cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hieroglyphic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: hieroglyphics
form: hieroglyphick
Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic.
Senses: glosses: A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds, often as a rebus.
examples: text: I must say, that, at the coronation, there was little vestige left as possible "of the charms that pleased a king." "She looked," Lady Mary Wortley said, "like an Egyptian mummy, wrought with hieroglyphics of gold."
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Gaieties and Absurdities. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 44:
text: The hieroglyphics or symbols, however, were reversed, just as though they had been pressed on wax.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
examples: text: Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
glosses: Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
hieroglyphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪɹəˈɡlɪfɪk/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Forms: form: more hieroglyphic
form: most hieroglyphic
form: hieroglyphick
Etymology: First coined 1726, from French hiéroglyphique, from Latin hieroglyphicus, from Ancient Greek ἱερογλυφικός (hierogluphikós), from ἱερογλυφέω (hierogluphéō, “to represent hieroglyphically”), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”) + γλύφω (glúphō, “to carve, to engrave, to cut out”). By surface analysis, hiero- + glyphic.
Senses: examples: hieroglyphic writing
hieroglyphic obelisk
glosses: Of, relating to, or written with such a system of symbols.
glosses: Difficult to decipher.
Derived terms: nonhieroglyphic
hindermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English hintirmest, hyndermest, hyndermeste, hyndirmaste; equivalent to hinder + -most.
Senses: examples: text: Rachel and Joseph hindermost.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 33:2:
glosses: hindmost
hindmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪndmoʊst/
Etymology: From Middle English hindemest, from Old English hindemest, superlative of hindema; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists). By surface analysis, hind + -most.
Senses: examples: text: Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea!
ref: 1786 July 31, Robert Burns, “On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire: Printed by John Wilson, →OCLC; reprinted Kilmarnock: James McKie, March 1867, →OCLC, page 184:
text: The foremost chain-man goes forward and the hindmost one follows, and stands with his hand above the first pin, and moves the foremost assistant to the right or left, till he is exactly on the line; when he is ordered to stick in his second pin.
ref: 1812, John Ainslie, “Section 2, Art. I: Of the Chain”, in Comprehensive Treatise on Land Surveying, Comprising the Theory and Practice in All its Branches, page 15:
glosses: superlative form of hind: most hind
hoik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔɪk/
rhymes: -ɔɪk
Forms: form: hoiks
form: hoick
Etymology: Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A wild hook shot played without style.
glosses: Sputum.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: A contraption that allows rapid teleportation in Terraria, making use of a glitch involving sloped blocks.
hoik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔɪk/
rhymes: -ɔɪk
Forms: form: hoiks
form: hoiking
form: hoiked
form: hoiked
form: hoick
Etymology: Possibly originally a form of hike (itself of unclear etymology).
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play such a shot.
glosses: To lift (a heavy object) carelessly; hoist.
examples: text: “What are your plans now?” “I propose to hoik you out of that chair and seat myself in it and take that book, the early chapters of which I found most gripping, and start catching up with my reading and try to forget.”
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII:
glosses: To throw something out.
glosses: To spit.
kith and kine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Literally, friends (“kith”) and cattle (“kine”). Compare Latinate capital and chattel, which also use “cow” to mean “property”,
Senses: glosses: Relatives and property; one's total possessions.
kith and kine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of kith and kin.
hydroxybutyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxybutyrates
Etymology: From hydroxy + butyrate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
Derived terms: gamma-hydroxybutyrate
insanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more insanitary
form: most insanitary
Etymology: From in- + sanitary.
Senses: examples: text: The important duty of getting rid of uninhabitable houses or insanitary property devolves on the sanitary authority, and requires to be carried out with discrimination.
ref: 1892 May 14, The Lancet, page 1089:
text: The insanitary house displayed poor heating and plumbing, arsenical wallpaper and, in the basement area at the front of the house, 'a large wooden dustbin, placed as is frequently the case, where its malodorous and often dangerous contents must be a constant nuisance on the premises'.
ref: 2014, Lee Jackson, Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, page 17:
text: Within the minority of nuisance fines for which the ward was recorded, however, there was a striking degree of symmetry across the wards, a difference of only eighteen between the ward with the most insanitary nuisances, Monk Ward, and that with the fewest, Micklegate Ward.
ref: 2015, Leona J. Skelton, Sanitation in Urban Britain, 1560–1700:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a lack of sanitation; unsanitary, dirty, unhealthy.
