cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lyra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyras
form: lira
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λῠ́ρᾱ (lŭ́rā) or Modern Greek λύρα (lýra). Doublet of lira, Lyra, and lyre.
Senses: examples: text: A Persian scholar of the early tenth century, lbn Khurradadhbih, reported the lyra to be in widespread use throughout the empire, along with organs and bagpipes.
ref: 2013, Howard Goodall, “The Age of Penitence, 1450–1650”, in The Story of Music, Chatto & Windus, page 55:
text: The Cretan lyra is considered to be the most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra, an ancestor of most European bowed instruments.
ref: 2019, Efthimios Bakarezos, Yannis Orphanos, Evaggelos Kaselouris, Vasilios Dimitriou, Michael Tatarakis, Nektarios A. Papadogiannis, “Laser-Based Interferometric Techniques for the Study of Musical Instruments”, in Rolf Bader, editor, Computational Phonogram Archiving (Current Research in Systematic Musicology), Springer, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, page 257:
text: The direct ancestor of all European bowed instruments is the Arabic rebab which developed into the Byzantine lyra by the ninth century and later the European rebec.
ref: 2021, Robert U. Ayres, The History and Future of Technology: Can Technology Save Humanity from Extinction?, Springer, →ISBN, page 72:
glosses: A bowed string musical instrument used in the Byzantine Empire.
examples: text: According to the Greek musicologist Fivos Anoyanakis, the piriform lyras of Crete have, at various times throughout history, been produced in different sizes and styles.
ref: 1980, Margaret Anne Downie, “The Modern Greek Lyra”, in Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, page 153:
text: Immediately after the ceremony, the wedding procession, accompanied by the lyra, lute (laouto) and songs, returns to the groom’s house[…]
ref: 1988, Krētē: Monthly Publication of the Pancretan Association of America, page 10:
text: In Crete, the lyra continues to be practiced.
ref: 2019, Janet Sturman, editor, The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, SAGE Publications:
text: Faithfully following the authentic local tradition, most lyras are entirely handmade.
ref: 2020, “Cretan Lyra”, in Andrew R. Martin, Matthew Mihalka, editors, Music Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia, ABC-Clio, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 207:
glosses: A bowed instrument used in folk music in Crete, Greece.
Derived terms: lyra viol
hydra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hī'drə
ipa: /ˈhaɪdɹə/
Forms: form: hydras
form: hydrae
form: hydræ
Etymology: After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The biology sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The figurative sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
examples: text: Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
ref: 2009, Kris Frieswick, Till Death Do Us Pay:
glosses: A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be easily and rapidly solved.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Hydra oligactis
word: brown hydra
taxonomic: Hydra vulgaris
word: freshwater hydra
taxonomic: Hydra viridissima
word: green hydra
word: hydralike
word: hydranth
word: hydriform
english: Craspedacusta
translation: Craspedacusta
word: microhydra
clit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪt/
ipa: [kʰl̥ɪt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: clits
Etymology: Shortened from clitoris.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Nibble me clit and let me suck your love-joint and I’ll give ya sixpence.’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 64:
text: There was a bright red tongue tattooed over most of her cooter and there was a thick, gold ring that had been pierced through her clit.
ref: 2006, Tiva Wallon, A Donovan to Love, page 65:
glosses: Clipping of clitoris.
glosses: A penis likened to a clitoris, especially in terms of smallness.
examples: text: 'Yes' (you stupid bitch, you dull clit), I said. 'And I'll need Use of English and General Paper.' Shouldn't she know all this?
ref: 1973, Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers:
text: You screwed up infinately worse when you started this string, dumb clit.
ref: 2000 March 17, Anime566, “Foley is gone, hurray!”, in t-netz.wrestling.wwf (Usenet):
text: “[…]No, yer dumb clit, it ain't rainin'. Where yer bin? It ain't rained for months.”
ref: 2003, Mark Atwell, Tokoroa, page 197:
text: Well you clit you didn't say shit
ref: 2003 September 7, Don Leonard, “Hey Jim-”, in atl.arno (Usenet):
text: Wise up asshole
Get a life where you're at it as well\stupid clit
ref: 2005 June 19, carlygtr, “Items for Sale”, in rec.music.makers.guitar (Usenet):
text: “[…]I told the woman at the hospital office I was your partner and was bringing you your gun. Hah. The stupid clit told me you was meeting your wife.[…]”
ref: 2012, Jeremiah Healy, The Staked Goat:
glosses: A term of abuse.
