cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kid around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kids around
form: kidding around
form: kidded around
form: kidded around
Senses: examples: text: I think he was just kidding around when he said that, so don't take it personally.
glosses: To engage in playful fun.
kill-joy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kill-joys
Senses: qualifier: occasionally endearing
glosses: Alternative spelling of killjoy.
kindred spirit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kindred spirits
Senses: examples: text: She found in her neighbor a good friend, gardening companion and kindred spirit.
text: I have sought but a kindred spirit to share it, and I have found such in thee.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: But his fine qualities being perfectly understood and appreciated in those regions where his lot was cast, and where he had many kindred spirits to consort with, he may be regarded as having been born under a fortunate star, which is not always the case with a man so much before the age in which he lives.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
text: He repeated to Chad what he had been saying in the court to Waymarsh; how there was no doubt whatever that his sister would find the latter a kindred spirit, no doubt of the alliance, based on an exchange of views, that the pair would successfully strike up.
ref: 1903 September 28, Henry James, The Ambassadors, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:
text: He is a Trump kindred spirit who goads liberals, appeases Russian president Vladimir Putin and promotes the far-right “great replacement” theory that western elites are importing immigrant voters to supplant white people.
ref: 2023 January 2, David Smith, “2024 Veepstakes: who will Donald Trump choose as his running mate?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Someone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself.
glosses: Someone or something with which one feels connected.
Related terms: soulmate
kinesthesiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinesthesiologists
Etymology: From kinesthesiology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: someone who practices kinesthesiology
kinesthesiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints
Derived terms: kinesthesiologist
kinsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinsman
kitten heels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitten heel
kitten heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitten heels
Senses: examples: text: Her new shoes, with their little perched heels, lent a swing to her hips. She smiled, pleased by the image. Lily in her kitten heels.
ref: 1998, Sally Brampton, Concerning Lily:
text: Escorted by an entourage of large flies, we made our way through a grid of muddy corrals. I was in kitten heels and a skirt, a fact from which DePeters, in filth-encrusted rubber boots and worn T-shirt, derived lasting merriment.
ref: 2013, Mary Roach, Gulp:
glosses: A short, slender heel on a woman's shoe or sandal.
kneel down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kneels down
form: kneeling down
form: knelt down
form: knelt down
form: kneeled down
form: kneeled down
Senses: glosses: To kneel, especially as an act of reverence or prayer.
Related terms: genuflect
kneel before
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kneels before
form: kneeling before
form: knelt before
form: knelt before
Senses: glosses: to kneel in front of someone or something, especially in order to worship or supplicate
knightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtli/
rhymes: -aɪtli
homophone: nightly
Forms: form: knightlier
form: knightliest
Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”).
Senses: examples: text: Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 25:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
examples: text: knightly combat
glosses: Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
Derived terms: knightlihood
knightlily
knightliness
unknightly
knightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtli/
rhymes: -aɪtli
homophone: nightly
Forms: form: knightlier
form: knightliest
Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly; equivalent to knight + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art.
And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 25:
text: Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears
A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
ref: 1822, Lord Byron, Werner, act IV, scene i
text: He, reverencing king's blood in a bad man,
Made such excuses as he might, and these
Full knightly without scorn; for in those days
No knight of Arthur's noblest dealt in scorn.
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Guinevere”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 227:
glosses: In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
knowledge worker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knowledge workers
Etymology: Coined by Peter Drucker in 1966.
Senses: synonyms: brain worker
glosses: Someone who works with information or data.
Kobe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊˌbiː/
ipa: /ˈkəʊˌbeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌbi/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌbeɪ/
rhymes: -əʊbi
Forms: form: Kōbe
Etymology: From Japanese 神(こう)戸(べ) (Kōbe).
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
examples: text: One had a halfro and a Kobe Bryant Jersey that appeared to be unaccompanied by pants, toddler-sized Nikes peaked out from the bottom.
ref: 2013, Matthew T. Bell, “Earth Drum”, in The Elderly Kids: Short Stories, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Donning a tracksuit in the colors of the American flag and a Team USA shirt that paid respect to the late NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant, Snoop Dogg laced up for a 200-meter exhibition race against Trinidadian former Olympic medalist Ato Boldon and two-time NCAA outdoor 200m champion Wallace Spearmon.
ref: 2024 June 25, Sam Joseph, “Snoop Dogg delivers mic drop moments at US trials as 52-year-old runs 200m in 34.44 seconds”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name.