Derived terms: insanitarily
insanitariness
idoneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more idoneous
form: most idoneous
Etymology: From Latin idōneus.
Senses: examples: text: Hobbes tries to follow an 'idoneous principle of tractation' in moral philosophy, by beginning with an account of human nature and human motives.
ref: 2008, Terence Irwin, The Development of Ethics: Volume 2: From Suarez to Rousseau:
glosses: appropriate; suitable
Derived terms: idoneity
idoneousness
unsanitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsanitary
form: most unsanitary
Etymology: From un- + sanitary.
Senses: examples: text: A. The exterior of the premises and all structures thereon shall be kept free of all nuisances, unsanitary conditions and fire or safety hazards in the public areas and any of the foregoing shall be removed and abated promptly by the owner or manager.
B. Without limiting the generality of Subsection A, the maintenance includes: . . . (3) Keeping the premises free of conditions conducive to infestation by vermin or insects, such as rodent harborages or stagnant water, and other known sources of infestation.
ref: 2016, Jersey City, N.J. Code of Ordinances § 254-43. - Maintenance of exterior of premises:
glosses: Not sanitary; unhealthy; dirty.
hydroxybutyric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxybutyric acids
Etymology: From hydroxy- + butyric acid.
Senses: examples: alphahydroxybutyric acid - 2-hydroxy-butanoic acid
betahydroxybutyric acid - 3-hydroxy-butanoic acid
gammahydroxybutyric acid - 4-hydroxy-butanoic acid
2-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid
3-hydroxy, 2-methylpropanoic acid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of the isomeric compounds formed from a butyric acid by substituting a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group
cercle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cercles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of circle.
D.C.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DC
form: D. C.
Senses: examples: text: In other cases, masked agents are running checkpoints in the middle of Washington, D.C., and in L.A., and questioning people in their cars.
ref: 2025 September 5, Jaclyn Diaz, “What ICE agents can and cannot legally do during arrests”, in NPR:
glosses: Alternative form of DC.
Lexington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛk.sɪŋ.tən/
Etymology: From personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”). The town in Massachusetts may have been named after the town of Laxton (formerly spelled Lexington) in Nottinghamshire, or after Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton (whose title refers to the same place). The other US towns are named after the town in Massachusetts, the site of an important Revolutionary War battle.
Senses: glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A small city, the county seat of Oglethorpe County, Georgia.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, consolidated with the county.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A town, the county seat of Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A township and village therein, in Sanilac County, Michigan.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Holmes County, Mississippi.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Nebraska.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A town, the county seat of Lexington County, South Carolina.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A city, the county seat of Henderson County, Tennessee.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
An independent city, the county seat of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
glosses: Any number of places in the USA.
A number of other townships, including in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio, listed under Lexington Township.
glosses: The battle of Lexington, one of the first battles in the American Revolutionary War, see Wikipedia:Battles of Lexington and Concord.
Derived terms: Lexington County
Lexington Hills
Lexington-style barbecue
New Lexington
Havre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), q.v.
Senses: examples: text: Give me that paper, Hallemeier. [Reads]: "The first national Robot organization has been founded at Havre, and has issued an appeal to the Robots throughout the world."
ref: c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 2:
qualifier: imprecise
glosses: Alternative form of Le Havre, an important port of northern France.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Hill County, Montana, United States.
Related terms: Havre de Grace
Le Havre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lə ˈhɑːvɹə/
ipa: /lə ˈhɑː(ɹ)v/
Forms: form: Havre
Etymology: From French Le Havre (“The Harbor”), a 19th-century French clipping of Le Havre-de-Grâce (“The Harbor of Grace”), a combination of its earlier Norman name Hable (“Harbor”) and the short-lived name Ville-de-Grâce, which it bore following its 1517 refounding by Francis I, referencing the supposedly miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary acquired by Cambrai Cathedral in 1450 and known in French as Notre-Dame de Grâce. Nearby Honfleur had similarly named its cathedral (subsequently destroyed by a landslide) in its honor.
Senses: glosses: A city and major port beside the mouth of the River Seine in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Synonyms: word: Franciscopolis
word: Ville-de-Grâce
word: Le Havre-de-Grâce
word: Le Havre-de-Marat
word: Havre-Marat
NHG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: N.H.G.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of New High German.
Huns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌnz/
rhymes: -ʌnz
homophone: huns
Senses: glosses: plural of Hun
Bryan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: brīʹən
ipa: /ˈbɹaɪən/
rhymes: -aɪən
Forms: form: Bryans
form: Brienne
form: de Brienne
form: de Bryan
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, a less common alternative spelling of Brian.
examples: text: Doga instructors are not required to complete certification, though teacher training seminars do exist, like ones taught by Brenda Bryan, 43, a yoga and doga instructor in Seattle who has just written a book on the subject. […] Ms. Bryan said some of her earliest classes were a challenge.
ref: 2009 April 9, Bethany Lyttle, “Bonding With Their Downward-Facing Humans”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
glosses: A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Brian.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Williams County, Ohio.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Brazos County, Texas.
Derived terms: Bryan County
Bryanism
Bryanite
Bryanize
Related terms: Bryant
Hazelbury Bryan
Augustin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Saint-Augustin (“14-point type”).
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: French contexts
glosses: Synonym of English.
synonyms: word: English
Augustin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Augustin
form: most Augustin
Senses: examples: text: Witneſſe the diſputation at Berne in Anno 1527. betweene Conradus Treyerus an Auguſtin Frier, and Martin Bucer.
ref: 1638, Daniel Featley, “Parag 4. The iſſue of divers diſputations in France, and how the Romaniſts have had always the worſt in conferences with Proteſtants”, in Tranſuſtantiation exploded: or an Encounter with Richard the Titularie Biſhop of Chalcedon concerning Chriſt his preſence at his holy Table. […], London: G M. for Nicolas Bourne, page 19:
text: Hence aroſe a new ſedition, and of the ſame kinde; For Patrick an Augustin Frier, counterfeiting a new Earl of Warwick of one of his Scholars, ſtirred up the people to Rebellion in his Pulpit, but he and his Scholar were taken.
ref: 1657, Lambert Wood, Florus Anglicus: or an Exact History of England, from the Reign of William the Conquerour to the Death of Charles the I., 2nd edition, London: Printer for Simon Miller, page 180:
text: LUTHERANISM, the Opinions and Doctrines of Martin Luther, vvho being an Auguſtin Frier, ſeparated from the Church of Rome, about A.C. 1115. vvrote againſt its Errors and began the Reformation.
ref: 1721, N[athan] Bailey, “LUTHERANISM”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Augustan.
Augustin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Augustins
Senses: examples: text: At St. Rita I lodged in the houſe of the vicar-general, Father Luiz, an Auguſtin, who treated me with much hoſpitality, and from whom I received a great deal of information, both reſpecting the hiſtory of the country, and the ſtate of Chriſtianity in it.
ref: 1800, William Johnston, transl., A Voyage to the East Indies: […], London: J. Davis, […], translation of original by Paolino da San Bartolomeo, page 75:
text: This was a small detached fort that formed the apex of a triangle with the great bastilles of the Tournelles and Augustins, at a considerable distance, but near enough to annoy or cut off the communications in the rear of an attacking force. Orders had been given, in case of molestation, that the garrison should evacuate St. Jean-le-Blanc, and retire to the Augustins. This circumstance unhappily furnished the Lord Scales and the youthful chivalry who held the fortress of the Augustins with a pretence for disobeying the strict command they had received, by making a sally as if to cover the retreat of their countrymen.
ref: 1849, Emma Robinson, The Maid of Orleans. A Romantic Chronicle, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, pages 60–61:
text: The Augustins (or Austin Friars or Eremites,) were so called from their following certain pretended rules of St Augustine, which enjoined poverty, and enforced particular duties and discipline. They made their appearance about a. d. 1252.
ref: 1870, William Henry Pinnock, An Analysis of English Church History, Comprising the Reformation Period, and Subsequent Events: […], 6th edition, Cambridge:—J. Hall & Son; London:—Whittaker & Co.; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; and Bell & Daldy. Oxford:—J. H. Parker, page 94:
glosses: Alternative form of Augustan.