Derived terms: clitar
clitface
clithead
clitless
clitlicker
clit mouse
Clitonista
clitsucker
clitsucking
clit tease
clit teaser
clitwad
hemiclit
clit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪt/
ipa: [kʰl̥ɪt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: clits
form: clitting
form: clitted
form: clitted
Etymology: Shortened from clitoris.
Senses: examples: text: 1998, Aemilia, Re: Afternoon reading... Group: alt.tasteless
[…] the only two expressions that come to mind are "clitting off" and "tickling the bearded clam"
text: Now I can look forward to clitting off at work...
ref: 2009 December 31, Rev. Susie the Floozie, “WHACK-FF WEDNESDAY: “Yo: Ho, Ho”, and a twatful of cum.”, in alt.slack (Usenet):
text: […] and then fell back on the bed and clitted her yum-stump to a box-spring-deep pelvis-lifter of what Patty called an “organasm”?
ref: 2010, Nicholson Baker, Room Temperature, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., →ISBN:
text: […] he asked me to masturbate while he watched. (...) “Did he let you come when you clitted off?”
ref: 2017, Gemma Stone, The Sessions, Pink Flamingo Media, →ISBN:
glosses: To stimulate the clitoris.
raw_tags: with "off"
clit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪt/
ipa: [kʰl̥ɪt]
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: clits
form: clitting
form: clitted
form: clitted
Etymology: Possibly from clight, clitch.
Senses: examples: text: My grey Hairs are clitted on my Head for want of Kembing; I did look fresh, but now […]
ref: 1686, Quintilian, The Declamations of Quitilian ... Translated (from the Oxford Theatre Edition) [by J. Warr]., page 117:
text: Neither can a boy carelessly clit the hair of his head, which clitting will occasion the pulling some oft in the combing, nor wantonly kill a sparrow, without the immediate and special interposition of God to lead him to those actions.
ref: 1732, Thomas Chubb, Chubb's Tracts, page 151:
text: How your hair do get clited!
ref: 1892, The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, page 99:
glosses: To tangle or stick together.
vermis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vermes
Etymology: From Latin vermis (“worm”). Doublet of worm.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A narrow, worm-like structure found in animal brains between the hemispheres of the cerebellum; it is the site of termination of the spinocerebellar pathways that carry subconscious proprioception.
harpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A type of curved weapon or implement, variously described as a sickle, a pruning hook, or a curved sword like a scimitar. In later depictions it became a combination of a straight sword on one side and a curved blade on the other.
harpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harpes
Etymology: From Middle English harpe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of harp.
anthropophagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropophagi
Etymology: From Latin anthrōpophagus.
Senses: examples: text: Reader, the heaven-inspired melodious Singer; loftiest Serene Highness; nay thy own amber-locked, snow-and-rose-bloom Maiden, worthy to glide sylphlike almost on air, whom thou lovest, worshippest as a divine Presence, which, indeed, symbolically taken, she is,—has descended, like thyself, from that same hair-mantled, flint-hurling Aboriginal Anthropophagus!
ref: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “The World in Clothes”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 26:
glosses: A man-eater; a cannibal.
