cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
orthodontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orthodontics, equivalent to ortho- + -odont + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Many parents can’t afford that “great smile,” though, which is why a thriving cottage industry of homemade orthodontic remedies has surfaced to provide the perfect smile to those who can’t afford licensed orthodontic work.
ref: 2015 August 20, Julie Gunlock, “Your Child Might Not Need Those Costly Braces”, in Time:
glosses: Of, or relating to the dental speciality of orthodontics.
Derived terms: orthodontically
orthodontic band
orthodontist
orthopedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔɹθəpidɪk/
rhymes: -iːdɪk
Forms: form: more orthopedic
form: most orthopedic
form: orthopaedic
form: orthopædic
Etymology: Borrowed from French orthopédique.
Senses: examples: text: The destiny-grade event that happened to Orin Incandenza at this point was that just as he was passing glumly under the Home goalposts and entering the shadow of the south exit-tunnel's adit a loud and ominously orthopedic cracking sound, plus then shrieking, issued from somewhere on the field behind him.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 291:
text: From there, Thera-Paw’s team created a special pair of orthopedic boots for Lucas, made of Neoprene and rubber with extra padding on the bottoms. The black shade looks as close to his natural foot color as possible so as not to stand out too much.
ref: 2022 August 30, Lilit Marcus, “Penguin fitted with special orthopedic shoe can waddle in style”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or relating to orthopedics.
Derived terms: orthesis
orthopedical
orthopedically
orthopedic bed
orthopedic shoe
orthopedic surgeon
Related terms: musculoskeletal
pedorthic
orthography
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈθɒɡɹəfi/
enpr: ôrthäʹgrəfē
ipa: /ɔɹˈθɑɡɹəfi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɔ(ɾ)t̪ʰoɡɾæpʰi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: orthographies
form: orthographying
form: orthographied
form: orthographied
Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English ortografie, ortographie (“spelling”) [and other forms], and then either:
* from Anglo-Norman ortografie, Middle French orthographie, ortografie, ortographie (“correct spelling; orthographic projection”) (compare Old French ortografie; modern French orthographe (“spelling, orthography”), orthographie (“orthographic project, orthography”)); or
* from their etymon Latin orthographia (“correct spelling; building elevation”), from Koine Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía, “correct spelling”), from Ancient Greek ορθο- (ortho-, prefix meaning ‘right, proper; upright’) (from ὀρθός (orthós, “straight; erect, upright; correct, true”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ- (“to grow, increase; high; upright”)) + -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā, suffix meaning ‘drawing; writing’) (from γρᾰ́φω (grắphō, “to cut into, scratch; to write”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to carve”)).
The English word is analyzable as ortho- (prefix meaning ‘proper, right; straight’) + -graphy (suffix denoting something written or otherwise represented in a specified manner, or about a specified subject). The verb is derived from the noun. First use appears before c. 1460.
Cognates
* Catalan ortografia
* Italian ortografia
* Portuguese ortografia, orthografia (obsolete)
* Spanish ortografía
Senses: examples: text: [T]here have appeared three collections of ſongs and poems, all of vvhich, though there be merit in the compoſition, are, hovvever, vvretchedly orthographied.
ref: 1778, William Shaw, “Introduction”, in An Analysis of the Galic Language, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: […] W[alter] and T[homas] Ruddiman; for R. Jamieson, […], →OCLC, page x:
text: As it would be unpleasant to the reader to see in print Mr. Dubois's English orthographied as he pronounced his words, we have followed the common way of spelling.
ref: 1809, Barnaby Sketchwell [probably a pseudonym], “Criticism Below-stairs”, in London Characters; or Fashions and Customs, of the Present Century. […], volume I, London: […] B. Crosby and Co. […], →OCLC, footnote *, page 330:
text: After this the whole class performed wonders in the spelling line, orthographying the different words, man, boy, cat, &c., with great precision, doing the whole, of course, in song. [From the Musical Gazette.]
ref: 1849 June, “Singing School Scene”, in The School Journal and Vermont Agriculturist, volume III, number 2, Windsor, Vt.: Bishop & Tracy, published 1849–1850, →OCLC, page 23, column 1:
glosses: To spell (words) or write (text) according to established usage.
osteoporosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: osteoporoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek πώρωσις (pṓrōsis, “petrification, callousness”), from Ancient Greek πῶρος (pôros, “tuff, a porous type of rock”). By surface analysis, osteo- + pore + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
Derived terms: antiosteoporosis
osteoporotic
ostracism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒstɹəsɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: ostracisms
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”), from ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō, “ostracize”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), from ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “clay pot”).
