cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tittering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titterings
Senses: examples: text: The good signor's little address was received in a variety of ways: there were titterings and coughings, and there were also a few instances of noble and generous response to poor Leonard's action […]
ref: 1855, Anna Mary Howitt, A school of life, page 63:
glosses: The act of one who titters.
tittering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titterings
Senses: glosses: A group of magpies.
ruffianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ruffianly
form: most ruffianly
Etymology: From ruffian + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar; but, gave no intimation of ascending; so, his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch, and a pair of grim, shaggy sheep dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter I, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 10:
text: One righteous man who reverences the Gods
Shall shipmate be with a ruffianly crew […]
ref: 1922, “The Seven against Thebes”, in Geoffrey Montagu Cookson, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 136:
text: By his side padded a big ruffianly collie, and he led by a string a miserable-looking terrier, at which the collie now and then snapped viciously.
ref: 1930 July, John Buchan, “The First Day of the Hegira—The Inn at Watermeeting”, in Castle Gay, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
ruffianly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ruffianly
form: most ruffianly
Etymology: From ruffian + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a ruffian.
personalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personalisations
Etymology: From personalise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalization.
Derived terms: depersonalisation
precipitancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precipitancies
Etymology: From precipitance + -y or precipitant + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: Though this involuntary falſehood may frequently be no mark of any want of veracity, of any want of the moſt perfect love of truth, it is always in ſome degree a mark of want of judgment, of want of memory, of improper credulity, of ſome degree of precipitancy and raſhneſs.
ref: 1790, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments; […] In Two Volumes, 6th edition, volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell […]; Edinburgh: W[illiam] Creech, and J. Bell & Co., →OCLC, part VII, section IV (Of the Manner in which Different Authors have Treated of the Practical Rules of Morality), page 386:
glosses: Suddenness; excessive haste.
Synonyms: precipitance
precipitation
Related terms: precipice
precipitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precipitation
voyaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of voyage
voyaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voyage
voyaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voyagings
Senses: examples: text: Though in the course of his continual voyagings Ahab must often before have noticed a similar sight, yet, to any monomaniac man, the veriest trifles capriciously carry meanings.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Albatross”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 264:
glosses: Act of travelling or going on a voyage.
spermy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: spermier
form: spermiest
Etymology: From sperm + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sperm.
glosses: Covered with or full of ejaculated semen.
washt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Mine as whom washt from spot of child-bed taint,
Purification in the old Law did save,
And such, as yet once more I trust to have
Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint,
ref: 1673, John Milton, Methought I saw my late espoused Saint:
glosses: simple past and past participle of wash
groane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groanes
Senses: examples: text: Forget not: in thy book record their groanes
Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold
Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd
Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans
ref: 1673, John Milton, On the late Massacher in Piemont:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of groan.
groane
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of groan.
slayn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Forget not: in thy book record their groanes
Who were thy Sheep and in their antient Fold
Slayn by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd
Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans
ref: 1673, John Milton, On the late Massacher in Piemont:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of slain, simple past and past participle of slay.
waite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waites
form: waiting
form: waited
form: waited
Senses: examples: text: And post o're Land and Ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and waite.
ref: 1673, John Milton, When I consider how my light is spent:
glosses: Archaic spelling of wait.
nepetalactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Nepeta + lactone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic monoterpenoid found in catnip.
Derived terms: dihydronepetalactone
epinepetalactone
isodihydronepetalactone
neonepetalactone
cribble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪbəl/
Forms: form: cribbles
Etymology: Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).
Senses: glosses: A coarse sieve or screen.
examples: text: Bread made of the whole Wheat is sometime called Cribble or fine Ravel Bread
ref: 1696, Samuel Jeake, Λογιστολογία:
glosses: Coarse flour or meal.
cribble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪbəl/
Forms: form: cribbles
form: cribbling
form: cribbled
form: cribbled
Etymology: Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).
Senses: glosses: To pass something through a sieve.
cribble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪbəl/
Forms: form: more cribble
form: most cribble
Etymology: Borrowed from French crible, from Late Latin criblus (“sieve”).
