cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
theoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒɹɪk/
/θiːˈɔːɹɪk/
Forms: form: theorics
Etymology: From Middle English theorike, from Old French theorique, probably from Medieval Latin *theōrica, from Ancient Greek θεωρική (theōrikḗ).
Senses: examples: text: So that the art and practic part of life Must be the mistress to this theoric
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: We travel into Italie to learne the art of fencing, and practise it at the cost of our lives, before we know it; it were requisite, according to the order of true discipline, we should preferre the theorike before the practike.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 27, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Jucundus[…]confesseth of himself, that he was mightily delighted with these husbandry studies, and took extraordinary pleasure in them: if the theoric or speculation can so much affect, what shall the place and exercise, the practic part, do?
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
glosses: Theory, as opposed to practice.
theoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /θiːˈɒɹɪk/
/θiːˈɔːɹɪk/
Forms: form: more theoric
form: most theoric
Etymology: From Middle English theoryk, from Latin theōricus and Middle French theorique. By surface analysis, theory + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: A man but young, / Yet old in judgment, theoric and practic / In all humanity
ref: 1619, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry:
glosses: Relating to, or skilled in, theory; theoretical.
glosses: Relating to the Ancient Greek Theorica.
theorics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theoric
naumachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naumachies
Etymology: From Middle French naumachie and its source, Latin naumachia.
Senses: examples: text: Lacedæmonians held their public banquets […], plays, naumachies, places for sea-fights, theatres, amphitheatres able to contain 70,000 men, wherein they had several delightsome shows to exhilarate the people […].
ref: , II.2.4
glosses: A place built to stage a mock sea-battle, or the show performed therein.
Xan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Alexandra.
Related terms: Al
Alex
Lex
Xander
Xan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xans
Etymology: Clipping of Xanax.
Senses: examples: text: Hmmmm...I don't know about the combo...I've never tried that...but I love Xans and Valiums...well until I OD'd on Valiums and almost died...now I'm afraid of all pills...
ref: 1998 December 5, ChaosLiz [username], “Re: Xanax+Valium?”, in alt.drugs (Usenet):
text: Upstairs I got Xans in an Advil bottle, I don't take them shits
ref: 2014, "Tuesday", ILoveMakonnen featuring Drake, ILoveMakonnen
text: Georgia State senior, Damian Phillips thinks "I've been prescribed Xans because I actually need them for stress and anxiety. Recreational use is all hype and something that people are doing to seem cool."
ref: 2015, Jack Lester, "Xanax: Beyond The Pharmacy", The Collegian (Georgia Perimeter College), Volume 31, Number 8, page 3
glosses: A Xanax tablet.
Derived terms: Xanned
naumachies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naumachy
philosopher's game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ordinary recreations which we have in winter, and in most solitary times busy our minds with, are cards, tables and dice, shovelboard, chess-play, the philosopher's game, small trunks, shuttlecock […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
glosses: A game similar to chess, played on an oblong board with round, triangular and square pieces.
Synonyms: word: rithmomachy
word: ryghtmathy
oversets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overset
oversetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overset
skewsymmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of skew-symmetric.
edaphosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground, soil”) + -saurus.
Senses: glosses: Any of several synapsids of the genus Edaphosaurus, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
Derived terms: edaphosaurid
solitaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solitary
upwarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upwarps
Etymology: From up + warp.
Senses: examples: text: The Monument upwarp basically defines the underlying structure of the entire area, giving it its unique topography.
ref: 2012, Chinle Miller, Roger Miller, “The Colorado Plateau”, in In Mesozoic Lands:The Mesozoic Geology of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Kindle eReader edition:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A broad anticline caused by local uplift.