Derived terms: Kobe beef
Kobe
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊˌbiː/
ipa: /ˈkəʊˌbeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌbi/
ipa: /ˈkoʊˌbeɪ/
rhymes: -əʊbi
Etymology: After NBA player Kobe Bryant, emulating an earlier use of the name of Michael Jordan. Popularized by Dave Chappelle in a 2004 sketch. Kobe Bryant's parent named him after the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu.
Senses: examples: text: (throws aforementioned paper cup at Russell Byrd– hits Byrd in the head) KOBE!
[…]
Derrick Nix: Are you serious? You threw a crumpled paper cup at his head, hit him, and then yelled “Kobe!”
ref: 2012 January 18, “Archived copy”, in The Black Sheep, volume 6, number 2, Michigan State University, published 17 January 2012, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2021, page 7:
text: Miguel: When you write a bad draft of your Signal article, there’s only one thing to do to it — smash it up into a ball, throw it to the nearest recycle bin and scream “KOBE!”
ref: 2016 April 20, The Signal, volume XLIV, number 2, The College of New Jersey, published 19 April 2016, page 27:
text: As I spend 10 minutes debating what to order, a kid nearby entertains himself by squirting free edamame beans across the restaurant. I try the same, saying “Kobe!” as I shoot one in my mouth at arm’s length on the first try.
ref: 2019 March 22, OC Weekly, volume 24, number 30, Orange County, California: Duncan McIntosh Company, published 20 March 2019, page 20:
glosses: Exclaimed, while throwing something at a target, as a prediction or acknowledgement of accuracy.
Related terms: Jordan
komboucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kombouchas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kombucha.
kombucha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑmˈbu.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˌkɑmˈbu.ʃə/
Forms: form: kombuchas
Etymology: Origin disputed. Possibly from Japanese 昆布茶 (konbucha, literally “kelp (konbu) tea”), a different type of beverage, and not related to fermentation.
Alternatively, derived from Kombu, reportedly a Korean physician who brought the fermented tea to Japan as a curative for Emperor Inkyo in 414 CE + cha (“tea”).
Senses: examples: text: Kombucha is the primary focus of this book and arguably the most popular home ferment and aforementioned store-bought probiotic drink.
ref: 2020, Chad Turner, The Joy of Home Brewing Kombucha, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: booch
coordinate_terms: kvass
jun
glosses: A fermentation of sweetened tea of Mongolian origin.
Derived terms: booch
Related terms: kombu
iodized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: iodised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iodize
iodized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: iodised
Senses: examples: text: iodized salt
text: iodized proteins
antonyms: noniodized
uniodized
hypernyms: iodinated
<
halogenated
glosses: Treated with iodine or an iodide.
Derived terms: bromoiodized
noniodized
overiodized
Related terms: iodination
iodization
icosidodecadodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icosidodecadodecahedra
form: icosidodecadodecahedrons
Senses: glosses: a polyhedron having 44 faces, 60 vertices, 120 edges, 12 self intersected faces and 12 nonconvex faces
icosihemidodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icosihemidodecahedrons
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Either of two polyhedra, the small icosihemidodecahedron and the great icosihemidodecahedron.
small icosihemidodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small icosihemidodecahedrons
Senses: glosses: a polyhedron having 26 faces, 30 vertices and 60 edges
Related terms: great icosihemidodecahedron
great icosihemidodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyhedron having 26 faces, 30 vertices, 60 edges, six self-intersected faces, and six nonconvex faces.
Related terms: small icosihemidodecahedron
ionisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: ionisations
Etymology: From ionise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ionization.
Derived terms: photoionisation
reionisation
ionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: īənĭzā'shən
ipa: /ˌaɪənɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: ionizations
form: ionisation
Etymology: From ionize + -ation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any process that leads to the dissociation of a neutral atom or molecule into charged particles ions; the state of being ionized.
Derived terms: autoionization
degree of ionization
electroionization
ionization energy
overionization
photoionization
preionization
reionization
unionization
agon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.ɡəʊn/
ipa: /ˈæ.ɡoʊn/
Forms: form: agons
form: agones
Etymology: From Latin agōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn, “contest”).