Senses: examples: 1849, Henry Bullinger, H. I (translator), The Decades
The gardens, with digging for novelties, are turned over and over, because we will not eat common cribble bread.
glosses: coarse
light as a feather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: extremely light, having minimal weight
Synonyms: featherlight
uliginose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uliginose
form: most uliginose
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uliginous.
bombardon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombardons
Etymology: From French bombardon, from Italian bombardone.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A brass instrument, the bass version of the tuba.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bass instrument of the shawm family
glosses: An organ pedal stop at 32' pitch which imitates the sound of the above mentioned instruments.
Related terms: bombard
cheap as chips
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cheap-as-chips
Etymology: From being inexpensive, similar to chips (“French fries”).
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very cheap, not costing much.
Related terms: cheap like borscht
dirt cheap
hippiater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hippiaters
Etymology: See hippiatry.
Senses: examples: text: Do you take me for a hippiater or are you unfamiliar with medical deontology?
ref: 1905, American Medicine, volume 10, Clinical Notes and Correspondence: A Medical Medley:
glosses: A veterinarian specializing in horse care.
scuddick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuddicks
Etymology: Perhaps from sceat (“a small Saxon coin”).
Senses: glosses: Something of little or no importance; a whit or jot.
latrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪtɹənt/
/ˈleɪtɹænt/
Forms: form: more latrant
form: most latrant
Etymology: From Latin lātrans (“barking, ranting”), present participle of lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to latrate + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that ſort of People may be for ever Silenced, […]
ref: 1702, Cotton Mather, “Book VII (Ecclesarium Prælia: […])”, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698. […], London: […] Thomas Parkhurst, […], →OCLC, page 82, column 1:
text: Latrant, barking; as A Latrant Writer, an Author that does nothing but bark and snarl at others.
ref: [1706, Edward Phillips, edited by John Kersey, The New World of English Words, or, a General Dictionary, London: Printed for J[ohn] Philips, s.v, unnumbered page, column 1:
text: Thy care be the first the various gifts to trace
The minds and genius of the latrant race.
ref: 1714, Thomas Tickell, “A Fragment of a Poem on Hunting”, in The poetical works of Thomas Parnell, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, published 1854, page 66:
text: Whoſe latrant ſtomachs oft moleſt
The deep-laid plans their dreams ſuggeſt;
ref: 1737, Matthew Green, The Spleen, and Other Poems, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, […] , published 1796, page 34:
text: Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity.
ref: 1856, Lorenzo Altisonant [pseudonym; Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour], Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, Cincinnati: Applegate & Co., Letter No. II, page 13:
text: Thy latrant muse aye glooms sae sour;
The ither day her gipsy glower
ref: 1863, Roger Quinn, The Heather Lintie: […] , Dumfries: James Maxwell, page 21:
text: Sounds, latrant, mugient and reboatory, echoed above the city’s noise as, yelping and barking, the heterogeneous pack raced down the street, while boys and girls, armed with rulers and schoolbags, manoeuvred it to a vacant allotment.
ref: 1940 June 23, “Dogs Would Not Lie Doggo Here”, in The Sunday Sun and Guardian, number 1943, Sydney, page 7:
glosses: Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
synonyms: word: barking
extra: (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining
word: particularly
extra: (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining
latrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪtɹənt/
/ˈleɪtɹænt/
Forms: form: latrants
Etymology: From Latin lātrans (“barking, ranting”), present participle of lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to latrate + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: Thus—All triangles are all trilaterals. 2°, It may designate a class considered as undivided, though not positively thought as taken in its whole extent; and this may be articulately denoted by (:.). Thus—The triangle is the trilateral;—The dog is the latrant.— (Here note the use of the definite article in English, Greek, French, German,^α &c.)
ref: 1860, William Hamilton, “Appendix”, in H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, editors, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume IV, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 279:
glosses: One who is barking, a dog, (figurative) a complainer.
