cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ales
Etymology: * As a Spanish surname, from Ale, probably a shortening of Alejandro.
* As an Italian surname, likely a variant of Aleo.
* As an English surname, from Middle English Ale, shortened from several names such as Alice, Allison, etc.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Hale.
* As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Aal, also shortened from names such as Alewijn, Albert.
* As a Nepali surname, from आले (āle). This surname is mostly found in Nepal.
Compare Al.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Diminutive of Alejandra, from analogy with English Alison or Alexandra
Alexia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Feminine form of Alexius.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Alf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælf/
rhymes: -ælf
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
Alf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælf/
rhymes: -ælf
Forms: form: Alfs
Senses: examples: text: Martin Sharp once described Sydney's western suburbs to me hazily as 'where the Alfs live'.
ref: 1973, Australia. Parliament. Senate. Standing Committee on Education, Science and the Arts, Reference, Broadcasting and Television: Official Hansard Report (page 1076)
text: Oz savaged suburbia as a wasteland of consumerism and conformity, peopled with 'Alfs' […]
ref: 2009, Michelle Arrow, Friday on Our Minds: Popular Culture in Australia Since 1945, page 96:
text: Coote ended his piece with the claim that “[t]he Australian Alfs are beyond redemption”, and as such only small groups of militant aligned students and workers posed a real challenge to the system.
ref: 2016, Jon Piccini, Transnational Protest, Australia and the 1960s, page 74:
glosses: An uncultured Australian.
Ali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːli/
rhymes: -ɑːli
Forms: form: Alis
Etymology: From Arabic عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy, literally “high, exalted”), from the Arabic root ع ل ي (ʕ l y).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Haydar
english: birth name & common epithet in Shia literature
translation: birth name & common epithet in Shia literature
glosses: The Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, considered by Shias to be Muhammad's first successor (imam).
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Derived terms: Ali Baba
Alid
Alikhan
Comical Ali
Ali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːli/
rhymes: -ɑːli
ipa: /ˈæli/
rhymes: -æli
ipa: /ˈɑːli/
rhymes: -ɑːli
Forms: form: Alis
form: Aly
form: Alee
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Alison or of its variants.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alistair or of its variants.
Alla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name А́лла (Álla)
Alla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: […] look at these Christians closely, and you will abhor them. They are the worshippers of gold, not the followers of Alla. The poorest Mussulman has more hospitality than their Cadi; more charity than their Imans; more honesty than their Viziers.
ref: 1819, Henry Tudor Farmer, Imagination; the Maniac's Dream: And Other Poems, page 157:
glosses: Obsolete form of Allah.
Aller
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English Alre.
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Kentisbeare parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST0506).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburban area in Kingskerswell parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8768).
glosses: A place in England:
A small settlement in Hilton parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST7602).
glosses: A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4029).
glosses: A place in England:
A minor river in west Somerset, which gives its name to Allerford.
glosses: A river in Saxony-Anhalt and Lower Saxony, Germany, a tributary of the Weser.
glosses: A river in Asturias, Spain.
glosses: A municipality in Asturias, northern Spain.
glosses: A surname.
allows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlaʊz/
rhymes: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of allow
Ally
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæliː/
Forms: form: Allys
form: Allie
Etymology: Diminutives + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Where’s my Girle? What Ally? Ally? / Enter Alice.
ref: 1637–1638 (date written), Richard Brome, “The Damoiselle, or The New Ordinary. A Comedy.”, in A[lexander] Brome, editor, Five New Playes, […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, signature A4, verso:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Alice, Alison, Alexandra, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages or Ancient Greek.
examples: text: Ally Love
text: Golden-hair'd Ally whose name is one with mine,
Crazy with laughter and babble and earth's new wine
ref: 1880, Alfred Tennyson, To Alfred Tennyson, My Grandson:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Alfred, Albert, Alan, Alexander, or other names beginning with Al-[[]], from the Germanic languages, the Celtic languages, or Ancient Greek.
Alma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Usually explained as Latin alma (“nourishing, kind”). It has also been used as a short form of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Amal-, as in Amelia.
