cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beely
form: most beely
Etymology: From bee + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As for bees, we cannot accuse them of silence, as the peculiar buzzing-sound they make in flying, [...] and which is so very agreeable to our ears when its gentle monotony enlivens the calm of the warm summer air, is, we may hope, a cheerful accompaniment to all beely labours, and as pleasant to those who make it as our voices are to us, […]
ref: 1877, Elizabeth Anna Hart, Silver wings and golden scales:
text: With their countenance' spaces / Planned for beely enterprise […]
ref: 1950, Gleanings in bee culture:
glosses: Of, relating to or pertaining to bees; apian.
beely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beely
form: most beely
Etymology: From bee + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: His effort is to come as near 100 percent as is humanly (and beely) possible.
ref: 1965, Murray Hoyt, The world of bees:
glosses: In a beelike manner.
beely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beelies
form: beelying
form: beelied
form: beelied
Etymology: Variant of belie.
Senses: examples: text: And were it not that I haue a desire in nothing to beely the author, and lesse will to leaue that which he had wrytten vpon the miserable end [...]
ref: 1813, Matteo Bandello, Joseph Haslewood, Giovanni Boccaccio, Palace of pleasure:
glosses: Obsolete form of belie.
frogly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frogly
form: most frogly
Etymology: From frog + -ly (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: 1877, "The Centennial Frog", The Centennial Frog, and Other Stories, publ. by Clazton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, page 14.
Lieutenant Frog's rich frogly voice / Husky grew with his great theme;
text: […] and when at last they arrive at frogly maturity, they escape into the world through the mouth of their father.
ref: 1901, Grant Allen, In nature's workshop:
text: Yet as some of the verses show, Aristophanes knew a good deal of actual frogly habits.
ref: 1945, American Nature Association, Nature magazine:
text: On those sacred nights you can rise in frogly glory to confront the villains who are poisoning my subjects.
ref: 2008, Bruce Coville, Oddest of All:
synonyms: froggish
froggy
froglike
ranine
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of frogs.
Related terms: anuran
batrachian
salientian
toadish
toadlike
toadly
toady
frogly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frogly
form: most frogly
Etymology: From frog + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).
Senses: examples: text: Toadly awesome!" "Not toadly," said Michael, laughing. "Gorfman's a frog." "It's frogly awesome," said Charu.
ref: 2009, Gail Donovan, In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog:
glosses: In a frog-like manner.
pink slime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪŋk ˈslaɪm/
Etymology: Apparently first applied to food in 2002 by Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Gerald Zirnstein.
Senses: examples: text: Pink slime is a real and continuing problem in many paper mills. Once established it may be difficult to ... Holmes (15, 16) and Sanborn (24) stated that yeasts or yeast-like fungi were often the cause of pink slime.
ref: 1955, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. Microbiological Committee, John William Appling, Microbiology of pulp and paper:
qualifier: paper manufacture
glosses: An undesirable pink-colored microbial mass occurring in the slurry used in making paper.
examples: text: Pink slime is allowed in any school in America by the USDA.
ref: 2011 April 12, “Maybe L.A. Was a Big Mistake”, in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, season 2, episode 1, Jamie Oliver (actor):
text: You’ve heard about the “pink slime,” right? It’s that meat filler made from slaughterhouse scraps that is treated with ammonia.
ref: 2012 March 19, Laura Weisman, “Who sells meat with pink slime? Here’s the list”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
text: You told me you were all-beef, not filled with some pink slime ammonia goop! That is the last thing I want mixed up in my mulched-up cow corpse!
ref: 2012 March 28, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart (actor), Comedy Central:
glosses: A meat byproduct produced from scraps by heating and then treating with ammonia to produce a food additive.
examples: text: I paid a website developer to create a fully automated, AI-generated ‘pink-slime’ news site, programmed to create false political stories.
ref: 2024 April 12, Jack Brewster, “How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105”, in Wall Street Journal:
hyponyms: AI slop
glosses: Low-quality, mass-produced internet content, especially AI-generated.
examples: text: Water flowed down the cliff, showering on their heads; the stone under their feet was slick with pink slime.
ref: 2001, Ian Irvine, A Shadow on the Glass:
text: The pastry room was a further revelation. Six young girls in white coats and white hats were dusting white flour over small pre-formed pastry lids, which were then glued onto cups of uncooked short crust filled with pink slime.
ref: 2006, Norman Allen, The Besting of Humphrey Mercer, page 34:
text: As she buried her face deep in the cool pulp, even her cheeks became slicked with pink slime. She paid no attention to Gabe, chomping away on his melon next to her. Focus was the name of the game.
ref: 2010, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Ambushed!, page 45:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pink, slime. Slime which is pink.
