cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ineluctably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ineluctably
form: most ineluctably
Etymology: From ineluctable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ineluctably I was led to believe that the first whisperers of these accursed tales must have had discourse with Akeley’s Outer Ones, and perhaps have visited outer cosmic realms as Akeley now proposed visiting them.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 7, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
text: So insistent is the presence of money in Newport that the mind springs ineluctably to the raw beginnings of it.
ref: 1968, Joan Didion, “The Seacoast of Despair”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem:
synonyms: word: inescapably
word: certainly
word: ineluctably
word: inescapably
word: inevitably
word: inexorably
word: necessarily
word: relentlessly
word: sure as a gun
word: sure as fate
word: surely
word: unavoidably
word: unrelentingly
glosses: In an ineluctable manner.
inequitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inequitably
form: most inequitably
Etymology: From inequitable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inequitable manner.
inertly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inertly
form: most inertly
Etymology: From inert + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inert manner.
inescapably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inescapably
form: most inescapably
Etymology: From inescapable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Thus Clement Stone, though he has toe-dipped and waded and sometimes plunged into many ventures during the course of a busy life, is still inescapably labeled as an insurance man.
ref: 2010, Max Gunther, The Very, Very Rich and How They Got That Way:
text: He eventually nails his colours to the mast of strict determinism: every human action is inescapably caused by preceding events in the world, including events in the brain.
ref: 2017 June 9, Steven Poole, “Behave by Robert Sapolsky review – why do we do what we do?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In an inescapable manner.
Synonyms: ineluctably
inestimably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inestimably
form: most inestimably
Etymology: From inestimable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inestimable manner, or to an inestimable degree.
inexcusably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexcusably
form: most inexcusably
Etymology: From inexcusable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We arrived at the wedding inexcusably late.
text: Of course there is more — much more — still to discover, and rediscover, in Sarton's work. Sarton has been inexcusably neglected by critics; World of Light will contribute to providing her with the recognition she deserves.
ref: 1979 December 15, Harold Pickett, “Portrait of May Sarton”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 21, page 12:
glosses: In an inexcusable manner.
inexhaustibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexhaustibly
form: most inexhaustibly
Etymology: From inexhaustible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inexhaustible manner.
glosses: To an inexhaustible degree.
inexpensively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexpensively
form: most inexpensively
Etymology: From inexpensive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inexpensive manner.
inexpertly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexpertly
form: most inexpertly
Etymology: From inexpert + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inexpert manner.
inexplicably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexplicably
form: most inexplicably
form: unexplicably
Etymology: From inexplicable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Ivorian then inexplicably handled the resultant corner and referee Nicola Rizzoli had no hesitation pointing to the spot.
ref: 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In an inexplicable manner; for an unknown reason.
Synonyms: unexplainably
inexpressibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inexpressibly
form: most inexpressibly
Etymology: From inexpressible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: To my mind there has always been something inexpressibly awful in family feuds.
ref: 1864, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Lake under the Trees of Brandon, and I in My Chamber, Smoke Our Nocturnal Cigars”, in Wylder’s Hand. […], New York, N.Y.: Carleton, […], published 1865, →OCLC, page 63:
text: Inexpressibly tired of this anxious intricate search I threw myself down on the soft moss to rest for a while, but the fatigue conquered the fears of the lonely forest, and I cannot now tell how long I dozed.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
glosses: In an inexpressible manner.
inextricably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inextricably
form: most inextricably
Etymology: From inextricable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And yet, so inextricably blended are happiness and sorrow on our earth, that fortunate, thrice fortunate, are they who have such ties to sever.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 150:
glosses: In an inextricable manner.
infamously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infamously
form: most infamously
Etymology: From infamous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an infamous manner.
examples: text: But black holes are infamously invisible, so they have to be observed indirectly.
ref: 2019 March 4, Michael Irving, “Doomed, rare black hole spotted near the center of the galaxy”, in New Atlas:
glosses: Famously, known for being.
infectiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infectiously
form: most infectiously
Etymology: From infectious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an infectious manner.
