cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
godmother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/
Forms: form: godmothers
Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”).
Senses: glosses: A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
Synonyms: word: co-mother
word: cummer
word: godma
Hypernyms: godparent
Derived terms: faerie godmother
fairy godmother
godmotherhood
godmotherly
godmothership
horse-godmother
Related terms: godfather
godchild
goddaughter
godsib
godson
godmother
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒdmʌðə/
Forms: form: godmothers
form: godmothering
form: godmothered
form: godmothered
Etymology: From Middle English godmoder, from Old English godmōdor (“godmother”), equivalent to god- + mother. Cognate with Old High German gotmuoter (“godmother”), Old Norse guðmóðir (“godmother”), Icelandic guðmóður (“godmother”), Swedish gudmoder (“godmother”), Danish gudmor (“godmother”).
Senses: examples: text: The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.
ref: 1909, H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay:
glosses: To act as godmother to.
godson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑdˌsʌn/
ipa: /ˈɡɒdˌsʌn/
Forms: form: godsons
Etymology: From Middle English godsone, gossone, from Old English godsunu (“godson”), equivalent to god- + son. Cognate with Danish gudsøn (“godson”), Swedish gudson (“godson”), Icelandic guðsonur (“godson”).
Senses: glosses: A male child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
Related terms: godchild
goddaughter
godfather
godmother
godparent
goddaughter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑdˌdɔ.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈɡɒdˌdɔːtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: goddaughters
Etymology: From Middle English goddoghter, goddoȝter, from Old English goddohtor (“goddaughter”), equivalent to god- + daughter. Cognate with Danish guddatter (“goddaughter”), Swedish guddotter (“goddaughter”), Icelandic guðdóttir (“goddaughter”).
Senses: glosses: A female child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent.
Related terms: godchild
godfather
godmother
godparent
godson
godchild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɑdˌt͡ʃaɪld/
ipa: /ˈɡɒdˌt͡ʃaɪld/
Forms: form: godchildren
Etymology: From god- + child.
Senses: examples: text: Mary stood as godmother for little Emily, her godchild.
glosses: A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.
Synonyms: godkid
Related terms: godbrother
goddaughter
godfather
godmother
godparent
godsister
godson
gents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
Forms: form: Gents
Etymology: A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room.
Senses: glosses: plural of gent
gents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
Forms: form: Gents
Etymology: A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room.
Senses: examples: text: Where is the gents? I need a slash.
text: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
ref: 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
text: London's first 'gents' public toilets were opened in Fleet Street in 1851, followed in 1852 by a 'ladies' toilet at 51 Bedford Street, Strand.
ref: 2000, Munroe Blair, Ceramic Water Closets, page 15:
text: One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar.
ref: 2014 April 11, Charlotte Meredith, “The Palace of Sexminster”, in Huffington Post: United Kingdom:
glosses: A men's room: a lavatory intended for use by men.
Synonyms: sense: room
word: men's
word: gents'
word: bathroom
gents
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
Forms: form: Gents
Etymology: A clipped form of gentlemen. As a room, via misspelling of gents', a clipped form of gentlemen's room.
Senses: glosses: Men's: intended for use by men.
Coordinate terms: sense: all senses
word: ladies
mathematics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæθ(ə)ˈmætɪks/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /mæθ(ə)ˈmætəks/
rhymes: -ætɪks
Forms: form: mathematicks
Etymology: 1580s; From mathematic (noun) + -ics, from Middle English mathematique, methametik, matematik, matamatik, from Old French mathematique, from Latin mathēmatica (“mathematics”), from Ancient Greek μαθηματικός (mathēmatikós, “on the matter of that which is learned”), from μάθημα (máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”). Displaced native Old English rīmcræft.
