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blister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈblɪstɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blisters
Etymology: From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
Senses: examples: text: Inspect them for rub marks and blisters; tape or bandage rub marks; clean the skin around a blister, use a sterilised needle to puncture it at its outer edge and press out the fluid, then bandage.
ref: 1967, Donald Howard Grainger, Don't Die in the Bundu:
glosses: A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection.
glosses: A swelling on a plant.
examples: text: 'T is written in the Hebrew Chronicle, / How the physicians, leaving pill and potion, / Prescribed, by way of blister, a young belle, / When old King David's blood grew dull in motion, / And that the medicine answered very well […]
ref: 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
glosses: A bubble, as on a painted surface.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
examples: text: blister card
text: blister pack
glosses: A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
examples: text: I couldn't help thinking how dashed happy I could have contrived to be in this place if only Aunt Agatha and the other blisters had been elsewhere.
ref: 1923, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves, page 39:
text: I will say, however, that we fanned her well — her and her old blister of a mother and a bewhiskered old goat named Boris.
ref: 1933, Collier's Illustrated Weekly, volume 91, page 14:
text: 'We mustn't laugh about it, my boy. It's no joking matter. It's very wrong to shoot Mr Baxter.'
'But he's a blister.'
'He is a blister,' agreed Lord Emsworth, always fairminded. 'Nevertheless. . . . Remember, he is your tutor.'
ref: 2013, P.G. Wodehouse, Blandings: TV Tie-In, page 126:
text: Willie suddenly realized the heat really wasn't off the criminal persons, and he sprang into action. The blonde blister also recovered surprisingly fast and threw the big wordy tome at the Klump coco .
ref: 2017, Joe Archibald, The Willie Klump MEGAPACK®, page 302:
glosses: A cause of annoyance.
glosses: A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
Synonyms: bleb
blain
Derived terms: antiblister
beblister
blister agent
blister beetle
blister blight
blister cell
blister fly
blisterfoil
blister lichen
blisterlike
blister machine
blister pack
blister plaster
blister steel
blistery
blood blister
fever blister
microblister
orange blister beetle
shadow blister effect
skin and blister
striped blister beetle
blister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪstə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈblɪstɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blisters
form: blistering
form: blistered
form: blistered
Etymology: From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).
Senses: examples: text: a chemical agent that blisters the skin
text: Caliban: As wicked dewe, as ere my mother bruſh'd / With Rauens feather from vnwholeſome Fen / Drop on you both : A Southweſt blow on yee, / And bliſter you all ore.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 4:
glosses: To raise blisters on.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To sear after blaching.
examples: text: A poorly formulated mortar mixture will result in plaster that blisters and cracks.
ref: 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 26:
text: An overfired glaze often blisters by the volatilization of part of its composition. It also reaches a stage where its viscosity is too low to keep it on the pot.
ref: 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: To have a blister form.
glosses: To criticise severely.
glosses: To break out in blisters.
Synonyms: vesicate
tau neutrino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tau neutrinos
Senses: glosses: A leptonic elementary particle having a mass 60 times that of the electron and no charge
tauon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tauons
Etymology: From tau + -on, tau short for Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”), being the third lepton discovered.
Senses: synonyms: tau
tau lepton
tau particle
glosses: An unstable elementary particle which is a type of lepton, having a mass almost twice that of a proton, a negative charge, and a spin of ½; it decays into hadrons (usually pions) or other leptons, and neutrinos.
Derived terms: antitauon
tauonic
tauonium
Related terms: tau neutrino
antitauon
antitauon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitauons
Etymology: From anti- + tauon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the antiparticle of the tauon.
kaon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪˌɑn/
Forms: form: kaons
Etymology: From contracted pronunciation of K-meson.
Senses: examples: K⁰: strange quark + down antiquark
K (antiparticle of K⁰): down quark + strange antiquark
K⁺: strange quark + up antiquark
K⁻ (antiparticle of K⁺): up quark + strange antiquark
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: any of four unstable subatomic particles, mesons, they are a combination of a strange quark or antiquark and either an up or down quark or antiquark
Derived terms: antikaon
kaonic
kaonium
antiquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiquarks
Etymology: From anti- + quark.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a quark.
