazis.
examples: text: In Hitler's Own Words: Shut up, Yank — learn to speak NAZI!
ref: 1941 October 19, FFF advertisement in The New York Times (as quoted in 2004, Martin J. Manning, Herbert Romerstein, Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda, page 104)
text: He pushed aside his ponytailed minion and stepped right up to Tank, who gave him a perplexed look as he barked a few words in guttural German. “I don't speak Nazi,” Tank said.
ref: 2013, Jennifer Lane, On Best Behavior:
text: “This is all sounding very pretty, Shaw,” Spencer checks his watch. “But how about you share what's being said for the rest of us who don't speak Nazi.”
ref: 2016, Jessica Holbrook, The Perfect Descent, page 158:
glosses: The German language.
Related terms: Aryan
fascist
genocide
holocaust
international socialist
National Socialist
NSDAP
white supremacist
Ndebele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ndəˈbeːleː/
Senses: glosses: A person from South Africa.
examples: text: Furthermore, Britain's show of disapproval for Mugabe's Zanu-PF government during the land seizures was in conflict with its largely silent approach on the 1980s Gukurahundi conflict, in which Mugabe ordered the massacre of up to 20,000 Ndebele civilians.
ref: 2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person from Zimbabwe.
Ndebele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ndəˈbeːleː/
Senses: examples: text: And look, that’s you a few years later, holding up a package at a prize-giving ceremony — throughout primary you always came first in English and Ndebele class.
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:
glosses: Any of the languages spoken by these two peoples: Northern Ndebele and the not closely related Southern Ndebele.
Neath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nēth
ipa: /niːθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Etymology: From Welsh Nedd.
Senses: glosses: A town and community with a town council in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7597).
glosses: A river in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, which flows into Baglan Bay.
Derived terms: Cadoxton-juxta-Neath
Glynneath
Glyn Neath
Neath Abbey
Neath Port Talbot
Vale of Neath
Ned
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Etymology: From rebracketing of the phrase mine Ed to my Ned.
Senses: examples: text: But, sweet Ned, - to sweeten the name of Ned, I give thee this pennyworth of sugar
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: A medieval diminutive of the male given name Edward.
Derived terms: neddy
Ned Kelly
Nedward
negative Ned
Negro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːɡɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈniːɡɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˈnɪɡɹə/
Forms: form: Negroes
form: Negros
Senses: examples: text: The rickets were sold to sex-starved who had weird ideas about Negro women.
ref: 1953 August 6, Jet, volume 4, Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, pages 21-22:
text: 1963, Martin Luther King, Letter from a Birmingham Jail,
Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of negro.
Derived terms: antinegroism
Bush Negro
Chigro
magic Negro
Negress
negress
negrette
Negro-American
Negrocentric
negrocentrism
Negrohood
Negroness
Negro nod
Negrophobe
Negrophobia
Negro Question
New Negro
Nel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nels
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A female given name, variant of Nell
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Nelson
Nelly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nellie.
glosses: One of the Frazier Islands where nellies breed.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: negative Nelly
whoa, Nelly
Nemesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛməsɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: Invidia
glosses: The goddess of divine retribution.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 128 Nemesis, a main belt asteroid.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical star postulated to be orbiting the Sun to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record.
Derived terms: Nemesic
Nereid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/
Forms: form: Nereids
form: Nereides
form: nereid
form: Nereide
form: Nereïde
Etymology: From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any one of the fifty sea-nymphs who were daughters of the sea-god Nereus and attendants upon Poseidon (Neptune), and were represented as riding on sea horses, sometimes in human form and sometimes with the tail of a fish.
Nereid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɪəɹiɪd/
Forms: form: Nereide
form: Nereïde
Etymology: From the stem of Latin Nērēis, from Ancient Greek Νηρηΐς (Nērēḯs), from Νηρεύς (Nēreús, “Nereus”) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Nereus”. By surface analysis, Nereus + -id.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the satellites of the planet Neptune.
Derived terms: Nereidian
Nest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nests
form: Nist
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* Welsh metronymic surname, from a diminutive of the personal name Agnes.
* Borrowed from German Nest (“nest”), probably a topographic surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German or Welsh.
Net
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Net
Senses: examples: text: The Web is just part of the Net.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Internet.
Meronyms: word: Web
word: World Wide Web
Derived terms: Netflix
netiquette
netizen
Net
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Grandmother used my full middle name when she was talking about me. “Net's, short for Jeannette, baby,” Grandmother proudly answered each time. They all knew who Net was. “Net's gone back to Cincinnati,” she added.
ref: 2014 October 7, Tyra Garlington, The Memory Box, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: But it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make for you, Net. 'Cuz I'm not like my parents. I want what's best for you. Always. You know that, right?” “Yeah.” Mom pauses the way she does before she's about to say something she thinks is a part[…]
ref: 2022 August 9, Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A nickname for someone named Jeannette (or any of its alternative forms).