Senses: examples: text: Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 163:
text: Looking at the Leibniz series, you feel the independence of mathematics from human culture. Surely, on any world that knows pi the Leibniz series will also be known... Nilakantha, an astronomer, grammarian, and mathematician who lived on the Kerala coast of India, described the formula in Sanskrit poetry around the year 1500.
ref: 1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
text: The answer is 'yes', and the mathematics needed is the theory of probability and its applied cousin, statistics.
ref: 2002, Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos, page 38:
glosses: An abstract representational system studying numbers, shapes, structures, quantitative change and relationships between them.
examples: text: My mathematics is always improving.
glosses: A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
Synonyms: sense: ability to use mathematics
word: numeracy
word: maths
word: math
word: mathematics
Hypernyms: word: study
Meronyms: word: applied mathematics
word: pure mathematics
word: arithmetic
word: geometry
word: analysis
word: combinatorics
word: algebra
word: number theory
word: topology
word: set theory
word: calculus
word: category theory
Derived terms: applied mathematics
astromathematics
biomathematics
discrete mathematics
ethnomathematics
fuzzy mathematics
geomathematics
iatromathematics
math
mathematese
mathlete
maths
metamathematics
physicomathematics
pseudomathematics
pure mathematics
recreational mathematics
reform mathematics
reverse mathematics
Related terms: word: mathematical
word: mathematically
word: mathematician
word: mathematicist
word: polymath
word: set
word: relation
word: function
word: operation
word: mapping
word: definition
word: axiom
word: theorem
word: lemma
word: proposition
word: conjecture
word: proof
word: number
word: point
word: shape
word: polygon
word: triangle
word: angle
word: vector
word: vector space
word: metric
word: graph
word: node
word: edge
word: probability distribution
word: integral
word: derivation
word: state
word: define
word: prove
word: reduce
word: count
word: add
word: subtract
word: multiply
word: divide
word: exponentiate
word: :Category:Mathematics
word: T:arithmetic operations
Ahti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Finnic mythology
glosses: The god of depths, water, and fishing in Finnish mythology.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A goddess in Egyptian mythology.
ginger ale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: ginger ales
Senses: synonyms: dry ginger
glosses: A nonalcoholic drink flavored with ginger, similar to ginger beer.
ginger beer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginger beers
Senses: examples: text: Have no fear, the ninja here / Feel 'em like the tinge in your ear from drinkin' ginger beer
ref: 2004, “Kon Queso”, in Mm..Food, performed by MF Doom:
coordinate_terms: birch beer
root beer
glosses: A fermented, typically non-alcoholic, drink flavoured with ginger.
examples: text: I'm having a ginger beer. Would you like one too?
text: How much for one ginger beer?
glosses: A glass or drink of ginger beer.
glosses: A queer (i.e. homosexual).
raw_tags: used in the shortened form ginger
Derived terms: ginger beer plant
ginger beer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ginger beer
form: most ginger beer
Senses: glosses: queer (i.e. homosexual).
raw_tags: used in the shortened form ginger
puisne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːni/
ipa: /ˈpjuni/
homophone: puny
rhymes: -uːni
Forms: form: more puisne
form: most puisne
form: puny
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pós-ti
Proto-Italic *posti
Latin poste
Latin post
Proto-Indo-European *íh₂
Latin ea
Latin posteā
Vulgar Latin *postius
Old French puis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós
Proto-Italic *gnātos
Latin gnātus
Latin nātus
Old French né
Old French puisné
Middle French puisnébor.
English puisne
 PIE word
 *pós
From Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”).
Senses: glosses: Younger; junior.
examples: text: it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discovery
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
text: But this intrigue of the ancient is a piece of private history, the truth of which my beloved cares not to own, and indeed, affects to disbelieve. As she does also some puisne gallantries of her foolish brother […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCXVII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Insignificant, petty; ineffectual.
examples: the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer
topics: law
glosses: Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior.
examples: text: a puisne date to eternity
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary.
puisne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːni/
ipa: /ˈpjuni/
homophone: puny
rhymes: -uːni
Forms: form: puisnes
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pós-ti
Proto-Italic *posti
Latin poste
Latin post
Proto-Indo-European *íh₂
Latin ea
Latin posteā
Vulgar Latin *postius
Old French puis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós
Proto-Italic *gnātos
Latin gnātus
Latin nātus
Old French né
Old French puisné
Middle French puisnébor.