Derived terms: noninfectiously
postinfectiously
infernally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infernally
form: most infernally
Etymology: From infernal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an infernal manner.
infinitesimally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infinitesimally
form: most infinitesimally
Etymology: From infinitesimal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an infinitesimal manner.
examples: text: His idea is to stand billions of ultrafine wire loops around the edge of a silicon chip — hence the name racetrack — and use electric current to slide infinitesimally small magnets up and down along each of the wires to be read and written as digital ones and zeros.
ref: 2007 September 11, John Markoff, “Redefining the Architecture of Memory”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:
glosses: To an infinitesimal degree.
influentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more influentially
form: most influentially
Etymology: From influential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an influential manner.
informatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more informatively
form: most informatively
Etymology: From informative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an informative manner.
infuriatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more infuriatingly
form: most infuriatingly
Etymology: From infuriating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Cambrian Line links Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury and Pwllheli, forking at Dovey Junction. Its geography is both a blessing and a headache: the scenery is glorious, but the line speed (at times) infuriatingly slow.
ref: 2020 August 12, Andrew Mourant, “The tid is turning for a Victorian wonder”, in Rail, page 52:
glosses: In an infuriating manner.
ingenuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈdʒɛnjuːəsli/
Forms: form: more ingenuously
form: most ingenuously
Etymology: From ingenuous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Let us ingenuously confesse that only God and Faith hath told it us: for it is no lesson of Nature, nor comming from our reason.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Yet this in Duty and Modesty I may ingenuously confess, My Royal Husband is oto far seduced, his Ear is too open, his Will too violent, and his Heart too free, to those bewitching Syrens, that make his Errors their Profit and Glory.
ref: c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 41:
text: I must ingenuously acknowledge the chief Motive of my leaving her was the Present of a New-Year's-Gift she made me; but whether French or Neopolitan, I leave to the Determination of the Sons of Galen.
ref: 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section V:
glosses: In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.
ingloriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ingloriously
form: most ingloriously
Etymology: From inglorious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inglorious manner.
ingratiatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ingratiatingly
form: most ingratiatingly
Etymology: From ingratiating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Nabby Adams approached him ingratiatingly.
ref: 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 20:
glosses: In an ingratiating manner.
inhospitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inhospitably
form: most inhospitably
Etymology: From inhospitable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inhospitable manner.
inhumanely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inhumanely
form: most inhumanely
Etymology: From inhumane + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inhumane manner.
inhumanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhjuːmənli/
Forms: form: more inhumanly
form: most inhumanly
Etymology: From inhuman + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ursula rose, then stood in a line with the bearers, motionless as though waiting for inexorable fate. She suffered the grotesquely and inhumanly lengthened shadow from the men and their burden to fall on her.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 210:
glosses: In an inhuman manner.
inimitably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inimitably
form: most inimitably
Etymology: From inimitable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Gratefully she crooned with them, so inimitably that old Christine Inglis, on her way to early Mass, vowed the girl was fey.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 186:
glosses: In an inimitable manner.
iniquitously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more iniquitously
form: most iniquitously
Etymology: From iniquitous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The petition concluded with stating, that the Earl, under pretence of the deeds thus iniquitously obtained, had taken possession of the whole place and living of Crossraguel, and enjoyed the profits thereof for three years.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, “NOTE CHAPTER XXII”, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: In an iniquitous manner.
innocuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more innocuously
form: most innocuously
Etymology: From innocuous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an innocuous manner.
innumerably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more innumerably
form: most innumerably
Etymology: From innumerable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: To an innumerable extent; uncountably.
inoffensively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inoffensively
form: most inoffensively
Etymology: From inoffensive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inoffensive manner.
inopportunely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inopportunely
form: most inopportunely
Etymology: From inopportune + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inopportune manner.
Synonyms: word: inopportunely
word: intempestively
word: unseasonably
word: untimeously
word: unopportunely
Hyponyms: word: belatedly
word: prematurely
Related terms: word: untimeliness
word: untimely
inorganically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inorganic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an inorganic manner.
glance off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glances off
form: glancing off
form: glanced off
form: glanced off
Senses: examples: text: The ball glanced off the edge of his racquet.
glosses: To strike a surface and be deflected
FELIX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Free Electron Laser for Infrared eXperiments
glosses: Free-orbit Experiment with Laser Interferometry X-Rays
glance away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glances away
form: glancing away
form: glanced away
form: glanced away
Senses: examples: text: When I told him the truth, he glanced away, and then replied...
glosses: To look at something else briefly, then look back again.
