cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
zaftig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzæf.tɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈzɑf.tɪɡ/
Forms: form: more zaftig
form: most zaftig
form: zoftig
form: zaftige
Etymology: From Yiddish זאַפֿטיק (zaftik), cognate to German saftig (“juicy”). Doublet of sappy.
Senses: examples: text: By his description the same broad. A zaftige piece too, in a mink stole.
ref: 1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, chapter XXII, in The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC, page 460:
text: Sportcasters are drawn from three different talent pools. Some are professional media people, others are ex-coaches and the most zaftig lot are ex-players.
ref: 1980, Washington Journalism Review, volume 2:
text: Well, a certain zaftig coed told this on herself. She tried to give her all to Brainy in exchange for a passing grade in the general math course necessary to any degree on our campus. […] "Brainy" didn't accept, didn't refuse, wasn't offended, didn't seem to understand. He told her that she had better talk to her instructor about getting tutoring and a re-exam. Now Miss Zaftig is circulating the story that Prof "No Brain" must be a eunuch or a robot. Not even a homo. Totally sexless.
ref: 1980, Robert A. Heinlein, chapter VII, in The Number of the Beast, part one, pages 61–62:
text: But I've been waiting for you just to say / The zoftig chick is mine / But all I know is you got no money / But that's got nothing to do with a good time
ref: 1992, Sonic Youth (lyrics and music), “100%”, in Dirty:
text: Mrs Stahlbaum, a much more zaftig figure than the Housekeeper, wears a strawberry blonde wig with bangs, her hair tied back in a bun.
ref: 1996, Gay Morris, “Moving Words: Re-Writing Dance”, in Gay Morris, editor, 9: "Styles of the Flesh": Gender in the Dances of Mark Morris, page 152:
text: 1995 Clinton has his first sexual encounter with zaftig intern Lewinsky.
ref: 2000 January 22, “D.C. 90210”, in Time, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2012:
text: And being fatter at the outset meant you had more to offer; scrawnier mothers were consumed sooner than their more zaftig counterparts, which then meant that the young spiders were less likely to turn from their parent to an arguably even more unsavory occupation: eating each other.
ref: 2011, Marlene Zuk, Sex on Six Legs: Lessons on Life, Love, and Language from the Insect World, page 156:
text: Tor's “old lady,” Bari, is a warmer zaftig presence.
ref: 2022, Jennifer Egan, “What the Forest Remembers”, in The Candy House:
synonyms: word: buxom
word: Rubenesque
word: voluptuous
word: built
word: buxom
word: chubby
word: curvaceous
word: curvesome
word: curvy
word: embonpoint
word: full-figured
word: juicy
word: luscious
word: pneumatic
word: red-hot
word: Rubenesque
word: sonsy
word: thicc
word: thick
word: toothsome
word: voluptuous
word: well-endowed
word: well-proportioned
word: zaftig
glosses: Having a plump and sexually attractive figure; voluptuous, well-proportioned; large.
raw_tags: of a woman
ardor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːdə/
ipa: /ˈɑːɹdɚ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: ardors
form: ardour
Etymology: From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).
Senses: examples: text: I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 120:
glosses: Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
glosses: Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
glosses: Intense heat.
Synonyms: sense: warmth of feeling
word: intensity
sense: warmth of feeling
word: flame
sense: spirit
word: elan
sense: spirit
word: fire in the belly
sense: spirit
word: passion
sense: spirit
word: zeal
ardour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ardours
Senses: examples: text: I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 120:
text: The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
glosses: British, Canada, and Australia spelling of ardor.
intricate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
Forms: form: more intricate
form: most intricate
Etymology: From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
text: As a matter of fact its narrow ornate façade presented not a single quiet space that the eyes might rest on after a tiring attempt to follow and codify the arabesques, foliations, and intricate vermiculations of what some disrespectfully dubbed as “near-aissance.”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders.
ref: 1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
synonyms: fancy
glosses: Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
examples: text: The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate,
Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors;
Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain,
Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search;
Nor ſees with how much Art the Windings run,
Nor where the regular Confuſion ends.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
text: His style of writing […] was […]fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding […]with the utmost clearness.
ref: 1715 May 15 (Gregorian calendar), Joseph Addison, “The Free-holder: No. 39. Wednesday, May 4. [1715.]”, in The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721, →OCLC:
glosses: Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure.
