cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
contemn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɛm/
rhymes: -ɛm
Forms: form: contemns
form: contemning
form: contemned
form: contemned
Etymology: From Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnō (“to scorn”). See also contempt.
Senses: examples: text: The subject of the following History [...] is the unhappy Lives, and untimely Deaths, of that Unfortunate English King Edward the Second, and his two Favourites Gaveston and Spencer; for his immoderate love to whom, (Says Dr. Heylin) he was hated by the Nobles, and contemned by the Commons.
ref: c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], “The Preface”, in The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page A3, verso:
text: The change which had so suddenly elevated Charles Stuart to the throne of his ancestors, and, from a poor, wandering, and powerless exile, made him one of Europe's most powerful monarchs, had taken the various courts where he had sojourned, neglected, if not contemned, completely by surprise.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 171:
text: I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.
ref: 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “11”, in The Moon and Sixpence:
glosses: To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
topics: law
glosses: To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).
Synonyms: despise
scorn
Derived terms: contemnible
contemningly
uncontemned
Related terms: contemner
contemnor
contempt
contemptibility
contemptible
contemptibly
contemption
contemptuous
quaquaversal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kweɪkwəˈvɜːsəl/
Forms: form: more quaquaversal
form: most quaquaversal
Etymology: From Latin quaqua versus (“turned wheresoever”).
Senses: examples: text: She had a long look at him, and after having just spent hours with Frenesi’s face, found it easier now to make out, past the quaquaversal beard and smudged eyeglass lenses, as clearly as she ever would in Zoyd her own not-yet-come-to-terms-with face.
ref: 1990, Thomas Pynchon, Vineland:
text: It is a brilliantly managed scene, quaquaversal in its geometries, simultaneously expanding present space and deepening past time.
ref: 2015, Robert Macfarlane, Landmarks:
glosses: Going off in all directions from the center.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Dipping towards a center in all directions.
antechapel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antechapels
Etymology: From ante- + chapel.
Senses: glosses: The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antechoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antechoirs
Etymology: From ante- + choir.
Senses: glosses: The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
glosses: The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.
Synonyms: forechoir
Related terms: retrochoir
ante-Nicene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: antenicene
form: Ante-Nicene
form: Antenicene
Etymology: From ante- + Nicene.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Of or relating to those early Christians who lived before the council of Nicea in 325 AD.
Related terms: Nicaea
Nicaean
Nicea
Nicene
antasthmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ant- + asthmatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Relieving the symptoms of asthma.
Related terms: antiemphysemic
bronchodilatory
inhaler
antasthmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antasthmatics
Etymology: From ant- + asthmatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Drug that relieves the symptoms of asthma.
revel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕvʹ-əl
ipa: /ˈɹɛv.əl/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: revels
Etymology: From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
Senses: examples: text: Our revels now are ended.
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 IV, scene i]:
text: "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels? There has been a little—just a very little bit too much festivity so far …. Not that I don't adore dinners and gossip and dances; not that I do not love to pervade bright and glittering places.[…]"
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
glosses: A kind of dance.
glosses: A wake for the dead.
Derived terms: revel-dash
revel-rout
revelry
revel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕvʹ-əl
ipa: /ˈɹɛv.əl/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: revels
form: reveling
form: revelling
form: reveled
form: reveled
form: revelled
form: revelled
Etymology: From Middle English revelen, from Old French revel, from reveler (“to be disorderly, to make merry”), from Latin rebello (“to rebel”). Doublet of rebel.