bigly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡ.li/
rhymes: -ɪɡli
Forms: form: more bigly
form: most bigly
form: biglie
form: bygly
Etymology: From Middle English bygly, byggly, biggely. By surface analysis, big (“of great size, large (adjective); to a large extent, on a large scale; hard (adverb)”) + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It had been the very bestest of bigly weekends. Two rounds of golf at his very own course in Turnberry.
ref: 2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Big league.
bigly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡ.li/
rhymes: -ɪɡli
Forms: form: more bigly
form: most bigly
form: biglie
form: bygly
Etymology: From Middle English bygly, biglie, byggly (“comfortable, stately, perfect”), borrowed from Old Norse byggiligr, byggviligr (“habitable”); equivalent to big (“to build, construct, live in, reside, dwell”) + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic byggilegur (“inhabitable, liveable”).
Senses: examples: text: "And steek it weel, thy biglie bower, / And by the rood thee sain; / And tell thy bedes in haly guise, / Till this ae night is gane!"
ref: 1806, Robert Jamieson, “Donul and Evir”, in Robert Jamieson, editor, Popular Ballads and Songs, from Tradition, Manuscripts, and Scarce Editions; with Translations of Similar Pieces from the Ancient Danish Language, and a Few Originals by the Editor, volume I, Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh; Cadell and Davies, and John Murray, London, →OCLC, page 235:
text: When I was in my bigly bower, / I wore but what I would; / This night I'm lighter 'mang Willie's horse feet, / I fear I'll die for cold.
ref: 1828, Peter Buchan, “Burd Helen”, in Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland, hitherto Unpublished. With Explanatory Notes, by Peter Buchan, Corresponding Member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume II, Edinburgh: Printed for W[illiam] & D[avid] Laing, and J. Stevenson [et al.], →OCLC, page 35:
qualifier: now obsolete elsewhere
glosses: Habitable, liveable; hence delightful, pleasant, pleasing.
criterior
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of criteria, in both its standard plural sense as well as its non-standard singular sense of a single criterion.
pilferer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilferers
Etymology: From pilfer + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who pilfers.
extractor hood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extractor hoods
Senses: glosses: An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.
Synonyms: word: cooker hood
word: cooking canopy
word: electric chimney
word: exhaust hood
word: extraction hood
word: extractor fan
word: fume extractor
word: kitchen hood
word: oven hood
word: rangehood
word: range hood
word: stove hood
word: ventilation hood
praeter-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of preter-.
evo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evos
Senses: examples: text: "Say gels," Miss Thorne tries again, "what say yew we go try the Prater this evo? My shout!"
ref: 1993, Paul Salzman, Elizabeth Jolley's Fictions, page 41:
coordinate_terms: arvo
glosses: Evening (time of day).
Related terms: evo-creo
scried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scry
scrying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: scryings
Senses: examples: text: By gazing into a crystal-ball the subject was supposed to see events happening at great distances, scenes past, present, and future, and when sufficiently adept the student of scrying asserted his ability to call forth spirits from the mighty deep, and in fact, do anything under the sun, excepting anything of use or benefit to the world.
ref: 1896 August 8, The Maitland Weekly Mercury, NSW, page 11, column 5:
text: He has scoured the known world for information on this ancient land turned to myth and has tried many times to locate it with his magic, only to be denied as some unseen force tampered with his scryings.
ref: 2005, Jeremy Bechen, The Lost Lands of Reljae:
glosses: The act of one who scries; foretelling the future using a crystal ball.
scrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scry
Derived terms: scrying stone
scries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scry
marchese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marcheses
form: marchesi
Etymology: Italian, from Late Latin marchensis.
Senses: glosses: An Italian marquis.
data bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data banks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of databank.
maremma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maremmas
form: maremme
Etymology: From Italian maremma.
Senses: glosses: A marshy coastal plain in Italy.
glosses: A Maremma Sheepdog or Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog.
bulldust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊldʌst/
Etymology: From bull + dust. In slang sense, a euphemism for bullshit.