Senses: examples: text: For this manner of banishment for a time, called ostracismos, was no punishment for any fault committed, but a mitigation and taking away of the envy of the people, which delighted to pluck down their stomacks that too much seemed to exceed in greatness: […]
ref: 1579, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives, volume 2, translation of original by Plutarch, published 1898, Themistocles, page 35:
text: Take the ſweete herbe called pleaſant content; with that make a perfume about your bed chamber and where you dyne: the ſavour of this is as ſure a repulſe to exile melancholie, as the oſtracisme was to the noble of Athens.
ref: 1588, Robert Greene, Perimedes the Blacke-smith. […], London: Printed by Iohn Wolfe, for Edward White, →OCLC; republished as J[ohn] Payne Collier, editor, Perimedes the Blacke-smith (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n., 1867?], →OCLC, page 13:
text: Witnesse the Ostracisme amongst the Athenians, and the Petalisme among the Siracusans.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 32, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
examples: text: If I have deserved the land should spue me out, I will feed my selfe with the idle and windy conceite of an Ostracisme, and my unregarded poore selfe shall be all the richesse and commpany I crave to transport and if a Princes word […]
ref: 1602–1603, Lady Arbella Stuart, edited by Sara Jayne Steen, The Letters of Lady Arbella Stuart, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, published 1994, page 171:
glosses: Banishment by some general consent.
glosses: Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
Synonyms: sense: exclusion
word: ostracization
sense: exclusion
word: shunning
sense: exclusion
word: petalism
Derived terms: cyberostracism
ostracize
ostracise
semiostracism
Related terms: send to Coventry
paleontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌpæli.ənˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: palaeontology
form: palæontology
Etymology: Attested since 1836 (as palæontology). From French paléontologie (attested since 1822). By surface analysis, paleo- (“ancient”) + onto- (“being”) + -logy (“study”).
Senses: glosses: The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.
Hypernyms: humanities
Hyponyms: anthropology
micropaleontology
taphonomy
Derived terms: actuopaleontology
micropaleontology
paleontologic
paleontological
paleontologist
paleontologize
phytopaleontology
xenopaleontology
zoopaleontology
Pangaea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pænˈd͡ʒiː.ə/
enpr: păn-jēʹə
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: Pangea
form: Pangæa
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “all”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “earth, land”), after German Pangäa, which was coined by Alfred Wegener in 1915. Analyzable as pan- + Gaea.
Senses: examples: text: The supercontinent status of Pangaea and Rodinia is undisputed. In contrast, there is ongoing controversy on whether Pannotia existed at all.
ref: 2021, J. B. Murphy, R. A. Strachan, C. Quesada, editors, Pannotia to Pangaea […] , Geological Society of London, →ISBN, page 82:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A former supercontinent that included all the landmasses of the earth before the Triassic period and that broke up into Laurasia and Gondwana.
wikipedia: Alfred Wegener
Derived terms: Neopangaea
Neopangea
New Pangaea
New Pangea
Novopangaea
Novopangea
Pangaea II
Pangea II
Pangaea Next
Pangea Next
Pangaean
Pangean
Pangaea Proxima
Pangea Proxima
Pangaea Ultima
Pangea Ultima
Urpangaea
Urpangea
Related terms: supercontinent cycle
Ur
Vaalbara
Kenorland
Columbia
Nuna
Hudsonland
Pannotia
Rodinia
Gondwanaland
Gondwana
Laurasia
panorama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/
ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
ipa: [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɛəm.ə]
ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹɑː.mə/
ipa: [ˌpɛən.əˈɹɑː.mə]
ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹæm.ə/
ipa: /ˌpæn.əˈɹaː.mə/
rhymes: -ɑːmə
Forms: form: panoramas
form: panoramata
Etymology: From pan- (“all”) + Ancient Greek ὅρᾱμᾰ (hórāmă, “view”).
Coined by Robert Barker (painter) in 1792.
Senses: examples: text: He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: An unbroken view of an entire surrounding area.
glosses: A picture or series of pictures representing a continuous scene.
glosses: A comprehensive survey.
Derived terms: Cinerama
freedom of panorama
-orama
panoramagram
panoramic
panoramist
panoramize
photopanorama
polyorama
paranoia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɛɹ.əˈnɔɪ.ə/
rhymes: -ɔɪə
Forms: form: paranoias
form: paranoiæ
form: paranœa
form: paranoea
form: paranoïa
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek παράνοια (paránoia, “madness”), from παράνοος (paránoos, “demented”), from παρά (pará, “beyond, beside”) + νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”).
By surface analysis, para- (“abnormal, beyond”) + nous (“mind”) + -ia (“(medical) condition”).