Related terms: Androphagi
Zabel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zabels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zabel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Zahn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zahns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zahn.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːθ/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /ˈtiːf/
ipa: /ˈtiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Etymology: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
Senses: synonyms: chompers
Hampstead Heath
pearly whites
teefies
glosses: plural of tooth
teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːθ/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /ˈtiːf/
ipa: /ˈtiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Etymology: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
Senses: examples: text: The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.
synonyms: enforceability
glosses: The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
Derived terms: arm to the teeth
bare one's teeth
better than a kick in the teeth
bit between one's teeth
bone apple teeth
bone in her teeth
British teeth
brush one's teeth
by God's teeth
by the skin of one's teeth
cast in someone's teeth
cast something in someone's teeth
cut one's teeth
devil's teeth
dragon's teeth
elephant's teeth
false teeth
fed up to the back teeth
fed up to the teeth
front teeth
get one's teeth into
give one's eye-teeth
gnash one's teeth
God's teeth
grit one's teeth
hell's teeth
in spite of someone's teeth
in the teeth of
kick in the teeth
kiss one's teeth
lie through one's teeth
make someone's teeth itch
my back teeth are floating
my teeth are floating
no skin off one's teeth
one's teeth water
pull teeth
rare as hen's teeth
rarer than hens' teeth
rarer than hen's teeth
scarce as hen's teeth
set one's teeth on edge
set someone's teeth on edge
show one's teeth
sick to the back teeth
sink one's teeth in
sink one's teeth into
skin of the teeth
sow dragon's teeth
suck one's teeth
summer teeth
summerteeth
teefies
teeth arm
teeth-baring
teeth-less
teeth mark
teeth-to-tail ratio
the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature
throw something in someone's teeth
Turkey teeth
Turkish teeth
weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
with the skin of one's teeth
teeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːθ/
note: th-fronting
ipa: /ˈtiːf/
ipa: /ˈtiθ/
rhymes: -iːθ
Forms: form: teeths
form: teething
form: teethed
form: teethed
Etymology: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.
ref: 1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies, page 81:
glosses: Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
Related terms: toothless
abend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbɛnd/
ipa: /əˈbɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: abends
form: ABEND
Etymology: Blend of abnormal + end
Senses: examples: text: If the programmer can determine the particular file that was being accessed and that caused the Abend, or was in core at the time of the Abend, the solution would be closer at hand.
ref: 1974 August 7, Harmon R. Feig, “Files Can Be Found Through Dump, Register Reviews”, in Computerworld, page 12:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The abnormal termination of a program.
glosses: Termination of a process prior to completion.
abend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbɛnd/
ipa: /əˈbɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: abends
form: abending
form: abended
form: abended
form: ABEND
Etymology: Blend of abnormal + end
Senses: examples: text: The nightly invoicing job abended at 3 a.m.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To terminate abnormally.
Related terms: abort
exception
latus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪ.təs/
rhymes: -eɪtəs
Forms: form: latera
Etymology: From Latin latus (“side”) of uncertain etymology.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of flank.
synonyms: word: flank
Related terms: latus rectum
rostrolatus
lento
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛntəʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɛntoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Forms: form: more lento
form: most lento
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lento.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Slow (45–60 bpm).
lento
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛntəʊ/
ipa: /ˈlɛntoʊ/
rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Forms: form: lentos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lento.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played very slowly.
leo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈliːəʊ/
Forms: form: leos
Senses: examples: text: To this day, I still try to steer clear of wearing a black leo and pink tights together […]
ref: 2011, Jennifer Kronenberg, So, You Want To Be a Ballet Dancer?:
text: Now go grab your favorite leotard and makeup bag. I'll run you over there.” […] I rush to apply eye makeup that also matches my leo.
ref: 2016, Shawn Johnson, The Flip Side, page 66:
glosses: Clipping of leotard.
lex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
homophone: Lex
homophone: leks
Forms: form: lexes
form: lexing
form: lexed
form: lexed
Etymology: From lexical analysis, from lexical.
Senses: examples: text: Once this is done, each processor parses and lexes its own documents, using conventional programming techniques.
ref: 1994, Donna K Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, The Second Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-2):
text: SAFL source is lexed and parsed into an abstract syntax tree.
ref: 2004, Richard William Sharp, Higher-level hardware synthesis:
text: Lexing and parsing do not have to be separated, and there are often convenient .NET methods for extracting information from text in particular formats...
ref: 2007, Don Syme with Adam Granicz and Antonio Cisternino, Expert F#:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
Derived terms: lexer
lex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
homophone: Lex
homophone: leks
Forms: form: lexes
Etymology: From lexical analysis, from lexical.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A specific inflected form of a word; compare lexeme.
lex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛks/
rhymes: -ɛks
homophone: Lex
homophone: leks
Forms: form: leges
Etymology: Latin lex (“law”).
