cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
albuminurophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From albuminur(ia) + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: In spermatorrhea when albumin is present this is especially true. In nephritic subjects albuminurophobia is often seen and it works adversely on the morale of the patient.
ref: 1919, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, editors, Medical Record, volume 96, W. Wood., page 600:
text: for some reason, there are apparently quite a number of people who suffer from Albuminurophobia—the fear of kidney disease
ref: 2011 August 1, Jan Resnick, “Far-out Philias and Phobias”, in Psychotherapy in Australia:
text: This identification may professionally introduce this mental representation into the clinical practice, because phobia of renal failure may represent a marked psychiatric impact among peoples who have a relative, friend, or a neighbor with CKD or ESRD and on hemodialysis. Clinically, it presents with anxiety disorders such as irrational fear of getting renal failure where it is also known as albuminurophobia.
ref: 2020 August 6, Rabea Ahmed Gadelkareem with Nashwa Mostafa Azoz, Ahmed Reda, Ahmed Abdelhamid Shahat, Mohamed Farouk Abdelhafez, Amr Abou Faddan, Mahmoud Farouk, Mohamed Fawzy, Mahmoud Mohammed Osman, and Mohammed Abdallah Elgammal, “Experience of a tertiary-level urology center in the clinical urological events of rare and very rare incidence. III. Psychourological events: 2. Phobia of renal failure due to loin pain”, in African Journal of Urology, volume 26, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2021:
text: A person doesn’t necessarily need to be in a situation exposed to kidney disease to experience Albuminurophobia.
ref: 2020 November 4, Scott M. Brookins, “Archived copy”, in Fear of kidney disease. Albuminurophobia, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2021:
text: Although panic attacks may not always be the case for everyone experiencing symptoms of albuminurophobia, it is still possible to occur, especially if their symptoms are very severe.
ref: 2021, “Albuminurophobia (Fear of Kidney Disease)”, in Psych Times:
glosses: A phobia of renal disease.
rhytiphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥῠτῐ́ς (rhŭtĭ́s, “wrinkle”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Now, rhytiphobia, the fear of getting wrinkles, is a phobia that I can understand. Although I have been using moisturizer on my face for years, I still have those fine and not-so-fine lines appearing.
ref: 2013 October 30, Suzanne Johnson, “Beyond the office door: Phobias”, in Washburn County Register, volume 125, number 11, page 8:
text: “If you don't stop hassling Richelle about being late, she’ll develop chronomeatrophobia^([sic]) – fear of clocks,” said Tom proudly. “To go with her rhytiphobia.” ¶ “What’s that?” I snapped. I had to know. ¶ “Fear of getting wrinkles,” he sighed happily. He’d been dying for me to ask.
ref: 1996, Emily Rodda, “Piece by piece” (chapter 12), in Dirty Tricks (Raven Hill Mysteries; 5), New York, N. Y.: Scholastic Inc., published July 2006, →ISBN, page 67:
text: Under the roof of the arcade, supported by baffling formations, and relieving arches, even wizened people, the old, the dowager, the snowy-haired, the senile and doddering, would be healthy, active, and vigorous. Sprightly and spry. Rhytiphobia, fear of wrinkles, could be forgotten. This gave rise to dancing and dinner parties, and fun and gaiety.
ref: 2022, Steven T. Pankey, chapter 15, in The Red Palace Train, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Dorrance Publishing Co, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: The fear of getting wrinkles.
rhypophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥύπος (rhúpos, “filth”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of defecation.
Slave Dynasty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dynasty in 13th-century India, founded by a Turkish ex-slave.
ranidaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ranidae + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Now, you have no reason to suffer from ranidophobia – the fear of frogs.
ref: 2001 May 22, Kathy Antoniotti, “Make a frog from papier machie and Styrofoam”, in Rome News-Tribune, page T1:
text: One published case documented a woman who developed ranidaphobia, as it is known, after running over a knot of frogs with a lawn-mower.
ref: 2013, Nick Haslam, “What are phobias?”, in The Explainer: From Déjà Vu to Why the Sky Is Blue, and Other Conundrums, CSIRO Publishing, →ISBN, page 231:
text: However Marinaccio's ranidaphobia may soon be quieted, as Clarence, N.Y., recently awarded him a $1.6 million settlement after he sued both the town and development firm Kieffer Enterprises for diverting the water runoff from a nearby development onto his land.
ref: 2013 April 10, Derek Prall, “Man sues town over plague of frogs”, in American City & County, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2013:
synonyms: batrachophobia
glosses: The fear of frogs, or both frogs and toads.
radiophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From radio- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Apparently, I have radiophobia. Radiophobia is when you come to Chernobyl, people think that they get a sore throat or their eyes water or they have diarrhea, and it's not because the actual radiation is infecting you with cancer, but cause you think- you're afraid. It's all psychosomatic.
ref: 2012 July 19, Shane Smith, 3:25 from the start, in Hunting the Radioactive Beasts of Chernobyl, Vice Media:
glosses: The fear of radiation.
glosses: The fear of X-rays.
Russophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: russophobia
Etymology: From Russo- + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: Russiaphobia
Russophobism
antonyms: Russophilia
glosses: Contempt or hatred towards Russia or Russians, especially the political system, or the customs of the former Soviet Union.
Related terms: Russophobe
Russophobic
canophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin canis (“dog”) + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cynophilia (“The love of dogs.”).
synonyms: word: cynophilia
extra: (“The love of dogs.”).
Related terms: canophile
canophilist
cartophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carto- (“map; card”) + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of maps.
glosses: The love of cigarette cards, trade cards, postcards, etc.
Related terms: cartophile
cartophilic
cartophilist
cartophily
chiropterophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chiroptero- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of bats
Related terms: chiropterophilic
chrysophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chryso- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of gold.
clinophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clino- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of beds.
glosses: The love of going to bed.
glosses: In psychiatry: Tendency to maintain a reclining position.
glosses: somnephilia (the love of going to sleep and/or dream)
coprophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪliə
Forms: form: coprophilias
Etymology: From copro- + -philia.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation.
Synonyms: coprophilism
scatophilia
Derived terms: coprophiliac
Related terms: coprolagnia
coprolalia
coprolalomania
coprophagia
coprophagy
coprophemia
coprophrasia
paraphilia
scatology
crurophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin crūs (“leg”) + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of or the erotic fixation on legs.
bibliophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From biblio- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of books.
examples: text: Perhaps his love for the Hebrew Bible prepared him for such finely tuned philanthropy. Or maybe his bibliophilia has consequences for anthropology.
ref: 2017, Andrew Gow, Peter Sabo, editors, Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Poetry, Prophecy, and Justice in Hebrew Scripture: Essays in Honor of Francis Landy on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday, Boston: BRILL, →ISBN, page VII:
glosses: Love for or fascination with the Bible.
glosses: A pathological attraction to books, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
Synonyms: bibliophily
bookaholism
Related terms: bibliophile
bibliophilic
bibliophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliophiles
form: bibliophil
Etymology: First attested in 1824. From French bibliophile, from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”). By surface analysis, biblio- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97:
text: [A] savage passage of 14th-century invective about the text-obsessed nerdiness of the Florentine bibliophile and friend of Petrarch, Niccolò Niccoli ...
ref: 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:
glosses: One who loves books.
glosses: One who collects books, not necessarily due to any interest in reading them.
Synonyms: book lover
Derived terms: audiobibliophile
Related terms: bibliophilia
arctophile
audiophile
conspirophile
museophile
vexillophile
videophile
bookworm
why buy a book when you can join a library
dendrophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛndɹəˈfɪlɪə/
Etymology: From dendro- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of trees.
Related terms: dendrophile
arborphile
discophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪs.kəʊˈfɪ.li.ə/
ipa: /-kə-/
ipa: /-ˈfɪ.ljə/
ipa: /ˌdɪs.koʊˈfɪ.ljə/
ipa: /-kə-/
ipa: /-ˈfɪ.li.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Etymology: From disc + -o- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: [C]reated with the help of architects Lee Mindel and Peter Shelton, Bond International Casino (or, simply, Bond's), which opens next month, promises to be the most memorable attempt at discophilia since Studio 54 opened three years ago.
ref: 1980, New York, volume 13, New York, N.Y.: New York Magazine Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43:
text: A library ladder stood by the record shelves, and nearby was the gramophone, a quality modern intrument housed in a console. It had louvered doors to control the volume and direction of sound, as in a church organ. I was smitten! I know that it was on that afternoon so long ago that I contracted incurable discophilia.
ref: 1993, Giveon Cornfield, Note-Perfect: Thirty Years in Classical Music Recordings, Honolulu, Hi.: Chaminade University Press, →OCLC:
text: That insight extends to other musical forms and styles in the age of recording. One of the pleasures in reading Paul Gilroy, for example, is the revelation of his discophilia.
ref: 2007 July, Nabeel Zuberi, “Is This the Future?: Black Music and Technology Discourse”, in Science Fiction Studies, volume 34, number 2, Terre Haute, Ind.: Department of English, Indiana State University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 288:
glosses: The love of recorded music.
Synonyms: discophily
Related terms: discophile
discophilist
ecdysiophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The love of watching people strip.
Related terms: ecdysiophile
ergophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ergo- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: As a rule we do not recognise that this "ergophilia" is a disease.
ref: 1911, James Johnston Abraham, The Surgeon's Log: Being Impressions of the Far East, page 52:
text: I don't like the ergophilia, bureaucratitis, technomania and war fever that I'm surrounded by, yet these things don't actually get labelled as sicknesses.
ref: 2004, Colin Feltham, Problems Are Us: Or Is It Just Me?, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: The love of work or exercise.
europhilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From euro- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Europhilia.
europhile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: europhiles
Etymology: From euro- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Europhile.
Francophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Franco- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love or admiration of France, the French, or French culture.
Synonyms: Gallophilia
gallophilia
Related terms: France
Francophil
francophil
Francophile
francophile
Francophobe
francophobe
Francophobia
francophobia
Francophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.koʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯l/
/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəˌfaɪ̯l/
Forms: form: Francophiles
Etymology: From Franco- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: What respectable Francophile can resist a crêpe?
ref: 2020 October 14, “Retail Therapy: Gadgets and Gizmos”, in France Today, France Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Oct 2020:
glosses: One who loves France, the French people, or French culture.
Synonyms: english: Twitter slang
translation: Twitter slang
word: ouiaboo
Francophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.koʊ̯ˌfaɪ̯l/
/ˈfɹeɪ̯ŋ.kəˌfaɪ̯l/
Forms: form: more Francophile
form: most Francophile
Etymology: From Franco- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Loving France, the French people, or French culture.
Related terms: Francophilia
Francophobe
xenophile
gallophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gallophilia.
germanophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Germanophilia
Etymology: From germano- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of Germany, the Germans, or German culture.
Related terms: German
Germanophile
germanophile
Germany
Deutsch
deutsch
geophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jē′ə-fĭl′ē-ə
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈfɪl.iː.ə/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒi.əˈfɪl.i.ə/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈfəl.iː.ə/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiː.oˈfɪl.iː.a/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Etymology: From geo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of the Earth.
glosses: The love of geology.
gerontophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From geronto- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Sexual attraction toward the elderly.
glosses: Love for the elderly or old age.
Synonyms: gerophilia
Related terms: gerontophile
gerontophiliac
gerontophilic
gerontosexuality
glossophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡlɑsəˈfɪli.ə/
ipa: /ˌɡlɔsəˈfɪli.ə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
Etymology: From glosso- + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: linguaphilia
glosses: Love of language.
Related terms: word: glossophile
english: fear of speaking in public
translation: fear of speaking in public
word: glossophobia
dork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔːk/
ipa: /doɹk/
ipa: /doːk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: dorks
form: dorking
form: dorked
form: dorked
Etymology: First use appears in the US c. 1961. The sense of a "silly person" is presumably from earlier use as a bowdlerization of dick (“penis”) in student slang, particularly the Midwest. Despite a common misconception, it has never referred specifically to a whale's penis, but penises in general. Alternative etymology derives from dialectal Norwegian dorg (“a mass; heap; a heavy, dimwitted, slovenly person”).
Senses: glosses: To act or behave in the manner of a dork.
examples: text: I spent all weekend dorking with the router settings with no luck, though I could get any one out of my 5 PCs on the net when connected directly to the modem.
ref: 2001 December 3, Jack Price, “Re: Anybody @home?”, in pdx.computing (Usenet):
glosses: To act or behave in an awkward or clumsy manner.
dork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɔːk/
ipa: /doɹk/
ipa: /doːk/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: dorks
Etymology: Uncertain; apparently from Scots. See dirk.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dirk (“a long dagger”).
Synonyms: word: dork
word: flabbergast
word: flabagast
word: flabaghast
word: gink
word: nerd
word: Nigel
word: nosebleed
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: Intelligent
word: socially-inept person:
word: boff
word: dumb genius
word: geek
word: nerdbrain
word: pocket protector
word: propeller head
word: weenie
word: Other:
word: dweeb
word: love-shy
word: saddo
word: wonk
Related terms: word: fool
word: milksop
word: outcast
O'odham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɔʔɔˈtam/
Forms: form: O'odhams
form: O'odham
Etymology: From O'odham 'o'odham (“person, man, human being”).
Senses: glosses: A person of Tohono O'odham (formerly Papago), Akimel O'odham (formerly Pima), or other O'odham ancestry.
O'odham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔʔɔˈtam/
Etymology: From O'odham 'o'odham (“person, man, human being”).
Senses: examples: text: There is a very good reason for changing the "w" to an "l": the English name "Arizona" comes from the O'odham name "alĭ ṣonak," which tokiponizes to "ma Alisona."
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “"ma Awisona" is incorrect”, in lipu pi ijo pi toki pona:
glosses: The indigenous Uto-Aztecan language of the O'odham.
Kop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒp/
rhymes: -ɒp
homophone: cop
Forms: form: Kops
Etymology: From Spion Kop, from Afrikaans kop (“hill”).
Senses: glosses: A terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994.
lexiconophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lexicon + -o- + -philia.
Senses: synonyms: lexicomania
glosses: The love of dictionaries and other books of words.
Related terms: lexiconophilist
lexiconophilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexiconophilists
Etymology: From lexicon + -o- + -philist.
Senses: synonyms: lexicomane
glosses: One who loves dictionaries and other books of words.
Related terms: lexicon
lexiconophilia
limnophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From limno- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of lakes, ponds and marshes.
lithophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From litho- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of stones.
logophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From logo- + -philia.
Senses: antonyms: logophobia
hypernyms: linguaphilia
glosses: The love of words and word games.
Related terms: logophile
logophilic
philologist
philology
wordlore
word lover
lygophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪliə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λύγη (lúgē, “twilight”) and φιλέω (philéō, “I love”).
Senses: glosses: The love of darkness.
pathogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathogenicities
Etymology: From pathogenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, it can be observed that, with small exceptions, the S. pneumonia strains are the only Streptococci equipped with homospermidine biosynthesis and pyruvate oxidation pathways, which have been found to be involved in pathogenicity mechanisms [50 ] and in the counteraction of oxidative stress [51 ].
ref: 2015 September 15, “Assessing the Metabolic Diversity of Streptococcus from a Protein Domain Point of View”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
antonyms: nonpathogenicity
glosses: The quality or state of causing, originating or producing disease.
Derived terms: apathogenicity
enteropathogenicity
entomopathogenicity
immunopathogenicity
nematopathogenicity
nephropathogenicity
phytopathogenicity
uropathogenicity
vaginopathogenicity
Related terms: etiopathogenesis
nonpathogenic
pathogen
pathogenesis
pathology
pathosis
etiology
aerophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aero- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: The patient was diagnosed after displaying both aerophobia and acute hydrophobia.
text: Furious rabies, the more common presentation, involves the brainstem, the limbic system,, the hypothalamus, and the autonomic center. It is characterized by hydrophobia, aerophobia, and episodic generalized arousal interrupted by periods of lucidity.
ref: 2011 September 22, Daniel D. Truong, Robert P. Lisak, Roongroj Bhidayasiri, William Carroll, International Neurology, →ISBN, page 321:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
examples: text: I can't understand your aerophobia on days this warm.
glosses: An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.
examples: text: Many first-time flyers suffer from aerophobia, though some hide it better than others.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Fear of flying
examples: text: Standing on the edge of the cliff made me realise just how much aerophobia affected me.
glosses: Fear of heights
raw_tags: from acrophobia
cottontail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑt.n̩teɪl/
ipa: /ˈkɒt.n̩teɪl/
Forms: form: cottontails
Etymology: From cotton + tail.
Senses: synonyms: cottontail rabbit
glosses: A rabbit of any of various species in genus Sylvilagus.
qualifier: nudism
glosses: A person with a tanned body and untanned buttocks, resembling a cottontail rabbit's dark fur and light tail.
Hyponyms: sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus aquaticus
word: swamp rabbit
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus brasiliensis
word: tapeti
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus dicei
word: Dice's cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus insonus
word: Omilteme cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus palustris
word: marsh rabbit
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus audubonii
word: desert cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
word: Mexican cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus floridanus
word: eastern cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus nuttallii
word: mountain cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus obscurus
word: Appalachian cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus obscurus
word: Allegheny cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus brasiliensis
word: forest cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus holzneri
word: robust cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus transitionalis
word: New England cottontail
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus bachmani
word: brush rabbit
sense: certain rabbits in genus
taxonomic: Sylvilagus brasiliensis
word: Brazilian cottontail
acousticophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From acoustic + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear of noise.
agraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Senses: glosses: Fear of sexual abuse.
dragonflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragonfly
gynophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Forms: form: gynaephobia
form: gynephobia
Etymology: From gyno- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: I fear both kinds. I must admit to gynophobia – the general fear of women – and, in particular, venustraphobia – the fear of beautiful women.
ref: 2012 January 14, David Tang, “The second-class sex”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Fear of or aversion to women or girls.
Synonyms: femiphobia
feminophobia
Related terms: word: gynophobe
word: gynophobic
word: caligynephobia
english: fear of men
translation: fear of men
word: androphobia
roboticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roboticists
Etymology: Coined by Isaac Asimov in 1940. robot + -ic + -ist. Coined in his short story "Robbie" (initially published under the title "Strange Playfellow").
Senses: examples: text: Johnson is an expert Roboticist.
ref: 1940 September, Isaac Asimov, “Strange Playfellow”, in Super Science Stories, volume 1, number 4, page 70:
glosses: One who conceptualizes, designs, builds, programs, and experiments with robots.
wikipedia: en:Robbie (short story)
Related terms: robopsychologist
robot
robotic
robotics
pitchfork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/
Forms: form: pitchforks
Etymology: From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.
Senses: glosses: An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
examples: text: After my second illness, being too old for “piggy-back rides”, I generally sat in 'Resting Nuke' on a seat naturally formed in a low branch of a cedar, watching relatives down in the bay with pitchforks furiously digging out long black slithery "cockworms" from the muddy sands of Sinky Bay.
ref: 1979, Nellie Eileen Musson, Mind the Onion Seed: Black "roots" Bermuda: Presented During Bermuda's First Heritage Week, May, 1979:
glosses: A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
glosses: Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
examples: text: I went around with a pitchfork [tuning fork] in my pocket, and I'd hit it whenever I thought of it, and I developed perfect pitch […]
ref: 1988, Tony Trischka, Pete Wernick, Masters of the 5-String Banjo: In Their Own Words and Music, page 400:
glosses: A tuning fork.
Coordinate terms: digging fork
Derived terms: pitchforkful
pitchforklike
rain pitchforks
pitchfork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/
Forms: form: pitchforks
form: pitchforking
form: pitchforked
form: pitchforked
Etymology: From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.
Senses: examples: text: The hay was soon pitchforked onto the wagon.
glosses: To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
examples: text: We have taken an age-old country, and we have suddenly, in 30 years, pitchforked it into the middle of the factory system.
ref: 1925, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, The Parliamentary Debates, Official Report:
glosses: To throw suddenly.
semi-professional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semiprofessional
Etymology: From semi- + professional.
Senses: glosses: playing for pay on a part-time basis
glosses: composed of semi-professional players
raw_tags: of a team
Synonyms: semi-pro
semi-professional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-professionals
form: semiprofessional
Etymology: From semi- + professional.
Senses: glosses: a semi-professional sportsman or athlete
anomia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnəʊ.mi.ə/
Forms: form: anomias
Etymology: From a- + Latin nōmen (“name”) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: dysnomia
nominal aphasia
glosses: The inability to remember names.
topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The difficulty in finding the right word.
Related terms: anomic
anonymous
lethologica
on the tip of one's tongue
wordfinding
lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈlaɪtə/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lighters
Etymology: From light (“to ignite”) + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also Middle English lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”).
Senses: examples: text: a lighter of lamps
glosses: A person who lights things.
examples: text: Cigarette in mouth, he clutched his pockets in search of a lighter.
synonyms: word: briquet
glosses: A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
Hyponyms: cigarette lighter
firelighter
lamplighter
Derived terms: candlelighter
cigar lighter
fag lighter
fag-lighter
gaslighter
lighterage
lighter fluid
lighterful
lighterman
lighter screw
lump the lighter
pipe lighter
sandlighter
table lighter
lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈlaɪtə/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lighters
Etymology: From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).
Senses: examples: text: It is, of course, possible to work only to or from lighters in this way, and such working is not very general in this country, although a certain amount of such overside work is carried on in enclosed docks.
ref: 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
glosses: A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
Related terms: lightboat
lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈlaɪtə/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: lighters
form: lightering
form: lightered
form: lightered
Etymology: From Middle English lightere, lyghtere, equivalent to light (“to unload, lighten”) + -er. Compare West Frisian lichter (“lighter ship”), Dutch lichter (“lighter ship”), Middle Low German lichter, lüchter, lüchtære (“a small ship that lightens a load, lighter ship”).
Senses: examples: 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.
Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
hypernyms: lighten#Verb
glosses: To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
hypernyms: lighten#Verb
glosses: To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈlaɪtə/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Etymology: From light (“pale”) + -er (“comparative”).
Senses: examples: text: I prefer a lighter shade of pink.
glosses: comparative form of light: more light
lighter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈlaɪɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈlaɪtə/
rhymes: -aɪtə(ɹ)
Etymology: From light (“not heavy, weak”) + -er (“comparative”).
Senses: examples: text: What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!
text: I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.
text: The way the glare from our engine firehole pulsated, reflecting continuously in the steam, combined with our achievement in keeping level with the lighter train until our metals parted at Wilton, provided another lasting memory.
ref: 1955 April, W. J. Alcock, “Unforgettable Moments”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
text: It is lighter to handle and more manoeuvrable, and its three caged sides with web straps on the fourth prevent movement of the contents.
ref: 1964 May, “News and Comment: WR's new parcel traffic method”, in Modern Railways, page 300:
text: For example, lightweight construction and Jacobs bogies save weight, and a lighter train uses less power.
ref: 2021 May 19, David Clough, “Swiss precision meets UK growth”, in RAIL, number 931, page 57:
glosses: comparative form of light: more light
gantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæntɹi/
rhymes: -æntɹi
Forms: form: gantries
form: gauntree
form: gauntry
form: gawntree
Etymology: From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).
Senses: glosses: A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
glosses: A supporting framework for a barrel.
glosses: A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
glosses: A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
examples: text: In the tomographic images of the 30-day-old cheeses, the gantry had to be removed with image processing techniques: first, the binarised image (grey level larger than 10⁴) was eroded with a disk of three pixels.
ref: 2015 August 24, Dominik Guggisberg et al., “Mechanism and control of the eye formation in cheese”, in International Dairy Journal, volume 47, Elsevier, →DOI, pages 118–127:
qualifier: medical imaging
glosses: A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
Derived terms: gantried
gantry crane
gantryless
gantryman
gantry scaffold
signal gantry
clinozoisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinozoisites
Etymology: From clino- + zoisite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A basic calcium aluminosilicate found in crystalline schists, a metamorphic product of calcium feldspar.
vote-by-mail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In Oregon, elections are conducted using vote-by-mail.
text: You must send your vote-by-mail ballot by Friday for it to arrive in the election office in time to be counted.
synonyms: word: VBM
word: mail-in voting
word: postal voting
glosses: A system for conducting elections in which voters receive and return ballots via the mail
argentite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdʒənˌtaɪt/
Forms: form: argentites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: silver glance
glosses: Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
bedrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.ɹɒk/
ipa: /ˈbɛdˌɹɑk/
rhymes: -ɛdɹɒk
Forms: form: bedrocks
Etymology: From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock.
Senses: examples: text: The denudation of the land was upon a grand scale. All superficial accumulations were swept away, and the bedrock was exposed.
ref: 1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), chapter XL, in A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 466:
text: Listen! It's big. Only eight to twenty feet to bedrock. There won't be a claim that don't run to half a million.
ref: 1912 October, Jack London, “The Stampede to Squaw Creek”, in Smoke Bellew, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co, →OCLC:
topics: business
construction
engineering
geography
geology
manufacturing
mining
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: rock
glosses: The solid rock found at some depth below the ground surface.
examples: text: If culture is the bedrock of a society, then language is the cornerstone of culture.
text: Now, although like most young people, Godfrey was indolent and evasive of difficulties, fearful of facing troubles also, he had a bedrock of character.
ref: 1918, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter VIII, in Love Eternal:
text: Many of the bedrock assumptions of American culture — about work, progress, fairness and optimism — are being shaken as successive generations worry about the prospect of declining living standards.
ref: 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 Oct 2012:
text: The research on the Like button was an example of how Facebook has questioned the bedrock features of social networking.
ref: 2021 October 25, Mike Isaac, “Facebook Wrestles With the Features It Used to Define Social Networking”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Above all, rail needs to be boring. By that, I mean that it must run its timetable reliably, day-in and day-out. Punctuality and reliability remain the bedrock of a successful railway.
ref: 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
glosses: A basis or foundation.
qualifier: self-harm
glosses: The bones.
Derived terms: bedrocky
get down to bedrock
bedrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛd.ɹɒk/
ipa: /ˈbɛdˌɹɑk/
rhymes: -ɛdɹɒk
Forms: form: bedrocks
form: bedrocking
form: bedrocked
form: bedrocked
Etymology: From bed (“a layer on top of which something else rests.”) + rock.
Senses: examples: text: Bedrocked in the formative race relations of the Heart of Dixie, the governor declined an invitation to the unveiling of artist Maya Lin's civil rights memorial in downtown Montgomery.
ref: 2011, Allen Tullos, Alabama Getaway: The Political Imaginary and the Heart of Dixie, page 128:
glosses: To establish on a solid foundation.
introduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɪɳʈrɵdəkʃən/
rhymes: -ʌkʃən
Forms: form: introductions
Etymology: From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intrōdūctiōnem, accusative of Latin intrōdūctiō, from intrōdūcō. By surface analysis, intro- + Latin dūctiō or introduce + -tion.
Senses: examples: text: the introduction of a new product into the market
glosses: The act or process of introducing.
examples: text: David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.
glosses: A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
examples: text: This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.
glosses: An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
examples: text: ECON 101: introduction to economics
glosses: A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.
Synonyms: sense: initial section of a written work
word: preface
word: isagoge
word: lead-in
word: lead
word: lede
word: foreword
Derived terms: card of introduction
cointroduction
e-introduction
introduction agency
introductionless
introductory
letter of introduction
need no introduction
postintroduction
preintroduction
reintroduction
rolling introduction
superintroduction
Big Apple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Big Apple
Etymology: Popularized by John J. Fitz Gerald in horse-racing articles in the 1920s - an apple being a treat for a horse, and New York being a prize location for horse-racing at the time. From usage among African American stable hands. See the Wikipedia article.
The Big Apple. The dream of every lad that ever threw a leg over a thoroughbred and the goal of all horsemen. There's only one Big Apple. That's New York.
Senses: examples: text: Sharon, I left my man
At a North Dakota junction
And I came out to the Big Apple here
To face the dream's malfunction
ref: 1976, “Song for Sharon”, in Hejira, performed by Joni Mitchell:
glosses: Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States.
wikipedia: Big Apple#Etymology
John J. Fitz Gerald
Related terms: Big Peach
self-help
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + help.
Senses: examples: text: a self-help book
text: Look at the self-help titles in the bookstore, and you'll get a few clues about our culture. They're all about aggression and acquisition. It wouldn't be at all surprising to see a book called How to Force your Will on Other People by Giving Them the Shaft and Fucking Them out of Their Money.
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 91:
text: Amanda Straw estimates that she has read nearly 200 self-help books.
ref: 2019 May 2, Nina Avramova, “When you should use self-help programs and when to skip them”, in CNN:
glosses: The practice of bettering oneself without relying on the assistance of others.
examples: text: self-help repossession
topics: law
glosses: An act of redressing or preventing a wrong by one's own actions rather than through legal proceedings.
Synonyms: sense: act of bettering oneself
word: self-improvement
seagull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ɡʌl/
Forms: form: seagulls
form: sea gull
form: sea-gull
Etymology: From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan.
Senses: examples: text: And while there are plenty of benches, there's little shelter from the wind (or predatory seagulls the size of dogs) out on the platforms.
ref: 2024 November 13, Paul Bigland, “Much to admire... but pockets of neglect”, in RAIL, number 1022, page 49:
glosses: Any of several white, often dark-backed birds of the family Laridae having long, pointed wings and short legs.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: The symbol ̼, which combines under a letter as a sort of accent.
glosses: A fan or member of Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club.
Synonyms: sense: bird
word: mew
sense: bird
word: gull
sense: bird
word: seamew
Derived terms: word: seagulling
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: seagull approach
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: seagull intersection
sense: Compound words and expressions
word: seagull manager
seagull
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiː.ɡʌl/
Forms: form: seagulls
form: seagulling
form: seagulled
form: seagulled
form: sea gull
form: sea-gull
Etymology: From sea + gull. The second element is from a Brythonic language. Compare Welsh gwylan, Breton gouelan.
Senses: examples: text: […] and when you need cover for the fullback because of the bombs raining down, when the walking maul requires every forward to quit seagulling and actually do some hard graft, then the rest of the game opens up.
ref: 2002 September 24, Greig Blanchett, “Re: The Immorality of the Drop Goal”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet):
text: On hand was seagulling number eight Dave Hodges to cross for the all-important try.
ref: 2002 December 13, “Sharks beached at Stradey”, in BBC Sport:
text: That occurred in the 12th minute when flanker George Smith, seagulling out wide, enjoyed the rewards of a two-man overlap to score.
ref: 2003 November 2, Greg Growden, “Australia survives scare”, in The Age:
text: France was full of running and continued to spread the ball wide or kick in behind the defence, where towering right-winger Aurelien Rougerie and the seagulling French back row had a height advantage contesting the high ball.
ref: 2003 November 10, Mark Fuller, “Impeccable France outclasses Ireland”, in The Age:
text: Samo seagulled for Australia's final try two minutes from time.
ref: 2011 September 24, Darren Walton, “Injuries sour Wallabies 67-5 win over USA”, in MSN NZ:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: To run in the back line rather than concentrate on primary positional duties in open play.
raw_tags: of a forward
examples: text: It should be considered a style of outboarding I believe. Seagulling arround^([sic]) and all.
ref: 2007 December 19, Douglas Eagleson, “Re: british seagull info request”, in rec.boats.cruising (Usenet):
qualifier: boating slang
glosses: To use a British Seagull outboard.
examples: text: Bill had been seagulling on the wharf since he got back from the war.
ref: 1964, O. E. Middleton, A Walk on the Beach, M. Joseph, page 215:
text: At that time many of them seagulled on the Mt Maunganui wharf to make a crust in order to carry on with their ideal of kiwifruit as a major exporting industry.
ref: 1981, Parliamentary Debates, volume 437, page 374:
text: The only stories he told of his life were of how hard he had worked, seagulling on the wharf, standing in blood and guts at the Works, loading trucks with sacks of fertiliser and grain at the Farmers' Co-op.
ref: 1993, Beryl Fletcher, The Iron Mouth, Spinifex Press, published 1993, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: To work as a non-union casual stevedore.
geotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geotaxes
Etymology: From geo- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A living creature's ability to move by orienting itself by gravitational forces.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A downward movement.
Related terms: phototaxis
bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌni/
rhymes: -ʌni
Forms: form: bunnies
form: bnuuy
Etymology: From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).
Senses: examples: text: Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
ref: 2025 August 14, Angela Haupt, “What to Know About the Horned ‘Zombie’ Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado”, in TIME:
glosses: A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
examples: text: ‘Gwen has a job as a bunny because says she's sick of sex.’
ref: 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, Flamingo 1993 edition, page 578:
glosses: A bunny girl: a nightclub waitress who wears a costume having rabbit ears and tail.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In basketball, an easy shot (i.e., one right next to the bucket) that is missed.
examples: text: A local chemist remembers: My grandmother made home-made sanitary towels from a type of muslin. They were hand-knitted, washed and re-used. Other women used netting and cotton wool. Home-made towels were known as 'bunnies'.
ref: 1992, Maureen Sutton, We Didn't Know Aught, page 17:
text: Frustratingly for us, it appeared to be much less of a hassle to purchase an expensive fountain pen, than to find, let alone buy, the smallest bottle of deodorant or a packet of Bunnies (as sanitary towels were nicknamed)!
ref: 2007, E. J. McNair, A British Army Nurse in the Korean War, page 177:
glosses: A menstrual pad.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of rabbit (“batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler”).
synonyms: word: rabbit
extra: batsman frequently dismissed by the same bowler
Derived terms: angst bunny
badge bunny
barracks bunny
beach bunny
beans bunny
blushing bunny
bridge bunny
buckle bunny
Bugs Bunny
bunnicorn
bunnycorn
bunnyball
bunny boiler
bunny-boiler
bunny-boiling
bunny boot
bunny buster
bunny chow
bunny dip
bunny ear cactus
bunny ears
bunny ears cactus
bunny girl
bunny grass
bunny hill
bunny-hop
bunny hop
bunny hopper
bunnyhopping
bunny hug
bunny-hug
bunny hugger
bunny hunt
bunnykind
bunny mother
bunny rabbit
bunny ranch
bunny rat
bunny slope
bunny suit
bunny trail
bunny wunny
chubby bunny
cuddle bunny
cuddle-bunny
disco bunny
dumb bunny
Duracell bunny
dust bunny
Easter Bunny
Energizer bunny
fluff bunny
fluffy bunny
fuckbunny
fuck bunny
gym bunny
happy bunny
honeybunny
honey bunny
jungle bunny
pink bunny
Playboy Bunny
Playboy bunny
plot bunny
puck-bunny
puck bunny
reverse bunny suit
rope bunny
sea bunny
ski bunny
slope bunny
snow bunny
snuggle-bunny
snuggle bunny
Stanford bunny
sun bunny
sun-bunny
that's the bunny
bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌni/
rhymes: -ʌni
Forms: form: bunnier
form: bunniest
form: bnuuy
Etymology: From bun (“rabbit”) + -y (diminutive suffix). Probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”), from Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus, though its origin is uncertain. Compare also English bum. Together with rabbit, bunny has largely displaced its former rhyme cony (see cony for more).
Senses: examples: text: Let’s start on the bunny slope.
text: We are on the bunniest of bunny hills. I've fallen no fewer than six times and I love every minute of it.
ref: 2014, Carey Heywood, Sawyer Says: A Companion Novel to Him and Her, →ISBN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: Easy or unchallenging.
Synonyms: sense: easy or unchallenging
word: nursery