Senses: antonyms: pronoia
glosses: The obsolete name for a psychotic disorder, now called delusional disorder, often (in one of six subtypes) characterized by delusions of persecution and a perceived threat against the individual affected with the disorder, and often associated with false accusations and a general mistrust of others
glosses: Extreme, irrational distrust of others.
Derived terms: coronoia
juvenoia
maranoia
paranoiac
paranoialike
paranoic
paranoically
paranoid
paranoid schizophrenia
petronoia
technoparanoia
Related terms: sense: See
word: nous#Related terms
sense: See
word: para-#Derived terms
patriot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpeɪ.tɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpæt.ɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpæɪ.tɹi.ət/
ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɹi.ət/
Forms: form: patriots
Etymology: From Middle French patriote, from Late Latin patriōta (“fellow countryman”) from the Ancient Greek πατριώτης (patriṓtēs, “of the same country”), from πατρίς (patrís, “father land", "country”), from πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
Senses: examples: text: Here Tears ſhall flovv from a more gen'rous Cauſe, / Such Tears as Patriots ſhed for dying Lavvs: […]
ref: 1712 (date written), [Alexander] Pope, “Prologue, by Mr. Pope. Spoken by Mr. Wilks.”, in [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC:
text: 'My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
ref: 1901, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, “A Defence of Patriotism”, in The Defendant, London: R. Brimley Johnson, →OCLC, page 125:
text: The difference between patriotism and nationalism is that the patriot is proud of his country for what it does, and the nationalist is proud of his country no matter what it does; the first attitude creates a feeling of responsibility, but the second a feeling of blind arrogance that leads to war.
ref: 1953, Sydney J. Harris, “Purely Personal Prejudices”, in Strictly Personal, Regnery, page 228:
text: Nothing beats a gunboat. HMS Illustrious glided out of Portsmouth on Monday, past HMS Victory and cheering crowds of patriots. Within a week it will be off Gibraltar, a mere cannon shot from Cape Trafalgar.
ref: 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian:
glosses: A person who loves and zealously supports and defends their country.
examples: text: The aim of patriots, therefore, was to set limits to the power which the ruler should be allowed to exercise over the community.
ref: 1859, John Stuart Mill, “(please specify the page)”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A fellow countryman, a compatriot.
Derived terms: antipatriot
Caitriot
copatriot
Patriot Day
patrioteer
patriotess
patriothood
patriotic
patriotical
patriotism
patriotist
patriotization
patriotize
Patriot missile
patriotship
paytriot
superpatriot
Related terms: matriot
matriotic
hatriot
pedagogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɒɡi/
ipa: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈpɛdəˌɡoʊd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈpɛdəˌɡɑɡi/
rhymes: -ɒdʒi
rhymes: -ɒɡi
rhymes: -əʊdʒi
Forms: form: pedagogies
form: paedagogy
form: pædagogy
form: pedagoguy
form: paedagoguy
form: pædagoguy
Etymology: From Middle French pédagogie, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía). By surface analysis, ped- (“child”) + -agogy.
Senses: glosses: The profession of teaching.
glosses: The activities of educating, teaching or instructing.
examples: text: A resource that profiles the important language of secondary disciplines by adapting the methods of EAP research could therefore be very useful for such pedagogy.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
text: To explore effective pedagogies to motivate these bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually, this paper draws upon methodologies about translingualism and intercultural doctoral education to dispel the recurrent doubts raised by these bilingual doctoral researchers.
ref: 2023 October 24, Haibo Shen, “JIĀO/JIÀO 教 Chinese bilingual doctoral researchers to theorise translingually: A pedagogy for intercultural doctoral education”, in Linguistics and Education, volume 77, →DOI:
glosses: The strategies or methods of instruction; an educational philosophy.
Derived terms: antipedagogy
biopedagogy
ecopedagogy
neuropedagogy
orthopedagogy
paragogy
pedagogic
pedagogical
pedagogically
pedagogism
pedagogue
pedagoguery
pedagoguese
psychopedagogy
public sphere pedagogy
Webagogy
Related terms: didactics
pediatrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pēdĭətrĭʹshən
ipa: /piːdɪəˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
enpr: pē'diətrĭʹshən
ipa: /ˌpidi.əˈtɹɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: pediatricians
form: paediatrician
form: pædiatrician
Etymology: From pediatric + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A physician that specializes in pediatrics; the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.
Synonyms: paediatrist
Derived terms: neuropediatrician
phantasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæntæzəm/
Forms: form: phantasms
form: fantasm
form: phantasim
form: phantasma
Etymology: A learned variant of phantom; from Middle English fantosme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma). Doublet of phantom.