Senses: examples: text: Alma she called was, a virgin bright:/ That had not yet felt Cupides wanton rage,/ Yet was she woo'd of many a gentle knight […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 18:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, popular in the 19th century.
glosses: One of two prophets, the Elder and the Younger, and a book in the Book of Mormon.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A city in Crawford County, Arkansas.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A ghost town in Santa Clara County, California.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A statutory town in Park County, Colorado.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Bacon County, Georgia.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A village in Marion County, Illinois.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A ghost town in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A city in Gratiot County, Michigan.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A small city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Harlan County, Nebraska.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Catron County, New Mexico.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A town in Allegany County, New York.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Stephens County, Oklahoma.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A town in Ellis County, Texas.
glosses: Places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Places in the United States:
A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
glosses: Places in Canada:
A village in Albert County, New Brunswick.
glosses: Places in Canada:
An unincorporated rural community of Pictou County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: Places in Canada:
An unincorporated rural community of Wellington County, Ontario.
glosses: Places in Canada:
A settlement in Prince Edward Island.
glosses: Places in Canada:
A town in Quebec.
glosses: Former name of Boudouaou, Algeria.
Alma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Nonstandard form of ALMA, acronym of Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
Almighty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːlˈmaɪti/
rhymes: -aɪti
Forms: form: the Almighty
form: Allmighty
Etymology: From Middle English þe Almyȝty, þe Almihtiȝ, from Old English sē Ælmihtiġa (literally “the Almighty (One)”). More at almighty.
Senses: examples: text: The Almighty has smiled on us and blessed with good fortune.
glosses: God, the supreme being.
Alo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Haloa (“Attic festival”).
Related terms: Alo-o
Alpha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A placename.
A ghost town in California, United States (USA).
glosses: A placename.
A village in Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A village in Michigan, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A city and village in Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A borough of New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A placename.
A town in Queensland, Australia.
glosses: Former name of the International Space Station.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A RISC CPU instruction set architecture developed and marketed by Digital Equipment Corporation (then later by Compaq and then Hewlett-Packard) from 1992 until 2004.
Alpha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alphas
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of alpha.
examples: text: They are being partially replaced by a new generation – the Alphas, which cover children aged nine or under and account for 12 per cent of all Australians.
ref: 2022 June 28, Shane Wright, Carla Jaeger, “Gen Xers squeezed by their parents, children”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: And if, as Twenge argues, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices is the defining factor in Gen Z’s profile — and the main root of its problems — the Alphas, or Polars, remain an open question.
ref: 2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: Gen Alpha
Generation Alpha
glosses: A member of Generation Alpha.
Alpine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.paɪn/
ipa: /ˈæl.pɪn/
Forms: form: more Alpine
form: most Alpine
Etymology: From French alpin, see also alpine.
Senses: examples: text: Some vague emotion of delight / In gazing up an Alpine height, / Some yearning toward the lamps of night.
ref: 1833–1834 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “The Two Voices”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: Relating to the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
Synonyms: word: Alpian
Derived terms: Alpine Dachsbracke
Alpine goat
Alpine ibex
Alpine republic
Alpine Ridge
cisalpine
Glen Alpine
perialpine
subalpine
Transalpine
transalpine
Alpine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.paɪn/
ipa: /ˈæl.pɪn/
Etymology: From French alpin, see also alpine.
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and former census-designated place in North Slope Borough, Alaska. It has no permanent residents but around 250 commuter residents, who work on a two-week-on, two-week-off schedule.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in San Diego County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Chattooga County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Columbia Township, Fayette County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A rural unincorporated community and census-designated place in Benton County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Brewster County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Utah County, Utah, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Skagit County, Washington, United States.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lincoln County, Wyoming, United States.
glosses: A village in New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia; in full, Alpine Shire.
Alt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔlt/
rhymes: -ɔlt
Forms: form: Alts
Etymology: Abbreviation of alternate or alternative.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A modifier key used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys.
Derived terms: Alt-F4
Alt-Tab
Ctrl-Alt-Delete
Alt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔlt/
rhymes: -ɔlt
Senses: glosses: A river in West Lancashire and Merseyside, England that flows into the Irish Sea; in full, the River Alt.
Alta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alta.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada.