Esparanto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Esperanto.
glammery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glammeries
form: glamoury
Senses: examples: text: By some wondrous acts—faith! there's people in the country will tell you it was what they call ‘glammery’—he got a complete ascendancy over the proud lady, re-moved all the old people in doors and out of doors; and persuaded the dame that Mr. Danvers was nearly doting, had him pensioned him off, and became manager and director of everything.
ref: 1848, William Hamilton Maxwell, Brian O'Linn; Or, Luck is Everything, Volume 2, volume 2, page 170:
text: Walter Scott may take the credit for introducing the word into standard English, but the word is still used in the north of Ireland as The Ballymena Observer recorded it in 1892: ‘After Hallow Eve the divil throws his glammery over the blackberries.’
ref: 2006 October 31, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, Words We Use: The Meaning of Words And Where They Come From, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, →ISBN:
text: So the flaming giant by magic art was held fast in chains of glammery by the invincible word, and stood in awe of a man armed with a spear of the mind, while the avenging sword shackled him in fetters not made of steel.
ref: 2015 July 20, Nonnus Nonnos of Panopolis, Delphi Complete Dionysiaca of Nonnus (Illustrated), illustrated edition, volume 50, Delphi Classics:
glosses: A magical illusion; glamour.
Ike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Isaac.
Derived terms: Alibi Ike
Ike
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Etymology: From Eisenhower. His siblings also used the nickname, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only one who kept it by the Second World War.
Senses: examples: text: Everybody likes Ike—for president.
ref: 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ike for President:
glosses: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Ike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪk/
rhymes: -aɪk
Forms: form: Ikes
Etymology: From Eisenhower. His siblings also used the nickname, but Dwight D. Eisenhower was the only one who kept it by the Second World War.
Senses: qualifier: numismatic slang
glosses: An Eisenhower dollar.
quellest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: quell + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of quell
regloss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒs
Forms: form: reglosses
form: reglossing
form: reglossed
form: reglossed
Etymology: From re- + gloss.
Senses: glosses: To add a gloss (explanatory note on text) again or anew.
reglosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regloss
reglossing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regloss
reglossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regloss
dorkify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dorkifies
form: dorkifying
form: dorkified
form: dorkified
Etymology: From dork + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: If they think about him at all, they're inclined to blame him for commodifying, and therefore dorkifying, their pure underground pursuit.
ref: 2004, Hampton Sides, Americana: dispatches from the new frontier, page 16:
text: It's amazing—what he lacks in finesse he makes up for in sheer willingness to dorkify himself.
ref: 2009, Micol Ostow, David Ostow, So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother, page 97:
glosses: To make dorky.
dorkifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dorkify
dorkifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dorkify
dorkified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dorkify
catabolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catabolize
ferrometals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrometal
Zamenhofian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zamenhofian
form: most Zamenhofian
Etymology: From Zamenhof + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Zamenhofian verb komentarii ("to comment") is very often replaced by komenti.
glosses: of or pertaining to L. L. Zamenhof (1859-1917), creator of Esperanto (often with respect to Esperanto usage)
ferrometal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrometals
Etymology: From ferro- + metal.
Senses: glosses: Any alloy that is rich in iron.
hafnate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hafnates
Etymology: From hafnium + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxyanion of hafnium; any salt containing such an anion.
nanogranules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanogranule
nanogranule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanogranules
Etymology: From nano- + granule.
Senses: glosses: A nanosized granule
nonlinearization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlinearizations
Etymology: From nonlinear + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of making something nonlinear.
octupolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octupole + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an octupole.
argus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arguses
Etymology: Special use of Argus, a many-eyed mythological figure.
Senses: glosses: A watchful guardian.
glosses: An alert, observant person.
glosses: Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails.
glosses: Any of various nymphalid butterflies, such as those of the genus Junonia, also called pansies.
Derived terms: word: argus pheasant
taxonomic: Junonia orithya
word: blue argus
taxonomic: Aricia agestis
word: brown argus
taxonomic: Junonia iphita
word: chocolate argus
taxonomic: Junonia villida
word: meadow argus
taxonomic: Aricia artaxerxes
word: northern brown argus
taxonomic: Erebia aethiops
word: Scotch argus
edaphon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edaphons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔδαφος (édaphos, “ground”) + -on.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The entirety of lifeforms found in soil.
Related terms: edaphic
nonelectoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + electoral.