Senses: examples: text: It was not ecological pressure or shortages of protein, as anthropologist Marvin Harris has claimed; institutionalized violence, as opposed to the stylized agons of hunters over grievances, was the shadow side of the Neolithic Revolution.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 134:
text: One way of reading Beowulf is to think of it as three agons in the hero's life[.]
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, “Introduction”, in Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page xiv:
text: The other ethical system is that of agon. Agon is a battlefield. We enter agon not to exchange, but to fight. We dream of winning but are also prepared to lose – including to lose ourselves, even in the literal sense of dying for a great cause.
ref: 2023 October 17, Volodymyr Yermolenko, “Europe seeks peace, not war. But will it be ready if war comes to Europe?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
examples: text: Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.
ref: 1986 March 23, Harold Bloom, “Freud, the Greatest Modern Writer”, in New York Times:
text: The point, though, is that to fully and uncritically surrender to such agon against individuals is to invite one's own ethical degeneration; […]
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
glosses: An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
glosses: A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
synonyms: queen's guard
glosses: A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
Derived terms: agonal
Related terms: agonism
agony
antagonism
antagonist
protagonism
protagonist
bomba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish bomba.
Senses: examples: text: This eclectic group is dedicated to preserving the Puerto Rican traditions of bomba and plena, two drum-focused (and African-derived) forms of traditional dance music.
ref: 2009 January 23, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A form of traditional drumming, and an associated form of dance, from Puerto Rico.
chron-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chrono-.
milagro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milagros
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish milagro (“miracle”), from Latin mīrāculum. Doublet of miracle and miraculum.
Senses: glosses: A traditional religious folk charm of Latin America and nearby regions, coming in a variety of forms.
examen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/
Forms: form: examens
Etymology: From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.
Senses: examples: July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin
For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]
glosses: examination; inquiry
chica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chica (“girl”).
Senses: examples: text: "But, I thought you wanted to come with us. There are some hot chicas just waiting for the Black Wolf boys."
ref: 2005, Magnolia Belle, Black Wolf: Lakota Man:
glosses: A Latin-American girl; a Latina.
chica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.
Related terms: bow chica wow wow
bow-chica-wow-wow
chico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chico.
Senses: glosses: A Latin-American boy; a Latino.
chico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chicozapote (through a regional abbreviation), from Nahuatl xicotzapotl. Cognate of chicle.
Senses: glosses: The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
chico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicos
Etymology: Perhaps from Spanish choclo, influenced by chico.
Senses: qualifier: American Southwest
glosses: Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.
sparse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɑːs/
ipa: /spɑːɹs/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: sparser
form: sparsest
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sparsus.
Senses: examples: text: a sparse array, index, or matrix
text: The Leicester to Grimsby service will become hourly throughout (with some extensions to Cleethorpes as at present), while a new hourly Peterborough to Doncaster service via Spalding, Sleaford and Lincoln will join up two routes with a sparse service at present.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
glosses: Having widely spaced intervals.
glosses: Not dense; meager; scanty
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having few nonzero elements
Synonyms: sense: having widely spaced intervals
word: spread out
word: thin
word: diffuse
sense: meager
word: insufficient
word: paltry
word: inadequate
Derived terms: sparse array
sparsely
sparsen
sparse table
sparsification
sparsity
Related terms: sparge
thin out
sparse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɑːs/
ipa: /spɑːɹs/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Forms: form: sparses
form: sparsing
form: sparsed
form: sparsed
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sparsus.
Senses: examples: text: They began properly to ſparſe pretye rumours in the North, that no man ſhulde eate whyte breade, no man eate pygge, gooſe, or capon, without he agreed before with the kynge.
ref: 1536, [Richard Morison], A Remedy for Sedition, London: […] Thomae Bertheleti […], →OCLC, signature F. i.:
synonyms: word: besprenge
word: broadcast
word: desparple
word: discuss
word: disgregate
word: disparkle
word: disparple
word: dispel
word: disperple
word: disperse
word: distribute
word: dwindle
word: straggle
word: flurr
word: insperse
word: instrew
word: litter
word: overshake
word: resperse
word: scatter
word: squander
word: sparble
word: sparkle
word: sparse
word: sperse
word: spread
word: springe
word: strew
word: strinkle
word: todrive
word: togo
word: torat
word: whiffle
glosses: To disperse, to scatter.
muchacha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muchachas
Etymology: From Spanish muchacha.
