cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
made-for-TV
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Produced for or originally distributed by a television network as opposed to being shown in cinemas.
raw_tags: of a motion picture
Synonyms: made-for-television
direct-to-TV
Related terms: telemovie
direct-to-video
telefilm
television movie
antinoise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + noise.
Senses: examples: Grayned v. City of Rockford, Supreme Court of the United States, 408 U.S. 104 (1972).
We conclude that the antipicketing ordinance is unconstitutional, but affirm the court below with respect to the antinoise ordinance.
glosses: Intended to reduce environmental noise.
examples: text: I have invented an antinoise raygun.
glosses: Capable of neutralizing a noise.
antinoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antinoises
Etymology: From anti- + noise.
Senses: glosses: A sound wave, of the same amplitude but of opposite phase to that of an unwanted sound, that can neutralize the unwanted sound using destructive interference.
procacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈkeɪʃəs/
enpr: prəkāshəs
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more procacious
form: most procacious
Etymology: From Latin procax (“bold, impudent”), from proco (“ask, demand”), from procus (“suitor”).
Senses: examples: text: Another piece of Vain-glory to be Denied, is in The Reputation of strength and valour. The witless part of men, especially in their procacious humours, do use to be carried away with this […]
ref: 1660, Richard Baxter, chapter 45, in A Treatise of Self-Denyall, London: Nevil Simmons, page 238:
text: 1882, John Brown, “Mr. Syme” in Horæ Subsecivæ, New Edition, First Series, Edinburgh: David Douglas, p. 370,
In his little room in the Surgical Hospital—once the High School […] his house-surgeons and clerks and dressers—now all over the world, working out his principles and practice—will well remember how delightful he was, standing with his back to the fire, making wise jokes […] now abating a procacious youth, now heartening a shy homely one […]
text: Philosophy first became public when it proposed to teach character to this strapping lout with a procacious cock, the superfluous energy of a horse, and the restless attention of a child, […]
ref: 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: Six Stories, Johns Hopkins University Press, published 1982, page 149:
text: The prospect of being ruled by their chattering brown compatriots, however, so appalled the politicians of West Karnistan—and in particular the mercurial Zaleel Shah Jhoota, a procacious autocrat who had managed to convince a majority of West Karnistani voters that he was really a precocious socialist—that they persuaded Jarasandha Khan to declare the election results null and void, declare martial law in the East and lock up all the Gelabin politicians the Karnistani Army could lay their hands and batons on.
ref: 1989, Shashi Tharoor, The Great Indian Novel, New York: Viking, The Sixteenth Book, p. 354:
glosses: Bold, forward, insolent.
Related terms: procacity
etymologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛt.ɪˈmɒl.ə.d͡ʒiːz/
enpr: ĕt'ĭ-mŏlʹə-jēz
Senses: glosses: plural of etymology
proparoxytone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/
ipa: /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: oxytone
paroxytone
perispomenon
properispomenon
barytone
preproparoxytone
glosses: Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
raw_tags: of a word
proparoxytone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/
ipa: /pɹoʊpəˈɹɑksɪtoʊn/
Forms: form: proparoxytones
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: oxytone
paroxytone
perispomenon
properispomenon
barytone
preproparoxytone
glosses: A proparoxytone word.
antiphrastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪˈfræstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more antiphrastic
form: most antiphrastic
Senses: hypernyms: nonsynonymous
coordinate_terms: synonymic
synonymous
antonymic
antonymous
glosses: Of, relating to, or exhibiting antiphrasis.
Derived terms: word: antiphrastically
copywriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪtə/
ipa: /ˈkɑːpiˌɹaɪtɚ/
homophone: copyrighter
Forms: form: copywriters
Etymology: From copy + writer.
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: A person who writes advertising copy (the text used in advertisements).
Related terms: copywrite
antiphrasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ænˈtɪfrəsɪs/
Forms: form: antiphrases
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin antiphrasis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀντίφρασις (antíphrasis) (< phrazein "declare").
Senses: examples: text: When they called him “bad as hell”, they weren’t calling him evil. It was antiphrasis.
text: By the turn of this century the situation concerning logic was quite simple: there was basically one logic (classical logic) which could be used (by changing the set of proper axioms) in various situations. Logic was about pure reasoning. Brouwer’s criticism destroyed this dream of unity: classical logic was not suited for constructive features and therefore it lost its universality. Now by the end of the century we are faced with an incredible number of logics-some of them only named ‘logic’ by antiphrasis, some of them introduced on serious grounds.
ref: 1991 June 20, Jean-Yves Girard, “On the unity of logic”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), number 59, North-Holland, page 201:
hypernyms: nonsynonymy
coordinate_terms: antonymy
synonymy
parasynonymy
glosses: Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.
Related terms: word: antiphrastic
copywrite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/
homophone: copyright
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: copywrites
form: copywriting
form: copywrote
form: copywritten
Etymology: Back-formation from copywriter.
Senses: glosses: To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
copywrite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒpiˌɹaɪt/
homophone: copyright
rhymes: -aɪt
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of copyright.
bardacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bodacious.
bowdacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bodacious.
bodacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /boʊˈdeɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more bodacious
form: most bodacious
form: bardacious
form: boldacious
form: bowdacious
Etymology: Southern American slang, implied by bodaciously, 1837, either from bodyaciously (“bodily, totally, root and branch”, antebellum South Carolina)
or a blend of bold and audacious.
Senses: examples: text: Well, he knows by this time, I reckon, that the fastest man afoot can’t noways match speed with a hornet. He taken out through the bresh and thickets, yelpin’ and hollerin’ and hoppin’ most bodacious. He run in a circle, too, for in three minutes he come bellerin’ back, gave one last hop and dove back into the thicket. By this time I figgered he’d wore the hornets out, so I came alive again.
ref: 1935 October, Robert E. Howard, “The Riot at Cougar Paw”, in Action Stories:
glosses: Bodaciously.
coeducation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From co- + education.
Senses: glosses: the education of male and female students in the same institution
Derived terms: coeducational
Related terms: coed
conjugative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more conjugative
form: most conjugative
Etymology: From conjugate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or producing combination or conjunction; combinative or connective.
Derived terms: conjugatively
conjugative plasmid
hyperconjugative
nonconjugative
Cycladic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædɪk
Forms: form: more Cycladic
form: most Cycladic
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the Cyclades.
dysmorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
Etymology: From dys- + -morphic.
Senses: examples: text: The first clue to possible genetic disease is usually the appearance of the infant, who does not ‘look right’ – in other words, he is dysmorphic.
ref: 2013, Janet M Rennie, Giles S Kendall, “Genetic disease”, in A Manual of Neonatal Intensive Care, 5th edition, CRC Press, published 2017, →ISBN, part 2 (Pregnancy and early neonatal life):
text: Much of the suffering experienced by disabled or dysmorphic people is socially determined and value laden.
ref: 2016, Alan R. Fleischman, “Ethical Issues in Medical and Surgical Enhancement”, in Pediatric Ethics: Protecting the Interests of Children, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177:
text: Unfortunately, while disabled people can often avoid “taking it personally,” it may be more difficult for nondisabled audiences to dissociate dramatic portrayals inside film and theatre from the real experience of dysmorphic features off the stage and screen and their personal experiences with dysmorphic people.
ref: 2022, Jason B. Dorwart, “Eliminating Disability: American Horror Story’s Subtle Preference for Cripping Up”, in The Incorporeal Corpse: Performing Disability in the Liminal Stage, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: Of, relative to, producing, or having dysmorphism.
examples: text: Body weight and weight change can highlight psychological and control issues, lack of confidence and body dysmorphic tendencies, all of which accompany the potential stress related to infertility.
ref: 2019, Bryan Woodward, Jayant Mehta, editors, Female Infertility: Core Principles and Clinical Management, JP Medical, →ISBN, page 31:
text: “The patient spoke once or twice about a nightmare. Perhaps there was some mention of mirrors, and while some counsel removing mirrors to avoid encouraging dysmorphic tendencies, we find that such a practice might create greater harm,” said Hughes, now very much the polite and civilized man of medicine responding in ten-dollar words to a worried relative.
ref: 2022, Rosemary Jones, The Deadly Grimoire: An Arkham Horror Novel, Aconyte Books, →ISBN, page 204:
text: My therapist asked me if I had any ideas of what might have changed for me between ninth grade and eleventh grade; between being a blissfully unaware pubescent girl and becoming a body dysmorphic teenager suffering from severe anemia.
ref: 2023, Hannah Pittard, chapter 20, in We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of], Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
glosses: Usually body dysmorphic: Having or relating to dysmorphia, also known as body dysmorphic disorder.
Derived terms: body dysmorphic disorder
nondysmorphic
dysmorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysmorphisms
Senses: examples: text: Primary genetic or endocrine etiologies are rare but need to be taken into consideration, if the child has dysmorphism, severe hyperphagia, developmental delay, clinical signs of Cushing impressively increasing in or Cushingoid syndromes, and hypothyroidism.
ref: 2020, Consolato M. Sergi, “[[Parenchymal GI Glands: Liver] Viral and AI Hepatitis, Chemical Injury, and Allograft Rejection] Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis”, in Pathology of Childhood and Adolescence: An Illustrated Guide, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 498, column 2:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: any malformation of the anatomy
Related terms: dysmorphic
elocution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛləˈkjuːʃən/
Forms: form: elocutions
Etymology: From Middle English elocucioun, ellocucioun, from Late Latin ēlocutiōnem. Doublet of elocutio.
Senses: examples: text: perfect elocution
text: elocution training
text: study elocution
text: She took elocution lessons to improve her public speaking.
text: His elocution was precise and clear.
glosses: The art of speaking, especially public speaking, with expert control of gesture and voice, diction (articulation and word choice), and usage.
Derived terms: elocutio
elocutionarily
elocutionary
elocutioner
elocutionist
elocutionize
elocutive
Related terms: eloquent
locution
locutionary
locutory
corduroy road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corduroy roads
Senses: examples: text: The army moved from Savannah on the 28th of January, 1865, on its march through South Carolina […] During this march, Sherman’s army had built thirty-nine miles of corduroy road through the otherwise impassable swamps.
ref: 1903, Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Volume 2 Chapter 12:
glosses: A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas.
Coordinate terms: boardwalk
plank road
disoriented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From dis- + oriented or disorient + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disorient
disoriented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disoriented
form: most disoriented
Etymology: From dis- + oriented or disorient + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of disorientated Having lost one's direction; confused.
Derived terms: disorientedly
disorientedness
Related terms: disorientated
nonoriented
unoriented
thankyou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thankyous
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thank-you.
thankyou
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of thank you.
workplace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/
Forms: form: workplaces
Etymology: From work + place.
Senses: examples: text: Meronyms: workspace, workstation
text: in the workplace
text: professionalism in the workplace
text: The catalyst was the introduction of the Health & Safety at Work Act in 1974. While it applied to all workplaces, it gradually brought about a sea change in the attitude towards death and injury. Accidents were no longer accepted as 'inevitable'.
ref: 2022 January 26, John Crosse, “When the tide turned to a safer railway...”, in RAIL, number 949, page 53:
text: It [the West Midlands Rail Executive] also notes that some people are choosing to live further from their workplace and commute less often.
ref: 2022 December 28, Philip Haigh, “Building the case for West Midlands rail improvements”, in RAIL, number 973, page 24:
text: In a workplace where everyone wears company-branded jackets and attends the monthly team happy hour, the otrovert might go occasionally, but their sense of self is untouched by whether they participate or not.
ref: 2025 August 17, Sarah Avi, “Meet the “Otrovert,” A New Personality Type That May Describe You Better Than Anything”, in Free Jupiter:
synonyms: workstead
hypernyms: place#Noun
location
site#Noun
coordinate_terms: home#Noun
school#Noun
glosses: The place where someone works.
Derived terms: workplace nursery
workplace parking levy
wah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɑː/
ipa: [wa(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ̃̂ːː]
ipa: [wä(ːː)˦˨]
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: wahs
Etymology: From Nepali हाब्रे (wah donka).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: The red panda.
wah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɑː/
ipa: [wa(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ̃̂ːː]
ipa: [wä(ːː)˦˨]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /wæː/
ipa: /wɑː/
ipa: [wa(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ̃̂ːː]
ipa: [wä(ːː)˦˨]
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: weh
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: A cry of fright, distress, etc. (especially of an infant or young child)
glosses: A cry of amazement, delight, etc.
wah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɑː/
ipa: [wa(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ̃̂ːː]
ipa: [wä(ːː)˦˨]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /wæː/
Forms: form: wahs
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: wah-wah.
Derived terms: wah pedal
wah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɑː/
ipa: [wa(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ(ːː)]
ipa: [wæ̃̂ːː]
ipa: [wä(ːː)˦˨]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /wæː/
Etymology: From Cantonese 嘩 /哗 (waa³) or Mandarin 哇 (wa).
Senses: examples: text: Wah, you quite brave hor...
ref: 2005 October 30, Wong Kim Hoh, The Sunday Times, quoted in Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English:
text: “Wah, so tall already, ah? Primary what already, ha?
ref: 2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Wow!; whoa! (expressing surprise, gratification, exhaustion or exasperation)
drained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more drained
form: most drained
Etymology: From drain + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: I felt so drained after that three-hour exam that I wanted to sleep for the next week.
synonyms: word: exhausted
word: weary
word: bleareyed
word: bleary
word: bleary-eyed
word: bone-tired
word: bushed
word: tired out
word: spent
word: drained
word: dog-tired
word: dog-weary
word: exhausted
word: fatigued
word: forfairn
word: forlagen
word: forworn
word: heavyeyed
word: jaded
word: languid
word: enervated
word: out of gas
word: played out
word: run-down
word: shattered
word: shot
word: sleepy
word: stuffed
word: tired
word: washed out
word: weariful
word: weary
word: whacked
word: whipped
word: worn
word: worn out
word: banjaxed
word: beat
word: buggered
word: busted
word: dead tired
word: cream crackered
word: done
word: done in
word: done up
word: fagged out
word: fried
word: fucked
word: gassed
word: jiggered
word: Kerry Packered
word: knacked
word: knackered
word: nadgered
word: pooped
word: pooped out
word: pumped
word: shagged
word: shagged out
word: tuckered
word: tuckered out
word: wappened
word: zonked
glosses: Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
synonyms: word: dead
word: flat
word: consumed
word: depleted
word: done up
word: effete
word: exhausted
word: expended
word: gone
word: finished
word: forworn
word: low
word: spent
word: used up
glosses: Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
Derived terms: nondrained
undrained
drained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Etymology: From drain + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drain
medic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdɪk/
homophone: medick
rhymes: -ɛdɪk
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to medicines; medical.
medic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdɪk/
homophone: medick
rhymes: -ɛdɪk
Forms: form: medics
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin medicus m (“of or belonging to healing, curative, medical; as a noun, medicus, masculine, a physician, doctor, surgeon”), Late Latin medica f (“a female physician, midwife”), from mederi (“to heal”).
Senses: glosses: A physician.
glosses: A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.
glosses: A medical student.
Derived terms: premedic
Related terms: medical
medicament
medicate
medication
medicinal
medicine
premedication
medic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdɪk/
homophone: medick
rhymes: -ɛdɪk
Forms: form: medics
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of medick (“herb of the genus Medicago”).
hotline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hotlines
form: hot line
Etymology: From hot + line.
Senses: examples: text: If you've got any problems with the product, ring our hotline.
text: [M]any mobile phone companies have nuisance call hotlines, to which you can report a bully's phone number.
ref: 2004 August 11, Catherine Nixey, “Victim support in the playground”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 29 Dec 2015:
text: Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.
ref: 2016 December 11, Jennings Brown, “The sordid history of the first sanctioned suicide forum”, in Daily Dot, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2016:
text: Tim McIntyre, executive vice president of communication for Domino’s, said in an email the company has developed other features to help disabled customers, like voice-activated ordering devices and a hotline that customers with screen-readers can use to report difficulties with the site.
ref: 2019 December 22, Abdel Jimenez, “Software can help the blind access the internet, but not every site supports it”, in Chicago Tribune, 172nd year, number 356, section 2 (Business), page 3, column 1:
text: Increasing access to mental health services in remote and rural areas, where suicide rates tend to be higher, is a priority, and the 988 hotline is a useful bridge to those communities, Dr. Crawford said.
ref: 2024 December 7, Vjosa Isai, “Canada’s 988 Crisis Hotline, a ‘Pathway to Survival,’ One Year Later”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024:
glosses: A telephone line that is always staffed and able to give immediate assistance.
glosses: A direct line between two people, especially one between heads of state to be used in an emergency.
Derived terms: crisis hotline
hotliner
hotline
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hotlines
form: hotlining
form: hotlined
form: hotlined
form: hot line
Etymology: From hot + line.
Senses: glosses: To communicate over a telephone hotline.
gunpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌnpɔɪnt/
Etymology: From gun + point.
Senses: glosses: A location in the front of the muzzle of a gun.
glosses: Threat or coercion by display or aiming a firearm or similar weapon.
Derived terms: at gunpoint
Related terms: knifepoint
point blank
at gunpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: At gunpoint I was told to hand over my money.
text: I held him at gunpoint until police arrived.
glosses: Under coercion by someone with a firearm.
glosses: Under coercion in general.
Related terms: at knifepoint
whoah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whoa.
freshmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freshman
mascot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæsˌkɒt/
ipa: /ˈmæsˌkɑːt/
Forms: form: mascots
form: mascotte
Etymology: Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.
Senses: examples: text: I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
glosses: Something thought to bring good luck.
examples: text: Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
glosses: Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
examples: text: He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
glosses: A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.
Derived terms: desktop mascot
mascot horror
mascotism
mascotry
mascot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæsˌkɒt/
ipa: /ˈmæsˌkɑːt/
Forms: form: mascots
form: mascoting
form: mascoted
form: mascoted
form: mascotte
Etymology: Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.
Senses: examples: text: The seniors were “mascoted” by two little girls dressed in green dresses […]
ref: 1908, The Mount Holyoke, volume 18, page 533:
text: Unlike the popular, sunny Van Zelst, McLoon was a sassy, hard-boiled kid who had been mascoting for various athletic teams and prize fighters […]
ref: 2012, Norman L. Macht, Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931, page 74:
text: Bennett then signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he mascoted to the 1921 pennant and two wins in the first three games of the World Series, which were played at home.
ref: 2017, Paul Dickson, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son:
glosses: To act as a mascot (for).
transversely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: transversally
Etymology: From transverse + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Exploring, I found another short gallery running transversely to the first.
ref: 1895, H. G. Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine:
glosses: In a transverse manner.
administrador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ədˌmɪnəstrəˈdɔr/
Forms: form: administradors
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish administrador. Doublet of administrator.
Senses: glosses: A steward or official in various Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
super G
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Super G.
capataz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capataces
form: capatas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish capataz.
Senses: examples: text: “My gentle spirit is roused to the accomplishment of great things. I feel in me a valiance, an inspiration. I am no vulgar seller of aguardiente, like Domingo. I was born to be the capataz of the Lugarenos.”
ref: 1903, Joseph Conrad, F. M. Hueffer, Romance:
text: The capataz of the batey gang, a tall flushed Jamaican negro, passed on a cantering white pony.
ref: 1922, Joseph Hergesheimer, Cytherea:
glosses: boss, foreman, overseer
heads of state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of head of state
loudspeaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /laʊdˈspiːkə/
ipa: /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/
Forms: form: loudspeakers
Etymology: From loud + speaker.
Senses: examples: text: Unintelligible announcements on station loudspeakers are both irritating and confusing.
ref: 1953 August, “Station Announcements”, in Railway Magazine, page 506:
text: Beijing itself signified the transformation. When I visited in 1979 it was a grim city where every pedestrian dressed in a drab gray Mao jacket and every street corner had a loudspeaker repeating the sayings of Mao. The city was desolate and joyless.
ref: 2010, Walter Mondale, David Hage, The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics, Scribner, →ISBN, page 221:
glosses: An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound.
glosses: Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones.
glosses: An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver.
Synonyms: sense: electromechanical transducer
word: speaker
sense: encasing containing loudspeakers
word: speaker enclosure
sense: encasing containing loudspeakers
word: loudspeaker cabinet
sense: encasing containing loudspeakers
word: loudspeaker enclosure
hecka
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛkə/
rhymes: -ɛkə
Etymology: A euphemism for hella, using heck, a euphemism for hell. Slang meaning “very” or “a lot of”
Senses: examples: text: There are hecka bugs on the floor.
glosses: Synonym of hella.
synonyms: word: hella
hecka
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛkə/
rhymes: -ɛkə
Etymology: A euphemism for hella, using heck, a euphemism for hell. Slang meaning “very” or “a lot of”
Senses: glosses: very
Synonyms: hella
discourteous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/
Forms: form: more discourteous
form: most discourteous
Etymology: From dis- + courteous.
Senses: examples: text: Kirk, who succeeded Drumright, had an unusually short tour of duty in Taipei—only about a year. Despite the shortness of his duty, he left the impression of being an old sea captain who would have felt more at home barking his orders from the bridge than heading an important diplomatic mission. There was nothing civil or gentle about him, and even in talking to President Chiang, he sounded gruff and blunt. I could see that the President really didn't enjoy the envoy's company, but he remained unperturbed and discussed in a calm and friendly manner whatever had prompted the Ambassador to seek the audience. Once I heard him remark half to himself: "How could anyone be so discourteous?"
ref: 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 32:
glosses: impolite; lacking consideration for others
Derived terms: discourteously
discourteousness
lead oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow oxide of lead, PbO, used in the manufacture of paints and glass.
Synonyms: word: lead(II) oxide
word: lead monoxide
word: plumbous oxide
word: litharge
parenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pareneses
form: parainesis
form: paraenesis
form: parænesis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, address”).
Senses: glosses: Exhortation
pedagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɒd͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɒɡɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɛdəˈɡɑd͡ʒɪk/
rhymes: -ɒdʒɪk
rhymes: -ɒɡɪk
Forms: form: more pedagogic
form: most pedagogic
form: paedagogic
form: pædagogic
Etymology: First attested in 1781. From French pédagogique, from Latin paedagōgicus, pēdagōgicus, from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγικός (paidagōgikós), from παιδαγωγός (paidagōgós, “teacher, tutor”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pedagogical.
synonyms: word: pedagogical
Derived terms: antipedagogic
ecopedagogic
orthopedagogic
psychopedagogic
unpedagogic
pedagogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pedagogical
form: most pedagogical
form: paedagogical
form: pædagogical
Etymology: From pedagogic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: As we look back into the early collections of qin notations, known as qinpu, we find an interesting collection of pictures in the pedagogical sections of several important qinpu.
ref: 1996, William Duckworth, Sound and Light: La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, page 144:
text: The value of pedagogical material informed by objective methodological procedures developed in corpus linguistics is widely recognized.
ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:
text: She also noted that the administration, in a letter in April, “specifically conditioned funding on agreeing to its ten terms, only one of which related to antisemitism, while six related to ideological and pedagogical concerns, including who may lead and teach at Harvard, who may be admitted, and what may be taught.”
ref: 2025 September 3, Dan Mangan, “Judge voids $2.2 billion Harvard funding freeze by Trump administration”, in CNBC:
synonyms: didactic
pedagogic
glosses: Of, or relating to pedagogy; teaching.
synonyms: pedantic
glosses: Haughty and formal.
Derived terms: orthopedagogical
pedagogical dictionary
pedagogically
unpedagogical
peirastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πειραστικός (peirastikós, “tentative”), from πεῖρα (peîra).
Senses: glosses: Experimental or tentative.
Derived terms: peirastically
pleuro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʊə.ɹə(ʊ)/
ipa: /plʊɹ.oʊ/
ipa: /plʊɹ.ə/
Forms: form: pleur-
form: pleuri-
Etymology: From pleural + -o-.
Senses: examples: text: pleurogenic, pleuropericarditis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the pleura; pleural.
examples: text: pleurocentrum
glosses: To the side; lateral.
preteen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-teen
Etymology: From pre- + teen.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or designed for, or being children between the ages of approximately 10 and 12.
preteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preteens
form: pre-teen
Etymology: From pre- + teen.
Senses: glosses: A child between approximately 10 and 12 years of age, at the onset of adolescence.
Synonyms: word: betweenager
word: preadolescent
word: prepubescent
word: preteen
word: preteenager
word: tween
word: tweenager
word: tweenie
Hypernyms: word: child
Hyponyms: word: junior higher
word: tweenybopper
Derived terms: preteenhood
macabrely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more macabrely
form: most macabrely
Etymology: From macabre + -ly.
Senses: examples: 1999, Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead
When Heracles returns alive and victorious from Hades, he finds his family macabrely dressed in their funeral garments, awaiting death.
glosses: In a macabre manner
macerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of macerate
macerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of macerate
maceration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæsəˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: macerations
Etymology: Latin mācerātiō.
Senses: examples: text: […] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.
ref: 2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, “An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia”, in Kenneth Carpenter, editor, The Armored Dinosaurs, page 404:
glosses: The act or process of macerating.
Derived terms: cryomaceration
changeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: changeabilities
Etymology: From change + -ability.
Senses: examples: 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition).
It was chilly that April, with the awkward changeability of English spring.
glosses: The quality of being changeable; changeableness.
Derived terms: inchangeability
unchangeability
macerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæsəˌɹeɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈmæsəˌɹeɪtə/
Forms: form: macerators
Etymology: From macerate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A machine that reduces solids to small pieces.
macerates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macerate
macerates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macerate
byre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: byres
Etymology: From Middle English bire, bier, byr, from Old English bȳre.
Senses: examples: text: It was here in the kitchen, in the passage,
In the mews in the harn in the byre in the market-place [...]
ref: 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part II:
text: ’Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: The visitors came up the narrow road through the forest from the south; they filled the spare-rooms, they bunked out in cow byres and barns.
ref: 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, page 9 (2001 Perennial Edition)
glosses: A barn, especially one used for keeping cattle in.
Synonyms: cowbarn
cowhouse
Coordinate terms: cowshed
massy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
Etymology: Non-rhotic pronunciation of mercy.
Senses: examples: 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
"But Lors ha' massy, how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of mercy.
massy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæsi/
rhymes: -æsi
Etymology: Non-rhotic pronunciation of master.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master.
matting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Forms: form: mattings
Senses: examples: text: His departure oppressed me with melancholy, and, re-entering the dwelling, I threw myself almost in despair upon the matting of the floor.
ref: 1846, Herman Melville, Typee:
text: The doorways had a transverse mat well with a 1½in thick floor mat. In service it was discovered that the matting absorbed moisture which eventually resulted in corrosion of the steel.
ref: 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 398:
glosses: Mats, a collection of ground coverings.
examples: text: ... the sails are of Matting and are made narrow at the head and Square at the foot,...
Besides Cloth they [Tahitians] make several different sorts of matting, both better and finer than any we have in Europe; the stuff they make it on is the Produce of the Palm tree.
ref: c. 1771, James Cook, First Voyage Round the World:
glosses: Coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats.
topics: art
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
synonyms: matte
mat
passe-partout
glosses: A dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures.
Derived terms: Canton matting
China matting
coconut matting
image matting
India matting
Russia matting
matting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mat
glosses: present participle and gerund of matt
glosses: present participle and gerund of matte
leastways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːstˌweɪz/
Senses: examples: text: “My advice, or, leastways, I should say, my orders, is,” said the fattest man of the party, “that we 'mediately go home again.”
ref: 1838, Boz [pseudonym; Charles Dickens], “Looks after Oliver, and Proceeds with His Adventures”, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 137:
text: […]so that I couldn't help telling her, sir, that in our country, leastways in Virginia (they say the Yankees are very pert), young people don't speak of their elders so.
ref: 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, chapter XXXIV, in The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
text: ‘Cook-housekeeper jobs don’t grow on trees,’ went on the woman, ‘leastways not where you can keep a youngster with you.’
ref: 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 32:
text: “I was lucky, just an arm (lost in combat), and the hope of a life, a normal man’s life, leastways”
ref: 2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 01:20:14 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by Gordon the usher(uncredited):
glosses: at least
orgiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː(ɹ)d͡ʒiˈæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: more orgiastic
form: most orgiastic
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀργιαστικός (orgiastikós, “exciting”), from ὀργιαστής (orgiastḗs, “orgy celebrator”), from ὀργιάζειν (orgiázein, “to celebrate orgies”), from ὄργια (órgia).
Senses: examples: text: 1919, Sax Rohmer, Dope
Dancing was in progress, or, rather, one of those orgiastic ceremonies which passed for dancing during this pagan period.
text: Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther … And one fine morning—
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182:
glosses: Relating to an orgy; uncontrolled, wild.
Derived terms: orgiastically
orgiasticism
unorgiastic
Related terms: orgastic
orientalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔɹiˈɛntəlɪst/
Forms: form: more orientalist
form: most orientalist
Etymology: From oriental + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of the West, to take in aspects of the East; pertaining to orientalism
orientalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔɹiˈɛntəlɪst/
Forms: form: orientalists
form: Orientalist
Etymology: From oriental + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: 1684, George Bright, preface to The works of the Reverend and learned John Lightfoot D. D.
Which is rendred somewhat more probable by that very learned Orientalist Dr. Pocok, who tells us the Arabick verb Hausch answering to the Hebrew חיש signifies three things, viz. to hast, to fear, to be ashamed.
text: If, however, Orientalists be right in their interpretation of the name of Artaxerxes' queen, Parisatis, as Pari-zadeh (Peri-born), the Peri must be coeval with the religion of Zoroaster.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 27:
glosses: A scholar who studies the Orient; a person interested in the Orient.
Related terms: orientalism
Oriental
contraception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contraceptions
Senses: glosses: The use of a device or procedure to prevent conception as a result of sexual activity.
Hyponyms: vasectomy
tube tying
condoms
birth-control pill
the pill
v-ring
contraceptive patch
contraceptive implant
IUD
diaphragm
withdrawal
Derived terms: anticontraception
contracept
contraceptional
contraceptionism
contraceptionist
immunocontraception
Related terms: contraceptive
obstetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more obstetrical
form: most obstetrical
Senses: examples: text: the inventor of the story of the birth of Minerva from the brain of Jupiter knew quite well that such obstetrical operations were not feasible
ref: 1905, W. G. Aston, chapter 5, in Shinto: The Way of the Gods, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., page 79:
glosses: Alternative form of obstetric.
Derived terms: nonobstetrical
obstetrical toad
ghostbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghostbusters
form: ghost buster
form: ghost-buster
Etymology: From ghost + buster, popularized by the 1984 film Ghostbusters.
Senses: glosses: Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
wikipedia: Ghostbusters
Related terms: exorcist
discretionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈskɹɛʃən(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi/
Forms: form: more discretionary
form: most discretionary
Etymology: From discretion + -ary (“pertaining to”). Compare French discrétionnaire.
Senses: examples: text: discretionary income
text: discretionary powers
text: The new normal: Will demand quickly return to pre-COVID levels?
Unlikely, if only because with the country (and the world) in deep recession, many younger people will be in serious financial difficulty. A lack of disposable income simply won't allow them much discretionary travel.
ref: 2020 May 6, Prof. Andrew McNaughton, “Time to challenge some sacred philosophies of recent years”, in Rail, page 32:
glosses: Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
Synonyms: elective
optional
Derived terms: discretionarily
discretionary account
discretionary fiscal policy
discretionary income
discretionary spending
nondiscretionary
nondiscretionary spending
ghosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊsts/
ipa: /ɡəʊsts/
rhymes: -oʊsts
rhymes: -əʊsts
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost
ghosts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡoʊsts/
ipa: /ɡəʊsts/
rhymes: -oʊsts
rhymes: -əʊsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ghost
suggests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈd͡ʒɛsts/
ipa: /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛsts/
rhymes: -ɛsts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suggest
monuments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑnjəmənts/
ipa: /ˈmɒnjʊmənts/
Senses: glosses: plural of monument
entitlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ənˈtaɪtəlmənt/
Forms: form: entitlements
Etymology: From entitle + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: The auxiliary members of the royal family often have the greatest capacity to inflame public scepticism about monarchy, and Prince Harry once seemed determined to personify the entitlement and pointlessness that could have jeopardised the continuity of the crown.
ref: 2017 December 27, “The Guardian view on Prince Harry: the monarchy’s best insurance policy”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The right to have something, whether actual or perceived.
glosses: Power, authority to do something.
glosses: Something that one is entitled to.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.
Derived terms: disentitlement
overentitlement
underentitlement
untimely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈtaɪmli/
Forms: form: untimelier
form: more untimely
form: untimeliest
form: most untimely
Etymology: From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unreasonable”).
Senses: examples: text: untimely remarks
synonyms: inopportune
antonyms: word: timely
word: opportune
word: on time
word: to time
word: overdue
word: premature
glosses: At an inopportune time.
examples: text: an untimely death
text: The heroes of literary as well as civil history have been very often no less remarkable for what they have suffered, than for what they have atchieved^([sic]); and volumes have been written only to enumerate the miseries of the learned, and relate their unhappy lives, and untimely deaths.
ref: c. 1779–81, Samuel Johnson, “Savage”, in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, volume 3, published 1794:
text: Untimely blossom! Poor, impatient thing, / ⁠That, starting rashly from the sheltering mould, / ⁠Bravest the peevish wind and sullen cold, / ⁠Mistaking thine own ardors for the spring
ref: 1898, Florence Earle Coates, Before the Hour:
synonyms: word: early
word: premature
word: anticipatory
word: early
word: forward
word: hasty
word: precipitate
word: precocious
word: premature
word: prevenient
word: previous
word: unseasonable
word: untimely
antonyms: word: late
word: tardy
word: premature
word: punctual
glosses: Early; premature.
Synonyms: word: untimeless
word: ill-timed
word: intempestive
word: inopportune
word: mistimed
word: timeless
word: unseasonable
word: untime
word: untimely
word: untimeous
Hypernyms: word: inexpedient
word: unsuitable
Hyponyms: word: overdue
word: premature
Derived terms: untimelily
untimeliness
Related terms: word: untimeliness
word: inopportunely
untimely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈtaɪmli/
Forms: form: more untimely
form: most untimely
Etymology: From Middle English untymely (also earlier untimliche), equivalent to un- + timely. First attested in the early 13th century. Compare Middle Danish utimelig, Old English untídlic (“unreasonable”).
Senses: examples: text: Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Untimely ript.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii], page 151:
text: They light fires under fruit trees to keep the fruit from falling untimely.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 215:
text: Couldst thou go from us, in thy beauteous June, / Leaving a sense of joy untimely perished, / ⁠Of music stilled too soon?
ref: 1916, Florence Earle Coates, In Memory of Caroline Furness Jayne:
glosses: Prematurely.
appointee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌpɔɪnˈtiː/
Forms: form: appointees
Etymology: French appointé, from appointer.
Senses: examples: text: The ambassador is a political appointee, not a career diplomat.
glosses: a person who is appointed