cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
get underneath someone's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets underneath someone's skin
form: getting underneath someone's skin
form: got underneath someone's skin
form: got underneath someone's skin
form: gotten underneath someone's skin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get under someone's skin.
strally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹæli/
rhymes: -æli
Forms: form: strallies
Etymology: Blend of strap + toolie, or otherwise with fanciful suffix.
Senses: synonyms: word: firearm
word: gat
word: gun
word: iron
word: piece
glosses: Alternative form of strap (“firearm”).
strallies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strally
gets under someone's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get under someone's skin
getting under someone's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get under someone's skin
got under someone's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of get under someone's skin
glosses: past participle of get under someone's skin
gotten under someone's skin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get under someone's skin
xform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: xforms
form: xforming
form: xformed
form: xformed
Etymology: From x- + form.
Senses: examples: text: How would you exactly go about xforming the light's WC coordinates into object space, when the object transform has scaling on it?
ref: 1997 January 20, Javier Arevalo, “Help please:Why perform lighting in WC?????”, in comp.graphics.algorithms (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
text: Tores was a vampire slayer that xformed into a cheerleader (where are the balls this chick had??).
ref: 1998 March 12, om...@indy.net, “Star Trek: 'Allo 'Allo”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
text: The drones in A2 were only retrieving hosts for implantation, so we don't know if they could transform a victim into an egg.
(for that matter, xforming into an egg isn't even a fact, but there's no proof against it yet,...)
ref: 1999 June 7, go...@happyland.com, “random Legacy DVD thoughts”, in alt.cult-movies.alien (Usenet), retrieved 24 Apr 2022:
glosses: Abbreviation of transform.
xforms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xform
xforming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of xform
xformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of xform
Gurtnellen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality in Uri canton, Switzerland.
skysurf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skysurfs
form: skysurfing
form: skysurfed
form: skysurfed
Etymology: Back-formation from skysurfing.
Senses: glosses: To practice the sport of skysurfing.
crotalaria moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crotalaria moths
Etymology: From crotalaria + moth.
Senses: glosses: An erebid moth of species Utetheisa lotrix, distributed throughout Africa, Asia, and Australasia.
crotalaria moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crotalaria moth
prince charming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prince charmings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Prince Charming.
carfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carfie
Moodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moodle
Moodles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Moodle
put store by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts store by
form: putting store by
form: put store by
form: put store by
Senses: glosses: Synonym of set store by.
synonyms: word: set store by
Moodling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Moodle
Moodled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Moodle
bush fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bush flies
Senses: examples: text: The song that lay along the line of hills told of a Dreamtime Ancestor who failed to perform the correct ritual for controlling a bush-fly breeding cycle.
ref: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 77:
text: So fine and unusual is this stretch of weather that the ever-present bush flies and their dull cousins, the fat black march flies, have declared some sort of national holiday and gone to ground.
ref: 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 57
text: Even so, the small black bush fly still knows how to make its presence felt.
ref: 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 136:
glosses: A blow fly of the family Calliphoridae.
Bangkaew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village located in Phitsanulok Province in the central region of Thailand.
wokeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wokelings
Etymology: From woke + -ling. Alternatively a blend of woke + weakling.
Senses: examples: text: Another [Kate] Smith standard became a fixture at Yankee Stadium till just a few days ago — “God Bless America.” If the wokelings among us have their way, it will be banished forever from the ears of Yankee fans and, indeed, from any other public performance. Smith, they say, was a racist.
ref: 2019 April 25, Ed Morrow, “The Past Is Imperfect”, in The American Spectator:
text: But the fact that the publishing industry, arguably the last bastion of free speech, has also been infiltrated by these blinkered little wokelings sends a shiver down the spine.
ref: 2020 June 16, Sarah Vine, “I've learned the things that matter don't have a price tag”, in Daily Mail:
text: I listened to that inarticulate tripe, wishing that the BBC still employed rigorous journalists instead of 'wokelings' who are afraid to question anything for fear of seeming sexist or racist.
ref: 2021 August 23, Taj Hargey, “As a Muslim, I'm horrified the BBC gave a platform to an apologist for the Taliban, writes DR TAJ HARGEY, Imam of the Oxford Islamic Congregation”, in Daily Mail:
glosses: A proponent of social-justice causes or beliefs.