Alta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "I'm thinkin', Marthy Ann, that as Altie's " ( she had been named Alta, for her mother ) - "close onto twelve year old, ye might be spared ter go off home- - -
ref: 1870 Mary Mapes Dodge: St. Nicholas:A Monthly Magazine for Boys and Girls: page 725 (Little Menan Light)
glosses: A female given name from Latin possibly from Latin alta (“high”), fairly common in the United States in the nineteenth century.
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
glosses: A census-designated place in Placer County, California, United States.
Related terms: Altagracia
Althea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.θi.ə/
ipa: /ælˈθiː.ə/
ipa: /ælˈθi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From Althaia or Althaea of Greek mythology, from Ancient Greek Ἀλθαία (Althaía).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the queen of Calydon
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: an obscure goddess who was the personification of truth
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms: Althean
Altus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.
ref: 2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Jackson County, in southwest Oklahoma, United States.
Am
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Shortened form of America or American, particularly as used in commercial names.
glosses: Shortened form of amateur, particularly as used in commercial names.
Related terms: Pro-Am
Trans-Am
Amati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ.mɑ.ti/
Forms: form: Amatis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Amati.
Senses: glosses: a violin made by a member of the Amati family.
Amber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bə/
enpr: ăm'bər
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
homophone: amber
Etymology: From amber, from Middle English ambre, from Old French ambre, from Latin ambar, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).
Senses: examples: text: The youngest daughter of the Marchioness of Summerdown had one of these quaint, pretty names - Amber! - and what a pretty creature she was!
ref: 1854 Harper's Magazine, Volume IX, June to November 1854, page 667 ("Lady Amber Mayne")
text: And then she said softly, "Sarah - I think I'll name her Amber - for the colour of her father's eyes - "
ref: 1944, Kathleen Winsor, Forever Amber, Chicago Review Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 14:
text: A bit raddled, maybe thirty, maybe older, tanned like a hitchhiker, dressed like a road protester, one of those older women still determinedly being a girl; all those eighties feministy still-political women were terribly interested in what Eve did. Hippie name. Amber. Ridiculous name.
ref: 2005, Ali Smith, The Accidental, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: A female given name from English, popular in the 1980s and the 1990s.
examples: text: Amber, the half, generally waltzed round our forwards, and when he secured he passed the ball on to Aspinall.
ref: 1901, Frederick Swainson, Acton's Feud: A Public School Story, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2007, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: A surname of uncertain origin.
Derived terms: Amberlynn
Amber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bə/
enpr: ăm'bər
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
homophone: amber
Forms: form: Ambar
Etymology: From a form of the Hindi आसमान (āsmān, “the heavens”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hindi.
glosses: A city in Rajasthan, India, also known as Amer.
Amber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bə/
enpr: ăm'bər
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
homophone: amber
Etymology: From a pre-Celtic word.
Senses: glosses: A river in Derbyshire, England, which joins the River Derwent at Ambergate.
Derived terms: Ambergate
Amber Valley
Amber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæm.bə/
enpr: ăm'bər
ipa: /ˈæm.bɚ/
rhymes: -æmbə(ɹ)
homophone: amber
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ambel (“language”).
synonyms: word: Ambel
extra: language
Amen
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of amen (“so be it; may it be done”).
Amen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: To the angel of the church of Laodicea, write:
These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation.
ref: 1973, New Testament (New International Version), Revelation 3:14
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Jesus, Son of God, as the authority.
Amen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Multiple origins, including a respelling of German Ammann or a variant of Amin from Arabic أَمِين (ʔamīn).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Amen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Amun.
Amethyst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the gemstone amethyst.
Senses: examples: text: The Australian rapper Iggy Azalea was born Amethyst Amelia Kelly.
glosses: A female given name.
Amor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amors
Etymology: From the type object, 1221 Amor, itself from Latin Amor, the god of love.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid that orbits between the orbits of Earth and Mars.
Amor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amors
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Amor. This surname was introduced in England by the Normans.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W.H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.
Senses: glosses: A female given name, equivalent to English Anna or Hannah.
glosses: A river in Oregon, United States.
Ana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ana Island and a strip of flat land below the steep banks bordering the Euphrates, some 350 km (220 miles) due east of Palmyra, were occupied for millennia by the buildings of a succession of important settlements...
ref: 2012, David Kennedy et al., Rome's Desert Frontier from the Air, page 114:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq.