Related terms: August
august
Augustin process
Angelica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
Senses: examples: text: Look to the bak'd meats, good Angelica, / Spare not for cost.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
text: Angelica Ferrara, lead author of the paper and postdoctoral scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, says her preliminary research suggests that some women may spend several hours a week managing the emotional and social well-being of the men in their lives.
ref: 2024 October 23, Kim Elsesser, “Mankeeping: How Shrinking Male Social Networks May Burden Women”, in Forbes:
glosses: A female given name from Italian.
autoantonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoantonyms
Etymology: From auto- + antonym. Coined or reported as autantonym by Joseph T. Shipley in 1960.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: enantioseme
related: word: auto-antonym
word: autantonym
synonyms: contronym
contranym
hypernyms: antonym
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glosses: A word that has two opposing meanings.
Related terms: autoantonymy
enantiosemy
contronymy
contranymy
Boyd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
homophone: boid
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Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic, either buidhe (“blond, yellow, fair”), or a habitational surname from the Isle of Bute in Scotland.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ripley Township, Rush County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in New Hampton Township, Chickasaw County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Eureka Township, Barton County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wise County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in the town of Delmar, Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A short river in Gloucestershire, England, which joins the Bristol Avon near Bitton; in full, the River Boyd.
glosses: A river in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia; in full, the Boyd River.
glosses: A river in south-western Tasmania, Australia; in full, the Boyd River.
Derived terms: Boyd County
inconciliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconciliable
form: most inconciliable
Senses: glosses: Not conciliable; irreconcilable.
Elise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːliːs/
ipa: /ɛliːs/
ipa: /əˈlis/
Etymology: From French Élise or German Elise, both variants of Elisabeth.
Senses: examples: text: "Obviously I wasn't going to go through life saddled with a name like Elsie. When I got up to London at the age of eighteen everybody laughed at me, so a boyfriend suggested a tiny amendment, two letters swopped, and I've been Elise for thirty years."
ref: 2001, Susan Kelly, Killing the Fatted Calf, Allison & Busby, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Elisa
Eliza
Elyse
inconsiderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inconsiderable
form: most inconsiderable
Etymology: From Middle French inconsidérable. By surface analysis, in- + considerable.
Senses: examples: text: [N]o attempt is made to call in God to their reſcue, as if he vvere an idle unconcern'd ſpectator of humane affairs, or ſo inconſiderable an ally, as not to be vvorth the care of engaging him on their ſide.
ref: 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 83:
text: There will be inconsiderable rises in British Railways day return fares in the London Area; those priced at 2s. and over are unchanged, as are the ordinary single fares.
ref: 1954 October, “Notes and News: London Fares Increase”, in Railway Magazine, page 726:
text: An NGTF statement will mean little to the world outside — which believes we are all leftists anyway — but it would have a real effect on those lesbians and gays, particularly those — and they are not inconsiderable — who support Reagan.
ref: 1984 August 11, Dennis Altman, “But What Does It Mean?”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 5, page 3:
synonyms: word: negligible
word: trivial
word: unconsiderable
word: base
word: contemptible
word: foolish
word: for the birds
word: futile
word: frivolous
word: idle
word: ignorable
word: immaterial
word: inconsequential
word: inconsiderable
word: indifferent
word: insignificant
word: like a fart in a windstorm
word: meager
word: mean
word: minor
word: negligible
word: nothingburger
word: nondescript
word: paltry
word: petty
word: picayune
word: picayunish
word: piddling
word: piddly
word: pissant
word: pitiful
word: pointless
word: silly
word: simple
word: slight
word: tin-pot
word: trifling
word: trivial
word: two-bit
word: unimportant
word: unweighty
word: vain
word: worthless
word: wretched
glosses: Too unimportant to be worthy of attention.
examples: text: It is not inconsiderable to me that all the above can simultaneously exist.
ref: 1996 December 7, ladyv, “The GPM and Alan Walters (fwd)”, in alt.clearing.technology (Usenet):
glosses: Impossible to consider as a possibility; inconceivable.
