cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Brethren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛðɹən/
Etymology: Specific use of brethren as a semantic loan from German Brüder.
Senses: topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: Members of any congregation in the Anabaptist tradition of the Schwarzenau Brethren, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, some of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.
glosses: Members of the Church of the Brethren.
Synonyms: Dunkard
Dunker
German Baptist Brethren
German Baptist
Tunker
Derived terms: River Brethren
Related terms: brotherhood
brother in Christ
fraternity
friar
Darfur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑːɹˈfʊəɹ/
rhymes: -ʊəɹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دار فور (Dār Fūr, “land of the Fur”).
Senses: examples: text: Then, a targeted effort to resolve the Darfur conflict would be crucial, especially given that, of late, there are small signs of hope there.
ref: 2003 May 3, John H. McWhorter, “Hating Whitey Worldwide”, in Manhattan Institute:
glosses: A region in western Sudan where the Fur live.
glosses: The Sultanate of Darfur, existing from 1603-1874 and 1898-1916.
Related terms: Sudan
South Sudan
Kush
Nubia
spamvertizement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spamvertizements
form: spamvertisement
Etymology: Blend of spam + advertisement with the deliberate misspelling of advertisement.
Senses: glosses: A type of unsolicited e-mail (spam) that specifically advertises a product.
Related terms: spamvertise
fingerprick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerpricks
form: finger prick
Etymology: From finger + prick.
Senses: synonyms: fingerstick
coordinate_terms: heelprick
glosses: The act of pricking one's finger for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.
glosses: The wound created by such an act.
water chestnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water chestnuts
Senses: glosses: Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis), grown for its edible corm, used in Asian cooking.
glosses: A corm of a plant of this species.
glosses: A water caltrop (Trapa natans).
postdoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊstˌdɒk/
Forms: form: postdocs
Etymology: Clipping of postdoctoral.
Senses: glosses: A postdoctoral academic research position.
examples: text: "We have to sing for our supper, and that's something the young people are coming to terms with," said Dr. Robin Erbacher, 33, a postdoc at Fermilab.
ref: 2001 July 24, James Glanz, “To Be Young and in Search of the Higgs Boson”, in The New York Times:
text: Many of the postdocs are almost 40 before they start their first permanent positions and begin saving for retirement.
ref: 2001 August 21, Jennifer 8. Lee, “Postdoc Trail: Long and Filled With Pitfalls”, in The New York Times:
text: Two successful applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system in an SCN- and cell-type-specific fashion [5] will all but certainly add to the common refrain of 'just CRISPR it' (grad students and postdocs, insert groan here).
ref: 2017 May 24, Marc D. Ruben, John B. Hogenesch, “Circadian Rhythms: Move over neurons—astrocytes mediate SCN clock function”, in Current Biology, volume 27, number 9:
glosses: Someone in such a position.
acetylsalicylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetyl + salicylic.
Senses: examples: text: You need to take acetaminophen / Or just a little aspirin / acetylsalicylic for the pain
ref: 1997, “The Druggist”, Joel Mabus (music):
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any derivative of salicylic acid in which the phenolic hydroxyl has been acetylated.
Derived terms: acetylsalicylic acid
fluoroacetylsalicylic
billets-doux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billet-doux
blacklegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackleg
blacklegs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blackleg
alchymie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of alchemy.
bevering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bever
bevered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bever
heaven forbid
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Heaven forbid
Senses: examples: text: "Now, by Our Lady's grace," cried the Butcher, "well do I know thy name, and many a time have I heard thy deeds both sung and spoken of. But Heaven forbid that thou shouldst take aught of me! An honest man am I, and have wronged neither man nor maid; so trouble me not, good master, as I have never troubled thee."
"Nay, Heaven forbid, indeed," quoth Robin, "that I should take from such as thee, jolly fellow! Not so much as one farthing would I take from thee, for I love a fair Saxon face like thine right well—more especially when it cometh from Locksley Town, and most especially when the man that owneth it is to marry a bonny lass on Thursday next. But come, tell me for what price thou wilt sell me all of thy meat and thy horse and cart."
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
text: Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.
ref: 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:
synonyms: word: God forbid
word: heaven forfend
word: absit omen
word: heaven forbid
word: God forfend
word: I should hope not
glosses: May heaven forbid it: expresses the desire that something does not happen.
contrapposto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒntɹəˈpɒstəʊ/
Forms: form: contrapposto
form: contrapposti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian contrapposto, past participle of contrapporre.
Senses: examples: text: The contrapposto flexes one buttock and relaxes the other.
ref: 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
topics: art
arts
glosses: The position of a figure whose hips and legs are twisted away from the direction of the head and shoulders.
heaven forfend
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛvn̩ fɔːˈfɛnd/
ipa: /-fə-/
ipa: /ˌhɛv(ə)n fɔɹˈfɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Etymology: From heaven (“abode of God”) + forfend (“to avert; to forbid, prohibit”).
Senses: examples: text: Advisor: The voters now see you as imperial and god-like. Burns: Hot dog! Advisor: But there's a down-side to it. The latest polls indicate you're in danger of losing touch with the common man. Burns: Oh, dear! Heaven forfend!
ref: 1990, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder, “Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish”, in The Simpsons:
text: Now there's an opportunity to employ a man who, heaven forfend, actually thinks about tactics and team balance.
ref: 2007 November 23, Scott Murray, “Why England’s failure is good news for, er, England”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2014:
synonyms: word: God forbid
word: heaven forfend
word: absit omen
word: heaven forbid
word: God forfend
word: I should hope not
glosses: Used to express that one hopes that something does not happen: God forbid, heaven forbid.
contrapposti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrapposto
forfends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of forfend
KCIE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Knight Commander of the Indian Empire.
forfending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forfend
forfended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of forfend
North Pacific
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The part of the Pacific Ocean that is in the Northern Hemisphere.
solah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊlə/
Forms: form: solahs
Etymology: From Urdu سلا (solā).
Senses: examples: text: he descended in a new khaki suit—tight fitting—of a delicate olive-green; a peacock-blue tie, white collar, and a snowy white solah helmet.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 93:
glosses: Alternative form of shola (“the plant Aeschynomene aspera”).
catawampus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkætəˈwɑmpəs/
ipa: /ˈkætəˌwɑmpəs/
Forms: form: more catawampus
form: most catawampus
form: catawampous
form: catawamptious
form: cattywampus
form: cattywampous
form: kittywampus
form: kittywumpus
form: caddywompus
form: caliwampus
form: caliwampous
form: cankywampus
Etymology: The first part may be related to cater-corner. The second part may be related to wampish (“wriggle, twist about like a fish”).
Senses: examples: text: "Waal, I noticed ez the aidge o' one o' them boards war sot sorter catawampus, ...".
ref: 1885, Charles Egbert Craddock, Down the Ravine:
text: "Remember when Justin missed the T in the software code and tanked the reports for the client. What a catawampus that was.".
ref: (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Out of alignment, in disarray or disorder: crooked, askew.
Synonyms: sense: out of alignment
word: askew
sense: out of alignment
word: awry
sense: out of alignment
word: crooked
sense: out of alignment
word: off-kilter
sense: out of alignment
word: sigogglin
sense: out of alignment
word: skewampus
sense: out of alignment
word: skiwampus
sense: fierce, destructive
word: destructive
sense: fierce, destructive
word: fierce
Derived terms: catawampusly
catawampus
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkætəˈwɑmpəs/
ipa: /ˈkætəˌwɑmpəs/
Forms: form: more catawampus
form: most catawampus
Etymology: The first part may be related to cater-corner. The second part may be related to wampish (“wriggle, twist about like a fish”).
Senses: glosses: Diagonally.
glosses: Utterly.
catawampus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkætəˈwɑmpəs/
ipa: /ˈkætəˌwɑmpəs/
Forms: form: catawampuses
Etymology: Perhaps from catamount (“cougar, puma, lynx”), influenced by the adjective above.
Senses: glosses: A fierce imaginary animal, a bogeyman.
catawampus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkætəˈwɑmpəs/
ipa: /ˈkætəˌwɑmpəs/
Forms: form: more catawampus
form: most catawampus
Etymology: Perhaps from catamount (“cougar, puma, lynx”), influenced by the adjective above.
Senses: examples: text: There air some catawampous chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong; but don't mind them, they're company.
ref: 1844, Charles Dickens, chapter 21, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit:
glosses: Fierce, destructive.
khitmatgar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪtmətɡɑː/
ipa: /ˈkid-/
Forms: form: khitmatgars
form: khedmutgar
form: khedmatgar
form: khidmatgar
form: khidmutgar
form: khitmutgar
form: kitmagar
form: khitmagar
form: kismutgar
form: kistmutgar
form: kitmuddar
form: kitmutgar
form: kitmutgaur
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani خدمتگار (xidmatgār) / ख़िदमतगार, from Classical Persian خدمتگار (xidmatgār).
Senses: examples: text: I found her closely locked in the arms of a handsome lad, one of my kitmuddars, with the infant by her side, all three being in a deep sleep, from which I awakened the two elders.
ref: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 384
text: He did not know then that his khitmatgar had stopped by the roadside to get drunk, and would come on the next day saying that he had sprained his ankle.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 94:
text: ‘The Ambassador to Bangalore appeared before me dressed in the robes of a khitmagar or majordomo.’
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1108:
synonyms: khit
glosses: A male servant, with responsibility for waiting at table.
ambusher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambushers
Etymology: From ambush + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who ambushes.
ambushers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambusher
amblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambler
amenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amender
amidship
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From amid + ship.
Senses: examples: text: The damage from hitting the iceberg head on was at the bow rather than amidship.
glosses: In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).
baggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of baggy: more baggy
baggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of baggy: most baggy
anodizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of anodize
anodizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anodize
balms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balm
leader of the free world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaders of the free world
Senses: glosses: The president of the United States.
front vowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front vowels
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”
Related terms: back consonant
back vowel
front consonant
vowel harmony
vowel harmony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vowel harmonies
Senses: examples: text: Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: harmony of vowels
glosses: A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.
alien nucleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alien nucleic acids
Senses: glosses: Any nucleic acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose, that could form the basis of extraterrestrial carbon-based life.
textonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textonyms
Etymology: Blend of text + synonym
Senses: examples: When I texted her, I accidentally asked her "Are you at good?" because good is a textonym of home.
glosses: Any of a set of words that share the same numeric combination as another when typed using a mobile phone that uses predictive text
Eurocent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurocents
Etymology: From Euro- + cent.
Senses: glosses: One hundredth of a euro.
glosses: One hundredth of a Eurodollar.
sirkar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirkars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sarkar.
jadoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɑːˈduː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: jaadu
form: jadu
Etymology: From Hindustani जादू / جادو (jādū), from Classical Persian جَادُو (jādū).
Senses: examples: text: Then, to encourage him further, I said that, if there was any jadoo afoot, I had not the least objection to giving it my countenance and sanction
ref: 2005 [1888], Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, page 99:
glosses: Magic, sorcery.
Related terms: jaadugar
thermantidote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /θɜːˈmæntɪdəʊt/
Forms: form: thermantidotes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θέρμη (thérmē) + antidote.
Senses: examples: text: I felt the hair lift at the back of my head, and my heart thump like a thermantidote paddle.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 101:
glosses: An antidote to heat, especially a rotating fan attached to a window.
bunnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌnjə/
Forms: form: bunnias
form: bania
form: baniya
form: bunia
form: bunniah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बनिया (baniyā), ultimately from Sanskrit वणिज् (vaṇij). Doublet of banyan.
Senses: examples: text: I dare not tell, do anything, or get anything done, because I am in debt to Bhangwan Dass the bunnia for two gold rings and a heavy anklet.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 103:
text: Of what the Englishman's business would consist, the Raja made no enquiry: he was a zemindar after all, not a bania in a bazar, sitting cross-legged on a countertop.
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 84:
glosses: A merchant or trader.
apophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apophonies
Etymology: From French apophonie, from French apo- + Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), after Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Senses: examples: text: Cinglar has the merit of referring to a back and forth movement, which one might suppose is suggested by the apophony of zinguizangue […]
ref: 1986, David A. Pharies, Structure and Analogy in the Playful Lexicon of Spanish, →ISBN, page 171:
text: Apophony is also seen in talentum from τάλαντον [talanton] “talent, a unit of weight or currency.”
ref: 2007 [2001], R. G. G. Coleman, “Greek and Latin”, in A.-F. Christidis, editor, A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity, →ISBN, page 793:
text: Apophony in both inflection and derivation has been shrinking through the history of English, but continues to be available in synesthesia (e.g. bing, bang, bong, §10.3.2) and, less productively, in reduplicative and conjunctive formations (e.g. mishmash, §14.4).
ref: 2014, D. Gary Miller, English Lexicogenesis, →ISBN, page 9:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: antiphony
glosses: Modification of an internal vowel sound in a word or linguistic root, especially so as to establish a lexical distinction.
Derived terms: apophonic
filigrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪɡɹeɪn/
Forms: form: filigranes
form: filigrain
Senses: examples: text: With her head […] touches the crown of filigrane.
ref: 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuillè:
glosses: filigree
Derived terms: filigraned
baldest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bald: most bald
ballets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballet
ballets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ballet
bevies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bevy
exemples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exemple
annunciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of annunciate
annunciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of annunciate
annunciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of annunciate
beachcombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachcomber
juice collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juice collectors
Senses: glosses: One who collects the money ("juice") owed to a bookmaker or a loan shark.
nicor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicors
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English nicor.
Senses: examples: text: The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek her embraces in the wave which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]
ref: 1876, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest, volume I, London: Bernard Quaritch, page 391:
text: And the conquest of the ogres comes at the right moment: not in earliest youth, though the nicors are referred in Beowulf's geogoðfeore as a presage of the kind of hero we have to deal with[.]
ref: 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 32:
text: “I also had the good luck to kill nine sea prowlers, or nicors.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 27:
topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A sea monster.
boorka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boorkas
Senses: examples: text: So he went, that very night at eleven, into Amir Nath's Gully, clad in a boorka, which cloaks a man as well as a woman.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Beyond the Pale”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 117:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of burqa.
tellys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telly
tellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telly
internaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internauts
form: Internaut
Etymology: From Internet + -naut.
Senses: examples: text: Internauts are the travelers of the Internet. An Internaut explores and navigates the far corners of the Internet to bring back discoveries to be used for his / her benefit and for the benefit of others.
ref: 2002, Shelly M. Houser, Navigate the Net, Pearson College Division, page xiii:
synonyms: Internet user
netizen
cybercitizen
cybernaut
glosses: A designer, operator, or technically capable professional user of the Internet.
kill file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭl′ fīl′
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/
ipa: /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/
Forms: form: kill files
form: killfile
form: kill-file
Senses: synonyms: bozo filter[Appendix:Glossary#slang|slang]]>
bozo bin
;
ignorelist[Appendix:Glossary#uncommon|uncommon]]>
twitlist
twit list
glosses: A user's file listing the users of a newsgroup whose postings are to be ignored, or other criteria for ignoring posts.
kill file
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kĭl′ fīl′
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfaɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfʌɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfʌi̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfəi̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfɑe̯l/
ipa: /ˈkəl ˌfaɪ̯l/
ipa: /ˈkɪl ˌfajl/
Forms: form: kill files
form: kill filing
form: kill filed
form: kill filed
form: killfile
form: kill-file
Senses: glosses: To add (a user) to a kill file (sense 1).
Latinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latinisms
Etymology: From Latin + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: [discussing numquam in the Old French portion of the Oaths of Strasbourg] a Latinizing spelling, maybe a pure Latinism, not surviving in modern French (but cf. Old French onques < umquam ‘ever’). Note the double negative, literally ‘will never make no pact’
ref: 2010, Ti Alkire, Carol Rosen, Romance Languages: a historical introduction page 325
glosses: Any word or phrase borrowed from Latin, or suggestive of Latin.
Derived terms: pseudo-Latinism
headdesk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛd.dɛsk/
Etymology: From head + desk.
Senses: examples: text: *thump* *thump* *thump* *thump*[1] ... [1] head/desk interface sounds
ref: 1999 May 30, Antony Espindola, “Re: Top Ten Signs A Guest At Your Memorial Day Barbecue Is A Spy”, in alt.fan.james-bond (Usenet), retrieved 08 Feb 2017, message-ID <37513F4E.CB1511E7@Netscape.net>:
text: And as we leave, the shybies immediately complain that, although they would have liked to be in the musical, it was hardly fair that they were forced to perform with no script or rehearsal and without even a passed audition confirming they were fit for the part; in fact, it could have been done deliberately to oppress and humiliate them. Head, desk. Thump. Thump. Thump.
ref: 2001 August 16, Mark Green, “Re: Are shy people oppressed”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet), retrieved 08 Feb 2017, message-ID <88139ee2.0108160306.5a56d802@posting.google.com>:
text: It would still be very fun to do. Sweetie looked at me really funny when I told him about it. He didn't get it either *head-desk, head-desk*
ref: 2002 October 22, Mariot MacFarlane, “Re: Dickens Faire: looking for garb to borrow”, in alt.fairs.renaissance (Usenet), retrieved 08 Feb 2017, message-ID <hGdt9.601$zR7.44124330@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>:
text: Headdesk. Gillian, Gillian. You don't need another chemistry class; you need to go to charm school.
ref: 2008, Shelley Adina, The Fruit of My Lipstick, FaithWords, →ISBN:
text: Apparently the reason I am weirded out by the idea of Mum getting porny with Invisible Ray Who May Not Even Exist is because I am afraid this means I am being replaced. Er, dude, I am her daughter? And he is (possibly, depending on invisibility/existingness) her bloke? Not. The. Same. *headdesk*
ref: 2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 154:
text: berrygirl: *headdesk* um, i don't know, maybe because we have absolutely nothing in common? at ALL?
ref: 2010, Susane Colasanti, Something Like Fate, Viking, →ISBN:
glosses: Used to express frustration or irritated disbelief, from the tendency of annoyed or irritated people to want to repeatedly bang their heads against their desk.
headdesk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛd.dɛsk/
Forms: form: headdesks
form: headdesking
form: headdesked
form: headdesked
Etymology: From head + desk.
Senses: examples: text: Hopefully this will save someone else some head-desking; I'll see about writing up a patch for the docs describing this (unless I discover that I've been blind and this is, indeed, documented somewhere). :-D
ref: 2006 August 8, Tom Tobin, “Re: MR: _manipulator_validate_FIELD() methods?”, in django-users (Usenet), retrieved 08 Feb 2017, message-ID <1fb3de5c0608081824j766463g52e109c405b18105@mail.gmail.com>:
text: In no time at all you'll be headdesking just like a dog trainer, wailing at people's misinterpretations of their dogs.
ref: 2011, Jolanta Benal, The Dog Trainer's Complete Guide to a Happy, Well-Behaved Pet, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 145:
text: The only reason I am not actually headdesking at him right now is because I have apparently devoted a disproportionate amount of migraine space to him already, and I wouldn't want to have my indignation at fictional characters distributed unfairly, quelle horreur!
ref: 2014, Leigh Butler, Re-Reading Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time, Tor, →ISBN:
text: She made them tell her everything, then had Ellis re-explain in layman's terms while I sat there mentally headdesking.
ref: 2015, Leah Raeder, Cam Girl, Atria, →ISBN:
glosses: To bang one's head against the desk in frustration; (by extension) to express annoyance or exasperation.
Related terms: facepalm
headbang
semsemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semsemias
form: simsimiyya
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سِمْسِمِيَّة (simsimiyya).
Senses: glosses: A six- or seven-stringed Egyptian harp.
opposition research
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: oppo research
glosses: Negative information retrieved about a candidate's opponent in an election for use in campaigning.
Derived terms: oppo research
how are you doing
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: how're you doing
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of how do you do (“greeting on being introduced”).
glosses: A greeting to an existing acquaintance, asking after their welfare.
to arms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to order an attack, a summons to war or battle.
Related terms: english: educated to the profession of a soldier
translation: educated to the profession of a soldier
word: bred to arms
going postal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go postal
crasser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crass: more crass
draw left
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws left
form: drawing left
form: drew left
form: drawn left
Senses: examples: text: When we get to the bottom of the rapids, draw left to avoid the sweepers.
glosses: A verbal command given usually to the bowman of a canoe or raft. It means to place the paddle in the water on the left side parallel to the boat and pull it towards the boat. This is a maneuver to move the front of the boat to the left side.
draw right
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws right
form: drawing right
form: drew right
form: drawn right
Senses: examples: text: When we get to the bottom of the rapids, draw right to avoid the sweepers.
glosses: A verbal command given usually to the bowman of a canoe or raft. It means to place the paddle in the water on the right side parallel to the boat and pull it towards the boat. This is a maneuver to move the front of the boat to the right side.
J stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: J strokes
Senses: qualifier: canoeing
glosses: A paddling technique used by the sternman of a canoe that starts with a stroke perpendicular to the boat and ends with a hook behind the back of the boat. This forms a letter "J" when paddling on the right side of the boat. The technique is used to overcome the tendency of the boat to turn when paddling on one side and keep the boat going straight in the water.
sternman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sternmen
Etymology: From stern + -man.
Senses: glosses: A person who sits at the stern or rear of a boat.
hostlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hostler
parembole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paremboles
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek παρεμβολή (parembolḗ, “throwing in”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of rhetorical parenthesis. The insertion of something relating to the subject in the middle of a period.
Ripuarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ripuarian
piss ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pissants
form: piss-ants
Senses: glosses: plural of piss ant
piss-ants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pissants
form: piss ants
Senses: glosses: plural of piss-ant
materialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: materialized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of materialise
grappling iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grăpʹ(ə-)lĭng ī'ərn
ipa: /ˈɡɹæp(ə)lɪŋ ˌaɪɚn/
Forms: form: grappling irons
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A metal hook, attached to the end of a line, used to hold two ships together.
Synonyms: grappling
grappling hook
isocandela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocandelas
Etymology: From iso- + candela.
Senses: glosses: A line joining points that have the same luminous intensity
Derived terms: isocandela curve
isocandela diagram
isocandela plot
aminoacyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacyls
Etymology: From amino + acyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of class of organic radicals, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from an amino acid.
Derived terms: aminoacylation
aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
aminoacylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacylations
Etymology: From amino- + acylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The addition of an aminoacyl group to a compound, especially as part of the process of synthesizing proteins via aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
Derived terms: misaminoacylation
Related terms: aminoacylated
aminoacylate
aminoacyl tRNA synthetase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoacyl tRNA synthetases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis.
Synonyms: aaRS
circumstellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɜːkəmˈstɛlə/
Etymology: From circum- + stellar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: That surrounds, or revolves around a star
Derived terms: circumstellar disk. circumstellar disc
circumstellar dust
hygroscopicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygroscopicities
Etymology: From hygroscopic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being hygroscopic.
glosses: The degree to which a substance is hygroscopic.
hyperoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + oxidized.
Senses: glosses: Oxidized to a greater than normal degree
glosses: That has been treated with, or combined with hydrogen peroxide
hyperoxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From hyper- + oxidized.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperoxidize
midplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midplanes
Etymology: From mid- + plane.
Senses: glosses: A plane that passes through the middle of something, especially through the middle of the body
nanocluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoclusters
Etymology: From nano- + cluster.
Senses: glosses: A cluster of nanoparticles
peroxiredoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxiredoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.
Related terms: sulphiredoxin
thioredoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioredoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of antioxidant proteins that are found in all mammalian cells.
sulphiredoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphiredoxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that work with peroxiredoxin
spin ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spin ices
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any crystalline material in which the behavior of the magnetic moments is analogous to the behavior of the protons in water ice.
water ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water ices
form: water-ice
Etymology: Compound of water + ice.
Senses: topics: sciences
coordinate_terms: liquid water
water vapor
glosses: Ice in everyday language, namely ice made of frozen water; water in a solid physical state, especially when distinguished from other frozen substances.
glosses: A dessert made from crushed ice that has been sweetened and flavored.
Synonyms: sense: frozen water
word: ice
Hypernyms: sense: frozen water
word: ice
Related terms: Italian ice
shaved ice
shave ice
snow cone
slush
slushie
killfilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: killfilters
Etymology: From kill + filter.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: kill file
wall in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walls in
form: walling in
form: walled in
form: walled in
Senses: examples: text: They had walled in the garden.
glosses: To enclose by surrounding with walls.
wall off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walls off
form: walling off
form: walled off
form: walled off
Senses: examples: text: The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
glosses: To separate with a wall.
examples: text: Early protectionists tried to wall off the country from foreign trade.
text: Nationalist politics, walled off for decades by an artificial silence, have emerged practically unscathed from the ruins of Communism's enforced internationalism.
ref: 1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1:
glosses: To isolate completely.
wall up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walls up
form: walling up
form: walled up
form: walled up
Senses: examples: text: They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.
glosses: To seal with a wall.
lay open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays open
form: laying open
form: laid open
form: laid open
Senses: topics: intellectual-property
law
patent-law
glosses: To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
examples: text: to lay oneself open to criticism
text: The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have the chance to put it off and scramble back into your human integument.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 207:
glosses: To expose or reveal (something).
glosses: To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
empathise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: empathises
form: empathising
form: empathised
form: empathised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of empathize.
Derived terms: empathiser
cupset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌpsɛt/
Forms: form: cupsets
Etymology: Blend of cup + upset
Senses: examples: text: Gary: It'll Be Cupset for Andy
ref: 2006 May 7, Sunday Mail, Glasgow:
text: […] a landmark point of the season, with fans and commentators alike eagerly awaiting a 'cupset'.
ref: 2014, Lee Price, Turning My Back On the Premier League:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An upset in a Cup competition.
laying open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lay open
Putin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuː.tɪn/
Forms: form: Putins
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Пу́тин (Pútin).
Senses: examples: text: But yesterday's remarks are the baldest affirmation yet that Putin has no real intention of resigning from politics.
ref: 2007 November 14, Luke Harding, “Putin: I have a moral right to continue wielding influence”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin).
Vladimir Putin; Russian president, 2012–current
synonyms: Pootin
Pooty-Poot
Putler
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin).
A surname from Russian.
glosses: A transliteration of the Russian surname Пу́тин (Pútin).
A surname from Russian.
A masculine-form surname from Russian.; masculine of Putina
Derived terms: deputinization
Pootin
Pooty
Pooty-Poot
Putinesque
Putinian
Putinisation
Putinise
Putinism
Putinist
Putinite
Putinland
Putinology
Putinomania
Putinophile
Putinophilia
Putinstan
Putler
Fourth Reich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fourth Reich
form: 4th Reich
Etymology: From fourth + Reich.
Senses: examples: text: Are you listening, sir? Or did your mind drift / to the next country in your axis, / to all the cool bomb drops you get to call: / delivery fresh from the Fourth Reich to y’all?
ref: 2005, “Special Delivery”, in MC Frontalot (music), Nerdcore Rising:
text: From their hideaways in South America, it would have been easy for the Nazis to slink away down to New Swabia and establish the Fourth Reich.
ref: 2009, Monte Cook, “Everything's Better with Nazis”, in The Skeptic's Guide to Conspiracies, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: Western Imperium
glosses: A hypothetical resurrection of Nazi Germany (Third Reich).
synonyms: Western Imperium
glosses: A hypothetical resurrection of Nazi Germany (Third Reich).
A government or country seen as similarly authoritarian.
examples: text: "[…] This ‘Fourth Reich’ section of the City has no decrease in the number of Central European refugees."
ref: 1937, Report of the New York Public Library for 1937, page 92:
glosses: A nickname for Washington Heights, Manhattan, after the German immigrants who reside there.
Coordinate terms: First Reich
Second Reich
Third Reich
caucused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caucus
caucusing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caucusings
Senses: glosses: The process of meeting as a caucus.
caucusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of caucus
milchig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlxɪk/
note: anglicized
ipa: /ˈmɪlxɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɪlhɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɪlkɪɡ/
Etymology: From Yiddish מילכיק (milkhik) with the spelling influenced by German, or else borrowed directly from German milchig (“milky”). Doublet of milky.
Senses: glosses: Dairy, containing anything derived from milk.
raw_tags: of food
glosses: Designated for use with dairy products or having been contaminated by dairy products.
raw_tags: of kitchenware
milchig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪlxɪk/
note: anglicized
ipa: /ˈmɪlxɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɪlhɪɡ/
ipa: /ˈmɪlkɪɡ/
Forms: form: milchigs
Etymology: From Yiddish מילכיק (milkhik) with the spelling influenced by German, or else borrowed directly from German milchig (“milky”). Doublet of milky.
Senses: glosses: Food containing anything derived from milk.
fleischig
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪʃɪk/
/ˈflaɪʃɪɡ/
Forms: form: fleishig
form: fleishik
form: fleyshik
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿליישיק (fleyshik, “meaty”). Spelling influenced by German fleischig (“meaty”). Doublet of fleshy.
Senses: glosses: Meaty, containing meat.
raw_tags: of food
glosses: Designated for use with meat or having been contaminated by meat.
raw_tags: of kitchenware
glosses: Having recently eaten meat and therefore unable to eat milchig food.
raw_tags: of a person
fleischig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪʃɪk/
/ˈflaɪʃɪɡ/
Forms: form: fleischigs
form: fleishig
form: fleishik
form: fleyshik
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿליישיק (fleyshik, “meaty”). Spelling influenced by German fleischig (“meaty”). Doublet of fleshy.
Senses: glosses: Food containing meat.
secularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secularities
Etymology: From secular + -ity. Compare French sécularité, Latin saecularitas.
Senses: examples: text: a secularity of character which makes Christianity and its principal doctrines distasteful or unintelligible
ref: 1832, [Isaac Taylor], Saturday Evening. […], London: Holdsworth and Ball, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being secular.
morpho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphos
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Morpho, from Ancient Greek μορφώ (morphṓ, “the Shapely One”) (a name of Aphrodite).
Senses: examples: text: Another area visited by butterfly tours for its prolific blue morphos and other brilliant butterflies is Tingo Maria Parque Nacional and vicinity.
ref: 1992, Robert Michael Pyle, Sarah Anne Hughes, Roger Tory Peterson, Handbook for Butterfly Watchers, page 240:
glosses: Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies.
Derived terms: Lympharis morpho
stub-tailed morpho
desecrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desecrators
form: desecrater
Etymology: From desecrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who profanes or violates the sacredness or sanctity of something.
Related terms: desecrate
desecrated
desecration
desecrative
spinets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinet
nullo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnʌləʊ/
Forms: form: nullos
Etymology: From null + -o.
Senses: examples: text: If the adversaries of a nullo revoke, the declarer can give them three of his tricks, or take 100 in honours as penalty. If he revokes, they take 100 penalty as usual. SUGGESTIONS FOR BIDDING. The dealer should never bid a nullo originally ...
ref: 1914, Robert Frederick Foster, Encyclopedia of Games: Including All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day, [etc.]., page 26:
text: It takes a better nullo hand to raise nullos than to bid them. Dummy shows. A player who has once been called off from nullos by his partner should never return to them.
ref: 1916, Florence Irwin, The Complete Auction Player, page 375:
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A bid in which the bidder asserts that he or she will not take any tricks.
examples: text: This public presentation of the mutilation of the penis is not obviously very different from the forms of disassembly of the penis engaged in by male body modifiers – particularly nullos and transgenders – on the Body Modification Ezine website.
ref: 2014, Sheila Jeffreys, Gender Hurts, page 70:
glosses: A person who has their genitals (and sometimes nipples) surgically removed (nullification) as a form of body modification.
Related terms: Skoptsy
occultate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: occultates
form: occultating
form: occultated
form: occultated
Senses: examples: text: […] to occultate the apparent, to manifest the hidden.
ref: 1998, Paul Davies, Romanticism and Esoteric Tradition: Studies in Imagination:
glosses: To make occult or hidden.
Related terms: occultation
charmed life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charmed lives
Senses: examples: text: Walcott thought he should have had a penalty when his cross appeared to strike the arm of Vincent Kompany and, either side of the break, Van Persie forced Hart to save one shot and fired another wide as City's goal continued to lead a charmed life.
ref: 2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC:
glosses: A life in which one is always lucky and safe from danger.
Related terms: semi-charmed
red-card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: red-cards
form: red-carding
form: red-carded
form: red-carded
Senses: examples: text: He was red-carded for striking the other player.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To show (a player) a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area; to send off.
yellow-card
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yellow-cards
form: yellow-carding
form: yellow-carded
form: yellow-carded
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To show someone a yellow card
city halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of city hall
green flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green flash
first half
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first halves
Senses: examples: text: Raheem Sterling, in particular, was a constant menace in the first half and prominently involved in the opening goal, squaring the decisive pass for Jesus after Virgil van Dijk’s clearance had been cut out.
ref: 2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The period of play before half time, as opposed to the second half.
second half
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second halves
Senses: examples: text: Sunderland had the best of the second half but were unable to find a winner.
ref: 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The period of play after half time, as opposed to the first half