Ana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ethnicity within the Yoruba people, mostly living in Benin and Togo in West Africa.
synonyms: Ifè
glosses: The language within the Niger-Congo family spoken by the Ana people.
Ana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A member of the Ana people.
Anal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.nʌl/
homophone: annul
Forms: form: Anāl
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group found in Manipur in India, and in Burma/Myanmar, closely related to the Kuki people.
glosses: The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.
Anal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.nʌl/
homophone: annul
Forms: form: Anals
form: Anāl
Senses: glosses: An individual member of that ethnic group.
Anas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Calauag, Quezon, Philippines.
anchored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anchor
anchored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: an anchored cross, or a cross anchored
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: ancrée
glosses: Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
Ancient Greece
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Greek-speaking world in ancient times, geographically referring not only to modern Greece and southern Balkan peninsula but also to areas of Hellenic culture that were settled during ancient times by Greeks: Cyprus, the Aegean coast of Ionia, southern Italian peninsula and Sicily (known as Magna Graecia) and the scattered Greek settlements on the coasts of what are now Albania, Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, southern France, southern Spain, Catalonia, Georgia, Romania, and Ukraine.
glosses: The civilization that flourished around the Mediterranean Sea from the 3rd millennium to the 1st century BCE (including the first two European civilizations, Minoan and Mycenaean), known as the cradle of Western civilization.
Related terms: word: Ancient Greek
Anda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Andas
Etymology: Borrowed from Basque Anda.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
Android
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See android.
Senses: examples: text: SL4A brings scripting languages to Android by allowing developers to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device, according to Google Labs.
ref: 2010 July 17, “PHP development comes to Google Android”, in Reuters:
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.
Android
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Androids
Etymology: See android.
Senses: examples: text: Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.
ref: 2016, Technology Made Easy: Simple Ways to Use Your Computer, Phone, and Other Electronic Devices, Peachtree City, Ga.: FC&A Publishing, →ISBN, page 317:
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A mobile phone running on Android OS.
Ange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ændʒ
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Angela.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Angelo.
Angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -eɪndʒəl
Forms: form: Angels
form: Angell
Senses: examples: text: When men are impatient with children, it is extremely displeasing to the Angels;
ref: 1858, Frederick William Faber, Ethel's Book; or, Tales of the Angels, page 59:
text: But alas, we were directed to climb over the ship to Angels 12 to provide protection to the ship.
ref: 2011, James A. Oleson, In Their Own Words - the Final Chapter, page 93:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of angel.
Angel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪn.d͡ʒəl/
rhymes: -eɪndʒəl
Forms: form: Angels
form: Angell
Senses: examples: text: "What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name."
ref: 1973, Roald Dahl, More Tales of the Unexpected: Mr Botibol:
glosses: A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century; or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.
examples: text: At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.
ref: 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 250, column 2:
glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.
glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage from the English noun angel.
examples: text: Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
Angelo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.d͡ʒə.loʊ/
ipa: /ˈæn.hə.loʊ/
Forms: form: Angelos
form: Angello
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.
Senses: examples: text: I haue deliuerd to Lord Angelo / (A man of ſtricture and firme abſtinence) / My abſolute power, and place here in Vienna,
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 63, column 2:
text: Luigi — Angelo. They're lovely names; and so grand and foreign — not like Jones and Robinson and such.
ref: 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter V”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 74:
glosses: A male given name from Italian.
glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: San Angelo
Angelus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”).
* (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary".
Doublet of angel.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.
Angelus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Angeluses
form: angelus
Etymology: * (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”).
* (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary".
Doublet of angel.
Senses: glosses: A Christian devotion in memory of the Incarnation.
examples: text: […]and having eternal aves and angeluses rung in their ears;
ref: 1879, James Albert Harrison, Spain in Profile: A Summer Among the Olives and Aloes:
text: The yodel in it brought to mind incongruous images, full of holes as a Swiss cheese: among the alpenhorns and cuckoo clocks, cowbells clunked and donged like angeluses gone awry.
ref: 1998, Ciaran Carson, Last Night's Fun: A Book About Irish Traditional Music, page 151:
glosses: The bell rung as a call to prayer during the Angelus service.