Derived terms: bottom antiquark
down antiquark
quark-antiquark
top antiquark
up antiquark
Related terms: anti-up quark
anti-down quark
anti-charm quark
anti-strange quark
anti-top quark
anti-truth quark
anti-bottom quark
anti-beauty quark
KAON
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Karlsruhe ontology.
undirected graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undirected graphs
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: graph
antonyms: directed graph
glosses: A graph in which the edges are not ordered, so the edge (a, b) is identical to the edge (b, a).
directed graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directed graphs
Senses: examples: text: A directed graph (A, R) is a set of vertices A together with an incidence relation R: if aRb then there is an edge going from A to B.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: digraph
antonyms: undirected graph
coordinate_terms: oriented graph
glosses: A graph in which the edges are ordered pairs, so that, if the edge (a, b) is in the graph, the edge (b, a) need not be in the graph and is distinct from (a, b) if it is.
directed edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directed edges
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An edge of a directed graph.
Synonyms: word: arc
word: arrow
raw_tags: in category theory
Hypernyms: edge
Hyponyms: loop
up quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: up quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1.5 to 4 MeV.
Symbol: u
Symbol: u
down quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4 to 8 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4 to 8 MeV.
Symbol: d
Symbol: d
charm quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charm quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 1150 to 1350 MeV.
Symbol: c
Symbol: c
strange quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strange quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 80 to 130 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 80 to 130 MeV.
Symbol: s
Symbol: s
Derived terms: strange quark matter
strange quark star
top quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: top quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: truth quark
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 178,000 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: truth quark
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of +2/3 and a mass of about 178,000 MeV.
Symbol: t
Symbol: t
Derived terms: anti-top quark
bottom quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: beauty quark
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: beauty quark
glosses: A quark having a fractional electric charge of -1/3 and a mass of about 4,100 to 4,400 MeV.
Symbol: b
Symbol: b
truth quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truth quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of top quark.
synonyms: word: top quark
beauty quark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beauty quarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of bottom quark.
synonyms: word: bottom quark
Derived terms: anti-beauty quark
Threadneedle Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Corruption of "three needle", from the arms of the Needle-makers' Company. Influenced by threading a needle.
Senses: glosses: A street in London, running from Poultry and Lombard Street to Bishopsgate; the site of the Bank of England.
examples: text: George, known as Steady Eddie during his 10 years in charge at Threadneedle Street, said critics who attacked the Financial Services Authority were also wide of the mark.
ref: 2008 March 6, “Eddie George defends role of FSA in Northern Rock crisis”, in The Guardian:
text: Monetary policy may not be perfect, but it has been far better handled since the responsibility for it moved from 11 Downing Street to Threadneedle Street.
ref: 2007 December 11, Patrick Hosking, “Gieve’s head will not be enough to appease critics”, in The Times:
text: The Bank of England cut 0.25 per cent at each meeting - the same decision, spread over two months. Strip out that and Frankfurt and Threadneedle Street have been running the same policy for a year and a half.
ref: 2002 November 10, Faisal Islam, “Doing the Continental”, in The Observer:
topics: banking
business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: The Bank of England.
Derived terms: Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
foon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fuːn/
enpr: fo͞on
ipa: /fun/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: foons
Etymology: Blend of fork + spoon
Senses: glosses: A spork.
Synonyms: spork
fopoon
fpoon
Related terms: word: runcible spoon
word: splade
word: Splayd™
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: chow foon
Tweedle-dum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The names "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" first appeared in print in one of John Byrom's epigrams, which satirised the disagreements between Handel and Bononcini. They were made popular by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: glosses: A fictional little fat man who is the twin brother of Tweedle-dee and appears in multiple artistic works, including certain nursery rhymes and Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Tweedle-dum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tweedle-dums
Etymology: The names "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" first appeared in print in one of John Byrom's epigrams, which satirised the disagreements between Handel and Bononcini. They were made popular by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: examples: text: Some ſay, compar’d to Bononcini, / That Mynheer Handel’s but a Ninny; / Others aver, that he to Handel / Is ſcarcely fit to hold a Candle: / Strange all this Difference ſhould be, / ’Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!
ref: 1773, “Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini”, in Miscellaneous Poems, Manchester: J. Harrop, pp 343–44
text: How can we get the tweedle-dums and the tweedle-dees together for united action in the interests of the masses of the people?
ref: 1907, The Medical world, volume 25, page 216:
text: Suppose we have any axiom of the form: (2) For every Tweedledee there is a Tweedledum R-related to it. Axioms of the form (2) cut two ways. They can be construed as putting a limit on the Tweedledees: only those exist for which there is an R-related Tweedledum. On the other hand, they can be seen as postulating the existence of a rich collection of Tweedledums. There are so many of them that there is at least one R-related to every single Tweedledee.