Synonyms: social justice warrior
wokescold
wokester
woketard
wokie
Durh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of Durham taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
Senses: glosses: University of Durham, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
raw_tags: after a qualification
wokerati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wokerati
Etymology: Blend of woke + literati.
Senses: examples: text: Here comes the California Wokerati —headquartered in Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Westwood, and the Castro, backed by Malibu and Menlo-Atherton money—to cancel you for being Literally Hitler.
ref: 2020, Michael Anton, The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return, unnumbered page:
text: The wokerati have been at work again. Tate Britain has just opened what should be an extremely enjoyable Hogarth exhibition. […] Curators should be thrilled to have assembled such material for our delectation. Instead, it seems they don’t want us to enjoy the experience.
ref: 2021 November 12, Rachel Campbell-Johnston, “Must every exhibition drive a bulldozer over the past?”, in The Times, UK:
text: When “trans activists” criticize others' claims or arguments, we are presumed to be doing so not because we have considered them and found them lacking, but because, as members of the “Twitter red guard” and the “wokerati” […]
ref: 2022, Veronica Ivy, B. R. George, “Public Philosophy and Trans Activism”, in Ian Olasov, Lee McIntyre, Nancy McHugh, editors, A Companion to Public Philosophy, unnumbered page:
glosses: Social-justice activists or woke people as a collective.
Rashism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian ра́шизм (rášyzm), Russian ра́шизм (rášizm); originally formed from Ра́ша (Ráša, “Russia (derogatory, slang)”) + фаши́зм (fašízm, “fascism”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ruscism.
Pungsan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: po͞ongʹsänʹ
Etymology: From Korean 풍산(豐山) (Pungsan).
Senses: examples: text: During a scorching lowland heat wave the following August, the Kims prudently chose to focus their guidance on remote Pungsan County, in the high, cool mountains of Yanggang Province.[…]
In those instances Kim Jong-il kept his role to investigating quietly, advising his father of his findings and recommendations. One wonders, then, about the real feelings of an obsequious school official in Pungsan County when the college boy stepped out of the staff role and decided to guide the official directly in the work of running the Pungsan Middle School.
ref: 2004 September, Bradley K. Martin, “Yura”, in Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty, 1st edition, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 223:
glosses: Synonym of Kimhyŏnggwŏn County.
synonyms: word: Kimhyŏnggwŏn County
Schauerman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schauermans
Etymology: Variant spelling of Schauermann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
takkin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of tak
party like it's 1999
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parties like it's 1999
form: partying like it's 1999
form: partied like it was 1999
form: partied like it was 1999
form: partied like it's 1999
form: partied like it's 1999
Etymology: From the Prince song called 1999 and released in 1982. The song uses the phrase in reference to a nuclear apocalypse predicted to occur in the year 2000, but it was later reinterpreted as meaning that the turn of the millennium calls for a particularly large celebration.
Senses: examples: text: This past year the girls in Laughlin worked hard at protesting Chatham's prohibition and at getting a reputation for the best parties in town. They succeeded at living up to their theme — Party Like it's 1999!
ref: 1983, “Laughlin Hall”, in Amita Chaudhary, editor, Cornerstone, Chatham College, page 117:
text: The European Union is not an organisation to do things by halves, particularly when it comes to a celebration. This time Europe will party like it's 1999. Or more precisely 1 May, 2004.
ref: 2004 April 18, Kamal Ahmed, “EU approves €6m welcome party for new members”, in The Guardian:
text: […] I was deep in the streets with ole friends and new ones, drinking (as usual), spot hopping and partying like it was 1999.
ref: 2014, Ms. Betty [pseudonym], Ain't that bout' a b*tch, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 92:
qualifier: simile
glosses: To party intensely, particularly when reckless or pessimistic.
wikipedia: 1999 (Prince song)
Prince (musician)
Related terms: yolo
as if there were no tomorrow
like there is no tomorrow
Brosiuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brosius
Schauermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schauerman
highest-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high-speed: most high-speed
higher-speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high-speed: more high-speed
Derived terms: higher-speed rail
high speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: higher speed
form: highest speed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of high-speed.