Senses: examples: text: If there bee any lasie fellow, any that cannot away with worke, any that would wallow in pleasures, hee is hastie to be priested. And when hee is made one, and has gotten a benefice, he consorts with his neighbour priests, who are altogether given to pleasures; and then both hee, and they, live, not like Christians, but like epicures; drinking, eating, feasting, and revelling, till the cow come home, as the saying is.
ref: 1610, Alexander Cooke, Pope Joane, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian Miscellany […], volume IV, London: Printed for T[homas] Osborne, in Gray's-Inn, 1744, OCLC 5325177; republished as John Maltham, editor, The Harleian Miscellany […], volume IV, London: Printed for R. Dutton, 1808–1811, OCLC 30776079, page 95
text: […] so they might spend the livelong day as befitteth high holiday, in pleasure and action without care, and thereafter revel in the lofty presence chamber till night grew old with eating and drinking and all delight.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7:
synonyms: carouse
celebrate
glosses: To make merry; to have a happy, lively time.
examples: text: Slowing down doesn't have to feel like holding back. It can be an opportunity to revel in sounds and sensations, to not be so concerned about where we are going but to enjoy the moment and become comfortable where we are.
ref: 1997, The Art of Practicing, a Guide to Making Music from the Heart:
glosses: To take delight (in something).
Derived terms: reveller
revel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕvʹ-əl
ipa: /ˈɹɛv.əl/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: revels
form: revelling
form: revelled
form: revelled
Etymology: From Latin revellere, from re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Senses: examples: text: It then revelleth and drawethe backe agayne those humors which concurre towardes the Eyes.
ref: 1597, A. M., The Frenche chirurgerye, translation of original by Jacques Guilleameau:
glosses: To draw back; to retract.
revel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕvʹ-əl
ipa: /ˈɹɛv.əl/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: revels
Etymology: From Latin revellere, from re- + vellere (“to pluck, pull”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of reveal.
sand down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sands down
form: sanding down
form: sanded down
form: sanded down
Senses: glosses: To treat or polish with sandpaper.
and all that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: She listens to punk rock, screamo, death metal and all that.
text: Harry Maguire's angry protests at not being awarded a corner gave those Welsh fans behind the goal immense pleasure. Small victories, and all that.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
glosses: Used at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.
Synonyms: et cetera
and so on and so forth
and that
Related terms: all that jazz
micronism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micronisms
Senses: glosses: A theoretical microorganism living in the ice or under the surface of Jupiter's ice moon Europa.
glosses: An organism that is too small for the unaided eye to see, such as a bacterium, protist, or fungus.
Related terms: microorganism
microbe
ecclesiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-klē'zē-ăsʹtĭk
ipa: /ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more ecclesiastic
form: most ecclesiastic
form: ecclesiastick
Etymology: From Middle French ecclésiastique, from Late Latin ecclesiasticus (“of the church”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical.
Derived terms: ecclesiastically
ecclesiasticism
ecclesiastify
nonecclesiastic
Related terms: Ecclesiastes
ecclesiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭ-klē'zē-ăsʹtĭk
ipa: /ɪˌkliː.ziˈæs.tɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: ecclesiastics
form: ecclesiastick
Etymology: From Middle French ecclésiastique, from Late Latin ecclesiasticus (“of the church”).
Senses: hypernyms: cleric
glosses: A cleric, especially one in a Christian church.
triforium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪ̯ˈfɔːɹɪəm/
Forms: form: triforia
form: triforiums
Etymology: From Medieval Latin triforium, from tria (“three”) + for (“opening”) + -ium.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church.
Related terms: clerestory
Delphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛlfɪk/
Forms: form: more Delphic
form: most Delphic
Etymology: From Delphi + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Delphi or its oracles.
examples: text: He telephoned airlines, government contacts and a whole host of pale, over-brushed acquaintances in the U.S. Consulate, who infuriated him with arch and Delphic answers.
ref: 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 18:
text: Carthage now sent two embassies to Rome, one after the other, essentially to ask forgiveness and avert war. The first was told enigmatically that it would depend on "if the Carthaginians give satisfaction to the Romans". The ensuing embassy received the still more delphic reply that "the Carthaginians knew very well" what this meant.
ref: 2010, Dexter Hoyos, The Carthaginians, Routledge, →ISBN, page 215:
text: Campbell et al. [&hellip] called the first effect Odyssian—the central bank is committing itself to keeping rates low in the future—and the second Delphic—the central bank is signaling a change in the outlook for the economy.
ref: 2017, Carl E. Walsh, Monetary Theory and Policy, 4th edition, MIT Press, page 33:
glosses: Obscurely prophetic.