ref: 1989, Jon Barwise, The Situation in Logic, page 189:
text: "She can't tell a Tweedle-dum from a Tweedle-dee."
ref: 1999, Katherine Paterson, The king's equal, page 13:
text: Tweedledum’s chum stood with his hand resting lightly on the back of her arm, as if to turn her away from some potentially corrupting sight. [...] I stood my ground, smiled, and introduced myself. "I'm looking for Timothy Butler. That must be you." [...] I calmed down enough to notice that Timothy Butler was clenching and unclenching his right hand in an effort at self-control. Tweedledum noticed it too. She rushed to his defense.
ref: 2000, Michelle Spring, Running for Shelter, page 167:
glosses: One of a pair (the other of the pair being Tweedle-dee) of nominally different (often: but practically identical) things.
Tweedle-dee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The names "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" first appeared in print in one of John Byrom's epigrams, which satirised the disagreements between Handel and Bononcini. They were made popular by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: glosses: A fictional little fat man who is the twin brother of Tweedle-dum and appears in multiple artistic works, including certain nursery rhymes and Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Tweedle-dee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tweedle-dees
Etymology: The names "Tweedledum" and "Tweedledee" first appeared in print in one of John Byrom's epigrams, which satirised the disagreements between Handel and Bononcini. They were made popular by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass.
Senses: examples: text: Some ſay, compar’d to Bononcini, / That Mynheer Handel’s but a Ninny; / Others aver, that he to Handel / Is ſcarcely fit to hold a Candle: / Strange all this Difference ſhould be, / ’Twixt Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee!
ref: 1773, “Epigram on the Feuds between Handel and Bononcini”, in Miscellaneous Poems, Manchester: J. Harrop, pp 343–44
text: How can we get the tweedle-dums and the tweedle-dees together for united action in the interests of the masses of the people?
ref: 1907, The Medical world, volume 25, page 216:
text: Suppose we have any axiom of the form: (2) For every Tweedledee there is a Tweedledum R-related to it. Axioms of the form (2) cut two ways. They can be construed as putting a limit on the Tweedledees: only those exist for which there is an R-related Tweedledum. On the other hand, they can be seen as postulating the existence of a rich collection of Tweedledums. There are so many of them that there is at least one R-related to every single Tweedledee.
ref: 1989, Jon Barwise, The Situation in Logic, page 189:
text: "She can't tell a Tweedle-dum from a Tweedle-dee."
ref: 1999, Katherine Paterson, The king's equal, page 13:
glosses: One of a pair (the other of the pair being Tweedle-dum) of nominally different (often: but practically identical) things.
hoboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoboys
Etymology: From French hautbois.
Senses: glosses: A hautboy or oboe.
nickel and dime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/
Forms: form: nickel-and-dime
Etymology: From the names of two US coins of small value.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: two-bit, ten-cent
text: I bought my new ride from some nickel and dime used-car salesman.
text: Don't waste your time with that; their operations are nickel and dime.
glosses: Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap.
nickel and dime
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/
Forms: form: nickel and dimes
form: nickels and dimes
form: nickel and diming
form: nickeling and diming
form: nickelling and diming
form: nickel and dimed
form: nickel and dimed
form: nickeled and dimed
form: nickeled and dimed
form: nickelled and dimed
form: nickelled and dimed
form: nickel-and-dime
form: nickel-and-dime
Etymology: From the names of two US coins of small value.
Senses: examples: text: I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.
text: It seems like a great offer, but they will just nickel and dime you until you've spent more than retail anyway.
text: Even as resort fees are under fire, the nickel-and-diming of travelers that airlines have adopted is seeping into hotel operations. Things that used to be complimentary, such as early check-in or late check-out, now often carry associated fees.
ref: 2023 October 11, Elaine Glusac, “‘Spending Money to Get Nothing’: The Latest on Resort Fees”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
glosses: To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.
Related terms: fleece
nickel and dime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/
Forms: form: nickel-and-dime
Etymology: From prison or criminal slang.