Related terms: latrate
latration
oblatrant
gawpus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gawpuses
form: gaupus
Senses: glosses: A silly person.
glosses: A lazy person.
happy as a pig in shit
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: He's "happy as a pig in shit". "This is what I really enjoy, working with film-makers," he says.
ref: 1998 March 6, Nick Hasted, “Film: Will movies kill the soundtrack star?”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: And he pays generous tribute to Noble who, he says, actively encouraged him . . . to venture further into the classics with Romeo and Juliet, Othello and Henry IV. "Speaking purely as a director, I was happy as a pig in shit."
ref: 2002 January 12, Michael Billington, “Culture: ‘It's like being in love’”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: "I am as happy as a pig in shit—you can quote me on that—doing what I'm doing at the moment."
ref: 2013 September 6, David Wroe, “Abbott adviser handed new paid role as envoy”, in The Age, Australia, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
text: Beauty products are the one thing that I waste my money on. Give me a hundred bucks and plop me in the nearest Duane Reade, and I’m happy as a pig in shit.
ref: 2014 August 5, Megan Reynolds, “Tried & Tested: 10 Hippie Beauty Treatments”, in The Frisky, US, retrieved 06 Aug 2014:
synonyms: as happy as a pig in mud
happy as a pig in mud
glosses: Extremely happy; obviously satisfied and carefree.
Synonyms: happy
Related terms: pigshit
hog heaven
like a pig in clover
shit-eating grin
snug as a bug in a rug
like a headless chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of like a chicken with its head cut off.
artificial art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The automatization of art production, for example computer-generated art.
cardinal rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal rules
Senses: examples: text: Obviously they were well aware of the cardinal rule of being a college freshman: all's fair in innocent prankage.
ref: 2011, John Randall Tabor, Homer Is Where the Heart Is, page 132:
glosses: A fundamental rule, upon which other matters hinge.
Joumana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic جُمَانَة (jumāna), meaning a perfect pearl.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Arabic.
stepfather-in-law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepfathers-in-law
Etymology: From step- + father-in-law or stepfather + -in-law.
Senses: glosses: A stepfather of one's spouse.
Coordinate terms: stepmother-in-law
Twixmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Twixtmas
Etymology: Blend of twixt (“betwixt, between”) + Christmas.
Senses: examples: text: Christmas / Twixmas and New Year
ref: 1998 December 9, dear..., “Super Savings - UK Hotels for Xmas”, in alt.travel (Usenet), retrieved 27 Dec 2023:
text: All of this leaves a gap for families to spend quality time together in a relaxed atmosphere – and that is where the Twixmas breaks have come in.
ref: 2014 December 28, Gareth Rubin, “Families find a haven with Twixmas breaks”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The period in between Christmas Day and New Year, typically December 27th–31st where Boxing Day is observed, and December 26th–31st elsewhere (i.e. the first six of the Twelve Days of Christmas).
essaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of essay
essaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essayings
Senses: examples: text: The dialogue most sweet
Is a glad mother's converse with her child,
When first he makes his essayings at speech.
ref: a. 1858, Charles Boner, Mother and Child:
glosses: An attempt; a try.
wound rotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wound rotors
Senses: glosses: A type of rotor that consists of a laminated core which is cylindrical in shape and carries AC current across it. Slip rings are mounted on the shaft.
unpitying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpitying
form: most unpitying
Etymology: From un- + pitying.
Senses: glosses: Not feeling or showing pity.
diligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diligence
prawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prawn
prawns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prawn
pinafores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinafore
pinafores
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pinafore
haroseth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈɹəʊsɛθ/
ipa: /həˈɹəʊsɛt/
Forms: form: charoses
form: charoset
form: charoseth
form: haroset
Etymology: From Hebrew חֲרֽוֹסֶת, from חרס (cheres, “clay”).
Senses: examples: text: Then the chief rabbi again took bread and brake it and gave it to all that were withhim, and dipped it into the dish with the haroseth and the lettuce.
ref: 1887, The Living Age, volume 173, page 320:
text: She had never heard of matzo, never tasted the bitter herb, never waited, impatiently, for the moment when she could eat the charoset.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 235:
text: Unleavened bread and a fruit spread called haroseth are still served today at Passover feasts to remind God's people to be ready to go for God when he calls!
ref: 2001, Susan Lingo, A to Z Object Talks That Teach about the Old Testament, page 40:
text: On each table was a platter containing the symbols of Passover—matzoh (unleavened bread), marror (bitter herbs), haroseth (a paste made of chopped apples, nuts, cinnamon, and wine), the shank bone of a lamb, a roasted egg, and parsley.
ref: 2005, Marilyn Sachs, A Pocket Full of Seeds, page 91:
glosses: A paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at Passover, representing the mortar mixed by the Israelites during their slavery in Egypt.
martyrdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of martyrdom
shoeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English sholes, scholes, equivalent to shoe + -less. Compare Dutch schoenloos (“shoeless”), German schuhlos (“shoeless”), Old Norse skólaus (“shoeless”).