Senses: examples: text: Bulldust is like talcum powder and it covers the holes in the road. No matter how carefully we drove, the bulldust rose in the air and cascaded down over our vehicle to the extent that we sometimes used the wipers to clear the windscreen.
ref: 2007, Slim Dusty, Joy McKean, Another Day, Another Town, page 151:
text: Road trains are over 50 m long when towing three trailers. On dirt roads, they trail a blinding cloud of bulldust and window smashing, fist-size stones.
ref: 2007, Dick Eussen, Australia's Savannah Way: Cairns to Broome, page 23:
text: The bulldust was starting to get really thick now and even thicker in the back of the Hudson! It got into everything.
ref: 2011, Leon Isackson, Jon Hayton, Behind the Rock and Beyond, unnumbered page:
glosses: Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.
examples: text: She was told some bulldust. The same bulldust they tell any dickhead willing to part with money: that she'd be rich one day and live to a ripe old age.
ref: 1991, Antonio Casella, The Sensualist, page 10:
text: “Your theory is bulldust, Arthur,” said Pancho. “Nothing but bulldust. You should play your best doubles players even if they are playing singles. If they are fit, they are not going to be too tired. McEnroe would not have lost that match.”
ref: 1993, Arthur Ashe, Arnold Rampersad, Days of Grace: A Memoir, page 70:
text: In these harsh times of economic rationalism (sacking), restructuring (sacking) and merit-assessed and incentive-based liquidation and redirecting of human resources (sacking), the bulldust detector is invaluable.
ref: 2008, Catherine Deveny, Say When, page 181:
glosses: Nonsense; blatantly false statements.
Synonyms: bullshit
insidiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insidiousnesses
Etymology: From insidious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own.
ref: 1900, Edith Wharton, chapter 8, in The Touchstone:
glosses: A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
treacherousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From treacherous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He had an aggressive treacherousness of eye which his potations had not subdued.
ref: 1901, Bret Harte, “Under the Eaves”, in Under the Redwoods:
glosses: Treachery; the characteristic of being treacherous.
harmfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmfulnesses
Etymology: From harmful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Once his word was pledged, he was safe: otherwise there was no limit to his capacity for wilful harmfulness.
ref: 1922, Edith Wharton, chapter 8, in The Glimpses of the Moon:
glosses: The characteristic of being harmful.
Synonyms: poisonousness
abandoned property
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abandoned properties
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Property that is found in such a state as to make it likely that the original owner has intentionally given up all dominion and control over the property, with no intent of returning to or recovering the property.
Related terms: lost property
mislaid property
abandoned properties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abandoned property
Jotto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Brand name (the game was invented in 1955), presumably from jot.
Senses: glosses: A logic-based word game in which players attempt to deduce each other's secret words.
reissue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reissues
form: reissuing
form: reissued
form: reissued
form: re-issue
Etymology: From re- + issue.
Senses: examples: text: Many of his numerous recordings have been re-digitized, enhanced and re-issued to a grateful public.
ref: 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 171:
glosses: To issue again.
glosses: To reprint a series of postage stamps from old plates.
glosses: In patent law: to permit a patent with ministerial errors to be corrected and enforced for the remainder of the original term of the patent.
Derived terms: reissuer
reissue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reissues
form: re-issue
Etymology: From re- + issue.
Senses: examples: text: Copies of the original comic are valued by collectors, but the reissues are worthless.
glosses: Something that has issued, or been issued again.
glosses: A second or subsequent printing of postage stamps from old plates.
scream bloody murder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screams bloody murder
form: screaming bloody murder
form: screamed bloody murder
form: screamed bloody murder
Senses: glosses: To scream loudly in fear, pain, etc.
glosses: To protest loudly or angrily.
Synonyms: yell bloody murder
cry bloody murder
scream blue murder
marchesi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marchese
maremme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maremma
ventri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: ventro-
form: ventr-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin venter (“stomach”).
Senses: glosses: ventral; abdominal; abdomen.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Synonyms: english: largely synonymous although sometimes coordinate in usage, under the bipedal/nonbipedal distinction
translation: largely synonymous although sometimes coordinate in usage, under the bipedal/nonbipedal distinction
word: abdomino-
Coordinate terms: english: the other direction
translation: the other direction
word: dorso-
ventro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ventri-.
perfidiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfidiousnesses
Etymology: From perfidious + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Not only Cato is vanquished by Caesar, but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevail over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba.
ref: 1781, Samuel Johnson, “Addison”, in Lives of the Poets:
glosses: Unfaithfulness; deceitfulness; perfidy.