Senses: glosses: Fifteen years.
nickel and dime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/
Forms: form: nickel and dimes
form: nickel-and-dime
form: nickel-and-dime
Etymology: After retail stores where “everything costs a nickel or a dime”
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: dollar store (idiomatically synonymous in the 21st century)
synonyms: five and ten
five-and-dime
five and dime
glosses: A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially (originally, formerly) one in which all items had a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents).
cavalcade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævəlˌkeɪd/
ipa: /ˌkævəlˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: cavalcades
Etymology: From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Senses: examples: text: To the onlooker, and particularly to those whose memories go back to pre-grouping days, the modern cavalcade of "V2s" and "B1s" is apt to become a little monotonous; but to any running man the general utility characteristics of these two classes are a perfect godsend at times of exceptional pressure, when it is often a case of "first in—first out" with locomotive allocations at sheds.
ref: 1949 November and December, O. S. Nock, “Twenty-Four Hours at York—2”, in Railway Magazine, pages 357–358:
synonyms: company
glosses: A procession of riders, vehicles, ships, etc.
examples: text: For the first three hours all went as well as could be expected, and then an accident happened that nearly lost us the pleasure of the company of our venerable friend Billali, whose litter was leading the cavalcade.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: In the second row of the cavalcade were Francie, Fanny's god-daughter, now thirteen years old and already elegant in long frilled pantalettes, tartan skirts, and a leghorn hat with streamers, …
ref: 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter IX, Section iii:
synonyms: parade
procession
glosses: A ceremonial parade.
examples: text: Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher’s station, an amazingly long distance west of New York.
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
glosses: A trail ride, usually more than one day long.
examples: text: As soon as I visited this website, a cavalcade of dialog boxes started to appear on my screen; that's when I realized my computer was infected with a virus.
synonyms: chain
series
glosses: An often dramatic series or chain of events or things.
Derived terms: aquacade
autocade
motorcade
tractorcade
Related terms: cavalier
cavalry
cavalcade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævəlˌkeɪd/
ipa: /ˌkævəlˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: cavalcades
form: cavalcading
form: cavalcaded
form: cavalcaded
Etymology: From French cavalcade, from Old French cavalcade, from Old Italian cavalcata, from cavalcare (“to ride on horseback”), from Medieval Latin caballicō, from Vulgar Latin caballus (“horse”). Doublet of chevauchee.
Senses: examples: text: Great numbers of horse were still cavalcading, but […]
ref: 1725, John Windhus, “A Journey to Mequinez”, in John Pinkerton, The Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels, Volume 15, Longman et al. (1814), page 478
text: […] although for the most part he believed the devil was too good a general to let his soldiers waste their time in cavalcading about on broom-sticks.
ref: 1866, Elizabeth Charles, The Draytons and the Davenants, M. W. Dodd, pages 348–9:
glosses: To move as part of a series or group, such as marchers in a parade or snow in an avalanche, especially in large numbers or in a chaotic or dangerous fashion
provocateur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provocateurs
Etymology: Borrowed from French provocateur. Doublet of provocator.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: provoker (sometimes synonymous), agitator
text: Gerard Mortier, an iconoclastic impresario and one of the opera world’s premier provocateurs, will become general manager and artistic director of the New York City Opera in 2009.
ref: 2007 February 28, Daniel J. Wakin, “City Opera Lures Director From Paris”, in The New York Times:
text: Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore's latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its premiere at the film festival today.
ref: 2007 May 19, Charlotte Higgins, “US government trying to seize new Michael Moore film, says producer”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: provocant
provocator
glosses: One who engages in provocative behavior.
examples: Near-synonyms: agitator, inciter
glosses: An undercover agent who incites suspected persons to partake in or commit criminal acts.
Hyponyms: word: provocateuse
word: provocatrice
Related terms: entrapment
incitement
bilious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪl.i.əs/
ipa: /ˈbɪl.jəs/
ipa: /ˈbɪl.i.əs/
rhymes: -ɪliəs
rhymes: -ɪljəs
Forms: form: more bilious
form: most bilious
Etymology: From French bilieux, from Latin bīliōsus (“full of bile”), from bīlis (“bile”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to something containing or consisting of bile.
examples: text: Does money fail?—come to my mint—coin paper,
Till gold be at a discount, and ashamed
To show his bilious face, go purge himself,
In emulation of her vestal whiteness.
ref: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
text: His complexion was pale, not of that deadly pallor which is a kind of neutral beauty, but of a bilious, yellow hue; his colorless hair was short and scarcely extended beyond the circle formed by the hat around his head, and his light blue eyes seemed destitute of any expression.
ref: 1845, Alexandre Dumas, chapter 31, in Twenty Years After:
text: The business-center of Schoenstrom took up one side of one block, facing the railroad. It was a row of one-story shops covered with galvanized iron, or with clapboards painted red and bilious yellow.
