cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɐːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: farks
form: farking
form: farked
form: farked
Etymology: From the name of the popular website Fark, because when it links to a small website from its main page, the small site is often subjected to so much new traffic that it is rendered inoperable due to server failure.
Senses: glosses: To subject a website to a high volume of requests, such that the server stops responding.
Related terms: Slashdot effect
teleheating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + heating.
Senses: glosses: The supply of heat, either in the form of steam or hot water, from a central source (such as a nuclear power plant) to a group of buildings (such as a city).
speech disfluency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speech disfluencies
Senses: examples: text: To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency.
ref: 2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013:
glosses: A part of speech usually expressed as a pause or hesitation; such as err, um, hmm.
mosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊˈzeɪk/
ipa: /məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
rhymes: -eɪɪk
Forms: form: mosaics
form: mosaick
form: musaic
Etymology: From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Senses: glosses: A piece of artwork created by placing colored squares (usually tiles) in a pattern so as to create a picture.
examples: text: Using censorship's ability to enhance laughter, modern comedy uses a full array of censorship tools: strategically placed censors' black bars ... digitalized mosaic blurs or pixilations^([sic]) that obscure body parts, crude gestures, and the like ...
ref: 2019, Laura Little, Guilty Pleasures: Comedy and Law in America, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023, page 65:
glosses: Pixelization. (a method of censorship)
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An individual composed of two or more cell lines of different genetic or chromosomal constitution, but from the same zygote.
topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several viral diseases that cause mosaic-like patterns to appear on leaves.
glosses: A composite picture made from overlapping photographs.
glosses: Any composite structure made from diverse elements.
Derived terms: alphamosaic
cultural mosaic
demosaic
macromosaic
micromosaic
mosaical
mosaic gold
mosaic gulper shark
mosaicism
mosaicist
mosaicity
mosaiclike
mosaic plagiarism
mosaicplasty
mosaic plot
mosaicry
mosaic-tailed rat
mosaiculture
mosaic virus
mosaist
nanomosaic
nonmosaic
orthomosaic
Pallister mosaic aneuploidy syndrome
photomosaic
rugose mosaic
Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat
tobacco mosaic
Related terms: tessellation
tilework
tiling
mosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊˈzeɪk/
ipa: /məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
rhymes: -eɪɪk
Forms: form: mosaick
form: musaic
Etymology: From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Senses: glosses: Containing cells of varying genetic constitution.
raw_tags: of an individual
mosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊˈzeɪk/
ipa: /məʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/
ipa: /moʊˈzeɪk/
rhymes: -eɪk
rhymes: -eɪɪk
Forms: form: mosaics
form: mosaicking
form: mosaicing
form: mosaicked
form: mosaicked
form: mosaiced
form: mosaiced
form: mosaick
form: musaic
Etymology: From Middle French mosaïque, from Italian mosaico, from Medieval Latin musaicum, from Late Latin musivum (opus), from Latin museum, musaeum, probably from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).
Senses: examples: text: Featheredging is a process in preparing the photographs for mosaicking and involves cutting, tearing, and sandpapering the back of the print along its edges in such a way that the edge of the print is thin and will make a smooth match with adjoining prints.
ref: 1944, War Department Technical Manual, volume 5, number 240, page 60:
glosses: To arrange in a mosaic.
Related terms: intarsia
boonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbuːniz/
Etymology: Clipping of boondocks + -ies, as if a singular *boony (“remote place (singular)”). It was shortened as such by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
Senses: glosses: Boondocks.
wikipedia: Vietnam War
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place
Hittorf's phosphorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (1824-1914) who first produced it in 1865. (Reference: John Emsley, The Shocking History of Phosphorus, 2000, →ISBN, page 304.)
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A purple crystalline allotrope of phosphorus.