Related terms: perfidious
perfidiously
gee up
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Gee up, Dobbin, Gee ho, Dobbin, Gee up, Dobbin, Gee up, and gee ho - o - o!
ref: 1850, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in David Copperfield:
text: There he sat and kicked away and cried: " Gee up, gee up! " to his nag.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 223:
text: "Gee up!" The horses roused themselves and pulled the light carriage along as though it were a feather
ref: 1961, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ, chapter 1, in Dead Souls, →ISBN:
text: He kept on cracking his whip, and calling out, "Gee-up, my five horses!"
ref: 1996, Andrew Lang, The Yellow Fairy Book, Big Klaus and Little Klaus,, →ISBN:
qualifier: directed at a horse
glosses: move on!, go faster!
gee up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gees up
form: geeing up
form: geed up
form: geed up
Senses: glosses: To encourage.
examples: "US fund manager Eric Knight has a fearful reputation as a shareholder activist, geeing up underperforming managements at Royal Dutch Shell and Suez." – HSBC: activist pounces, The Week, 15 September 2007, 631, 43.
glosses: To excite in order to try to achieve a desired result.
Related terms: giddyup
geed up
gee-gee
marcando
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of marcato.
synonyms: word: marcato
interoperable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interoperate + -able; alternatively inter- + operable.
Senses: examples: text: Patents exist as incentive for inventors to reveal the workings of their inventions; to receive a patent, you must provide the patent office with a functional description of your invention, which is then published. Even though others may not copy your invention during the patent period, they can study your patent filings and use them to figure out how to do the same thing in different ways, or how to make an interoperable add-on to your invention.
ref: 2020 September 7, Cory Doctorow, “IP”, in Locus Magazine:
text: A person with a Gmail account can send messages to a person with a Yahoo account because email systems are interoperable.
ref: 2022 October 13, Binyamin Appelbaum, “It Shouldn’t Matter So Much Whether Elon Musk Buys Twitter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2022:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: (of a system or device) Able to communicate, and exchange data with another system or device.
examples: text: One of the key features associated with VLR [very light rail] vehicles is that they are not interoperable with main line trains. That is the domain of tram-trains.
ref: 2025 July 23, Peter Plisner, “You say you want a revolution...”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 39:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Operationally compatible, e.g. with other armed forces.
Derived terms: interoperability
interoperably
noninteroperable
Related terms: interoperate
rublis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubli
form: rublu
Etymology: Borrowed from Latvian rublis.
Senses: glosses: The currency of Latvia from 1919 to 1922 and from 1992 to 1993.
clypt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Hast thou any clypt syluer? … Hast thou any crekt grote?
ref: 1546–62, John Heywood, Of rebellion, in The Poverbs and Epigrams of John Heywood (1867), page 201
text: I laid me down upon a pillow soft,
And dream'd I clypt and kissed my mistress oft:
She cried, Fie fie, away, you are too bold.
I pray'd her be content, though she were cold;
My veins did burn with flames of hot desire,
And must not leave till she had quench'd my fire.
ref: 1595–1662, Henry Lawes, A Dream
text: Squire Adam had two wives, they say,
Two wives had he, for his delight,
He kissed and clypt them all the day
And clypt and kissed them all the night.
ref: 1886–1918, Joyce Kilmer, Ballade of my Lady's Beauty
glosses: simple past and past participle of clip; obsolete spelling of clipped.
languishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of languish
languished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of languish
Pandarus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: from Ancient Greek Πάνδαρος (Pándaros).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An archer on the side of Troy in the Trojan War who precipitated the war by breaking a truce.
Derived terms: pander
panderer
tax free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an item being sold with the proprietor paying the taxes on behalf of the consumer, or of an item that exploits a particular loophole (or an intentional temporary waiver of a particular tax by the government.)
Related terms: tax-free
box seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box seat
wholetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of wholesale + retail
Senses: examples: text: Sorry, Willy Loman, but the Internet's disintermediation is squeezing it all down to wholetail.
ref: 1999 November 18, “Believe Your Eyes, The New Economy Is Real”, in Wall Street Journal Online:
text: It has established many branches of retail and wholetail in Eastern China.
ref: 2003 July 23, “Sanjiu Group Sets Up New Branch in Shanghai”, in AsiaInfo Services:
text: ABC leverages the MD's web catalog for all 10000 items in their cash-n-carry, "wholetail" store just as Grainger and REI have done.
ref: 2008, Sanitary Supply Wholesaling Association, Understanding Jan-San Redistribution, page 23:
glosses: The sale of products to end user at wholesale prices.