Senses: glosses: A Latino woman or girl.
muchacho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muchachos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish muchacho.
Senses: examples: text: Hey there, my muchacho. How's it going?
glosses: An informal term of address, especially to a young man; similar to man, chap, dude, etc.
Derived terms: brochacho
señor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪnˈjɔɹ/
ipa: /seɪnˈjoʊɹ/
ipa: /sinˈjɔɹ/
ipa: /sɛnˈjɔɹ/
Forms: form: señores
form: senor
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, senyor, signore, sir, and sire.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.
señora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪˈnjɔːɹə/
ipa: /seɪˈnjoʊɹə/
ipa: /siːˈnjɔːɹə/
ipa: /sɪˈnjɔːɹə/
ipa: /sɛˈnjɔːɹə/
Forms: form: señoras
form: senora
Etymology: From Spanish señora.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman
señorita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛn.jəˈɹiː.tə/
rhymes: -iːtə
Forms: form: señoritas
form: senorita
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita.
Senses: examples: text: I love it when you call me señorita.
glosses: A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
examples: text: The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.
ref: 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79:
glosses: A small species of wrasse, Oxyjulis californica.
lengua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish lengua (“tongue”). Doublet of langue, lingua, and tongue.
Senses: glosses: A Mexican dish consisting of beef tongue used to make tacos.
codo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codos
Etymology: From Spanish codo (“elbow, Spanish cubit”), from Old Spanish cobdo, from Latin cubitus, from cubitum (“elbow, Roman cubit”). Doublet of cubit and covado. Compare codo.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 41.6 cm.
Synonyms: word: Spanish cubit
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: cubit
Coordinate terms: dedo (1⁄24 codo)
pulgada (1⁄18 codo)
coto (1⁄4 codo)
sesma (1⁄3 codo)
palmo (1⁄2 codo)
pie (2⁄3 codo)
vara (2 codos)
palma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmas
Etymology: From Portuguese and Spanish palma. Doublet of palm, palmo, and pam.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palmo, traditional Portuguese and Spanish units of length.
Related terms: palma Christi
vena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venae
Etymology: From Latin vēna. Doublet of vein.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of vein.
synonyms: word: vein
Derived terms: vena cava
descriptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɪptə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: descriptors
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
information-science
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
A name associated with certain data or documents in an information storage and retrieval system; an index term.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That which describes; a word, phrase, etc. serving as a description.
A word or expression used to describe or identify something.
Synonyms: topics: information-science
human-sciences
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: index term
Derived terms: file descriptor
segment descriptor
stereodescriptor
Related terms: identifier
flusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flushers
Etymology: From Middle English flusshere, equivalent to flush + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Be prepared for an increase in your water bill from the frequent flusher who likes the sound-and-water show at the pull of the handle.
ref: 2022, William Sears, Robert W. Sears, Martha Sears, The Sears Baby Book:
glosses: Agent noun of flush: one who flushes.
glosses: The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain.
examples: text: Each flusher is typically paid $20 to $50. Fleets of cars, buses, and other vehicles are also at the ready to ferry voters to and from the polls.
ref: 1996, Larry J. Sabato, Glenn R. Simpson, Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics, →ISBN, page 191:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A worker for a political campaign who encourages voters to vote on Election Day.
Derived terms: four-flusher
wonton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑntɑn/
ipa: /ˈwɒntɒn/
Forms: form: wonton
form: wontons
form: won ton
form: wanton
form: wan ton
form: huntun
form: wantan
form: wan tan
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 雲吞 /云吞 (wan⁴ tan¹, wan⁴ tan⁴).
Senses: examples: text: The wonton will be done when the crab filling is cooked through and the wonton are very soft.
ref: 2003, Salton, Inc., “[Great Appetizers & Snacks] Crab-Filled Wonton”, in 50 Great George Foreman® Lean Mean Contact Roasting Machine Recipes!, Rocklin, Calif.: Pascoe Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 12, column 2:
text: When the water boils again, the wonton are ready to be inhaled with a little chicken broth.
ref: 2003, Gish Jen, “[Seafood] Mom’s Shrimp Wonton”, in Dean Faulkner Wells, editor, The New Great American Writers Cookbook, Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 101:
text: Arrange cooked or uncooked filled wonton in a single layer on a baking sheet. Cover and place in freezer. When the wonton are frozen, transfer to freezer bag.