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 3, in Main Street:
text: A beautiful girl once told me of a recurring nightmare in which she lay in the center of a large dark room and felt her face expand until it filled the whole room, becoming a formless mass while her eyes ran in bilious jelly up the chimney.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, prologue:
glosses: Resembling bile, especially in color.
examples: text: Perry tells me that Mr. Cole never touches malt liquor. You would not think it to look at him, but he is bilious—Mr. Cole is very bilious.
ref: 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 7:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Suffering from real or supposed liver disorder, especially excessive secretions of bile.
examples: text: The glorified spirit of a great statesman and philosopher dawdling, like a bilious old Nabob at a watering-place, over quarterly reviews and novels—dropping in to pay long calls—making excursions in search of the picturesque!
ref: 1830 January 24, Thomas Macaulay, “[Review of] Southey's Colloquies on Society”, in The Edinburgh Review, page 536:
text: The boarders, sharp-tongued bilious widows, pursued the only man in the establishment, a mild, bald creature who worked in La Samaritaine […]
ref: 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days:
synonyms: choleric
irascible
peevish
testy
cranky
splenetic
antonyms: pleasant
amiable
good-natured
genial
even-tempered
glosses: Peevishly ill-humored, irritable or bad tempered; irascible.
Derived terms: antibilious
biliously
biliousness
bilious vomiting syndrome
nervo-bilious
nonbilious
sanguineobilious
unbilious
Related terms: english: full of black bile
translation: full of black bile
word: atrabilious
word: bile
zeitgeber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtsʌɪtɡeɪbə/
ipa: /ˈzʌɪtɡeɪbə/
Forms: form: zeitgebers
form: zeitgeber
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis
Proto-Germanic *tīdiz
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi
Old High German zīt
Middle High German zīt
German Zeit
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-
Proto-Germanic *gebaną
Proto-West Germanic *geban
Old High German gëban
Middle High German gëben
German geben
Latin -ariusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old High German -āri
German -er
German Geber
German Zeitgeberbor.
English zeitgeber
Borrowed from German Zeitgeber.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, while light is the most reliable and thus the primary zeitgeber, there are many factors that can be used in addition to, or in the absence of, daylight.
ref: 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 18:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A rhythmically occurring cue given by the environment, such as a change in light or temperature, to reset the internal body clock.
phlogiston
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪstɒn/
ipa: /flə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɪstən/
Forms: form: phlogistons
Etymology: From New Latin phlogiston, coined by Georg Ernst Stahl in 1702, from Ancient Greek φλογιστόν (phlogistón), neuter of φλογιστός (phlogistós, “burnt up, inflammable”), from φλογίζω (phlogízō, “to set fire to”), from φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).
Senses: examples: text: […] air was universally reputed to be a simple or elementary body. It was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the addition to it of phlogiston[…] being more or less phlogisticated, according to the degree of its power to support respiration and combustion.
ref: 1810, George Wilson, M.D., F.R.D.E., “General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries”, in The Life of the Honᵇˡᵉ Henry Cavendish, page 39:
text: Stahl argued that phlogiston could explain combustion, a central concern of eighteenth-century chemistry.
ref: 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow 2007, page 397:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning.
wikipedia: Georg Ernst Stahl
Derived terms: antiphlogiston
dephlogisticate
dephlogisticated
dephlogisticated air
phlogistian
phlogistic
phlogisticate
phlogisticated
phlogisticated air
phlogistication
phlogistonic
phlogistonism
phlogistonist
phlogiston theory
fuck the dog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fucks the dog
form: fucking the dog
form: fucked the dog
form: fucked the dog
Etymology: 1935, US; originally in sense “loaf, fritter” (compare fuck around).
Senses: glosses: To make a horrible or catastrophic mistake; to screw the pooch.
examples: text: "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?"
"My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest.
"Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."
ref: 2022 September 19, HarryBlank, “Beyond Repair”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024:
synonyms: dog it
soldier#Verb
glosses: To avoid work; to make it appear as if one is working.
Derived terms: screw the pooch
dogfucker
fruiterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹuːtəɹə/
ipa: /ˈfɹuːtɹə/
ipa: /ˈfɹutəɹə/
ipa: /-ɾə-/
Forms: form: fruiterers
Etymology: From Late Middle English fruiterē̆r (“fruit grower; fruit dealer”), from fruitē̆r (“fruit dealer; household official having charge of fruit”) + -er (it is unclear why the second suffix was added). Fruitē̆r is derived from Anglo-Norman fruitier or French fruitier (“fruit-seller”), from fruit (“fruit”) (from Latin frū̆ctus (“produce, product, fruit; enjoyment, satisfaction”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to have enjoyment of; make use of”)) + -ier (suffix forming names of jobs).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he very ſame day did I fight with one Samſon Stockefiſh a Fruiterer behinde Greyes Inne: Ieſu, Ieſu, the mad dayes that I haue ſpent!