Ng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əŋ/
ipa: /ʌŋ/
ipa: /ɪŋ/
ipa: /ɛŋ/
ipa: [ŋ̍]
ipa: [ŋ̍]
ipa: [m̩]
ipa: [nɐŋ]
ipa: [(ʔ)əŋ]
rhymes: -ʌŋ
rhymes: -ɪŋ
rhymes: -ɛŋ
Forms: form: Ngs
Etymology: From various Chinese surnames, including:
* Hokkien 黃 /黄 (N̂g)
* Cantonese 吳 /吴 (ng⁴) and 伍 (ng⁵)
The Philippine pronunciation is influenced by Tagalog ng.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Hokkien
glosses: A surname from Chinese.
A surname from Cantonese
Ni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nis
Etymology: * (Chinese surname): Borrowed from Chinese 郳 (ní), 倪 or 妮 (nī).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.
Nice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nēs
ipa: /niːs/
rhymes: -iːs
homophone: niece
Etymology: Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for a 4th-century BC victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii, from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming place names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.
Senses: examples: text: The Nice prosecutor’s office told CNN that an investigation has been opened into his death and an autopsy ordered. So far, authorities have not announced any charges related to Pormanove’s death.
ref: 2025 August 20, Joseph Ataman, Pierre Bairin, Philippe Cordier, “French streamer dies live online during extreme challenge”, in CNN:
glosses: A coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France.
glosses: A surname. (pronounced /ni:s/ or /naɪs/)
glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Nice model
Nick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
homophone: nic
homophone: nick
rhymes: -ɪk
Senses: examples: text: His name is Nick. I love it. It makes him seem nice, and regular, which he is. When he tells me his name, I say, 'Now, that's a real name.'
ref: 2012, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Phoenix, published 2013, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
text: You look at the groypers, you look at Nick Fuentes, you look at people who are by any measure white supremacists and people we would have called the kooky Nazi right, with their Pepe the Frog memes — they all felt very ill at home in Mitt Romney’s Republican Party.
ref: 2025 August 1, Ezra Klein, “Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2025:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Derived terms: Nick & Nora
Nixon
Old Nick
Saint Nick
Young Nick's Head
Nickel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Niki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Nikki
Nicki
Nicky
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name
A female given name.
A transliteration of the Greek female given name Νίκη (Níki).
glosses: A unisex given name
A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Nicole
glosses: A unisex given name
A male given name.
glosses: A unisex given name
A male given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas
Derived terms: Niki Lauda
Related terms: Nicki
Nicky
Nikki
Nikoleta
Nip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nĭp
ipa: /nɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: Nips
Etymology: Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).
Senses: examples: text: CHUNGKING, Oct. 10—Chinese counterblows against the Japanese offensive in south China have reeled the Nips back from two towns in the approaches to Kweilin, capital city of Kwangsi Province, today’s Chinese High Command communique announced.
ref: 1944 October 11, “Sino Counterblows Send Nips Reeling”, in The Stars and Stripes Mediterranean, Italy, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: A Japanese person.
Synonyms: Jap
Nip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: nĭp
ipa: /nɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Etymology: Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).
Senses: glosses: Japanese.
Nippy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪpi
Forms: form: Nippies
form: Nippys
Etymology: From nippy (“speedy”).
Senses: examples: text: It was the task of the Lyons' waitress, the Nippy, groomed and trained by the management to be an efficient public servant, to mediate between patrons and the establishment as well as between different classes and tastes […]
ref: 2012, Judith Walkowitz, Nights Out: Life in Cosmopolitan London, page 195:
text: The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; […]
ref: 2014, Paul Chrystal, Tea: A Very British Beverage:
glosses: A waitress in a Lyons Corner House.
Nix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪks/
Etymology: Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and night.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Pluto III
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: S
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 2005 P 2
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
alt: Nix
word: S
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
roman: Nix
alt: Nix
word: 2005 P 2
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: Pluto III Nix
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
alt: Nix
word: Pluto III
Derived terms: Nictian
Nix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪks/
Etymology: From Nick, diminutive of the given name Nicholas + patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
No
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of No..
No
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nos
Etymology: Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero (“in number, to the number of”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of No..
No
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: No
Etymology: A macronless variant of Nō, the romanization of Japanese 能 (Nō, “[performing] skill, talent”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
No
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in South Sudan.
glosses: A county of South Sudan.