Senses: examples: text: The 19th and 20th lines of the lex on the tablet (which decree the repeal of the rectigalia) seem to be conclusive in favour of this and against Rudorff's earlier theory.
ref: 1891, William Smith, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 55:
text: Sanctuary arrangements show strong parallels to other regulations in the leges concerning feud and the prosecution of theft.
ref: 2018 October 18, Paul R. Hyams, Rancor and Reconciliation in Medieval England, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 96:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A Roman or Latin law (particularly in ancient Rome or in medieval Europe).
Related terms: de minimis non curat lex
lex dubia non obligat
lex lata
lex talionis
liberator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪbəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: liberators
Etymology: From Latin līberātor (“one who sets free”), from līberāre, past participle līberātus (“to set free”); see liberate.
Senses: glosses: A person who frees or liberates.
Synonyms: deliverer
emancipator
manumitter
manumittor
Derived terms: liberatress
Related terms: liberate
liberation
liberty
libra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːbrə/
ipa: /ˈlaɪbrə/
Forms: form: libras
form: librae
form: contexts
Etymology: From Latin lībra (“pound”), partially via Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese libra. Doublet of arratel, libbra, Libra, lira, litra, litre, livre, and rottol.
Senses: glosses: A Roman unit of mass, usually equivalent to 327 g.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
glosses: A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 345 g and particularly used for trade in medicines.
glosses: Synonym of arratel, a separate Portuguese unit of mass, usually around 460 g.
synonyms: word: arratel
extra: a separate Portuguese unit of mass, usually around 460 g
glosses: Alternative spelling of libbra, a traditional Italian unit of mass.
glosses: Synonym of pound, a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts.
synonyms: word: pound
extra: a notional pound of silver as a money of account, especially in medieval contexts
Synonyms: sense: Roman unit of mass
word: Roman pound
sense: Roman unit of mass
english: Roman contexts
translation: Roman contexts
word: pound
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: Spanish pound
sense: Spanish unit of mass
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: pound
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
word: Portuguese pound
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
english: Portuguese contexts, but more often used for the arratel
translation: Portuguese contexts, but more often used for the arratel
word: pound
Coordinate terms: sense: Roman unit of mass
word: uncia (1⁄12 libra)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: onza (1⁄16 libra)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: cuarteron (1⁄4 libra)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: marco (1⁄1 libra)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: arroba (25 libras)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: quintal (100 libras)
sense: Spanish unit of mass
word: tonelada (2,000 libras)
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
alt: usually 1⁄72 libra
word: oitava
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
alt: usually 1⁄12 libra
word: onça
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
alt: usually 1⁄3 libra
word: quarta
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
alt: usually 2⁄3 libra
word: marco
sense: Portuguese unit of mass
alt: usually 1+1⁄3 libras
word: arratel
librarius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laɪˈbɹɛə.ɹi.əs/
ipa: /laɪˈbɹɛ.ɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
homophone: librarious
Forms: form: librarii
Etymology: From Latin librārius.
Senses: glosses: An ancient or medieval scribe, copyist, or secretary.
glosses: An ancient or medieval bookseller.
heuristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuˈɹɪstɪk/
ipa: /hjʊˈɹɪstɪk/
ipa: /hjəˈɹɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more heuristic
form: most heuristic
Etymology: Irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”) (compare the proper Greek term εὑρετικός (heuretikós)).