Senses: examples: text: One year later, in February 1987, an 80 percent popular vote for a new Constitution was seen as a vote of confidence in her presidency, and coming after her nonelectoral ascent to power, it confirmed her legitimacy and helped keep her challengers at bay.
ref: 2009 August 1, Seth Mydans, “Corazon Aquino, Leader of Philippines, Dies at 76”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not electoral.
qilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qilin
qilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːlɪn/
/ˈkiːlɪn/
Forms: form: qilins
form: kilin
form: kylin
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 麒麟 (qílín). Doublet of kirin.
Senses: examples: text: ...a red and gold textile with phoenixes in one row swooping towards qilins in the next amidst a densely foliated ground...
ref: 1989, Ernst J. Grube, Eleanor G. Sims, Islamic Art: Volume 3:
text: Roundel depicting dragon attacked by qilins; mounted on an album page.
ref: 2001, David J. Roxburgh, Prefacing the image: the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran:
text: When the qilin leaves, the emperor traces the shapes he saw into the dirt.
ref: 2010, Molly Blaisdell, Necdet Yilmaz, Truth about Unicorns:
synonyms: kirin
glosses: A mythical Chinese hooved chimerical creature, said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage.
nice guys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nice guy
metamessage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamessages
Etymology: From meta- + message.
Senses: examples: text: When you read between the lines, you might find a metamessage behind what somebody is outwardly saying.
glosses: An implicit message that could be inferred or implied from a message.
glosses: A message about messages.
Hinduphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hindu + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear or hatred of Hindus or Hinduism.
Related terms: Hinduphobic
Hinduphobe
Hindumisia
pupiless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pupilesses
Etymology: From pupil + -ess.
Senses: glosses: a female pupil
pupilesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pupiless
fly-fish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fly-fishes
form: fly-fishing
form: fly-fished
form: fly-fished
Senses: glosses: To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.
encephala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encephalon
glosses: plural of encephalum
mereswines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: alternative plural of mereswine
Pacific silver firs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pacific silver fir
headcheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headcheese
head cheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head cheese
SAIDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of simian acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Synonyms: simian AIDS
I'mma
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Imma.
imma
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "So I'm like, if you guys don't want to pay attention to me, then imma make you pay attention to me."
ref: 2022 November 7, Tony Lopez, quoting Alexander Pigee, “He nearly burnt down Roseville Galleria 12 years ago and now he's telling his story”, in CBS News:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Imma.
i'ma
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
Ima'
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
I'm a
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
I'm a'
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
I'm'a
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
i'm'a
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Imma.
obtusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The blunting, dulling, or weakening of normal sensation.
lusorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lusorious
form: most lusorious
Etymology: From Latin lūsōrius, from lūsor (“player”).
Senses: examples: text: Many too nicely take exceptions at cards, tables, and dice, and such mixed lusorious lots […]
ref: , II.2.4
text: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
ref: 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 13:
text: But Gataker stipulated that in order for such recreation to be lawful, each possible outcome of a lusorious lot must be morally indifferent, and he platitudinously added that games of chance 'are to be used soberly, seasonably, ingenuously, inoffensively, prudently, and religiously.'
ref: 1999, Geoffrey Wilson Clark, Betting on Lives, page 35:
glosses: Pertaining to a sport, game or pastime.
therebetween
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + between.
Senses: glosses: Between those.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
BOTUS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bank of the United States.
examples: text: Marlon Bundo is not only the first Botus (Bunny of the United States), but may be the first rabbit to: a) ride in Air Force Two; b) hold an official Instagram account that documents his every bemused lollop across a seemingly endless collection of Persian rugs; and c) have an unofficial Twitter account that reveals a much harder edge.
ref: 2018 March 20, Sian Cain, “Vice-president Mike Pence disappears down the rabbit hole”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2023:
text: Bundo had gained fame as the BOTUS (Bunny of the United States), and his Instagram account has more than 32,000 followers.
ref: 2022 January 17, Bryan Pietsch, “Marlon Bundo, Pence family rabbit and unlikely gay rights figure, dies”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2022:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of bunny of the United States; a tongue-in-cheek title bestowed on Marlon Bundo, a rabbit belonging to the family of Mike Pence.