high speed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high speeds
Senses: examples: text: In deference to Queen Victoria's dislike of high speed, the specials were allowed about 75 min. for the journey on the Deeside line, but after her death, they were slightly accelerated.
ref: 1957 February 24, H. A. Vallance, “The Deeside Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 96:
text: "If you go to anybody in Kent now and say 'shall we take away the high-speed route?' 'No!' They love high speed. It's been a huge success."
ref: 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 45:
glosses: A speed having a large magnitude: great velocity.
highest speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of high speed: most high speed
higher speed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of high speed: more high speed
high-speed steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high-speed steels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of high speed steel.
high-speed steels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-speed steel
high speeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high speed
Amiot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Amiots
Etymology: Borrowed from French Amiot.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Amiots
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Amiot
Andons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Andon
Zywicki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zywickis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Żywicki.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Aslin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aslins
Etymology: Two main origins:
* English surname from the Old French personal name Asceline, a pet form of Asse.
* Borrowed from Swedish Åslin, an ornamental surname from ås (“ridge”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Aslins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aslin
low explosives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low explosive
Zywickis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zywicki
Boldman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boldmans
Etymology: Americanized form of German Boldemann or Bollmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Birs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bir
Boldmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boldman
Umphress
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Umphresses
Etymology: Variant of Humphries.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ventrella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ventrellas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ventrella.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Ventrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ventrella
Umphresses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Umphress
Weiand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weiands
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weiand, a variant of Wiegand.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Von Ruden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Von Rudens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Von Ruden.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Von Rudens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Von Ruden
Weiands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Weiand
Willenbring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Willenbrings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Willenbring, a variant of Willenbrink.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Schermers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schermer
Willenbrings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Willenbring
McLin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McLins
Etymology: Variant of McLean.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Amsteg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Silenen municipality, Uri canton, Switzerland.
Schmaltzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Schmaltz
McLins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McLin
Olander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olanders
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Ölander, a habitational surname for someone from the island of Öland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Yuhas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yuhases
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Hungarian Juhász.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
running and racing
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I was running and racing earlier trying to get to the meeting on time.
glosses: To be in a rush or all over the place
Yuhases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yuhas
Olanders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olander
Thornquists
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Thornquist
swum upstream
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swim upstream
IAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IACs
Senses: topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of idle air controller.
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of IaC (“infrastructure as code”).
IAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Interstate Aviation Committee.
Rodi-Fiesso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Two contiguous villages, Rodi and Fiesso, in Prato (Leventina), Ticino canton, Switzerland.
structural anthropologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: structural anthropologists
Senses: examples: text: The structural anthropologist urges us to ignore the orthodox who labor so patiently trying to eliminate the apocryphal variants from the one true text.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 11:
glosses: Someone who studies structural anthropology.
structural anthropologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of structural anthropologist
astrologeress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrologeresses
Etymology: From astrologer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Hippo was daughter to Cheiron the son of the mare Philyra, and cohabited with king Æolus and taught him physics and all the learning of her father, and was the first prophetess and astrologeress, concerning whom Euripides said,[…]
ref: 1828, [Algernon Herbert], “Homer”, in Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume the second, London: […] Richard Priestley, page 632:
text: Madame de N⸺, the celebrated fortune-teller and astrologeress, foretold it, however;
ref: 1833 October 9, “From Our Paris Correspondent”, in The Court Journal: Gazette of the Fashionable World, number 236, London: […] Henry Colburn. […] W. Thomas, published 2 November 1833, page 714:
text: The Astrological Institute held its annual meeting at the Memorial Hall, London, on Frinight, under the presidency of Mr Bishop-Culpepper. Quite a large number of old women of both sexes assembled, but there were also, I am bound to confess, says a Morning Leader representative, a sprinkling of young and distinctly pretty astrologeresses.
ref: 1899 February 11, ““Rulers of the Heavens.” Important Information as to When to Be Born.”, in The Gloucestershire Echo:
text: The Claim of a Contemporary Astrologeress / To-day the practice of astrology by competent astrologers is a respected, honourable profession. The law recognizes and protects it as it does the practice of medicine. Many prominent New York men come openly to my studio. . .