Senses: examples: text: "The heuristic appraisal is the 'identification and evaluation of hints and clues that can provide direction to inquiry in the sometimes large gap between the extremes of complete knowledge and complete ignorance'”.
ref: 2015, Emiliano Ippoliti, Thomas Nickles, Heuristic Reasoning:
qualifier: learning; or discovery; learning; or discovery
glosses: That employs a practical method not guaranteed to be optimal or perfect; either not following or derived from any theory, or based on an advisedly oversimplified one.
raw_tags: of an approach to problem solving
examples: text: If a heuristic algorithm works for most of the input data or its maximum percentage error is tolerable, we may prefer the heuristic algorithm to an optimum algorithm that requires a long time.
ref: 2002, Te Chiang Hu, Man-tak Shing, Combinatorial Algorithms:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That provides a useful, but not optimal, solution to a problem. Such algorithms are typically employed either because the only known algorithms that provide optimal solutions use too much time or resources, or else because there is no known algorithm that provides an optimal solution.
raw_tags: of a method or algorithm
glosses: That reasons from the value of a method or principle that has been shown by experimental investigation to be a useful aid in learning, discovery and problem-solving.
raw_tags: of an argument
Hyponyms: availability heuristic
Lin-Kernighan heuristic
Derived terms: heuristical
heuristically
hyperheuristic
metaheuristic
non-heuristic
semiheuristic
unheuristic
Related terms: empiric
empirical
rule of thumb
heuristic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hjuˈɹɪstɪk/
ipa: /hjʊˈɹɪstɪk/
ipa: /hjəˈɹɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: heuristics
Etymology: Irregular formation from Ancient Greek εὑρίσκω (heurískō, “I find, discover”) (compare the proper Greek term εὑρετικός (heuretikós)).
Senses: glosses: A heuristic method.
glosses: The art of applying heuristic methods.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A heuristic algorithm or method.
Related terms: empiric
empirical
rule of thumb
yi
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: YI
form: yis
form: yi's
Etymology: From Ukrainian ї (ji).
Senses: glosses: The Cyrillic letter Ї ї, used in the Ukrainian and Rusyn alphabets.
yi
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Forms: form: YI
form: yis
form: yi's
Etymology: From Armenian յի (yi).
Senses: glosses: The Armenian letter Յ, յ.
serra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serrae
Etymology: From Latin serra.
Senses: glosses: A saw, or saw-like part.
teleporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: teleporters
Etymology: From teleport + -er.
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A person who teleports.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A device used for teleporting.
Synonyms: sense: fictional device
word: telebooth
sense: fictional device
word: teleport
sense: fictional device
word: teleportal
sense: fictional device
word: teletransporter
sense: fictional device
word: transmat
sense: fictional device
word: transporter
teleporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪpɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: teleporters
Etymology: From tele- + porter.
Senses: glosses: An often truck-mounted lift for reaching heights; a cherry picker.
diamondback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪməndˌbæk/
Forms: form: diamondbacks
Etymology: From diamond + back.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
glosses: The saltmarsh terrapin of the Atlantic coast (Malaclemys terrapin).
Synonyms: sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: eastern diamondback rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: common rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: Florida diamond-back
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: Florida rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: southeastern diamond-backed rattler
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: southern woodland rattler
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: water rattle
sense: Crotalus adamanteus
word: water rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: western diamondback rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: adobe snake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: Arizona diamond rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: coon tail
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: desert diamond-back
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: desert diamond rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: fierce rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: spitting rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: Texan rattlesnake
sense: Crotalus atrox
word: Texas diamond-back
Derived terms: diamondback moth
diamondback rattler
diamondback rattlesnake
diamondback terrapin
calamari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăləmä'rē
ipa: /kæləˈmɑːɹi/
rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Forms: form: calamaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian calamari, plural of calamaro, from Latin calamarius, from calamus, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos, “reed, ink pen”).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Squid as food, especially cooked in the form of calamari rings.
glosses: Squid, the mollusk.
Derived terms: calamari ring
cafeteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkafəˈtɪə̯.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌkæfəˈtɪ(ə)ɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə
Forms: form: cafeterias
form: caféteria
form: cafétéria
form: cafeterie
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cafetería (“coffeehouse”), from cafetera (“coffee maker”), from French cafetière, from café, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve) (Turkish kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of cafetière.
Senses: glosses: A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
glosses: A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above), provided, or brought in from elsewhere.