Derived terms: Delphic maxims
Israelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹi.əˌlaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹɪˌlaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əˌlaɪt/
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rē-ə-lītˌ
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rĭ-lītˌ
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rā-ə-lītˌ
Forms: form: Israelites
Etymology: From the Latin Isrāēlīta (“Israelite”), from the Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs, “Israelite”), from Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl, “Israel”), from the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʼēl, “Israel”); by surface analysis, Israel + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face,
That did the wondring Israelites amaze,
When he returned from that souereigne place,
His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.
ref: 1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173:
text: The token of God is upon him, let him now, by his own profession of faith, acknowledge it, as God's token, bringing him under the responsibilities and blessings of the covenant, and he will be received, unquestionably, as "an Israelite indeed."
ref: 1844, William Augustus Stearns, Infant Church-membership, page 153:
text: Papponymy is not documented among Israelites. The only exception, Tahat son of 'Elyada' son of Tahat is doubtful and is not a papponymy sensu stricto.
ref: 1988, Ran Zadok, The Pre-Hellenistic Israelite Anthroponymy and Prosopography, →ISBN:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of
glosses: A native or inhabitant of
 (i) the united nation of ancient Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or
 (ii) the later ancient northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from the kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
the united nation of ancient Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or
glosses: A native or inhabitant of
 (i) the united nation of ancient Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or
 (ii) the later ancient northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from the kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
the later ancient northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from the kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
glosses: A member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and a descendant of Jacob.
glosses: A member of the Jewish people who is neither a cohen nor a Levite.
glosses: A club used as a weapon by the Circumcellions.
Israelite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹi.əˌlaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹɪˌlaɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪz.ɹeɪ.əˌlaɪt/
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rē-ə-lītˌ
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rĭ-lītˌ
enpr: ĭzˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ-rā-ə-lītˌ
Etymology: From the Latin Isrāēlīta (“Israelite”), from the Ancient Greek Ἰσρᾱηλῑ́της (Isrāēlī́tēs, “Israelite”), from Ἰσρᾱήλ (Isrāḗl, “Israel”), from the Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yiśrāʼēl, “Israel”); by surface analysis, Israel + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the ancient nation(s) of Israel or its inhabitants.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the descendants of the patriarch Jacob.
raw_tags: in Protestantism
all hell broke loose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hell broke loose
form: all hell breaks loose
Senses: examples: text: The second he stepped into the venue, all hell broke loose...
glosses: simple past of all hell breaks loose
patriarchal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑɹkl̩/
ipa: /ˌpeɪtɹiˈɑːkl̩/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)kəl
Forms: form: more patriarchal
form: most patriarchal
form: patriarchial
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin patriarchālis, from patriarcha + -ālis. Sychronically analyzable as patriarch + -al.
Senses: examples: text: About whose patriarchal knee / Late the little children clung.
ref: 1852, Alfred Tennyson, Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Characteristic of a patriarch; venerable.
glosses: Relating to a system run by males, rather than females; relating to a patriarchy.
Synonyms: patriarchial
patriarchic
Coordinate terms: matriarchal
Derived terms: antipatriarchal
cisheteropatriarchal
extrapatriarchal
neopatriarchal
nonpatriarchal
patriarchal church
patriarchalist
patriarchalistic
patriarchalization
patriarchalize
postpatriarchal
prepatriarchal
unpatriarchal
heteropatriarchal
homopatriarchal
metapatriarchal
patriarchal cross
patriarchalism
patriarchally
Related terms: pater
patriarch
patriarchate
patriarchy
patrist
patristic
patristical
patristically
patristics
tama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamata
Etymology: Greek τάμα (táma)
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A form of votive offering in the Eastern Orthodox Church, particularly the Greek Orthodox Church, usually in the form of a small metal plaque with an embossed image symbolizing the subject of prayer for which it is offered.
de-Muslimize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-Muslimizes
form: de-Muslimizing
form: de-Muslimized
form: de-Muslimized
form: de-Muslimise
Senses: glosses: To deprive of Islamic faith or character.
glosses: To sacrifice Islamic character.