Related terms: warehouse club
wholetail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wholetails
Etymology: From whole + tail.
Senses: examples: a 5oz rump steak and golden deep-fried wholetails of scampi, served with tartare sauce
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An entire tail of seafood.
vol-au-vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɒl.əʊˈvɑ̃/
ipa: /vɒl.əˈvɒnt/
Forms: form: vol-au-vent
form: vol-au-vents
form: vols-au-vent
form: vol au vent
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French vol-au-vent (“windblown”, literally “flight in the wind”).
Senses: examples: text: Ray Carling: Some nicely chilled Blue Nun and some vol-au-vents? This is Manc the Knife, is it?...
Chris Skelton: What's a vol-au-vent?...
Ray: It's a puff pastry shell filled with a savory meat mixture...
Chris: You mean a pie, then?
ref: 2007 March 13, Ashley Pharoah, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 4:
text: A few offered to come for me, but they’re all up to their eyes in flans and vols-au-vent and God knows what else, so I told them I’d made my own arrangements.
ref: 2009, Ruth Hamilton, The Reading Room, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 342:
text: Classic bistro fare—including quiche Lorraine and vols-au-vent—make for a light lunch comme il faut.
ref: 2016, Cancún & the Riviera Maya with Cozumel & the Best of the Yucatán, 4th edition, Fodor’s Travel, →ISBN, page 147:
text: Predictably, the result was an immediate surge of panic as the embassy’s guests discarded their vols-au-vent and sought to put as much distance as they could between the outbreak of ‘fire’ and themselves.
ref: 2016, James Swallow, Nomad, Zaffre Publishing, →ISBN, page 237:
text: Want to get heads rotating at your next dinner party or drinks get-together? Try tabling the morsel, “has there ever been a worse time to be a middle-aged white man in the world of work?” and watch the vol-au-vents fly.
ref: 2018 January 9, Martin Daubney, “Pale, male and stale: is being a white man now bad for your career?”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
go to blazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to blazes
form: going to blazes
form: went to blazes
form: gone to blazes
Senses: glosses: Go to hell.
muni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munis
Etymology: Clipping of municipal.
Senses: examples: text: I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A municipal bond.
examples: text: We usually play at a muni.
glosses: A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.
glosses: The municipal government / municipality
muni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: munis
Etymology: From Sanskrit मुनि (muni).
Senses: examples: text: Disguising himself, he ventured into the countryside, where he spied a muni meditating beneath a plane tree.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XVII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 158:
topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A holy man; a noble one; a sage or ascetic.
muni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Short for municycling
tussles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tussle
tussles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tussle
geed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: excited, filled with enthusiasm
geed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gee up
duodenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d(j)uˈɒ.də.næ.ɹi/
ipa: /ˌd(j)uː.əˈdɛn.ə.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɒdənæɹi
rhymes: -ɛnəɹi
Etymology: From Latin duodēnārius (“containing twelve”).
Senses: glosses: Twelvefold.
glosses: Of the twelfth order.
glosses: Duodecimal.
steal away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steals away
form: stealing away
form: stole away
form: stolen away
Senses: examples: text: ⁠I do but sing because I must,
And pipe but as the linnets sing:
And unto one her note is gay,
⁠For now her little ones have ranged;
⁠And unto one her note is changed,
Because her brood is stol’n away.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 36:
text: I know it's late, whoa I can't wait / So come on and steal away / Please, steal away
ref: 1964, Jimmy Hughes, “Steal Away”:
glosses: To leave secretively.
chuck it down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chucks it down
form: chucking it down
form: chucked it down
form: chucked it down
Senses: examples: text: It's really chucking it down! I'm glad I brought my umbrella.
glosses: To rain heavily.
the hell
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: in the hell
Senses: examples: text: A: I can run faster than a horse.
B: The hell you can!
text: 'You stay here, sir,' O'Bannion instructed.