Senses: examples: text: He ran shoeless from the burning house.
text: The ground about was thick sown with caltrops, which very much incommoded the shoeless Moors.
ref: c. 1681, Lancelot Addison, The Moores baffled: being a discourse concerning Tanger:
glosses: Without shoes; not wearing shoes
Synonyms: barefoot
barefooted
unshod
unshoed
Derived terms: shoelessly
shoelessness
Related terms: barefoot
discalced
lodgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lodger
tormentors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tormentor
receipted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of receipt
receipting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of receipt
hies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hie
hied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hie
justest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of just: most just
meekest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of meek: most meek
meeker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of meek: more meek
meeker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meekers
form: meekering
form: meekered
form: meekered
Etymology: From the brand name of a harrow maker.
Senses: examples: text: After the field has been meekered it looks like it had been gone over with a garden rake, all clods having been cut or crushed and as level as a floor.
ref: 1918, Report of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 333:
text: I did not think it was necessary for all of you realize that your ground should be plowed, disked, harrowed, and meekered for a good seed bed.
ref: 1943, Ohio Vegetable and Potato Growers Association, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting:
text: The area was plowed on May 10, 1977, disked on May 15 and meekered and harrowed on May 23 and 27.
ref: 1978, Ezuddin Sultan Mohammed, Early competition between redroot pigweed and tomato, page 51:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To break up and smooth soil with a harrow.
dispirits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispirit
wholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whole
sarwan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarwans
Etymology: From Persian ساربان.
Senses: examples: text: His camel lay dying upon the road, attended by one of his men: we could be of little use, but we reared the beast upon its legs, a measure deemed essential to its recovery, and each sarwan as he passed tendered his opinion and advice.
ref: 1984, James Baillie Fraser, Narrative of a Journey Into Khorasan in the Years 1821 and 1822, Oxford, page 366:
glosses: One who drives a camel.
PMB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PMBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of polymer-modified binder.
glosses: Initialism of polymer-modified bitumen.
examples: text: Do you rent a Private Mailbox (PMB)?
ref: 1998, California Employer:
text: If you lease a private mailbox (PMB) from a private business rather than a PO box from the United States Postal Service, include the Private Mail Box (PMB) in the address field.
ref: 2006, California Package X Tax Forms Catalogue:
glosses: Abbreviation of private mailbox (a mailbox like a PO box but from a private company).
waxeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: wax + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wax
regardful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈɡɑːdfʊl/
Forms: form: more regardful
form: most regardful
Etymology: From regard + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: I[…]take care for the generall, to have a regardfull reſpect of that which you leave behind you.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the affection of fathers to their children”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 231:
glosses: Respectful.
examples: text: And euermore, when with regardfull ſight / She looking backe, eſpies that grieſly wight / Approching nigh, ſhe gins to mend her pace[…].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 100:
glosses: Watchful, observant.
pure as driven snow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pure as the driven snow.
hymenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hymen + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the hymen
when'd
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
homophone: wend
Senses: examples: text: When'd you get back from holiday?
glosses: When did.
glosses: When had.
night school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night schools
form: nightschool
Senses: synonyms: evening school
glosses: A school, typically used for the purpose of continuing education with classes held predominantly in the evening to accommodate students with typical day shift work schedules.
Related terms: evening class
night class
LAIV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of live attenuated influenza vaccine.
merchant marine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merchant marines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of merchant navy: a fleet of commercial vessels.
synonyms: word: merchant navy
extra: a fleet of commercial vessels
examples: text: Captain Robert Dollar of San Francisco, dean of American ship owners, […] is still, although nearly 80, the eager champion of an American privately owned merchant marine.
ref: 1923 May 28, “Captain Dollar Speaks”, in Time:
glosses: Synonym of merchant ship: a single vessel in such a fleet.
synonyms: word: merchant ship
extra: a single vessel in such a fleet
glosses: Synonym of merchant mariner: a sailor in such a fleet.
synonyms: word: merchant mariner
extra: a sailor in such a fleet
shame on you
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: shame upon you
Senses: synonyms: for shame
glosses: An expression of disapproval.
metaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of metalled.
metaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metal
parafango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of paraffin + fango
Senses: glosses: A mixture of mud and paraffin used in thermotherapy.
disciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disciform
form: most disciform
Etymology: Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disc”) + -form
Senses: examples: text: The sporophyte foot is also characteristic: it is very broad and more or less lenticular or disciform, as broad or broader than the calyptra stalk[…], and is sessile on the calyptra base[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a flat, rounded shape.
pentachlorophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentachlorophenols
Etymology: From penta- + chloro- + phenol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fully chlorinated derivative of phenol that is used as a fungicide and wood preservative
Synonyms: PCP
hopak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoːpæk/
ipa: /ˈhəʊpæk/
Forms: form: hopaks
form: gopak
Etymology: 1925–30, from Ukrainian гопа́к (hopák), from the interjection гоп (hop).
Compare Ukrainian го́пати (hópaty), го́пкати (hópkaty), гопцюва́ти (hopcjuváty), го́пки (hópky), and dated Ukrainian го́пи (hópy, “dance steps”), го́пка (hópka, “child (jocular)”).
Senses: examples: text: Somewhere an accordion was playing a jazz-inflected hopak.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1213:
glosses: A Ukrainian national dance in 2/4 time.
tarboosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːˈbuːʃ/
ipa: /tɑɹˈbuʃ/
rhymes: -uːʃ
Forms: form: tarbooshes
Etymology: From Arabic طَرْبُوش (ṭarbūš).
Senses: examples: text: He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 76, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: He rehearsed all the afternoon how he should play the heavy father for the young man's edification till he reduced his children to helpless giggling. Just before he was due Athelny routed out an Egyptian tarboosh and insisted on putting it on.
ref: 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:
text: They were for their part astonished, for nobody had told them to expect a pretty woman to dinner, and the Prince suggested an intriguing exoticism with his tarboosh.
ref: 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 743:
text: The man in the tarboosh turned finally and nodded in a strangely familiar way.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 1215:
glosses: A red felt or cloth cap with a tassel, worn in the Arab world; a fez.
Derived terms: tarbooshed
preconditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precondition
preconditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preconditionings
Senses: glosses: The act of preparing something for a subsequent action.
radioelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + electric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the transmission of power via electromagnetic waves
baby bump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby bumps
Senses: glosses: Visible signs of pregnancy, noticeable abdominal swelling in a pregnant woman.
-fer
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /fə/
ipa: /fɝ/
Etymology: From Latin -fer (“bearer”).
Senses: glosses: Holder or bearer of something.
Related terms: -ferous
-iferous
sparkling cider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparkling ciders
Etymology: From sparkling + cider.
Senses: qualifier: trade term
glosses: A soft drink consisting of slightly carbonated apple juice to distinguish it from cider or hard cider, which is an alcoholic drink.
glosses: A carbonated alcoholic beverage based on apples, a champagne-style apple cider/hard cider/hard apple cider/cider
Synonyms: sense: soft drink
word: sparkling apple juice
sense: alcoholic potable
word: sparkling apple cider
sense: alcoholic potable
word: sparkling hard cider
sense: alcoholic potable
word: sparkling hard apple cider
Coordinate terms: sense: alcoholic potable
word: ice cider
Related terms: apple soda
apple pop
apple cider
cider
sparkling apple cider
sparkling ice cider
apple champagne
redistillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redistillations
Etymology: From re- + distillation.
Senses: glosses: The purification of a liquid by means of multiple distillations
glosses: A second or subsequent distillation
Related terms: redistill
exorcisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exorcism
reckonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reckoning
Mohurrum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Muharram.
reckon for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons for
form: reckoning for
form: reckoned for
form: reckoned for
Senses: examples: text: If they fail in any part of their bounden duty, they shall be sure to reckon for it one day.
ref: 1634, Bp. Robert Sanderson, “Ad Clerum”, in Thirty-four Sermons, page 77:
glosses: To answer for; to pay the account for.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, for.
answer for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: answers for
form: answering for
form: answered for
form: answered for
Senses: examples: text: The mayor will be answering for his crimes for many years.
