cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
stopped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɑpt/
rhymes: -ɑpt
Forms: form: more stopped
form: most stopped
Etymology: From stop + -ed. In some senses, the adjective follows from the verb; in others, it may derive directly from the noun stop.
Senses: examples: text: We were stopped for more than three hours!
text: They passed a stopped car on the side of the road, but realized there was nothing they could do to help.
glosses: Not moving, but not properly parked or berthed; said also of the occupants of such a vehicle.
raw_tags: of a vehicle
examples: text: A stopped clock is right twice a day.
glosses: In the state resulting from having stopped.
glosses: Having a stop; being closed at one end.
raw_tags: of a pipe
glosses: In a well-pruned state.
raw_tags: of a plant
examples: text: þ was first voiced and then stopped , becoming d
ref: 1874, Henry Sweet, A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Made by complete closure of the organs in the mouth; said of certain consonants such as b, d, p, and t.
Derived terms: a stopped clock is right twice a day
even a stopped clock is right twice a day
glottal-stopped
pre-stopped
stopped clock illusion
stopped pipe
Brix
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪks
Forms: form: Brixes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Brix.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Brix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪks
Etymology: From Adolf Ferdinand Wenceslaus Brix, a German chemist.
Senses: glosses: A measure (in degrees) of the amount of dissolved solids in a liquid via its specific gravity; used especially to measure dissolved sugar in fruit juice and wine.
Related terms: sense: Synonym
word: Brix scale
word: Baumé
word: Balling
word: Oechsle
TDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TDRs
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Time Domain Reflectometer: a type of cable tester which can find where a break is located.
glosses: Initialism of transferable development right.
TDR
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of totally drug resistant.
Hypernyms: DR
MDR
XDR
Derived terms: TDR-TB
practical alchemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study of ancient alchemy using the knowledge and techniques of modern chemistry in order to advance the understanding of the history of chemistry.
glosses: The use of ritual to achieve self-improvement.
pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑts/
ipa: /pɒts/
rhymes: -ɒts
Senses: glosses: plural of pot
pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑts/
ipa: /pɒts/
rhymes: -ɒts
Senses: examples: text: We’re going to make pots of money selling my invention!
glosses: A large quantity.
pots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑts/
ipa: /pɒts/
rhymes: -ɒts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pot
opts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of opt
PCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PCIs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Peripheral Component Interconnect, a type of expansion slot on a motherboard.
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of percutaneous coronary intervention.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of precombat inspection.
Hyponyms: PCI-X
Coordinate terms: AGP
EISA
ISA
MCA
PCIe
VLB
Related terms: sense: peripheral component interconnect
word: PCI Express
bourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /bʊəs/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /bɔːs/
homophone: boss (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger)
ipa: /bɔːɹs/
note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /bʊəɹs/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)s
Forms: form: bourses
Etymology: Borrowed from French bourse, from Old French borse, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa). Doublet of purse, compare Danish børs, Swedish börs, German Börse. See also bursar.
Senses: glosses: A stock exchange.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:bourse.
glosses: A stock exchange.
Any place, real or imagined, where the value of a thing is settled.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A meeting of stamp collectors and/or dealers, where stamps and covers are sold or exchanged.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The swollen basal part of an inflorescence axis at the onset of fruit development; it bears leaves whose axillary buds differentiate and may grow out as shoots.
Derived terms: interbourse
Related terms: burse
bursar
purse
reimburse
eye shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye shadows
form: eyeshadow
Senses: glosses: Makeup that is applied to the eyelids and below the eyes to give a darker complexion there.
lippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪpi/
ipa: /ˈlɪpɪ/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: lippier
form: lippiest
Etymology: From lip (“fleshy protrusion around the opening of the mouth; (slang) verbal impertinence, backtalk”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
Senses: examples: text: His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.
ref: 1906 February, A. Demain Grange, “Mr. Gummidge’s Little Deal: The Story of a Stradivarius”, in The Royal Magazine, volume XV, number 88, London: C[yril] Arthur Pearson Ltd, […], →OCLC, page 375, column 1:
glosses: Having prominent lips.
examples: text: Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
text: No, it's [Tamil is] a happy, snappy, lippy, and loping lingo anyone can see just makes these guys happy to speak and hear.
ref: 1998, Frank Chin, “A Chinaman in Singapore”, in Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays (Intersections), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press in association with UCLA Asian American Studies Center […], →ISBN, page 409:
text: I hesitated another moment, then followed her with a vow that I would walk out the instant she got lippy. If she wanted to fire me, fine, I'd go, but I'd be damned if I'd let her lay any crap on me.