Derived terms: inconsiderableness
inconsiderably
incurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incurrences
Senses: examples: text: How couldſt thou by tranſgreſſion hazard the incurrence of his implacable diſpleaſure, as after this thou didſt, ſince he ſo bountifully brake vp all the treaſures and riches of his goodneſſe.
ref: 1599, Lewis Thomas, “The forming of Eue the firſt woman.”, in Seauen sermons, or, The Exerciſes of ſeuen Sabbaoths., Valentine Sims, page 84:
text: Cogitation is made by incurrence of images; ſo alſo are Dreams.
ref: 1660, Thomas Stanley, “The Third Part: Containing the Eleatick Sect”, in The History Of Philosophy, The Third And Last Volume, In Five Parts., Democritus § Of the Soul.:
text: The object will be to instruct against the incurrence of diseases rather than prescribe remedies for their treatment after incurrence, […]
ref: 1897, J. R. Hayes, chapter I, in How to Live Longer and Why We Do Not Live Longer, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 28:
text: Parties responsible for the incurrence of overdrafts shall be held personally liable therefor.
ref: 1977 October 10, Republic of the Philippines, “Presidential Decree No. 1177”, in Official Gazette, volume 73, number 41, Manila, →ISSN:
glosses: the act of incurring something
indexation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indexations
Etymology: From French indexation.
Senses: glosses: The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).
Derived terms: deindexation
palabras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palabra
Indianisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indianization
Etymology: From Indian + -isation.
Senses: glosses: The act, process or result of Indianising.
glosses: The practice, towards the end of the British Raj, of promoting Indian people to more senior positions in the civil service.
Sacramento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntoʊ/
ipa: /ˌsækɹəˈmɛnoʊ/
ipa: /ˌsækɹəˈmɛntəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛntəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sacramento (“sacrament”).
Senses: examples: text: Police on Monday said they have arrested one man who is a suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people and wounded 12 others.
ref: 2022 April 4, Susannah Cullinane, Holly Yan, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, “All 6 victims killed in the Sacramento mass shooting are identified as police arrest a suspect”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: Sac
word: Sactown
word: Sacratomato
word: Sacto
word: Big Tomato
word: Camellia City
word: River City
glosses: The capital city of California, United States and the county seat of Sacramento County.
glosses: A major river in northern California.
Derived terms: Sacramentan
Sacramentarian
Sacramento County
Sacramento River
Sacramento Valley
Related terms: Colonia del Sacramento
Uruguay
New High German
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The modern form of the German language, successor to Middle High German.
Synonyms: english: in non-technical contexts
translation: in non-technical contexts
word: German
word: NHG
word: N.H.G.
word: N. H. G.
Hyponyms: Early New High German
Coordinate terms: Old High German
Middle High German
New High German
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The history of the New High German word Körper (corpus) starts with its Middle High German borrowing from the Latin word corpus, body flesh, corpse, shadow (of a dead person), trunk, belly, person, nature, and others, and leads over the years to the latest form.
ref: 1995, Ilse Middendorf, The Perceptible Breath: A Breathing Science (Preface); in: Don Hanlon Johnson (ed.), Bone, Breath & Gesture: Practices of Embodiment, page 75:
glosses: Of or relating to New High German.
Lib Dem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lib Dems
Senses: examples: text: The Tories are ideologically opposed to large state-run industries, and the Lib Dems can sniff an opportunity to score points in their freshly won commuting constituencies outside London.
ref: 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 40:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of Liberal Democrat.
Indianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Indianisation.
Early New High German
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: …
Middle High German c1050–1350 nëment …
Transition period c1350–1500 nemen / nement …
Early New High German c1500–1650 nemen …
…
ref: 2008, Kjartan Ottosson, The diffusion of systemic changes through the inflectional system: Evidence from person-number inflection in the Nordic languages and German, in: Thórhallur Eythórsson (ed.), Grammatical Change and Linguistic Theory: The Rosendal papers (John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam/Philadelphia), p. 329ff., here p. 352 *
glosses: The form of the German language spoken from 1350 or 1500 to 1650 CE, successor to Middle High German.
indigenisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indigenisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of indigenization.
quartier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː(ɹ)tiˈeɪ/
homophone: Cartier
Forms: form: quartiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French quartier. Doublet of quarter.