Senses: examples: text: But night comes in with a more genial spirit: we have done our worst and our bitterest; and we need a small space to indulge any little bit of cordiality that may be left in us. A thousand gay phantasms float in on the sunny south, which has left the far-off vineyards of its birth.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Success”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 75:
text: He declares that there seems to be no justification for regarding the phantasms of dreams as pure hallucinations; most dream-images are probably in fact illusions, since they arise from faint sense-impressions, which never cease during sleep.
ref: 1900, Sigmund Freud, translated by James Strachey, The Interpretation of Dreams: Avon Books, page 74:
glosses: Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.
examples: text: When abstracted from the phantasm by the intellectus agens the species effects a modification in the intellectus possibilis which modification is called the species intelligibilis impressa. Actualized by the species impressa the intellectus […]
ref: 1932, Sr. Mary Anastasia Coady, The Phantasm According to the Teaching of St. Thomas:
text: Again, in a sense, the act of understanding as an insight into phantasm is knowledge of form: but the form so known does not correspond to the philosophic concept of form; “insight is to phantasm as form is to matter; […]”
ref: 1988, Bernard J. F. Lonergan, Frederick E. Crowe, Verbum: Word and Idea in Aquinas, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 38:
text: […] schematic way the essential characteristics of the phantasm in Derrida so that we can then see how Derrida's analysis of the phantasm of the mother (or of maternity) at once contributes to and displaces this configuration.
ref: 2013 April 15, Andrew J. Mitchell, Sam Slote, Derrida and Joyce: Texts and Contexts, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 166:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: phantasia
glosses: An impression as received by the senses, especially an image, often prior to any interpretation by the intellect.
Derived terms: phantascope
phantasmal
phantasmic
phantasmology
Related terms: fancy
fantasize
fantastic
fantasy
phantasmatic
phantom
phantom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæntəm/
rhymes: -æntəm
Forms: form: phantoms
form: fantom
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Senses: glosses: A ghost or apparition.
glosses: Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
qualifier: medical imaging
glosses: A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
glosses: Short for phantom power
Synonyms: ghost
Derived terms: giant phantom jelly
phantogram
phantomic
phantomish
phantomism
phantomist
phantomization
phantomize
phantomlike
phantom orchid
phantom powering
phantomry
phantom share
phantomship
phantomwise
phantom word
phantomy
quintom
Related terms: fantasy
phantom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæntəm/
rhymes: -æntəm
Forms: form: fantom
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Senses: examples: text: […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
ref: 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
glosses: Illusive.
examples: text: a phantom limb
glosses: Fictitious or nonexistent.
Derived terms: phantom abandoned call
phantom bone disease
phantom call
phantom circuit
phantom crane fly
phantom debt
phantom energy
phantom eye syndrome
phantom goal
phantom island
phantom jam
phantom limb
phantom midge
phantomness
phantom pain
phantom power
phantom pregnancy
phantom punch
phantom reference
phantom settlement
phantom shiner
phantom stock
phantom tumour
phantom type
phantom withdrawal
pharynx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfa.ɹɪŋks/
ipa: /ˈfɛɹ.ɪŋks/
ipa: /ˈfæɹ.ɪŋks/
rhymes: -æɹɪŋks
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋks
Forms: form: pharynges
form: pharynxes
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φᾰ́ρῠγξ (phắrŭnx, “throat”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: nasopharynx
oropharynx
laryngopharynx
velopharynx
glossopharynx
glosses: The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.
Derived terms: actinopharynx
buccopharynx
craniopharyngioma
cytopharynx
epipharynx
glossopharynx
hypopharynx
laryngopharynx
mesopharynx
nasopharynx
neopharynx
oropharynx
palatopharynx
pharyngal
pharyngotomy
retropharynx
rhinopharynx
velopharynx
Related terms: pharyngeal
pharyngo-
pharyng-
larynx
Phillip
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪlɪp/
homophone: fillip
Forms: form: Phillips
Etymology: A less common spelling of Philip.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, named after Arthur Phillip
Derived terms: Phillip Island
Phillips
Phillipson
phoebe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfiːbi/
rhymes: -iːbi
Forms: form: phoebes
form: phebe
Etymology: From early 18th c. Imitative, influenced by the name Phoebe.
Senses: glosses: Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.
Derived terms: Say's phoebe
Related terms: Phoebe
phonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒnɪks/
ipa: /ˈfəʊnɪks/
ipa: /ˈfɑnɪks/
ipa: /ˈfoʊnɪks/
rhymes: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: From phon- + -ics.
Senses: coordinate_terms: phonemics
glosses: The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
examples: text: Phonics has gone in and out of style for decades, and the current conflict over how to teach reading is only the latest in a tug-of-war that dates to the 19th century.
ref: 2020 February 15, Dana Goldstein, “An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: whole language
glosses: A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
glosses: Phonetics.
glosses: Acoustics.