ref: 1998, Dana Redfield, “Something in the Air”, in Lucy Blue and the Daughters of Light: A Novel, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 120:
text: His silence conceded the point. Either she'd gotten lippier down the years, or he was getting rusty. Both, probably.
ref: 2006, Ian Rankin, chapter 1, in The Naming of the Dead, London: Orion, →ISBN, side 1 (The Task of Blood):
text: In clothes, language, and manner, he's hip-hop ghetto meets Italian mobster. He's the lippiest, most foul-mouthed, most confrontational kid I've ever met and also one of the funniest.
ref: 2012, Bill Clegg, “Goners”, in Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
text: Wouldn't it just be my luck to come across the lippiest desk nurse in the whole of Miami?
ref: 2016, Annie O’Neil, chapter 1, in Santiago’s Convenient Fiancée (Hot Latin Docs; 1), London: Mills & Boon, →ISBN; republished London: Mills & Boon, 2017, →ISBN:
synonyms: mouthy
;
contrarious
argumentative
insolent
hypernyms: insubordinate
glosses: Having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner.
Derived terms: lippiness
lippy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪpi/
ipa: /ˈlɪpɪ/
rhymes: -ɪpi
Forms: form: lippies
form: lippie
Etymology: From lip(stick) or lip (gloss) + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Like some kind of masonic handshake, Collie passed Vanya a tube of black lippie. She smeared it carelessly across her wide mouth and handed it to me. My parents would have a hissy fit if they knew I put on lipstick but they weren't around.
ref: 2007, D. M. Ross, chapter 12, in The Holy Bad, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 52:
text: I'm worried I'm turning into a 1950s housewife: the other day I found myself tidying up the sitting room and putting on some lippie before Tony got home from work!
ref: 2008, Lynn Bertram, “The World of Motherhood”, in Supporting Postnatal Women Into Motherhood: A Guide to Therapeutic Groupwork for Health Professionals, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Radcliffe Publishing, →ISBN, page 11:
text: 'Sorry—just trying on new lippies for tonight,' she confessed, flashing a crimson smile.
ref: 2008, Rachel Power, “Emma Matthews—Opera Singer”, in The Divided Heart: Art and Motherhood, Fitzroy, Vic.: Red Dog Books, →ISBN; republished Fitzroy, Vic.: Red Dog Books, 2012, →ISBN, page 159:
text: A russet shade of sheer lippy proved the finishing touch to Meghan's latest make-up look. It wasn't a full gloss, but appeared to have a balm-like finish, a pretty touch of shine.
ref: 2020 January 9, Annie Vischer, “Meghan Markle’s Latest Make-Up Look Decoded”, in Grazia, London: Bauer Consumer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2020:
glosses: Lip gloss or lipstick; (countable) a stick of this product.
eyebrow pencil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyebrow pencils
Senses: glosses: Makeup in a pencil-like applicator used to define or draw on the eyebrows.
eyeliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/
Forms: form: eyeliners
form: eye liner
Etymology: From eye + liner.
Senses: examples: text: Do you need to wear eyeliner? As with any makeup step, eyeliner is completely optional. From an artistic perspective, if you are wearing eyeshadow, I almost always recommend wearing eyeliner, unless your eyelids and eyelashes are obscured by the eyebrow area. Eyeliner is a basic part of an eye-makeup design because it shapes and defines the eyes and makes the eyelashes look thicker.
ref: 2004, Paula Begoun, The Complete Beauty Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Smart Beauty, Rodale Inc., →ISBN, page 419:
glosses: Makeup used to outline the eye, generally applied along or close to the lashline.
Derived terms: eyelinered
guyliner
Related terms: kohl pencil
blusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblʌʃɚ/
rhymes: -ʌʃɚ
Forms: form: blushers
Etymology: From blush + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who blushes.
examples: text: Beside him Lady Partridge, her head tilted up, her face a mask of blusher and brown powder, like someone just back from a skiing holiday, was also clearly elsewhere.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 9, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
synonyms: blush
rouge
glosses: Face makeup that makes the cheeks rosier.
glosses: Any of several closely related, edible species of the genus Amanita, including Amanita rubescens and Amanita novinupta.
Perl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A respelling of its original name Pearl, a reference to Matthew 13:46.
A common backronymic explanation is “Practical Extraction and Reporting Language”.