Senses: glosses: A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.
tristesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛs
Etymology: From Middle English trestesse, tristes, tristesce, tristesse, tristice, from Middle French tristesse.
Senses: examples: text: The robot let out a long heartfelt sigh of impassioned tristesse and sank reluctantly away from the ceiling.
ref: 1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 52:
text: “The peculiar resonance of his postcoital tristesse, for example.”
ref: 2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, quoting Martin Amis, “Siberian Fields”, in New York Times:
glosses: sadness
indigenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌdɪdʒənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: indigenizations
Etymology: From indigenous + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: An early attempt at what might now be called indigenization occurred in one of the first forts which the Portuguese built on the West African coast, Fort St George of Elmina, in what is now Ghana.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 709:
text: [A] reverse process of what we might call indigenisation also occurred, in which the freed convicts and their families and their descendants took on some of the values and mentality of Aboriginal people.
ref: 2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 225:
glosses: The act of making something or someone more indigenous; adaptation to native or local culture.
glosses: The capability to manufacture a product, or supply a service independently within a country instead of relying on foreign manufactures or suppliers.
Related terms: globalization
nativization
Vance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /væns/
rhymes: -æns
Forms: form: Vances
Etymology: From a Southern English dialectal form of Old English fenn (“marsh, bog”).
Senses: examples: text: Springfield resident Denise Williams' phone began blowing up on Monday while she was spending time with her children and grandchildren, not long after Vance posted.
ref: 2024 September 10, Huo Jingnan, Jasmine Garsd, “JD Vance spreads debunked claims about Haitian immigrants eating pets”, in NPR:
text: Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vance, said the vice president had not been aware the request had been made to alter the water flow into the Little Miami River on Aug. 2. The Vances took the boat excursion on the vice president’s 41st birthday.
ref: 2025 August 7, Lisa Friedman and Eileen Sullivan, “Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025:
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Tuscaloosa County and Bibb County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Vermilion County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Quitman County and Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morrill County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Vanceburg
Vance County
Vance Creek
indwelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indwellings
Etymology: From Middle English indwelling, equivalent to in- + dwelling.
Senses: glosses: A dwelling within, especially lodgement or habitation in the mind or soul.
indwelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + dwelling.
Senses: glosses: implanted within the body
glosses: existing as an inner principle; inherent
Derived terms: indwelling catheter
Johanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəʊˈænə/
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊˈhænə/
Forms: form: Jo
Etymology: From Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets.
Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, Sheena, and Zhanna.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
examples: text: The commanders agreed to continue together, and put into Johanna for supplies of water and fresh provisions.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 81
glosses: The Comoros island of Anjouan.
ingratiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingratiations
Senses: glosses: The state of being ingratiating.
in-group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-groups
Senses: examples: text: In-group bias, sometimes called in-group favoritism or in-group preference, means someone favoring people who look like them or are like them in other ways: in-group versus out-group preferences.
ref: 2020 June 6, Lisa Selin Davis, “Children aren’t born racist. Here’s how parents can stop them from becoming racist.”, in CNN, spoken by Sarah Gaither:
glosses: Alternative form of ingroup.
in-group
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: in-groups
form: in-grouping
form: in-grouped
form: in-grouped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ingroup.
Monterey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒntəˈɹeɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”).
Senses: glosses: The place name of various cities and counties
A city in Monterey County, California, United States.
glosses: The place name of various cities and counties
A town, the county seat of Highland County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Monterrey.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Monterrei.
Derived terms: Monterey County
Monterey cypress
Monterey Jack
Monterey pine
Monterey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒntəˈɹeɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɑnəˌɹeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Monterrey, from Galician Monterrei, from monte (“mountain”) + rei (“king”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Of a style reminiscent of the architecture of Alta California.
inhomogeneities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhomogeneity
in hot pursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: See hot pursuit.
Senses: examples: text: PC Winters gunned the patrol car out of the side road where they'd been parked, bored and waiting for the end of their shift, and took off in hot pursuit.
ref: 2011, Colin Bateman, SOS Adventure: Tusk:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Pursuing someone in order to apprehend them, especially across a border.
hot pursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hot pursuits
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: fresh pursuit
immediate pursuit
glosses: A close and continuous pursuit of a fleeing suspected lawbreaker or hostile military force, especially across territorial lines.
Derived terms: in hot pursuit
injective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: This term was introduced by Nicolas Bourbaki in his treatise Éléments de mathématique.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: one-to-one
glosses: Of, relating to, or being an injection: such that each element of the image (or range) is associated with at most one element of the preimage (or domain); inverse-deterministic
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: module theory
glosses: Loosely, having a certain generalizing property, abstracted from the study of ℚ as a ℤ-module. Formally, such that any short exact sequence of (left) R-modules beginning with M splits, or any of several equivalent statements: See Injective module.
raw_tags: of a (left) module M over a ring R
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: most generally
glosses: Loosely, having a property analogous to that which characterizes injective modules (see above). Formally, such that, given a monomorphism f:X→Y in C, for every morphism g:X→Q there exists a morphism h:Y→Q such that h∘f=g; see Injective object.
raw_tags: of an object Q in a category C
qualifier: homological algebra
glosses: Such that the objects (usually modules) involved in the resolution are injective (in the algebraic senses above).
raw_tags: of a resolution
Derived terms: injective cogenerator
injective dimension
injective function
injective hull
injective map
injective module
injectiveness
injective object
injective patch
injective sheaf
injectivity
noninjective
selfinjective
Related terms: injectal
injectively
bijective
surjective
in particular
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: Especially, individually or specifically.
insofar as
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn.səʊˈfɑːɹəz/
enpr: ĭn-sō-färʹəz
ipa: /ɪn.soʊˈfɑɹəz/
ipa: /ɪn.soʊˈfɑɹæz/
Senses: examples: text: Insofar as it expresses an expansion in physical plant, it ought to make possible the production of more goods.
ref: 1922 (June 7), G.S., "Can a Living Wage Be Paid?", Correspondence, The New Republic 31 (no. 392): 50
text: Hasidism, insofar as it was new—and not all of Hasidism was "new" in this sense—rejected the older hierarchies of celestial palaces, of Intelligences, of hypostases, of sefirot.
ref: 1982, David R. Blumenthal, Understanding Jewish Mysticism, volume II, page 195:
text: Insofar as possible, the current edition of a publication is annotated in part 3.
ref: 1996, “National Science Education Standards”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 133:
text: She helped us insofar as she was able.
text: She cites other scholars' work only insofar as it supports her own theories.
glosses: To the extent that.
Synonyms: sense: to the extent that
word: inasmuch as
sense: to the extent that
word: in that
sense: to the extent that
word: insomuch that
institutionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: institutionalisations
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English and Ireland standard spelling of institutionalization.
Derived terms: reinstitutionalisation
intercultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intercultural
form: most intercultural
Etymology: From inter- + cultural.
Senses: glosses: of, relating to, or between different cultures
Derived terms: interculturalism
interculturalist
interculturality
interculturalize
interculturally
Related terms: cross-cultural
unds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of und
interdicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interdicted
form: most interdicted
Senses: examples: text: "I am much obliged," said the countess, coldly, who was turning in her mind the best way of introducing the interdicted list. Lord Marchmont saved her the trouble. "I quite forgot to see you this morning before I went out. Let me tell you now, while I think of it, that I gave the porter a list, this morning, of every one of our acquaintance who had the least leaning to the other side, that, in future, they might not obtain admittance;"...
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 169–170:
glosses: Prohibited or forbidden.
Derived terms: uninterdicted
interdicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interdict
interdiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈdɪk.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌɪn.tɚˈdɪk.ʃən/
Forms: form: interdictions
Etymology: From Middle English, borrowed from French interdiction, itself a borrowing from Latin interdictiō.
Senses: examples: text: He went off in a hurry, victim to that senseless interdiction against sobriety which closes the pubs at six o'clock, and thereby convicts the populace of collective imbecility.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 66:
glosses: The act of interdicting or something interdicted.
examples: text: Under Emergency War Powers Reg. 903.5, you are hereby authorized to assume command of the Normandy SR-2. You are directed to begin interdiction operations against any and all enemies posing a threat to Earth, its colonies, and its allies.
ref: 2012, BioWare, quoting Steven Hackett, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Reinstatement:
glosses: The destruction of an enemy's military potential before it can be used.
Derived terms: harassment and interdiction
interdictional
interdictionary
internode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + node.
Senses: glosses: Between nodes.
internode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internodes
Etymology: From inter- + node.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A section of stem between two stem nodes.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: Whatever lies between two nodes.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A segment of a digit between two knuckles.
intrauterine device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intrauterine devices
Senses: examples: text: Types of progestagen-only contraceptives available in the UK and US include the implant, the hormonal intrauterine device (IUD), the contraceptive injection and the minipill.
ref: 2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN:
text: The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
ref: 2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN:
related: word: IUD
hypernyms: contraceptive#Noun
<
device#Noun
coordinate_terms: diaphragm
;
internal condom
female condom
;
external condom
male condom
;
condom
glosses: A contraceptive device consisting of a spiral or similar shape of plastic or metal inserted through the vagina into the uterus in order to prevent the implantation of a fertilized egg.
Shangaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the name of Soshangani, the leader of the Revolt against Chaka Zulu, who fled to Zimbabwe. Alternatively from Zulu: shangane: a wanderer.
Senses: glosses: An African tribe or clan or nation.
glosses: The language of the Shangaan.
Shangaan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shangani
form: Shangans
Etymology: From the name of Soshangani, the leader of the Revolt against Chaka Zulu, who fled to Zimbabwe. Alternatively from Zulu: shangane: a wanderer.
Senses: glosses: A member of this tribe.
iridisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of iridization.
iridization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the application of iridium to a surface
Islamisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Islamise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Islamization.
Islamization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Islamizations
form: Islamisation
Etymology: From Islamize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Conversion to Islam.
Synonyms: Muslimification
Muslimization
Islamification
Related terms: Islamication
isopiestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + an element derived from Ancient Greek πίεσις (píesis, “pressure”) (see πιέζω (piézō)).
Senses: glosses: Having equal pressure; isobaric.
isopiestic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopiestics
Etymology: From iso- + an element derived from Ancient Greek πίεσις (píesis, “pressure”) (see πιέζω (piézō)).
Senses: glosses: An isobar.
Italianisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Italianization.
Italianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌtæljənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪˌtæljənəˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: Italianizations
form: Italianisation
Etymology: Derived from Italianize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The conversion of a non-Italian culture to an Italian one.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of adapting lexical elements from a foreign language to the Italian linguistic system.
Italianization
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌtæljənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪˌtæljənəˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: Italianisation
Etymology: Derived from Italianize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The forced cultural and ethnic assimilation of minorities in the Kingdom of Italy, with particular reference to the Fascist government (1922–1943).
iterability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The capacity to be repeatable in different contexts.
raw_tags: of a sign
Ivy League
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ivy League
Etymology: From earlier Ivy colleges (1933), as Ivy League first used by AP sports editor Alan J. Gould (1935). The title became official after the formation of the athletic conference in 1954. From the tradition of Ivy Day at many older colleges and universities, where ivy is planted to honor academic excellence.
Senses: examples: text: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale form the Ivy League.
text: Almost as an afterthought, we’re given an origin story for Barney’s alcoholism: he was once a sober, studious, Ivy League-bound high school scholar before Homer forced a beer on him that transformed him into a drooling, slurring, out of control rampaging id.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
topics: education
government
politics
glosses: An association of eight universities in the USA, known for high quality.
wikipedia: Alan J. Gould
Ivy League
Coordinate terms: word: C9 League
word: Group of Thirteen
word: Russell Group
Derived terms: Black Ivy League
British Ivy League
Chinese Ivy League
Ivy
Ivy Leaguer
little Ivy
public Ivy
Southern Ivy
Related terms: ivy
Ivy Day
planting the ivy