English puisne
 PIE word
 *pós
From Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”).
Senses: glosses: A person of puisne rank.
fem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
homophone: femme
Forms: form: fems
Etymology: Clipping of feminine
Senses: examples: text: Oral history gave them an opportunity to share their vision of the world across generations, while giving us a chance to imagine the pleasure and pain of daily life for butches and fems in an earlier period.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, Madeline D. Davis, Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold: The History of a Lesbian Community, Routledge, →ISBN:
antonyms: butch
glosses: Synonym of femme.
synonyms: word: femme
examples: text: Versatile, but love to bottom … No divas or fems. Not homophobic at all, just my personal preference.
ref: 2014, D Shuckerow, Take off your masc: The hegemonic gay male's gender performance on Grindr, quoting someone on Grindr
text: [...] chasers looking for silver daddies, exec types for college jocks, straights for gays, fems for mascs, smooths for hairies, huskies for slims, blacks for Latinos, whites for Asians, straights for gays, white collars for blue collars, ...
ref: 2018, Luis Menéndez-Antuña, Thinking Sex with the Great Whore: Deviant Sexualities and Empire in the Book of Revelation, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: A feminine or effeminate person.
fem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
homophone: femme
Forms: form: more fem
form: most fem
Etymology: Clipping of feminine
Senses: antonyms: masc
glosses: Feminine, effeminate.
examples: text: Dozens of queers, including female to male/male to female transsexuals, leathers, bears and bisexuals, butch and fem lesbians, […]
ref: 2007, Cameron McCarthy, Globalizing Cultural Studies: Ethnographic Interventions in Theory, Method, and Policy, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 79:
antonyms: butch
glosses: Synonym of femme.
synonyms: word: femme
Derived terms: word: factfem
word: Fem&M's
english: a feminine male
translation: a feminine male
word: femboy
word: fem lib
word: Femlock
word: FemShep
word: femslash
word: femspeak
word: meanfem
word: nicefem
word: rudefem
nio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nios
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nio.
nia
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /njɑ(ː)˨/
Etymology: From Hokkien 爾／尔 (niā, “only”).
Senses: examples: text: Don’t so kiam siap can anot? That one only $3 nia.
translation: Come on, don’t be so stingy. That’s only $3.
english: Come on, don’t be so stingy. That’s only $3.
bold_translation_offsets: 36
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synonyms: word: only#Particle
glosses: Only, merely, that's all; used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small or undemanding.
Related terms: word: what
word: lah1–14
word: lor2–3
word: lor1
word: ah6–7
word: leh1–2
word: mah
word: leh3–6
word: one1–3
word: hor1
word: know
word: only
word: sia
word: hor2
word: ah1–3
word: hah1–3
word: meh
word: ba2
word: leh7–11
word: ba1
word: liao
word: already
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word: Gupta
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word: A. F. (1992)
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word: in
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: volume 18
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: number 1
urls: https://doi.org/10.1016%2F0378-2166%2892%2990106-l
word: →DOI
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -a (nominative second declension neuter plural suffix), plural counterpart to -um (nominative second declension neuter singular suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of -um
Derived terms: bacteria
cilia
colossea
data
fora
mausolea
memoranda
musea
quanta
sanatoria
stadia
ultimata
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek -α (-a, nominative second declension neuter plural suffix), plural counterpart to -ον (-on, nominative second declension neuter singular suffix).
Senses: glosses: plural of -on
Derived terms: amnia
archaea
automata
cola
criteria
Diptera
ephemera
-hedra
mitochondria
neura
panthea
phenomena
taxa
-zoa
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: -as
form: -ae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -a (nominative first declension neuter singular suffix)
Senses: glosses: Marks singular nouns, with a foundation in Greek or Latin, often implying femininity, especially when contrasted with words terminating in -us.
examples: text: magnesium + -a → magnesia
glosses: Changes an element or substance into an oxide.
Synonyms: word: -ess
word: -ette
word: -ine
word: -ress
word: she-
word: -trix
Derived terms: incuba
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian -a, Spanish -a and Portuguese -a, all feminine noun suffixes from Latin -a.