Synonyms: de-Islamize
objurgate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒbd͡ʒə(ɹ)ɡeɪt/
Forms: form: objurgates
form: objurgating
form: objurgated
form: objurgated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obiūrgō, coming from ob- (“to, against”) + iūrgō (“dispute, chide”), and in turn Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.
Senses: examples: text: He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust.[…]
ref: 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, volume 3, London: Macmillan and Co., page 190:
text: When he saw his servant he rushed forward, and pressing the paper on him objurgated him, in tones which induced Ali to think that something awful had happened, to hurry up and get the whale-boat ready to go immediately—at once, at once—after Captain Lingard.
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC:
text: Mulcachy was disgusted. “Listen to reason, won’t you?” he objurgated, as, this time, the reason he referred to was the introduction of the ring clear through both nostrils, higher up, and through the central dividing wall of cartilage.
ref: 1917, Jack London, chapter XXXIII, in Michael, Brother of Jerry:
glosses: To rebuke or scold strongly.
Related terms: objurgation
objurgative
objurgatively
objurgatory
lamina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/
ipa: /ˈlæm.ɪ.nə/
ipa: [ˈlɛəm.ɪ.nə]
rhymes: -æmɪnə
Forms: form: laminae
form: laminæ
form: laminas
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lāmina (“a thin piece of metal, wood, marble; a plate, leaf, layer”). Doublet of lame.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
hypernyms: sheet
layer
synonyms: lame#Etymology_2
lamella
glosses: A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
Either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
hypernyms: sheet
layer
synonyms: lame#Etymology_2
lamella
blade
glosses: A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
The flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
hypernyms: sheet
layer
synonyms: lame#Etymology_2
lamella
glosses: A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
A fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
hypernyms: sheet
layer
synonyms: lame#Etymology_2
lamella
glosses: A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
One of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof.
Derived terms: basal lamina
epithelial lamina
lamalginite
lamin
laminable
laminal
lamina papyracea
lamina propria
lamina proprial
laminar
laminaset
laminate
laminiferous
laminite
laminitic
laminitis
laminography
lamino-
lamin-
lamini-
microlamina
Rexed lamina
sublamina
ameba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ə-mēʹbə
ipa: /əˈmiːbə/
rhymes: -iːbə
Forms: form: amebas
form: amebae
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of amoeba.
Derived terms: amebalike
ameboma
variation ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: variation ratios
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: the proportion of cases not in the mode
avian flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: avian influenza
drink run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drink runs
Senses: glosses: A short break that involves procuring (non-alcoholic) drinks and possibly snacks.
Related terms: coffee break
pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pear
rapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: plural of rape
rapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rape
reaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːps/
rhymes: -iːps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reap
overtakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtake
takeovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takeover
qualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɑləˌtiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of quality
laid to rest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lay to rest
inhume
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inhumes
form: inhuming
form: inhumed
form: inhumed
Etymology: Latin in and humō (“to bury”).
Senses: glosses: To bury in a grave.
Synonyms: bury
entomb
inter
Derived terms: disinhume
inhumation
uninhumed
grammatical person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grammatical persons
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and other people; implemented in most languages by a variety of pronouns, and in inflected languages by variation in word endings.
Synonyms: word: grammatical person
word: person
Hypernyms: word: reference
Related terms: first person
second person
third person
fourth person
singular
plural
apres
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: après
Etymology: Borrowed from French après (“after”).
Senses: examples: 2003, Rasheed Lumumba Jones et al. The Humours of Black Life http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0595246206&id=uCEBP_P04JcC&pg=PA160&lpg=PA160&sig=JQRYacsNjABY5mMVEtCv0qEDZ6I
We must comment and critique the film while its in progress or else some crucial nuance of a technical or creative nature might be forgotten during an apres-movie discussion.
glosses: After
apres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: après
Etymology: Borrowed from French après (“after”).