Related terms: FLOTUS
GEOTUS
POTUS
SCOTUS
VPOTUS
ASAHP
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Initialism of as soon as humanly possible.
Synonyms: sense: immediately
word: ASAP
sense: immediately
word: posthaste
senses of humour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sense of humour
senses of humor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sense of humor
similiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: similiters
Etymology: From Latin similiter (“similarly”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The form by which either party, in pleading, accepts the issue tendered by his/her opponent; a joinder in issue.
simis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simi
simas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sima
ferd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /fɛɹd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: ferds
form: fard
form: faird
Etymology: Either from Middle English ferde (“went, fared”), past participle of faren, or from Middle English ferde (“army”), from Old English fierd; see fyrd.
Senses: examples: text: It was our great desire to have at once been at handy-strokes, well understanding that the ferd of our hot spirits could not long abide in edge.
ref: 1775, Baillie, Letters:
text: A dainty husband, an' the best o' men, Fresh in his eild as the gree simmer glen. An' still he maks a ferd his bread to earn— His aim to hae a canty but-an'-ben, Wi' something aye to spare to ilka bairn, That they the gude auld hospitality might learn.
ref: 1832, John Nevay, “The Cotter's Birth-Day”, in Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy, editors, The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance, page 381:
glosses: Effort, impetus, speed; a violent onset.
ferd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /fɛɹd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: ferds
Etymology: From Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.
Senses: glosses: Fear.
ferd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /fɛɹd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more ferd
form: most ferd
Etymology: From Middle English feren (“to fear”). More at fear.
Senses: examples: text: Out of Deuelin toun, The folk wel fast ran, In a water to droun, So ferd were thai than;
ref: 1804, Sir Walter Scott, Sir Tristrem:
glosses: Afraid.
ferd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /fɛɹd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: examples: text: George the ferd Erle of Hunlie and second of that name his sone, three. And Jane Gordoun his dochtir, the ferd.
ref: 1565, Proces of Divorce twixt Erle Bothwell and his Wife:
text: Gevin vunder our signet, at Edinburgh, the xxiij day of Marche, and of our regnne the ferd yer.
ref: 1571, J Chepman, Decreet of Spulzie:
text: The first & secund regents sall haif quarterlie ilkane threttein schilling four penneis. The thrid fyfteen sehillings and the ferd and principall twenty shillings.
ref: 1614, Register of Town Council of Edinburgh, vol x:
glosses: Fourth.
ferds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferd
political climate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈklaɪmət/
Forms: form: political climates
Etymology: From political + climate. In popular usage by late 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: The political climate has warmed up to the plan.
glosses: The aggregate mood or opinions of a population about current political issues that affect said population in some way.
Related terms: english: the current political or social topic, or prevailing political or social norm
translation: the current political or social topic, or prevailing political or social norm
word: discourse
english: acceptable political views in a society
translation: acceptable political views in a society
word: Overton window
coal drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal drops
Senses: examples: text: The ladies remained at the house, while the men walked to the staith on the [River] Wear, and were shown the process of unloading the wagons into the keels by means of the coal-drop.
ref: 1948 January and February, “Notes and News: Duke of Wellington's Early Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 56:
text: Another site of early railway enterprise to be upgraded to 2* before benefiting from restoration (which would remove it from the 2024 at-risk register) is the S&DR [Stockton & Darlington Railway] coal drops, located in Shildon's Locomotive museum. After it was upgraded in 2021 […], 2022 research by Historic England found that the drops, constructed in 1847, were the world's first attempt at mechanising locomotive refuelling. The drops worked by chaldron wagons being taken up the incline, and their loads dropped down chutes into tenders of steam locomotives waiting below.
ref: 2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 54:
glosses: An elevated railway track designed to allow material to fall freely between the rails onto the ground beneath. It is used to rapidly unload hoppers containing coal and other bulk materials.