Synonyms: sense: meat byproduct
alt: LFTB
word: lean finely textured beef
sense: meat byproduct
alt: BLBT
word: boneless lean beef trimmings
Derived terms: pink-slime journalism
Related terms: white slime
preintimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preintimations
Etymology: From pre- + intimation.
Senses: examples: text: And a preintimation of this was preached to Abraham […]
ref: 1817, Thomas Scott, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
preintimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preintimation
decardinalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decardinalizes
form: decardinalizing
form: decardinalized
form: decardinalized
Etymology: From de- + cardinal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To depose from the rank of cardinal.
decardinalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decardinalize
decardinalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decardinalize
pudder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌdə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pudders
Etymology: Compare pother.
Senses: examples: text: All in a pudder.
ref: 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in (Please provide a date or year):
glosses: Synonym of pother (“commotion, noise”)
synonyms: word: pother
extra: commotion, noise
pudder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌdə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pudders
form: puddering
form: puddered
form: puddered
Etymology: Compare pother.
Senses: examples: text: that can be of no other use but to perplex and pudder him if he compares them
ref: a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:
glosses: To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother.
examples: text: Puddering in the designs or doings of others.
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Quietness, and doing our own Business”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
text: Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss.
pudders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pudder
illegitimatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: illegitimatizes
form: illegitimatizing
form: illegitimatized
form: illegitimatized
Etymology: From illegitimate + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To illegitimize
illegitimatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of illegitimatize
illegitimatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of illegitimatize
illegitimatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of illegitimatize
particularment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particularments
Etymology: From particular + -ment.
Senses: glosses: A particularity or detail.
particularments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of particularment
unparadise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unparadises
form: unparadising
form: unparadised
form: unparadised
Etymology: From un- + paradise.
Senses: examples: text: Could you, so rich in rapture, fear an end,
That ghastly thought would drink up all your joy,
And quite unparadise the realms of light.
ref: 1742, Edward Young, The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, Night I:
text: Those joys perchance may pass; a stronger hand May wrest my sceptre, and unparadise The Swerga;
ref: 1812, Robert Southey, The curse of Kehama -, page 69:
text: Of what avail is learning?—What? But to unparadise man's lot!
ref: 1823 October, New Ward, “A Chit Chat Letter on Men and Other Things”, in The London Magazine, volume 8, page 361:
text: It is true that they threaten to unparadise England, but there is one undeniable benefit for which we are indebted to them —every now and then they prevent the weather from being the most detestable subject of common conversation.
ref: 1845, John Peace, A Descant upon Weather-wisdom, page 16:
text: It would be the most desirable of human abodes, but for a number of evils which infest it, and which are sufficient to unparadise any earthly Eden.
ref: 1873, Edward Fontaine, “Contributions to the Physical Geography of the Mississippi River, and its Delta”, in Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York, page 365:
glosses: To make (something paradisaical) less like paradise; To spoil the joy of.
examples: text: Archangels guard the gates with flaming swords, The same, 'tis said, who at an earlier day Did man unparadise;
ref: 1858, Edward Caswall, The Masque of Mary and Other Poems, page 170:
text: Thus when some chief persons in Israel were so admirably sinful, that their very righteousness was abominable, their very obedience as bad as rebellion, and their very sacrifices to be expiated' when they delighted in their abominations, as if they would unparadise themselves in hell; and had chosen their own ways as more lovely and eligible than the ways of God; God did threaten to be revenged in these plain words: 'I also will choose their delusions;' or, as the margin that it, 'their devices.' (Isai. lxvi, 3, 4.)
ref: 1862, Thomas Jackson, The providence of God viewed in the light of holy Scripture, page 308:
text: It were to put a stumbling-block in the way of many weak brethren, to falsify the admissions of the most extended pastoral experience, yea, to unparadise the souls of many, whom all our charities oblige us to regard as now asleep in Jesus, —to say , that no man could be saved, who had not at all times, perceptibly to himself, the witness of the Spirit bearing witness with his spirit that he belonged to the children of God.
ref: 1883, Daniel Moore, Sunday Meditations, page 218:
text: We hear thy pleading, cry the dark in vain, And know each day that, even as of yore, Some poor Eve weeps—unparadised once more.
ref: 1908 December, Isabel S. Mason, “The Unparadised”, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, volume 82, page 768:
glosses: To expel from or prevent from entering heaven.
unparadised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unparadise
unparadises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unparadise
unparadising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unparadise
acroterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an acroterium.
locusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of locust
overbow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/
Forms: form: overbows
Etymology: From over- + bow.