Derived terms: anthropophonics
Ebonics
microphonics
phonicator
plunderphonics
synthetic phonics
phosphorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: homophone: phosphorus
Etymology: From phosphorus + -ous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to phosphorus.
glosses: Resembling phosphorus.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or containing trivalent phosphorus.
Synonyms: sense: of or pertaining to phosphorus
word: phosphoric
sense: resembling phosphorus
word: phosphoric
Derived terms: hypophosphorous
hypophosphorous acid
nonphosphorous
phosphite
phosphorous acid
phosphorous anhydride
phosphorous chloride
sulphophosphorous
Related terms: phosphoric
phosphorus
phosphorous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: homophone: phosphorus
Etymology: From phosphorus + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: As a former civilian resident of west Beirut, bombed with American-made phosphorous and cluster bombs by the Israelis, I am outraged by this.
ref: 1991 April 6, Steve Rose, “A Human Drama”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: Misspelling of phosphorus.
pneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)uːˈmæ.tɪk/
Forms: form: more pneumatic
form: most pneumatic
form: pneumatick
Etymology: From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breath”).
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling air or other gases
glosses: Of or relating to pneumatics
examples: text: a pneumatic instrument or engine
glosses: Powered by, or filled with, compressed air
examples: text: pneumatic cells or bones
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having cavities filled with air
glosses: Spiritual; of or relating to the pneuma
examples: text: Her almost pneumatic bust tightened itself, and she was quite prepared to say uncharitable things, as she saw Felicia enter.
ref: 1899, Alan Dale, His Own Image: A Novel, G. W. Dillingham Company, page 59:
text: "Every one says I'm awfully pneumatic," said Lenina reflectively, patting her own legs.
ref: 1932, Aldous Huxley, chapter 6, in Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
text: This short but pneumatic woman had killed six men and yet for some reason he wasn't afraid.
ref: 2015, Mark Sanderson, Robin Hood Yard (Snow Hill 3), HarperCollins UK, page 255:
glosses: well-rounded; full-breasted; bouncy
raw_tags: of a woman
Synonyms: sense: resembling air
word: aereous
word: airy
word: gaseous
sense: spiritual
word: pneumenous
sense: of a woman
word: voluptuous
Derived terms: apneumatic
autopneumatic
electropneumatic
electro-pneumatic
hydropneumatic
hyperpneumatic
nonpneumatic
opticopneumatic
pneudraulic
pneumatically
pneumatic bone
pneumatic device
pneumatic drill
pneumatic post
pneumatic trough
servopneumatic
thermopneumatic
Related terms: pneumaticity
pneumatization
pneumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /n(j)uːˈmæ.tɪk/
Forms: form: pneumatics
form: pneumatick
Etymology: From Latin pneumaticus, from Ancient Greek πνευματικός (pneumatikós, “relating to wind or air”), from πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, air, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breath”).
Senses: glosses: A vehicle, such as a bicycle, whose wheels are fitted with pneumatic tyres.
topics: Gnosticism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: In the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping of man, the highest type; a person focused on spiritual reality (the other two being hylic and psychic).
praxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹæk.sɪs/
rhymes: -æksɪs
Forms: form: praxes
form: praxises
Etymology: Partly from Latin prāxis and partly from its etymon Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis, “action, activity, practice”).
Senses: glosses: The practical application of any branch of learning.
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: The deliberate action of a rational being.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The synthesis of theory and practice, without presuming the primacy of either.
glosses: Custom or established practice.
glosses: An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice.
Derived terms: cacopraxis
eupraxis
heteropraxis
orthopraxis
parapraxis
radiopraxis
thanatopraxis
Related terms: praxeology
praxic
presbyopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊpiə
Forms: form: presbyopias
Etymology: From New Latin presbyōpia, from Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, “old man”), and New Latin -ōpia (“vision problem”), from Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”). By surface analysis, presby- + -opia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inability of the eye, due to ageing, to focus on nearby objects.
Coordinate terms: myopia
farsightedness
Derived terms: presbyopic
presbyter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛzbɪtə/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛzbɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛsbɪtɚ/
Forms: form: presbyters
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin presbyter, from Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros), from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”). Doublet of prester and priest.
Senses: hypernyms: cleric
glosses: An elder, priest, pastor, or minister in various Christian churches.
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: An elder of the Presbyterian church.
glosses: An elder of the congregation in early Christianity.