Senses: examples: text: Perl attracted the attention of Unix system administrators, who needed a language that was easier to use than the C programming language and more powerful than scripting languages such as Borne^([sic]) and C-shell.
ref: 1999, Eric Herrmann, Mastering Perl 5, Sybex, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A family of high-level programming languages, particularly used for text processing.
Derived terms: Perlish
Related terms: Raku
headlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headlocks
Etymology: From head + lock.
Senses: examples: text: Your love is like a studded leather headlock
Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain
You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock
And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
ref: 2011, Alex Turner, “Suck It And See”, in Suck It And See, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
glosses: A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
headlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: headlocks
form: headlocking
form: headlocked
form: headlocked
Etymology: From head + lock.
Senses: glosses: To restrain in a headlock.
mosh pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosh pits
Etymology: From mosh + pit.
Senses: examples: text: If the anesthesiologist, surgeon, and circulating nurse know how to communicate with one another, a lot can get done. If not, the ballet devolves into something more like a mosh pit.
ref: 2006, Alan S. Brown, “Virtual OR”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 128, November 2006, page 32:
glosses: The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh.
Synonyms: mosh circle
rim job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rim jobs
form: rim-job
form: rimjob
Etymology: Probably an alteration of earlier ream job (“anilingus”), later re-analysed as rim + job.
Senses: glosses: An act of anilingus, involving one person licking another's anus.
Synonyms: word: tossed salad
Related terms: rusty trombone
strip joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strip joints
Senses: glosses: An establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing.
Synonyms: word: strip club
word: strippery
strip club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strip clubs
Senses: synonyms: peeler bar
strip bar
strip joint
strippery
striptease bar
glosses: An establishment offering striptease or other erotic dancing.
Coordinate terms: burlesque club
burlesque dancer
burlesque performer
burlesque show
exotic artist
exotic dance
exotic dance bar
exotic dance club
exotic dancer
exotic performer
pole dance
pole dancer
pole dancing
Related terms: striptease
stripper
over my dead body
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊ.vɚ maɪ dɛd bɑ.di/
Senses: examples: text: "Can I get a new sports car?" "Over my dead body!"
text: “An’ now I hear you’re sendin’ our flagship Pastores out at four o’clock this afternoon with another cock-eyed cross between a giraffe an’ a Gila monster— / “By my soul, never!” yells th’ G.P.A., jumpin’ up like a bumb has gone off under him. “If the Pastores sails with that red-skirted gorilless aboard, it’ll be over my dead body!”
ref: 1923 December, Volney G. Mathison, “The Woman-Handler”, in Radio, volume V, number 12, pages 68 and 70, column 3:
glosses: Under no circumstances; absolutely not.
Christmas cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas cakes
Senses: examples: text: They enjoyed music from a live saxophonist during the journey before visiting Braintree Town Hall for refreshments and Christmas cake.
ref: 2021 December 29, “Network News: Music train for dementia sufferers”, in RAIL, number 947, page 19:
glosses: A rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten at Christmas.
Related terms: Christmas cookie
Christmas pudding
New Year noodles
New Year's Eve noodles
New Year's noodles
Yule cake
fruit cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit cakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fruitcake.
Derived terms: desert fruit cake
spamvertise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæmˌvɜː(ɹ).taɪz/
Forms: form: spamvertises
form: spamvertising
form: spamvertised
form: spamvertised
form: spamvertize
Etymology: Blend of spam + advertise
Senses: examples: text: Based on your arguments you must believe that C&S should be allowed to spamvertise.
ref: 1994 May 12, Stefan Chakerian, “Re: Appropriate cancels (Was Re: `Serdar Argic': Racist remarks?...)”, in news.admin.policy (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
text: I am also considering writing form pages where people can submit fake orders at the click of a mouse for sites that spamvertise to me.
ref: 2003 September 14, "Myob", “Guerilla^([sic]) spam fighting”, in alt.stop.spamming (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
text: These e-mail viruses are being develoepd by spammers to spamvertise better to you.
ref: 2003 September 19, Kristen Bayes, “New Virus”, in alt.buddha.short.fat.guy (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
glosses: To engage in spamvertising.
examples: text: the variety who thinks it's "k-rad kewL" to spamvertise AOHell's trashy little HTML hole-in-the-wall with every post.
ref: 1997 March 14, "~*Spark The Heretic", “Re: is this stuff for real?/nora peal”, in alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
text: I vote for #3. These guys probably also spamvertise G*e*n*e*r*i*c V*i*a*g*r*a and P*e*n*i*S P*i*l*l*S. They're scum.
ref: 2003 December 18, "Tegger®", “Re: Sludge-Maintenance manual interval changes”, in alt.autos.lexus (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
text: If I hijack your account/server and spamvertise my domain name why would the registrar care (or even know)?
ref: 2004 October 23, "SPAMJAMR", “I need everyone's help”, in news.admin.net-abuse.email (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2008:
glosses: To use spam to advertise.
Hypernyms: spam
Derived terms: spamvertiser
spamvertizement
Olyvia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Olivia.
Olivia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈlɪvi.ə/
ipa: /oʊˈlɪvi.ə/
ipa: /əˈlɪ.vi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪviə
Forms: form: Alivia
form: Olyvia
Etymology: From Latin Olīva, an early saints’ name from olīva (“olive; olive branch”). First popularized by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
Senses: examples: text: O! when mine eyes did see Olivia first / Methought she purg’d the air of pestilence.
ref: 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, act I, scene 1:
text: I intended to call her after Aunt Grizel, but my wife who, during pregnancy, had been reading romances, insisted upon her being called Olivia. In less than another year we had another daughter, and now I was determined that Grizel should be her name; but a rich relation taking a fancy to stand godmother, the girl was, by her directions, called Sophia, so that we had two romantic names in the family, but I solemnly protest I had no hand in it.
ref: 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield:
text: ‘Olivia, that's a fine posh name for Castlebay,’ he said approvingly. ‘Ah, they're sick of these Davids and Clares and Gerrys, the dull old names,’ Clare laughed. ‘I hope they won't call her Olly,’ David said. ‘Make your own nickname then,’ Gerry said. ‘Livy?’ Clare suggested. ‘Liffey even?’ Gerry said.
ref: 1985, Maeve Binchy, Echoes, Arrow Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 404:
text: Olivia Nuzzi has parted ways with New York magazine, the publication said Monday, after the star Washington correspondent was placed on leave last month over a previously undisclosed “personal relationship” with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
ref: 2024 October 21, Liam Reilly and Hadas Gold, “Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine over undisclosed relationship with RFK”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Renville County, Minnesota, United States, named for a female station agent named Olive.
glosses: An unincorporated community in North Carolina, United States; named for tobacco businessman W. J. Olive.
Derived terms: Olitz
Olive
Ollie
Liv
Livvy
supereminent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːpəɹˈɛmɪnənt/
Forms: form: more supereminent
form: most supereminent
Etymology: From Middle French supereminent, and its source, Late Latin supereminens, adjectival use of Latin superēminēre (corresponding to super- + eminent).
Senses: examples: text: so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection ii:
text: The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office.
ref: 1888 September 29, Henry James, “[The Modern Warning.]”, in The Aspern Papers; Louisa Pallant; The Modern Warning, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
text: But these two ideas: first, the supereminent claims of the State above the claims of any of the lesser groups included within it, the right of the State to crush out family affection and individual warfare in order to its own perpetuation,—as in the case of Brutus sentencing his own son, of Coriolanus, of the Horatii, etc.; and, secondly, the right of all who are willing to conform to the requirements of the State to be included within the domain of citizenship.
ref: 1924, Felix Adler, The New Statesman 1924-03-08: Volume 22 Issue 568, New York Society for Ethical Culture, page 633:
glosses: Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable.
Synonyms: preeminent
supreme
sales tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sales taxes
Senses: glosses: A local or state tax imposed as a percentage of the selling price of goods or services payable by the customer and collected by the seller for the local or state authorities.
examples: text: They had to pay sales tax on a car they bought out of state.
glosses: A use tax or a combination of a sales tax and a use tax.
Related terms: alt: VAT
word: value-added tax
alt: GST
word: goods and services tax
word: use tax
word: nuisance tax
word: excise tax
word: sin tax
word: personal property tax
night watchman state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night watchman states
form: night-watchman state
Etymology: Calque of German Nachtwächterstaat, which was coined by German socialist Ferdinand Lassalle in an 1862 speech in Berlin. He used this term to criticize the idea of a state with minimal government, comparing it to a night watchman whose sole duty was preventing theft.
Senses: examples: text: The doctrines of conservative liberalism were propounded by the late nineteenth century's leading intellectual proponents of the night watchman state.
ref: 1992, Mark A. Graber, Transforming Free Speech: The Ambiguous Legacy of Civil Libertarianism, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: For these neoLiberal^([sic]) Democrats of the Orange Book school remain determined to junk social liberalism for economic liberalism. Their guiding light is the Gladstonian ideal of a low tax, laissez-faire, “night-watchman state”.
ref: 2011 February 1, Tristram Hunt, “The coalition holds Britain's cultural fabric in contempt”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: minarchy
minimal state
coordinate_terms: nanny state
welfare state
police state
qualifier: political philosophy
glosses: Government that is limited to a bare minimum of functions, usually just military, police, and courts.
wikipedia: Ferdinand Lassalle
plot twist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plot twists
Senses: examples: text: It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.
ref: 2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A change in the direction or expected outcome of the plot of a film, novel, or other narrative work.
Derived terms: plot-twisty
gamma globulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamma globulins
form: γ-globulin
Senses: glosses: A class of proteins in the blood, identified by their position after serum protein electrophoresis. The most significant gamma globulins are antibodies.
glosses: A fraction of blood serum containing the most antibodies. It may be administered as a form of passive immunization (not a true vaccine).
Derived terms: gammaglobulinemia
cassock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkasək/
ipa: /ˈkæsək/
rhymes: -æsək
Forms: form: cassocks
Etymology: From Middle French casaque (“cloak”).
Senses: examples: text: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: In one of the aisles there was an elaborately carved confessional box and I recognised the village priest in his heavy mountain boots and black cassock as he entered it and drew the dark velvet curtains behind him.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 13, in Crime out of Mind:
text: When leading worship, Elsie usually wore a long black cassock and preaching bands. This would, of course, save her from the worry of choosing a suitable costume.
ref: 2014, Alan Argent, Elsie Chamberlain: The Independent Life of a Woman Minister, Routledge, →ISBN, page 203:
synonyms: soutane
glosses: An item of clerical clothing: a long, sheath-like, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy members of some Christian denominations.
glosses: A military cloak or long coat worn by soldiers or horsemen in the 16th and 17th centuries.
glosses: A coarse, loose cloak or gown, worn by women, sailors, shepherds, countryfolk etc.
Coordinate terms: alb
chasuble
clerical collar
epigonation
epimanikion
epitrachelion
maniple
mitre
omophorion
preaching band
rhason
sakkos
sticharion
stole
zone
Derived terms: cassocked
uncassock
surplice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɝplɪs/
ipa: /ˈsɝpləs/
ipa: /ˈsɜːplɪs/
ipa: /ˈsɜːpləs/
homophone: surplus (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: surplices
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English surplys, from Old French surpeliz, from Medieval Latin superpelliceum, from Latin super (“over”) and pellis (“fur”).
Senses: examples: text: On the previous night he had taken the manuscript out of a long neglected chest, containing old shooting jackets, old Oxbridge scribbling books, his old surplice, and battered cap and gown, and other memorials of youth, school, and home.
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter III, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume II, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
text: Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
ref: 1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40:
text: He was a wide man and looked wider in his surplice, especially from our pew, which was close up under the pulpit.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “The Blessing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
glosses: A liturgical vestment of the Christian Church in the form of a tunic of white linen or cotton material, with wide or moderately wide sleeves, reaching to the hips or knees, usually featuring lace decoration and embroidered bordures.
Derived terms: surpliced
contrarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /kənˈtɹɛ.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌkɑnˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
rhymes: -ɛɹiən
Forms: form: contrarians
Etymology: From contrary + -ian (a variant of -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives)), modelled after words like libertarian.
Senses: examples: text: Christopher [Hitchens] is bored by the epithet contrarian, which has been trailing him around for a quarter of a century. What he is, in any case, is an autocontrarian: he seeks not just the most difficult position, but the most difficult position for Christopher Hitchens.
ref: 2011 April 28, Martin Amis, “Amis on Hitchens: ‘He’s one of the most terrifying rhetoricians the world has seen’”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC; republished as “Foreword”, in Windsor Mann, editor, The Quotable Hitchens: From Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2011, →ISBN, page x:
text: [Søren] Kierkegaard had no university career, and [Friedrich] Nietzsche was a professor of Greek and Roman philology who had to retire because of ill health. Both were individualists, and both were contrarians by nature, dedicated to making people uncomfortable.
ref: 2016, Sarah Bakewell, “Sir, What a Horror, Existentialism!”, in At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails […], Toronto, Ont.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf Canada, →ISBN, page 17:
text: Hello, he lied / Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand / Hello, he lied / Beware, belie his smile / As warm and calculated as heroin / Beware the contrarian
ref: 2018, “The Contrarian”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Billy Howerdel (music), Eat the Elephant, performed by A Perfect Circle, Track 3:
antonyms: slipstreamer
glosses: A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite.
