cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
diet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪət/
ipa: /ˈdiːət/
rhymes: -aɪət
rhymes: -iːət
Forms: form: diets
form: diët
form: diate
Etymology: From Middle English diet, dyet, from Old French diete, from Medieval Latin diēta, diaeta (“a public assembly; set day of trial; a day's journey”), from Ancient Greek δῐ́αιτα (dĭ́aita, “way of living, living space; decision, judgement”), influenced by Latin diēs (“day”).
Senses: examples: text: the National Diet of Japan
text: They were given representation in some important diet committees.
related: word: Diet
glosses: A council or assembly of leaders; a formal deliberative assembly.
raw_tags: as a proper noun
examples: text: Normally the diet begins towards the end of April.
text: “Coronavirus: School exam timetable could be put back next year”, in BBC News website, BBC, 14 June 2020, retrieved 23 Jun
glosses: A session of exams.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A criminal proceeding in court.
examples: text: a diet of worship
glosses: A clerical or ecclesiastical function in Scotland.
Derived terms: Dietman
National Diet
necrophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
ipa: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
ipa: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
homophone: negrophilia
Forms: form: necrophilias
Etymology: From necro- + -philia. From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
examples: text: A woman in Sweden has been accused of necrophilia after investigators found some 100 skeleton parts in her apartment.
ref: 2012 November 20, Associated Press, “Swedish woman charged with necrophilia after dozens of skeletal parts uncovered in home”, in Fox News:
text: Mann was a vocal leader in the group, and she was particularly outspoken about an incident in which the school's rugby team engaged in chants calling for violence against women -- including rape and necrophilia.
ref: 2015 May 7, David Goldman, “Campus uproar over Yik Yak app after sex harassment, murder”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Sexual activity with corpses.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A pathological fascination with death.
Synonyms: necrophilism
necrophily
Derived terms: functional necrophilia
necrophile
necrophiliac
necrophilic
necrophilist
Related terms: necrophagia
necrophile
necropolis
necropsy
necrosis
necrotize
Tower of Babel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tower of Babel
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A tower erected at Babel by the descendants of Noah's son Ham to reach the sky, and whose completion God thwarted by making the workers speak different languages so that they were unable to understand one another.
Tower of Babel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Towers of Babel
Senses: glosses: A visionary and impractical plan.
glosses: Alternative spelling of tower of Babel.
'til
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: til
homophone: till
Etymology: From a reinterpretation of till as an aphetic form of until.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of till; until.
Synonyms: unto
until
'til
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
homophone: til
homophone: till
Etymology: From a reinterpretation of till as an aphetic form of until.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of till; until.
ferro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Latin ferrum (“iron”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ferrous
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ferrous:
Iron (the metal).
synonyms: ferri-#Prefix
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ferrous:
Iron (the metal).
Iron of oxidation number 2.
synonyms: ferri-#Prefix
coordinate_terms: ferri-#Prefix
Derived terms: ferroalloy
ferrobacterium
ferro-cement
ferrocene
ferro-cobaltine
ferro-cobaltite
ferro-concrete
ferrocyanhydric acid
ferrocyanic acid
ferro-gallic
ferrometal
ferro-resonance
ferro-resonant
ferrospinel
ferrotellurite
ferryl
hydroferrocyanate
hydroferrocyanic
Related terms: ferroic
ferri-
ferroso-
fluor-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of fluoro- used before a vowel.
Related terms: fluorescent
fluorosis
fluor
fluoro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: fluor-
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: containing fluorine
glosses: fluorescent
Coordinate terms: bromo-
chloro-
iodo-
Derived terms: chlorofluorocarbon
fluorapatite
fluorated
fluorene
fluorhydric acid
fluorochlorohydrocarbon
fluorohydrocortisone
fluorometer
fluorosulfuric acid
fluorosulphuric acid
fluorotitanate
fluorotype
fluorouracil
hexafluorosilicic acid
potassium hexafluoroaluminate
tetrafluoromethane
xenon hexafluoroplatinate
Related terms: fluorine
fluo-
for-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From Old English for-, which is identical with the preposition "for". In "Old English and Middle English it occurs frequently as a variant of fore- prefix, with the senses ‘before’, ‘in front’, ‘on behalf of’, etc.; cf. Old English for-, forecuman to come before, Middle English forganger and foreganger n."
Senses: examples: text: forstand
text: fordede
text: forlead
glosses: Alternative form of fore-.
for-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: note: stressed form
ipa: /fɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /fə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: fore-
Etymology: "Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out."