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: And Knight laughed, and drew her close and kissed her the second time, which operations he performed with the carefulness of a fruiterer touching a bunch of grapes so as not to disturb their bloom.
ref: 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘I Lull a Fancy, Trouble-Tost’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume III, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 24:
text: A good few Indian fruiterers who were right in the centre of Johannesburg never made the 'mistake' of serving a black man, or even another Indian, before a white customer, no matter who had come first.
ref: 1962, Ezekiel Mphahlele, “The Nationalist”, in The African Image, New York, N.Y.: Frederick A. Praeger, →OCLC, page 70:
synonyms: fruitmonger
fruitseller
glosses: One who sells fruit.
Coordinate terms: coster
costermonger
greengrocer
Derived terms: fruiteress
Related terms: fruit
villosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: villosities
Senses: glosses: The state of being villous.
dowager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊədʒə/
ipa: /ˈdaʊəd͡ʒɚ/
Forms: form: dowagers
Etymology: From Middle French douagere, douagiere, from douage (“dower”), from the verb douer (“to endow”), from Latin dōtō (“to endow”), from dōs (“dowry”).
Senses: examples: text: A reclusive dowager owned the pastures across the river, and her farmhands ran beef cattle on them.
text: “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts,[…]!”
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
examples: text: the Earl and Countess of Whiteacre, and the Earl's mother, the dowager Countess of Whiteacre
glosses: The widow of the holder of a title; used in combination with the title she held during her husband's lifetime.
examples: text: A stately dowager entered the ballroom, and all eyes were upon her.
glosses: Any lady of dignified bearing, especially an older one.
Derived terms: dowagerish
dowagerism
dowagerlike
dowagerly
dowager's hump
empress dowager
queen dowager
Related terms: dower
villous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more villous
form: most villous
form: villose
Etymology: From Latin villus (“shaggy hair”).
Senses: glosses: Hairy, covered with soft long hair.
examples: text: Giardia causes villous blunting.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Covered with villi.
Derived terms: villous lipfern
Related terms: villosity
villus
microvillus
lumpen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌmpən/
Etymology: Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump (“a contemptible person”) + Proletariat.
Senses: examples: text: A little lumpen novelita. [Story of orphaned teenagers turning to crime.]
ref: 2014, Roberto Bolaño (tr. Natasha Wimmer), A Little Lumpen Novelita (2014 English of 2002 book)
glosses: Of or relating to social outcasts.
glosses: Of or relating to the lumpenproletariat.
glosses: Plebeian.
Derived terms: lumpenly
Related terms: lumpenism
lumpen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌmpən/
Forms: form: lumpens
Etymology: Shortened from German Lumpenproletariat, from Lump (“a contemptible person”) + Proletariat.
Senses: glosses: A member of the lumpenproletariat.
lumpen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌmpən/
Etymology: From lump + -en (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: [About prominent critics lambasting his film 2001:] New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema.
ref: 1968, Stanley Kubrick, Playboy magazine interview, September 1968, page 94
text: This something, which is neither body nor machine but interior and alien to them both, pertains to the 'meat' in Gibson's world insofar as the 'meat' - that useless corporeal remainder discarded by the machine - retains an excess that cannot be reduced to the lumpen mass of fleshy existence.
ref: 2000, Joanne Morra, Mark Robson, Marquard Smith, The Limits of Death: Between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Using the last two as an example, there is a constant sense of contrast in the poem, in this case between the streamlined ship which will surge through the water and the mere lumpen shape of the clumsy iceberg.
ref: 2001, Adrian Beard, Texts and Contexts: Introducing Literature and Language Study, →ISBN:
text: Billy and Dandy had draped a tarp over the body but the shape itself looked lumpen and grotesque.
ref: 2003, Dana Stabenow, A Grave Denied, →ISBN, page 17:
text: a slaloming winger putting lumpen defenders on their backsides, or even a sneaky centre-forward, using his boundless energy to lead the press and force mistakes.
ref: 2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Lump-like.
lumpen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌmpən/
Forms: form: lumpens
form: lumpening
form: lumpened
form: lumpened
Etymology: From lump + -en (verbal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: They had chicken soup with the matzo meal balls a little lumpened by hurry, challah, roast chicken, kasha, honey-cake.
ref: 1959, Harold Uriel Ribalow, The chosen, page 298:
glosses: To make or become like lumps; make or become lumpy
microvillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microvilli
form: microvillae
Etymology: From micro- + villus.