Synonyms: staithe
do not disturb
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate that somebody does not wish to be disturbed, e.g. a sign on a hotel room door, or a "busy" mode of an instant messenger.
mother-lode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother-lodes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mother lode.
diverb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diverbs
Etymology: Latin diverbium (“the colloquial part of a comedy, dialogue”).
Senses: examples: text: By this means you many define ex ungue leonem, as the diverb is, by his thumb alone the bigness of Hercules […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
glosses: A proverb or set expression.
examples: text: Italy, a paradise for horses, a hell for women, as the diverb goes.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted.
diverbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diverb
snakey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snakey
form: most snakey
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snaky.
Related terms: snakey B
brachygraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachygraphies
Etymology: From French brachygraphie, from Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús, “short”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”).
Senses: examples: text: I would for these causes wish him that is melancholy […] to impose some task upon himself, to divert his melancholy thoughts: to study the art of memory […] , or practise brachygraphy, etc., that will ask a great deal of attention […]
ref: , II.2.4
glosses: A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
Derived terms: brachygrapher
brachygraphic
inextinguible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inextinguible
form: most inextinguible
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inextinguible and its source, Latin inextinguibilis.
Senses: examples: text: Cornelius Drible [hath made] a perpetual motion, inextinguible lights, linum non ardens, with many such feats […]
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 2, member 4:
glosses: Inextinguishable.
urson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ursons
Etymology: Compare urchin.
Senses: examples: text: The urson (Hystrix dorsata)^([sic]) inhabits the United States and Canada, and is the only species of porcupine, properly so called, which appears to have the power of climbing trees.
ref: 1833, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 1, page 443:
text: The urson might be called the spiny beaver, it being of the same size, the same country, and the same form of body;[…]. In the young ursons, the prickles are proportionably larger, more apparent, and the hair shorter and scarcer than in the adults.
ref: 1834, Augustus Addison Gould, editor, A System of Natural History, page 253:
glosses: A species of New World porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum.
Synonyms: sense: Erethizon dorsatum
word: Canadian porcupine
sense: Erethizon dorsatum
word: cawquaw
sense: Erethizon dorsatum
word: North American porcupine
sense: Erethizon dorsatum
word: common porcupine
Turkish baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turkish bath
themata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thema
legerity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɛɹəti/
/ləˈd͡ʒɛɹəti/
/-ɪti/
Forms: form: legerities
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French legerete, from Old French legierte, from legier + -te; by surface analysis, leger (“light”) + -ity. Compare levity.
Senses: glosses: Nimbleness or quickness of mind or body.
tractator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹækˈteɪ.tə/
Forms: form: tractators
Etymology: From Latin tractātor (“manager, homilist”).
Senses: examples: text: As well as being greatly useful to tractators who wanted to go on to further voyages or to stay overseas for a longer period, it was also indispensable when a tractator fell ill or died.
ref: 1987, John H. Pryor, Commerce, Shipping and Naval Warfare in the Medieval Mediterranean, page 172:
glosses: In medieval commerce, the person who handles or transports merchandise on behalf of an investor; an entrepreneur.
glosses: A person who writes tracts.
examples: text: Do you not see the noble standard of Christian morality , and its infinite superiority to this ? Talking of the Tractators[…]
ref: 1842, Charles Kingsley, a letter:
glosses: A Tractarian.
Related terms: tract
verificator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verificators
Senses: examples: text: The inſpectors, comptrollers, verificators [translating vérificateurs], &c. ſink into the enjoyment of a vain title, when the general adminiſtration does not oblige them to be active, and it is always thoſe whoſe functions are active, neceſſary and every day repeated, who imperceptibly become abſolute maſters.
ref: 1785, [Jacques] Necker, translated by Thomas Mortimer, A Treatise on the Administration of the Finances of France, volume III, London: […] [T]he Logographic Press, and sold by J[ohn] Walter, […]; J[ohn] Sewell, […]; T[homas] Longman, […], page 219:
text: Assay laboratory, consisting of a verificator of assay and two assayors.