Synonyms: word: lunchroom
sense: dining area in an institution
word: canteen
Derived terms: booketeria
buffeteria
cafeteria bowling
cafeteria Catholic
cafeteria Catholicism
cafeteria Christian
cafeteria Christianity
cafeterial
cafeteria plan
cafeteria-style
groceteria
luncheteria
Related terms: caf
caff
café
cafe
cafetorium
drugeteria
washeteria
anaconda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænəˈkɒndə/
Forms: form: anacondas
Etymology: From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).
Senses: glosses: Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America.
glosses: The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
raw_tags: in particular
examples: text: My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
ref: 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy
text: Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
ref: 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game, Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:
text: I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.
ref: 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!, iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:
glosses: A large penis.
glosses: A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
glosses: A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
A hognose snake of this morph.
Synonyms: sense: penis
word: macropenis
Derived terms: anaconda mortgage
yellow anaconda
anaconda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌænəˈkɒndə/
Etymology: From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A particular variety of stud poker.
Synonyms: sense: card game
word: pass the trash
bottomless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/
ipa: /ˈbatəmlɪs/
Etymology: From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less.
Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).
Senses: examples: text: The vast swamps of Southern Ontario proved a grim nightmare to the construction gangs. Treacherous and seemingly bottomless, the swamps swallowed thousands of tons of timber and debris, yet still afforded no firm surface on which the track could be laid.
ref: 1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 128:
text: And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!
ref: 2021 May 5, “Open Access: Saving our structures”, in RAIL, number 930, page 40:
glosses: Having no bottom.
glosses: Extremely deep.
examples: text: The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
glosses: Having no bounds; limitless.
examples: text: I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.
ref: 2021, Rebecca Reid, Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold, page 199:
glosses: Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
glosses: Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
glosses: refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
glosses: Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
Synonyms: sense: having no bounds; limitless
word: boundless
word: limitless
word: unbottomed
word: unbounded
word: deep and Thesaurus:infinite
Coordinate terms: sense: not wearing clothes below the waist
word: topless
sense: not wearing clothes below the waist
word: naked
Derived terms: bottomlessly
bottomlessness
bottomless pit
anal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.nəl/
rhymes: -eɪnəl
Forms: form: more anal
form: most anal
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al.
Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
Senses: examples: text: anal thermometer
text: an anal examination
text: anal sex
glosses: Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region.
examples: text: Please don't touch his furniture, as he can get very anal about things like that.
text: He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
ref: 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy (usually in an egosyntonic way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage.
examples: text: This questionnaire goes into the most ridiculous amount of detail. It's totally anal.
glosses: Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Proximate to the thorax.
raw_tags: of a vein
Synonyms: sense: compulsive and stubborn
word: fussy
sense: compulsive and stubborn
word: pernickety
sense: compulsive and stubborn
word: picky
sense: compulsive and stubborn
word: anal-retentive
Derived terms: abanal
adanal
anal beads
anal cleft
anal-erotic
anal expulsive
anal-expulsive
anal fin
anal fissure
anal fistula
anal gland
anal glaucoma
anal hook
anal intercourse
anality
analize
anally
anal marriage
anal pore
anal retentive
anal-retentive
anal-retentiveness
anal sac
anal sadism
anal-sadistic
anal sex
anal sphincter
anal vein
anal vore
analward
anilingus
circumanal
coloanal
endoanal
genitoanal
ileoanal
ischioanal
oroanal
painal
paranal
perianal
postanal
preanal
pre-anal
puboanal
rectoanal
subanal
supraanal
suranal
transanal
ventrianal
vesicoanal
Related terms: anus
oral
anal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.nəl/
rhymes: -eɪnəl
Forms: form: anals
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al.
Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
Senses: glosses: Any of the anal scales of a reptile.
examples: text: In the right mood, I'll accept anal.
text: I'll do anything except anal.
glosses: Anal sex.
anal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.nəl/
rhymes: -eɪnəl
Forms: form: anals
form: analing
form: analling
form: analed
form: analed
form: analled
form: analled
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ānālis. By surface analysis, anus + -al.
Psychological sense shortened from anal-retentive.