Senses: examples: text: donna
text: signora
glosses: Marks nouns, with a foundation in Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese, implying femininity.
Synonyms: word: -ess
word: -ette
word: -ine
word: -ress
word: she-
word: -trix
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /eɪ/
ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
Etymology: Added especially for metrical reasons, or as an empty filler syllable.
Senses: examples: text: A merry heart goes all the day
Your sad tires in a mile-a
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: I love to sing-a / about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a, / I love to sing-a / about a sky of blue-a, or a tea for two-a.
ref: 1936 July 18, Leon Schlesinger (producer) / Norman Spencer (music), I Love to Singa
text: I wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna really wanna be just like the Lord
So every day Im gonna gonna read the Book and rest upon-a God's own holy Word
Of good in me there's none-a none-a that's okay because I'm gonna trust upon the work that's done-a on the Cross
and Jesus is the one-a one-a God the Father's Son-a Son-a and my sin He cures!
ref: 1980s, Herb Owen, “Wanna”, in Kids Sing Praise, performed by Kids Sing Praise:
text: Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscle
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich […]
ref: 1981, Colin Hay, Ron Strykert, performed by Men At Work, Down Under:
text: "I'm-a tell-a you why you better be. I named you in my will, Franco."
ref: 2014, Don Pendleton, California Hit, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
related: word: a
word: a-
glosses: Added for metrical reasons to songs, poetry and verse, or as an empty filler syllable to other speech.
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /eɪ/
Etymology: Contraction of have.
Senses: examples: text: who'da thunk it?
text: shoulda
text: coulda
text: woulda
glosses: Alternative form of 've.
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /eɪ/
Etymology: Contraction of of.
Senses: examples: text: buncha, cuppa, kinda, loadsa, lotta, sorta
text: "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."
ref: 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, page 31:
glosses: Clitic form of o' (contraction of of).
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /eɪ/
Etymology: Contraction of to.
Senses: examples: text: oughta
text: wanna
text: gotta
text: gonna
glosses: to (infinitive marker)
-a
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ/
ipa: /ə/
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
homophone: -er
homophone: -or stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
enpr: ə
ipa: /eɪ/
Etymology: Contraction of do.
Senses: examples: text: whatta
text: Yeah, Flav, I'm tired of them dissing brothers in the P.E. out there, we got to do something about this/(What-a we do? What-a we do?)
ref: 1988, Living Colour, “Funny Vibe”, Epic:
glosses: do (infinitive marker)
Related terms: english: which, in various non-rhotic dialects, reduces to -a, e.g. fatha, burna
translation: which, in various non-rhotic dialects, reduces to -a, e.g. fatha, burna
word: -er
word: compare -z
tio
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [tjoʔ˨˩]
note: as an interjection
ipa: [tjoʔ˦˧]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).
Senses: glosses: Correct; that's right.
Related terms: tio bo
tio
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [tjoʔ˨˩]
note: as an interjection
ipa: [tjoʔ˦˧]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 著 (tio̍h).
Senses: examples: text: He tio virus
text: She tio money
glosses: To get, receive, experience, suffer or be affected by.
examples: text: She play lottery and tio
glosses: To win a game, especially a game of chance.
examples: text: I tio banned
glosses: Used before a verb to indicate the passive voice.
tia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: TIA
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Telecommunications Industry Association.
glosses: Initialism of This Is Africa, a business newspaper.
tia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tias
form: TIA
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of transient ischemic attack.
tia
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: TIA
Senses: glosses: Initialism of thanks in advance.
maths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măths
ipa: /mæθs/
note: Indic
ipa: /maks/
homophone: max
note: Nigerian English
ipa: /mæs/
homophone: mass
ipa: /mɛts/
rhymes: -æθs
Forms: form: math
form: mathematics
Etymology: Contraction of mathematics.