ref: 1854, Henry Shelton Sanford, Memoir on the Administrative Changes in France, since the Revolution of 1848, Being a Report to the Secretary of State, Washington, D.C.: [Nathaniel] Beverley Tucker, […], page 137:
text: Coins, as verificators of ancient history, are now so universally esteemed that the excuses once timidly made by those who collected them, in defence of their taste, are no longer needed.
ref: 1856, “Reviews. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins belonging to His Grace the Duke of Northumberland. By Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth, &c. &c. […]”, in The Art-Journal, new series, volume II, London: […] ([F]or the Proprietors) by George Virtue, […]; and […] New York, page 323, column 3:
text: […] the functions of Sir W. Hamilton and myself have been simply those of verificators of the numerical calculations which “Mr. Walker” suggested to us, […]
ref: 1857 March 27, Burford Gibsone, “Rectification of the Circle”, in The Engineer, volume III, London: Office […], page 247:
text: Account of the taxations of the verificators of the entrances which are under the royal scribe, Neb nefer, in the bakehouses, to make out of them āku bread.
ref: 1897, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, volume XIX, London: […] The Offices of the Society, […], page 255:
text: Four indicators with their respective verificators are proposed for evaluating whether genetic sustainability has been achieved also under the warning of climatic change.
ref: 2000, Thomas Geburek, Ferdinand Müller, “Genetic aspects of the Helsinki and Lisbon Resolutions – Second and Third Ministerial Conferences on the Protection of Forests in Europe”, in Jozef Turok, Thomas Geburek, editors, International Collaboration on Forest Genetic Resources: The Role of Europe: Second EUFORGEN Steering Committee Meeting, 26-29 November 1998 - Vienna, Austria, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Zak also shows that Calment’s interviews with age verificators were replete with tiny inconsistencies, such as confusing her husband and father or saying that she was accompanied to school by a family maid who would actually have been 10 years her junior.
ref: 2019 January 3, Tristin Hopper, “122-year-old woman was a fraud, theory says”, in National Post, volume 21, number 57, page A10:
glosses: Synonym of verifier.
synonyms: word: verifier
Related terms: verificate
verification
verificatory
rustbucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rustbuckets
form: rust-bucket
form: rust bucket
Etymology: From rust + bucket.
Senses: examples: text: That sagging old rustbucket is designed like a garbage scow!
ref: 1967, David Gerrold, The Trouble with Tribbles, spoken by Korax:
synonyms: word: bucket of bolts
word: bucket of rust
word: hunk of junk
word: banger
word: beater
word: bucket of bolts
word: bucket of rust
word: clunker
word: crate
word: crock
word: flivver
word: hooptie
word: jalopy
word: junker
word: lemon
word: old banger
word: rattletrap
word: rustbucket
word: shed
word: shitbox
word: shitpot
word: shitcan
word: shitbucket
word: tin Lizzie
word: wreck
glosses: An old, neglected vehicle, usually a car, a freighter, or a truck.
spinning wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinning wheel
demonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demonymic
form: most demonymic
Etymology: From demonym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having characteristics of a demonym.
Synonyms: gentilic
arietine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arietine
form: most arietine
Etymology: From Latin arietinus.
Senses: examples: text: The great public, who follow the bell-wether with trusting confidence, and with the greater eagerness if the scent of scandal comes from his direction, tumbled pell-mell through the gap in the fence discovered by their arietine leader, and the whole pasture resounded with ovine voices of dismay.
ref: 1871 June 1, “Morality in Fiction”, in The Literary World, page 8:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to rams.
Related terms: Aries
arietate
arietation
arietiform
inner tubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner tube
enuf
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of enough.
enuf
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of enough.
enuf
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of enough.
troak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊk/
enpr: trōk
ipa: /tɹoʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
Forms: form: troaks
form: troaking
form: troaked
form: troaked
form: troke
Etymology: From Scots troak.