Senses: examples: text: foreclose
text: forprise
text: forfeit
glosses: Outside, out.
Related terms: fore-
fore-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔː/
ipa: /fɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: four
homophone: for (horse–hoarse merger)
Senses: examples: text: forelay
glosses: Used to indicate error, exclusion, or inadequacy; Alternative form of for-.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from exception
word: forby
sense: terms derived from exception
word: forefoot
sense: terms derived from exception
word: forelay
fore-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔː/
ipa: /fɔɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: four
homophone: for (horse–hoarse merger)
Etymology: "Occurring only in words adopted from French, as forcatch v., forfeit n., forprise n., represents Old French for-, fors-, identical with fors adv. (modern French hors) outside, out."
Senses: examples: text: foreclose
glosses: Alternative form of for-: outside, out.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from out
word: foreclose
Related terms: for-
franco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Franco-.
-gamy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-ɡəmi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”).
Senses: glosses: Used to form nouns describing forms of marriage.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Used to form nouns describing forms of fertilization, pollination or reproduction.
Derived terms: agamy
allogamy
anisogamy
apogamy
autogamy
chalazogamy
chasmogamy
cleistogamy
deuterogamy
dichogamy
digamy
endogamy
epigamy
exogamy
geitonogamy
hercogamy
heterogamy
karyogamy
misogamy
mixogamy
monogamy
oogamy
orgamy
pangamy
pantagamy
paragamy
plasmogamy
plastogamy
polygamy
porogamy
schizogamy
syngamy
tetragamy
theogamy
Related terms: -game
-gamous
-gamous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-ɡəməs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “union, marriage”), equivalent to -gamy + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the specified number or form of marriage.
glosses: Having the specified form of reproduction, or reproductive organs.
Related terms: -gamy
-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -fold, -fald, -fauld, from Old English -feald (“-fold”), from Proto-West Germanic *-falþ, from Proto-Germanic *-falþaz (“-fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *-poltos (“-fold”), from *pel- (“to fold”).
Cognate with Dutch -voud, Swedish -faldig (“-fold”), Latin -plus, -plex, Ancient Greek -παλτος (-paltos), -πλος (-plos), -πλόος (-plóos). More at fold.
Senses: examples: text: There has been a threefold increase in inflation ( = inflation is three times what it was before)
text: The cancer tissue in two of the ... specimens ... exhibited a dramatic 23-fold increase in the laminin-receptor-mRNA levels.
ref: 1991, Vittoria Cioce; Vince Castronovo; Barry M. Shmookler; et. al, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, "Increased Expression of the Laminin Receptor in Human Colon Cancer" [1]
text: "[Use] of a decimal without a zero to the left of the decimal (ie .5 instead of 0.5) has resulted in 10-fold error[.]
ref: 2011, Joel. E. Houghlum, Principles of Pharmacology for Athletic Trainers:
text: Ezekiel outlines the harlotry of Judah followed by a thirty-two-fold judgment.
ref: 2013, Jerome Strong, Spiritual Musings II: Sermons, Musings & Exegesis:
glosses: Used to make adjectives meaning times.
examples: text: Inflation has increased threefold ( = inflation is three times what it was before)
text: A publication ... entitled "The Sixth Financial and Economical Annual of Japan" ... issued in 1906 ... says: ¶ "...[O]ur export trade had in ... thirty-two years increased thirty-four-fold with Asia, twenty-three-fold with America, and five-fold with Europe[.]
ref: c. 1906, Silk Association of America, XXXV Annual Meeting of the Silk Association of America:
text: His potatoes yielded forty-onefold in 1816 and his barley thirty-twofold in 1818.
ref: 2011, James R. Gibson, Farming the Frontier:
text: In contrast, the number of Asian foreign born would increase twenty-two-fold to more than 11 million, and the number of Latin American foreign born would increase twenty-three-fold to 22 million.
ref: 2014, Thomas R. Oliver, Guide to U.S. Health and Health Care Policy:
text: BP (BP) has also promised to increase its low carbon investments 10-fold by 2030 as part of its bid to get to net zero emissions by 2050.
ref: 2020 August 18, Matt Egan, “It’s a bizarre time for Trump to open Alaska’s Arctic refuge up to oil drilling”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Used to make adverbs meaning times.