Nob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A place, north of Jerusalem, whose inhabitants were massacred by Saul.
Noelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: nō'əl
ipa: /ˈnəʊəl/
ipa: /ˈnoʊɛl/
rhymes: -əʊəl
Forms: form: Noel
form: Noele
Etymology: From French Noëlle, the feminine form of the male given name Noël.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French, often given to girls born near Christmas.
Related terms: Natalie
Noeleen
Noelene
Noeline
Noman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An alias of Odysseus Laërtiadês
Nome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /noʊm/
rhymes: -oʊm
homophone: nome
homophone: gnome
Senses: glosses: A seaport in West Alaska
glosses: A cape in West Alaska
glosses: A river in Alaska.
Nonconformist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nonconformists
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a Protestant church which does not observe the doctrines of the established church, especially of the Church of England.
Related terms: nonconformist register
Baptist
Independent
Methodist
nonconformist
Presbyterian
Quaker
Noongar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʊŋa/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nyunga.
Nope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Wampanoag name for the island (or perhaps just for Gay Head, as 1841 cite).
Senses: examples: text: The principal island, Martha's Vineyard...Its usual Indian name was Capawock, though sometimes called Nope. (It is believed that Nope was more properly the name of Gay Head.) The greatest part of the island is low and level land.
ref: 1841, John Warner Barber, Historical Collections, Dorr, page 146:
text: Miohqsoo, or Myoxeo, was another noted Indian of Nope. He was a convert of Hiacoomes, whom he had sent for to inquire of him about his God.
ref: 1848, By S. G. (Samuel Gardner) Drake, Biography and History of the Indians of North America, from Its First Discovery, B. B. Mussey, p. 118
text: 1853, Sarah Sprague Jacobs, Nonantum and Natick, Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, p. 189,
R. Gookin calls it Nope; other writers call it Capawack. It is the island known to us as Martha's Vineyard...As Mr Eliot's first convert, Waban, was, through life, a sober, upright man, so Hiacoomes, the first Christian Indian of Nope, always preserved an unspotted reputation.
text: A catechism in the dialect of the Indians of Nope or Martha's Vineyard.
ref: 1891, Wilberforce Eames, James Constantine Pilling, Bibliography of the Algonquian Languages, Government Print Office, →ISBN, page 350:
text: 1895, Boston Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Transactions, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, p. 187,
Their story, as written by Daniel Gookin in 1674, is worth repeating: At the island of Nope, or Martha's Vineyard, about the year 1649, one of the first ...
glosses: Martha's Vineyard
Nord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔː/
ipa: /nɔɚ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: nor
ipa: /nɔːd/
ipa: /nɔɚd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Etymology: From French Nord.
Senses: glosses: A department of Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A department of Haiti.
glosses: A census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States.
Derived terms: Nord-Est
Nord-Ouest
Norm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Norman.
Derived terms: Normism
Normans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norman
North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔː(ɹ)θ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
homophone: north
Forms: form: the North
Etymology: English surname, from the adjective north. This is also translated from other surnames of the same meaning, such as Irish Mac an Ultaigh (“son of the Ulsterman”), Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
Senses: glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
The northern states of the United States.
examples: The North lost most battles early in the war.
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
The Union during the American Civil War.
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
The North of England, a cultural region.
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
Northern Ireland.
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
North Korea.
examples: text: In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.
ref: 1957 July 24, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
The north of anywhere else.
examples: In economic terms, the North controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world.
topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
A group of countries mainly lying north of the equator, including most of the West and the First World and much of the Second World.
Derived terms: High North
Related terms: Northeast
North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔː(ɹ)θ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
homophone: north
Forms: form: Norths
Etymology: English surname, from the adjective north. This is also translated from other surnames of the same meaning, such as Irish Mac an Ultaigh (“son of the Ulsterman”), Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
glosses: A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
glosses: A number of townships in the United States, including in Indiana (2), Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio, listed under North Township; most are named named for their location.
Derived terms: Northite
Northeast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Northeast
form: North East
Senses: glosses: The northeastern region of the contiguous United States including New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, sometimes inclusive of Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC, Virginia and West Virginia.
glosses: Alternative form of North East (“a region of England”).
glosses: The northeastern provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in China.
glosses: The northeastern region of India including Assam and its surrounding states.
Northeast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: North East
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Adams County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Orange County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A defined community in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A section in Billings, Montana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A quadrant in Washington, D.C..
Synonyms: word: US
word: Manchuria
word: Inner Manchuria
word: Seven Sisters
word: Seven Sister States
Related terms: New England
Not
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nut
form: Nunut
form: Nenet
form: Nuit
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of Nut.