Derived terms: disintricate
intricacy
intricately
intricateness
overintricate
unintricate
intricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
ipa: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.keɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
Forms: form: intricates
form: intricating
form: intricated
form: intricated
Etymology: As for Etymology 1; from Latin intrīcātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
ref: 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23)
glosses: To become enmeshed or entangled.
examples: text: But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
ref: 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times
glosses: To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
drugget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹʌɡɪt/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪt
Forms: form: druggets
Etymology: From French droguet, from drogue (“cheap”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: An inexpensive coarse woolen cloth, used mainly for clothing.
examples: text: There was the handsome carpet, new on the occasion of Mr. Gooch's marriage, but it was carefully covered with a drab drugget; the curtains were of a pretty pink damask, but they were enveloped in brown holland bags, by which same material the chairs and sofas were covered.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 182:
text: This carpet was a small square drugget in the centre of the room[…]
ref: 1904 December, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain:
text: There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0091:
text: Bradshaw is always ready to talk 'manufactories', and here he confides that the town [Basingstoke] "carried on a rather considerable business in druggets, which has since fallen off". (Druggets has me reaching for my dictionary - it refers to a coarse woollen fabric used to make floor coverings).
ref: 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 57:
glosses: A floor covering made of drugget.
Derived terms: druggeting
bannister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ænɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bannisters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banister.
uh oh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uh-oh.
for the most part
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: For the most part, the crowd was orderly.
text: The sky is overcast for the most part.
text: Until the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken in England.
text: O, it offends mee to the Soule, to ſee a robuſtious Pery-wig-pated Fellow, teare a Paſſion to tatters, to verie ragges, to ſplit the eares of the Groundlings: who (for the moſt part) are capeable of nothing, but inexplicable dumbe ſhewes, & noiſe:[…]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 266, column 2:
text: Such souls can with assistance rise to better things, but it is a very arduous task and for the most part they remain rejoicers in evil.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 276:
text: For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.
ref: 1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376:
text: With half-time approaching, England rather switched off, but for the most part it was an improved first 40 minutes from Johnson's side, which came in for much criticism following stuttering displays in their first two games.
ref: 2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In most aspects; mostly; generally.
Synonyms: by and large
on the whole
mostly
experiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ən.sɪz/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪən.sɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of experience
experiences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈspɪɹ.i.ən.sɪz/
ipa: /ɪkˈspɪə.ɹɪən.sɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of experience
pioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/
ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pioneers
Etymology: From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).
Senses: glosses: One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
examples: text: Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
text: Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
text: As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.
ref: 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
glosses: A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
examples: text: [King of] Fess. What thinks your greatnes beſt to be atchieu’d
In purſuit of the Cities ouerthrow?
Bai[azeth]. I wil the captiue Pioners of Argier,
Cut off the water, that by leaden pipes
Runs to the citie from the mountain Carnon, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
glosses: A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
topics: communism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: A member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.
examples: text: Perhaps the pioneer generation, having experienced unity in solidarity, will show the rest of Singapore the way.
ref: 2014 February 12, Theresa Goh, “Let’s reward all our pioneers equally”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 20:
text: A fenceless open-air museum […] that captures the spirit and struggles of Singapore's pioneer generation.
ref: 2017 March 14, Kelly Ng, “New showcase to seek views on Founders’ Memorial”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 11:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pioneer (“A Singaporean born on or before 31 December 1949, who is entitled to various healthcare and social support schemes.”).
Derived terms: bioneer
cyberpioneer
pioneer axon
Pioneer Day
pioneerdom
pioneeress
pioneer scarf
pioneership
pioneer species
young pioneer
pioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪɹ/
ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈniɹ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pioneers
form: pioneering
form: pioneered
form: pioneered
Etymology: From Middle French pionnier (“originally, a foot soldier”), Old French peonier, from peon (“a foot soldier”) (modern French: pion). See pawn (in chess).