Derived terms: onefold
twofold
threefold
fourfold
fivefold
sixfold
sevenfold
eightfold
ninefold
tenfold
elevenfold
twelvefold
twentyfold
thirtyfold
fortyfold
fiftyfold
sixtyfold
seventyfold
eightyfold
ninetyfold
hundredfold
thousandfold
millionfold
manifold
-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from Watergate, an American political scandal from 1972–1974 which led to resignation of president Richard Nixon. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the suffix first appeared in a 1973 article in the National Lampoon magazine which referenced a rumoured "Volgagate". The suffix was promoted by New York Times columnist William Safire, who coined several -gate words beginning in 1974.
Senses: examples: text: "-Ghazi" also shares convenient linguistic parallels with "-gate." They're both scandals that typify their category; they're both location names; they both start with the letter "g"; and they are both short enough to be used in headlines and attached to nouns identifying the scandal.
ref: 2014 January 15, Alex Seitz-Wald, “How to Name a Scandal: What is a '- Gate' and What Is a '-Ghazi'?”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2021:
text: Back in college, [Maddi] Filliater said she tweeted at a local sandwich shop about some alleged brown lettuce, and the business responded angrily: Why didn't she bring up the problem in person instead of attacking them on the Internet? Her friends refer to the incident as "LettuceGate."
ref: 2022 March 30, Tatum Hunter, “How to leave a bad online review without being a jerk”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2022:
glosses: Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.
Related terms: -ghazi
-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Old English geat.
Senses: glosses: Used to form place names.
electromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: electro-mechanical
Etymology: From electro- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: Related to both electricity (or electronics) and mechanics.
Derived terms: electromechanically
microelectromechanical
nanoelectromechanical
optoelectromechanical
Related terms: electrical
mechanical
mechanoelectrical
mechatronic
electromechanical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromechanicals
form: electro-mechanical
Etymology: From electro- + mechanical.
Senses: glosses: An electromechanical component or device.
electrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/
Forms: form: more electrical
form: most electrical
Etymology: From electric + -al.
Senses: examples: text: For our final example let us finish the problem posed in the introduction to this chapter. The ideas and formulas needed will be familiar to electrical students, and would be handy for nonelectricals to know as well.
ref: 2011, Paul A. Calter, Michael A. Calter, Technical Mathematics, page 275:
glosses: Related to electricity (or electronics)
Derived terms: bioelectrical
cerebroelectrical
chemoelectrical
dermatoelectrical
electracy
electrical breakdown
electrical circuit
electrical conductance
electrical contact
electrical current
electrical discharge machining
electrical energy
electrical engineering
electrical fault
electrical fence
electrical field
electrical impedance tomography
electrical inductance
electrical installation
electricality
electricalize
electrically
electricalness
electrical polarity
electrical polyspermy block
electrical resistance
electrical storm
electrical system
electrical tape
electrical treeing
electrical wiring
flexoelectrical
geoelectrical
hydroelectrical
isoelectrical
magnetelectrical
magnetoelectrical
mechanoelectrical
morphoelectrical
myoelectrical
neuroelectrical
photoelectrical
piezoelectrical
pulseless electrical activity
pyroelectrical
thermoelectrical
topoelectrical
transelectrical
unelectrical
Related terms: electromechanical
electric
electrical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/
Forms: form: electricals
Etymology: From electric + -al.
Senses: antonyms: nonelectrical
glosses: An electrical engineer.
gastro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæstɹəʊ-/
ipa: /ˈɡæstɹoʊ-/
Forms: form: gastero-
form: gastr-
Etymology: Coined based on Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”).
Senses: examples: text: gastroenteritis
text: gastrointestinal
glosses: Of or relating to the stomach.
examples: text: gastronomy
glosses: Of or relating to cooking.
gastr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: text: gastrectomy
glosses: Alternative form of gastro-.
genito-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Relating to the genitals.
Related terms: genito-anal
genito-urinary
sever
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛv.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: severs
form: severing
form: severed
form: severed
Etymology: From Middle English severen, from Old French sevrer, from Latin separāre (“to separate”), from se- (“apart”) + parāre (“provide, arrange”). Doublet of separate, from the past participle of that Latin verb.
Senses: examples: text: After he graduated, he severed all links to his family.
text: to sever the head from the body
text: The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 13:49:
text: That I just severed the main vein with a chainsaw and I'm in pain?
ref: 1999, Eminem, Role Model:
glosses: To cut free.
examples: text: No more can I be seuered from your side
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, [Act IV, scene v]:
text: How great then was my anguish at being severed from my Regiment after thirty-three years!
ref: 1918, Rudyard Kipling, “A Retired Gentleman”, in The Eyes of Asia, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: To suffer disjunction; to be parted or separated.
examples: text: The Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 9:4:
text: They claimed the right of severing in their challenges.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish.
examples: text: sever an estate in joint tenancy
ref: 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: To disconnect; to disunite; to terminate.