Senses: examples: text: What's this for cash your tapster troaks, / That colics and affronts the fowks?
ref: 1812, William Rankin, “A Friendly Hint to a Porter Brewer”, in Poems, on Different Subjects, Archibald Allardice, page 97:
text: She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi' the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood.
ref: 1823, Walter Scott, Saint Ronan's Well, page 119:
text: The trade of Greenland is a strict monopoly of the Danish Government, and accordingly the Government puts a check upon any trading or fishing within a certain distance of the coast. It does not, however, prohibit the sale of small articles not used in their trade being sold, and accordingly, in addition to obtaining news of the ice and such-like other lore, here commences a curious traffic with the natives, well-known, to the Scottish whalers at least, under the name of "troaking" or bartering.
ref: 1873 May 24, Robert Brown, “A Cruise with the Whalers in Baffin's Bay”, in Ocean Highways: The Geographical Record, volume 1, number II, N. Trübner and Co., page 51:
glosses: To barter or trade, especially outside a government monopoly.
examples: text: In those days, when Prince and Adam were my heroes, I had no "troakings" with lassies. "Troakings" came afterwards, and these deserve a whole essay to themselves.
ref: 1901, J. H. Balfour Browne, “‘Roaring Games’”, in Essays in Paradox, Longmans, Green & Co., page 152:
text: But as soon as we had driven these same kings and queens into exile, we became tremendously loyal, and kept up constant trokings with the exiled at Carisbrook, in Holland, or drinking to "the king over the water."
ref: 1904, S. R. Crockett, Raiderland: All About Grey Galloway, Dodd, Mead & Co., page 83:
glosses: To have familiar intercourse.
Synonyms: sense: barter, trade
word: swap
sense: barter, trade
word: swop
troak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊk/
enpr: trōk
ipa: /tɹoʊk/
rhymes: -əʊk
rhymes: -oʊk
Forms: form: troke
Etymology: From Scots troak.
Senses: glosses: Barter; exchange; truck.
glosses: Small wares.
glosses: Familiar intercourse.
rokos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roko
no questions asked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The country quickly became famous for its no-questions-asked depositories.
ref: 2010 February 4, “The End of Switzerland”, in Newsweek, retrieved 21 Sep 2010:
qualifier: often hyphenated
glosses: Characterized by a pledge to make no inquiries concerning the motives, circumstances, or identity of the person receiving an agreed benefit or performing a proposed action.
Synonyms: no-strings-attached
unconditional
no questions asked
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: You do what I've told you to, no questions asked.
text: Any Muslim is allowed to enter the country without a visa, no questions asked.
ref: 1993 August 30, Marguerite Michaels et al., “The U.S. Thinks So”, in Time:
qualifier: promise
glosses: Without inquiring into the motives, circumstances, or identity of the person receiving a benefit or performing a proposed action.
raw_tags: of an agreement
Synonyms: no strings attached
no-strings-attached
unconditionally
no-questions-asked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of no questions asked.
no-strings-attached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
ipa: /noʊ ˌstɹɪŋz‿əˈtæt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ætʃt
Etymology: From no strings attached.
Senses: examples: text: Since then, Beijing has often offered its support to Islamabad in the way of economic assistance, but also with no-strings-attached military aid.
ref: 2009 February 19, Vivian Salama, “Pakistan and China: A Fraying Friendship?”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2010:
glosses: Characterized by an absence of conditions or obligations.
prepper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛpɚ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛpə/
rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: preppers
Etymology: From prep (“prep school”) + -er.
Senses: synonyms: word: preppy
glosses: A student at a prep school.
examples: text: ‘We have a vacancy at a very nice little prepper in North Yorkshire. Cundall Manor.’
ref: 2010, Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles:
glosses: A prep school.
prepper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛpɚ/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛpə/
rhymes: -ɛpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: preppers
Etymology: From prep (“prepare”, verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Preppers are keen not to be seen as survivalists – the stereotypically anti-government, wood-dwelling, gun-toting hermits of past decades. Rather than isolating themselves in preparation for Armageddon, preppers tend to have normal jobs, mingle with their communities and take a more relaxed view about looming disasters.
ref: 2010 March 26, Madeleine Morris, “Americans get set for disaster day”, in BBC News:
text: After all, Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp says it was always meant to be a utility: “It’s a tool people use to plan their futures,” he told ReadWrite earlier this year. Preppers just happen to think the future looks bleak.