text: Oh John, you'll never be a man / And you'll never see your home again / Oh Manchester, so much to answer for
ref: 1984, Morrissey, Johnny Marr, “Suffer Little Children”, in The Smiths, performed by The Smiths:
text: Duffy dared to think that Queen Elizabeth I has a few things for which to answer
ref: 2007 September, Wilson D Miscamble, “The Faculty 'Problem'”, in America, volume 197, number 6, page 26:
text: It’s true Modi has much to answer for. But still there is something disturbing about the fact that India is on track for up to half a million cases a day on some projections, while Britons young enough to have practically zero chance of dying from Covid get vaccinated.
ref: 2021 April 26, Gaby Hinsliff, “Vaccine hoarding is all the more disturbing as a Covid disaster unfolds in India”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To be held responsible for; to take the blame for something.
examples: text: I will answer for his debt, if he can't pay on the day.
glosses: To guarantee.
examples: text: She's known me for years, and she's always answered for me!
glosses: To vouch for (someone); to attest to the character of (someone).
examples: text: I don't know the answer to that, so I'm going to let my lawyer answer for me.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, for.
reckon on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons on
form: reckoning on
form: reckoned on
form: reckoned on
form: reckon upon
Senses: examples: text: I reckoned on my pension being enough.
glosses: To count on or depend (on).
examples: text: I didn't reckon on him having a gun.
text: Three local yobs have also joined, but they have not reckoned on a redoubtable Conductor and two local revenue protection officers who soon escort them off the train!
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
glosses: To plan on; to expect.
plan on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plans on
form: planning on
form: planned on
form: planned on
Senses: examples: text: I didn't plan on Truman winning the election.
text: I was planning on going, but something came up.
glosses: To expect; to anticipate future actions based on.
reckon with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons with
form: reckoning with
form: reckoned with
form: reckoned with
Senses: examples: text: After a long time, the lord of those seruants commeth, and reckoneth with them.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 25:19:
glosses: To settle accounts or claims with.
examples: text: We'll reckon with him after the deed is done.
text: As the country reckons with how to prevent more children from being killed at school, the legacies of the Parkland victims live on.
ref: 2023 February 14, Holly Yan, “5 years after the Parkland school massacre claimed 17 lives, here’s what has changed (and what hasn’t)”, in CNN:
glosses: To deal with.
examples: text: I didn't reckon with his stubbornness.
text: Swiss manufacturers reckon with the possibility of a contractless state with Germany. The Swiss public opinion is afraid that such a contractless state will lead to intolerable interferences of German authorities with Swiss economic life.
ref: 1918, The Economist, volume 86, page 778:
text: She had not realised how butcherly the severed vessels would look, and she had not reckoned with the horrid halitus of blood, which steamed to her nostrils under the blazing sun.
ref: 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter 1, in Have His Carcase (fiction):
glosses: To take into account.
Derived terms: to be reckoned with
to reckon with
reckon without
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reckons without
form: reckoning without
form: reckoned without
form: reckoned without
Senses: examples: text: He reckoned the distance without any instruments or maps with surprising accuracy.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reckon, without.
examples: text: He reckoned without the need to pay taxes.
glosses: To ignore; to fail to consider.
Related terms: reckon without one's host
IINM
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: synonyms: AFAIK
AFAIR
IIRC
glosses: Initialism of if I'm not mistaken.
lip-strap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪpstɹæp/
Forms: form: lip-straps
Etymology: From lip + strap.
Senses: examples: text: He was not a horsey man, but he liked people to believe he had been one once; and he wove fantastic stories of the hunting-bridle to which this particular lip-strap had belonged.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Watches of the Night”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 59:
glosses: A small strap with a buckle running between the cheeks of a bit, to prevent the horse from biting on the cheek of the bit in its mouth.
luminaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luminarias
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish luminaria.
Senses: glosses: A vigil fire used in ceremonies in Native American and Hispanic cultures.
glosses: A makeshift lantern used as a holiday decoration, especially in Hispanic culture.
Synonyms: sense: lantern
word: farolito
luminaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luminarium
anthropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: anthropod: A joint-legged creature. All insects are anthropods, but not all anthropods are insects.
ref: 2003, Kathi Wagner, The Everything Kids' Bugs Book: Puzzles, Games, and Trivia:
text: Anthropod-borne diseases such as malaria, plague, relapsing fever, Rift Valley fever, tick-bite fever, and typhus (mainly tick-borne) have been reported from most of this area.
ref: 2007, Dave Richards, Val Richards, Kenya, page 146:
text: Or they may be eager to enter the Anthropod Zoo, where an enormous praying mantis stands at the entrance.
ref: 2011, Jennifer Bean Bower, Animal Adventures in North Carolina:
glosses: Misspelling of arthropod.
Related terms: anthropoid
aerolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aeroliths
Etymology: From aero- + -lith. Compare aerolite.
Senses: examples: text: And what about the great aerolith at Paphos which they are supposed to have worshipped under the name of Bahomet?
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 243:
glosses: A meteorite.
Derived terms: aerolithic
aerolithology
copasetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more copasetic
form: most copasetic
Senses: examples: text: No reason to mention that the man with the gun in the alley had a new buddy and that they had moved closer and were eyeing the fire escape. She drew her weapon from her belt and rocked the slide back. It was a .45 Smith & Wesson. She watched Rhodes check his Glock. Everything was copasetic. Everything tuned and amped up. There was no clean way to walk out of Bloom's apartment.
ref: 2009-10, Robert Ellis, The Lost Witness, page 322
glosses: Alternative spelling of copacetic.
semola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian semola, from Latin simila (“fine flour”). Doublet of semla and semel.
Senses: glosses: semolina
sectoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sector + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a sector (all senses).
Synonyms: sectorial
Derived terms: bisectoral
trisectoral
unisectoral
feu-de-joie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feux-de-joie
Etymology: Borrowed from French feu de joie (literally “fire of joy”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feu de joie.
Polabian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
ipa: /pəʊˈlɑː.bi.ən/
ipa: /poʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
ipa: /poʊˈlɑ.bi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪbiən
rhymes: -ɑːbiən
Etymology: From the name of Polabian tribes, which in turn derives from the name of the Elbe river in Slavic languages (cp. Polish Łaba, Czech Labe), and possibly ultimately from Proto-Slavic *po.
Senses: glosses: A West Slavic language, extinct in the 18th century.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Polabian terms
Polabian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
ipa: /pəʊˈlɑː.bi.ən/
ipa: /poʊˈleɪ.bi.ən/
ipa: /poʊˈlɑ.bi.ən/
rhymes: -eɪbiən
rhymes: -ɑːbiən
Forms: form: Polabians
Etymology: From the name of Polabian tribes, which in turn derives from the name of the Elbe river in Slavic languages (cp. Polish Łaba, Czech Labe), and possibly ultimately from Proto-Slavic *po.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Polabian.
glosses: A Polabian Slav; one of a number of Lechite tribes who lived along the Elbe river in what is now eastern Germany.
befits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befit
befitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of befit
Bassin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bassins
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* Jewish metronymic surname from an Yiddish pet form of the personal name Bathsheba.
* Borrowed from French Bassin, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of basins, from bassin (“small basin”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
aerodynamical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aerodynamical
form: most aerodynamical
Etymology: From aero- + dynamical.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of aerodynamic.
synonyms: word: aerodynamic
piss-ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piss-ants
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pissant.
piss ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piss ants
form: pissant
form: piss-ant
Senses: glosses: A wood ant (from the smell of its nest), or an ant belonging to one of various other minor species.
glosses: Alternative spelling of pissant.
rebutting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebut
rec room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rec rooms
Senses: examples: text: The new product was the Game Boy — a hand-held, battery-powered plastic slab that promised to set gamers loose, after all those decades of sweaty bondage, from the tyranny of rec rooms and pizza parlors and arcades.
ref: 2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Clipping of recreation room.
rebranding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebrand
rebranding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rebrandings
Senses: examples: text: The frequent rebrandings of the product have confused some customers.
text: A dictionary on historical principles is one that is modelled on the Oxford English dictionary. In fact, before undergoing rebranding, the original title of the now-familiar Oxford English dictionary was A new English dictionary on historical principles.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:
glosses: The association of a new brand, trademark, image, or appearance with a product or service.
