cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fevered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fevered
form: most fevered
Etymology: From fever + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Affected by a fever; feverish.
examples: text: Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
text: To rephrase in less fevered rhetoric, a regional alliance might take shape independent of the U.S.
ref: 2010, Noam Chomsky, “The Iranian threat”, in Z Magazine, volume 23, number 7:
glosses: Heated; impassioned; enthusiastic to the point of distraction.
Derived terms: befevered
unfevered
Related terms: cabin-fevered
fevered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fever + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fever
Saint Andrew's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St. Andrew's Day
Senses: synonyms: Andrewmas
feast of Saint Andrew
feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
feast of Saint Andrew the Apostle
glosses: The feast day of Saint Andrew, celebrated on November 30.
skeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/
ipa: /skəˈliː.təl/
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩]
ipa: [skəˈliː.tl̩]
ipa: /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl]
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩]
ipa: /ˈskel.ə.təl/
ipa: /skəˈliː.təl/
ipa: [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl]
ipa: [ˈskəˈliː.ɾəl]
Forms: form: skeletals
form: sceletal
Etymology: From skeleton + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)
skeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/
ipa: /skəˈliː.təl/
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ɪ.tl̩]
ipa: [skəˈliː.tl̩]
ipa: /ˈskɛl.ə.təl/
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾəl]
ipa: [ˈskɛl.ə.ɾl̩]
ipa: /ˈskel.ə.təl/
ipa: /skəˈliː.təl/
ipa: [ˈskel.ə.ɾəl]
ipa: [ˈskəˈliː.ɾəl]
Forms: form: more skeletal
form: most skeletal
form: sceletal
Etymology: From skeleton + -al.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to the skeleton
glosses: haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt
examples: text: On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.
ref: 1983 August 20, Penny Landau, “The Reality Around Us: Two Gay Plays”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 17:
glosses: barebones, lacking elaboration
Derived terms: askeletal
carboskeletal
cardioskeletal
chondroskeletal
cranioskeletal
cytoskeletal
dentoskeletal
dermoskeletal
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
Eiken skeletal dysplasia
endoskeletal
episkeletal
exoskeletal
extraskeletal
faciocutaneoskeletal
hydroskeletal
hyposkeletal
intraskeletal
musculoskeletal
myoskeletal
neuromusculoskeletal
neuroskeletal
nonskeletal
nucleoskeletal
oculofacioskeletal
oculoskeletal
odontoskeletal
osteoskeletal
periskeletal
preskeletal
skeletal age
skeletal animation
skeletal eroding band
skeletal fluorosis
skeletal formula
skeletalism
skeletalization
skeletalize
skeletally
skeletal muscle
skeletal-muscle pump
skeletal soil
skeletal system
visceroskeletal
pori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porus
bissextile year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bissextile years
Etymology: From bissextile + year.
Senses: glosses: a year with an extra day, a leap year
Related terms: bissextile
bissextile month
intercalate
leap day
leap year
calends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæləndz/
ipa: /ˈkælɪndz/
Etymology: From Middle English calendes, calendas, calendis, kalandes, kalendas, kalendes, kalendez, kalendis, kalendus (also in the singular forms calende, kalend, kalende), from Latin kalendās, accusative plural of kalendae (“first day of a Roman month”), an archaic variant of calandae, from calandus (“which is to be called or announced solemnly”), the future passive participle of calō (“to call, announce solemnly”) (referring to the Roman practice of proclaiming the first days of the lunar month upon seeing the first signs of a new crescent moon), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, cry, summon”). Although the singular form calend (now obsolete, rare) appeared in English (and compare Old English calend, kalendus (“calends; a month”)), no singular form was used in Latin as recurring days of the calendar were always referred to in the plural.
Sense 2 (“a day for settling debts and other accounts”) refers to the Roman practice of fixing the calends as the day for debts to be paid.
Senses: glosses: plural of calend
first water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The term originated in the gemstone trade, where it was used to signify water-like clarity.