Note
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Note
Senses: glosses: The St. Louis Blues hockey team.
Noughties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of noughties.
Nov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Nov.
word: NOV
word: Jan
word: Feb
word: Mar
word: Apr
word: May
word: Jun
word: Jul
word: Aug
word: Sep
word: Oct
word: Dec
glosses: Abbreviation of November.
Nov.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I wish they could breathe in what the women and girls I know have been inhaling since Nov. 5.
ref: 2024 November 16, Naomi Beinart, “I’m 16. On Nov. 6 the Girls Cried, and the Boys Played Minecraft.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2024:
related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of November.
Nova
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin nova (“new”).
Senses: examples: text: Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?
ref: 1935, Berta Ruck, A Story-Teller Tells the Truth, Hutchinson, page 266:
text: He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."
ref: 1951, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mercury Press, page 71:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
Nova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of Nova Scotia.
Senses: glosses: Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.
Hypernyms: lox
smoked salmon
Nova
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of Northern Virginia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NoVA.
Nox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Nox.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman goddess of night.
Nu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian nnw (“Nu, the primeval waters”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god who serves as the personification of the primeval waters that existed before the world.
Nu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: one of the 56 ethnic groups recognized by the People's Republic of China.
Nu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Numbers (a book in the Old Testament of the Bible).
glosses: Alternative spelling of NU, Nunavut
Null
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nulls
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nutter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From nutter, the occupation of nut-gatherer.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
Nynorsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjuːnɔːsk/
ipa: /ˈniːnɔːsk/
ipa: /ˈnunɔɹsk/
ipa: /ˈninɔɹsk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian nynorsk (“Modern Norwegian”, literally “New Norwegian”).
Senses: examples: text: While 85-90% of Norwegians today use Bokmål as their written standard, Nynorsk is only used by about 10-15% of the population. Fosse’s English translator Damion Searls says many Nynorsk speakers see him “as a kind of national hero” for his championing of the language.
ref: 2023 October 5, Philip Oltermann, “Jon Fosse’s Nobel prize announces his overdue arrival on the global stage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.
Synonyms: New Norwegian
Norwegian Nynorsk
Related terms: høgnorsk
Høgnorsk
bokmål
Bokmål
landsmål
Landsmål
riksmål
Riksmål
Nyungar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Nyunga.
O
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: o
form: Os
form: O's
Senses: examples: text: "Supposing somebody sees you, with all those flowers too? Supposing somebody writes him a letter? Ooooh!" (a pure round open Tamil O.)
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 421:
glosses: The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: Os
form: O's
Senses: examples: text: She was lying in the lee of a fowlhouse in a crumpled posture, as if cohesion had been detached from her joints, which lobbed her in an untidy heap, like a lot of old bones, tied together with string. Her skull was hitched under her humped shoulders and her fallen jaw made a lipless O of her mouth, giving it an expression of imbecile astonishment.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter XX, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 213:
glosses: Something shaped like the letter O.
glosses: A blood type that lacks A or B antigens and may only receive transfusions of similar type O blood, but may donate to all (neglecting Rh factor). Synonym: universal donor.
O
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: o
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
O
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: o
form: ô
Etymology: From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
Senses: examples: text: O Death! O Death! Won't you spare me over till another year? - part of the refrain from the American folk song "A Conversation with Death".
text: Therfore arte thou inexcuſable o man whoſoever thou be that iudgeſt. For in that ſame where in thou iudgeſt another / thou cõdemneſt thy ſilfe. For thou that iudgeſt doest evẽ the ſame ſilfe thynges. […] Thynkeſt thou O man that iudgeſt them which do ſoche thyngꝭ and yet doſt evẽ the very ſame / that thou ſhalt eſcape the iudgemẽt of God?
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans ij:[1, 3], folio cc, verso:
text: c. 1810-1820?, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Macbeth
O! the affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor, and the presentimental speech of the king: […]
text: “Lift up your head and your heart, O King. We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 35:
glosses: The vocative particle, used for direct address.
Derived terms: O Antiphon
O Canada
O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: Oes
form: o
form: ô
Etymology: From Middle English O, o, from Old English o, from Latin o and Ancient Greek ὦ (ô, interjection). Featured prominently in William Tyndale's 1525 translation of the New Testament.
Senses: glosses: An utterance of the vocative O.
Related terms: sense: Anglo-Saxon
word: ēalā, ǣlā, hēlā
english: a particle for introducing a statement or expressing surprise
translation: a particle for introducing a statement or expressing surprise
word: la
word: lo
word: oh
O
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ/
ipa: /oʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of out, letter/sound sequence out.
Derived terms: aO 'about'