Synonyms: becut
cut off
Derived terms: severable
severally
Related terms: separate
plenoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coined circa 1991, Latin plenus (“full”) + optic.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or relating to all the light, travelling in every direction, in a given space.
Synonyms: plenoptical
Derived terms: english: light field
translation: light field
word: plenoptic function
-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.
Senses: examples: text: examine + -ee → examinee
text: interview + -ee → interviewee
text: train + -ee → trainee
text: employ + -ee → employee
synonyms: -ed
antonyms: -er
glosses: Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).
examples: text: absent + -ee → absentee
text: respond + -ee → respondee
text: stand + -ee → standee
text: post + -ee → postee
glosses: Less commonly added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).
examples: text: assign + -ee → assignee
text: legate + -ee → legatee
text: mortgage + -ee → mortgagee
topics: law
antonyms: -or
glosses: Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.
examples: text: laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.
examples: text: barge + -ee → bargee
text: tender + -ee → tenderee
text: venereal + -ee → venerealee
glosses: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y
Senses: examples: text: boot + -ee → bootee
text: goat + -ee → goatee
text: settle + -ee → settee
glosses: Used to form diminutives.
Synonyms: word: mini-
word: micro-
word: nano-
word: -ette
word: -y
word: -icle
word: -cule
word: -ule
word: -ole
Derived terms: bootee
goatee
settee
-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: text: "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
ref: 1897, The Outlook, volume 56, page 1044:
text: A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?"
ref: 1938, Minnesota Journal of Education, volume 19, page 52:
glosses: Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.
Related terms: no tickee, no washee
-ee
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix).
toga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊ.ɡə/
ipa: /ˈtoʊ.ɡə/
rhymes: -əʊɡə
Forms: form: togas
form: togae
form: togæ
Etymology: Borrowed directly from Latin toga, from tegō (“I clothe”). Doublet of toge.
The Philippine (and Indonesian) senses are due to the resemblance of the white ceremonial gowns worn by graduates of institutions to the loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
Senses: examples: text: Or think of a decent young citizen in a toga - perhaps too much dice, you know - coming out here in the train of some prefect, or tax-gatherer, or trader even, to mend his fortunes.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:
glosses: A loose outer garment worn by the citizens of Ancient Rome.
glosses: A loose wrap gown.
glosses: cap and gown; ceremonial gown or robe (worn by a graduate, lawyer, judge, professor etc.)
Synonyms: word: toge
Derived terms: togaed
toga party
Related terms: togate
chiton
presenteeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɛ.sənˈtiːˌɪz.m̩/
ipa: /ˌpɹɛ.sənˈtiˌɪz.m̩/
Etymology: From presentee + -ism, after absenteeism, coined by academic Cary Cooper.
Senses: examples: text: Research shows that presenteeism, apart from the obvious danger of contamination of other workers, can lead to longer absence from work later on.
ref: 2016, Slavina Spasova, Denis Bouget and Bart Vanhercke, Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, December 2016
text: Organisations that have noticed an increase in presenteeism are nearly twice as likely to report an increase in stress-related absence and more than twice as likely to report an increase in mental health problems among their staff too.
ref: 2016 September 19, Peter Cheese, The Guardian:
text: Employers should guarantee sick pay, including for contacts of known cases, and do everything they can to discourage the practice of “presenteeism”.
ref: 2020 March 15, William Hanage, “I’m an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain’s ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire”, in The Guardian:
text: "This also contributes to 'presenteeism', where people work when they are not at their most productive, and the newer trend of 'leaveism' where employees feel they must work outside of their normal hours."
ref: 2020 June 1, Paul Stephen, “Mental health in the workplace”, in Rail, page 50:
coordinate_terms: absenteeism
glosses: The fact of being present at work, especially if one is too sick to be productive, or working beyond the expected hours.
wikipedia: Guardian Media Group
The Guardian
-ess
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛs/
ipa: /ɪs/
ipa: /əs/
Forms: form: -esses
Etymology: From Middle English -esse, borrowed from Old French -esse, from Late Latin -issa, from Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa). Displaced Old English -en (feminine suffix of nouns).