Senses: examples: text: The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.
glosses: To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
Synonyms: push the envelope
break new ground
RFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RFPs
Senses: examples: text: Some of the changes include: re-formatting the RFP to increase visual accessibility, overhauling the project proposal deliverables, increasing the “bite” of material compliance deductions associated with the Materials Notebook, placing a minimum freeboard design constraint on the canoe itself, re-introducing the calculations appendix, restricting the format of presentation slides, restricting the use of pigments and stains, tweaking the final product display, imposing a maximum unit weight requirement, and completely overhauling the scoring system.
ref: 2025 September 2, “2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Concrete Canoe Competiton Request for Proposals”, in ASCE, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2025, page 1:
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of request for proposal.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of request for production.
Related terms: english: request for information
translation: request for information
word: RFI
english: request for comment
translation: request for comment
word: RFC
SOA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Sarbanes-Oxley Act, officially titled the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002.
glosses: Initialism of School of the Americas, a US Army training facility subsequently officially known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
glosses: Initialism of Society of Actuaries, one of the two main professional societies of actuaries in the United States.
glosses: Initialism of Society of Ancients, an international society based in the UK.
SOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SOAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of state of the art.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of semiconductor optical amplifier (“a device that amplifies an optical signal directly”)
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of safe operating area (“the current conditions over which a device can be expected to operate without self-damage”)
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of stimulus onset asynchrony (“the time interval between the onset of a first stimulus and the onset of a second stimulus”)
topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of search-oriented architecture.
topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of service-oriented architecture.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: networks
glosses: Initialism of start of authority, a record that identifies the authoritative name server for a specific DNS database segment.
topics: accounting
banking
business
finance
glosses: Initialism of statement of account.
qualifier: census
glosses: Initialism of super output area.
glosses: Initialism of sudden-onset aggression
EA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of executive assistant.
glosses: Initialism of estate agent.
glosses: Initialism of enrolled agent.
glosses: Initialism of educational assistant.
examples: text: For copolymers of ethylene, the other comonomer can be an alkene such as propene, butene, hexene or octene, or a compound having a polar functional group such as vinyl acetate (VA), acrylic acid (AA), ethyl acetate (EA), methyl acrylate (MA) or vinyl alcohol (VOH).
ref: 2006, Gordon L. Robertson, “Structure and Related Properties of Plastic Polymers”, in Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ethyl acetate.
examples: text: After the EA is issued, a public hearing and associated public comment period will be held to again solicit public input and to create an administrative record.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 23:
topics: law
coordinate_terms: EIS
glosses: Initialism of environmental assessment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of enterprise architecture.
topics: biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of evolutionary algorithm.
examples: text: […] Christine Emba’s Sept. 6 op-ed, “The trouble with ‘longtermism,’ ” countered this philosophy’s occasional fanaticism with glib reductiveness. Moreover, she tarred with the same brush the spirit of the entire effective altruism (EA) movement — the giveaway at the start is that EA is derided for being “obsessed with ‘doing good better.’ ”
ref: 2022 September 9, Theodore Leinwand, “Neartermism and longtermism aren’t at odds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 May 2025:
text: This is the language of effective altruism — or E.A. — a philanthropic movement premised on the use of reason and data to do good. Bankman-Fried had long flaunted his E.A. bona fides to distinguish himself from other crypto billionaires.
ref: 2022 December 9, Jennifer Szalai, “Effective Altruism Warned of Risks. Did It Also Incentivize Them?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Initialism of effective altruism.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Initialism of effective altruist.
EA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Environment Agency.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of Eid al-Adha.
glosses: Initialism of East Africa.
examples: text: Jade Raymond, the executive in charge of SG&E who previously worked at Sony (SNE), Electronic Arts (EA) and Ubisoft (UBSFF), will leave Google (GOOG) to “pursue other opportunities,” Harrison added.
ref: 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business:
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Electronic Arts.
EDI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electronic data interchange.
glosses: Initialism of equity/equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Related terms: DEI
DEIB
JEDI
namaste
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌməsteɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /nəməsˈt̪e/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, literally “salutation to you”).