ref: 2014 May 15, Colette Shade, “How to Prep for the Apocalypse on Pinterest”, in The Atlantic:
text: Earlier today, I found myself taking it down and flicking through its index — “handcranked lanterns”; “pandemic”; “panic, avoidance of” — in a manner that felt remarkably different to how I had flicked through it in the past. The themes and motifs of the prepper movement are having a moment in the mainstream.
ref: 2020 March 21, Mark O’Connell, “This Is Not the End of the World and You Are Not a Prepper”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The preppers were living in flush times in a beautiful region, but it seemed like the first thing they did with money was steel for the apocalypse.
ref: 2020 April 24, Nellie Bowles, “I Used to Make Fun of Silicon Valley Preppers. Then I Became One.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A survivalist; one who actively prepares for emergencies.
preppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prepper
house-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house-breakers
Senses: examples: text: My brother Tom, you know, is on the force, and he has been here telling us all about it; how you’ve been philanderin about with Peg Alick, the well-known house-breaker and thief.
ref: 1888, Donn Piatt, “The Sales-Lady of the City”, in The Lone Grave of the Shenandoah and Other Tales, Chicago, Ill.; […]: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 93:
glosses: Alternative form of housebreaker.
troaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of troak
troaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of troak
troaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of troak
aestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin aestīvus (“related to summer”), from aestas (“summer”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to summer.
Related terms: aestival
aestivate
estocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estoc
Z scores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Z score
zylonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zylonite
zoological names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoological name
zodiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zodiac
typographical errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of typographical error
Western Bengali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the two major groups of Bengali dialects, spoken to the west of the Padma River, particularly in West Bengal.
Related terms: Eastern Bengali
Eastern Bengali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the two major groups of Bengali dialects, spoken to the east of the Padma River, particularly in Bangladesh.
Related terms: Western Bengali
malefactress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malefactresses
Etymology: From malefactor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A woman who violates the law or does evil; a female malefactor.
house breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house breakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of housebreaker.
malefactresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malefactress
dirty pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably an allusion to failing to follow the rules when playing billiards. Compare not cricket.
Senses: examples: text: The thieves, in their turn, have developed a self-pity syndrome about the FBI, considering government surveillance to be dirty pool — unjustifiable interference with free enterprise.
ref: 1967 April 21, Keith Wheeler, Sandy Smith, “Murf the Surf and his Jewel-studded Jinx”, in Life, volume 62, number 16, page 95:
text: To call Harriet Pilpel "strident" because she clearly and knowledgeably opposed Brownmiller's (and Cottingham's) position is not only dirty pool, but obfuscates the issues and prevents GCN readers from having access to Pilpel's well-defended and logical reminders that […]
ref: 1984 December 15, Meryl Altman, “Irresponsible Coverage”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 4:
glosses: Foul play; misconduct; underhandedness.
noncompete clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncompete clauses
Senses: examples: text: Lee is just one of a series of execs who have bolted slow-growing Microsoft in the last year for the bright lights of Google. . . . Microsoft turned to its lawyers, accusing Lee of violating his noncompete clause.
ref: 2005 July 21, Jay Greene, “Microsoft Sues over Google's Hire”, in Businessweek, retrieved 22 Sep 2010:
text: When Pizza Hut's owner, Tricon (now called Yum Brands), tried to revise his franchise agreement in 1999 to put in a noncompete clause stipulating that Heinecke needed permission to operate other food businesses, Heinecke, who by then already ran a number of fast-food chains, sued for breach of contract.
ref: 2009 October 5, Ron Gluckman, “Bill's Excellent Adventure”, in Forbes, retrieved 22 Sep 2010:
topics: law
synonyms: non-compete
noncompete
;
NCC
glosses: A provision within a business agreement or employment contract which stipulates that the contracting party must abstain from competitive practices not in the interests of an identified firm, such as starting a competing business or accepting a job with a competitor, and often extending for a period of time after the termination of the original employment or other business relationship.
Mid-Autumn Festivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mid-Autumn Festival