Senses: examples: text: actor + -ess → actress
text: chanter + -ess → chantress
text: duke + -ess → duchess (“female ruler of a duchy”)
text: god + -ess → goddess
text: lion + -ess → lioness
text: prince + -ess → princess (“daughter of monarch (holding this title in her own right, who would become a queen regnant); the female equivalent of a prince”)
synonyms: -a
-ette
-ine
-ress
she-
-trix
antonyms: he-
glosses: Used to form female equivalents.
examples: text: alderman + -ess → aldermaness (“alderman’s wife”)
text: duke + -ess → duchess (“duke’s wife”)
text: mayor + -ess → mayoress (“mayor’s wife”)
text: priest + -ess → priestess (“priest’s wife”)
text: prince + -ess → princess (“prince’s wife (who would become a queen consort)”)
text: squire + -ess → squiress (“squire’s wife”)
glosses: The wife of.
-ess
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛs/
ipa: /ɪs/
ipa: /əs/
Etymology: From Old French -esse, from Latin -itia.
Senses: glosses: Used to form nouns from adjectives.
Derived terms: duress
fortress
-ette
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛt/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ette, a borrowing from Old French -ette, from Latin -itta, the feminine form of Latin -ittus.
Senses: examples: text: cigar + -ette → cigarette
text: kitchen + -ette → kitchenette
text: disk + -ette → diskette
glosses: Used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something.
examples: text: ranger + -ette → Rangerette
text: major + -ette → majorette
text: bachelor + -ette → bachelorette
text: smurf + -ette → Smurfette
glosses: Used to form nouns meaning or implying the female equivalent of.
examples: text: leather + -ette → leatherette
glosses: Used to form nouns meaning an imitation or substitute of something.
examples: text: You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.
ref: 1967, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, “Gaslight Son of Flicker”, in Round the Horne, spoken by Sandy (Kenneth Williams):
text: 'Shame, eh, my little cherry? I was really bonar for him and all. It'll be a lonely old arthur for me tonight as usual. Ah well, let's have another little drinkette then, shall we? And perhaps, Poppett,' he sighed histrionically. 'I'll learn to keep my queeny old polari for them what appreciates it. Or for them what admints it,'
ref: 2002, Gilda O'Neill, The Sins Of Their Fathers (Eastend Trilogy; 1):
glosses: Used to form nouns with a Polari context or an association with gay subculture.
Synonyms: word: mini-
word: micro-
word: nano-
word: -ee
word: -y
word: -icle
word: -cule
word: -ule
word: -ole
word: -a
word: -ess
word: -ine
word: -ress
word: she-
word: -trix
Related terms: -et
-let
-ed
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: d
ipa: /d/
enpr: t
ipa: /t/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /dəd/
Forms: form: -d
form: -'d
form: -èd
Etymology: From Middle English -ede, -eden, from Old English -ode, -odon (class 2 weak past ending), from Proto-Germanic *-ōd-, *-ōdēdun. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ede (“-ed”, first person singular past indicative ending), Low German -de (“-ed”, first and third person singular past indicative ending), Dutch -d (“-ed”), German -t (“-ed”), Swedish -ade (“-ed”), Icelandic -aði (“-ed”).
Senses: examples: text: live + -ed → lived
text: Once upon a time a little princess lived with her mother in a lonely castle.
text: Jose phoned five minutes ago.
glosses: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.
-ed
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: d
ipa: /d/
enpr: t
ipa: /t/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /dəd/
Forms: form: -d
form: -'d
form: -èd
Etymology: From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od (class 2 weak past participle), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -ed.
Senses: examples: text: point + -ed → pointed
text: He has pointed at the dog.
glosses: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
-ed
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: d
ipa: /d/
enpr: t
ipa: /t/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: ĭd
ipa: /ɪd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
enpr: əd
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /əd/
ipa: /dəd/
Forms: form: -d
form: -'d
form: -èd
Etymology: From Middle English -ed, from Old English -od (adjective suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. While identical in appearance to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, this suffix was attached directly to nouns without any intervening verb. Cognate with Latin -ātus (whence also a doublet -ate).
Senses: examples: text: point + -ed → pointed
text: horn + -ed → horned
text: hoof + -ed → hooved
antonyms: -less
glosses: Used to form possessional adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
examples: text: red + hair + -ed → red-haired
text: left + hand + -ed → left-handed
text: two + prong(s) + -ed → two-pronged
glosses: As an extension of the above, used to form possessional adjectives from adjective-noun pairs.
Related terms: -t
-ing
ward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːd/
ipa: /wɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: wards
Etymology: From Middle English ward, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.
Senses: examples: text: th'aſſieged Caſtles ward
Their ſtedfaſt ſtonds did mightily maintaine
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 15:
text: no gate they found, them to withhold,
 Nor ward to wait at morne and euening late […].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: there is remuneration for the best ward of mine
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: For want of other ward,
He lifted up his hand, his front to guard.
ref: 1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
eur-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: Eurasian
glosses: Form of Euro- used before a vowel.
ex-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: note: hyphened always
ipa: /ɛks/
note: unhyphened with primary or secondary stress
ipa: /ɛks/
ipa: /ɛɡz/
note: unhyphened unstressed
ipa: /ɪks/
ipa: /ɪɡz/
Forms: form: e-
Etymology: From Middle English, from words borrowed from Middle French; from Latin ex (“out of, from”), from Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-, *eǵs- (“out”), *eǵʰs. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of, from”), Transalpine Gaulish ex- (“out”), Old Irish ess- (“out”), Old Church Slavonic изъ (izŭ, “out”), Russian из (iz, “from, out of”).
Senses: examples: borrowed from Latin: extract, expel, except, expression, exclusion
glosses: out of
examples: ex-directory; borrowed from Latin: exterior
glosses: outside
examples: text: ex-husband, ex-president, ex-wife
text: This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to see its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies. It's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot.
ref: 1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead Parrot sketch:
text: While he may not deserve to be branded a “slimeball,” as Trump did on Sunday, Comey does risk coming across as a disgruntled ex-employee and someone seeking vengeance for his dismissal. He has a highly developed sense of his own morality and sometimes comes across as holier than thou.
ref: 2018 April 16, Stephen Collinson, “Trump now faces Comey’s moral assault”, in CNN:
text: A major event involves an ex-member of our build team. Due to a lack of legal protection on Mesabrook’s end, this member was able to make a legal request to have their builds and artwork removed from the Mesabrook project.
ref: 2023 September 30, CSX8600, “September 2023 Update”, in Mesabrook Blog:
glosses: former
examples: text: excaudate, exstipulate
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Without, not possessing; lacking.
Synonyms: sense: outside
word: out-
sense: outside
word: exo-
sense: outside
word: ecto-
sense: former
word: then-
sense: lacking
word: an-
sense: lacking
word: -less
sense: lacking
word: -free
Derived terms: ex-directory
exsert
ex-actor
ex-atheist
ex-athlete
ex-Beatle
ex-boss
ex-CEO
ex-CFO
ex-Christian
ex-colleague
ex-consul
ex-councillor
ex-Czar
ex-dictator
ex-director
ex-doctor
ex-drummer
ex-emperor
ex-employee
ex-fighter
ex-fighter pilot
ex-friend
ex-governor
ex-guitarist
ex-Hindu
ex-Jesuit
ex-Jew
ex-Jewish
ex-judge
ex-Kaiser
ex-lover
ex-manager
ex-mayor
ex-member
ex-minister
ex-Muslim
ex-official
ex-organ grinder
ex-piano player
ex-pilot
ex-policeman
ex-police officer
ex-praetor
ex-priest
ex-programmer
ex-scientist
ex-Scientologist
ex-senator
ex-sergeant
ex-soldier
ex-statistician
ex-student
Related terms: e-
ex
extra-
procurement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈkjʊə.mənt/
ipa: /pɹəˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈkjʊəɹ.mənt/
Forms: form: procurements
Etymology: From Old French procurement, from procurer.
Senses: glosses: The purchasing department of a company.
examples: text: He was responsible for the procurement of materials and supplies.
text: I have a lot of experience in the procurement of construction materials and sub-contracts.
glosses: The act of procuring or obtaining; obtainment; attainment.
examples: text: They think it done by her procurement.
ref: 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, Act II, page 30:
text: The plaintiff, in her reply, further denies that she filed the petition, or that it was filed by her procurement.
ref: 1878, The American Law Record, volume 6, page 679:
glosses: Efficient contrivance; management; agency.
Synonyms: sense: act of procuring
word: acquirement
sense: act of procuring
word: acquisition
sense: act of procuring
word: procuration
sense: act of procuring
word: obtainment
Derived terms: chief procurement officer
e-procurement
indirect procurement
procurement lead time
spyglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪˌɡlæs/
Forms: form: spyglasses
Etymology: From spy + glass.
Senses: glosses: A small portable telescope.
glosses: A pair of binoculars.
binoculars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lə(ɹ)z/
ipa: /bəˈnɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)z/
Forms: form: binocular
Etymology: Abbreviation of "binocular glass".