Senses: examples: text: The conventional “commonsense” view now is that girls are conditioned both by family and teachers to believe that maths is a subject at which males excel, and that they believe they cannot be expected to comprehend its subtleties — so they don′t.
ref: 1980 August 21, “Girls can do maths as well as boys”, in New Scientist, page 586:
text: At age 10, Ian was based with the Grade 6 students but was allowed to take maths with Grade 10 – a four-year grade advancement.
ref: 2004, Miraca U.M. Gross, Exceptionally Gifted Children, page 229:
text: Most people who are forced to use maths have little idea what it is really about.
ref: 2011, Clifford Matthews, IMechE Engineers′ Databook, 4th edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 40:
glosses: Clipping of mathematics.
Derived terms: applied maths
mathsy
maths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: măths
ipa: /mæθs/
note: Indic
ipa: /maks/
homophone: max
note: Nigerian English
ipa: /mæs/
homophone: mass
ipa: /mɛts/
rhymes: -æθs
Senses: glosses: plural of math
maths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: măths
ipa: /mæθs/
note: Indic
ipa: /maks/
homophone: max
note: Nigerian English
ipa: /mæs/
homophone: mass
ipa: /mɛts/
rhymes: -æθs
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of math
math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
Forms: form: maths
form: maths
Etymology: Clipping of mathematics.
Senses: examples: text: Clarke stumbled into music by way of a high school course he took to raise his grades. "Music was a bird course. I had more interest in math, science, and women", he divulged.
ref: 2002 October 26, Nathalie Younglai, “Conducting without boundaries”, in Guelph Mercury, page C3:
glosses: Clipping of mathematics.
examples: text: If you do the math, you'll see that it’s not such a bargain.
text: $170 a month? That doesn’t sound right. Let me check your math.
glosses: Arithmetic calculations; (see do the math).
examples: text: They needed to take two more maths in order to graduate.
text: Did you take math today? / What did you do in math today?
text: Then, I further worked myself into an A+ panic attack with the realization that on top of the algebra, I would have to take three more maths, from a choice of calculus, finite math, statistics, logic, or differential equation.
ref: 2010, Claude Regis Vargo, Beyond My Horizon, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: A math course or class.
Hyponyms: new math
napkin math
Derived terms: applied math
check the math
discrete math
do the math
fuzzy math
girl math
harder than Chinese math
mathbabble
math circle
mathcore
math grenade
mathletic
MathML
math rock
mathspeak
mathwise
mathy
meader
mental math
nonmath
the math ain't mathing
the math is mathing
math
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
Forms: form: maths
form: mathing
form: mathed
form: mathed
form: maths
Etymology: Clipping of mathematics.
Senses: glosses: To perform mathematical calculations or mathematical analysis; to do math
examples: text: Wait. This doesn't make sense. I mean, the math is not mathing.
text: Some of the same people who called for the abolishment of the monarchy back during that explosive Oprah interview are now saying how sweet it is that baby Lili is named after her grandmother, how perfectly it fits her, and the math isn’t mathing. There is a fundamental contradiction here.
ref: 2021 June 7, Nylah Burton, “Harry and Meghan’s baby name proves they’re not the heroes you thought they were. And that’s OK”, in The Independent:
text: Following intense speculation over the account’s veracity, fellow manga artist Yusuke Murata, the creator behind One-Punch Man, confirmed that the account indeed belongs to Togashi. The math started mathing for Hunter x Hunter fans, who are hoping there will be new installments of the manga on the way.
ref: 2022 May 24, Zoe Guy, “Hunter x Hunter Creator Mysteriously Joins Twitter, Teases New Installments of the Manga”, in Vulture:
glosses: To add up, compute; (by extension) to make sense.
Derived terms: the math is mathing
math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mɑːθ/
rhymes: -æθ
rhymes: -ɑːθ
ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
Forms: form: maths
Etymology: From Middle English math, from Old English mǣþ (“a mowing, that which is mown, cutting of grass”), from Proto-Germanic *mēþą (“a mowing”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow”); equivalent to mow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with German Mahd (“a mowing, reaping”), West Frisian mêd (“area of land that can be mown in one day; domain, realm”). Related also to Old English mǣd (“mead, meadow, pasture”). See meadow.