Senses: examples: text: The overbow formers are then lowered out of the net contour, exposing fixed net contour ( inner mold line ) formers.
ref: 1976, “Age-Forming Aluminum Panels”, in NASA Tech Briefs:
glosses: A structural piece that arches over another piece.
overbow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/
ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/
ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/
Etymology: From over- + bow.
Senses: examples: text: It has a lifting capacity of 2000 short tons with fixed boom in overbow position.
ref: 1977, Australasian Oil and Gas Journal - Volume 23, page 18:
text: MIBSPA claims that every type of offshore system can utilise the MIB coupling including submerged and floating hoses, overbow and integration into a specific manufacturer's system.
ref: 1978, Offshore Services - Volume 11, page 41:
glosses: Extending beyond the bow (front of a ship)
overbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌbəʊ/
ipa: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈbaʊ/
Forms: form: overbows
form: overbowing
form: overbowed
form: overbowed
Etymology: From over- + bow.
Senses: examples: text: Russian officers, especially titled ones, and their families, are naturally exempt from such ignominious treatment, and Alain's small party—all excepting Lustrac, of course, who had at once to go and interview the highest authorities present, so as to spare the touch of ill-bred fingers to Sacha's dainty robes and laces—were bowed and rebowed, and in fact quite overbowed, into the aforesaid room, where the ruddiness of a generous fire showed between the half-open brass doors of the gigantic and home-like porcelain stove, and a basket overflowing with enormous Russian violets filled the middle of the well-set table.
ref: 1910, Marguerite Cunliffe-Owen, Snow-fire: A Story of the Russian Court, page 313:
glosses: To show excessive deference toward by too much bowing.
overbowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbow
overbowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overbow
overbows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overbow
branular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: for what actually occurred might bé either a trick , practised upon me , or it might be a branular illusion
ref: 1857, Isaac Taylor, The World of Mind:
glosses: Relating to the brain; cerebral.
tetramethylethylenediamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + methyl + ethylenediamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound derived from ethylenediamine by replacement of the four N-H groups with four N-methyl. It has a fishy odour and is used as a reagent and a ligand for metal ions.
Synonyms: TEMED
TMEDA
tetramethylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetramethylenes
Etymology: From tetra- + methylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hypothetical hydrocarbon, C₄H₈, analogous to trimethylene, and regarded as the base of well-known series or derivatives.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomeric radical used to designate certain compounds which are really related to butylene.
tetramethylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetramethylene
posthouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posthouses
form: post house
form: post-house
Etymology: From post + house.
Senses: examples: text: Slow motion, fades, wipes, and text — once only affordable for major broadcasters and posthouses — now allowed DIY video producers a more polished, professional look.
ref: 2013, Jesse Drew, A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media, page 57:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A company that carries out post-production.
synonyms: posting house
glosses: A house established for the convenience of the post, a stable or inn where relays of horses could be rented out to transport post.
glosses: A building for distributing mail; a post office.
posthouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posthouse
formicaroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more formicaroid
form: most formicaroid
Etymology: ? + -oid
Senses: examples: text: formicaroid bird
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Like or pertaining to the family Formiicaridae of antthrushes.
incloud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inclouds
form: inclouding
form: inclouded
form: inclouded
Senses: examples: text: She all nightlong her amorous descant sung.
Rising inclouded majesty, at length
ref: 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of encloud.
inclouded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incloud
inclouding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incloud
inclouds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incloud
prespinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From pre- + spinal.
Senses: examples: text: prespinal movement
text: prespinal area
text: prespinal node
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: prevertebral
pangful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pangful
form: most pangful
Etymology: From pang + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: More he would have said; but overwhelmed with grief and infirmity, he bowed his head upon his pangful bosom […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.
ichneumia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichneumias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: The white-tailed mongoose of genus Ichneumia.
granilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish granilla, from grana plus diminutive suffix -illo. Literally "small seed".