Derived terms: Jack Presbyter
presbytership
Related terms: Pan-Presbyterian
Panpresbyterian
presbyopia
presbytera
presbyterate
presbyterial
Presbyterial
presbyterially
Presbyterially
presbyterian
Presbyterian
presbyterianism
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianization
Presbyterianize
presbyterianly
Presbyterianly
presbytery
prophylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/
rhymes: -æksɪs
Forms: form: prophylaxes
Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
Derived terms: chemoprophylaxis
fluoroprophylaxis
homeoprophylaxis
immunoprophylaxis
monoprophylaxis
pharmacoprophylaxis
post-exposure prophylaxis
pre-exposure prophylaxis
propho
prophylactic
psychoprophylaxis
seroprophylaxis
thromboprophylaxis
zooprophylaxis
proxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒk.si/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑk.si/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procusie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
Senses: examples: text: a proxy indicator
text: a proxy measurement
glosses: Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
proxy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒk.si/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑk.si/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Forms: form: proxies
form: proxying
form: proxied
form: proxied
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procusie, contraction of procuracie, from Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin prōcūrātiō, from Latin prōcūrō (“I manage, administer”) (English procure). Compare proctor.
Senses: examples: text: In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
ref: 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
glosses: To serve as a proxy for.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
proxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒk.si/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑk.si/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Forms: form: proxies
Etymology: proximity + -y.
Senses: examples: text: (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
ref: 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/7974
text: the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
ref: 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198275/8052
text: Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
ref: 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/n64/file/198854/9449
text: You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do evade the proxies.
ref: 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/ps2/file/924556/43994
topics: video-games
glosses: Clipping of proximity mine.
Synonyms: proxy mine
pterodactyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktl̩/
ipa: /ˌtɛɹəˈdæktɪl/
Forms: form: pterodactyls
Etymology: From French ptérodactyle, a term coined by Cuvier from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”). By surface analysis, ptero- + -dactyl.
Senses: glosses: A pterosaur of the genus Pterodactylus.
examples: text: He described also the iguanodon and the pterodactyl - two of the first of the wonders which they had encountered.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Had a pterodactyl swooped down from those old-time crags, it would hardly have been out of place.
ref: 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 97:
text: Now let me tell you, Brisbane mossies in the sixties were as big as pterodactyls.
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 173:
glosses: Any pterosaur.
Related terms: pterodactylic
dactylo-
dactyly
polydactyly
syndactyly
pyrotechnics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪ.ɹəˈtɛk.nəks/
Etymology: From pyro- + technic + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The art and technology of fireworks and related military applications.
glosses: A display of fireworks.
examples: text: Dazzling verbal pyrotechnics and incredibly vivid characterization.
ref: 1978 August 19, Kevin Warren, “A Flawless Production”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 17:
text: Mainstream Records, wowed by Nugent's Hendrix-like guitar pyrotechnics, signed the guys and issued their self-titled debut album in 1968.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: An impressive display.
Synonyms: sense: display of fireworks
word: fireworks
Related terms: pyro-
pyrotechnic
pyrotechnical
pyrotechnist
pyrotechny
hard-nosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: hard + nosed; originally referred to hard-tipped bullets.
Senses: glosses: Guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.
glosses: Hardheaded, stubborn.
glosses: Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.
raw_tags: of a person
kavass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kavasses
form: cavass
form: kavas
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas, “guard, sentry”), derived from Arabic قوّاس (qawwās, “archer”), from Arabic قَوْس (qaws, “bow”).
Senses: glosses: A Turkish armed policeman or courier
kumiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of koumiss.
cheroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈɹuːt/
ipa: /t͡ʃə-/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: cheroots
Etymology: Probably from Portuguese charuto (“cigar”), from Tamil சுருட்டு (curuṭṭu, “roll (of tobacco)”).
Senses: examples: text: The lowest classes of Europeans, as also of the natives, and, indeed, most of the officers of country-ships, frequently smoke cheroots, exactly corresponding with the Spanish segar, though usually made rather more bulky. However fragrant the smokers themselves may consider cheroots, those who use hookahs, hold them to be not only vulgar, but intolerable!
ref: 1810, Thomas Williamson, The East India Vade-Mecum, volume I, London: Black, Parry & Kingsbury, page 499:
text: 1853, The Lancet, Vol. II, The Analytical Sanitary Commission. Cigars and their Adulterations, pp. 444-445, https://books.google.ca/books?id=_ZJMAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Purchased—of a Hawker, in Whitechapel-road. ¶ These cheroots were made up of two twisted wrappers or layers of thin brown paper, while the interior consisted entirely of hay, not a particle of tobacco entering into their composition. ¶ It appears that about the neighbourhood of Whitechapel, the sale of spurious cheroots of this kind constitutes a regular business.