Senses: glosses: A mowing; what is gathered from mowing.
Derived terms: aftermath
beforemath
foremath
lattermath
math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mɑːθ/
rhymes: -æθ
rhymes: -ɑːθ
ipa: /mʌt/
ipa: /mɑːt/
ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mat/
rhymes: -æθ
ipa: /mæθ/
ipa: /mɑːθ/
rhymes: -æθ
rhymes: -ɑːθ
Forms: form: maths
Etymology: Contraction of matha.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of matha.
kronor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Bergstroem, the Nordea analyst, said he thought AOL would prevail eventually but probably at a price of more than 230 kronor a share.
ref: 2007 January 16, Eric Pfanner, “AOL Agrees to Buy Online Ad Broker for $900 Million”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of krona
mates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of mate
mates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mate
mates
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪts/
rhymes: -eɪts
Senses: examples: text: He is mates with my brother.
glosses: Friendly; having a friendship (with).
Synonyms: word: chummy
word: chums
word: friendly
word: friends
word: pally
word: pals
mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪɹ.ə/
ipa: /ˈmiɹ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɪɹ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈmɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɪɹ.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈmɜɹ/
ipa: /ˈməɹ.a/
ipa: /ˈmɪɹ.əɹ/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈmɪrə(r)/
note: Indic
ipa: /mɪˈrɜ(r)/
homophone: mere
homophone: myrrh
homophone: mur (all in some North American accents only)
rhymes: -ɪɹə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: mirrors
form: mirroring
form: mirrored
form: mirrored
form: mirrour
Etymology: From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".
Senses: glosses: To reflect, as in a mirror.
examples: text: The placement of the paintings mirrored the positions of the windows on the opposite wall.
glosses: To act as a reflection of, either by being identical to, or by being identical but reversed.
examples: text: He tried to mirror Elvis's life by copying his fashion and mannerisms.
glosses: Of an event, activity, behavior, to be identical to; to be a copy of; to imitate closely.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To create something identical to (a website, etc.).
Related terms: cheval glass
looking glass
chez
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃeɪ/
homophone: shay
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from French chez. Doublet of casa.
Senses: examples: text: Even if I say so myself, Christmas chez the Forests is quite a heart-warming affair. For Ben, growing up, it was pure magic - a log fire in the grate, real candles on the giant tree, tea-lights twinkling on the tables.
ref: 2008 February 28, Lisa Forest, “Mind the gap: Empty house, empty nest, empty fridge”, in The Telegraph, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2013:
glosses: At the home of.
fur coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fur coats
form: furcoat
Senses: glosses: An outer garment for the upper body made of furry animal hides.
examples: text: Rebecca found herself involuntarily holding her breath and a moment later she spotted the beautiful rusty fur coat of a fox emerging from the bushes.
ref: 2019, John Darke, Mr Blue Sky, →ISBN, page 258:
glosses: The fur of an animal; the animal coat of its own fur.
Derived terms: all fur coat and no knickers
fur-coated
fur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː/
ipa: /fɜɹ/
ipa: /fʌr/
ipa: /føː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: fir (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: fair
homophone: fare (both fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: furs
form: furring
form: furred
form: furred
Etymology: From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”).
The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
Senses: glosses: To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
examples: text: The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.
ref: 2015, Tom Michell, The Penguin Lessons:
glosses: To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
synonyms: fur out
glosses: To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Derived terms: furred
fur
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː/
ipa: /fɜɹ/
ipa: /fʌr/
ipa: /føː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: fir (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: fair
homophone: fare (both fair–fur merger)
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of for.
fur
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɜː/
ipa: /fɜɹ/
ipa: /fʌr/
ipa: /føː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /feː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /fɛː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: fir (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: fair
homophone: fare (both fair–fur merger)
Senses: examples: text: A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of for.
theft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɛft/
rhymes: -ɛft
Forms: form: thefts
Etymology: From Middle English theft, thefte, þefte, þefþe, þiefþe, Old English þīefþ, from Proto-West Germanic *þiubiþu, from Proto-Germanic *þiubiþō, from *þeubaz (“thief”), equivalent to thief or thieve + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian thiuvethe, thiufthe (“theft”), dialectal Dutch diefte (“theft”), obsolete German Diebde (“theft”), Icelandic þýfð (“theft”).