Senses: examples: text: The man with the small cock analed the hot chick.
text: Analling anyone is the plan for the evening / I'm kidding, stop
ref: 2011, “L.E.S.”, in Camp, performed by Childish Gambino:
glosses: To penetrate anally.
raw_tags: in pornography
gale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: Gail
Forms: form: gales
form: galing
form: galed
form: gole
form: galed
form: gole
form: galen
Etymology: From Middle English galen, from Old English galan (“to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sing charms, practice incantation”), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”). Cognate with Danish gale (“to crow”), Swedish gala (“to crow”), Icelandic gala (“to sing, chant, crow”), Dutch galm (“echo, sound, noise”). Related to yell.
Senses: glosses: To cry; groan; croak.
glosses: To talk.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: To sing; utter with musical modulations.
gale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: Gail
Forms: form: gales
Etymology: From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: It's blowing a gale outside.
text: Many parts of the boat were damaged in the gale.
text: With my mother's permission and blessings, I set off exultantly for Bombay, leaving my wife with a baby of a few months. But on arrival there, friends told my brother that the Indian Ocean was rough in June and July, and as this was my first voyage, I should not be allowed to sail until November. Someone also reported that a steamer had just been sunk in a gale. This made my brother uneasy, and he refused to take the risk of allowing me to sail immediately.
ref: 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xii
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
examples: text: a gale of laughter
text: The slightest hint of smugness would have had the nation leaning over our shoulders to blow out the birthday candles with a gale of reproach and disapproval.
ref: 1972, International Association of Seed Crushers, Congress [proceedings]:
glosses: An outburst, especially of laughter.
examples: text: A little gale will soon disperse that cloud.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
text: And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odours fanned / From their soft wings.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
glosses: A light breeze.
Coordinate terms: topics: meteorology
climatology
natural-sciences
word: breeze
topics: meteorology
climatology
natural-sciences
word: hurricane
topics: meteorology
climatology
natural-sciences
word: storm
Derived terms: bang like a dunny door in a gale
gale force
galelike
galeproof
near gale
nightingale
Schumpeter's gale
severe gale
strong gale
whole gale
Related terms: Beaufort scale
gale
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: Gail
Forms: form: gales
form: galing
form: galed
form: galed
Etymology: From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To sail, or sail fast.
gale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: Gail
Etymology: From Middle English gaile, gawl, gawwyl, gaȝel, gagel, from Old English gagel, gagelle, gagille, gagolle (“gale; sweet gale”), from Proto-West Germanic *gagul, from Proto-Germanic *gagulaz (“gale; sweet-willow”). Cognate with Scots gaul, gall (“bog-myrtle”), Dutch gagel (“wild myrtle”), German Gagel (“myrtle-bush”), Icelandic gaglviður (“sweet-gale; myrtle”).
Senses: glosses: A shrub, also called sweet gale or bog myrtle (Myrica gale), that grows on moors and fens.
gale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡeɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: Gail
Forms: form: gales
Etymology: From Middle English gavel (“rent; tribute”), from Old English gafol.
Senses: examples: text: Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due.
glosses: A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
examples: text: As a rule the free miners do not work their own 'gales,' but dispose of them to capitalists.
ref: 1875, The Sanitary Record, volume 3, page 384:
glosses: The personal mining plot of a freeminer.
Related terms: galeage
galee
Bache
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach.
* As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus.
* Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).
Bann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish an Bhanna (“the river goddess”), from ban (“woman”) + dia (“goddess, deity”).
Senses: glosses: A river in County Down, County Armagh, County Antrim and County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, which flows through Lough Neagh.
glosses: A river in southeastern Ireland.
Derived terms: Banbridge
Bann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Banns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
berg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːɡ/
ipa: /bɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: bergs
Etymology: Clipping of iceberg.
Senses: examples: text: The ice was thin, and only a few areas had bergs large enough to support marine mammals.
ref: 1997, David J. Rugh with Kim E.W. Shelden, “Spotted Seals, Phoca Largha, in Alaska”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 59, number 1, page 1:
glosses: An iceberg.