Senses: examples: text: Who knows in how many unremembered nations’ literatures this has been the Castalian Fountain? or what nymphs presided over it in the Golden Age? It is a gem of the first water which Concord wears in her coronet.
ref: 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “The Ponds”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
text: To be the first water a diamond must be absolutely colorless, very lustrous, and perfectly free from flaws.
ref: 1880, HB Cornwall, “Gems and Precious Stones”, in WM Patterson, editor, The Growing world; or, Progress of civilization, and the wonders of nature, science, literature and art, interspersed with a useful and entertaining collection of miscellany, page 20:
text: “Here’s one I wrote. My heroine is disporting herself at a ball ‘glittering from head to foot with large diamonds of the first water.’
ref: 1915, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, Anne of the Island, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, →OCLC:
glosses: The highest quality of gemstones, especially of diamonds and pearls.
examples: text: He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.
text: Dave’s just an all-round genius—a genius of the first water, gentlemen;[…]
ref: 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 135:
text: This was manifestly a prig of the first water, and there was no use arguing with him.
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter XX, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
text: “A nice, juicy steak,” he is said to have called for, “French fries, apple pie and a cup of coffee.” It is probable that he really said “a coff of cuppee,” however, as he was a wag of the first water and loved a joke as well as the next king.
ref: 1922, Robert C. Benchley, chapter XXII, in Love Conquers All, Henry Holt & Company, page 111:
text: Presumably this was another case in which an engine had failed and had been replaced at short notice; certain it is that none but experts of the very first water could have coaxed such amazing work out of an engine of such comparatively small dimensions.
ref: 1934 February, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice & Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 93–94:
glosses: The highest rank or quality or the greatest degree.
Derived terms: of the first water
Related terms: word: first-degree
sanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋktjʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃʊəɹi/
ipa: /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
Forms: form: sanctuaries
Etymology: From Middle English seyntuarie, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.
Senses: examples: text: My car is a sanctuary, where none can disturb me except for people who cut me off.
text: She saw him, even as she had last gazed upon him, pale, cold, and awful; but still he was there. The coffin was to her like a shrine; all that she held most dear and most precious was within its dark and silent sanctuary.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Last Night with the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 315:
text: ‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘An Alsatia like the ancient one behind the Strand, or the Saffron Hill before the First World War.[…]’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: In January, federal agents indicted 16 sanctuary leaders from Texas and Arizona on charges of helping to harbor illegal immigrants from Central America.
ref: 1985 February 9, “Political Asylum Demand”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 29, page 2:
glosses: A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
examples: text: The bird sanctuary has strict restrictions on visitors so the birds aren't disturbed.
glosses: An area set aside for protection.
examples: text: The government granted sanctuary to the defector, protecting him from his former government.
glosses: A state of being protected, asylum.
glosses: The consecrated (or sacred) area of a church or temple around its tabernacle or altar.
Synonyms: sense: Synonyms of sanctuary
word: haven
sense: Synonyms of sanctuary
word: presbytery
sense: Synonyms of sanctuary
word: refuge
sense: Synonyms of sanctuary
word: shelter
sense: Synonyms of sanctuary
word: zoar
Hyponyms: privileged sanctuary
Derived terms: animal sanctuary
gun sanctuary
sanctuary city
sanctuarylike
Second Amendment sanctuary
wildlife sanctuary
cellula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellulae
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cellula.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small compartment or chamber.
deprecated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.ɾɪd]
Forms: form: more deprecated
form: most deprecated
Etymology: From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
Senses: examples: text: But much more to be deprecated than all the particular departures from idiom already mentioned is the growing notion that every monosyllabic adjective, if an adverb is to be made of it, must have a -ly clapped on to it to proclaim the fact.
ref: 1926, H. W. Fowler, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, page 679:
glosses: Strongly disapproved of.
glosses: Belittled; insulted.
examples: text: Foo() has been deprecated; it outputs a debug message and then calls Foo2()
text: Note that deprecated functions are not removed yet.
text: A deprecated element or attribute is one that has been outdated by newer constructs.
ref: 1999, Dave Raggett, et. al., “Conformance: requirements and recommendations”, in HTML 4.01 Specification, W3C:
text: Just because an element or attribute is deprecated doesn't mean that it can't be used on a webpage.
ref: 2002, Steven E. Callihan, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: on its way out
word: obsolescent
word: anachronistic
word: antediluvial
word: antediluvian
word: antiquated
word: antique
word: archaic
word: backward
word: backwards
word: behind the times
word: cobwebbed
word: cobwebby
word: dated
word: defunct
word: discontinued
word: disused
word: dootsie
word: elderly
word: extinct
word: expired
word: fossilized
word: Havishamesque
word: idle
word: Miss Havishamesque
word: obsolete
word: old
word: oldfangled
word: old-fashioned
word: old school
word: outdated
word: outmoded
word: out of date
word: out of fashion
word: outworn
word: parachronistic
word: passé
word: superannuated
word: superseded
word: unemployed
word: unoccupied
word: venerable
word: workless
glosses: Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.