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of après-ski.
retailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiteɪlɚ/
Forms: form: retailers
Etymology: From retail + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Your market gardener is not a well-breeched man, dependant as he is on the imponderables of glut, the inequities of distribution, and the greeds of wholesaler and retailer.
ref: 1954, Thomas Firbank, Log Hut, page 194:
text: Among Baum’s many incarnations were these: military school student, actor, poultry expert, newspaperman, retailer, window dresser, women’s rights advocate, racist denigrator of American Indians and early Hollywood filmmaker.
ref: 2009 August 24, Janet Maslin, “Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man and Freud, Too”, in The New York Times:
text: Publishers typically sell hardcover books to retailers at half the list price, while retailers set consumer prices.
ref: 2009 October 20, Motoko Rich, “In Book-Pricing Battle, How Low Can They Go?”, in The New York Times, retrieved 23 Oct 2011:
glosses: A retail sales company or salesman.
Derived terms: e-retailer
Related terms: retail
wholesaler
caramelization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caramelizations
form: caramelisation
Etymology: From caramel + -ization.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The process that converts sugars into caramel; the process of caramelizing.
examples: text: Slowly cooking the onions will cause caramelization which will bring out the sweetness and give them a brown color.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The browning of sugars by heat.
caramel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăr′ə-məl
enpr: -mĕl′
enpr: kär′məl
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɹə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɹə.mɛl/
Forms: form: caramels
form: caromel
Etymology: Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.
Senses: examples: text: The usual technique for making caramel is to mix table sugar with some water, then heat until the water has boiled off and the molten sugar colors.
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
glosses: A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
examples: text: Caramel has a rich, complex flavor and consistency, viscous and sticky and creamy all at once, that works well with most sweets and fruits, with coffee and chocolate, and even with salt: the prized caramels of Brittany are made with a notable dose of sea salt.
ref: 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
glosses: A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
glosses: A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
Derived terms: ammonia caramel
caramel apple
caramel chicken
caramelesque
caramel fuel
caramelicious
caramelise
caramelize
caramelization
caramellike
caramelly
caustic sulphite caramel
creme caramel
crème caramel
sulphite ammonia caramel
Related terms: fudge
toffee
caramel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kăr′ə-məl
enpr: -mĕl′
enpr: kär′məl
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɹə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɹə.mɛl/
Forms: form: caromel
Etymology: Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.
Senses: examples: text: Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.
ref: 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA:
glosses: Of a yellow-brown color.
caramel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kăr′ə-məl
enpr: -mĕl′
enpr: kär′məl
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/
ipa: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/
other: /ˈkɑɹ.ə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɾə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲa.ɹə.mɛl/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈkʲæ.ɹə.mɛl/
Forms: form: caramels
form: carameling
form: caramelling
form: carameled
form: carameled
form: caramelled
form: caramelled
form: caromel
Etymology: Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.
Senses: examples: text: To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.
ref: 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: To caramelize.
greenware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenwares
Etymology: From green + -ware. From the concept that it is not yet "ripe" but rather needs time to age before being ready.
Senses: examples: text: Greenware needs to be cleaned and then fired to bisque.
ref: 1991, Irene Wittig, The Clay Canvas, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pottery that has been shaped but not yet fired, especially while it is drying prior to being fireable.
examples: text: Other kilns in Shaanxi and Henan and other provinces in the North, like Shanxi and Shandong, also produced greenwares during the Song period.
ref: 1983, Yaw Lu, Mary Tregear, Song Ceramics, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: ceramics
chemistry
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of Chinese pottery having a green glaze.