Senses: glosses: Small grains or dust of cochineal.
heeltapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heeltap
heeltapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heeltap
asterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asterions
form: asteria
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”) + -ion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
inial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inion + -al.
Senses: examples: text: While the vaulted crania, as has been already noticed, sink iniad, the crania of Bovines, which are flattened over the palate, rise to an inial elevation of one half the basilar length.
ref: 1855, The transactions of the Linnean Society of London:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the inion.
water-gang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-gangs
Etymology: Compare gangway.
Senses: examples: text: Forty shillings per acre is the price taken for banks, ditches, and water gangs
ref: 1832, Joseph and Edward Parker (editors), The Edinburgh Encyclopædia:
topics: law
glosses: A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
water-gangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-gang
sinalbin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinalbins
Etymology: Latin. From the taxonomic name Sinapis alba, + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glucosinolate found in the seeds of white mustard and in many wild plant species
Synonyms: glucosinalbin
sinalbins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinalbin
omniparity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From omni- + parity.
Senses: glosses: complete equality; general equality.
ovicell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovicells
Etymology: From ovi- + cell, from ovum and cell.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.
ref: 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
Related terms: ovicellular
ovicells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovicell
mitome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “a thread”) + -ωμα (-ōma). According to the OED, the functional origin of -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
Derived terms: paramitome
desultorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: more desultorious
form: most desultorious
Senses: glosses: desultory
toadly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toadly
form: most toadly
Etymology: From toad + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It wasn't clear if she was more toadly than ever, but she was certainly more of a toad than ever.
ref: 2007, Bruce Coville, Gary A. Lippincott, Jennifer Murdley's Toad: A Magic Shop Book:
text: “My toadly stepmother.” “You brought your wicked stepmother to your wedding?” asked Cara in astonishment.
ref: 2010, Bruce Coville, The Last Hunt:
glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling a toad; toadish.
Synonyms: toadish
toadlike
Related terms: anuran
batrachian
froggish
froggy
froglike
frogly
ranine
salientian
toadly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toadly
form: most toadly
Etymology: From a corruption of towardly (“comely, nice, pleasant, queem”).
Senses: glosses: Quiet; gentle; docile; easily managed; kindly; well-contented.
inexsuperable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inexsuperable
form: most inexsuperable
Etymology: From Latin inexsuperabilis, from in- (“not”) + exsuperabilis (“that may be surmounted”). See in- (“not”) + ex- + superable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being beaten; insuperable; insurmountable.
orientness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From orient + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But , waving these advantages , such of that mystery which trade with country - people herein , gain much by buying their pearls , though far short of the Indian in Orientness
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
synonyms: oriency
glosses: brightness; splendour.
heterocephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + -cephalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.
examples: text: It is possible for a heterocephalous group to be autonomous and an autocephalous group to be heteronomous
ref: 2009, Max Weber, The Theory Of Social And Economic Organization:
glosses: Having the governing body appointed by an outside authority; government through heterocephaly.
impierce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: impierces
form: impiercing
form: impierced
form: impierced
form: impearce
Etymology: From im- + pierce. Compare empierce.
Senses: examples: text: Or humane harts more inlye to impearce
ref: 1612, Arthur Gorges, The Olympian Catastrophe:
text: The brinish teares drop’d downe, on mine impearced breast,
ref: 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 22 p. 28:
glosses: To pierce; to penetrate.
impierced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of impierce
impierces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of impierce
impiercing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impierce
tumultuation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumultuations
Etymology: From Latin tumultuatio.
Senses: examples: text: [T]hat in the ſound obſervable in our Experiment, the contiguous air receives many ſtrokes from the particles of the Liquor, ſeems probable, by the ſudden and eager tumultuation of the parts of the Liquors: […]
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “[Some Specimens of an Attempt to Make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy.] A Physico-chymical Essay, Containing an Experiment with Some Considerations Touching the Differing Parts and Redintegration of Salt-petre. Section XIV.”, in Certain Physiological Essays and Other Tracts; […], 2nd edition, London: […] Henry Herringman […], published 1668, →OCLC, page 138:
glosses: tumult; commotion.
tumultuations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tumultuation
tetrakishexahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrakishexahedron
tetrakishexahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrakishexahedrons
form: tetrakishexahedra
Etymology: From tetrakis- + hexahedron.