Senses: examples: text: resource theft
text: Bike theft is on the rise.
text: A suspect was arrested for the theft of a gold necklace.
text: If you steal a candy bar, you are guilty of theft, regardless of the value.
ref: 2007 July 5, Charles Hugh Smith, When Lies Become Normal, Is Truth Dead or Just in Hiding?:
glosses: The act of stealing property.
Synonyms: word: bargain
word: burglary
word: heist
word: give-away
word: pinching
word: robbery
word: steal
word: stealing
word: theft
word: thievery
word: five-finger discount
word: midnight requisition
word: moonlight requisition
word: manifest destiny
Hypernyms: word: crime
word: wrongdoing
Derived terms: grand theft
grand theft auto
identity theft
joke theft
petty theft
retail theft
theft by finding
time theft
wage theft
wind theft
Related terms: thief
thieve
nick
steal
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hoof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝of
enpr: ho͞of
ipa: /hʊf/
ipa: /huːf/
rhymes: -uːf
rhymes: -ʊf
Forms: form: hooves
form: hoofs
Etymology: From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
Senses: examples: text: […] I ſee
Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field
Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter,
His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:
glosses: The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
examples: text: Get your hooves off me!
text: He is a huge man, six feet four on bare hoofs and composed of two hundred and seventy pounds of solid bone and muscle.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 110:
glosses: The human foot.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An ungula.
glosses: The heel of a loaf of bread.
Derived terms: ale-hoof
beat the hoof
beef on the hoof
beef to the hoof
brohoof
cloven hoof
empty-hoofed
facehoof
forehoof
hoof-and-mouth disease
hoofball
hoofbeat
hoofbound
hoof fungus
hoofish
hoofless
hooflet
hooflike
hoof-mark
hoofmark
hoofology
hoof pick
hoofprint
hoofrot
hoofstep
hoofstock
hoofy
hooved
horsehoof
horse's hoof
hot-hoof
iron hoof
on the hoof
pad the hoof
show the cloven hoof
steak on the hoof
underhoof
unhoof
Related terms: hoofed
hoof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ho͝of
enpr: ho͞of
ipa: /hʊf/
ipa: /huːf/
rhymes: -uːf
rhymes: -ʊf
Forms: form: hoofs
form: hoofing
form: hoofed
form: hoofed
form: hoove
Etymology: From Middle English hoof, hof, from Old English hōf, from Proto-Germanic *hōfaz (compare West Frisian hoef, Dutch hoef, German Huf, Danish hov, Norwegian hov, Swedish hov), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós (compare Sanskrit शफ (śaphá, “hoof, claw”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬟𐬀 (safa, “hoof”), possibly Czech, Polish kopyto).
Senses: glosses: To trample with hooves.
glosses: To walk.
glosses: To dance, especially as a professional.
synonyms: boot
qualifier: football (soccer)
glosses: To kick, especially to kick a football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
Derived terms: hoofer
hoof it
hoof out
quarte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: quartes
form: carte
Etymology: From French quarte.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
quinte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɛ̃t/
rhymes: -ɛ̃t
Etymology: From French.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The fifth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at knee height.
Related terms: quint
hill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hĭl
ipa: /hɪl/
ipa: [hɪɫ]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [hɪo̯]
note: l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand
ipa: [hɪʊ̯]
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: he'll (in some dialects)
Forms: form: hills
form: hilling
form: hilled
form: hilled
Etymology: From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)).
Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.