Senses: examples: text: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:
glosses: A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
Synonyms: binocs
binos
field glasses
opera glasses
spyglass
Derived terms: Galilean binoculars
pair of binoculars
scissor binoculars
trench binoculars
trinoculars
Related terms: binocular
villager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒə/
ipa: /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/
Forms: form: villagers
Etymology: From village + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Anstruther laughed good-naturedly. “[…] I shall take out half a dozen intelligent maistries from our Press and get them to give our villagers instruction when they begin work and when they are in the fields.”
ref: 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings:
hypernyms: word: person
coordinate_terms: townsman
glosses: A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
synonyms: peasant
peon
serf
qualifier: strategy games
glosses: A worker unit.
Derived terms: villageress
deva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪvə/
rhymes: -eɪvə
Forms: form: devas
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit देव (deva, “deity, god”). Doublet of daeva.
Senses: coordinate_terms: devi
glosses: A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
wikipedia: ,+ (Buddhism)
Derived terms: devic
Related terms: word: deodar(a)
word: Devanagari
english: a lesser god in nature
translation: a lesser god in nature
word: devata
english: goddess
translation: goddess
word: devi
weeping willow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weeping willows
Senses: glosses: A willow of species Salix babylonica, with pendulous branches, native to China.
glosses: Any of the numerous decorative cultivars and hybrids of Salix babylonica with white willow (Salix alba) or crack willow (Salix fragilis).
Synonyms: sense: Salix babylonica
word: Peking willow
sense: Salix babylonica
word: Babylon willow
turnip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜː.nɪp/
ipa: /ˈtɝ.nɪp/
Forms: form: turnips
form: turniping
form: turnipping
form: turniped
form: turniped
form: turnipped
form: turnipped
Etymology: From Middle English turnepe, probably from turn + Middle English nepe, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus. The component turn may be due to the round shape of the plant as though turned on a lathe, or because it must be turned and twisted to be harvested. Cognate to neep. See also parsnip.
Senses: examples: text: This identical field has been turniped before, and to good account, in a favourable winter.
ref: 1803, Agricultural Magazine, volume 9, page 32:
glosses: To plant with turnips.
examples: text: The Leicesters and half-breds are purchased by farmers who keep no breeding stock: they are well turniped during the winter, and clipped and fattened in the following season.
ref: 1869, Sheep: Their Breeds, Management, and Diseases, page 328:
text: This system of turniping is found to encourage the growth and muscular development of young stock.
ref: 1898, John Wrightson, Sheep: Breeds and Management, page 86:
glosses: To feed or graze (livestock) on turnips.
rutabaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹutəˌbeɪɡə/
Forms: form: rutabagas
form: ruta-baga
Etymology: First attested in 1799, borrowed from Swedish rotabagge, a dialectal word from Västergötland, from rot (“root”) + bagge (“lump, bunch”).
Senses: examples: text: They were both too hungry to wait for the yams and rutabagas to bake, so tonight they would have the frozen White Castle minicheeseburgers that Mr. Van Buren had won a year's supply of just before he passed away.
ref: 2007, James Wilcox, Hunk City:
glosses: The swede, or Swedish turnip; the European plant Brassica napus var. napobrassica
examples: text: Sometimes your royal dogs tear down our thatch,
And then we seek the shelter of a ditch;
Hog-wash or grains, or ruta-baga, none
Has yet been ours since your reign begun.
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
text: Chipper […] understood how his entire dinner might be scarfabl' in no time, his duties discharged and his freedom regained, and he actually picked up his fork and made a pass at the craggy wad of rutabaga […]
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: The edible root of this plant
Synonyms: swede
Swedish turnip
fiancé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fiˈɑnseɪ/
ipa: /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/
ipa: /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/
ipa: /fiˈɒnseɪ/
homophone: fiancée
Forms: form: fiancés
form: fiance
Etymology: Borrowed from French fiancé. Compare affiance.
Senses: glosses: A man who is engaged to be married; the man to whom one is engaged; an intended.
examples: text: West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé.
ref: 2009, B. R. Laine, Tales from Suffolk County, page 107:
text: He could not bear to think about the idea that his fiancé could die in their dream home where they had shared so many unforgettable moments together.
ref: 2018, Christina J. Easley -, Disaster Free Survivor Strikes Back: Storms of Love & Loss, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Matt called his fiancé and told her to come to the office.
ref: 2018, T. K. Kohl, Quest of the Staff and the Sword, →ISBN, page 153:
glosses: A person who is engaged to be married; the person to whom one is engaged.