Derived terms: Angelus bell
Related terms: Angel
angel
Angelo
Angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/
rhymes: -æŋɡəl
Forms: form: Angles
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Anglus, in turn borrowed from a Germanic source (compare Old English Ængle/Engle (“Angle”)). Probably derived from the toponym Angle, related to Proto-Germanic *anguz "narrow, tight; tapering", either indicating the "narrow" water (i.e. the Schlei estuary), or the shape of the peninsula.
Folk etymology linking the word to English angel or any antecedents is demonstrably false.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
wikipedia: Folk etymology
Derived terms: Anglic
anglo-
Anglo-
anglo
Anglo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anglos
Senses: examples: text: Since the Anglo occupation of the Great Basin, pottery has been a global commodity in the world market.
ref: 1999 September, Timothy J. Scarlett, “Narcissus’s Mirror: Manufacture and Modernism in the American Great Basin—The Case of Pottery”, in International Journal of Historical Archaeology, volume 3, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Publishing Corporation, →DOI, →ISSN, section “Introduction”, page 167:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of anglo.
Anna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænə/
ipa: [ˈeənə]
rhymes: -ænə
Forms: form: Annas
Etymology: From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.
Senses: examples: text: Every lover the years disclose / Is of a beautiful name made free. / One befriends, and all others are foes. / Anna's the name of names for me.
ref: c. 1886 William Ernest Henley, A Ballade of Ladies' Names, Gleeson White:Ballades and Rondeaus, Read Books 1887, page 19
text: M for Madeleine, M for Marguerite, M for Melanie and the rest, she thought, smiling as she remembered the long string of glamorous names they had invented for her. No wonder plain "Anna" had seemed a little disappointing!
ref: 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 189:
text: His real name was Leonard, Len. He'd changed it when he came East. "Len," he said. "A turd of a name. Who wants it? I mean a name that ends in a nasalization, for Christ's sake. Leo now. It's like Anna. They go on forever. You can live with a name like that."
ref: 1986, Sue Miller, The Good Mother, G.K.Hall, published 1987, →ISBN, page 183:
text: Anna Twiggs bailed her sister out of jail Monday evening. She said she found her sister dead in her bed Wednesday morning.
ref: 2018 April 23, Chuck Johnston, “Judge not allowed back to court after berating woman who died”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
examples: text: And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:36:
glosses: A prophetess in the New Testament.
glosses: A city in Illinois.
glosses: A city in Texas.
glosses: A town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A village in Järva, Estonia.
glosses: A village in Fars Province, Iran.
glosses: A village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran.
glosses: A village in Ohio; after Anna Thirkield, an early settler.
glosses: A municipality of the Valencian Community, Spain.
Derived terms: Anna Karenina principle
Anna Kournikova
Anna potatoes
Anna's hummingbird
Santa Anna
Anna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænə/
ipa: [ˈeənə]
rhymes: -ænə
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Anah, a city in Anbar, Iraq.
Annie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæni/
rhymes: -æni
Forms: form: Annies
form: Anny
Senses: examples: text: Maxwelton braes are bonnie / Where early fa's the dew; / An' it's there that Annie Laurie / Gi'ed me her promise true.
ref: c. 1700, William Douglas(?), Annie Laurie
text: I never thought of the most brilliant and elegant women in England quite so charming as she really is, till I heard her call her younger sister "Annie". It seemed to remove at once the almost repellent quality which belongs to extreme polish, - gave a genial warmth to her brightness, became her like a smile. - - - If she had called her sister Anna-Maria according to the register, I should have admired, and feared, and shunned her to my dying day.
ref: 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
text: "I want you to stop calling yourself by that silly name, Annie," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said clearly. "It's inappropriate and ridiculous and I don't like it. It may even be dishonest, I don't know. At any rate, you're to stop it at once. I looked up your registration, and your name is Annie, a solid, Christian name. You'll do well to abide by it."
"I don't like Annie," Jewel said.
"It suits your face," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said. A titter ran around the listening room.
ref: 1947, Hilda Lawrence, Death of a Doll, pages 39–40:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Ann. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
glosses: A female orphan.