Related terms: rebadge
rebranded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebrand
rebrands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebrand
rebrands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebrand
rhombitruncated icosidodecahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhombitruncated icosidodecahedrons
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An Archimedean solid composed of 122 faces, 120 vertices, and 240 edges.
rebuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebut
rebutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebut
rebutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭ-bŭ'tər
ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌtə(ɹ)/
enpr: rĭ-bŭ'tər
ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌtɚ/
ipa: [ɹɪ̈ˈbʌɾɚ]
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rebutters
Etymology: From rebut + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who drives back or repulses
glosses: One who makes a rebuttal.
topics: law
glosses: A rebuttal; the answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
rebutter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭ-bŭ'tər
ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌtə(ɹ)/
enpr: rĭ-bŭ'tər
ipa: /ɹɪˈbʌtɚ/
ipa: [ɹɪ̈ˈbʌɾɚ]
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rebutters
form: rebuttering
form: rebuttered
form: rebuttered
Etymology: From re- + butter.
Senses: examples: text: He dared to rebutter his bread with the original flavor of his stoicism, the western, but has once again left such films behind to die and has moved on.
ref: 1996 June, Craig D. Reed, “'Rumble in the Bronx' Stars Hits the Big Time in America After Years of Success in Asia”, in Black Belt Magazine, page 124:
text: It consisted of a thick white porridge leavened with yeast and eaten together with a boiled potato. It was often served seven days in a row, which meant it was reheated and rebuttered seven times over.
ref: 1997, Josef Hiršal, Michael Henry Heim, A Bohemian Youth, page 67:
text: 'Holy cow!' Johnny absent-mindedly rebuttered a piece of toast. 'And we thought climate-change was bad!'
ref: 2006, Tango Wayne, Scandinal, page 78:
glosses: To apply butter to (something) again.
treile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treiles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of southern lapwing.
synonyms: word: southern lapwing
rebutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebutter
rebutters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebutter
repulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repulse
repulses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repulse
repulses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repulse
augmentation cystoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: augmentation cystoplasties
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A surgical procedure in which a portion of the intestine is connected to the bladder head to allow for urinary voiding.
putting off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put off
puts off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put off
buro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buros
form: bureau
Etymology: Borrowed from French bureau (“desk”, earlier “coarse cloth (as desk cover), baize”), from Old French burel (“woolen cloth”), diminutive of *bure (compare Middle French bure (“coarse woolen cloth”), French bourre (“hair, fluff”)), from Late Latin burra (“wool, fluff, shaggy cloth, coarse fabric”); akin to Ancient Greek βερβέριον (berbérion, “shabby garment”).
Senses: examples: text: … an employment buro said on Tuesday. The retrenchments took place between November last year and March 1998, the Employment Buro of Africa's regional manager, Chris Hechter said.
ref: 1998 May 13, “More than 9000 Basotho Gold Miners Retrenched”, in ANC Dailey News Briefing, retrieved 14 Sep 2012:
text: … a member of both the council of ministers and the Cuban Communist Party's political buro.
ref: 2008 February 19, Alejandro López de Haro, Jr., “Fidel Castro Steps Down”, in Ground Report, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2013:
qualifier: chiefly non-native speakers' English
glosses: an office
examples: text: Mrs. Arp opens her school and stands 'em up by the buro to say their lessons.
ref: 1902, Bill Arp, From the Uncivil War to Date, HTML edition, Univ. of North Carolina, published 1998:
glosses: a desk, usually with a cover and compartments for storing papers etc. located above the level of the writing surface rather than underneath.
examples: text: And I went up into the spare chamber, and sort o' fixed Philury's things to the best advantage; for I knew the neighbors would be in to look at 'em. And I was a standin' there as calm and happy as the buro or table, ...
ref: 1885, Marietta Holley, Sweet Cicely, Online edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2005:
text: One can only speculate about the appearance of the "New-fashion buro" advertised for sale in the Boaton Gazette of May 1, 1750.
ref: 1998 May, Phil D. Zimmerman, “The Stratford, Connecticut, bureau table: A re-examination”, in Antiques, volume 153, number 5, page 740:
glosses: a chest of drawers for clothes
Related terms: burocracy
burocrat
burocratic
burel
camera-shy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more camera-shy
form: most camera-shy
Senses: examples: text: Off to Essex, where Geoff Hutton brings our attention to our latest station cat.
"Gidea Park Station on the TfL Shenfield line also has a cat, although she is a bit camera shy," he says. "Apparently she lives in a neighbouring house, but spends much of her time at the station - usually, as illustrated, on the north side ticket barrier. Surely such an arrangement should be mandatory for all stations?"
ref: 2019 November 6, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 79, caption:
glosses: Reluctant or resisting to be photographed.