ref: 1927, The Golden Book Magazine, page 236:
text: “Now I think we have freed Madame Zaff,” said the mystery man, “come on my lady astrologer, my astrologeress, or my astrologess,” he joked courteously as he bowed to the rather scared lady.[…]“I’ve told you before, my dear Mr. Harry Storm, there is no such thing as a coincidence! Consider, if you will, our Dutch friend,” said the astrologeress.[…]“It was what I’d call a personal question, Madame Zaff, but I expect that as an astrologeress you’ve answered lots of personal questions from those who have asked you to cast their horoscopes.”
ref: 1962, Lionel Fanthorpe and Patricia Fanthorpe writing as John E. Muller, The Return of Zeus, Gateway, published 2014:
text: There was even, in 1851, Frances Moor, an ‘Astrologeress’, whose Vox Sybillarum contained a large hieroglyphic.
ref: 1996, Maureen Perkins, Visions of the Future: Almanacs, Time, and Cultural Change, 1775-1870, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: A female astrologer.
Synonyms: astrologess
astrologeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrologeress
Lucasians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lucasian
superneutrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superneutralities
Etymology: From super- + neutrality.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being superneutral.
superneutralities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superneutrality
Savicki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Savickis
form: Savitski
form: Savitsky
form: Sawicki
Etymology: From Belarusian Савіцкі (Savicki), Ukrainian Сави́цький (Savýcʹkyj), Савіцький (Savicʹkyj), Russian Савицкий (Savickij), or a respelling of Polish Sawicki.
Senses: examples: text: In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
ref: 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A surname from Belarusian, Polish, Russian, or Ukrainian.
jhola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jholas
Etymology: Compare Hindi झोला (jholā), झूला (jhūlā); Nepali झोला (jholā); Bengali ঝোলা (jhōla); Punjabi ਝੋਲ਼ਾ (jhoḷā).
Senses: examples: text: Both would join in and chime, "Anaro, why do you always carry this jhola?" “ I carry this jhola to stash away the things I steal! I stow away your miserable things in this! Ask them , if I do not carry a jhola, just where do I keep my matches, bidis and small change?
ref: 2001, M. Bhagat, Anaro and Other Stories, Orient Blackswan, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Lenin has left his jhola behind. I shall return it to him when I see him next. It's filthy; maybe I should wash or dryclean it before that.
ref: 2013 January 21, Namita Gokhale, Priya: In Incredible Indyaa, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: She drew her flowers together and put them into the dusty little jhola she carried. It was stitched with bits of sequins that caught the sunlight and sparkled, a brave effort because the rest of the fabric that made it was so shabby.
ref: 2014 January 1, Anjana Basu, In the Shadow of the Leaves, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), →ISBN, page 131:
glosses: a cloth sling bag, usually one considered cheap or simple
Derived terms: jhola chhap
jholawala
instillation abortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: instillation abortions
Senses: glosses: a rare method of abortion performed by injecting a solution into the uterus
claimings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claiming
incitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incitive
form: most incitive
Etymology: From incite + -ive.
Senses: glosses: tending to incite
sody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsoʊdi/
Forms: form: sodies
Senses: examples: text: Of course, Zury's sody-crackers went in with the rest, an' me an' Zury always ate some anyhow for appearance sake.
ref: 1889, “How The Meanest Man Got So Mean, and How Mean He Got”, in Joseph Kirkland, Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, page 81:
text: There's a gossoon in me company that did be workin' in a dispinshary that's after tellin' me that bakin' sody in hot wather wid put the comether on yer pains, me poor frind.
ref: 1940, Sir James Elliott, The Hundred Years, Robert Hale Limited, page 125:
text: 'I'm wantin' half a pound of bakin' sody,' whispered Ally Beag with a terrified glance in my direction.
ref: 2012 April 5, Lillian Beckwith, The Hills is Lonely: Tales from the Hebrides, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of soda.
sodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sody
wathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wather
citrullinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citrullinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that hydrolyses citrulline to produce ornithine
citrullinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citrullinase
frinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frind
pianny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piˈani/
ipa: /paɪˈani/
ipa: /piˈæni/
ipa: /paɪˈæni/
Forms: form: piannies
form: peanny
form: peeany
form: piany
Senses: examples: text: But Miss, who goes to a French boarding-school, and plays the pianny, may just do what she likes[…]
ref: 1835, “The Overseer's Daughter”, in George Robert Gleig, The Chronicles of Waltham, volume 2, London: Richard Bentley, page 220:
text: Try it, honey; let's hear the sound of the baby pianny," said Hannah, who always took a share in the family joys and sorrow.
ref: 1868, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Beth Finds the Palace Beautiful”, in Little Women: […], 1st part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1869, →OCLC, page 96:
text: “Give us a toon on the peeany,” said Mrs M‘Swat after the meal, when the dishes had been cleared away by Lizer and Rose Jane.
ref: 1901, Miles Franklin, “To Life”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 238:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of piano.
Related terms: pianny forty
piannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pianny
peanny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peannies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pianny.
peannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peanny
peeany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peeanies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pianny.
peeanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peeany
pianies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piany
Sze Yup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 四邑 (sei³ jap¹).
Senses: examples: text: I stayed at a gam saan jong, owned by Sze Yup people for a month waiting for a favorable decision from the U.S. The firm helped me with the paperwork and booking passage.
ref: 1991 [1980], Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, Judy Yung, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940, University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: Synonym of Siyi.
synonyms: word: Siyi
genitopelvic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From genito- + pelvic.
Senses: examples: text: genitopelvic pain/penetration disorder (dyspareunia in females)
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: of, or relating to the genital tract and pelvic region of the body together with their function, disease, etc.
pianny forty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piˈani ˌfɔːti/
ipa: /piˈæni ˌfɔɹti/
Forms: form: pianny forties
form: pianny-forty
Senses: examples: text: Dang et, I have delivered ſeventeen - all the way from Mancheſter-ſquare to Petty France; from there to Biſhopſgate-ſtreet after ſweetmeats for Miſs, and then to the Hay-market about the pianny forty.
ref: 1795, Hannah Cowley, The Town Before You: A Comedy, 2nd edition, volume 2, London: G. Woodman, for T. N. Longman, act I, scene ii, page 6:
text: And jest then I leaped from my seat and clim rite over the pianny-forty onto the stage, and grabbed that piller from his hand.
ref: 1890, Clara Augusta Jones, “XXI: Old-Feller and Desdy-Money”, in Patience Pettigrew's Perplexities, New York: J. S. Ogilvie, page 136:
text: He closed his mouth as in resignation, 'Well, can you sing and play the pianny-forty?' 'Yes, fairly well.' 'Famblies don't want fairly well, they want bang-up.' .
ref: 2018 July 19, Charles Palliser, The Quincunx: The Mompessons, Canelo, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of pianoforte.
Related terms: pianny
pianny forties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pianny forty
pianny-forty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pianny-forties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pianny forty.
pianny-forties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pianny-forty
lemmingism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lemming + -ism. So called due to the practice of lemmings following one another to their own demise.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of herdthink.
synonyms: word: herdthink
Related terms: groupthink
plastic Paddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastic Paddies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Plastic Paddy.
hex0r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hex0rs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haxor.
sofy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsəʊfi/
ipa: /ˈsoʊfi/
Forms: form: sofies
form: sofys
Senses: examples: text: I'm a settin' on Mr. and Mrs. Eaggles's sofy, which they bought with honest money, and very dear it cost 'em, too.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “In which the Same Subject is Pursued”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 490:
text: "Now, Mademoiselle," says Mr. Bucket, in a cool determined way, "you go and sit down upon that sofy."
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “Springing a Mine”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC, page 522:
text: "What they goin' to do with the sofy, I ast you?” “What sofy? "What sofy? W'y , the sofy Brother Longenecker sets on, o' course[…]
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Eugene Wood, Back Home and Folks Back Home, Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated, page 207:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sofa.
sofies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sofy
chai latte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chai lattes
Senses: examples: text: They sit in their favorite chairs at their favorite tables and hang out with their friends who also don’t like coffee but adore the chai lattes.
ref: 2005, Joe Calloway, Indispensable: How to Become the Company That Your Customers Can’t Live Without, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 80:
text: Schuyler put down his earflap hat and took a thoughtful sip of chai latte.