Senses: examples: text: First of all, Namaste to you! It is my sincere hope that the words of this book will assist you in living with full appreciation for all the moments of your life. Remember that each one is special and brings something to your life[…]
ref: 2011 October 1, Cheri Ruskus, Victory One Moment at a Time: Unlocking the Power of the Master Mind, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN:
text: I shuffled from one foot to the other outside the room, as I delayed going in. Finally, I took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and knocked on the door. 'Come in.' It seemed that Vimla was expecting me. 'Namaste.' She said, and gestured for me ...
ref: 2013, Susan Clare, Namaste Baby: A Journey to Surrogacy in India, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 241:
text: "What a lovely wedding for you both. Namaste," he said, his hands in prayer formation, his smile wide and confident and sincere. “Congratulations to you both.” “Thank you, Father,” Brian said. “Namaste to you, sir,” Priya added.
ref: 2020 August 17, Paul Bouchard, Priya’s Choice, iUniverse, →ISBN:
glosses: A greeting in contexts relating to Indian culture or the New Age movement.
glosses: Thank you (via a misunderstanding of the meaning of the associated gesture).
namaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌməsteɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /nəməsˈt̪e/
Forms: form: namastes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, literally “salutation to you”).
Senses: examples: text: Krishnan introduced one of the girls as his sister. She was a small, frail-looking girl with a pretty smile. She clasped her hands, made a namaste and said, “Hello, nice meet you. My name is Karishma.” “Hello, Karishma,” said Natascha.
ref: 2012, Joshua Doder, Grk Adventures, Yearling Books, →ISBN, page 362:
glosses: The traditional greeting when saying the word namaste, with folded hands and a slight bow.
glosses: In yoga, the pose associated with this word, usually with the flat hands held palms together, fingers up, in front of the heart and a slight bow.
namaste
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnʌməsteɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /nəməsˈt̪e/
Forms: form: namastes
form: namasteing
form: namasted
form: namasted
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, literally “salutation to you”).
Senses: examples: text: The yoga instructor namasted, and the class began.
glosses: To utter "namaste".
Related terms: namaskar
VBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Visual Basic for Applications.
Derived terms: VBA stomping
WRC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Initialism of World Rally Championship.
glosses: Initialism of World Ringette Championship.
Coordinate terms: sense: World Rally Championship
word: FIA
sense: World Ringette Championship
word: IRF
Related terms: sense: World Rally Championship
word: FIAWRC
sense: World Rally Championship
word: WDC
sense: World Rally Championship
word: WEC
runcible spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runcible spoons
Etymology: 1871, coined by Edward Lear with no definition, but was applied to the following by 1926.
Senses: examples: text: They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
ref: 1871, Edward Lear, “Owl & Pussy-Cat”, in Nonsense Songs::
text: But the Baudelaires accepted their bowls of ceviche, as well as the strange utensils Friday handed them, which were made of wood and looked like a combination of a fork and a spoon.
"They're runcible spoons," Friday explained. "We don't have forks or knives in the colony, as they can be used as weapons."
ref: 2006, Lemony Snicket, chapter 4, in The End, page 87:
glosses: A fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge.
Related terms: Splayd
splade
spork
rounceval
oversized
runcina
plane
runcinate
sawtoothed
SME
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SMEs
Senses: examples: text: The ban on destroying unsold goods will be among the longer lead times: large businesses have two years to comply, and SMEs have been granted up to six years.
ref: 2023 December 7, Bella Webb, “Finally, The EU Is Banning Fashion’s Dirty Secret: Destroying Unsold Goods”, in British Vogue, archived from the original on 16 Dec 2023:
topics: business
synonyms: SMB
glosses: Initialism of small and medium-sized enterprise or small- to medium-sized enterprise.
glosses: Initialism of subject matter expert.