Derived terms: Annie-over
baseball Annie
over-Annie-over
Annunciation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˌnʌnsɪˈeɪ̯ʃn̩/
Forms: form: the Annunciation
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: The announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would give birth to a son, namely Jesus. Celebrated on 25th March.
Related terms: annunciation
Ano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
Anon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of anonymous
Senses: glosses: The name given when an author's name is unknown.
Ant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ænt
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Anthony, from Latin.
glosses: A river in Norfolk, England, tributary to the Bure.
glosses: The 27th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Antarctic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/
ipa: /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Forms: form: more Antarctic
form: most Antarctic
form: antarctic
Etymology: From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.
Senses: examples: text: We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers.
ref: 1972, George William Turner, The English Language in Australia and New Zealand, Longman, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Scientists have known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago.
ref: 2014 May 12, Suzanne Goldenberg, “Western Antarctic ice sheet collapse has already begun, scientists warn”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
glosses: Opposite, contradictory.
glosses: Southern.
Derived terms: Antarctic 10
Antarctic Circle
Antarctic cod
Antarctic Convergence
Antarctic English
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic petrel
Antarctic toothfish
Antarctic wolf
British Antarctic Territory
Related terms: Antarctica
Antarctic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈtɑː(k)tɪk/
ipa: /ænˈtɑɹ(k)tɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Forms: form: antarctic
Etymology: From Middle English antartik, antartyk, from Middle French antartique, from Latin antarcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντί (antí, “opposite”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”). By surface analysis, anti- + Arctic.
Senses: glosses: A continental region, one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions, especially those south of the Antarctic Convergence; or, in accordance with the Antarctic Treaty System, the 60th parallel south.
Ante
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Antes
Etymology: Various origins:
* As a Spanish and Catalan surname, perhaps from ante (“elk; suede”).
* As a Dutch and North German surname, from Ente (“duck”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Antichrist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/
ipa: /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/
ipa: /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/
Forms: form: anti-Christ
form: antichrist
Etymology: From Middle English Antecrist, from late Old English Antecrist, from Late Latin antichrīstus, from Ancient Greek ἀντίχριστος (antíkhristos). By surface analysis, anti- + Christ. The modern spelling of the word is due to an effort to reflect the Latin etymon.
Senses: examples: text: Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 2:18:
text: [Ross Douthat:] Is Silicon Valley recklessly ambitious? What should we fear more: Armageddon or stagnation? Why is one of the world’s most successful investors worrying about the Antichrist? […] [Peter Thiel:] […] And the Christian framing, which in some ways is the same question, is: Antichrist or Armageddon? You have the one-world state of the Antichrist, or we’re sleepwalking toward Armageddon.
ref: 2025 June 26, Ross Douthat, quoting Peter Thiel, “Peter Thiel and the Antichrist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: Christianity
Islam
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: dajjal
glosses: A false messiah who, under direct control of the Devil, will usher in the abomination in the end times; a false prophet.
Related terms: antipope
antipopery
Antipodes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Antipodes
Etymology: See antipodes.
Senses: glosses: The Southern Hemisphere.
glosses: Australia and New Zealand.
Antiquity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
Synonyms: classical antiquity
Anu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: An
Senses: qualifier: Assyrian and Babylonian mythology
glosses: A sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, who dwelt in the highest heavenly region.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Anushka, Anusha, Anisha, or Ansuya.
Anus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Anus terms
Anya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian and Ukrainian А́ня (Ánja, informal pet form of А́нна (Ánna, “Ann”)). Also an Anglicization of Áine.
Senses: examples: text: Given a perfectly good American name like Ann, she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
ref: 1969, Constance Urdang, Natural History, Harper & Row, page 61:
glosses: A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian, of modern usage.
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit, of modern usage.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Aanya.