Synonyms: word: legacy
word: obsolescent
word: obsolete
word: on its way out
word: condemned
word: disfavored
word: frown on
Derived terms: nondeprecated
Related terms: deprecation
undeprecated
deprecated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdep.ɹɪ.kæɪ.ɾɪd]
ipa: /ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.tɪd/
ipa: [ˈdep.ɹə.kæɪ.ɾɪd]
Etymology: From Latin dēprecātus, past participle of dēprecor (“to pray against (a present or impending evil), pray for, intercede for (that which is in danger), rarely imprecate”), from de (“off”) + precor (“to pray”).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deprecate
cockpit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒkˌpɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɑkˌpɪt/
Forms: form: cockpits
Etymology: Either the same as above, or from cock (“boat”) + pit, where the first element is the "cock" found in cockboat and coxswain.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.
glosses: The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).
examples: text: Jump in the cockpit and start up the engines / Remove all the wheel blocks, there's no time to waste
ref: 1984, Steve Harris, “Aces High”, in Powerslave, performed by Iron Maiden:
glosses: The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled.
glosses: An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.
Synonyms: sense: control area of an airplane
word: flight deck
sense: control area of an airplane
word: office
Derived terms: bathtub cockpit
cockpitted
cockpit voice recorder
cockpit recorder
glass cockpit
greenhouse cockpit
coach roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coach roofs
form: coachroof
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The portion of the deck raised to give increased headroom in the cabin.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The entire structure, including coamings.
coamings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaming, especially all sides of a single coach roof, hatch, or cockpit.
jacktar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacktars
form: jack-tar
form: Jack Tar
form: Jack tar
form: Jacktar
Etymology: From jack (“common man or sailor”) + tar (“tarpaulin”), used for a common sailor dating back to the 1600s.
Senses: examples: text: O! the next that steps up is a jolly Jack tar, / He sailed with Lord [Nelson]^([sic]), during last war: / He’s right on the sea, Old England to view: / He’s come a pace-egging with so jolly a crew.
ref: 1857, “The Masker's Song”, in Robert Bell, editor, Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England:
text: Wreaths of blue smoke curled gracefully from above the pipes of our loungers, who, gradually growing tired of chaffing each other, or of vainly wooing the drowsy god, fell into the ever-pleasant frontier habit of spinning yarns, an art in which the borderer rivals any gallant Jack Tar who ever trod a forecastle.
ref: 1884, John Gregory Bourke, The snake-dance of the Moquis of Arizona:
text: I am a jolly Jack Tar, / My star, / And you are the fairest, / The richest and rarest / Of innocent lasses you are, / By far
ref: 1887, “Ruddigore”, W. S. Gilbert (lyrics), Arthur Sullivan (music), Act II:
synonyms: jack
tar
glosses: A sailor; especially, one in the Royal Navy.
civvy street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪvi stɹiːt/
ipa: /ˈsɪvi ˌstɹit/
Forms: form: Civvy Street
Etymology: From civvy (“(informal) civilian”, adjective and noun) + street.
Senses: examples: text: You might have been in Civvy Street / Instead of in the fight; / But it serves you right, / You shouldn't have joined [the navy], / It jolly well serves you right.
ref: 1943 November, Desmond Cox, Harold Elton Box, “It Serves You Right (You Shouldn’t Have Joined)”, in Bell-Bottom George (released 7 February 1944; soundtrack), performed by George Formby:
text: In civvy street he had been a bus cleaner.
ref: 2002, Sam Smith, Vera and Eddy’s War, Nibley, South Gloucestershire: BeWrite Books, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The condition or status of a civilian; civilian life.
reduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: reducts
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reducing agent.
reduct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈdʌkt/
rhymes: -ʌkt
Forms: form: reducts
form: reducting
form: reducted
form: reducted
Senses: glosses: To reduce.
glosses: To duct tape again.
glosses: To channel through a duct again.
millenniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millennium
Related terms: millennia
omniscent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Jan 1, 2003, Sven Eek, Boris de Zirkoff, William Quan Judge http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=yOB7FmOlmmoC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=omniscent&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3Domniscent%26lr%3D%26start%3D50&sig=jspF5yzmusXnJfyAWK3hnlv24Gc
Now this inner man is not by any means omniscent.
text: Senator Bennett: You have already heard my opinion of that machine. But the same customers—and this includes me and you—do not have omniscent knowledge of comparable values in every field...
ref: 1962, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency, Truth in Lending--1962, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ..., 87-2 on S.1740 ...,May 8... 18, 1962
text: ...while the quieted tumult in his soul, as seen by Omniscent eyes, was only like a lull in a storm...
ref: 2005, Scott Van Gorden, The Pioneer's Hoard: A thrilling romance of the Ozarks:
glosses: Misspelling of omniscient.
Times Square
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Down the street, the Times Square light show blazed, half power at this time of night but still magnificent.
ref: 2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 147:
glosses: A wide intersection in New York City extending from 42nd to 47th Streets where Broadway and Seventh Avenue intersect in Manhattan.
Derived terms: Dimes Square
love-making
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lovemaking.
alignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlaɪn.mənt/
ipa: /əˈlɑen.mənt/
ipa: /əˈlaɪn.mənt/
ipa: [əˈlɑe̯n.mənt]
Forms: form: alignments
form: alinement
form: allignment
form: alignement
Etymology: From French alignement, by surface analysis, align + -ment.
Senses: glosses: An arrangement of items in a line.
glosses: The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
glosses: An alliance of factions.
examples: text: the alignment problem
text: the alignment tax
text: It turns out that there’s little overlap between the communities concerned primarily with such short-term risks and those who worry more about longer-term alignment risks.
ref: 2022 December 13, Melanie Mitchell, “What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?”, in Quanta Magazine, New York, N.Y.: Simons Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
text: The issue of chatbot responses that veer into strange territory is widely known among researchers. In an interview last week, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, said improving what's known as "alignment" — how the responses safely reflect a user's will — was "one of these must-solve problems."
ref: 2023 February 16, Karen Weise, “Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023:
text: But many in the field are concerned that Big Tech companies are sidelining alignment research efforts in the race to keep building and releasing the technology into the world.
ref: 2023 February 17, Billy Perrigo, “The New AI-Powered Bing Is Threatening Users. That's No Laughing Matter”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2023:
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: The goals and values of an artificial intelligence, considered relative to human ethical standards.
examples: text: an alignment chart
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: One of a set number of moral positions or philosophies a character can take.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The conjunction of two celestial objects.
topics: transport
glosses: The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
topics: bioinformatics
biology
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
glosses: ground plan of a canal or road
Derived terms: alignment chart
alignment diagram
alignment problem
alignment tax
antialignment
autoalignment
coalignment
dealignment
disalignment
entity alignment
frame-alignment recovery time
hyperalignment
malalignment
misalignment
multialignment
nonalignment
non-alignment
ontology alignment
overalignment
photoalignment
postalignment
prealignment
pseudoalignment
realignment
stone alignment
subalignment
superalignment
time alignment
unalignment
vertical alignment
waterfowl alignment
acrospire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrospires
Etymology: acro- + spire
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
acrospire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acrospires
form: acrospiring
form: acrospired
form: acrospired
Etymology: acro- + spire
Senses: glosses: To put forth the first sprout.
Adelman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German of Jewish (Ashkenazic) ancestry.
adverse impact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adverse impacts
Senses: glosses: The rejection for employment, placement, or promotion of a significantly higher percentage of a protected class, when compared with a non-protected class.
afterparty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterparties
Senses: examples: text: Some bottles of champagne at Amber Lounge afterparties can cost €20,000 ($21,600).
ref: 2024 May 24, Susan Griffin, “How the super rich party at the Monaco Grand Prix”, in CNN:
text: In the amended complaint, Carter is accused of raping the then-13-year-old Jane Doe at an afterparty for the MTV Video Music Awards in the year 2000.
ref: 2024 December 14, Elizabeth Wagmeister, “Jay-Z says inconsistencies in rape accuser’s story proves her attorney was looking for ‘money and fame’”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of after-party.
agal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agals
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عِقَال (ʕiqāl).