Related terms: earthenware
greenbody
stoneware
firebomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firebombs
Etymology: From fire + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: A Molotov cocktail is a simple firebomb.
text: The firebombs were small, and burst into flames when they hit the ground.
ref: 2005, Jennifer Worth, Shadows of the Workhouse, Weidenfeld & Nicholson (2009), page 269:
text: As many as 100,000 Japanese people were killed and another million injured, most of them civilians, when more than 300 American B-29 bombers dropped 1,500 tons of firebombs on the Japanese capital that night.
ref: 2020 March 7, Brad Lendon and Emiko Jozuka, “History’s deadliest air raid happened in Tokyo during World War II and you’ve probably never heard of it”, in CNN:
glosses: A weapon that causes fire; an incendiary weapon.
firebomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: firebombs
form: firebombing
form: firebombed
form: firebombed
Etymology: From fire + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: The rioters firebombed the parked car.
text: A GOP office in Hillsborough, North Carolina, was firebombed over the weekend, with a swastika and the words “Nazi Republicans leave town or else” spray painted on an adjacent building, according to local officials.
ref: 2016 October 16, Eric Bradner and Adrienne Shih, “Local GOP office in North Carolina firebombed”, in CNN:
text: The next week when they firebombed the Satin Room, one of Chink Montagueʼs after-hours joints, Carney assumed the mobsters were embroiled in another war.
ref: 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 100:
text: On Tuesday, a masked man used molotov cocktails to firebomb a Tesla dealership in Las Vegas before firing rounds into the burning vehicles.
ref: 2025 March 19, Tom Sanders, “Anti-Musk Hackers Share Names and Addresses of Tesla Owners”, in The Daily Beast:
glosses: To attack with a firebomb.
Derived terms: firebomb a Walmart
firebomber
nertz
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: nuts.
glosses: nonsense.
nertz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nerts (“card game”).
nertz
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nerts.
incendiary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnsĕn'dĭərē
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.djəɹ.i/
enpr: ĭnsĕn´dĭĕ'rē
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.di.əɹ.i/
Forms: form: more incendiary
form: most incendiary
Etymology: From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“I set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“I am hot”).
Senses: examples: text: Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel.
ref: 1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226:
text: We saw photographs of bodies riddled with pellets from fragmentation bombs or charred by incendiary weapons (besides napalm, the Americans also drop white phosphorus, Thermit, and magnesium on the Vietnamese).
ref: 1969, Susan Sontag, “Trip to Hanoi”, in Styles of Radical Will, Kindle edition, Penguin Modern Classics, published 2009, →ISBN, page 246:
text: Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
glosses: Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
examples: text: The Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fire was incendiary in origin; that is, it was not accidental and that it was either intentionally or recklessly set by the accused.
ref: 2003 December 18, Adams, j., Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court, Trial Division, “R. v. Leite (F.), 2003 NLSCTD 181”, in CanLII, retrieved 03 Oct 2021:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental.
examples: text: Earlier that year Italian Jews had come under serious attack when an incendiary publication, Gli ebrei in Italia (The Jews in Italy), had flooded the bookshops. The author, Paolo Orano, was a Fascist publicist whose book helped to harden Italian public sensibility against the Jews and pave the way for their eventual persecution.
ref: 2014, Ian Thomson, Primo Levi: A Life, Metropolitan Books, →ISBN, page 123:
glosses: Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
examples: text: Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.
glosses: Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
Derived terms: incendiarism
incendiarist
incendigel
nonincendiary
incendiary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnsĕn'dĭərē
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.djəɹ.i/
enpr: ĭnsĕn´dĭĕ'rē
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ɪnˈsɛn.di.əɹ.i/
Forms: form: incendiaries
Etymology: From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“I set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“I am hot”).
Senses: examples: text: The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread.
glosses: Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
synonyms: arsonist
glosses: One who maliciously sets fires.
examples: March 7, 1692, Richard Bentley, The Folly of Atheism
Several cities […] drove them out as incendiaries.
synonyms: agitator
glosses: One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels.
Derived terms: anti-incendiary
firebreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firebreaks
form: fire break
Etymology: From fire + break.