'The hell I will,' Feeney said.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
synonyms: word: like hell
word: the hell you say
word: hell
glosses: Used to indicate emphatic rejection of an assertion or request.
examples: text: What the hell was that?
text: D'Allesandro was particularly adept at that kind of flash-forward-then-backward-all-the-hell-over-the-place kind of narrative and like a tourist following a well-seasoned guide, you never lose track of the line.
ref: 1989 December 17, Christopher Wittke, “On The Edge In The '80s”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 23, page 11:
text: “Whoever the hell is running the place now has made a terrible mess of it,” he said... “Not in the sense that it looks different, or that it isn't pretty much permanently full. It's just that the food as gone utterly down the khazi.”
ref: 2009 February 19, Gareth Lewis, Southern Daily Echo:
glosses: Expletive used for emphasis, typically after an interrogative term or relative pronoun.
the hell
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: in the hell
Senses: examples: text: “She said she had a date later!”
“The hell!” exclaimed Crane.
ref: 2013, Jonathan Latimer, The Lady in the Morgue, →ISBN:
glosses: Ellipsis of what the hell, an exclamation indicating surprise or dismay.
the hell
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: in the hell
Senses: examples: text: The hell is that?
text: The hell am I supposed to do with half a kid?
ref: 2023, James P. Sandoval, “Solomon's Solution”, in But a Jape (webcomic):
text: Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, the hell else they gonna do?
ref: 2006 October 1, Dennis Lehane, “Refugees” (00:32:06), in The Wire, season 4, episode 4:
text: I’ll tell you a story. The hell's his name? Might be Herbert… Hitler came on me full force. And that was explosive.
ref: 2024 May 16, very tall bart, [YTP] State of the Union, spoken by Jordan Peterson (Jordan Peterson):
glosses: Ellipsis of what the hell (“what”).
myomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myomeres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: muscle segment
glosses: A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and chordate fossils.
provedore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provedores
Etymology: From Spanish proveedor or Portuguese provedor (“provider”), perhaps via Venetan. From Latin prōvideō (“I foresee”). Doublet of purveyor and proveditor.
Senses: glosses: A person or business which provides supplies, particularly food and beverages.
Synonyms: proveditor
purveyor
steward
oomiak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oomiaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of umiak.
Acheulian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːliən
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Acheulean.
Acheulian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːliən
Forms: form: Acheulians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Acheulean.
touchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more touchily
form: most touchily
Etymology: From touchy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "No," said the latter touchily, "I be not agreed.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 35:
glosses: In a touchy manner.
dabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbers
Etymology: From dab + -er.
Senses: glosses: A thing or person that dabs.
glosses: Alternative form of dauber (“cushioned pad used for applying ink”).
glosses: Alternative form of dauber (“marker pen used for bingo cards”).
dactylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/
Forms: form: more dactylic
form: most dactylic
Etymology: From dactyl + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: of or consisting of dactyls.
Derived terms: brachydactylic
zygodactylic
dactylic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/
Forms: form: dactylics
Etymology: From dactyl + -ic.
Senses: glosses: a dactylic verse.
Related terms: dactylically
twoccers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twoccer
dactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactyl
daddy-longlegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daddy-longlegs
form: daddy-longlegses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of daddy longlegs.
twocced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of twoc
twocced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an object, usually a car: having been stolen.
twocs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of twoc
copperas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copperases
form: coperas
Etymology: From Middle English coperas, coperose (“metallic sulfate”), from Old French coperose. Compare French couperose (“sulfate”), Medieval Latin cuprosa, Late Latin aqua cuprosa, Latin cupri rosa, "rose of copper".
Senses: examples: text: It were superfluous to describe the Process of making the Aqua fortis; it shall suffice to let you know, that our common Coperas makes this Aquafortis well enough for our purpose[…]
ref: 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
text: […] what a change has introduced itself everywhere into human affairs! How human affairs shall now circulate everywhere not healthy life-blood in them, but, as it were, a detestable copperas banker’s ink;
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 6, Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
synonyms: vitriol
glosses: Iron(II) sulfate.
glosses: An obsolete sulphate compound with one of the three metals, zinc, copper or iron.
Derived terms: blue copperas
green copperas
white copperas
yellow copperas
daffiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæfinəs/
Etymology: From daffy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being silly or foolish.
glosses: The quality of being crazy or mad.
Related terms: daffily
daffy
dairying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dairy + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dairy farming.
synonyms: word: dairy farming
Derived terms: dirty dairying
ferrous sulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrous sulphate
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Iron(II) sulfate.