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetrahexahedron.
kinepock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kine + pock.
Senses: glosses: cowpox
tetrakishexahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrakishexahedron
tetrakaidekahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrakaidekahedron
tetrakaidekahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrakaidekahedron
scriggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scriggle
scriggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scriggle
scriggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scriggle
light-o'-love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lights-o'-love
form: light o' love
form: light-of-love
Senses: examples: text: Best sing it to the tune of light o' love.
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: An old tune of a dance, the name of which made it a proverbial expression of levity, especially in love matters.
examples: text: You light-o'-love, a word or two.
ref: 1626 February 13 (licensing date), Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Noble Gentleman”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: Someone who is inconstant in love; a flirt.
examples: text: That is why a priest's light-o'-love is always some honest man's wife.
ref: 1866, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866, page 618:
text: He had still another turn with a light-o'-love.
ref: 1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 18:
glosses: A promiscuous woman, a prostitute; a mistress or female lover.
swainship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From swain + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being a swain.
cerebrose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cerebrum + -ose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sugar-like body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.
anoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: anoils
form: anoiling
form: anoiled
form: anoiled
Etymology: From Old French enoilier.
Senses: examples: text: Children were also christened, and men houseled and anoiled
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
glosses: To anoint with oil.
anoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anoil
anoiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anoil
anoils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anoil
ptenoglossate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Ptenoglossa.
Related terms: ptenoglossan
pharyngal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈɹɪŋ.ɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Etymology: From pharynx + -al.
Senses: examples: text: the quality of the voice may be modified through whole sentences by various glottal, pharyngal and oral influences
ref: 1890, Henry Sweet, A Primer of Phonetics, page 68:
glosses: Alternative form of pharyngeal.
pharyngal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈɹɪŋ.ɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: pharyngals
Etymology: From pharynx + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pharyngeal.
escarbuncle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escarbuncles
Etymology: Old French escharboncle, see Modern French escaboucle.
Senses: examples: text: To give light to the presence chamber were seven escarbuncles, great as pumpkins, hung in order down the length of it, and nine fair moonstones standing in order on silver pedestals between the pillars on the dais.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
glosses: A carbuncle (gemstone).
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A carbuncle (heraldic charge).
escarbuncles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escarbuncle
prelatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more prelatically
form: most prelatically
Etymology: From prelatical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a sort of formal outside men prelatically addicted
ref: 1851, John Mitford, “Life of Milton”, in The Works of Milton in Verse and Prose:
glosses: In a prelatical manner; with reference to prelates.
perlous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perlous
form: most perlous
Senses: examples: text: Ne would for price or prayers once affoord
To ferry that old man over that perlous foord.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 19:
glosses: Obsolete form of perilous.
depurator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: depurators
Etymology: From depurate + -or.
Senses: synonyms: cleanser
purifier
glosses: One who, or that which, cleanses.
depurators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depurator
cumbrance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cumbrances
Etymology: From cumber + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: Extol not Riches then, the toyl of Fools,
The wiſe mans cumbrance if not ſnare,
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 52, lines 453–454:
glosses: encumbrance
balker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: balkers
Etymology: From balk + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that balks; a naysayer.
examples: text: The Pilcherd are pursued and deuoured by a bigger kinde of fish, called a Plusher, being somewhat like the Dog-fish, who leapeth now and then aboue water, and therethrough bewrayeth them to the Balker […]
ref: 1602, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, folio 34ʳ:
text: “Ye are caught, master wizard,” cried Fleetwood, laughing; “the balkers have marked their fish, and we hold you as our prize.[”]
ref: 1845, William Thornber, Penny Stone; or, a Tradition of the Spanish Armada, page 32:
text: For remedy whereof, and for the maintenance of the profitable trade of fishing, it is enacted that fishermen, balcors, huors, condors, guiders, etc., may enter lands near fishing-places to watch for and draw fish on shore, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
ref: 1904, George Nicholls, A History of the English Poor Law […], 2nd edition, volume 1, page 218:
synonyms: huer
conder
glosses: A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
Synonyms: conder
huer
balkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balker
clergical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clergical
form: most clergical
Etymology: From clergy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: learned
examples: text: the clerical profession
text: Conſtantine might have done more juſtly to have puniſh’d thoſe Clergicall faults which he could not conceale, than to leave them unpuniſh’d, that they might remaine conceal’d: […]
ref: 1641, [John Milton], Animadversions upon the Remonstrants Defence against Smectymnuus, London: […] [Richard Oulton and Gregory Dexter] for Thomas Vnderhill, […], →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical.