ref: 2008, Franklin Habit, “It Itches.” A Stash of Knitting Cartoons, Loveland, Colo.: Interweave Press LLC, →ISBN, page 103, column 2:
text: Seven and seven million may be very different from each other. But when you compare them to cups of chai latte, volcanoes, light bulbs, and lamas, it’s obvious that seven million and seven belong to the same species. It’s obvious that all numbers share common characteristics.
ref: 2012, Howard Bloom, The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates, Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: A hot drink similar to masala chai or caffè latte, made with spiced tea and steamed milk.
curchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜːt͡ʃi/
ipa: /ˈkɝt͡ʃi/
Forms: form: curchies
Senses: examples: text: He made curchie / And lowted to the grownde / Than ſayde the lad / I am ryght glad / I haue your loꝛdſhipe founde[…]
ref: 1551, Robert Crowley, Philargyrie of greate Britayne, London: Robert Crowly, page 49:
text: And they ought not only with a nod or bow or curchy anſwer the Miniſter's Queſtions, but in expreſs terms as order'd by the Rubrick[…]
ref: 1708, Marius D'Aſſigny, “The Diviſion”, in An Antidote againſt the Pernicious Errors of the Anabaptiſts, 2nd edition, London: W. Taylor and H. Clements, pages 34–35:
text: 'Mis' Garrison,' says Fluke, 'I'll drive ye 'round wherever ye wants me to, but I'll be d—d if I'll curchy to ye!' So she fetched along an imported one.
ref: 1890, “Gettin' a Nail Put in the Hoss's Shu”, in Sarah P. McLean Greene, Vesty of the Basins, New York: Harper Brothers, page 34:
qualifier: later dialectal
glosses: Obsolete form of curtsey.
curchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curchy
bosswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bosswomen
Etymology: From boss + woman.
Senses: examples: text: Saturday afternoon, when the street mob was at its heighth, a chauffeur leaned against the corner of Ivey’s, fast asleep . . . The milling folks disturbed him not a bit . . . But his bosswoman made her way through the sea of people and shook him awake.
ref: 1935 March 25, John W. Harden, “Snapshots”, in The Charlotte News, Charlotte, N.C., page five:
text: While Eleanor spoke to the bosswoman about price, I took a deep breath and unscrewed the cap from my fountain pen.
ref: 1946 September 26, “Pitching Horseshoes with Billy Rose”, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat, volume 72, number 109, St. Louis, Mo., page 1B:
text: Hutch adds a hand-clasp to ours in making a big hello to George Landis who won out at Oliver . . . To bosswoman Anita Wong at Chinese Y Canteen . . .
ref: 1947 March 8, Frank Rasky, “Teen Town Talk”, in The Sunday Sun, volume LXI, number 132, Vancouver, B.C., page 12:
text: Mrs. G. W. Luhr, of Oakland, president of the California Congress of Parents and Teachers, went off the deep end a few days ago and took a blast at the current high school football regulations.[…]But in this instance, I am of the opinion that Mrs. Luhr is slightly off base and, while she undoubtedly meant well, the PTA bosswoman must have been prodded on by some outsiders who have been instrumental in keeping our high school sports on an outmoded basis for so many years.
ref: 1948 November 18, San Pedro News-Pilot, volume 21, number 221, San Pedro, Calif., page 20:
text: For this particular scene Miss Kathleen Kelley, bosswoman of maternity nurses at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, served in official capacity.
ref: 1949 January 9, Frank Neill, “Privacy? No, Indeed, When Baby Is Born for a Movie”, in The Cedar Rapids Gazette, volume 66, number 366, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, section three, page 13:
text: Both her parents have put Olga in charge of the store, and while her mother spends most nights baking, Olga is, in a sense, the bosswoman.
ref: 2017 July 8, Lucy Tompkins, “Eastern European bakery and deli introduces new foods to Missoula”, in Ravalli Republic, page A6:
glosses: A female boss.
Synonyms: bosslady
Coordinate terms: bossman
bosswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosswoman
Podmolje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Ohrid, North Macedonia.
plastic Paddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastic Paddy
Lowlanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lowlander
St. Pölten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sankt Pölten
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Lower Austria, Austria.