SME
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
DWH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DWHs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of data warehouse.
atriopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atriopores
Senses: glosses: a hole in a lancelet through which water exits the body
spring chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring chickens
Etymology: From spring + chicken. First appears c. 1765 in The Public Advertiser.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A chicken for eating while it is still young.
examples: text: It is a special day for you indeed, for both of us, bodies incorporeal, receptive always to life's joys appreciative in any way I can, you like to remind me were both getting old; I'd remind you that, at fifty-five, you're still a spring chicken.
ref: 2014, William Friedman, Hearts and Minds, page 64:
glosses: A person who is still young.
raw_tags: in negative constructions
Derived terms: no spring chicken
Related terms: english: 'young onion' sense
translation: 'young onion' sense
word: spring onion
benched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɛntʃt
Forms: form: more benched
form: most benched
Senses: glosses: Fitted with a bench, or benches.
Derived terms: unbenched
benched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛnt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɛntʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bench
cuttie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutties
Etymology: From cut + -ie.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A cutback.
glosses: A T-shirt that has had the sleeves removed.
glosses: Alternative spelling of cutty (“someone or something common and short or small”).
glosses: A hare.
glosses: The black guillemot.
Derived terms: cuttie-boyn
cuttie-clap
cuttie's-fud
cuttie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cuttie
form: most cuttie
Etymology: From cut + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cutty short, shortened or small.
no spring chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the description of a young person as a spring chicken.
Senses: examples: text: They expect me to carry this box myself while climbing the stairs to the seventh floor? I don't know about that — I'm no spring chicken.
text: You know the world. You are no spring chicken.
ref: 1908, Upton Sinclair, chapter 5, in The Money Changers:
text: A real candidate arose to challenge dapper Robert Rice ("Buncombe Bob") Reynolds, aging coxcomb of the Senate. The candidate, no spring chicken himself: tall, lean Clyde Roark Hoey (pronounced Hooey), 65, one of the most popular Governors the state ever had.
ref: 1943 May 10, “The Pot Boils”, in Time:
text: He doubtless hoped for a sympathetic ruling from President Reagan, at 70 no spring chicken himself.
ref: 1981 November 23, “Newest Sub, Oldest Sailor”, in Time:
glosses: Said of a person who is no longer particularly young.
Related terms: word: long in the tooth
word: of a certain age
word: oldster
alt: contextually synonymous when degree of litotes is high
word: old person
word: over the hill
skitter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈskɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: skidder stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: skitters
form: skittering
form: skittered
form: skittered
Etymology: Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: I opened the cabinet and a number of cockroaches went skittering off into the darkness.
text: Some kinds of ducks in lighting strike the water with their tails first, and skitter along the surface for a few feet before settling down.
ref: 1882, Theodore Roosevelt, “Waterfowl”, in Hunting Trips of a Ranchman; Hunting Trips on the Prairie and in the Mountains, New York, N.Y.; London: The Co-operative Publication Society, →OCLC; republished as Hunting Trips of a Ranchman: Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains, Medora edition, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1885, →OCLC, page 56
glosses: To move hurriedly or as by bouncing or twitching; to scamper, to scurry; to scuttle.
examples: text: Both "Dark Snow" and "Aurelia" [by AFI] feature subtle washes of brittle piano à la Decemberunderground, while "She Speaks The Language" boasts a skittering electronic underbelly, and eerie synths are suspended like low clouds in "Above The Bridge."
ref: 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI Sounds Refreshed and Rejuvenated on Its 10th Album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The A.V. Club:
glosses: To make a scratching or scuttling noise while, or as if, skittering.
examples: text: "Skittering," continued the Professor, "is practiced with a strong line about the length of the rod, to which is affixed a small trolling-spoon, a minnow, or a piece of pork-rind cut in the rude semblance of a small fish. The boat is poled along, as in ‘bobbing,’ but farther out in the stream, when the angler, standing in the bow, ‘skitters’ or skips the spoon or bait over the surface just at the edge of the weeds.
ref: 1883, James A[lexander] Henshall, “Black Bass Fishing”, in Alfred M[arshall] Mayer, editor, Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, →OCLC, page 394:
glosses: To move or pass (something) over a surface quickly so that it touches only at intervals; to skip, to skite.
Synonyms: sense: to move hurriedly
word: scamper
sense: to move hurriedly
word: scurry
sense: to move over a surface quickly
word: skip
sense: to move over a surface quickly
word: skite
skitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈskɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: skidder stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: skitters
Etymology: Possibly a frequentative of skite (“to move lightly and hurriedly; to move suddenly, particularly in an oblique direction”) (Scotland, Northern England). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: A skitter of activity.
A skitter of gooseflesh.
text: I had seen an aerial helix of raptors, hawks and harriers riding a thermal, and below them a skitter of ringed plover and other waders, together with more kingfishers than I had ever seen before.
ref: 1976 June 3, John Hillaby, “Out and About: Firebird”, in Bernard Dixon, editor, New Scientist, volume 70, number 1003, London: New Science Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 543, column 1:
text: Each day that I went, he stood off by himself, in solitude, came politely to the tee on his own, whacked to the right and left in a skitter of balls, his hair pinched in a clubhouse golf cap that didn't fit, his mouth in grim determination to not make an utter fool of himself, his golf clubs' vinyl bag with the ticket attached to signal his beginner's fees were paid.
ref: 2003, David Adams Richards, River of the Brokenhearted, Toronto, Ont.: Doubleday Canada, →ISBN; 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, 2004, →ISBN, pages 298–299:
text: With a skitter of excitement, Marcy glanced at the clock on the parlor mantel. It chimed ten, and her gaze flicked to the face of her husband as he lounged in his favorite chair with a newspaper in his lap.
ref: 2010, Julie Lessman, A Hope Undaunted: A Novel (Winds of Change; 1), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell Books, Baker Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 213–214:
glosses: A skittering movement.
skitter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈskɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: skidder stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: skitters
form: skittering
form: skittered
form: skittered
Etymology: From skite (“to defecate”) + -er (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: "[…] I'd like you to give the calves two heaped tablespoonfuls [of Epsom salts] three times a day." / "Oh 'ell, you'll skitter the poor buggers to death!" / "Maybe so, but there's nothing else for it," I said.
ref: 1970, James Herriot [pseudonym; James Alfred Wight], If Only They Could Talk, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN:
glosses: To cause to have diarrhea.
examples: text: As a symptomatic phenomenon, Diarrhœa is skittering, i.e., the discharges are composed of water, intermingled with particles of imperfectly digested food; from two to six or eight discharges may thus take place, and it is an invariable precursor of constipation.
ref: 1875 August 3, Thomas Walley, “The Differentiation in the Characters and Symptoms of Gastro-intestinal Affections”, in George Fleming, editor, The Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, volume I, London: Baillière, Tindall & Cox, King William Street, Strand [et al.], published October 1875, →OCLC, page 244:
text: And when health problems struck, as they inevitably would, no matter how attentive the farmer, the tree had to be nursed until it was better. […] Jeez, and I'd thought mothering week-old orphan calves back in Scotland had been a headache! Still, at least a tree couldn't skitter diarrhoea down the front of your jeans, or bellow to be bucket-fed warm milk in the middle of the night, so that was a bonus.
ref: 2001, Peter Kerr, “Wood for Thought”, in Mañana, Mañana: One Mallorcan Summer, Chichester, West Sussex: Summersdale Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: To suffer from a bout of diarrhea; to produce thin excrement.
skitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈskɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈskɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
homophone: skidder stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: skitters
Etymology: From skite (“to defecate”) + -er (frequentative suffix). The noun is derived from the verb.
Senses: examples: text: I can't give it my immediate attention, as the cow has the skitter (diarrhoea) and I'm waiting on the Vit (vet).
ref: 2013, Cathal McCosker, “Wild Men Appear”, in Man Up and Paddle!: A Wild and Dangerous Circumnavigation around Ireland, [Morrisville, N.C.?]: Lulu, →ISBN, page 43:
text: Shaking but making herself stand there while skitter ran down the inside of her legs. She learnt German early from Anna. Durchfall easier to spell than Diarrhoea. Falling liquid brown.
ref: 2014, Mango Gorman, “God Demands a Holocaust”, in Bone and Blood: A Berlin Novel, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, →ISBN, page 56:
glosses: Often skitters: the condition of suffering from diarrhea; thin excrement.
OLAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈoʊlæp/
Forms: form: OLAPs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of online analytical processing.
Hyponyms: HOLAP
MOLAP
ROLAP
Related terms: OLTP
barbaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/
ipa: /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbɛɹɪk/
Forms: form: more barbaric
form: most barbaric
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.
Senses: examples: text: a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital
synonyms: heathen
antonyms: nonbarbaric
glosses: of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
Derived terms: barbarically
mixo-barbaric
non-barbaric
semibarbaric
SMTP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The objective of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is to transfer mail reliably and efficiently.
ref: 1981 November, Jonathan B. Postel, “Simple Mail Transfer Protocol”, in RFC Editor, →ISSN, RFC 788:
glosses: Initialism of Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, a de-facto standard for email transmission.
POP3
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of Post Office Protocol version 3, a standard for receiving Internet email.
ACME
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a generic company name.
ACME
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.
triradius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triradii
Etymology: From tri- + radius.
Senses: glosses: A group of three ridges forming a Y shape at the base of each finger on the palm of the hand.
upper hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the upper hand
form: upper hands
Etymology: From Middle English over hond, from Old English ofer- + hand (superior control; superior position). Not, as supposed, from a card game or counting-out game.
Senses: examples: text: There was no refusing him, for he had got the complete upper hand of the community, and the peaceful burghers all stood in awe of him.
ref: 1855, Washington Irving, Guests from Gibbet Island:
text: [C]uriosity began to get the upper hand, and I determined I should have one look through the cabin window.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 23, in Treasure Island:
text: There it was Razumov who had the upper hand, in a composed sense of his own superiority.
ref: 1911, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Under Western Eyes:
text: And because they live everywhere and reproduce quickly, bacteria have the upper hand.
ref: 2003 February 14, Christine Gorman, “Playing Chicken With Our Antibiotics”, in Time:
text: "We've now protected the line from similar-sized flooding-events and bigger ones," he says. That's quite some claim for a line where floods have often had the upper hand in the past 16 years, causing track bed and embankments to be rebuilt.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
glosses: Advantage or control.
glosses: The place of honour accorded to a social superior when walking together; the right of way in walking
vagina dentata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaginae dentatae
form: vagina dentatas
form: vagina dentata
Etymology: First attested 1908, from Latin vagina + dentata (“toothed”); popularized chiefly by Sigmund Freud.
Senses: examples: text: This notion also associates the vampire more directly with the primal uncanny. The long quotation that Moretti uses from Marie Bonaparte's writings on Edgar Allen^([sic]) Poe includes reference to the mythical vagina dentata, the ‘strange’ notion that the vagina ‘is furnished with teeth, and thus a source of danger in being able to bite and castrate’.
ref: 2005, Barbara Creed, Phallic Panic: Film, Horror and the Primal Uncanny, Melbourne Univ. Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:
text: My relationship towards tulips is inherently Lynchian. I think they are disgusting. Just imagine. Aren't these some kind of, how do you call it, vagina dentata, dental vaginas threatening to swallow you?
ref: 2006, The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, Slavoj Žižek (actor):
text: Perhaps one of the most recognizable and acknowledged contemporary images of vagina dentata appears in Ridley Scott's Alien (1979). […] Indeed, Gieger^([sic]) himself wanted the creature to be an embodiment of the fear of rape, making it a perfect match for the film.
ref: 2013, B. Fahs, M. Dudy, S. Stage, The Moral Panics of Sexuality, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: The mythical toothed vagina; often related to castration anxiety.
wikipedia: Sigmund Freud
sword of Damocles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔɹd əv ˈdæməkliz/
Forms: form: swords of Damocles
Etymology: From the following story:
Damocles was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse, a fourth century BC tyrant of Syracuse. Damocles exclaimed that, as a great man of power and authority, Dionysius was truly fortunate. Dionysius offered to switch places with him for a day, so he could taste that fortune first-hand. In the evening a banquet was held, where Damocles very much enjoyed being waited upon like a king. Only at the end of the meal did he look up and notice a sharpened sword hanging directly above his head, held only by a single horse-hair. Immediately, he lost all taste for the festivities and asked leave of the tyrant, saying he no longer wanted to be so fortunate. Dionysius had successfully conveyed a sense of the constant threat under which a powerful man lives.
From Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).
Senses: examples: text: Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident, or miscalculation or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.
ref: 1961 December 10, John F. Kennedy, quotee, “‘Sword of Damocles’ Popular These Days”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page 22:
text: At some point the Sword of Damocles which hangs over all our railway operations will fall with catastrophic impact, just as it did at Hatfield in 2000.
ref: 2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3:
glosses: A thing or situation which causes a prolonged state of impending doom or misfortune.
Related terms: hang by a hair
hang by a thread
babes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪbz/
rhymes: -eɪbz
Etymology: From babe + -s (plural suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of babe
babes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /beɪbz/
rhymes: -eɪbz
Etymology: From babe + -s (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Are you all right, babes?
glosses: Alternative form of babe (“as a term of endearment to a loved one”).
hunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌŋk/
rhymes: -ʌŋk
Etymology: From Dutch honk (“the base in a game”).
Senses: glosses: A goal or base in children's games.
pro rata
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹəʊ ˈɹɑːtə/
Forms: form: pro-rata
Etymology: From Latin prō (“according to”) + ratus (“calculated”).
Senses: examples: text: Tenants who have given 30 days' notice who do not leave on the last day of the month will be charged on a pro rata basis.
text: The workers' overtime is calculated on pro rata basis.
text: The fiction that each household supplies all types of labor directly, and so receives its pro rata share of the aggregate wage bill of the entire economy, simplifies the exposition in that it allows one to dispense with explicit discussion o fthe risk-sharing arrangements just referred to.
ref: 2003, Michael Woodford, Interest and Prices, →ISBN, page 146f.:
glosses: In proportion to some factor that can be exactly calculated.
raw_tags: of an allocation
Related terms: prorate
blesser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blessers
Etymology: From bless + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who blesses; one who bestows or invokes a blessing.
examples: text: Other participants suggested that girls with blessers were forward or naughty girls, thus exonerating the actual blessers from blame and responsibility.
ref: 2018, Claudia Mitchell, Relebohile Moletsane, Disrupting Shameful Legacies, page 94:
glosses: A rich man who offers support (typically financial and material) to a younger female companion in exchange for sex, friendship, etc.
KM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of knowledge management.
mainland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪnlənd/
ipa: /-lænd/
ipa: /ˈmeɪnlænd/
ipa: /mæɪnlænd/
Forms: form: mainlands
Etymology: From Middle English mayne londe; equivalent to main + land. Compare Scots mayn-land, magan-land, madin-land (“mainland”), Faroese meginland (“mainland”), Icelandic meginland (“mainland”).
Senses: examples: text: […]I got to the mainland, where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
ref: 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
text: You may have not realised when I was using the term mainland Europe, I was excluding the British Isles.
ref: 2005, comment (not durably archived)
text: Other examples of nonhuman self-domestication in the wild exist—for instance, the Zanzibar red colobus monkey diverged from the mainland African red colobus in similar ways during its island isolation—but bonobos are the closest and most relevant to us.
ref: 2019 January 29, Melvin Konner, “A Bold New Theory Proposes That Humans Tamed Themselves”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2019:
glosses: The continent; the principal land, as distinguished from islands or a peninsula.
glosses: The principal island of a group.
examples: text: All of the people I interviewed were from Protestant backgrounds, with proud British traditions. Yet when they set foot on the mainland, they were met at times with jeering, derision and othering from the very people with whom they were raised to believe they had the most in common.
ref: 2024 February 10, Emma DeSouza, “The most effective cure for Northern Irish unionism? Attitudes in England”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Great Britain.
Derived terms: mainland China
mainland Chinese
mainland clouded leopard
mainlander
mainland Europe
mainlandization
mainland Japan
loaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈloʊdɪd/
ipa: /ˈləʊdɪd/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊdɪd
Etymology: From load + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of load