Derived terms: ex-fiancé
Related terms: engage
divorcé
marriage
archer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
homophone: Archer
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: archers
Etymology: from Middle English archer, archere, from Old French archier, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius, from Latin arcus (“bow”). Displaced native Old English sċytta.
Senses: synonyms: bowman
crossbowman
marksman
toxophilite
toxotes
glosses: One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow.
glosses: The bishop in chess.
Derived terms: archeress
archerfish
archership
archery
horse archer
Related terms: arrow
bow
quiver
Sagittarius
sagittary
archer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).t͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
homophone: Archer
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t͡ʃə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of arch: more arch
lethiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more lethiferous
form: most lethiferous
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lethifer, letifer, from lethum, letum (“death”) + ferre (“to bear, to bring”). Compare French léthifère.
Senses: examples: 1658, John Robinson, Eudoxa, p. 151 - Those that are really lethiferous are but excrescencies of sin
glosses: Deadly, lethal.
outhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊthaʊs/
Forms: form: outhouses
form: out-house
Etymology: From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).
Senses: glosses: An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
examples: text: The children had explored the gardens and the outhouses thoroughly before they were caught and cleaned for tea, and they saw quite well that they were certain to be happy at the White House.
ref: 1902, E. Nesbit, Five Children and It:
text: There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
text: […] plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: Dumbledore pointed toward a run-down stone outhouse where the Weasleys kept their broomsticks.
ref: 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
glosses: Any outbuilding: any small structure located apart from a main building.
Synonyms: sense: any small outer building
word: outbuilding
word: backhouse
word: backside
word: bog
word: boggard
word: boghouse
word: carsey
word: chamber foreign
word: common house
word: commons
word: Cousin John
word: craphouse
word: danna
word: draught
word: draught-house
word: dunnekin
word: dunny
word: earth closet
word: foreign
word: gang
word: gingerbread office
word: gong
word: gonghouse
word: House of Commons
word: house of ease
word: house of easement
word: house of office
word: issue
word: jacques
word: jakes
word: jakeshouse
word: johnny house
word: karzy
word: khazi
word: kocay
word: little house
word: long drop
word: longhouse
word: necessary
word: necessary house
word: necessary place
word: necessary vault
word: neddy
word: netty
word: outhouse
word: passage house
word: petty
word: petty-house
word: privy
word: privy house
word: purging place
word: retreat
word: shield
word: shithouse
word: shouse
word: siege
word: siegehouse
word: thunderbox
word: usual offices
word: vault
word: wardrobe
word: withdraught
Hypernyms: word: house
word: bathroom
Derived terms: built like a brick outhouse
outhousey
Related terms: word: chamber pot
word: toilet
outhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊthaʊs/
Forms: form: outhouses
form: outhousing
form: outhoused
form: outhoused
form: out-house
Etymology: From Middle English outhous, equivalent to out- + house. Compare Old Norse úthús (“outhouse”).
Senses: examples: text: In our discussion of outhousing we have tried to take into account the inconvenience to users as well as the potential savings in costs.
ref: 1969, Great Britain. National Libraries Committee, Frederick Sydney Dainton, Report of the National Libraries Committee (page 85)
text: The Information Department is outhoused but there are operational reasons for this and it would, in any case, be physically impossible to house the staff of the Department in the main building.
ref: 1975, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, volume 28, page 38:
glosses: To house in a separate building.
portable toilet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portable toilets
Senses: examples: text: The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8:
glosses: A movable toilet, particularly a portable outhouse used where other lavatories are unavailable (as at a construction site) or insufficient (as at special events).
Synonyms: portapotty
porta-potty
portajohn
portaloo
port-o-john
port-o-potty
portalet
port-o-let
bathroom
shitload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪtˌloʊd/
Forms: form: shitloads
form: shit load
form: shit-load
form: shedload
Etymology: From shit + load.
Senses: examples: text: Anybody got a dime? [...] Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload o' dimes!
ref: 1974 February 7, Andrew Bergman, directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles, spoken by Taggart (Slim Pickens):
text: Roy Fuchs' Assistant: I just heard there's a shitload of used cars coming this way.
ref: 1980, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Used Cars:
text: With his ear for absurdity and his shitload of compassion, Howard Cruse does for us in cartoons what Armistead Maupin does for us in serial installments.
ref: 1986 December 21, Walta Borawski, “Wendell (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 10:
glosses: A large amount.
Synonyms: sense: an unspecific but large amount
word: lot
Derived terms: metric shitload