text: 1892, Rudyard Kipling, "Mandalay", in Rudyard Kipling's Verse, Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922, http://www.bartleby.com/364/220.html
’Er petticoat was yaller an’ ’er little cap was green, / An’ ’er name was Supi-yaw-lat—jes’ the same as Theebaw’s Queen, / An’ I seed her first a-smokin’ of a whackin’ white cheroot, / An’ a-wastin’ Christian kisses on an ’eathen idol’s foot:
text: It was after nine now, and the room, scented with the acrid smoke of Westfield's cheroot, was stifling hot.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 2, in Burmese Days:
text: In distinguished despair he lighted a cheroot, and for Aaron Gadd that was no trivial gesture. Both his father and Deacon Popplewood […] contended that smoke issuing from the mouth was a little too much like the flames of Tophet for sound Congregational practice.
ref: 1948, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 5, in The God-Seeker, New York: Popular Library, page 29:
text: 1986, Heinrich Böll, "The Unknown Soldier" in The Casualty, translated by Leila Vennewitz, New York and London: W. Norton & Co., 1989, p. 97,
I had a long Virginia cheroot between my lips, it tasted deliciously bitter and mild, while in my back the goo of pus and blood and shreds of cloth and hand-grenade splinters went on simmering away.
text: 2012, Christopher Simon Sykes, David Hockney: the Biography, 1937-1975. A Rake's Progress, Doubleday, Chapter Ten,
Hamilton offered to put them up and Hockney spent the time making a marvellous etching of him sitting in a chair holding a cheroot in his right hand.
glosses: A cigar with square-cut ends.
wikipedia: cheroot
Derived terms: exotic cheroot
mulligatawny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌlɪɡəˈtɔːni/
rhymes: -ɔːni
Forms: form: mulligatawnies
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil மிளகுத்தண்ணீர் (miḷakuttaṇṇīr, literally “pepper water”).
Senses: examples: text: At the top was a cod's shoulders and head, whose intellectual faculties were rather over much developed; and at the bottom was soup called mulligatawny—some indefinite mixture of curry-powder and ducks' feet, the first spoonful of which called from its master a look of thunder and lightning up the table.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 127:
text: Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.
ref: 1931, Francis Beeding, “1/1”, in Death Walks in Eastrepps:
glosses: An Indian soup having a meat base and curry seasoning.
cashmere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæʃ.mɪə/
ipa: /kæʃˈmɪə/
ipa: /kæʒˈmiɹ/
ipa: /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/
ipa: /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/
ipa: /kæʃˈmiɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cashmeres
form: cassimeer
form: cashmire
Etymology: Appellativization of Cashmere.
Senses: hypernyms: goathair
glosses: Fine, downy wool from beneath the outer hair of the Cashmere goat.
examples: text: a cashmere sweater
glosses: A soft fabric made of this wool.
glosses: A rich kind of shawl made from this wool.
glosses: Any similar shawl.
Derived terms: cashmered
cashmerette
royal cashmere
Related terms: pashmina
chakra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃæ.kɹə/
ipa: /ˈtʃʌ.kɹə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃæ.kɹə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɹə/
rhymes: -ækɹə
rhymes: (US) -ɑːkɹə
Forms: form: chakras
Etymology: From Hindi चक्र (cakra) and directly from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”). As a synonym for hackery, either a correction or hypercorrection of that term based on one of its proposed etymologies. Doublet of chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, cyclus, and wheel.
Senses: examples: text: In the etheric body of a yogini in meditation, the polarity is, therefore, not between the brain and the genitals, the second and sixth chakras, but between the inner sexuality of the womb and the heart.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19:
topics: Ayurveda
alternative-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of (at least) seven centres of spiritual energy in or near the body, according to Ayurveda philosophy.
examples: text: ...bahlis, chakras, bullock-carts, dolis, tattus, palkis, miyanas, kharkharinas, bajras and chaupalas, were the common vehicles.
ref: 1911, Calendar of Persian Correspondence..., page xxvi:
glosses: Synonym of hackery.
synonyms: word: hackery
Derived terms: chakra healing
chakral
chakric
Himalayas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: Indic
ipa: /ɦɪˈmaː.lə.jəz/
ipa: /ˌhɪm.əˈleɪ.əz/
ipa: /hɪˈmɑl.ə.jəz/
enpr: hǐmʹə-lāʹəz
enpr: hǐ-mälʹyəz
Forms: form: Himalaya
form: Himmaleh
form: Himalayan Mountains
Etymology: Pluralisation of Himalaya, learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिमालय (himālaya).
Senses: glosses: The mountain range in south-central Asia which extends about 2,414 km (1,500 mi) through Kashmir, northern India, southern Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam; it contains nine of the world’s ten highest peaks, including Mount Everest/Qomolongma.
Derived terms: Himalayan
Kamasutra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kamasutra
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kama Sutra.
karma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŭrm
ipa: /kərm(ə)/
ipa: [kɐɾm(ɐ)]
enpr: kŭr-mäʹ
ipa: /kərˈmɑ/
ipa: [kɐɾmäː]
enpr: kärʹ-mə
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)mə
homophone: cama
homophone: calmer (non-rhotic)
note: non-rhotic
ipa: /ˈkɑː.mə/
note: rhotic
ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.mə/
Forms: form: karmas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कर्म (kárma), nom.sg. of कर्मन् (kárman, “act, action, performance”); first attested in English in 1785 in a translation of the Bhagavad Gita by Charles Wilkins.
Senses: examples: text: ‘We are all part of a circle of karma. We will be rewarded for the good deeds of our forefathers, and pay the price for their sins.’
ref: 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, pages 59-60:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
glosses: A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
examples: text: That means everything from lighting to the vibes, the karma of the room.
ref: 2001, Inside the Hits, page 307:
text: How many times when you have been in a bar have you felt that a confrontation was building up, even without extensive verbal exchanges? Sometimes you can feel the karma or energy of a place change, and you should not ignore that
ref: 2006, Chase Sargent, From Buddy to Boss, page 219:
text: On the way to Lancaster, which was about an hour and a half from Philly, John felt the karma.
ref: 2010, R.L. Roach, Irish Lie, page 135:
glosses: A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
glosses: A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
Derived terms: duskarma
instant karma
karma farm
karma farmer
karmaic
karmaless
karma's a bitch
karma whore
karmic
karmic debt
musk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌsk/
ipa: /mɐsk/
ipa: /mʊsk/
rhymes: -ʌsk
homophone: MuSK
Forms: form: musks
Etymology: From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠muʃk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.
Senses: examples: text: Your onely way to make a good pomander, is this. Take an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change of motherleſſe roſe water, then take the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work them into what form you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.
ref: 1607, [attributed to Thomas Tomkis], Lingva: Or The Combat of the Tongue, and the Five Senses for Superiority. A Pleasant Comœdie., London: Printed by G[eorge] Eld, for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, act IV, scene iii:
text: An old medical record relates that by means of musk the genital power of a man in his eightieth year was resuscitated.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 160:
glosses: A greasy secretion with a powerful odour, produced in a glandular sac of the male musk deer and used in the manufacture of perfumes.
glosses: A similar secretion produced by the otter and the civet.
glosses: A synthetic organic compound used as a substitute for the above.
glosses: The odour of musk.
glosses: A musk deer (genus Moschus).
glosses: A muskflower (Erythranthe moschata).
glosses: A plant of the genus Erodium (Erodium moschatum); the musky heronsbill.
glosses: A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
examples: text: I was so excited I could smell my own musk.
glosses: The scent of human genitalia when aroused or unwashed.
Derived terms: word: cyclic musk
word: loggerhead musk turtle
word: muscone
word: muskball
word: musk beetle
word: musk cat
word: musk cavy
word: musk duck
word: muskish
word: muskless
word: musklike
taxonomic: Abelmoschus moschatus
word: musk mallow
word: musk melon
word: muskmelon
word: musk oil
taxonomic: Abelmoschus moschatus
word: musk okra
word: musk orchid
word: musk orchis
word: musk ox
word: musk pear
word: musk plum
word: muskroot
word: musk rose
word: musk seed
taxonomic: Suncus murinus
word: musk shrew
word: musk stick
word: musk thistle
word: musk turtle
word: muskwood
word: musk xylene
word: musky
word: nitro musk
word: nitromusk
word: nito musk
word: pineapple melon
word: white musk
word: xylene musk
Related terms: muck
muscat
nutmeg
musk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌsk/
ipa: /mɐsk/
ipa: /mʊsk/
rhymes: -ʌsk
homophone: MuSK
Forms: form: musks
form: musking
form: musked
form: musked
Etymology: From Middle English muske, borrowed from Old French musc, from Late Latin muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠muʃk⁠/) whence Persian مشک (mošk). Ultimately from Sanskrit मुष्क (muṣka, “testicle”), the shape of the gland of animals secreting the substance being compared to human testicles, a diminutive of मूष् (mūṣ, “mouse”), the shape of human testicles being compared to mice, from Proto-Indo-European *muh₂s (“mouse”). Cognate with mouse.
Senses: glosses: To perfume with musk.
Sati
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सती (satī).
Senses: glosses: One of the daughters of Prasuti and Daksha; killed herself by self-immolation on a fire
Sati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit सती (satī).
Senses: glosses: Pious person
Derived terms: suttee
Sati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Transliteration of Pali sati.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: mindfulness, as in anapanasati; a state of mind in meditation
shunyata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shunyatas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sunyata.