Derived terms: bergfield
earthberg
fatberg
floeberg
berg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːɡ/
ipa: /bɝɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ
Forms: form: bergs
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans berg. Doublet of barrow and bergh.
Senses: examples: text: There are in fact many such subterranean underways in Germany, speeding traffic beneath bergs, burgs and villages and into and around and under big city downtowns ...
ref: 2004, Alan Goldfein, “A Wonderful Drive”, in Europe's Macadam, America's Tar: How America Really Compares to "Old Europe", American Editions, →ISBN, page 46:
glosses: A mountain.
Derived terms: bergfall
bergwind
Related terms: iceberg
bergshrund
flatulence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæt͡ʃələns/
ipa: /ˈflæt͡ʃʊləns/
ipa: /ˈflæt(j)ʊləns/
rhymes: -ætʃələns
rhymes: -ætʃʊləns
rhymes: -æt(j)ʊləns
Forms: form: flatulences
Etymology: From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin flō (“breathe, blow”).
Senses: glosses: The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
glosses: The release of such gas; breaking wind.
Coordinate terms: queef
Derived terms: antiflatulence
flatulence tax
flatulist
flatulogenic
vaginal flatulence
Related terms: afflatus
Boden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊdən/
rhymes: -əʊdən
homophone: Bowden
homophone: Bowdon
Etymology: * As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo).
* As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom.
* As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden.
* As an English surname, variant of Bawden.
Senses: glosses: An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England.
glosses: A town and municipality in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden.
glosses: A municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Preemption Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, named after William E. Boden.
Derived terms: Boden's mate
Backe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in St Clears community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN2515).
glosses: A community in Jämtland, Sweden.
just
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: juster
form: more just
form: justest
form: most just
form: jes
form: jes'
form: jest
form: jist
form: jus'
form: iust
Etymology: From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.
Senses: examples: text: It is a just assessment of the facts.
glosses: Factually right, correct; factual.
glosses: Rationally right, correct.
examples: text: It looks like a just solution at first glance.
text: My lord, we know your grace to be a man
Just and upright.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 4:1:
text: Here is a Proclamation for a Prince: that proclaims him in whoſe name it is emitted [James II of England], to be the greateſt Tyrant that ever lived in the world, and their Revolt who have diſowned him to be the juſteſt that ever was.
ref: 1744, Alexander Shiels [i.e., Alexander Shields], “Period VI. Containing the Testimony through the Continued Tract of the Present Deformation, from the Year 1660 to this Day.”, in A Hind Let Loose: Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland, for the Interest of Christ; with the True State thereof in All Its Periods: …, Edinburgh: Reprinted by R. Drummond and Company, and sold by William Gray bookbinder in the Grassmarket, and several others, &c., →OCLC, pages 167–168:
text: Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me.
ref: 1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 23”, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC:
glosses: Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
glosses: Proper, adequate.
Synonyms: right
correct
righteous
equitable
proper
adequate
Derived terms: just cause
just compensation
just deserts
just intonation
justly
justness
just reward
just-world fallacy
just-world hypothesis
overjust
sleep of the just
Related terms: justice
just
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: jes
form: jes'
form: jest
form: jist
form: jus'
form: iust
Etymology: From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin iūstus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin iūs (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.
Senses: glosses: Expressing dismay or discontent.
just
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
rhymes: -ʌst
ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: justs
Etymology: Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).
Senses: examples: text: Justs and tilts were held here weekly, while the great tourneys that occurred less often were given upon a field outside the castle wall upon the floor of the valley.
ref: 1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 11, in Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, 1st edition, page 139:
glosses: A joust, tournament.
just
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
rhymes: -ʌst
ipa: /d͡ʒʌst/
ipa: /d͡ʒəs(t)/
ipa: /d͡ʒɛst/
ipa: /d͡ʒɪst/
ipa: /d͡ʒʊst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: justs
form: justing
form: justed
form: justed
Etymology: Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).
Senses: examples: text: He iusts with her vnknowne whom he lou’d best, [...].
ref: 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “The Third Booke of Godfrey of Bulloigne”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC, page 39:
glosses: To joust, fight a tournament.