cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
abundantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/
ipa: /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/
ipa: /əˈbn̩.dn̩t.li/
Forms: form: more abundantly
form: most abundantly
Etymology: From Middle English abundantly, abundauntli, habundantly, habundauntliche, equivalent to abundant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 1:20:
text: When strata are so unsymmetrically and abundantly folded that it becomes difficult or impossible to trace out the individual flexures and crumplings — the whole forming an irregular complex of folds — they are said to be contorted […]
ref: 1905, James Geikie, Structural and Field Geology: For Students of Pure and Applied Science:
text: Hodgson also has Wayne Rooney to call on once he has served a two-match suspension at the start of the tournament - and it is abundantly clear England will rely as heavily as ever on his ability to shape the outcome of important games.
ref: 2012 May 26, Phil McNulty, “Norway 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
text: Indian English is today one of the most widespread and abundantly used varieties of English, in extensive use not only throughout South Asia but in virtually every corner of the globe.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 248:
synonyms: fully
amply
plentifully
glosses: In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.
examples: text: The explosion, in other words, was unexpected, powerful, and politically diffuse; it vented sharp African frustrations with the colonial situation, but had no readily visible leadership or political goals; it made abundantly obvious the need to speed the pace of self-government
ref: 1980, Claude Emerson Welch, Anatomy of Rebellion:
glosses: Extremely.
aburst
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɜːst/
ipa: /əˈbɝst/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Etymology: From a- + burst.
Senses: examples: text: Never was lovers’ ecstasy like theirs. They had not killed Love with kisses. They had quickened him by denial. And by denial they drove him on till he was all aburst with desire.
ref: 1911, Jack London, “When God Laughs”, in When God Laughs, and Other Stories, New York: Macmillan, page 22:
text: Despite the somber mood prevailing in most of the city, Carnegie Hall last night was aburst with sound, light and color as a rock ’n’ roll “circus” attracted about 2,000 listeners.
ref: 1968 June 8, Robert Shelton, “Sound, Light and Color Barrage Draws 2,000 at Carnegie Hall”, in The New York Times:
text: On the teak table stood two slender-necked blue vases Cohn had recently potted out of some rare lumps of clay, aburst with white fruit-tree blossoms he had painted on them.
ref: 1982, Bernard Malamud, God’s Grace, New York: Avon, pages 125–126:
glosses: In a bursting condition.
abusable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.zə.bl̩/
ipa: /əˈbju.zə.bl̩/
Forms: form: more abusable
form: most abusable
Etymology: From abuse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being abused.
Derived terms: nonabusable
abusage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuːsɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: abusages
Etymology: From abuse + -age.
First appeared in Middle English, c. 1450–1475, meaning “sexual misconduct”: cf. abuse (“forcing of undesired sexual activity”). Later in the 16th century, a general synonym of abuse. The word was partly repopularized after the appearance of a grammar titled Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English in 1942.
Senses: examples: text: We will trace the history of the term’s usage and abusage.
text: The usage and abusage of land originally covered with southern temperate grassland has led in all four regions to profound changes in floristic composition of the modified vegetation. Invasions of pest animals and introduced weeds have followed, often with disastrous consequences […]
ref: 2000, R. H. Groves, “Temperate Grasslands of the Southern Hemisphere”, in Surrey W. L. Jacobs, Joy Everett, editors, Grasses: Systematics and Evolution, →ISBN, page 358:
text: She loved her papa, Hans Hubermann, and even her foster mother, despite the bucketings, abusages and verbal assaults.
ref: 2007 [2005], Markus Zusak, The Book Thief, →ISBN, page 89:
text: Lawson’s position [is] that mathematical formalism alone is the problem, rather than a particular usage (or abusage) of it that can be characterized as neoclassical […]
ref: 2016, Steve Keen, “Is neoclassical economics mathematical? Is there a non-neoclassical mathematical economics?”, in Jamie Morgan, editor, What Is Neoclassical Economics?: Debating the Origins, Meaning and Significance, →ISBN, page 239:
glosses: Synonym of abuse.
synonyms: word: abuse
abuseful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjusfʊl/
Forms: form: more abuseful
form: most abuseful
Etymology: From abuse + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: He scurrilously reviles the King and Parliament by the abuseful names of Hereticks and Schiamaticks
ref: 1693, Thomas Barlow, The genuine remains of that learned prelate Dr. Thomas Barlow:
antonyms: abuseless
glosses: Full of abuse; abusive.
Derived terms: abusefully
abusefulness
abuser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.zə/
ipa: /əˈbju.zɚ/
rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: abusers
Etymology: From abuse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: drug abuser
text: cocaine abuser
text: child abuser
text: abuser of my generosity
text: Child sexual abusers are highly manipulative in their befriending of parents and children and are able to deceive all types of family.
ref: 2006, Christiane Sanderson, Counselling Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, page 17:
text: [The person] who was going to visit her with his wife had a physical resemblance to the abuser, so some of her inside children had a strong reaction of fear and revulsion to him. They were afraid to look at the face of the guest in case he was the abuser.
ref: 2014, Alison Miller, Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse, Karnac Books, →ISBN, page 185:
text: Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal.
ref: 2018 April, Larry Zimmerman, “Cheap and Easily Manipulated Video”, in The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, Topeka, Kan.: Kansas Bar Association, →ISSN, page 21:
glosses: One who abuses someone or something.
glosses: One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
Derived terms: child abuser
coabuser
drug abuser
nonabuser
polyabuser
self-abuser
solvent abuser
abusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.ʒn̩/
ipa: /əˈbju.ʒn̩/
rhymes: -uːʒən
Forms: form: abusions
Etymology: From Middle English abusioun, from Old French abusion, from Latin abūsiō (“abuse, misuse”), from abūtor (“misuse”). Doublet of abusio.
Senses: glosses: Misuse, abuse; in particular, illegal behaviour; verbal, physical or sexual abuse.
examples: text: Such tunges unhappy hath made great diviſion
In realmes, in cities, by ſuche fals abuſion;
Of fals fickil tunges ſuche cloked colluſion
ref: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.
roman: Hath brought nobil princes to extreme confuſion.
text: […] by those vgly formes weren pourtrayd, / Foolish delights and fond abusions, / Which do that sence besiege with light illusions.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Deceit; abuse of the truth.
glosses: Catachresis.
Related terms: abuse
abusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.sɪv/
ipa: /əˈbju.sɪv/
ipa: /əˈbju.zɪv/
Forms: form: more abusive
form: most abusive
Etymology: First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin abūsīvus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: All they could ever do was to shout abusive inanities at me and my colleagues.
glosses: Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous.
examples: text: an abusive treaty
ref: a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC:
glosses: Tending to deceive; fraudulent.
examples: text: […] to begin in this vacation the foundation of a trifling subject which might shroud in his leaves the abusive enormities of these our times.
ref: 1589, Thomas Nashe, The Anatomy of Absurdity:
text: the abusive prerogatives of his see
ref: 1837, Henry Hallam, Introduction to the Literature of Europe:
glosses: Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse.
glosses: Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
examples: text: I am […]necessitated to use the word Parliament improperly, according to the abusive acceptation thereof.
ref: 1662, Thomas Fuller, Worthies of England:
glosses: Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal.
glosses: Catachrestic.
Synonyms: sense: prone to treating badly
word: reproachful
sense: prone to treating badly
word: scurrilous
sense: prone to treating badly
word: opprobrious
sense: prone to treating badly
word: insolent
sense: prone to treating badly
word: insulting
sense: prone to treating badly
word: injurious
sense: prone to treating badly
word: offensive
sense: prone to treating badly
word: reviling
sense: prone to treating badly
word: berating
sense: prone to treating badly
word: vituperative
Derived terms: abusively
abusiveness
abusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.sɪv.li/
ipa: /əˈbju.sɪv.li/
Forms: form: more abusively
form: most abusively
Etymology: From abusive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
abusiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəs/
ipa: /əˈbju.sɪv.nəs/
Etymology: From abusive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness
ref: 1633, George Herbert, The Temple:
glosses: The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
abut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌt/
ipa: /əˈbʌt/
ipa: /əˈbʊt/
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: abuts
form: abutting
form: abutted
form: abutted
form: abutt
Etymology: From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) + butt (“boundary mark”).
Senses: examples: text: It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
text: His land abuts on the road.
glosses: To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
glosses: To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
Derived terms: abutment
abuttal
abutter
abut
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌt/
ipa: /əˈbʌt/
ipa: /əˈbʊt/
rhymes: -ʌt
Forms: form: abuts
form: abutting
form: abutted
form: abutted
form: abutt
Etymology: From Middle English abutten, from Old French aboter (“to touch at one end, border on”), abouter (“to join end to end”), abuter (“to buttress, to put an end to”), from a- (“towards”) + bout (“end”), boter, bouter (“to strike”), buter (“to strike, finish”). Equivalent to a- (“towards, change to”) + butt (“push”)
Senses: glosses: To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
abuttal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌt.l̩/
rhymes: -ʌtəl
Forms: form: abuttals
Etymology: From abut + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The land is set forth by bounds and abuttals.
ref: 1596, Francis Bacon, Maxims of the Law:
glosses: The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
glosses: An abutment.
glosses: The act of abutting.
abuttal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌt.l̩/
rhymes: -ʌtəl
Forms: form: abuttals
form: abuttaling
form: abuttalling
form: abuttaled
form: abuttaled
form: abuttalled
form: abuttalled
Etymology: From abut + -al.
Senses: glosses: To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.
abutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbʌ.tɚ/
rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: abutters
Etymology: From abut + -er.
Senses: examples: text: the abutters on a street or a river
text: But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured[…]
ref: 1886, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME transactions, volume 7:
text: 2015 April 23, James Kinsella writing in The Enterprise, Heritage Hearing Boils Over
Residents continually brought up the aerial park, which had been quickly approved by the committee a year earlier after Heritage failed to notify abutters about the proposal. And Mr. Collins continually banged his gavel to cut them off.
glosses: One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
abysmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɪz.məl/
ipa: [əˈbɪz.ml̩]
rhymes: -ɪzməl
Forms: form: more abysmal
form: most abysmal
Etymology: From abysm + -al. Compare abyssal.
Senses: examples: The latter [geology] gives one the same sort of bewildering view of the abysmal extent of Time that Astronomy does of Space. [First attested in the early 19ᵗʰ century.]
synonyms: unending
profound
fathomless
immeasurable
glosses: Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
examples: text: Robben curled an effort against the foot of the post from the edge of the box after being gifted the ball by an abysmal clearance from keeper Stephan Andersen.
ref: 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Extremely bad; terrible.
Derived terms: abysmally
abysmally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/
ipa: /əˈbɪz.ml̩.i/
Forms: form: more abysmally
form: most abysmally
Etymology: From abysmal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Abysmally ignorant
ref: 1879, George Eliot, Impressions of Theophrastus Such:
text: Am I alone in feeling smug (if slatternly) about the news that super-clean homes are a breeding ground for infection? Apparently, all that bleach is bad not just for germs but for children's immune systems, too, and paradoxically causes more disease than it prevents. Not round my gaff. Oh no. My standards of housekeeping are so abysmally low that my eldest daughter was three years old before she even developed a temperature.
ref: 2015 April 4, Judith Woods, “I knew it! Spring cleaning is bad for your family's health [print version: Vindicated at last! It's healthier to be a slatternly housewife, p. 28]”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2015:
glosses: Very; incredibly; profoundly; to an extreme degree; dreadfully.
abyssal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɪs.l̩/
ipa: /əˈbɪs.l̩/
rhymes: -ɪsəl
Etymology: First attested in the 1690s. From Medieval Latin abyssalis, from Latin abyssus (“abyss”) + -alis (“-al”). Equivalent to abyss + -al.
Senses: glosses: Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic.
Hypernyms: benthic
Coordinate terms: sublittoral
bathyal
hadal
Derived terms: abyssalbenthic
abyssal blue
abyssal fish
abyssally
abyssalpelagic
abyssal plain
abyssal rock
abyssal zone
hypabyssal
hyperabyssal
hypoabyssal
Related terms: abysmal
byssal
Abyssinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/
rhymes: -ɪnjən
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Abissinian
Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n.
Senses: examples: text: Our men are frightened of these Abyssinian women.
ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 335:
synonyms: Abassian
Abyssin
glosses: Of or pertaining to Ethiopia or its inhabitants; Ethiopian.
examples: text: This king [Fasilides] immediately restored the Abyssinian doctrines, and hunted out the Jesuit missionaries.
ref: 1922, H[erbert] Weld Blundell, “Appendix G. Christianity in Abyssinia.”, in The Royal Chronicle of Abyssinia, 1769–1840, with Translation and Notes, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: At the University Press, →OCLC, page 519:
text: The Abyssinian rite has fourteen different eucharistic prayers for use on different liturgical days; […]
ref: 1945 August, Gregory Dix, “Variable Prayers in the Eastern Rites”, in The Shape of the Liturgy, 2nd edition, Westminster: Dacre Press, →OCLC, chapter XIV (Variable Prayers at the Eucharist), page 530:
text: Among the documents, according to the chronicler [João de] Barros, was information brought to Lisbon by an Abyssinian priest, one Lucas Marcos, in 1490.
ref: 1952, Henry H[ersch] Hart, “The Ships’ Companies”, in Sea Road to the Indies: An Account of the Voyages and Exploits of the Portuguese Navigators, Together with the Life and Times of Dom Vasco da Gama, Capitão-Mór, Viceroy of India and Count of Vidigueira, London; Edinburgh; Glasgow: William Hodge and Company, Limited, →OCLC, page 111:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Abyssinian Church.
Derived terms: Abyssinian banana
Abyssinian cat
Abyssinian fox
Abyssinian gold
Abyssinian mohr
Abyssinianness
Abyssinian primrose
Abyssinian tea
Abyssinian well
Abyssinian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/
rhymes: -ɪnjən
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Abyssinians
head_nr: 2
form: Abissinian
Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n.
Senses: head_nr: 2
synonyms: Aby
Abyssinian cat
glosses: A short-haired domestic cat descended from cats of ancient Egypt, making it one of the oldest breeds in the world.
head_nr: 2
glosses: A member of the Abyssinian Church.
examples: text: A group of Abyssinians are astride horses in brightly colored saddles at the top of the hill across the valley.
ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 308:
head_nr: 2
synonyms: Abassian
Abyssin
glosses: A native of Ethiopia.
Abyssinian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈsɪn.jən/
rhymes: -ɪnjən
rhymes: -ɪniən
Forms: form: Abissinian
Etymology: From Abyssinia + -n.
Senses: glosses: The Amharic language.
acacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acacine
Etymology: From acacia + -in.
Senses: glosses: Gum arabic.
academe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ə.diːm/
ipa: /ˈæk.əˌdim/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: academes
form: Academe
Etymology: From New Latin academia, from Ancient Greek Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía); Doublet of academy. Academe (frequently capitalized) is a poetic name for the garden or grove near ancient Athens where Plato taught, supposedly named for its former owner, the hero Ἀκάδημος (Akademos; Ἑκάδημος, Hekademos).
Senses: glosses: The garden in Athens where the academics met.
examples: text: Navarre shall be the wonder of the world; / Our court shall be a little Academe,/ Still and contemplative in living art.
ref: 1603, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost:
synonyms: academy
glosses: An academy; a place of learning.
examples: text: If it did nothing else, Homosexuality: Social, Psychological, and Biological Issues shows that the basic tenet of gay liberation—that is, viewing gayness as having an intrinsic validity—has finally entered and taken root in the groves of academe.
ref: 1983 December 3, Michael Bronski, “Homosexuality: Social, Psychological and Biological Issues (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 10:
text: His father expected him to enter the government or a major corporation upon graduation from the university, but Noboru Wataya chose to remain in academe and become a scholar.
ref: 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 74:
synonyms: academia
glosses: The scholarly life, environment, or community.
synonyms: pedant
glosses: A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
Derived terms: academese
Related terms: Akademeia
academia
academy
academial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more academial
form: most academial
Senses: glosses: academic
academian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.n̩/
ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdi.mi.n̩/
rhymes: -iːmiən
Forms: form: academians
Etymology: From academia + -n (“belonging to”).
Senses: glosses: A follower of Plato.
examples: text: A Young Academian having run himſelfe into deepe Arerages, inſomuch that his credit began to be queſtioned, and knowing his Father to be cloſe fiſted, had long deviſed with himſelfe, which way to fetch over the old man for money, and having caſt many projects in his head and finding that none of them would take, at the length he very learnedly concluded upon one, which was this, he wrote unto his father a very lamentable letter, to certifie him that he was dead, and earneſtly deſired him, to ſend him up money to defray the charges of the buriall.
ref: 1633, A Banqvet of Jests: or, Change of Cheare. Being a collection, of Moderne Ieſts. Witty Ieeres. Pleaſant Taunts. Merry Tales. The Second Part newly publiſhed, pages 27–28:
glosses: A member of an academy, university, or college.
academically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.ə.li/
ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.ɪk.li/
Forms: form: more academically
form: most academically
Etymology: From academical + -ly or academic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: academically disadvantaged demographic group
text: Academically, the football team is counter-productive.
antonyms: nonacademically
glosses: In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.
Derived terms: academically disadvantaged
academicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsɪz.m̩/
Forms: form: academicisms
form: Academicism
form: academism
Etymology: From academic + -ism.
Senses: topics: classical-studies
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
topics: art
arts
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
glosses: Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
glosses: A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Related terms: academicist
academism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæd.əˌmɪz.əm/
rhymes: -ædəmɪzm
Forms: form: academisms
Etymology: From academy + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: For art, academism is death. Academism is the painting in the manner of some one else, whether that other be Greek or Florentine, […]
ref: 1912, Haldane Macfall, A History of Painting: The Modern Genius Part Eight, T. C. and E. C. Jack, page 87:
text: Contemporary Canadian art suffers from new academisms. […], her reaction is through Keats, Shelley and Byron. Her writing, based on these is perfection itself but still an academism and therefore non-contributive.
ref: 1935, “The Artist and His Means of Expression”, in The Canadian Author, volumes 13-15, Canadian Authors Association, page 11:
glosses: Alternative form of academicism
academist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæd.ɪ.mɪst/
Forms: form: academists
Etymology: From French académiste, from académie (“academy”).
Senses: glosses: An academic philosopher.
glosses: An academician.
glosses: an academic.
Acadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
homophone: Akkadian
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: more Acadian
form: most Acadian
Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Derived terms: Acadian Coast
Acadian French
Acadianness
Acadian owl
Acadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
homophone: Akkadian
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: Acadians
Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
Senses: glosses: A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
glosses: A descendant of the settlers of the French colony of Acadia in current eastern Canada. More specifically a speaker of Acadian French.
Acadian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /əˈkeɪ.d͡ʒən/
homophone: Akkadian
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Etymology: First attested in 1705. From Acadia + -n (“one that is”).
Senses: examples: text: In many places, Acadian has been supplanted by English and by Standard French.
glosses: Ellipsis of Acadian French (“the form of French spoken in Acadia”).
examples: text: The Burgess Shale contains fossils of very odd organisms that lived during the Acadian.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
raw_tags: with the
Derived terms: Cajun
acajou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.kə.ʒuː/
ipa: /ˈæ.kəˌʒu/
ipa: /ˈæ.kəˌd͡ʒu/
ipa: /a.kaˈʒu/
Forms: form: acajous
Etymology: Borrowed from French acajou (“cashew”), from Old Tupi akaîu. Doublet of cashew.
Senses: examples: text: The head man's fury shouted out in the curve of the acajous—he insulted hunters, gendarmes, planters, and the transparent clouds lowering with the sky—before sticking the gun barrel under the chin thrust deep into solitude and a suffering that sees all.
ref: 2020, Betsy Wing, transl., Mahagony^([sic]), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, translation of original by Édouard Glissant, →ISBN, page 105:
glosses: The cashew tree.
glosses: A cashew nut.
glosses: The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
glosses: A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany.
acaleph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈlɜf/
Forms: form: acalephs
form: acalephe
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin acalephe, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”).
Senses: glosses: A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
Synonyms: sense: member of Acalephe
word: acalephan
acalephoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acalephoid
form: most acalephoid
Etymology: Acalephae + -oid
Senses: glosses: Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acalycine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˈkeɪ.lə.saɪn/
ipa: /ˌeɪˈkæ.lə.saɪn/
Forms: form: acalycinous
Etymology: From a- + Latin calyx + -ine. By surface analysis, a- + calycine.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
acanth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkænθ/
rhymes: -ænθ
Forms: form: acanths
Senses: glosses: Acanthus.
acantha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θə/
ipa: /əˈkænt.θə/
Forms: form: acanthas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A prickle.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A spine or prickly fin.
examples: text: Moreover, all the outgrowths which I have said constitute the acantha are not of equal size in all the vertebrae, and Nature has done this with wonderful forethought.
ref: 1968, Margaret Tallmadge May, Galen on the usefulness of the parts of the body, translation of original by Galen, page 581:
text: Individual vertebral bodies (right) as seen from the side and from above. The acantha is the spiney projection on the right of each illustration: in the lower illustration the boney spinal canal is shown between the acantha and the vertebral body.
ref: 1980, Renate Zauner, Speaking of Children's Posture Problems and the Injuries They Cause, page 55:
text: Rotary strokes or stationary circles in the direction of the flank / Alternate from the acantha of the vertebral column in the direction of the flank (medial to lateral)
ref: 2005, Michael Foeldi, Roman Strossenreuther, Foundations of Manual Lymph Drainage, page 73:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A spinous process of a vertebra.
Related terms: acanthus
acanthaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.n̩ˈθeɪ.ʃəs/
ipa: /ˌæk.ænˈθeɪ.ʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more acanthaceous
form: most acanthaceous
Etymology: From translingual Acanthaceae + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
glosses: Armed with prickles, as a plant.
Related terms: acantha
acanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θɪn/
ipa: /əˈkænt.θɪn/
ipa: /əˈkænˌθaɪn/
rhymes: -ænθɪn
Forms: form: more acanthine
form: most acanthine
Etymology: From Latin acanthinus, from acanthus + English -ine (“relating to”).
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
acanthocarpous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acanthocarpous
form: most acanthocarpous
Etymology: From acantho- (“having thorns”) + -carpous (“relating to fruit”), from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos) and κᾰρπός (kărpós) respectively.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the fruit covered with spines.
Related terms: acanthous
acanthocephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Acanthocephala + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthopodious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin acanthopodius. This is the only English word in -podious in the English Wiktionary, as of December 2024.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having spinous petioles.
acanthopterous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acantho- + -pterous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Spiny-winged.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Acanthopterygious
acanthopterygian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.ænˌθɑp.təˈɹɪd͡ʒ.i.n̩/
rhymes: -ɪdʒiən
Forms: form: acanthopterygians
form: acanthopteran
Etymology: From New Latin, from acanthus (“thorn”), (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos)) + Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion) diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.ænˌθɑp.təˈɹɪd͡ʒ.i.n̩/
rhymes: -ɪdʒiən
Forms: form: acanthopteran
Etymology: From New Latin, from acanthus (“thorn”), (from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos)) + Ancient Greek πτερύγιον (pterúgion) diminutive of πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fin”), from πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Similar to an acanthopterygian.
Related terms: acanthopterygious
acanthopterygious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.
acapsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˈkæp.sə.lɚ/
Etymology: From a- + capsular.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having no capsule.
acardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκάρδιος (akárdios, “without a heart”) + -ac, after cardiac; by surface analysis, a- + cardi- + -ac.
Senses: examples: text: The fact of a perfect circulation in acardiac fœtuses and acardiac animals, seems strongly to indicate an important influence in the arteries.
ref: 1831, Marshall Hall, A Critical and Experimental Essay on the Circulation of the Blood, page 76:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: heartless
glosses: Lacking a heart.
Derived terms: acardiac twin
acardiac twinning
Related terms: word: acardia
word: anencephalic
acaridan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acaridans
Etymology: From translingual Acaridae + -an, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “mite”). By surface analysis, acarid + -an.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acarid.
synonyms: word: acarid
acarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈækəɹɪn/
Etymology: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology.
Senses: examples: text: acarine diseases
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or caused by acari or mites.
acarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækəɹaɪn/
ipa: /ˈækəɹɪn/
Forms: form: acarines
Etymology: By surface analysis, acar- + -ine; either coined as such, or perhaps predating the prefix per se; see acarid § Etymology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Synonym of acarid.
synonyms: word: acarid
acaroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.əˌɹɔɪd/
Etymology: From New Latin acarus (“member of the former inclusive genus of mites”) + -oid (“likeness”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Shaped like or resembling a mite.
Derived terms: acaroid gum
acaroid resin
acarus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.ə.ɹəs/
Forms: form: acari
form: acarina
Etymology: Learned borrowing from translingual Acarus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαρί (akarí, “cheese mite, tick”).
Senses: examples: text: water strongly boiled; wherein the Seeds are extinguished by fire and decoction, and therefore last long and pure without such alteration, affording neither uliginous coats, gnatworms, Acari, hairworms, like crude and common water
ref: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 205:
text: The number of Acari found in raw sugar is sometimes exceedingly great, and in no instance is the article quite free from either the insects or their ova (eggs).
ref: 1868, Robert Niccol, The Sugar Insect, "Acarus Sacchari", Found in Raw Sugar, page 4:
text: 2003, G. Leigheb, Mite bites, Andreas D. Katsambas, European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments, Springer, page 342,
Besides the acarus of human scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei hominis) (0.3-0.5 mm), many other acari which are parasitic on animals or which infest various plant species, foods, organic waste or soil may occasionally attack man (facultative parasitism vs. obligatory parasitism in the case of scabies).
topics: acarology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
Related terms: acarid
acaridian
acarine
acaulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈkɔːləs/
Forms: form: acaulose
Etymology: From a- + caulis (“stalk”) + -ous. See cole.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: acaulescent
Accadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Accadian
form: most Accadian
Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkadian.
Accadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Accadians
Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkadian.
Accadian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Accad (alternative spelling of Akkad) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkadian.
accend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛnd/
Forms: form: accends
form: accending
form: accended
form: accended
Etymology: From Middle English accenden, from Latin accendere (“to kindle”), formed from ad- + candere (“to shine”).
Senses: glosses: To set on fire; to kindle.
Derived terms: accendible
Related terms: accensed
accensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛnsɚ/
ipa: /əkˈsɛnsɚ/
Forms: form: accensors
Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin accēnsor, from accendō (“light, kindle”) + -tor (agent noun suffix). Compare accend.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /ækˈsɛpt/
ipa: /əkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /əˈsɛp(t)/
homophone: except stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɛpt
Forms: form: more accept
form: most accept
Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
Senses: examples: text: Pass our accept and peremptory answer.
ref: 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, V-ii:
glosses: Accepted.
accept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /ækˈsɛpt/
ipa: /əkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛpt/
ipa: /əˈsɛp(t)/
homophone: except stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɛpt
Forms: form: accepts
Etymology: First attested about 1380. From Middle English accepten, borrowed from Old French accepter, or directly from Latin acceptō, acceptāre (“receive”), frequentative of accipiō, formed from ad- + capiō (“to take”). Displaced native Old English onfōn.
Senses: examples: text: Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.
ref: 1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: reject
glosses: Something that is accepted.
acceptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækˌsɛp.təˈbɪl.ət.i/
Forms: form: acceptabilities
Etymology: From Latin acceptābilitās. By surface analysis, accept + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore vve eat Chriſts ſpiritual body, becauſe he hath given us his natural body to be broken and his natural blood to be ſhed, for the remiſſion of ſins, and for the obtaining the grace and acceptability of repentance.
ref: 1660, Jeremy Taylor, “Of the Nature, Excellencies, Uses and Intention of the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Sect[ion] III. That in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper there are Represented and Exhibited Many Great Blessings upon the Special Account of that Sacred Ministery, Prooved in General.”, in The Worthy Communicant or A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings Consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper […], London: […] R. Norton for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Thomas Dicas […], published 1661, →OCLC, pages 47–48:
text: The acceptability of a television picture is also governed by its size, colour and freedom from interfering signals, flicker and lininess.
ref: 1954, Edward Molloy, John Patrick Hawker, Television Engineers' Pocket Book, page 27:
glosses: The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
Synonyms: acceptableness
Derived terms: nonacceptability
Related terms: adequacy
feasibility
acceptable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/
Forms: form: more acceptable
form: most acceptable
form: acceptible
Etymology: From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
Morphologically accept + -able.
Senses: examples: text: We need to find an acceptable present for Jeff.
text: I think if post commanders of the unchaplained posts could employ acceptable clergymen […] then the needs might be met.
ref: 1883, United States. War Department, Annual Reports of the War Department, volume 1, page 128:
glosses: Worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure.
examples: text: The designs were acceptable, but they were nothing special either.
glosses: Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
Synonyms: sense: worthy
word: good
sense: passable
word: satisfactory
Derived terms: acceptableness
acceptably
inacceptably
nonacceptable
Related terms: acceptability
acceptable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ɪkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/
ipa: /ˈæksɛp.tə.bəl/
Forms: form: acceptables
form: acceptible
Etymology: From Middle English acceptable, from Old French acceptable, from Late Latin acceptābilis (“worthy of acceptance”).
Morphologically accept + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The whole range of the knowable is divided into two classes, the acceptable and the avoidable. The acceptables are: Śiva, Śakti, Vidyesa, Mantra, Mantreśvara and the Jivas.
ref: 1922, Madhusūdan Kaul, “Introduction”, in Sri Mālinīvijayottara Tantram (Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies; XXXVII), Bombay: […] “Tatva-vivechaka” Press, page xvii:
text: The good old acceptables are called “character” actors. An actor of the versatile order is called, casually, even contemptuously, a “character” actor.
ref: c. 1929–1930, Harry Alan Potamkin, “A Diet of Stars”, in Lewis Jacobs, editor, The Compound Cinema: The Film Writings of Harry Alan Potamkin (Studies in Culture & Communication), New York, N.Y.; London: Teachers College Press, published 1977, →ISBN, part 3 (Miscellany), section 9 (Other Writings), page 565:
text: Close to 3 percent of the acceptables are free of DMF teeth while none of the rejectables have fewer than 7 DMF teeth.
ref: 1941 July 4, Henry Klein, “The Dental Status and Dental Needs of Young Adult Males, Rejectable or Acceptable for Military Service, According to Selective Service Dental Requirements”, in Public Health Reports, volume 56, number 27, Washington, D.C.: United States Public Health Service, pages 1373–1374:
text: The church will not be content to see that older persons are housed and entertained, or even that acceptables are worked out to provide them with therapy and income from jobs.
ref: 1974 June 19, Ray Wells, “The Church and the Aging”, in The Free Will Baptist, Ayden, N.C., page 5, column 3:
antonyms: rejectable#Noun
glosses: Someone or something that is acceptable.
acceptableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bəl.nəs/
Etymology: From acceptable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
acceptably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tə.bli/
Forms: form: more acceptably
form: most acceptably
form: acceptibly
Etymology: From Middle English acceptably, equivalent to acceptable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
examples: text: Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
ref: 2007 September 10, “Review: Jones, Coens, Penn highlight Toronto”, in CNN:
glosses: To an acceptable degree.
acceptancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Here's a proof of gift, But here's no proof, sir, of acceptancy.
ref: 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, book 2:
glosses: acceptance
Related terms: accept
acceptance
acceptant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tənt/
Forms: form: more acceptant
form: most acceptant
Etymology: From accept + -ant.
Senses: glosses: accepting; receiving.
acceptant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tənt/
Forms: form: acceptants
Etymology: From accept + -ant.
Senses: glosses: One who accepts something.
Derived terms: nonacceptant
unacceptant
acceptedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more acceptedly
form: most acceptedly
Etymology: From accepted + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Therefrom Boshy's saving propensities, being but the idiosyncrasies of the rich, were mercifully endured and spoken of by Mr. Civil. Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 195:
glosses: In an accepted manner; admittedly.
Related terms: accept
acceptably
acceptingly
accepter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˈsɛp.tɚ/
Forms: form: accepters
Etymology: From accept + -er; in the sense “respecter,” from Middle French accepteur.
Senses: examples: text: There is no benefyte so perfect, whiche enuy can not nip: nor no benefite so skant, whiche a good accepter may not inlarge.
ref: 1578, Arthur Golding, transl., The Woorke of the Excellent Philosopher Lucius Annæus Seneca Concerning Benefyting that is too say the Dooing, Receyuing, and Requyting of Good Turnes, London: John Day, Book 2, Chapter 28:
text: Tracey came fraught with gifts rather suited to the spirit of the donor, than that of the accepter, yet, they opened the heart of the Laird of Dornock, who listened to the avowal of Tracey’s love without repugnance; and at length promised him his sister […]
ref: 1785, Sophia Lee, The Recess: or, A Tale of the Times, volume 3, London: T. Cadell, page 145:
text: It is the man of science who speaks, the unprejudiced observer, the accepter of facts.
ref: 1936, Aldous Huxley, “Crébillon the Younger”, in The Olive Tree And Other Essays, London: Chatto & Windus, published 1947:
glosses: A person who accepts; a taker.
examples: 1395, John Wycliffe (translator), Bible, Acts 10.34,
And Petre openyde his mouth, and seide, In trewthe Y haue foundun, that God is no acceptor of persoones;
1549, Hugh Latimer, The Seconde Sermon of Maister Hughe Latimer whych he preached before the Kynges maiestie, London: John Day and William Seres, To the Reader,
But nowe the wycked Iudge, whiche corrupteth iustyce for Brybes heer he maye learne also the lesson that Moses taughte long before this tyme, ye magistrates & Iudges in the common wealth of Israell be no accepters of personnes neyther be desyreous of giftes, for they make wyse men blind, and chaunge the mynde of the ryghtuouse.
early 1700s, William Chillingworth, Sermon on Psalm 14.1 in The Works of William Chillingworth, London: Richard Priestley, 1820, Volume 3, p. 92,
[…] God is no accepter of persons, neither riches nor poverty are a means to procure his favour […]
glosses: A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
topics: law
glosses: An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
Derived terms: nonaccepter