Senses: glosses: Any of many fingerlike extensions on the surfaces of many cells, consisting of the proteins actin, fimbrin, and villin.
Derived terms: microvillar
microvillous
stiver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪvə/
Forms: form: stivers
Etymology: From Dutch stuiver, cognate with Middle Low German stüver.
Senses: topics: business
finance
money
glosses: A small Dutch coin worth one twentieth of a guilder.
examples: text: ’Tis not worth a single stiver, said the bandy-leg'd drummer.
ref: 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 223:
text: [A]ll hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays […] And though the 275th lay was what they call a rather long lay, yet it was better than nothing; and if we had a lucky voyage, might pretty nearly pay for the clothing I would wear out on it, not to speak of my three years' beef and board, for which I would not have to pay one stiver.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 16”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Anything of small value.
past it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: No longer capable, not as effective as previously.
glosses: Too old to participate in something.
Related terms: past one's prime
over the hill
sorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔɹtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɔːtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsoːtəd/
ipa: [ˈsoːɾəd]
homophone: sordid (when subjected to flapping)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sort
sorted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔɹtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɔːtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsoːtəd/
ipa: [ˈsoːɾəd]
homophone: sordid (when subjected to flapping)
Senses: examples: a sorted list of numbers
glosses: Put into some order by sorting.
examples: text: I have to get my life sorted.
glosses: In good order, under control.
raw_tags: with out
examples: Sorted for E's & Wizz (song by UK band Pulp)
glosses: In possession of a sufficient supply, especially of narcotics.
Derived terms: ill-sorted
many-sorted logic
sorted
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔɹtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɔːtɪd/
ipa: /ˈsoːtəd/
ipa: [ˈsoːɾəd]
homophone: sordid (when subjected to flapping)
Senses: examples: text: A: Did you book the train tickets?
B: Yep, sorted!
glosses: A general expression of approval or completion
dephlogisticated air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːflə(ʊ)ˌd͡ʒɪstɪkeɪtid ˈɛə/
ipa: /difləˌd͡ʒɪstəˌkeɪtid ˈɛɚ/
ipa: /-floʊ-/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Etymology: From dephlogisticated (“from which the phlogiston has been removed”) + air, coined by the English chemist Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) in a 1775 article entitled “An Account of Further Discoveries in Air” published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: see the quotation.
Senses: examples: text: [page 387] As I think I have that ſufficiently proved, the fitneſs of air for reſpiration depends on its capacity to receive the phlogiſton exhaled from the lungs, this ſpecies may not improperly be called, dephlogiſticated air. […] [page 392] Upon the whole, I think, it may ſafely be concluded, that the pureſt air is that vvhich contains the leaſt phlogiſton: […] and that there is a regular gradation from dephlogiſticated air, through common air, and phlogiſticated air, down to nitrous air; […]
ref: 1775 March 15 and May 25, Joseph Priestley, “XXXVIII. An Account of Further Discoveries in Air. […]”, in Philosophical Transactions, Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume LXV, part I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer and J[ohn] Nichols; for Lockyer Davis, […], printer to the Royal Society, →OCLC, pages 387 and 392:
text: [Joseph] Priestley's experiments were performed at intervals from August 1774 till March 1775, and at that date it occurred to him to mix with his dephlogisticated air some nitric oxide over water; absorption took place, and he concluded that he might assume his new air to be respirable.
ref: 1896, William Ramsay, “The Discovery of ‘Dephlogisticated Air’ by Priestley and by Scheele—the Overthrow of the Phlogistic Theory by Lavoisier”, in The Gases of the Atmosphere: The History of Their Discovery, London: Macmillan and Co.; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., →OCLC, page 78:
text: [Joseph] Priestley never swayed from his firm conviction in the phlogiston theory as long as he lived, and he called his new gas ‘dephlogisticated air’.
ref: 2002, Philip Ball, “Revolution: How Oxygen Changed the World”, in The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 30:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: dephlogisticated gas
glosses: oxygen gas, as originally thought to be air deprived of phlogiston (“the hypothetical fiery principle formerly assumed to be a necessary constituent of combustible bodies and to be given up by them in burning”).
wikipedia: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
Related terms: phlogisticated air
phlogiston theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An obsolete scientific theory of combustion.
crystal meth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪst(ə)l mɛθ/
Forms: form: crystal methamphetamine
Etymology: Clipping of crystal methamphetamine.
Senses: examples: text: The woman at the needle exchange remembers me and she fills in my drug of choice on her sheet without me having to say anything. She marks the crystal meth box and tells me I can have ten needles and two tourniquets.
ref: 2007, Nic Sheff, Tweak, Atheneum Books, →ISBN, page 263:
synonyms: word: crank
word: gogo
word: ice
word: shard
word: speed
word: tina
glosses: The drug methamphetamine hydrochloride.
Synonyms: methamphetamine
methamphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmiːn/
ipa: /ˌmɛθæmˈfɛtəˌmɪn/
Forms: form: methamphetamines
Etymology: From meth- + amphetamine; 1945–1950.
Senses: examples: text: Methamphetamine is more potent than dexamphetamine which is in turn more potent than its racemate amphetamine.
ref: 1960, J[ohn] J[acob] Lewis, “Central Nervous System Stimulants”, in An Introduction to Pharmacology, Edinburgh; London: E[dward] & S[tuart] Livingstone Ltd., →OCLC, page 288:
synonyms: crank
crystal meth
ice
meth
methedrine
speed
glosses: A highly addictive phenethylamine stimulant drug. Its systematic (IUPAC) name is (S)-N-methyl-1-phenylpropan-2-amine.
Synonyms: word: chalk
word: crank
word: crystal
word: crystal meth
word: fire
word: glass
word: go fast
word: go-fast
word: gogo
word: ice
word: jib
word: meth
word: methamphetamine
word: methedrine
word: methylamphetamine
word: poor man's cocaine
word: quartz
word: shabu
word: shards
word: speed
word: T
word: tina
word: tweak
Hypernyms: word: recreational drug
Hyponyms: word: methamphetamine hydrochloride
Derived terms: crystal methamphetamine
dimethoxymethamphetamine
levomethamphetamine
methamphetamine hydrochloride
methylenedioxymethamphetamine
expeditious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkspɪˈdɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more expeditious
form: most expeditious
Etymology: From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: expedited
text: Our coachman and horses are so extremely expeditious!—I believe we drive faster than anybody.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter II, in Emma: […], volume III, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: Fast, prompt, speedy.
examples: text: Near-synonym: expedited
text: As they thus pressed forward, longing doubtless to exchange the easy curving line, which the sinuosities of the bay compelled them to adopt, for a straiter and more expeditious path, though less conformable to the line of beauty, Sir Arthur observed a human figure on the beach advancing to meet them.
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in The Antiquary. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 153:
text: Now, there was a sort of rough-and-ready law in Ireland in those days which was of great convenience to persons desirous of expeditious justice[…].
ref: 1844 January–December, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, “I return to Ireland, and exhibit my splendour and generosity in that kingdom”, in “The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. [The Luck of Barry Lyndon.]”, in Miscellanies: Prose and Verse, volume III, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1856, →OCLC, page 199:
glosses: Completed or done with efficiency and speed; facilitating speed.
raw_tags: of a process or thing
Derived terms: expeditiousness
unexpeditious
Related terms: english: not to be confused in modern usage
translation: not to be confused in modern usage
word: expedient
word: expedite
word: expedition
word: expeditionary
word: expeditiously
sidesplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sidesplitting
form: most sidesplitting
Etymology: From side + splitting.
Senses: examples: text: We saw a sidesplitting film last night.
glosses: Exceptionally funny; hilarious.
glosses: Intensely uncontrollable and genuine.
raw_tags: of laughter
Derived terms: sidesplittingly
Devanagari
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of देव (deva, “deity, divine”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”).
Senses: examples: text: The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251:
glosses: Of the Devanagari script or of a Devanagari alphabet.
Derived terms: Devanagari numeral
Devanagari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌdɛvəˈnɑːɡ(ə)ɹɪ/
ipa: /ˌdeɪvəˈnɑɡəɹi/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit देवनागरी (devanāgarī), compound of देव (deva, “deity, divine”) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”).
Senses: glosses: An abugida script used to write many languages originating in India and Nepal, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Kashmiri, Sindhi, Maithili, Bhili, Konkani, Bhojpuri, and Nepali.
Synonyms: word: Nagari
sense: ISO 15924
word: Deva
Related terms: Eastern Nagari
Nandinagari