ref: 2007, Deanna Buxton, “[Everything Else] Crispy Wonton”, in On the Side! Scrumptious Side Dishes to Complement Every Meal in Dinner is Ready! (30 Meals in One Day), [Pleasant Grove, Ut.]: Red Timer Inc., →ISBN, page 382:
text: The congee with crab is a best seller, while wonton are generously filled and flavoursome.
ref: 2008, “Chee Kei”, in Hong Kong, Macau 2009: Restaurants & Hotels (Michelin Guide), Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin, →ISBN, page 65:
glosses: A Chinese dumpling, often stuffed with varieties of meat or seafood and vegetables.
wikipedia: wonton
Related terms: jiaozi
palpitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpælpɪˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: palpitations
Etymology: From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 101–102:
glosses: An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
recyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recycle + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Soda cans are recyclable.
text: People are reminded again, as before, please do not leave plastic bottles, milk containers or otherwise at the Bring Centre – there are no plastic containers there any longer for such recyclable materials.
ref: 2005 March 25, “Collooney: Bring centre: another plea”, in Sligo Champion:
glosses: Able to be recycled.
Derived terms: recyclability
recyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recyclables
Etymology: From recycle + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.
text: A pull-out trash drawer gives you a place to hide kitchen waste and recyclables.
ref: 1996, James A. Hufnagel, Kathie Robitz, Barbara Sabella, Kitchens: design, remodel, build, page 28:
glosses: An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.
arm in arm
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: arm-in-arm
Senses: examples: text: The two friends walked along arm in arm.
text: Buckingham, doth York intend no harm to us,
That thus he marcheth with thee arm in arm?
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: […] Laurie came running down stairs, and brought up with a start of surprise at the sight of Jo arm in arm with his redoubtable grandfather.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, pages 82-83:
text: Foy had prepped his troops for a boisterous chorus of “We Shall Overcome.” They were joined together arm-in-arm, swaying and humming slowly to the beat.
ref: 2015, Paul Beatty, chapter 23, in The Sellout, New York: Macmillan:
synonyms: arm in crook
glosses: With arms linked together; with arms around each other's shoulder or waist. (of two or more people)
examples: text: ‘Frenchmen. Really, I mean to say, Stevens, Frenchmen. […] And to think we have to be seen by the world to be arm in arm with them. One wishes for a good bath at the mere reminder.’
ref: 1989, Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, London: Faber and Faber, pages 75–76:
glosses: In collusion, in concert (with someone).
Related terms: hand in hand
neocons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neocon
inlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnlət/
Forms: form: inlets
Etymology: From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- + let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).
Senses: glosses: A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
examples: 1748. David Hume, An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.
by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;
glosses: A passage that leads into a cavity.
Synonyms: word: inlet
Hypernyms: word: body of water
word: landform
Hyponyms: word: bay
word: cove
word: fjord
word: estuary
word: sound
word: lagoon
word: marsh
word: canal
word: channel
Derived terms: inleted
inlet manifold
inlet valve
inlet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnlət/
ipa: /ɪnˈlɛt/
ipa: /ˈɪnlət/
Forms: form: inlets
form: inletting
form: inlet
form: inlet
Etymology: From Middle English inleten, equivalent to in- + let. Cognate with Dutch inlaten (“to let in, admit”), Low German inlaten (“to let in”), German einlassen (“to admit, let in”), Swedish inlåta (“to enter, engage”).
Senses: glosses: To let in; admit.
examples: text: The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.”
ref: 2012 December 17, “Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery”, in RedOrbit, retrieved 13 Mar 2013:
glosses: To insert; inlay.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: To carve the wooden stock of a firearm so as to position the metal components in it.
Macassar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Ujung Pandang
glosses: Alternative spelling of Makassar. A city in Indonesia.
glosses: A town in Ancuabe district, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
glosses: A suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Related terms: macassar oil
antimacassar
yong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: yonger
form: yongest
Senses: examples: text: I ſpeake not like a dotard, nor a foole,
As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge,
What I haue done being yong, or what would doe,
Were I not old, […]
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, Much Adoe about Nothing. […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], signature H, verso:
text: caused the yong king
[…]
ref: 1608 (edition), Simon Patericke (translator), Innocent Gentillet (author), A DISCOVRSE VPON THE MEANES OF WEL GOVERNING AND MAINTAINING IN GOOD PEACE, A KINGDOME, OR OTHER PRINCIPALITIE, pages 238 and 250
roman: knowing also many yong Romane gentlemen
glosses: Obsolete spelling of young.