Valley Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
Maplewood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
Spanish Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally called Spanish Pond until the late nineteenth century; named after the Spanish troops who stayed there while building a fortified post for Spain in 1768.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community and census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
Old Jamestown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
Maranao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maranao Mëranaw (“people of the lake”).
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people residing in the Lanao province region of the Philippine island of Mindanao.
Maranao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maranao Mëranaw (“people of the lake”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An Austronesian language spoken by the Maranao people.
rashist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rashists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of russist.
ruscist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruscists
Senses: examples: text: “I want to stay. I really want to stay here, and rebuild my house in this very spot, just to spite the Ruscists,” she said, using a neologism for ‘Russian fascists’ that has become widespread in Ukraine since the invasion.
ref: 2022 May 30, Valerie Hopkins, Maria Varenikova, “A Russian Plane Crashed Into a House. Death Was Parceled Out Randomly.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of russist.
russists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of russist
rashists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rashist
ruscists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruscist
Filesi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Filesis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Filesi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Amasya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province in the Black Sea region, in northern Turkey.
glosses: A district of Amasya Province, Turkey.
synonyms: Amaseia
glosses: A municipality, the capital city of Amasya district and Amasya Province, Turkey.
Colasanti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Colasantis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Colasanti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Amaseia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Amasya (in antiquity)
synonyms: word: Amasya
extra: in antiquity
Amasya Province
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province of Turkey.
Guattari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guattaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Guattari.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Derived terms: Guattarian
hepatolenticular degeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wilson's disease.
synonyms: word: Wilson's disease
diaperfurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diaperfur
teenybopping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teenybopping
form: most teenybopping
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a teenybopper.
Malo-Russian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malo-Russians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Little Russian.
synonyms: word: Little Russian
landyacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landyachts
Senses: examples: text: You might like to try identifying other combinations than those defining a car, a boat or an aeroplane—e.g. a landyacht, a windsurf board, a hovercraft or a hydrofoil.
ref: 1989, Nigel Cross, Engineering Design Methods:
glosses: Alternative spelling of land yacht.
Ruthene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ruthenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ruthenian.
Ruthenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ruthene
Ruthens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ruthen
Malo-Russians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malo-Russian
land-yacht
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land-yachts
Senses: examples: text: My car's blinker made a heavy clink, clink, clink sound as I steered the land-yacht of a Cadillac left toward town.
ref: 2020, Angie Fox, Southern Ghost Hunter Series:
glosses: Alternative spelling of land yacht.
Poushali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Paushali
form: Pousali
form: Pausali
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali পৌষালী (pōuśali).
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Paushali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Poushali.
Pousali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Poushali.
Pausali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Poushali.
Pan-en-theism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of panentheism.
Panentheism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of panentheism.
Little Pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Little Pinks
form: little pink
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 小粉紅／小粉红 (xiǎofěnhóng). Compare pinko.
Senses: examples: text: According to People's Daily, the party newspaper, these Little Pinks were born between 1992 and 1998, are 57.9 percent female, and are interested in entertaining media contents, such as celebrities, music, and travel.
ref: 2018, Luwei Rose Luqiu, Propaganda, Media, and Nationalism in Mainland China and Hong Kong, page 20:
text: In this respect, the CYL defended the Little Pinks and attacked public intellectuals who criticized patriotic netizens.
ref: 2020, Shaohua Guo, The Evolution of the Chinese Internet:
text: The Diba Expedition gave birth to a new breed of cybernationalists and populists—the Little Pinks.
ref: 2022, Guobin Yang, The Wuhan Lockdown:
glosses: A nationalist supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who expresses such views on the internet.