Synonyms: copperas
iron(II) sulfate
damageable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more damageable
form: most damageable
Etymology: From damage + -able.
Senses: examples: text: That it be not damageable vnto your royall maiestie.
ref: 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:
text: Verily experience makes us thereby feele and undergoe many damageable treasons.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: Hurtful; pernicious.
glosses: Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
Derived terms: damageableness
nondamageable
undamageable
damp-dry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: damp-dries
form: damp-drying
form: damp-dried
form: damp-dried
Senses: glosses: To dry something until it is only damp.
dampener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dampeners
Etymology: From dampen + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that moistens or dampens something.
glosses: A discouraging event or remark.
Synonyms: buzzkill
killjoy
spoilsport
party pooper
Brennan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brennans
form: Branon
Etymology: From Irish Ó Braonáin (“descendant of Braonán”), a diminutive of braon (“moisture, drop”). Alternatively, from Irish Ó Branáin (“descendant of Branán”), a diminutive of bran (“raven”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly American usage.
glosses: A male given name, variant of Brendan.
Callum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Callums
Etymology: Scottish surname, shortened from McCallum; also a variant of Calum.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Colm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish Colm, from Late Latin Columba (literally “dove”), the name of a sixth century saint, one of the patron saints of Ireland and Scotland. Doublet of Calum.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish.
Caspar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæspɚ/
ipa: /ˈkæspə/
Forms: form: Jasper
form: Gaspar
form: Casper
form: Kaspar
form: Kasper
form: Kosper
form: Cosper
form: Gosper
Etymology: A name given to one of the Magi in Western church tradition, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah; see it for more. Compare Hatran Aramaic 𐣢𐣦𐣡𐣣𐣩 (gzbry /⁠Gazzabray⁠/, “a given name”), also from Iranian.
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: one of the Magi.
glosses: A male given name from Old Persian, more popular in the form Jasper.
glosses: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
Josef
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering.
ref: 2025 May 22, “Monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in Moscow metro stirs debate”, in Reuters:
glosses: A male given name, variant of Joseph.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Franz Josef Land
Marek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mareks
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Marek.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
dangler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæŋɡlə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: danglers
Etymology: From dangle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, participles ending in “ing” often cause danglers in scientific writing: […]
ref: 2014, Silvia M. Rogers, Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing: A Self-help Guide, page 43:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dangling modifier, especially a dangling participle.
examples: text: "Why do I have to feed her? Why do I have to look after her? I'm a girl. Ort doesn't have to 'cause he's a boy, 'cause he's got a dangler and I haven't."
ref: 1986, Tim Winton, 'That Eye, the Sky', Penguin Books Australia Ltd 1988 edition (Chapter 6, at p.52)
glosses: A penis.
examples: text: Stupid kitten! First he thought he was a fish, now he thinks he's a mole. The vet says it's because he's missing one of his danglers.
ref: 2000 January 18, cormaic, “Wildlife Ponds”, in uk.rec.gardening (Usenet):
glosses: The testicles.
glosses: A plotline that is metaphorically left to "dangle" or "hang"; in other words, the plotline is forgotten, phased out and eventually dropped, and thus a resolution is never achieved.
examples: text: Long hair piled high on top of the head or cut to a short, curvy crop, needs the balance provided by large, dramatic earrings. Those with tresses frizzed into Pre-Raphaelite waves will like the look of huge hoops or ethnic danglers in wood […]
ref: 1985, Susi Rogol, Create a Look with Jewelry, page 22:
glosses: A large earring that hangs down far.
examples: text: ‘You see,’ she cried, ‘what a Herd of Danglers flutter around you […].’
ref: 1770, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 10 January
text: Such once was I, a dangler to the fair; / Still, as a glass, I praise their dress, their air […]
ref: 1783, Samuel Hoole, Aurelia; Or, the Contest:
glosses: One who dangles about (loiters around) others, especially a man chasing after women.
glosses: A tongue, especially one that sticks out.
glosses: A uvula.
daredevilry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daredevilries
form: daredeviltry
Etymology: From daredevil + -ry.
Senses: glosses: reckless boldness.
Related terms: daredevil
darer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: darers
Etymology: From dare + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who dares.
darers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛɹə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of darer