allopathically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more allopathically
form: most allopathically
Etymology: From allopathic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By allopathic methods.
plenitudinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plenitudinary
form: most plenitudinary
Etymology: From plenitude + -in- + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: plenitudinary power
glosses: Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough.
temporomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From temporo- + maxillary.
Senses: examples: text: temporomaxillary articulation
text: temporomaxillary joint
text: temporomaxillary sinus
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to both the temple or temporal bone and the maxilla.
miscredulity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mis- + credulity.
Senses: examples: text: As then vve vvould condemn him of much folly, that ſhould profeſs to truſt the Clock rather then the Sun; ſo vve cannot but juſtly tax the miſcredulity of thoſe who vvill rather truſt to the Church then to the Scripture.
ref: 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter VI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, pages 22–23:
glosses: Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.
Mistralian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Mistralian
form: most Mistralian
Etymology: After Frédéric Mistral; likely calqued from French mistralien or from Mistral + -ian. First used by Joseph Roumanille in 1853.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to Frédéric Mistral
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Mistralian norm
Derived terms: Mistralian norm
lovered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌvɚd/
Etymology: From lover + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: like a Cherubin aboue them houerd,
Who young and simple would not be so louerd.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
glosses: Having a lover.
folkred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folkrede
Etymology: From Middle English folkrede, from Old English folcrǣden (“decree of the people”), equivalent to folk + -red.
Senses: glosses: People.
folkrede
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of folkred.
unmandated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mandated.
Senses: glosses: Not mandated.
rubadub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubadubs
Etymology: (drum sound): Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: There would be a deafening rub-a-dub of drums and blowing of shell-trumpets.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 189:
glosses: The sound of a drum being continuously beaten.
examples: July 17 1850, Daniel Webster, "a speech", documented in Notes and Queries
the rubadub of the abolition presses
glosses: A clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.
glosses: A Jamaican style of dance with suggestive rubbing or grinding motions.
examples: text: The first rub-a-dub on this tour of hostelries is remarkable in many ways. The Black Lion at 59 High Street, Plaistow, E13 (see entry), dates from the 15th century and was rebuilt as a coaching inn in 1875.
ref: 2011, Roger Protz, Good Beer Guide:
text: "Well," she replied, "when yer gets up from yer Uncle Ned and yer wants ter get away from the Trouble an' Strife, yer'd go dahn the Frog and Toad to meet yer China Plates at the Rubba-Dub-Dub!"
ref: 2013, Chris Sharp, War Games in an Urban Village: A Personal Account of Boyhood:
glosses: A pub or club.
examples: text: We got to the bar on Eleventh Avenue and walked in. It was empty except for the fat old bartender and a few old rubadubs on the stools at the bar.
ref: 2014, Nolan Whyte, Among The Humans:
text: MOE: C'mon, Homer, do it for your old pal Moesy.
BARNEY: But Moe, yesterday you called Homer a worthless sack of—
ref: 1993, "Duffless" (TV episode of The Simpsons)
roman: MOE: Pipe down, rubadub!
text: 2002, "The Bad Family" (TV episode of Baby Blues.)
text: MELINDA: OH MY GOD, I bet Darryl's out there every night watching me do my lady's buissness! Why doesn't Wanda do something?
CARL: Probably passed out in a puddle of her own sick.
MELINDA: This is awful! we're living next to a rubadub and a peeper.
ref: (for context, Wanda tries some liquor that Darryl gave her and coughs violently, when her neighbors (Carl and Melinda) rang the doorbell, Wanda answered coughing and wheezing which made made Carl and Melinda think she was drunk, after that, Darryl was hiding some Easter eggs for the annual Easter egg hunt when he climbed in Carl and Melinda's tree, making it seem like Darryl was spying on Melinda.)
synonyms: rubby-dub
glosses: A drunkard.
dejectly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dejectly
form: most dejectly
Etymology: From deject + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: dejectedly
glosses: In a dejected manner.
redargutory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redargutory
form: most redargutory
Senses: examples: text: redargutory immunity
glosses: Pertaining to, or containing, redargution; refutatory.
apaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apay
neighborred
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neighboured
Etymology: From Middle English neȝeburrede, neheborreden, equivalent to neighbour + -red. Cognate with Scots nechbourret.