Related terms: wolf warrior
Little Pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Little Pink
little pink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little pinks
Senses: examples: text: Little pinks abandoned the orthodox concept of traditional patriotism that regards the state as a parent or other sublime object, thinking of the country as an idol in the entertainment consumer culture, and expecting to participate in the idol's construction and cultivation process. This nationalism can be called "fandom nationalism."
ref: 2019, Hailong Liu, Propaganda: Ideas, Discourses and its Legitimization:
text: Yang Guobin notes a similar evolution when he describes the shift from initial enthusiasm about "netizens" (wangmin) who spoke out about issues of social injustice to an Internet that has become flooded by government-controlled astroturfers such as “50 centers” and “little pinks”.
ref: 2019, Sebastian Veg, Minjian: The Rise of China’s Grassroots Intellectuals:
text: One aspect of that thinking is that 'even little pinks can be feminist.'
ref: 2021, Wei Rong, William Luo, Haitian Liu, Contemporary China Review (2021 Summer Issue), page 159:
glosses: Alternative form of Little Pink.
examples: text: This elegant little pink is an old inhabitant of the gardens, having been first introduced in 1759, but it is still rare, being met with only in a few curious collections, although few plants are better suited to ornament rockwork.
ref: 1838, Robert Sweet, The British Flower Garden:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, pink.
little pinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little pink
Arpita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit अर्पिता (arpitā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
river red gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: river red gums
Senses: examples: text: Around lunchtime we crossed a creek with river-red-gums growing in its bed.
ref: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 128:
glosses: A red gum tree of species Eucalyptus camaldulensis (syn. E. rostrata Schltdl., nom. illeg.).
river red gums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of river red gum
perenty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perenties
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perentie.
budgetizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: budgetizers
Senses: glosses: A person who budgetizes.
budgetizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budgetizer
lavashak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Iranian Persian لواشک (lavâšak).
Senses: glosses: Persian fruit leather.
ruscism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ruscism.
not yets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of not yet
furcon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furcons
Etymology: From fur + con.
Senses: examples: text: Going to a Furcon is not a cure for depression or misery et al.
If you are depressed, you need to solve the cause of your depression or misery et al.
goiing to a furcon is like sticking your head in the sand and it only makes it worse in the end.
ref: 2004 June 15, Akssirtsoeks, “Go to a furcon and cure your depression/misery etc!”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), retrieved 26 Apr 2022:
text: One of my friends told me a little about the midwest furcon last year. But I didn't get to go due to traveling problems at the time. I have a few questions about it before deciding whether to try for this years furcon or not.
ref: 2005 April 7, Greylight12, “Midwest furcon question.”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet), retrieved 26 Apr 2022:
text: I hope that it be a case of "full board or nothing", though, since that price would be way out of reach for a lot of furs, and would also scare off many of those for whom it was their first furcon - something that seems quite likely in a country where we haven't had one before! If you're new to furcons and want to see if you like them, you don't want to go spending that amount of money straight away.
ref: 2006 May 22, Loganberry, “Confuzzled - a UK furcon at last?”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet), retrieved 26 Apr 2022:
text: I saw an announcement somewhere about a new furcon to be held later this year in Elizabeth NJ across the road from Newark Airport. (Close to where ConFurence East was held in 1995.) Anybody have any more info on this?
ref: 2007 March 13, Joe Strike, “New Jersey furcon?”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet), retrieved 26 Apr 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A furry convention.
furcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furcon
fursonalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fursonality
catridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkatɹɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈkætɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: catridges
form: ca'tridge
Senses: examples: text: That too would have been very handsomely done, if you had'nt handled catridge instead of shettin pan, but I suppose you want noticing.
ref: 1811, “Militia Muster”, in The Baltimore Repertory of Papers on Literary and Other Topics […] , volume 2, Baltimore: Joseph Robinson, page 27:
text: A catridge in place of the dimond! You'll sweat for that, Carr; I'll flay you alive, if only for the fun of doing it.
ref: 1907, Nelson Rust Gilbert, The Affair at Pine Court, Philadelphia: J. S. Lippincott, page 195:
text: You operate this one by working the slide back and forth to eject the spent ca'tridge and put another in the breach.
ref: 2006 January 31, David Sherman, Dan Cragg, Starfist: Flashfire, Random House, →ISBN, page 217:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of cartridge.
Related terms: patridge
catridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catridge
ca'tridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ca'tridge
ca'tridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of catridge.
Colasantis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Colasanti
Rosander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosanders
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Rosander.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Rork
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rorks
Etymology: Reduced and altered form of O'Rourke.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Rosanders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rosander
Rorks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rork
rate limiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of limiting the number of requests made to a server so as to avoid overloading it.
Related terms: rate limit
rate limiter