examples: text: [T]o succeed as a contrarian, you have to be able to time trades in exactly the opposite direction of the majority. This means you have to move in when everyone else is fearful, and step back when everyone else is euphoric. This advice is easier to give than to follow, so contrarians are not just good at timing. They also are highly disciplined and able to set and follow rules for themselves that fly in the face of what the majority thinks.
ref: 2010, Michael C. Thomsett, “The Contrarian Approach to Trading”, in Getting Started in Stock Investing and Trading (Getting Started in …; 89), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, part III (Combining Investing and Trading), page 174:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A financial investor who tends to have an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
Derived terms: contrarianism
contrarianly
Related terms: defier
maverick
nonconformist
opposer
rebel
recusant
refusenik
renegade
contrarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /kənˈtɹɛ.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌkɑnˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
rhymes: -ɛɹiən
Forms: form: more contrarian
form: most contrarian
Etymology: From contrary + -ian (a variant of -an (suffix forming agent nouns; and meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives)), modelled after words like libertarian.
Senses: examples: text: The second part [of the book] explores the normative forms of adolescent resistance and contrarian behavior that vex parents and teachers alike. This discussion is within the context of chapters that look at the ways in which parenting and teaching for moral development can positively make use of these normative challenges.
ref: 2005, Larry [P.] Nucci, “Preface”, in Larry Nucci, editor, Conflict, Contradiction, and Contrarian Elements in Moral Development and Education, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, →ISBN, page viii:
text: I began with the problem that I did not have enough confidence in what I had to say. Then I discovered that there could never be a single "I" who could speak for me, I could only communicate an aspect of myself: sometimes more friendly, sometimes more contrarian.
ref: 2013, Phillip Lopate, “Modesty and Assertion”, in To Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Liking or tending to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people.
examples: text: Yet at the same time, 401(k) traders became more contrarian in their response to falling markets during the crisis. Therefore, the increased sensitivity to market volatility was offset, in part, by a tendency to 'buy on the dips' in response to falling markets.
ref: 2012, Ning Tang, Olivia S. Mitchell, Stephen P. Utkus, “Trading in 401(k) Plans during the Financial Crisis”, in Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell, Mark J. Warshawsky, editors, Reshaping Retirement Security: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (Rethinking the Resilience of Defined Contribution Plans), page 115:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Having an opinion of market trends at variance with most others.
late bloomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: late bloomers
Senses: examples: text: You can be a normal late bloomer whose progress through puberty hovers on the late side of each normal age range if: It's in your genes. That is, if one or both parents or other relatives were also late bloomers.
ref: 2003, Kathy McCoy, Charles Wibbelsman, Growing and Changing, Penguin, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: A person who reaches puberty or who matures comparatively later than is typical.
glosses: A person who enters a romantic relationship or engages in sexual intercourse significantly later in life.
examples: text: He was a late bloomer, finding success at 40 in Luc Besson's 1988 film The Big Blue.
ref: 2010 August 16, Grant Rosenberg, “Jean Reno: Putting the Fun in French Cinema”, in Time, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2011:
text: [Harlow:] I'm just a late bloomer (Mmm) / I didn't peak in high school, I'm still out here gettin' cuter (Woo)
ref: 2021, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, et al., “Industry Baby”, performed by Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow:
glosses: A person who achieves proficiency or success in a field significantly later in life.
examples: text: The great snows that come at the beginning of winter, before there is yet any snow except the perpetual high banks, are best worth while to watch. These come often before the late bloomers are gone and while the migratory birds are still in the piney woods.
ref: 1903, Mary Austin, The Land of Little Rain:
text: One of the characteristics of the pawpaw is that it always bears [fruit], yet there is an occasional season when there is only a light crop on account of late frosts, but it generally bears some, as it is a late bloomer.
ref: 1907, Indiana State Board of Agriculture, Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, page 613:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A flowering plant that blooms later in a growing season than other flowering plants.
Coordinate terms: early bloomer
Related terms: late-blooming
serotinal
opsimath
rubber tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber trees
Senses: glosses: A tropical South American tree of species Hevea brasiliensis, the principal source of natural rubber.
glosses: A tropical fig with broad, glossy leaves, formerly used to produce natural rubber, often grown as a house plant (Ficus elastica)
Hypernyms: tree
Hyponyms: Para rubber tree
Related terms: gum tree
sandalwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsandəlwʊd/
Forms: form: sandalwoods
form: sandal-wood
Etymology: From sandal + wood, the first component being from Middle English sandal (“sandalwood”), from Medieval Latin sandalum, from Byzantine Greek σάνδανον (sándanon), σάνταλον (sántalon), from Arabic صَنْدَل (ṣandal), from Middle Persian [script needed] (cndl /⁠čandal⁠/, “sandalwood”), from Sanskrit चन्दन (candana, “sandalwood”).