Cloughoge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a village near Newry in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
adulterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹə/
ipa: /əˈdʌltəɹɚ/
Forms: form: adulterers
Etymology: From adulter (“to commit adultery”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Under the canon-law rule, a married participant is an adulterer and an umarried one is a fornicator.
ref: 2009, Garner's Modern American Usage, page 22:
topics: law
synonyms: word: cheater
word: adulterer
word: bed-hopper
word: carpetmonger
word: chamberer
word: debauchee
word: debaucher
word: fornicator
word: gallant
word: lecher
word: lewdster
word: libertine
word: hood rat
word: philanderer
word: rake
word: rantipole
word: rizzler
word: roué
word: player
word: seducer
word: voluptuary
word: wanton
glosses: One who commits adultery.
A spouse who has sex with a non-spouse.
coordinate_terms: fornicator
qualifier: strictly
examples: text: Ashley Madison, so-called for the two most popular girls names, billed itself as the premier destination for adulterers – no judgment, no risks, no strings attached other than the payments required to secure enough “credits” to talk to other users.
ref: 2024 May 14, Adrian Horton, “Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: cheater
word: adulterer
word: bed-hopper
word: carpetmonger
word: chamberer
word: debauchee
word: debaucher
word: fornicator
word: gallant
word: lecher
word: lewdster
word: libertine
word: hood rat
word: philanderer
word: rake
word: rantipole
word: rizzler
word: roué
word: player
word: seducer
word: voluptuary
word: wanton
glosses: One who commits adultery.
Someone who cheats on their spouse or monogamous significant other.
examples: text: I become an adulterer and remain an adulterer when, by choice, I freely adopt the proposal to have sex with someone other than my wife.
ref: 2005, The Great Life: Essays on Doctrine and Holiness, page 140:
text: The Word of God says that you, my reader, should be sure that no fornicator or adulterer or adulteress has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God.
ref: 2016, Freedom From The Sin of Adultery And Fornication, page 110:
synonyms: word: cheater
word: adulterer
word: bed-hopper
word: carpetmonger
word: chamberer
word: debauchee
word: debaucher
word: fornicator
word: gallant
word: lecher
word: lewdster
word: libertine
word: hood rat
word: philanderer
word: rake
word: rantipole
word: rizzler
word: roué
word: player
word: seducer
word: voluptuary
word: wanton
glosses: One who commits adultery.
A male adulterer specifically.
coordinate_terms: adulteress
Related terms: adulterant
psychoanalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psycho- + analytic.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the accuracy of his observations, Rechy's political analysis of S&M, although it includes some good insights, is limited, moralistic, and tainted with psychoanalytic bias, and makes the leather scene into a place of warped madness and sickness.
ref: 1974 February 2, Eric Rofes, “For Leathermen Who Have Considered S&M”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 19:
text: For example, psychoanalytic patients often resist remembering their childhood because they fear they will end up blaming their parents for their problems and feel guilty for betraying them.
ref: 2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
text: It then told me it was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, which it said was an “effective way to challenge how you’re thinking about things.” Unlike psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapies, C.B.T. argues that our emotions and moods are influenced by our patterns of thinking; change those patterns, the theory goes, and you’ll start to feel better.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2022:
glosses: Of or relating to psychoanalysis.
Synonyms: psychoanalytical
unattainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/
ipa: /ˌɐnəˈtæɪnəbəl/
Forms: form: more unattainable
form: most unattainable
Etymology: From un- + attain + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Efficiency for the sake of efficiency, unchallenged authority conferred upon those who know well a few things and ignore everything else, disdain for the ordinary and humble elements that introduce happiness in our lives, worship of unattainable utopiae, are some of the features of the scheme which leads inevitably to the suppression of the eternal gifts bestowed by God upon every human person and to the frightful prospect of being ruled by what he vividly names “the Empire of the Insect.”
ref: 1974, The Chesterton Review, page 262:
synonyms: inaccessible
unobtainable
unapproachable
antonyms: attainable
glosses: Impossible to attain or reach; unable to accomplish
unattainable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnəˈteɪnəbəl/
ipa: /ˌɐnəˈtæɪnəbəl/
Forms: form: unattainables
Etymology: From un- + attain + -able.
Senses: glosses: Anything that cannot be attained.
be left holding the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is left holding the baby
form: being left holding the baby
form: was left holding the baby
form: been left holding the baby
Senses: glosses: To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
galumph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: gəlŭmf'
ipa: /ɡəˈlʌmf/
Forms: form: galumphs
form: galumphing
form: galumphed
form: galumphed
Etymology: Back-formation from galumphing in Lewis Carroll's “Jabberwocky”.
Senses: examples: text: The Wild Things are a triumph of stagecraft, and they galumph away with the show.
ref: 1990, John von Rhein, The Chicago Tribune, "Wild Things Perfect Fare for Holidays", December 19, 1990
text: Lily's heart galumphed. This wasn't the same temp she'd bribed away yesterday. Something had gone haywire. She braced herself. Myra looked at the woman, then at Lily, who was suddenly busy with her stenography.
ref: 2008, Denise Hamilton, The Last Embrace, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 137:
text: The big fellow finally took a long look at the thing under his chin, and the current disturbance, and galumphed away, but Claudio was still dancing from boulder to boulder, trying to keep away from the teeth of the lunging females.
ref: 2013, William Conway, Act III in Patagonia: People and Wildlife, Island Press, →ISBN, page 186:
text: In 2024, we might occasionally raise an eyebrow at Eurovision’s galumphing attempts to keep pace with pop culture – a bit of awkward rapping here, a clumsily deployed trap beat there, […]
ref: 2024 April 5, Alexis Petridis, “Abba, cabaret and smug marionettes: the 1974 Eurovision song contest reviewed!”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To move heavily and clumsily, or with a sense of prancing and triumph.
glosses: (of a seal) To move across land by undulating the body.
Derived terms: galumpher
galumphingly
yaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjafl̩/
rhymes: -æfəl
Forms: form: yaffles
Etymology: Imitative of the bird's cry.
Senses: examples: text: I remember the cry of the wood-peckers, or yaffils, as we call them in that country, going to roost in a pale autumnal evening […].
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 114:
text: “‘Punched that rotton strap,’ he goes on saying, ‘like a gret ol' yaffle punchin' a 'ollow log!’”
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 119:
synonyms: yaffingale
yaffler
woodall
glosses: The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
yaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjafl̩/
rhymes: -æfəl
Forms: form: yaffles
form: yaffling
form: yaffled
form: yaffled
Etymology: Imitative of the bird's cry.
Senses: examples: text: Green woodpecker is not without options. Each year the builder comes to fix the house of the wooden roof. Green woodpecker watches then flies away, yaffling.
ref: 2005, Tim Kendall, Strange Land, page 13:
glosses: Of the green woodpecker: to make its distinctive cry.
yaffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjafl̩/
rhymes: -æfəl
Forms: form: yaffles
form: yaffling
form: yaffled
form: yaffled
Senses: examples: text: At the mention of yaffling—the cant for eating—Ewan felt a pang of hunger in his belly.
ref: 2017, Vanessa Kelly, Shana Galen, Anna Campbell, Kate Noble, A Grosvenor Square Christmas:
text: You're growing squab yaffling our food and then lazing in the hallway.
ref: 2019, Ellie Jacobs, Workhouse Waif: A Victorian Romance:
glosses: To eat.
Caesarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /siːˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Caesarean.
Caesarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /siːˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Caesarians
Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Julius Caesar.
glosses: A member of the populares faction of Julius Caesar.
glosses: A Caesarean section.
Lebor Gabála Érenn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The title translates as The Book of the Taking of Ireland.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of an Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages.
loth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lother
form: lothest
Etymology: See loath.
Senses: examples: text: I was loth to return to the office without the Henderson file.
text: If there bee never a Servant-monster i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he sayes ; nor a nest of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like those that beget Tales, Tempests, and such like Drolleries, […]
ref: 1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: Then ſaid Faint-heart, Deliver thy Purſe; but he making no haſte to do it (for he was loth to loſe his Money,) Miſtrust ran up to him, and thruſting his hand into his Pocket, pull'd out thence a bag of Silver.
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 166:
text: "And thereupon I pledge thee," said the young nobleman, "which on any other argument I were loth to do—thinking of Ned as somewhat the cut of a villain."
ref: 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Peveril of the Peak. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 82:
text: If I to wed the girl am loth / A breach 'twill surely be—
ref: 1875, Arthur Sullivan (music), W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert (lyrics), Trial by Jury. A Novel and Original Dramatic Cantata, London: Walter Smith, […], →OCLC, page 15:
text: Ah! dear one, I've been old so long, / It seems that age is loth to part, / Though days and years have never a song, / And, oh! have they still the art / That warmed the pulses of heart to heart?
ref: 1881, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, “Alas, So Long!”, in Ballads and Sonnets, London: Ellis and White, […], →OCLC, stanza 2, pages 297–298, lines 9–13:
text: And, as it happened, reaching up for a sup, / He took a bottle full of poison up / And drank; and his companion, nothing loth, / Drank from it also, and they perished both.
ref: 1951, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Pardoner’s Tale”, in Nevill Coghill, transl., The Canterbury Tales: Translated into Modern English (Penguin Classics), Penguin Books, published 1977, →ISBN, page 274:
text: Lyme Regis is such a delightful town that I was loth to leave it,[…].
ref: 1960 June, R. C. Riley, “The coastal branches of South-East Devon: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 344:
text: They recognise that a strong Chelsea is important for the collective brand. The league, meanwhile, is always loth to create a mess with points deductions, for example. Again, it is not good for the competition.
ref: March 11 2022, David Hytner, “Chelsea are in crisis but there is no will to leave club on their knees”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of loath.
Derived terms: lothly
lothness
loth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊt/
rhymes: -əʊt
Forms: form: loths
Etymology: From German Loth (obsolete), Lot, later also from Dutch lood, both specific usages of the word for ‘lead’. Doublet of lead.
Senses: examples: text: It is not a matter of body but of virtues, which is why the fifth essence was invented, of which one loth is superior to the twenty pounds of the body from which it was extracted.
ref: 1999, Paracelsus, “Opus Paramirum”, in Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, transl., Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books, page 100:
glosses: A measure of weight formerly used in Germany, the Netherlands and some other parts of Europe, equivalent to half of the local ounce.
graphical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæfɪkəl/
Etymology: From graphic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, related to, or shown on a graph.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or using graphics.
examples: text: The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters.
ref: 1642, [Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici, London: […] Andrew Crooke, →OCLC:
glosses: Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
Derived terms: graphicality
graphicalness
graphical user interface
hypergraphical
neurographical
nongraphical
pseudographical
semigraphical
Related terms: graphic
odd lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odd lots
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A block of shares of stock that is not a multiple of some number, usually 100.
examples: text: Everard liked to shop at the stores specializing in odd lots down by the docks, as he was a cheapskate.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A set of leftover goods, of a quantity less than an evenly divisible shippable unit, often sold at reduced price.
Synonyms: sense: leftover goods for sale
word: closeout
sense: leftover goods for sale
word: remainder
picador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkədɔː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: picadors
form: picadores
Etymology: From Spanish picador (“stinger”).
Senses: examples: text: I saw the picador lance the bull.
text: The bull roars with pain, and the banderillas toss about in the lacerated flesh, from which the blood pours in crimson streams. "Poor beast! what a shame," we think, and even then the order is given for the picador to attack the bull.
ref: 1889, Nellie Bly, Six Months In Mexico, page 42:
topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A lancer mounted on horseback who assists a matador.
round lot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: round lots
Senses: topics: business
finance
synonyms: board lot
glosses: A block of shares of stock that is a multiple of some number, usually 100.
abackward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbæk.wəd/
ipa: /əˈbæk.wəd/
Etymology: From Middle English abakward. Equivalent to aback (“rear”) + -ward (“toward”).
Senses: glosses: Backward.
yare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛː/
ipa: /jɛɹ/
ipa: /jeːɹ/
ipa: /jeː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjeə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjiə/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: yair
homophone: year (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: yarer
form: yarest
form: yar
Etymology: From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).
Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, gerr (“perfect”).
Senses: glosses: Ready; prepared.
examples: text: […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
glosses: Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
glosses: Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
examples: c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry
The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
raw_tags: of a ship
Derived terms: yarely
yare
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛː/
ipa: /jɛɹ/
ipa: /jeːɹ/
ipa: /jeː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjeə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjiə/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: yair
homophone: year (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: more yare
form: most yare
form: yar
Etymology: From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).
Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, gerr (“perfect”).
Senses: examples: text: Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Yarely.
yare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɛː/
ipa: /jɛɹ/
ipa: /jeːɹ/
ipa: /jeː/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjeə/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈjiə/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: yair
homophone: year (cheer–chair merger)
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yair.
pari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paris
Etymology: From Persian پری (pari).
Senses: examples: text: The Pari, in Persian mythology, is a description of fairy beings but malevolent.
ref: 2021, Farshad Torkashvand, Into the Embrace of Fire:
glosses: Alternative form of peri.
Related terms: in pari materia
pari-mutuel
pari passu
Cesarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /siːˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Caesarean.
Cesarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siːˈzɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /siːˈzɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Cesarians
Etymology: From Caesar + -ian, but see also Caesarean section § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Caesarean.
-graphical
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Used to form adjectives meaning of or relating to corresponding nouns ending in -graphy or -graph.
Derived terms: autobiographical
biographical
geographical
semiautobiographical
typographical
Related terms: -graph
-graphic
-graphy
predestine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/
ipa: /pɹiˈdɛstɪn/
rhymes: -ɛstɪn
Forms: form: predestines
form: predestining
form: predestined
form: predestined
Etymology: From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Senses: glosses: To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: To foreordain by divine will.
Related terms: destine
predestination
predestined
predestiny
nimaigeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nimaigeri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 二枚蹴り.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker kicks away the opponent's ankle while throwing or twisting him onto his side.
okuridashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okuridashi
Etymology: From Japanese 送り出し (“rear push out”).
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker drives his opponent out from behind.
okurigake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okurigake
Etymology: From Japanese 送り掛け, meaning "rear leg trip".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his legs behind one of his opponent's and pulls it towards himself from behind, toppling his opponent forward.
okurihikiotoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okurihikiotoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 送り引き落とし, meaning "rear pull down".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent and pulls him down while backing away
okurinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okurinage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 送り投げ, literally "rear throw down".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent and throws him forward or to the side and down.
okuritaoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okuritaoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 送り倒し, literally "rear push down".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent down from behind.
okuritsuridashi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okuritsuridashi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 送り吊り出し, literally rear lift out.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: a kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent, lifts him up and carries him out of the ring
okuritsuriotoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okuritsuriotoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 送り吊り落とし, meaning "rear lifting body slam".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker circles behind his opponent then lifts him up and slams him down.
synonymity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synonymities
Etymology: From synonym + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Ellis, who proposes a system with 117 notes within the octave, is^([sic]) thus shown that an infinite number of notes is required, for there is no synonymity in any system when the key-note moves.
ref: 1880 February, Stephen Austen Pearce, “Imperfections of Modern Harmony”, in Popular Science, volume 16:
text: The wave of rebellion swept over me in an instant, beginning with an heretical doubt as to the sanctity of the established order of things[…]and ending in an adamantine determination to defend my honor and my life to the last ditch against the blind and senseless regulation which assumed the synonymity of misfortune and treason.
ref: 1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter I, in The Lost Continent:
text: Quine explains, without giving a definition, a concept of synonymity which is different from and presumably stronger than L-equivalence. He says: "The notion of synonymity figures implicitly also whenever we use the method of indirect quotations. In indirect quotation we do not insist on a literal repetition of the words of the person quoted, but we insist on a synonymous sentence; we require reproduction of the meaning. Such synonymity differs even from logical equivalence; and exactly what it is remains unspecified."
ref: 1988, Rudolf Carnap, Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic, page 60:
glosses: The state of being a synonym.
Synonyms: word: synonymousness
word: synonymy
sense: identical meaning
word: homosemy
information space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The totality of information, especially that which is accessible online.
dappled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈdæpəɫd]
Forms: form: more dappled
form: most dappled
Senses: examples: text: It was a close, sultry day: devoid of sunshine, but with a sky too dappled and hazy to threaten rain
ref: 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXVI, in Wuthering Heights:
text: Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]
ref: 1877, Gerard Manley Hopkins, “Pied Beauty”, in Robert Bridges, editor, Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins: Now First Published […], London: Humphrey Milford, published 1918, →OCLC, page 30, lines 1–3:
glosses: Having a mottled or spotted skin or coat, dapple.
Derived terms: dappledness
sweat-dappled
undappled
dappled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈdæpəɫd]
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dapple
slow ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball that is deliberately bowled slower than normal in an attempt to deceive the batsman into making a mistimed shot.
slow bowler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow bowlers
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a bowler who specializes in bowling (pitching a ball in cricket) relatively slowly, especially a spin bowler
Related terms: fast bowler
soft hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft hand
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The hands in a relaxed state, especially for a batsman to play with a dead bat, or for a fielder to catch the ball without it bouncing out.
tabard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæbɑː(ɹ)d/
ipa: /ˈtæbə(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: tabards
Etymology: From Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
examples: text: The long rows of wheat-shocks marched like soldiers in worn yellow tabards.
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter III, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC, page 25:
text: ‘I still cannot believe I actually did that!’ Maureen told me, recalling that time her and the Nanas turned up at former prime minister David Cameron's house in Oxfordshire on a tank Vivienne Westwood lent them, wearing tabards that said ‘The Oven Gloves Are Coming Off’.
ref: 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 7, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
text: This is the point at which someone usually suggests riders wear a numbered, hi-vis tabard.
ref: 2022 January 31, Peter Walker, “Has the Times declared war on cyclists?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A sleeveless jerkin or loose overgarment.
glosses: A sleeveless garment made of coarse cloth formerly worn outdoors by the common people.
examples: text: And thereupon, behold, a knight on a black horse appeared, clothed in jet-black velvet, and with a tabard of black linen about him.
ref: 1858, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter II, in The Age of Chivalry:
glosses: A cape or tunic worn by a knight, emblazoned with the coat of arms of his king or queen on the front.
examples: text: The heralds in their tabards were marvellous to behold, and a nod from Rouge Croix gave me the keenest gratification.
ref: 1863, William Makepeace Thackeray, Roundabout Papers:
text: Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.
ref: 1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter XIII, in Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC:
glosses: A similar garment officially worn by a herald and emblazoned with his sovereign's coat of arms.
Derived terms: tabarded
Related terms: surcoat
scapular
tabarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tabard + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Two hundred heavily-armed cavalry rode behind the Audley standard, while close at their heels came the Duke of Lancaster with a glittering train, heralds tabarded with the royal arms riding three deep upon cream-colored chargers in front of him.
ref: 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter XXXIII, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
glosses: Wearing a tabard.
Caribbeanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caribbeanists
Etymology: From Caribbean + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Caribbean.
cash leakage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash leakages
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Money that flows out of the banking system to be held as currency rather than being deposited into some form of financial institution.
catalectic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Etymology: From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατάληξις (katálēxis).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: (said of a line with incomplete meter) lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
examples: text: The process is not practised to any extent , but is a curious example of a catalectic action started by the impact of light
ref: 1878, William de Wiveleslie Abney, A treatise on photography:
glosses: incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
Derived terms: catalecticant
dicatalectic
catalectic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktɪk
Forms: form: catalectics
Etymology: From Latin catalecticus, from Ancient Greek καταληκτικός (katalēktikós, “leaving off, incomplete”) from κατάληξις (katálēxis).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
Related terms: catalexis
acatalectic
brachycatalectic
hypercatalectic
hypercatalexis
ghost crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊst kɹæb/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊst kɹæb/
Forms: form: ghost crabs
Etymology: From its pale coloration.
Senses: glosses: Any of several burrowing crabs, of the genus Ocypode, found along sandy shores.
Derived terms: word: African ghost crab
word: Atlantic ghost crab
word: golden ghost crab
word: gulf ghost crab
word: horned ghost crab
word: horn-eyed ghost crab
word: Kuhl's ghost crab
word: painted ghost crab
word: pallid ghost crab
word: pink ghost crab
word: smooth-handed ghost crab
word: tufted ghost crab
word: western ghost crab
word: yellow ghost crab
cathemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəˈθɛməɹəl/
Forms: form: more cathemeral
form: most cathemeral
Etymology: From cata- + hemeral.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to organisms' behaviour in which food is acquired at random intervals during the day or night.
Related terms: cathemerality
hemeral
tabernacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin tabernaculum (“tent, booth, shed”) + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a tabernacle.
glosses: Of the style or character of an architectural tabernacle; formed in latticework; latticed.
glosses: Of or pertaining to huts or tents; common; low.
centration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: antonyms: decentration
glosses: The process by which something is moved toward a center.
glosses: The tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others.
Derived terms: self-centration
cha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: From Chinese 茶 (chá), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la, via two routes: in some cases from Hindustani चा (cā) / چا (cā) (a variant of the same root, from Persian چا, which led to chai), from Northern Chinese; in other cases from 茶 (chá) /t͡sʰɑː²¹/, the pronunciation found in Canton (Guangzhou), where the British bought much of their tea in the 19th century. Doublet of tea, which is from the Amoy Min Nan pronunciation tê.
Senses: examples: text: Would you like a cup of cha?
text: [Krazy Kat, bringing a full tray:] Look, folkses – hot dogs, hot cha, hot peppa pots, hot timollies – hot kuffy. ^([sic])
ref: 1934 August 4, George Herriman, Krazy Kat, Saturday, comic strip, →ISBN, page 206:
glosses: tea, sometimes (dialect) specifically masala chai
Synonyms: tea
Derived terms: chasericulture
Related terms: chai
char
chaw
cha
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of you, especially when preceded by a t sound.
Senses: examples: text: You mean you can't fly after you've had a few beers? You can drive, can't cha?
ref: 1976, Flying Magazine, page 34:
text: Don't cha wish your girlfriend was a freak like me?
ref: 2005, Busta Rhymes, CeeLo Green, “Don't Cha”, performed by Pussycat Dolls:
text: “You'll be ridin' with us, won't cha, Josh?”
ref: 2008, Barbara L. Jent, The Weddin' Day, Barbara Jent, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: You.
Derived terms: dincha
doncha
gotcha
cha
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
Etymology: From cha-cha (q.v.)
Senses: examples: text: One–two–cha–cha–cha
Three–four–cha–cha–cha
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Used to count out steps, particularly involving the hip-shaking sections of rhythmic Latin dances
Derived terms: ha-cha-cha
cha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /t͡ʃʌ/
rhymes: -ʌ
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: chas
form: cha
Etymology: From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 자 (ja).
Senses: qualifier: Korean units of measure
glosses: Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
synonyms: word: Korean foot
extra: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.
Related terms: cha chaan teng
check-swing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: check-swings
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A swing in which a batter starts to swing for a ball but stops the swing shortly before the ball reaches home plate.
Synonyms: swinging bunt
chemosterilant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪiməʊ.stɛ.ɹɪlənt/
Forms: form: chemosterilants
Etymology: From chemo- + sterilant.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
chemistry
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical that controls pests by preventing reproduction, thereby causing the population to collapse.
chenille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃəˈniːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: chenilles
Etymology: Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canicule.
Senses: examples: text: The house seemed unfamiliar in the dark stormy light; the red and purple glass of the front door made livid bruises on the linoleum; the green chenille curtain was like a veil of seaweed.
ref: 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi:
glosses: An extremely soft and bunchy fabric often used to make sweaters.
Derived terms: chenille plant
Chinese silver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An alloy used for jewelry. Its composition is 58% copper, 17.5% zinc, 11.5% nickel, 11% cobalt, and 2% silver.
requisition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/
Forms: form: requisitions
Etymology: From Middle English requisicion, from Old French requisicion, from Medieval Latin requisitio. By surface analysis, requisit(e) + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: the surrender of fugitives , by authorizing the Governor , in his discretion , on requisition from a foreign government , to surrender up fugitives charged with murder , forgery , larceny , or other crimes[…]
ref: 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law:
glosses: A formal request for something.
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
examples: text: a requisition used upon an infeftment of annual rent
ref: 1828, John Erskine, An Institute of the Law of Scotland:
topics: law
glosses: A formal request for something.
A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
examples: text: a lab requisition for blood tests
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A formal request for something.
A formal request by a doctor or other clinician, usually on a standardized form, for specific medical tests or procedures to be performed on a patient by a third party, such as a laboratory or imaging center
examples: text: It was the policy of the American army to procure voluntary labor whenever possible, but a sufficient number of volunteers was frequently not obtainable. In such cases, a requisition for additional labor was served on German civil officials.
ref: 1943, American Military Government of Occupied Germany, 1918-1920, page 199:
text: First, a civilian settlement is not a “need of the occupying army” for which requisition is permitted.
ref: 2002, David Kretzmer, The Occupation of Justice, page 77:
text: To the extent the law of occupation permits the confiscation or requisition of property, taking control of cyber infrastructure or systems is likewise permitted.
ref: 2017, Michael N. Schmitt, Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations, page 549:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A formal request for something.
A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
examples: text: a requisition for clothing, troops, or money
glosses: A formal request for something.
A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service.
glosses: That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
examples: text: a requisition for a public meeting
text: Amid the many mirrors called into requisition by Lady Townshend's fête, not one gave back a lovelier likeness than that which reflected the face and form of Lady Marchmont.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Masked Ball”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 172:
glosses: A call; an invitation; a summons.
Derived terms: moonlight requisition
purchase requisition
requisitionary
requisitionist
requisition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛkwɪˈzɪʃən/
Forms: form: requisitions
form: requisitioning
form: requisitioned
form: requisitioned
Etymology: From Middle English requisicion, from Old French requisicion, from Medieval Latin requisitio. By surface analysis, requisit(e) + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: The 1,000-year-old village was requisitioned in the 1960s, first in a reforestation plan and then as an army training ground. The Castilla-La Mancha regional government accuses Fraguas Revive of illegally occupying the site, which lies within a natural park.
ref: 2023 February 27, Stephen Burgen, “Spanish activists end attempt to revive abandoned village after 10 years”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies, or transport.
Derived terms: requisitionable
horn of plenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horns of plenty
form: plenty's horn
Etymology: Calque of Latin cornūcōpia.
Senses: examples: text: There are other mysteries expressed by the bison horn, the Paleolithic original of which the classical cornucopia is a copy: the horn of plenty is the universal vulva from which emerge all the creatures of life, plants, animals, and humans.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105:
glosses: A cornucopia.
glosses: An edible chanterelle of species (Craterellus cornucopioides.
Synonyms: sense: Craterellus cornucopiodes
word: black chanterelle
sense: Craterellus cornucopiodes
word: black trumpet
sense: Craterellus cornucopiodes
word: trumpet of the dead
holy cross
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holy crosses
Etymology: From Middle English holy cros, holy crosse, equivalent to holy + cross.
Senses: glosses: A cross as a Christian symbol of the crucifixion of Christ
Derived terms: holy cross frog
tabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪbiːz/
rhymes: -eɪbiz
rhymes: -eɪbiːz
Forms: form: tabes
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tābēs.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
Tabes dorsalis.
qualifier: more specifically
Derived terms: craniotabes
tabes dorsalis
tabes mesenterica
tabetiform
tabic
tabid
anacronym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/
rhymes: -ækɹənɪm
homophone: anachronym
Forms: form: anacronyms
Etymology: Perhaps blend of anachronism + acronym but perhaps an- + acronym, in either case indicating an acronymic word that has lost much of its acronymic identity because people usually no longer focus on the etymonic origin when using the word.
Senses: examples: text: When you write about using a waterproof laser pointer while scuba diving, you probably aren’t going to write about “a L.A.S.E.R. pointer for S.C.U.B.A. diving”, because the words laser and scuba are anacronyms.
glosses: An acronym that is usually no longer thought of as such, but instead treated as a regular word and styled in lower case despite its etymological origin.
Derived terms: anacronymic
Related terms: backronym
chypre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chypres
form: chipre
Etymology: French Chypre (“Cyprus”), the name of a perfume created by François Coty in 1917.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.
wikipedia: François Coty