Related terms: yong bell
yong tau foo
boak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
Forms: form: boaks
form: boaking
form: boaked
form: boaked
Etymology: From Middle English bolken (“to belch, vomit”), from Old English bealcian (“to belch, utter, bring up, sputter out, pour out, give forth, emit, come forth”), from Proto-Germanic *belkaną (“to belch”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Dutch balken & bulken (“to bellow”), German bölken (“to roar”). See also belch.
Senses: glosses: To burp.
examples: text: — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
ref: 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 94:
text: I was going to boak: I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
ref: 1997, Alan Warner, Movern Callar
text: He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
ref: 1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue
text: I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked!’).
ref: 1999, Kate Atkinson, Behind the Scenes at the Museum
text: She had to keep stopping to spit gobbits of rising boak into sinks and old tea mugs.
ref: 2020, Douglas Stewart, Shuggie Bain
glosses: To retch or vomit.
Derived terms: the dry boak
Related terms: bolk
blootered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blootered
form: most blootered
Senses: examples: text: I found my drinking eased up when the all day drinking came in Scotland because although we all went mad on it at first, we were blootered every day, but after about 6 months you began to realise you could have a drink any time.
ref: 1997, John Davies, Drugspeak:
text: And then a bunch of guys jumped up the front step and into the corridor; they had their arms around each others’ shoulders and appeared to be completely blootered, although the reception had only been going an hour or so: these guys must’ve been chucking the bevvy back all through the meal, full steam ahead from the start.
ref: 1999, Duncan McLean, Bucket of Tongues:
text: They’d all gone out and got pissed and Logan hadn’t done a bloody thing to stop the PC getting blootered and bollock-naked.
ref: 2005, Stuart MacBride, Cold Granite:
glosses: drunk
Synonyms: drunk
Derived terms: peloothered
duh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɜː/
ipa: /dʌ/
ipa: /dʌ/
rhymes: -ɜː
rhymes: -ʌ
Forms: form: der
form: derr
form: dur
form: durr
Etymology: Imitative, possibly indicating stupidity by mocking the speech of an intellectually disabled person.
Senses: examples: text: It's hot in the desert. - Well, duh!
glosses: Disdainful indication that something is obvious.
examples: text: Duhhh, I'm Jasmine, I can't even tie my shoe laces right!
glosses: Indication of mock stupidity.
Synonyms: word: obviously!
word: doy
english: American
translation: American
word: no duh
word: no shit
word: you don't say
word: no kidding
word: derp
word: der
Derived terms: duh factor
induhvidual
well duh
Related terms: d'oh
huh
oh
ah
usurpation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌjuː.sə(ɹ)ˈpeɪ.ʃən/
/-zə(ɹ)ˈ-/
Forms: form: usurpations
Etymology: From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The third part of practice hath divers branches, but one principal root in these our times, which is the vast and overspreading ambition and usurpation of the see of Rome; […]
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis Bacon, chapter VII, in James Spedding, editor, The Works of Francis Bacon, […]: The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon […], volume IV, London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, published 1858, →OCLC, page 270:
text: Sent from the God's to ſet us free / From Bondage and from Uſurpation!
ref: 1685, John Dryden, Albion and Albanius, published 1691, Act I, scene i, page 10:
glosses: The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
glosses: Trespass onto another's property without permission.
glosses: A taking or use without right.
Related terms: usurp
usurper
closed-source
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: closed source
Etymology: From closed + source, in reference to source code.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Whose constituent makeup, or source code, is not made publicly available.
sucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭks
ipa: /sʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
note: some Northern English accents
enpr: so͝oks
ipa: /sʊks/
note: some Northern English accents
rhymes: -ʊks
Senses: glosses: plural of suck
sucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭks
ipa: /sʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
note: some Northern English accents
enpr: so͝oks
ipa: /sʊks/
note: some Northern English accents
rhymes: -ʊks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suck
friendlily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more friendlily
form: most friendlily
Etymology: From friendly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Her still small smile teased him and her grey eyes looked at him friendlily from under the slight droop of her lids.
ref: 1929, Josephine Tey, The Man in the Queue:
text: Friendlily, because he felt well-disposed toward the world —his setting had been at D –he patted her bare, pale shoulder.
ref: 1968, Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?:
glosses: In a friendly manner; like a friend; warmly; kindly.
Synonyms: english: bare adverb
translation: bare adverb
word: friendly
neocon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocons
form: neo-con
Etymology: Clipping of neoconservative.
Senses: examples: text: I realized today that the politics of divisiveness embraced by the neocons has worked, and it has worked on me.
ref: 2006 October 17, Gasonfires, “Neocon Divisiveness Has Worked - On Me! Oh Damn!”, in Daily Kos:
text: [The film's] message is that Iraq's fabled "weapons of mass destruction" did not exist, and that neocons within the administration fabricated them, lied about them, and were ready to kill to cover up their deception.
ref: 2010 March 12, Roger Ebert, “Facts May Be Debatable, but Thrills Certainly Not: "Green Zone"”, in Universal Press Syndicate, Kansas City, MO, Movies column:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: word: neotard
word: neo
glosses: A neoconservative.
neocon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: neo-con
Etymology: Clipping of neoconservative.
Senses: examples: text: Even Paul Wolfowitz, the former George W. Bush administration official credited as one of the architects behind the Iraq War and an anchor of the neocon movement, said he may vote for Clinton.
ref: 2016 August 31, Tal Kopan, “Will Hillary Clinton’s GOP outreach alienate progressives?”, in CNN:
glosses: Neoconservative.
Derived terms: neoconism
neoconist
neocoon
Related terms: NatCon
Mexican Plateau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A plateau in Mexico, lying between two mountain ranges: the Sierra Madre Oriental on its east, and the Sierra Madre Occidental on its west.
macassar oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Macassar (“a port city in Indonesia”).
Senses: glosses: An oil, from the ylang ylang tree (Cananga odorata).
glosses: A mixture, once used to smooth the hair, consisting of oil of the ylang ylang tree and other oils.
Derived terms: antimacassar
gebur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geburs
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġebūr (“dweller, husbandman, farmer, countryman, boor”), from Proto-West Germanic *gabūr, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *būraz (“house, room, dwelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell, wax, grow”). More at bower, boor.
Senses: glosses: In Anglo-Saxon law, the owner of an allotment or yard-land, usually consisting of 30 acres; a villein.
answers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.sɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑːn.səz/
note: æ-tensing, rhotic
ipa: [ˈeən.sɚz]
note: æ-tensing, non-rhotic
ipa: [ˈeən.səz]
Senses: glosses: plural of answer
answers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.sɚz/
ipa: /ˈɑːn.səz/
note: æ-tensing, rhotic
ipa: [ˈeən.sɚz]
note: æ-tensing, non-rhotic
ipa: [ˈeən.səz]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of answer
comments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑmɛnts/
ipa: /ˈkɒmɛnts/
Senses: glosses: plural of comment
comments
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑmɛnts/
ipa: /ˈkɒmɛnts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comment
corpus juris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kôrpəs jûrəs
enpr: yûr-
ipa: /ˈkɔːpəs ˈdʒɜːrəs/
ipa: /ˈjɜː-/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹpəs ˈdʒɜrəs/
ipa: /ˈjɜr-/
Forms: form: corpora juris
Etymology: Latin corpus, body + juris genitive of jus, law
Senses: glosses: The entire body of laws of a jurisdiction or of a particular court.
esquire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈskwaɪə/
ipa: /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: esquires
Etymology: From Middle English esquier, from Old French escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer (compare modern French écuyer (“shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman”)), from Late Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker, shield-bearer”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”); probably akin to English hide (“to cover”). The term squire is the result of apheresis. Compare equerry, escutcheon.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A lawyer.
examples: text: I am Robert Shallow, sir; a poor esquire of the county, and one of the king's justices of the peace.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: Esquires and gentlemen are confounded together by Sir Edward Coke, who observes that every esquire is a gentleman, and a gentleman is defined to be one qui arma gerit, who bears coat-armour, the grant of which was thought to add gentility to a man's family. It is indeed a matter somewhat unsettled what constitutes the distinction, or who is a real esquire; for no estate, however large, per se confers this rank upon its owner.
ref: 1875 Herbert Broom and Edward Hadley, notes by William Wait, Commentaries on the laws of England, I-317
glosses: A male member of the gentry ranking below a knight.
glosses: An honorific sometimes placed after a man's name.
glosses: A gentleman who attends or escorts a lady in public.
glosses: A squire; a youth who in the hopes of becoming a knight attended upon a knight
examples: text: The office of the esquire consisted of several departments; the esquire for the body, the esquire of the chamber, the esquire of the stable, and the carving esquire; the latter stood in the hall at dinner, carved the different dishes, and distributed them to the guests.
ref: 1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England:
glosses: A shield-bearer, but also applied to other attendants.