Senses: glosses: Any of various tropical trees of the genus Santalum, native or long naturalized in India, Australia, Hawaii, and many south Pacific islands.
examples: text: You ſhall put in a little bag the Powder of Sandalwood with the aforeſaid well-ſcenting Spices, and heart-ſtrengthening Powders, and lay it warm upon the left breaſt.
ref: 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , To cure the Palpitation of the Heart, page 70:
text: The branches of the white cedar will keep off moths when placed amongst clothes or furs. Boxes of red cedar (cedar of Lebanon) will do the same, as also sandalwood.
ref: 1847, R. G. A. Levinge, Echoes from the Backwoods; Or, Sketches of Transatlantic Life, second edition, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, Appendix § Notes on the Trees of New Brunswick, page 288:
text: Sandalwood is a favorite cosmetic with Burmese ladies.
ref: 1873, Edward Balfour, editor, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial and Scientific: Products of the Mineral, Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms, Useful Arts and Manufactures, volume 5, page 133:
glosses: The aromatic heartwood of these trees used in ornamental carving, in the construction of insect-repellent boxes and chests, and as a source of certain perfumes.
Derived terms: word: bastard sandalwood
word: blue sandalwood
word: false sandalwood
word: Indian sandalwood
word: Sandalwood
taxonomic: Amata passalis
word: sandalwood defoliator
word: Sandalwood English
service tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service trees
Etymology: Properly, the tree that bears sorb fruit, from Middle English serves, plural of serve (“sorb apple, serviceberry”), from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus (“service tree”). See sorb.
Senses: examples: text: Wild cherry and rowan, as well as wild apple, wild pear, wild service tree, whitebeam, and true service tree, are all affected by being nibbled by voles, mice and other wild animals.
ref: 2000, F. W. M. Vera, Grazing Ecology and Forest History, page 341:
text: In England, the wild service tree (sorbus torminalis) is regarded as an indicator of ancient woodland although there is little written about it in books on the subject.
ref: 2002, Mélusine Draco, Paul Harriss, Root & Branch: British Magical Tree Lore, page 102:
text: The wild service tree is very local in our study area.[…]At the time when these wild service trees had ripe fruit the much more abundant hawthorns, as well as a number of other plants, were providing alternative sources of fruit, which were probably safer to exploit than the service tree’s fruit 3—15 m up on terminal twigs of the leafless branches.
ref: 2010, Barbara Snow, David Snow, Birds and Berries, page 54:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Either of two rare Old World deciduous trees, Sorbus domestica or Sorbus torminalis.
Hypernyms: tree
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Sorbus torminalis
word: wild service tree
Related terms: mountain ash
serviceberry
sorb
sorb-apple
ayacut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɑːjʌˈkʌʈʈu/
Forms: form: ayacuts
Etymology: From Telugu, coined from two words: ఆయము "aayamu" /ɑːjʌmʊ/ (living area) + కట్టు "kattu" /ˈkʌʈʈu/ (barrier, dam).
Senses: glosses: The area served by an irrigation project such as a canal, dam or a tank.
man day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: man days
form: man-day
form: manday
Senses: examples: text: For example, in the US army during the 21 months of the war that they were involved in, 6·8 million man days were lost due to STIs, and more than 10% of all disease admissions were for STIs.
ref: 2014 November 8, Prof G Dennis Shanks, MD, “How World War 1 changed global attitudes to war and infectious diseases”, in The Lancet, volume 384, number 9955, →DOI, page 1703b of 1699–1707:
glosses: Alternative spelling of man-day.
Related terms: day man
dog-end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog-ends
form: dog end
form: dogend
Etymology: From dog + end.
Senses: glosses: A cigarette which has not been smoked to the butt and has been discarded. If one is smoking a dog end, someone else has started the cigarette and dscarded it.
Synonyms: word: fag end
polychord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychords
Etymology: From poly- + chord.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Two or more chords, each constructed in a different manner, one on top of the other; multiple chords.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical instrument having ten strings.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A device, attached to a keyboard, for coupling two octave notes.