Senses: glosses: cord that is fastened around the keffiyeh
Aghamiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Iranian surname from Persian.
akinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: acinetic
Etymology: From a- + kinetic.
Senses: glosses: Without motion.
glosses: Of or pertaining to akinesia: akinesic.
Derived terms: akinetically
Related terms: akinesic
acinesic
Albanology
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The study of Albanian language, culture and history.
Derived terms: Albanologist
allumette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allumettes
Etymology: From French allumette.
Senses: glosses: A matchstick.
glosses: A matchstick-sized cut of potatoes; french fries.
ambient foods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambient food
whooped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whoop
whooped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Her hair was whooped!
topics: LGBT
glosses: Flawless.
examples: text: She was whooped out of her damn mind!
glosses: Intoxicated.
ambit claim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambit claims
Etymology: From ambit + claim.
Senses: glosses: An extravagant initial demand made in expectation of an eventual counteroffer and compromise.
glamor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glamors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamour.
Derived terms: glamorization
glamorize
glamorless
glamorwear
glamor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glamors
form: glamoring
form: glamored
form: glamored
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of glamour.
anthropoglot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropoglots
Etymology: From anthropo- + -glot.
Senses: glosses: An animal (such as a parrot) with tongue similar to humans allowing human-like speech.
apodize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apodizes
form: apodizing
form: apodized
form: apodized
Etymology: From a- + -pod + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To remove or smooth a sharp discontinuity in a mathematical function.
Derived terms: apodizer
appressorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appressoria
Etymology: From New Latin. By surface analysis, appress + -orium.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.
archeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːˈkiːəs/
Forms: form: archei
form: archaeus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “original, ancient”).
Senses: examples: text: […] it must be the Modus of some other Substance latitant in the fluid Matter, and really distinguishable from it; which is either the Soul, or some seminal Form or Archeus, as the Chymist calls it […]
ref: 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 68
text: Willis rejected not just scholasticism's ‘substantial forms’ but Paracelsus's ‘archeus’ doctrine as well.
ref: 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin, published 2004, page 56:
text: But Paracelsus' theory of the archeus and the alchemy of life inevitably led him into deeper waters.
ref: 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 250:
topics: alchemy
pseudoscience
glosses: The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
asbestiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From asbestos + -iform.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
asbestiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asbestiforms
Etymology: From asbestos + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: THESE MATERIALS INCLUDE A BROAD RANGE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, SUCH AS HALOGENATED PESTICIDES AND POLYHALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, AND A VARIETY OF INORGANIC SUBSTANCES, INCLUDING ASBESTIFORMS AND HEAVY METALS, SUCH AS CADMIUM AND MERCURY.
ref: 1976, Great Lakes Water Quality Needs: A Report to the International Joint Commission, July 1976, page 50:
text: Vermont talc is of cosmetic grade which is low in free silica and asbestiforms.
ref: 1977, Scanning Electron Microscopy, page 616, column 2:
text: The amphibole asbestiforms present a more difficult problem.
ref: 1977, Ian M. Stewart, “Selected Thoughts on Asbestos Quantitation”, in I[rvin] M. Asher, P[hilip] P. McGrath, editors, Symposium on Electron Microscopy of Microfibers: Proceedings of the First FDA Office of Science Summer Symposium, section “SEM and TEM Analysis”, page 93, column 2:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.
Synonyms: asbestos
ash cash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme, in reference to the ashes of a cremated body.
Senses: glosses: The fees claimed by a medical practitioner for completing forms required for cremation of a body.
chromatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹəʊmətɪn/
Forms: form: chromatins
Etymology: Borrowed from German Chromatin, from (combining form of) Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour”) + -ινος (-inos, “made of”). Analyzable as chromatic (“of colour”) + -in (“substance”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A complex of DNA, RNA and proteins within the cell nucleus out of which chromosomes condense during cell division.
Derived terms: antichromatin
basichromatin
centrochromatin
chromatic
chromatinic
chromatinisation
chromatinization
chromatinolysis
euchromatin
heterochromatin
idiochromatin
interchromatin
macrochromatin
nonchromatin
perichromatin
trophochromatin
DTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of destination time of arrival.
topics: business
insurance
glosses: Initialism of decreasing term assurance.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of differential thermal analysis.
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: Initialism of double tax agreement.