Senses: examples: text: The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
synonyms: word: firetrail
glosses: An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
examples: text: That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons.
ref: 1984, Dietrich Schroeer, Science, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race, page 293:
text: First, it serves to demonstrate that the practice of sustainable critique […] need not be impossibly philosophically rarefied […] Second, it serves as a firebreak against the unrelieved negativity that, it is sometimes charged, follows from Adorno's practices of reflexivity.
ref: 2012, Daniel Levine, Recovering International Relations: The Promise of Sustainable Critique, page 112:
glosses: Any separating barrier.
avgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈævˌɡæs/
Forms: form: avgases
form: avgasses
form: av-gas
Etymology: A blend of aviation + gasoline.
Senses: examples: text: Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users
ref: 1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance:
text: In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7
ref: 1994, Michael J. Kroes with Thomas W. Wild, Aircraft powerplants:
text: Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.
ref: 2006, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: 100LL
94UL
hypernyms: petrol
gasoline
gas
coordinate_terms: mogas
autogas
;
avtur
jet fuel
glosses: Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft.
writers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪtɚz/
ipa: /ˈɹaɪtəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of writer
rapid fire
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The attorney peppered him with rapid fire questions, barely giving him time to reply.
glosses: Quickly, with minimal time between occurrences.
answer the call of nature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: answers the call of nature
form: answering the call of nature
form: answered the call of nature
form: answered the call of nature
Etymology: From answer the call + call of nature in reference to a need to urinate or defecate.
Senses: examples: text: Che [Guevara] jumped from his seat and rushed from the room, pursued by the entire press corps. Down the hall he went, and into the men's room where, surrounded by reporters, he proceeded to answer the call of nature, shouting: "Liberdad!"
ref: 1978 April 18, Charles Lynch, “Trudeau struts and frets”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 03 Sep 2010, page 7:
text: Unfortunately mountain climbers, like everybody else, need to answer the call of nature, and there are few toilet facilities on mountains.
ref: 2007 July 24, “Europe's Highest Toilets Installed on Mont Blanc”, in Spiegel Online International, retrieved 03 Sep 2010:
glosses: To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
Synonyms: defecate and Thesaurus:urinate
Related terms: find a friendly bush
thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thumb
Derived terms: all thumbs
thumbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thumb
tour operator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tour operators
Senses: glosses: A company that sells package holidays.
ekstasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛkstəsɪs/
Forms: form: ekstases
form: ecstasis
Etymology: Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis, “displacement, cession, trance”)
Senses: examples: text: [1914], 1995, Holden E Sampson, The True Mystic http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Qqm7RQvTQ3sC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=5lVGuxEcsuYip2s9t2xgSTWp4nc
In Psychics the strange phenomenon of “Katalepsis” experienced by developed “trance-mediumship” bears so close a resemblance, physically, to Ekstasis, that the two are often taken for one and the same thing.
text: In no wise is it possible for the State of Ekstasis to be attained by Mankind except as the prelude to Initiation in the Divine Mysteries. When the Initiations have been fully accomplished, to the Seventh Golden Gate, there is no further need for the Processes requisite to induce the State of Ekstasis.
ref: 1918, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia:
text: We find ourselves then in the presence of two human ekstases: the ekstasis which throws us into being-in-itself and the ekstasis which engages us in non-being.
ref: 1956, Hazel E. Barnes, Being and Nothingness, translation of original by Jean-Paul Sartre:
text: Conversely, expecting is, as we say, ecstatic. The ecstasy mentioned here, stepping out itself (ἔκστασις) is to some extent a raptus [rapture]. [...] And we therefore call these three basic phenomena the ecstases of temporality.
ref: 1984, Michael Heim, The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic, translation of original by Martin Heidegger:
text: This is a double but infinite responsibility, infinitely redoubled, split in two (dé-doublée), shared and parcelled out; an infinitely divided responsibility, dissemintated, if you will, for one person, for only one---all alone (this is the condition of responsibility)---and a bottomless double responsibility that implicitly describes an intertwining of temporal ekstases; a friendship to come of time with itself where we meet again the interlacing of the sameand the altogether other ('Grundlick-Anderes') which orientates us in this labyrinth.