Derived terms: polychordal
polychord
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + chord.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: having many strings
polyphony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈlɪfəni/
Forms: form: polyphonies
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
examples: text: the polyphony of a biblical passage
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
Derived terms: micropolyphony
polyphonist
Related terms: polyphonal
polyphonic
organum
heterophony
peel out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peels out
form: peeling out
form: peeled out
form: peeled out
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.
jambalaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒæmbəˈlaɪə/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʌmbəˈlaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: jambalayas
Etymology: From Louisiana Creole jambalaya, origin uncertain, probably from Provençal or Old Occitan jambalaia. See Wikipedia article for possible folk etymologies.
Senses: glosses: Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.
wikipedia: Jambalaya#Etymology
pitiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪtɪləs/
Forms: form: more pitiless
form: most pitiless
Etymology: From Middle English piteeles, pyteles; equivalent to pity + -less.
Senses: examples: text: O God! can I not save / One from the pitiless wave? / Is all that we see or seem / But a dream within a dream?
ref: 1849 March 31, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within a Dream”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: […], volumes II (Poems and Miscellanies), New York, N.Y.: J. S. Redfield, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 40:
text: Her clothes were torn to mere shreds and tatters, and through the pitiful rags her once white and tender skin showed raw and bleeding from contact with the thousand pitiless thorns and brambles through which she had been dragged.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fifty Frightful Men”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 319:
glosses: Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.
glosses: Having no kind feelings; unkind.
Derived terms: pitilessly
pitilessness
delta metal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The three metals are symbolised by the triangular (delta) shape.
Senses: glosses: A brass alloy consisting of copper (55%), zinc (41-43%) and iron (1-3%), with the balance consisting of various other metals. The proportions used make the material harder and suitable for valves and bearings.
brachet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/
rhymes: -ætʃɪt
Forms: form: brachets
form: bratchet
Etymology: From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish.
Senses: examples: text: Ryght so as they sat ther came rennyng in a whyte hert in to the halle and a whyte brachet next hym and xxx couple of black rennyng houndes cam after with a greete crye
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:
english: Right so as they sat, there came running a white hart into the hall, and a white brachet next to him, and sixty black hounds came running after with a great cry
translation: Right so as they sat, there came running a white hart into the hall, and a white brachet next to him, and sixty black hounds came running after with a great cry
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text: And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet’s bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.
ref: 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 61:
text: I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.
ref: 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38:
glosses: A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.
delta wing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta wings
Etymology: From the triangular shape of the majuscule Greek letter delta (Δ).
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft wing having a swept-back shape in the form of an isosceles triangle; used mostly on supersonic aircraft
Derived terms: english: U.S. Space Force unit
translation: U.S. Space Force unit
word: delta
anklelock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anklelocks
Etymology: From ankle + lock.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A hold in professional wrestling, a leglock applied to any of the joints in the ankle.
slinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈslɪŋ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: slingers
Etymology: From Middle English slynger; equivalent to sling + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who slings or who uses a sling.
glosses: An American Midwest diner meal consisting of typically two eggs, hash browns, and a ground meat patty, all covered in chili con carne and topped with cheese and onions.
Derived terms: gunslinger
hash slinger
ink slinger
purple-headed yogurt slinger
thunderbolt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθʌndə(ɹ)ˌboʊlt/
Forms: form: thunderbolts
form: thunderbolting
form: thunderbolted
form: thunderbolted
Etymology: From thunder + bolt.
Senses: glosses: To strike with a thunderbolt.
glosses: To move swiftly and violently.
thunderbolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderbolt
clanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæŋ.ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clangers
Etymology: Shortening of Bedfordshire clanger.
Senses: glosses: Short for Bedfordshire clanger.
hydrolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hydrolyses
form: hydrolysing
form: hydrolysed
form: hydrolysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
Derived terms: hydrolysation
unhydrolysed
stadia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪdiə
Forms: form: stadia
Etymology: From Italian stadia.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Hash marks or other reticle etchings on a riflescope's lens which are used for stadiametric rangefinding; lines or curves for estimating the range of a target of known height, such as an enemy soldier or a game animal.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: (historically) A graduated brass triangle used to measure the distance of a target by comparison of the graduations with the heights of soldiers or horses.
stadia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪdiə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στᾰ́δῐᾰ (stắdĭă), plural of στᾰ́δῐον (stắdĭon).
Senses: glosses: plural of stadion
stadia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪdiə
Etymology: From Latin stadia, plural of stadium.
Senses: glosses: plural of stadium
Synonyms: sense: plural of stadium
word: stadiums