Irish coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Irish coffees
Senses: synonyms: Gaelic coffee
glosses: A cocktail consisting of hot coffee with a dash of Irish whiskey, topped with whipped cream.
wikipedia: Irish coffee
Related terms: word: Irish up
metaphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaphases
Etymology: From meta- + phase.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The stage of mitosis and meiosis that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.
Derived terms: metaphasic
postmetaphase
premetaphase
prometaphase
anaphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈænəˌfeɪz/
Forms: form: anaphases
Etymology: 19th century: from Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-, “back, backward”) + φάσις (phásis, “appearance”).
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate, the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
Derived terms: anaphase-promoting complex
anaphasic
anatelophase
postanaphase
preanaphase
lovemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lovemakings
Etymology: From love + making.
Senses: examples: text: I can give you more than simple love-making / I can give you ecstasy
ref: 1981, “Get on Up and Do It Again”, performed by Suzy Q:
text: Anyone who has lived in a dormitory, apartment building, or shared house knows that sounds of lovemaking are some of the most uncomfortable things to hear while trying to sleep.
ref: 2011 September 20, Jon Bittner, “Loud Sex Is A Billion Dollar Problem”, in Forbes:
glosses: Sexual intercourse.
glosses: Courtship; amorous advances.
fired up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fired up
form: most fired up
Senses: examples: text: Watching the political commentators on cable news channels always gets him fired up.
text: But although AFI (The Blood Album) doesn’t reinvent the wheel, it doesn’t need to: The record illustrates that the members of AFI are deeply committed to forward motion, and remain as fired up now as they were 25 years ago.
ref: 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: Very emotional or excited, positively or negatively, regarding something.
fired up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fire up
trim tab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trim tabs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: A control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces (e.g., ailerons and rudders).
comfy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.fi/
ipa: [ˈkʰʌɱ.fi]
ipa: [kʰʌmpfi]
Forms: form: comfier
form: comfiest
Etymology: Clipping of comfortable with suffix -y. Origin: early 19th century.
Senses: examples: text: The robe and slippers were so warm and comfy she just fell asleep in her chair.
text: "We're all gettin' a deal too soft and dull and comfy. Give me the great waste lands and the wide spaces, with a gun in my fist and somethin' to look for that's worth findin'."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: As an industry, the railways need to give passengers comfy seats. OK, in this case you might only be on the train for 20 or 30 minutes, but why should you not have comfort for even the shortest of journeys?
ref: 2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 61:
glosses: Comfortable.
Derived terms: comf
comfies
comfily
comfiness
comfyish
uncomfy
Leidy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An American surname from German, variant of Swiss German Leidig.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Aromanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
ipa: /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/
Etymology: From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Aromanian people or the Aromanian language.
Aromanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
ipa: /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/
Forms: form: Aromanians
Etymology: From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.
Senses: hypernyms: Vlach
glosses: A member of the people living throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, southern and central Albania, parts of North Macedonia, southwestern Bulgaria and Serbia; they are a subgroup of Vlachs.
Synonyms: sense: people
word: Arumanian
sense: people
word: Macedo-Romanian
sense: people
word: Macedo-Vlach
sense: people
word: Vlach
Aromanian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æɹəʊˈmeɪnɪən/
ipa: /æɹoʊˈmeɪniən/
Etymology: From Romanian aromân; itself from armân. Ultimately from Aromanian armãn.
Senses: glosses: An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken mainly in Greece, but also in Albania, North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and relatively intelligible with Romanian and Megleno-Romanian.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Arumanian
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Macedo-Romanian
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Macedo-Vlach
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Vlach
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Aromanian terms
Istro-Romanian
Megleno-Romanian
Moldavian
Romanian
Vlach
inducible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From induce + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Able to be induced or caused.
glosses: Obtainable by induction; derivable; inferable.
Derived terms: autoinducible
chondroinducible
inducibility
inducibly
noninducible
photoinducible
reinducible
thermoinducible
uninducible
scapular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskapjʊlə/
ipa: /ˈskæpjəlɚ/
Forms: form: scapulars
Etymology: From Middle English scapelar, from Latin scapulāre, from Latin scapula (“shoulder”). Compare scapulary.