ref: 1994, George Collins, The Politics of Friendship, Verso, translation of original by Jacques Derrida, published 2005, page 73:
text: 2002, Angela Dalle Vacche, “Unexplored Connections in a New Territory,” in The Visual Turn, Angela Dalle Vacche ed. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=mrxLuyQ1GjYC&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&sig=LX0CsBvZonTHzR-w7F2suuDhwck
Eisenstein’s discussion of Serov’s portrait associates ekstasis with an “expulsion of meaning.” By contrast, the filmmaker’s handling of Vasily Surikov’s large canvas, La Bojara Morozova (1887), is an example of ekstasis as expressive conversion from the visual to the acoustic.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself.
Related terms: ecstasy
ecstatic
Mummerset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌməsɛt/
ipa: /-sɪt/
ipa: /ˈmʌmɚˌsɛt/
Etymology: Blend of mummer (“actor in a pantomime”) + Somerset (“county in the west of England”).
Senses: glosses: An imaginary rural county in the West Country of England.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent.
cours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of course.
cours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form.
Senses: glosses: three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.
redivivus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɛdɪˈviːvəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin redivīvus.
Senses: examples: text: "Professor Munchausen - how's that for an inset headline? Sir John Mandeville redivivus - Cagliostro - all the imposters and bullies in history."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: A tall, athletic, tanned man, his smooth black hair slick with oil, long sideburns, neatly trimmed moustache, Clark Gable redivivus.
ref: 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 43:
glosses: Living again; brought back to life.
Synonyms: revived
restored
reborn
francs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of franc
capnophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capnophiles
Etymology: From capno- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
ruts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rut
ruts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rut
bibliomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Forms: form: bibliomanias
Etymology: From biblio- + -mania.
Senses: examples: text: To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.
ref: 1922, P. B. M. Allan, The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 58:
glosses: A passion for owning valuable books.
Related terms: bibliophile
bibliomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪniæk
Forms: form: bibliomaniacs
Etymology: From biblio- + -maniac.
Senses: examples: text: A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 97:
synonyms: bibliomane
bibliomanist
glosses: A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones.
Derived terms: bibliomaniacal
cochineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/
ipa: /ˌkɑt͡ʃɪˈni(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈkɑt͡ʃəˌni(ə)l/
rhymes: -iːl
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (“scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour”) (whence Italian coccineo (“scarlet in colour”)) + Italian -iglia (suffix forming collective nouns), Spanish -illa (“diminutive suffix”). Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos, “scarlet; (figurative) blushing”, adjective), from κόκκος (kókkos, “kermes oak (Quercus coccifera); insect of the genus Kermes living on the oak; scarlet dye made from crushed kermes insects”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives).
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, cochineal is not derived from Spanish cochinilla (“pill bug, especially the common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)”), a diminutive of cochina (“female pig, sow”) (from the animal’s shape), which coincidentally has the same spelling as cochinilla (“cochineal”).
The adjective is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Batavus [a tulip variety], of somewhat the same shade, was slightly taller, and perhaps with a little more cochineal color.
ref: 1936 June, R. M. H., “The Cottage Tulips”, in Breeze Hill News, volume II, number 10, Harrisburg, Pa.: J[ohn] Horace McFarland Company, Mount Pleasant Press, →OCLC:
text: The principal imports arriving by sea, then as previously, were textiles, among them coarse cotton cloth, known as Surat, the Indian port from which they were shipped, as well as blue cotton cloth and cochineal cloth called kemis, fine cloth from various parts of India, coarse white cotton cloth, and unspun cotton in balls from Yaman.
ref: 1997, Richard Pankhurst, “The North: The Land of the Afars, the Country of Bahr Nägash, and Massawa”, in The Ethiopian Borderlands: Essays in Regional History from Ancient Times to the End of the 18th Century, Lawrenceville, N.J.; Asmara, Eritrea: The Red Sea Press, →ISBN, part VI (The Oromo Migration and the Gondarine Monarchy (1522–1800)), page 416:
glosses: Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2).