Derived terms: sense: Esquire bedel
word: bedel
word: esquireship
word: esquiress
esquire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈskwaɪə/
ipa: /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: esquires
form: esquiring
form: esquired
form: esquired
Etymology: From Middle English esquier, from Old French escuyer, escuier, properly, a shield-bearer (compare modern French écuyer (“shield-bearer, armor-bearer, squire of a knight, esquire, equerry, rider, horseman”)), from Late Latin scūtārius (“shieldmaker, shield-bearer”), from Latin scūtum (“shield”); probably akin to English hide (“to cover”). The term squire is the result of apheresis. Compare equerry, escutcheon.
Senses: glosses: To attend, wait on, escort.
esquire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈskwaɪə/
ipa: /ˈɛskwaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: esquires
Etymology: Old French esquiere, esquierre, esquarre (“a square”) (whence modern French équerre), perhaps via a form like based esquire from bas d'esquire ("bottom of a square"), whence attested forms base (e)squire, e(s)quire bast.
Senses: examples: text: Thre pallets between ij Esquires bast dexter and sinister of the second.
ref: 1597, Gerard Legh, Armorie, page 154, quoted in the NED
text: Mortimer, Barry of 6, or & az. an inescutcheon arg. on a chief of the first 2 pallets between as many base esquires of the second.
ref: 1883, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, page 142:
text: Against the theory of two wives for Sir Thomas, is the fact that the Lumley Monument mentions only one, Elizabeth. In addition she appears to have been granted the Royal Arms: 1. France and England, 2. a plain cross of Ulster, 3. as 2, 4. barry of siz, a chief three pallets, between two esquires bastions, dexter and sinister, an inescutcheon Argent, Mortimer, over all a bar sinister, which are also displayed on the monument.
ref: 2011 October 24, Peter Beauclerk-Dewar, Roger Powell, Royal Bastards: Illegitimate Children of the British Royal Family, The History Press, →ISBN:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: The lower of the halves into which a square is divided diagonally, a single gyron, but potentially larger (extending across the shield) or smaller (for example, on Mortimer's arms).
relearnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-lûn′
ipa: /ɹiːˈləːnt/
enpr: rē-lûrn′
ipa: /ɹiˈlɝnt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relearn
Mario Andretti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mario Andrettis
Etymology: Mario+Andretti. Named after American racing driver Mario Andretti. From Italian Mario+Andretti
Senses: glosses: Someone who drives fast or recklessly, as if driving a race car.
glosses: A reckless or daring speed maneuver in a vehicle.
requital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭ-kwītʹ-əl
ipa: /ɹɪˈkwaɪt.əl/
rhymes: -aɪtəl
Forms: form: requitals
Etymology: From requite + -al, 1570-1580.
Senses: synonyms: requite
glosses: Compensation for damage or loss; amends.
glosses: Retaliation or reprisal; vengeance.
examples: text: O, take his mother's thanks, a widow's thanks, / Till your strong hand shall help to give him strength / To make a more requital to your love.
ref: c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: My lord mayor, you have sundry times / Feasted myself and many courtiers more: / Seldom or never can we be so kind / To make requital of your courtesy.
ref: 1599, Thomas Dekker, The Shoemaker's Holiday, act I, scene 1:
text: In requittal [sic] of those well-intended offices, which you are pleased so emphatically to acknowledge, let me beg that you make in your devotions one petition for my eternal welfare.
ref: 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (quoting Johnson)
text: What is the requital that the Athenians of the earth give to those who have struggled through the stormy water, and the dark night, for their applause?—both reproach and scorn.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 309–310:
text: But we are thinking here above all of the happiness that comes with the requital of love, of the case in which my love is returned with an equal love.
ref: 2009, Dietrich von Hildebrand, The Nature of Love, page 233:
synonyms: requite
glosses: Return in kind; recompense, repayment, reward.