Senses: examples: text: A scapular, or friar's coat, for example, was a coveted object to be worn as a preservative against pestilence or the ague […]
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 30:
text: She granted the Whitefriars identical powers to the Blackfriars, to bless a part of their friar's habit which draped over their shoulders and was known as the scapular; now laity could wear it and derive spiritual privileges from it.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 409:
topics: Christianity
glosses: A short cloak worn around the shoulders, adopted as part of the uniform of various religious orders, later often with an embroidered image of a saint.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
synonyms: scapulary
glosses: One of a special group of feathers which arise from each of the scapular regions and lie along the sides of the back.
glosses: A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place.
topics: Christianity
glosses: A devotional object, typically consisting of two rectangular pieces of cloth (often with an embroidered image or text) joined with cloth bands and worn with one piece over the chest and one in the back.
scapular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskapjʊlə/
ipa: /ˈskæpjəlɚ/
Etymology: From Latin scapulārīs, from scapula + -āris (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, scapula + -ar.
Senses: synonyms: scapulary
glosses: Of or pertaining to the scapula.
Derived terms: acromioscapular
cervicoscapular
coracoscapular
costoscapular
dorsoscapular
extrascapular
faciohumeroscapular
facioscapular
humeroscapular
infrascapular
interscapular
intrascapular
occipitoscapular
parascapular
periscapular
postscapular
prescapular
retroscapular
sternoscapular
subscapular
suprascapular
transcapular
transscapular
Related terms: midscapular
scaption
seven deadly sins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English dedly synnes sueyn, vij dedly synnes.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
antonyms: seven virtues
capital virtues
glosses: The cardinal sins enumerated by medieval philosophers and theologians: pride (or vanity, vainglory), envy, gluttony, greed (or avarice), lust, sloth (or acedia), and wrath (or anger).
Related terms: mortal sin
seven dirty words
romaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪn
Forms: form: romaines
form: Romaine
Etymology: Clipping of romaine lettuce, from French laitue romaine, and direct borrowing of French romaine, from its supposed association with Rome.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of romaine lettuce, a type of lettuce having long crisp leaves forming a slender head.
glosses: Clipping of crepe romaine, a type of semi-sheer fabric.
rumble seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumble seats
Senses: examples: text: I suspected I wouldn't care an awful lot for his companionship, so I put him and another one in the rumble seat, and with the other two in with me I found the trail back to the Parkway and turned south.
ref: 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, pages 166–167:
synonyms: rumble-tumble
glosses: An extra passenger seat or row of seats in a carriage or automobile, typically folding away into a rear storage compartment.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A jump seat.
get back at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets back at
form: getting back at
form: got back at
form: got back at
form: gotten back at
Senses: examples: text: She put toothpaste in his shoes to get back at him for the frog he left in her refrigerator.
glosses: To retaliate against; to take revenge on.
Synonyms: get back on
get one's own back on
take revenge
retaliate
avenge
retaliate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: retaliates
form: retaliating
form: retaliated
form: retaliated
Etymology: From Latin retāliātus, past participle of retāliō (“to requite, retaliate”).
Senses: examples: text: John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
text: Many companies have policies in place to prevent bosses from retaliating against allegations of harassment.
glosses: To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
examples: text: One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated.
ref: 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Trauaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:
text: 1713-174, Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope, Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus Preface
It is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors.
glosses: To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
Derived terms: retaliation
retaliative
retaliatory
signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
homophone: sines
homophone: Saenz (one pronunciation)
Senses: examples: text: The signs beside the road warned of ice.
glosses: plural of sign
signs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪnz/
rhymes: -aɪnz
homophone: sines
homophone: Saenz (one pronunciation)
Senses: examples: text: She signs her name slowly, but clearly.
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sign
ruled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːld/
rhymes: -uːld
Senses: examples: text: a letter on ruled paper
glosses: Having printed lines.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Being a scroll; being such that through every point of S there is a straight line that lies on S.
raw_tags: of a surface
Derived terms: college-ruled
Gregg-ruled
ruled surface directrix
ruled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹuːld/
rhymes: -uːld
Senses: examples: text: She ruled over her children firmly but gently.