Senses: examples: text: Spread, heaped up, stacked with good things; and redolent of citrons and grapes, hilling round tall vases of wine;
ref: 1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To form into a heap or mound.
examples: text: After the seeds were inserted, the earth was hilled up all around into a smooth little mound.
ref: 1977, Gene Weltfish, The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, page 102:
glosses: To heap or draw earth around plants.
skeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛlɪtn/
enpr: skĕˈ -lə-tən
enpr: skĕˈ -lət-n
ipa: /ˈskɛlətən/
ipa: [ˈskɛləʔn̩]
rhymes: -ɛlətən
Forms: form: skeletons
form: skeletoning
form: skeletoned
form: skeletoned
form: sceleton
Etymology: From New Latin sceleton, from Ancient Greek σκελετόν (skeletón), the neuter of σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up, withered, dried body, parched, mummy”), from σκέλλω (skéllō, “dry, dry up, make dry, parch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelh₁- (“to parch, wither”); compare Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).
Senses: glosses: To reduce to a skeleton; to skin; to skeletonize.
glosses: To minimize.
Related terms: bone
skeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛlɪtn/
enpr: skĕˈ -lə-tən
enpr: skĕˈ -lət-n
ipa: /ˈskɛlətən/
ipa: [ˈskɛləʔn̩]
rhymes: -ɛlətən
Etymology: The etymology of the term is disputed between two versions.
* From the sled used, which originally was a bare frame, like a skeleton.
* From Norwegian kjaelke (a type of ice sled) through a bad anglicization as "skele".
Senses: examples: text: Lugers, who slide feet first and reach the highest speeds, experience some of the same forces, but seem to suffer far fewer concussion-like symptoms than bobsled and skeleton athletes do, probably because a support strap often prevents their heads from banging into the ice.
ref: 2020 July 26, Matthew Futterman, “Sledhead”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: skeleton tobogganing
coordinate_terms: luge
bobsled
glosses: A type of tobogganing in which competitors lie face down, and descend head first.
Synonyms: word: skeleton
Meronyms: word: bone
word: skull
word: backbone
word: rib cage
word: pelvis
word: thighbone
word: femur
Related terms: word: :Category:Skeleton
bookcase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/
ipa: [ˈbʊʔk̚keɪs]
Forms: form: bookcases
form: book-case
Etymology: From book + case.
Senses: synonyms: bookpress
glosses: A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
Derived terms: bookcased
occasional bookcase
public bookcase
Related terms: bookshelf
ink well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ink wells
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inkwell.
atrament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.tɹə.mɛnt/
Forms: form: atraments
form: atramenta
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English atrament, from Latin ātrāmentum, from ātrāre (“to blacken”), from āter (“black”). First attested in the 14th century.
Senses: glosses: Ink or an inklike substance.
examples: text: The irises of those eyes, whose pupils were blacker than atrament, varied singularly in shades of shifting colour.
ref: 1908, Théophile Gautier, “King Candaules”, in Lafcadio Hearn, transl., Stories, New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, →OCLC, page 91:
text: Everything was lost to sight in that ponderous atrament which precedes the dawn.
ref: 1927, Reginald Wright Kauffman, “Pursuit” (chapter XXVIII), in Blind Man, New York: Duffield & Company, page 268:
text: Onyx flashed in her hair, and the delicate fabric that revealed, concealing, the outlines of her face and her body had the same silvery atrament of the stars.
ref: 1994, Umberto Eco, translated by William Weaver, The Island of the Day Before, New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, →ISBN, page 158:
glosses: Any particularly black liquid substance.
Related terms: atramentaceous
atramental
atramentarious
atramentous
bookworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/
Forms: form: bookworms
form: book worm
Etymology: From book + worm.
Senses: glosses: Any of various insects that infest books.
examples: text: “This,” remarked the sedate observer beside me, “is a bookworm,—one of those men who are born to gnaw dead thoughts. His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Earth's Holocaust”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
synonyms: bibliophage
bibliophile
bibliovore
book lover
librophile
librovore
glosses: An avid book reader.
Derived terms: bookwormish
bookwormism
bookwormy
Related terms: have one's nose in a book
bookseller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/
Forms: form: booksellers
Etymology: From Middle English boksellere, bok-sillere, equivalent to book + seller.
Senses: glosses: A person engaged in the business of selling books.
glosses: A business that sells books.
Synonyms: word: bibliopole
word: bibliopolist
word: bookman
Derived terms: booksellerish