Aotearoa New Zealand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑːəʊtiːəˌɹəʊ.ə nju ˈziːlənd/
ipa: /- njuː -/
ipa: /ˌɑ.oʊtiəˌɹoʊ.ə nu ˈzilənd/
ipa: /ˌæoteəɹɐʉ.ɘ njʉː ˈziːlɘnd/
ipa: /ˌæotiə-/
ipa: /- nʉː -/
Forms: form: Aotearoa-New Zealand
form: Aotearoa/New Zealand
Senses: examples: text: 1988 (March), Human Rights Commission Focus
The Commission recognises the importance of Māori culture […] to all people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
text: In looking further south, to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the forward march of the British is in full show.
ref: 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 65:
glosses: A bicultural name for New Zealand.
Related terms: Maori
Apocalypse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒkəlɪps/
ipa: /əˈpɑkəlɪps/
Forms: form: Apocalypses
Etymology: Proprialization from apocalypse, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokálupsis, “revelation”). The translation decisions, from the original Greek to the conventional English choices Revelation and Apocalypse, are covered by Wikipedia at Book of Revelation § Title, authorship, and date.
Senses: examples: text: Apocalypses of Adam and Abraham (Epiphanius) and of Elias (Jerome) are also mentioned.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.
examples: text: He's been reading the Apocalypse again, and doomscrolling social media content that fixates on it.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Revelation (last book of the Bible, composed of twenty-two chapters, which narrates a vision of the end times).
examples: text: They keep predicting that the Apocalypse is nigh, but I notice that they have books and supplies that they're trying to sell.
glosses: Armageddon: the destructive end of the world.
Related terms: Final Judgment
Rapture
Second Coming
Tribulation
Apocryphal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Of or relating to the Apocrypha.
Apollo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒləʊ/
ipa: /əˈpɑloʊ/
rhymes: -ɒləʊ
Etymology: From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Blue are the hills that are far away,’ is an owercome in the countryside, and while at first on his side it may have been but a young man’s fancy, to her he was like the god Apollo descending from the skies.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Zeus and Leto (or Jupiter and Latona), and the twin brother of Artemis (or Diana). He was the god of light, music, medicine, and poetry; and prophecy, dance, manly beauty, and more.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The planet Mercury, when observed as a Morning Star.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Short for 1862 Apollo, an Apollo asteroid.
examples: text: Apollo 11 landed people on the moon for the first time.
topics: NASA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.
glosses: Apollo Theater, a music hall in New York City associated with African-American performers.
glosses: A butterfly of species Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings.
glosses: A very handsome young man.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A placename.
examples: text: After that, children in school said you could get Apollo, a form of conjunctivitis, by staring at an eclipse too long.
ref: 2005, Sefi Atta, Everything Good Will Come, Arris Books, page 11:
text: Her eyes hurt and when her mother looked at her in the morning and worried that she had Apollo because her eyes were so red she did not tell her otherwise.
ref: 2009, Chika Unigwe, On Black Sisters’ Street, Vintage (2010), page 133:
glosses: Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.
Derived terms: topics: NASA
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
sense: space
word: pre-Apollo
topics: NASA
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
sense: space
word: post-Apollo
Related terms: word: Apollon
word: Apolo
word: Apollos
Apollo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒləʊ/
ipa: /əˈpɑloʊ/
rhymes: -ɒləʊ
Forms: form: Apollos
Etymology: From the object 1862 Apollo.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.
apparelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Only a few of the staff have so far been apparelled, noticeably at Blackfriars.
ref: 1939 September, “Items of Interest: Southern Railway Cap Badges”, in Railway Magazine, page 234:
text: "You were wearing the very clothes with which you are currently apparelled."
ref: 1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, William Heinemann Ltd, page 205:
glosses: simple past and past participle of apparel.
Appel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Appel reaction
Apple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ăp'əl
ipa: /ˈæp.əl/
rhymes: -æpəl
homophone: apple
Forms: form: Apples
Etymology: From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States; more commonly in the form the Big Apple.
raw_tags: with the
glosses: A female given name from English.
glosses: A surname.
Apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăp'əl
ipa: /ˈæp.əl/
rhymes: -æpəl
homophone: apple
Forms: form: Apples
Etymology: From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.
Senses: examples: text: Arthur bought the Apple anyway. Over a few days he also acquired some astronomical software, plotted the movements of stars, drew rough little diagrams of how he seemed to remember the stars to have been […]
ref: 1984, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 93:
glosses: A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.
Related terms: Apple scruff