Senses: glosses: Vicinity; neighbourhood.
examples: text: Therfor I desyre you to prove us once more, whether we will amend, & make apparent our love & good neighborred towards you & yours, that you may no more have cause to complaine of us.
ref: 1865, Massachusetts Historical Society, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society:
glosses: Neighbourship.
phonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phonometers
Etymology: From phono- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A particular instrument for measuring the force of sounds.
phonometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonometer
enterplead
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enterpleads
form: enterpleading
form: enterpleaded
form: enterpleaded
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of interplead.
enterpleaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enterplead
enterpleading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enterplead
enterpleads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enterplead
massora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massoras
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Masorah.
massoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massora
Bihu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Assamese বিহু (bihu).
Senses: examples: text: In a little while it would be ‘Bihu’ – the Assamese New Year.
ref: 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee:
glosses: A set of three different cultural festivals of Assam and Assamese diaspora.
Derived terms: Magh Bihu
misavise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misavises
form: misavising
form: misavised
form: misavised
Etymology: From mis- + avise.
Senses: examples: text: "Faire martiall Mayd,
Certes ye misavised beene t'upbrayd
A gentle knight with so unknightly blame
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To misadvise.
misavised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misavise
tricoccous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + coccous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having three cocci.
gingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: gingles
Senses: examples: text: Or for a need on foot can post himſelfe into credite with his Merchant, only with the Gingle of his spurre, and the Ierke of his Wand.
ref: 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Names of the Actors”, in The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, signature A iij, verso:
glosses: Obsolete form of jingle.
gingle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: gingles
form: gingling
form: gingled
form: gingled
Senses: examples: text: He asked me then what children
Were they who gingled thus upon the lute?
ref: 1863, Westland Marston, Donna Diana:
glosses: Obsolete form of jingle.
gingles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingle
routish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more routish
form: most routish
Etymology: From rout + -ish.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:routish.
glosses: Uproarious; riotous; rowdy.
rasplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rasplike
form: most rasplike
Etymology: From rasp + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rasp.
Synonyms: raduliform
incend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛnd/
Forms: form: incends
form: incending
form: incended
form: incended
Etymology: From Latin incendere, incensum (“to kindle, burn”). See incense (“to inflame”).
Senses: examples: text: a line incends his lustfull blood
ref: 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: To inflame; to excite.
incended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incend
incending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incend
incends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incend
raduliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raduliform
form: most raduliform
Etymology: From Latin radula (“a scraper”) + -form.
Senses: examples: text: raduliform crura
text: raduliform punctures
text: raduliform teeth
glosses: rasplike
strawberried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strawberried
form: most strawberried
Etymology: From strawberry + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Then spread the strawberried superstructure lavishly with sweetened whipped cream, flavored with a mere drop of vanilla.
ref: 1957, Sidney Walter Dean, Cooking American, page 323:
glosses: Flavored or colored with strawberry.
strawberried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From strawberry + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strawberry
sibberidge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sibridge
form: sibbered
form: sibberet
form: siberet
form: sibret
Etymology: Variant of sibred.
Senses: glosses: The banns of marriage, or the act of publishing thereof.
sibridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sibridges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sibberidge.
Lawanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
postexist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postexists
form: postexisting
form: postexisted
form: postexisted
Etymology: From post- + exist.
Senses: glosses: To exist after.
Related terms: postexistence
preexist
postexisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postexist
postexisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postexist
postexists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of postexist
epagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epagogic
form: most epagogic
Etymology: From epagoge + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Based on the employment of epagogic arguments in these various Socratic writings , in conjunction with Aristotle's testimony , I infer that epagogic argumentation was a feature of Socrates ' dialectic .
ref: 2020, David Conan Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics:
glosses: inductive
sinistrorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).
Senses: examples: text: sinistrorsal gyrations of a storm
text: sinistrorsal shells
text: sinistrorsal solenoid
glosses: Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: sinistrorse.
Coordinate terms: dextrorsal