glosses: simple past and past participle of rule
offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒf.ɪ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɪz/
homophone: officers (non-rhotic with weak-vowel meger)
Senses: glosses: plural of office
offices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒf.ɪ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈɔ.fɪ.sɪz/
ipa: /ˈɑ.fɪ.sɪz/
homophone: officers (non-rhotic with weak-vowel meger)
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of office
measures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛʒɚz/
ipa: /ˈmɛʒəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of measure
measures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛʒɚz/
ipa: /ˈmɛʒəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of measure
maintained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪnˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more maintained
form: most maintained
Senses: examples: text: The house had a neat, well-maintained garden in front.
glosses: showing maintenance or attention
Derived terms: maintained markup
unmaintained
maintained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪnˈteɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maintain
alphabetical order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphabetical orders
Senses: examples: text: The obituaries are concerning me because people are dying in alphabetical order.
ref: 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
glosses: The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.
Related terms: alphabetico-classed
alphabetize
asciibetical order
April Fools' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: April Fools' Days
form: April Fool's Day
Senses: examples: (Scottish)
synonyms: All Fools' Day
Gowkie Day
hunting the gowke
hunt-the-gowk
Huntigowk
glosses: The first day in April, when tricks and practical jokes are traditionally played
Related terms: April fool
April fools
Childermas
April Fool's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of April Fools' Day.
Hallowe'en
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hallowe'ens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Halloween.
coliseum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒləˈsiːəm/
ipa: /-ʊm/
ipa: [k(ʰ)ɒləˈsiːəm]
ipa: [kʰɑɫəˈsi.əm]
ipa: [kʰɔləˈsɪjəm]
Forms: form: coliseums
form: colisea
form: colossæum
form: colosseum
Etymology: From Medieval Latin coliseum, from Latin Colosseum, from neuter of colosseus (“gigantic”), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos), from κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). See also: w:Colosseum § Name on Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: the London Coliseum
text: Has he not found this wide region profusely sprinkled with public works—highways, bridges, acqueducts,^([sic]) arches, palaces, Colisea,—massive, Roman-built?
ref: 1859 November, “Christianity a Strong System”, in The New Englander, volume XVII, number LXVIII, New Haven, Conn.: William L. Kingsley, […], page 856:
text: The nibbèd feather plumes its flights toward thee, / Thou mistress of mad poets and of night, / Cynthia, whom science weakly holds to be / The milky way’s coagulated light, / Or scooped from verdant Colisea of the Mite.
ref: 1868, P. F. Roe, “[Puzzles.] No. 4. Why is a Feather like Green Cheese?”, in Poems: Characteristic, Itinerary, and Miscellaneous, London: John Camden Hotten, […], part III (Minor Poems, Miscellaneous, Fugitive, and Occasional), page 184:
text: Old-fashioned republicans like Cato in Rome deplore intricate hairdos, fringes on the toga, Lucullan banquets, specialized artisanry, the scale of entertainment in the Colisea and Circuses, toplofty military triumphs, sexual excess, serial marriage, and overindulgence of every kind.
ref: 2000, William R[omeyn] Everdell, “Conclusion”, in The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans, 2nd edition, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 304:
text: These complex structures, whose towers seemed to touch the heavens, with ornate windows, vaulted ceilings and flying buttresses, were the Wembley Stadia, the Melbourne Cricket Grounds and the LA Memorial Colisea of their day – soaring temples to the worship of God designed to accommodate thousands, as awesome to behold then as they are today.
ref: 2014, Harry Bucknall, Like a Tramp, Like A Pilgrim: On Foot, Across Europe to Rome, Continuum, →ISBN:
glosses: A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
examples: text: The state deplores the consumer approach in sport—and builds the colisea which encourage it.
ref: 1956, Soviet Survey, pages 54–55:
glosses: A large, often circular building, for indoor sporting events, exhibitions, concerts, etc.; arena.
Derived terms: coliseum ivy
Easter Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Easter Sunday, the Christian holiday commemorating the Resurrection.
glosses: The day that that holiday commemorates: the day (circa AD 33) when Jesus's friends found the Holy Sepulchre to be unexpectedly empty.
Related terms: empty as the tomb on Easter
Lady Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lady Days
form: Lady-day
form: Ladyday
Etymology: From Middle English leafdi dei.
Senses: glosses: 25th March, an English quarter day.
examples: text: By Lady Day the Scriptorium was ready to receive the "copying and burrowing" of the host of readers who had been directed by Furnivall for the past twenty years.
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 173:
glosses: 25th March, Christian holy day, the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary.