cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
morfound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”), from Middle French morfondre (“to chill, to cool”), from Franco-Provençal mor, more (“snout”) + Middle French fondre (“to melt”), where the first part comes from Vulgar Latin *murrum (“muzzle, snout”), and the second from Latin fundere. Cognate with French morfondre.
The noun is inherited from Middle English mareffownd, mareffownde, likely from the Middle English morfounden, morefounden (“to take cold”).
Senses: examples: text: Cough and morfound.
ref: 1633 [1590], Leonard Mascal [i.e, Leonard Mascall], “The Remedies and Medicines for Speepe and other Cattell”, in The Gouernment of Cattell, London: […] Thomas Harper for Iohn Hariſon, page 223:
text: Let him bloud in the Eye-veins, Temple-veins, or through the Noſtrils, and rub the places with young Nettles bruiſed ; or give a ſpoonful of Treacle or Mithridate in Wine, good for the Morfound.
ref: 1683, “Turning Evil, Morfound”, in A Treatise of Oxen, Sheep, Hogs and Dogs; With their Natures, Qualities, and Uſes, London: […] Obadiah Blagrave, page 28:
text: Bleed pretty well in the Temple-Veins, or through the Noſtrils,and rub the place with the Juyce of young, Nettles, and halt a pint of White-wine, give an Ounce of Methridate as hot as can conveniently be taken.
ref: 1698, A. S., “For the turning Evil and Morfound”, in The Husbandman, Farmer, and Grasier's, Compleat Inſtructor, London, page 70:
glosses: Catarrh or coldlike illness.
Derived terms: morfounded
morfoundering
morfounding
Related terms: confound
foison
found
foundry
fusion
going through the motions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of go through the motions
morfounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of morfound
MPAJA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army.
eigencolor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigencolors
Etymology: From eigen- + color.
Senses: glosses: A color that is identified as one of the most significant colors in an image or set of images which has been identified by Principal Component Analysis.
eigencolors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigencolor
Lower Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Lower Egypt.
rake-stepping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rake-steppings
form: rake stepping
Etymology: Popularized by a gag in the 1993 episode "Cape Feare" of The Simpsons, in which Sideshow Bob, already injured, accidentally steps on several rakes, causing the handles to hit him in the face.
Senses: examples: text: But the rake-stepping won’t stop, and the attacks won’t go away, raising the question of whether there will come a tipping point for Biden.
ref: 2019 August 13, Tina Nguyen, “Biden Advisers Worry the Gaffes Are Becoming a Problem”, in Vanity Fair:
text: And despite occasional attempts at reform, usually in response to some epic rake-stepping by the agency, federal disaster relief has gotten no simpler or more effective.
ref: 2023 September 12, Mark Gongloff, FEMA Isn’t Ready for Our New Age of Climate Disasters, Bloomberg:
text: VP of Player Personnel Eliot Wolf oozes with, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing …” and has deftly escaped any blame for the personnel rake-stepping of the past few seasons.
ref: 2024 June 19, Tom E. Curran, “Five burning questions the Patriots need to answer this summer”, in NBC Sports Boston:
glosses: The act of repeatedly making damaging and avoidable mistakes.
wikipedia: Cape Feare
Sideshow Bob
The Simpsons
Related terms: step on a rake
fuck around and find out
Leopards Eating People's Faces Party
make one's bed and lie in it
play stupid games, win stupid prizes
reap what one sows
Missus President
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mrs. President.
First Lady of the United States
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: First Ladies of the United States
Senses: glosses: Synonym of FLOTUS.
synonyms: word: FLOTUS
First Lady of the Land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Former name of FLOTUS.
First Lady of the Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Former name of FLOTUS.
First Ladies of the United States
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of First Lady of the United States
Ṣaʻīdī
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ṣaʻīdīs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ṣaʽīdi.
Ṣaʽīdi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ṣaʽīdis
form: Ṣaʻīdī
form: Saʽidi
Senses: glosses: A person or inhabitant of Upper Egypt.
Derived terms: Ṣaʽīdi Arabic
sly dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sly dog
Saʽidi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saʽidis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ṣaʽīdi.
Ṣaʽīdis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ṣaʽīdi
Ṣaʻīdīs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ṣaʻīdī
Saʽidis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saʽidi
king consort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: king consorts
form: kings consort
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: queen consort
text: Near-synonym: prince consort (if not recognized as a king)
text: It is also worth an aside here and noting that when Mary Queen of Scots married François, the French Dauphin in April 1558, he likewise became king consort of Scotland.
ref: 1998, Michael Ashley, British Monarchs: The Complete Genealogy, Gazetteer, and Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Britain, page 639:
text: Make no mistake, should Rhaenyra ever sit the Iron Throne, it will be Daemon who rules us, a king consort as cruel and unforgiving as Maegor ever was.
ref: 2018, George R. R. Martin, Fire & Blood, unnumbered page:
text: Forged by King Consort Radagon to proudly symbolize the tenets of the Golden Order.
ref: 2022, FromSoftware (developer), Hidetaka Miyazaki, George R. R. Martin (writers), Elden Ring, →OCLC, scene: "Golden Order Greatsword" item description:
glosses: The husband of a queen regnant who is given the title of king as a courtesy title, but does not rule in his own right.
examples: text: He jumped as trumpeters announced the arrival of the king and his king consort.
ref: 2013, Jana Downs, Ravyn's Temptation, page 69:
text: The man strolled over to his King Consort and cupped his face in his strong hands.
ref: 2018, Carl Houston Roach IV, The Fall of Avalon, unnumbered page:
text: And so Miquella made his heartfelt wish. That Radahn would one day be his king consort.
ref: 2024, FromSoftware (developer), Hidetaka Miyazaki, George R. R. Martin (writers), Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, scene: "Remembrance of a God and a Lord" item description:
glosses: The husband of a reigning king.
unopenability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unopenable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Nicole set to demonstrating the unopenability of the sliding door, and Theodore Munney, Calvin could discern by the hen-bob of his head, stuttered along as indignant backup chorus, while Justin put his pen to paperwork on the van's snubbed hood.
ref: 2015, Ann Pancake, “Sugar's Up”, in Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas & Stories, Berkeley, C.A.: Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 198:
antonyms: openability
glosses: The quality of being unopenable.
fucking oath
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: ken oath
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bloody oath.
ken oath
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Clipping of fucking oath.
pull the shutters down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls the shutters down
form: pulling the shutters down
form: pulled the shutters down
form: pulled the shutters down
Etymology: From the practice of stores using roller shutters to protect their entrances when closed.
Senses: examples: text: There are times when we have to pull the shutters down on all the irritating aspects of our lives and retreat into the peace and quiet of our own inner dreamworld where the sun is shining and we are doing our own thing.
ref: 1987, Eric Taylor, Be Fit Through Your Forties, page 68:
text: The financial crisis at Apple Computer Inc. spilled over to Singapore recently with the company deciding to pull the shutters down on its design center and lay off 101 of its 974 employees in the island #state.
ref: 1997 May, “Apple shuts down Singapore design centre”, in Canadian Computer Wholesaler, page 50:
text: Britain should not “pull the shutters down” on China, as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, the foreign secretary has told the Guardian.
ref: 2023 April 18, Pippa Crerar, “UK should not ‘pull the shutters down’ on China, says James Cleverly”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To shut down, terminate, or ignore.
Hipswell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district; the parish includes part of Catterick Garrison (OS grid ref SE1898).
yellow-orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-oranges
Etymology: From yellow + orange.
Senses: glosses: A yellowish-orange colour.
yellow-orange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yellow-orange
form: most yellow-orange
Etymology: From yellow + orange.
Senses: glosses: A yellowish-orange colour.
Ipam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ipam
form: IPAM
form: iPam
Senses: examples: text: You need to stack it with CJC 1295 or something similar. Using Ipam on Its own is not effective and you’re wasting your money.
ref: 2024 March 17, Kumar Rathi, “Ipamorelin Peptide: Dosage, Benefits, Side Effects”, in Muscle + Brawn:
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Clipping of ipamorelin.
too many cooks spoils the broth
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: It hath been obſerved among the French (a Nation as much addicted to changes as any) that when the charge of an undertaking hath been committed to many, it cauſed but confuſion, and therefore its a ſaying among them, Trop de Cuiſineirs gattent le pottage, Too many Cooks ſpoils the Broth.
ref: 1662, Balthazar Gerbier, A Brief Discourse Concerning the Three Chief Principles of Magnificent Building. Viz. Solidity, Conveniency, and Ornament., London, pages 23–24:
text: “Leave her to me,” said that courageous woman. “‘Too many cooks spoils the broth.’”
ref: 1886 April, Martha Ogden Inglis, “Our Baby, and How We Undid Her. […] Chapter IV.”, in Leroy M[ilton] Yale [Jr.], Marion Harland [pseudonym; Mary Virginia Terhune], editors, Babyhood: A Monthly Magazine for Mothers, […], volume II, number 17, New York, N.Y.: Babyhood Publishing Company, page 168, column 1:
text: There, git away from here, the both of ye. Too many cooks spoils the broth.
ref: 1949, Gladys Hasty Carroll, chapter 4, in West of the Hill, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 52:
text: Hey, Girlie, let me help you finish setting that table while Lil slices them potatoes. Too many cooks spoils the broth.
ref: 1977, Berniece Rabe, chapter 3, in The Girl Who Had No Name, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: Uncommon form of too many cooks spoil the broth.
anix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anise.
synonyms: word: anise
spogel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ispaghula.
trollkrem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Norwegian Bokmål troll (“troll”) + krem (“cream”).
Senses: glosses: A Norwegian mousse made with lingonberries and vanilla.
säter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: säters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saeter.
säters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of säter
saether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saethers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saeter.
saethers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saether
vingtillion
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Forms: form: vingtillions
Senses: examples: text: The dinosaur Trachodon had 2,000 teeth, and when one dropped out, another grew in its place. . . . The vingtillion is the largest number usually given a name? It consists of a one followed by sixty-three zeros. . . .
ref: 1940 February, Thrilling Wonder Stories, v. 15, n. 02], page 83:
text: When I am told that between 3 and 4 there is a numerical value that cannot be expressed in whole numbers or decimals, that map-makers need never use more than four colors, that a vingtillion represents the number of grains of sand that Archimedes long ago calculated as sufficient to fill what he believed to be the universe, I just make polite noises[.]
ref: 1944-5, Loretto Rainbow, page 215
text: Lovecraft [...speaks of] "another plane of phase of entity from which it [the planet earth] had once fallen, vingtillions of aeons ago."
ref: 2013 May 28, Gavin Callaghan, H. P. Lovecraft's Dark Arcadia: The Satire, Symbology and Contradiction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: Misconstruction of vigintillion.
spongy body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongy bodies
Senses: glosses: The corpus spongiosum.
spongious body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongious bodies
Senses: glosses: The corpus spongiosum
get down on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets down on
form: getting down on
form: got down on
form: gotten down on
form: got down on
Senses: glosses: To come to be down (hostile to) regarding something.
glosses: To acquire or obtain (something), usually illicitly; to steal (something).
get into it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets into it
form: getting into it
form: got into it
form: got into it
form: gotten into it
Senses: examples: text: We're finally going to get into it about the policy.
glosses: To fight or argue about something, especially a long-simmering issue.
cavernous body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cavernous bodies
Senses: glosses: The corpus cavernosum.
get up off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets
form: getting
form: got
form: gotten
form: got
Senses: examples: text: You had better get up off me.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To stop harassing, insulting, obsessing over or spreading gossip about (someone).
get with it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets with it
form: getting with it
form: got with it
form: gotten with it
form: got with it
Senses: examples: text: Times are changing, and you have to get with it, man.
glosses: To be satisfied with something; to get down with something; to accept or involve oneself in something; to respond to new fashions and trends.
Antietam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Antietam Creek.
glosses: The Battle of Antietam, in the American Civil War, on Sept. 17, 1862.
malefactures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malefacture
transposition cipher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transposition ciphers
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An encryption method that rearranges the order of the plaintext letters.
Synonyms: permutation cipher
Hyponyms: columnar transposition cipher
grille cipher
rail fence cipher
route cipher
inverse number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One example of inverse number in the proto-language is how the first declension featured a singular suffix -i and a plural suffix -u, meanwhile the second declension had a singular suffix -u and a plural suffix -i.
text: Nowadays, only the nothern dialect retains inverse number.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X and Y and two declension classes A and B such that the X form in A is to the Y form in A as the Y form in B is to the X form in B.
Related terms: syncretism
exorbitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exorbitations
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exorbitatio, from exorbitō (“to go off the track, deviate”) + -tio.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]
ref: 1635, Tho[mas] Heywood, “The Seraphim”, in The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders and Offices; The Fall of Lucifer with His Angells, London: […] Adam Islip, page 12:
text: It does not recount how mercifully the captain of our steamer found a valet de place for us, and told him to take care of us, and bring us back at a given moment. Nor how our payment of ten francs for three persons, instead of Heaven knows what exorbitation, was owing to this circumstance.
ref: 1868, Julia Ward Howe, “Return Voyage”, in From the Oak to the Olive: A Plain Record of a Pleasant Journey, Boston: Lee and Shepard, page 248:
glosses: The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation.
Related terms: exorbitant
exorbitate
exorbitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exorbitation
yellow salsify
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Tragopogon dubius, a yellow-flowered herb native to the Palearctic and introduced in many other places.
squirmily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squirmily
form: most squirmily
Etymology: From squirmy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a squirmy manner.
morfounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of morfound
morfounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more morfounded
form: most morfounded
Senses: examples: text: When yee perteyue hir to be ſo moꝛfounded, and to haue loſt hir appetite, give hir no meate that day, but ſet water befoꝛe hir, and let hir bowze oꝛ bathe at hir pleaſure.
ref: 1575, George Turberville, “Of the Hawke that is moꝛfounded by ſome miſchaunce”, in The Booke of Faulconrie or Hauking, for the Onely Delight and pleaſure of all Noblemen and Gentlemen, […] Chriſtopher Barker, moꝛtounded%22 page 326:
text: Some ſhepheards put a little quantity of bloud on their temples,whereby they finde it very good,and foꝛ theſe alſo which haue a cough and are moꝛfounded, to giue them a ſpoonful of Mithꝛidate oꝛ treacle in wine.
ref: 1633 [1590], Leonard Mascal [i.e, Leonard Mascall], “The Remedies and Medicines for Speepe and other Cattell”, in The Gouernment of Cattell, London: […] Thomas Harper for Iohn Hariſon, page 223:
text: […] whereby the horſe is in danger to become morfounded, to have the yellowes, or jaundiſe, or a feaver, which will otherwiſe hardly appeare in him in it's effects untill his comming into the Stable, at what time due order muſt be taken for ſpeedy prevention.
ref: 1639, Thomas de Grey, “Of ſuch things which are of neceſsity to be knowne by every expert Ferrier, before he doth adventure to adminiſter” (chapter III), in The Compleat Horseman and Expert Ferrier, London: […] Thomas Harper, […] Nicholas Vavaſour, page 62:
text: This is an excellent Remedy for ſimple Fevers, and almoſt for all Horſes that are troubl'd with a violent beating in the Flanks, proceeding from a hot Cauſe; and I have even given it with good Succeſs to Morfounded Horſes, when the Diſeaſe was accompany'd with a beating in the Flanks; for tho' in this caſe hot Remedies are requir'd to ſtrengthen Nature, and enable her to expel that which offends her; yet ſince the Fever is augmented by the heat of the Medicins, we muſt find out and exhibit a good Remedy that ſtrengthens without much Heat, which is the peculiar Character of the above-mention'd Fulep, or mixture of Waters.
ref: 1696, Jacques de Solleysel, “A Remedy for a Founder'd Horſe that is troubl'd with a Fever, and very ſick” (chapter 124), in The Compleat Horſeman Diſcovering the Surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodneſs, Faults and Imperfections of Horses, London, page 201:
glosses: Suffering from catarrh or coldlike illness.
Lower Xiajiadian culture
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Mandarin 夏家店下層文化 /夏家店下层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn xiàcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, “Xiajiadian”) + 下層 /下层 (xiàcéng, “lower strata”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a lower level than that of the Upper Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, lower + Xiajiadian + culture.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: Upper Xiajiadian culture
glosses: An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 2200 to 1600 BCE.
Upper Xiajiadian culture
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Mandarin 夏家店上層文化 /夏家店上层文化 (Xiàjiādiàn shàngcéng wénhuà), from 夏家店 (Xiàjiādiàn, “Xiajiadian”) + 上層 /上层 (shàngcéng, “upper strata”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Xiajiadian being the location of the type site, which was discovered at a higher level than that of the Lower Xiajiadian culture. By surface analysis, upper + Xiajiadian + culture.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: Lower Xiajiadian culture
glosses: An archaeological culture found throughout southeastern Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei and western Liaoning in China, who thrived from approximately 1000 to 600 BCE.
resh cicada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resh cicadas
Etymology: Partial calque of taxonomic name Megatibicen resh. From the character resh, either Aramaic 𐡓, Hebrew ר or Arabic ر, which resembles patterns commonly found on the thoraxes of members of this species.
Senses: synonyms: western dusk singing cicada
glosses: Megatibicen resh, a species of cicada found most commonly in Texas.
Coordinate terms: sense: Megatibicen auletes
word: giant oak cicada
sense: Megatibicen auletes
word: northern dusk-singing cicada
sense: Megatibicen auletes
word: southern oak cicada
sense: Megatibicen cultriformis
word: grand western flood-plain cicada
sense: Megatibicen dealbatus
word: plains cicada
sense: Megatibicen dorsatus
word: bush cicada
sense: Megatibicen dorsatus
word: giant grassland cicada
sense: Megatibicen figuratus
word: fall southeastern dusk-singing cicada
sense: Megatibicen pronotalis
word: Walker's cicada
sense: Megatibicen resonans
word: resonant cicada
sense: Megatibicen resonans
word: southern pine barrens cicada
sense: Megatibicen tremulus
word: Cole's bush cicada
sense: Megatibicen tremulus
word: western bush cicada
archaeological culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeological cultures
Etymology: From archaeological + culture.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: culture
glosses: A recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society.
archaeological cultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeological culture
v-neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: v-necks
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of V-neck.
business cost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business costs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of accounting cost.
synonyms: word: accounting cost
Lingerfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Scotton parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district (OS grid ref SE3359).
bad baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad babies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bad boy (“a powerful or impressive product or item”).
synonyms: word: bad boy
extra: a powerful or impressive product or item
bad babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad baby
swift half
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swift halves
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: swiftie
glosses: An alcoholic drink, usually half the usual amount (e.g. a half-pint of beer), that is intended to be consumed quickly.
Liaoning bronze dagger culture
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 遼寧青銅文化 /辽宁青铜文化 (Liáoníng qīngtóng wénhuà), from 遼寧 /辽宁 (Liáoníng, “Liaoning”) + 青銅 /青铜 (qīngtóng, “bronze”) + 文化 (wénhuà, “culture”), with Liaoning being the location of the type site, and the fact that the culture is characterised by its manufacture of bronze daggers. By surface analysis, Liaoning + bronze + dagger + culture.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An archaeological culture dating from the Bronze Age in north-eastern China and parts of the Korean Peninsula, characterised by the high zinc content of the bronze daggers which it manufactured.
coal-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Based or founded in coal or its utilizations.
pre-disco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of predisco.
disco-style
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: entertainment
fashion
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of or pertaining to a style in music or fashion reminiscent of the 1970s disco period.
stinker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinker-uppers
Senses: examples: text: So I'd put that lovely stinker-upper in the garbage pail .
ref: 1956, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Rings Around Us, page 204:
text: Poor Bo-Bo, stuck in there with those three bedroom stinker-uppers!
ref: 2009, Darleen Bailey Beard, Heather Maione, Annie Glover is NOT a Tree Lover:
text: Seaweed, the much-maligned tangler of swimmers’ feet, stinker-upper of otherwise pristine beaches, and thrower-atter of unsuspecting sisters’ backs, may be finally getting the credit it deserves.
ref: 2015 August 24, Jimmy Thomson, “The Seaweed Subsidy”, in Hakai Institute: Science on the Coastal Margin:
glosses: Someone or something that causes the surrounding area to smell bad.
user-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user-uppers
Senses: examples: text: I am trying to understand this idea of sustainability and I think it is connected very much to what Mr. Emmons is saying about staying put and encouraging people to become stewards and trustees of the land instead of user-uppers of the land.
ref: 1994, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources, The Changing Needs of the West, page 58:
text: And when I've got leftover chicken, I often use this recipe as a first-stop user-upper, adding cold cooked shredded chicken to the pepper and onions and tossing altogether in the pan till piping hot all the way through.
ref: 2015, Nigella Lawson, Nigella Kitchen:
glosses: Someone or something that uses up or exhausts quickly.
lengthened grade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lengthened grades
Senses: synonyms: vṛddhi
coordinate_terms: e-grade / full-grade
o-grade
zero-grade
qualifier: Indo-European linguistics
glosses: In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by syllables with long vowels.
lengthened grades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lengthened grade
pussyass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pussyasses
form: pussy-ass
form: pussyarse
Etymology: From pussy + ass or pussy + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: "You pattycake, pussyass, jive motherfucker," Silky exclaimed.
ref: 1976, Charles Rosen, A Mile Above the Rim - A Novel, page 250:
text: In the car, Employer witnesses noted, Grievant was uncharacteristically loud, jovial and profane, once again calling [C] a "pussyass" and a "pussyface."
ref: 1994, Commerce Clearing House, Labor Arbitration Awards, Volume 94, Issue 1, page 4323:
text: "What about Trent? Was Trent a pussy-ass crying for help too?"
ref: 2008, Doug Dorst, Alive in Necropolis:
text: "Sit your pussyass down," he said, pointing to the toilet seat before getting scissors from the cabinet.
ref: 2021, Edward Kendrick, Strays in the Time of COVID:
glosses: A weak, ineffective or effeminate person, particuarly a male.
pussyarse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pussyass.
sexually harass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sexually harasses
form: sexually harassing
form: sexually harassed
form: sexually harassed
Senses: glosses: To harass a coworker or classmate, or someone in an otherwise confined place, with unwelcome sexual advances and other verbal comments.
pussyfuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pussyfucks
form: pussyfucking
form: pussyfucked
form: pussyfucked
Etymology: From pussy + fuck.
Senses: glosses: To engage in vaginal intercourse.
household word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: household words
Senses: glosses: Synonym of household name.
synonyms: word: household name
chanyu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chanyu
form: chanyus
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 單于 (chányú); ultimately from Xiongnu.
Senses: synonyms: shanyu
glosses: A supreme ruler of one or more nomadic tribes of Inner Asian peoples, at some point between the 4th century BCE and the 4th century CE; most notably a ruler of the Xiongnu.
chanyus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chanyu
Mirab Soro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mirab Soros
Senses: glosses: Spatial loction of the district in Hadiya zone
Sicilian American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sicilian Americans
Senses: glosses: An Italian American who is fully or partially of Sicilian descent, whose ancestors were Sicilians who immigrated to the United States.
Sicilian American
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this group of people.
Sicilian Italian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sicilian Italians
Senses: glosses: An Italian of full or partial Sicilian descent.
Sicilian Italian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to this group of people.
Siculish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The macaronic Sicilianization of English language words and phrases by immigrants from Sicily to the United States in the early 20th century.
morfounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of morfound
morfounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And it alſo preventeth ſudden ſicknes,if you have any ſuſpect ther of. Fiftly, the opening of the two Plate or Breaſt Veines doe help the Anticor, Sickneſſe of the Heart, Morfounding, which is the foundring in the body by over riding whereby the Greaſe of the Horſe is molten; :Template:..
ref: 1639, Thomas de Grey, “Of ſuch things which are of neceſsity to be knowne by every expert Ferrier, before he doth adventure to adminiſter” (chapter III), in The Compleat Horseman and Expert Ferrier, London: […] Thomas Harper, […] Nicholas Vavaſour, page 38:
text: Morfounding is no other than foundring in the body by molten greaſe, of which I have already treated in that ſection which diſcourſeth only upon the internal diſeaſes which afflict the bodies of Horſes; […]
ref: 1673, Robert Almond, The Engliſh Horseman And Complete Farrier: […] , […] for Simon Miller, page 238:
ref: 1696, Jacques de Solleysel, “Of the Cold Rheum, or Morfounding” (chapter XV), in The Compleat Horſeman Diſcovering the Surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodneſs, Faults and Imperfections of Horses, London, page 22:
ref: 1720, William Gibson, “Of a Cold and Morfounding” (chapter XXV), in The Farriers New Guide, London: […] William Taylor, page 99:
glosses: Catarrh or coldlike illness; morfound.
Sicilianization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sicilian + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of rendering or becoming more Sicilian.
Emirate of Bari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Emirate of Bari
Senses: glosses: A short-lived Islamic state in Apulia, in what is now Italy, ruled by non-Arabs, possibly Berbers and black Africans.
non-Arabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-Arab
lycaena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lycaenas
Etymology: A learned borrowing from translingual Lycaena, from Ancient Greek λῠ́καινᾰ f (lŭ́kaină, “she-wolf”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
hypernyms: lycaenid
glosses: Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.
Kingdom of Sicily
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Kingdom of Sicily
Senses: glosses: A state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula from 1130 until 1816.
great bulrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great bulrush
Sicilian Italians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicilian Italian
Sicilian Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sicilian American
pussyfucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pussyfuck
pussyfucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of pussyfuck
pussyfucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pussyfuck
attackability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being attackable.
unattackability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of being unattackable.
goodens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gooden
goodening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A growth, improvement or perfection of something.
goodening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of gooden
goodened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gooden
slow light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow lights
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The propagation of an optical pulse or other modulation of an optical carrier at a very low group velocity.
eternal black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eternal black holes
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A theoretical idealization of a usually stationary black hole that has existed forever, rather than being formed from the collapse of some matter.
stellar black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellar black holes
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
synonyms: stellar mass black hole
glosses: A black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star.
stellar mass black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stellar mass black holes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stellar black hole.
synonyms: word: stellar black hole
intermediate mass black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermediate mass black holes
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
synonyms: intermediate black hole
glosses: A class of a black hole with a mass in the range of 102–105 solar masses.
micro black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro black holes
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
synonyms: mini black hole
glosses: A hypothetical tiny black hole, of less than one solar mass, for which quantum mechanical effects play an important role.
mini black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini black holes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of micro black hole.
synonyms: word: micro black hole
intermediate black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intermediate black holes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intermediate mass black hole.
synonyms: word: intermediate mass black hole
BZ black hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BZ black holes
Etymology: An initialism of Roger Blandford and Roman Znajek, theoretical astrophysicists.
Senses: examples: text: The 'Blandford-Znajek' (BZ) black hole magnetospheric power extraction process was one of the first (1977) analytic attempts to define a general relativistic theory for axisymmetric, stationary, ideal-MHD, BH magnetospheres.
ref: 2002, Chang-Hwan Lee, Hŏn-yŏng Chang (editors), Current High-energy Emission Around Black Holes, page 36:
topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rotating black hole that extracts energy from its rotation and magnetic fields to emit a jet of particles and radiation.
noodle effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spaghettification.
synonyms: word: spaghettification
in the foothills
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Presumably a reference to the need to pass through foothills before attempting to climb a mountain.
Senses: examples: text: LeBaron followed electronics stocks, which were in the foothills of a major market surge.
ref: 1994, Steven L. Mintz, Five Eminent Contrarians: Careers, Perspectives, and Investment Tactics, page 13:
text: We seemed in the foothills of a fabulous conversation when quite suddenly he was asleep.
ref: 2002, Arthur Nevis, Lares, page 12:
text: Ruby recognised his discomfort talking about whether they might actually be in the foothills of a relationship.
ref: 2009, Bernadette Strachan, How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life, page 221:
glosses: In the earliest stages; at the outset.
burns one's fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn one's fingers
tag alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tag alders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grey alder.
synonyms: word: grey alder
burned one's fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn one's fingers
burnt one's fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burn one's fingers
morfoundering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From earlier English morfounder (“catarch”) + -ing, from morfound.
Senses: glosses: Catarrh or coldlike illness.
stellar black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellar black hole
stellar mass black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stellar mass black hole
eternal black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eternal black hole
wood vetch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood vetches
Senses: glosses: Vicia sylvatica, an herbaceous plant found from Western Europe to Siberia.
extremal black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extremal black hole
intermediate black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermediate black hole
intermediate mass black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermediate mass black hole
micro black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micro black hole
mini black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini black hole
Reissner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Reissner-Nordström black hole
cork moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cork moths
Etymology: Its larvae were formerly thought to feed on cork.
Senses: glosses: Nemapogon cloacellus, a small speckled moth, common in Europe but also found in North America.
softstem bulrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softstem bulrushes
Etymology: Compound of soft + stem + bulrush.
Senses: examples: text: Typical species found within drainage and depressional wetland areas include softstem bulrush, hardstem bulrush, green bulrush, cattail, wild millet and water smartweed.
ref: 2001, United States Army Corps of Engineers, chapter 3, in Maple River Dam and Reservoir, Construction and Operation, Cass County: Environmental Impact Statement, page 47:
glosses: A bulrush of species Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani.
Synonyms: great bulrush
grey club-rush
seed moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seed moths
Senses: synonyms: brown house moth
glosses: Hofmannophila pseudospretella, a common pest moth, native to Europe and Asia but now found worldwide.
pussyasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pussyass
A-plus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-pluses
form: A plus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of A plus.
A-plus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more A-plus
form: most A-plus
form: A plus
Senses: examples: text: This is a girl who got tickets to a cool thing because her dad is a celeb, and frankly, it's what we love to see. That's A-plus dadding right there. Use your fame to indulge your daughter's hobbies or why even be famous?
ref: 2024 February 13, Elizabeth Logan, “Channing Tatum Brought His Daughter Everly to an Anime Premiere Like the A+ Dad He Is”, in Glamour:
synonyms: word: A+
word: first-rate
word: ace
word: admirable
word: awe-inspiring
word: awesome
word: bang on
word: bang-up
word: based
word: beneship
word: bitching
word: bomb
word: brilliant
word: bully
word: cher
word: choice
word: chronic
word: chur
word: cock on
word: cool
word: copacetic
word: crackerjack
word: cushty
word: dank
word: def
word: dope
word: excellent
word: exceptional
word: fab
word: fabulous
word: fantabulosa
word: fantastic
word: finger-lickin' good
word: fire
word: fireball
word: first-rate
word: fly
word: frabjous
word: gnarly
word: goated
word: great
word: grouse
word: kicking
word: killer
word: lash
word: lautitious
word: lit
word: marvelous
word: nang
word: outstanding
word: out of sight
word: phat
word: peng
word: phenomenal
word: pukka
word: quality
word: rad
word: radical
word: rum
word: sick
word: slap-up
word: slick
word: spiffing
word: splendid
word: sterling
word: super
word: superb
word: superior
word: sweet
word: swell
word: terrific
word: tight
word: top
word: top-drawer
word: top-hole
word: top-notch
word: top-of-the-range
word: top-shelf
word: topping
word: tubular
word: wicked
word: wicked pissah
word: wonderful
word: worldie
glosses: Excellent, outstanding.
slow lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slow light
pussy-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pussyass.
& Co.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: note: no stress
ipa: /ən koʊ/
Senses: examples: text: It might be time for Rishi & Co. to start looking for new jobs.
glosses: Abbreviation of and company "X & Co." means X and their companions or associates, commonly as the proper name of a corporation but also informally as a group of people.
my thigh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: synonyms: my ass
glosses: Indicates disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.
my eyeball
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Indicates disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.
Synonyms: my ass
my rear
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Indicates disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.
Synonyms: my ass
red-carpetful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From red carpet + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Then another video came along to give Obama a different kind of boost. Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas set an Obama speech to music and invited a red-carpetful of celebrities to sing along.
ref: 2008 November 6, “A serious Obama campaign also produced odd moments”, in The San Diego Union-Tribune:
text: On 18 February 2010, London's Leicester Square hosted a very different kind of premiere. Instead of the usual red-carpetful of A-list celebrities, crowds turned out to see ice-cream magnates Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield launch 100 Fair Trades […]
ref: 2010 June 14, Ann Morgan, “Trading fair”, in The Guardian:
text: As for the other 13 songs, which he performs with a red-carpetful of A-list guests (Eminem, Kanye West, Christina Aguilera), they range from dour, generic pieces that can't conceal his listlessness to a few pretty good-ish party songs with sharp hooks and crackling beats.
ref: 2011 February 4, Caroline Sullivan, “T.I.: No Mercy - review”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Enough to fill a red carpet.
softstem bulrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softstem bulrush
non-nano
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonnano
Etymology: From non- + nano (“nanoscale”).
Senses: examples: text: non-nano zinc oxide
text: That’s because “non-nano” ingredients like zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are “considered safe for reefs and marine life because smaller particles (nano) may be ingested by marine life,” explains Dr. Camp.
ref: 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:
antonyms: nano
glosses: Larger than nanoscale.
go around with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes around with
form: going around with
form: went around with
form: gone around with
Senses: glosses: To date (someone); to be publicly involved with (someone) romantically; to go out with (someone).
go round with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes round with
form: going round with
form: went round with
form: gone round with
Senses: glosses: Synonym of go around with.
synonyms: word: go around with
vitaminful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vitaminful
form: most vitaminful
Etymology: From vitamin + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Today the prune comes to you just as healthful and vitaminful as ever—but with a face lifted and a kiss delicately implanted by a California sun.
ref: 1933 July 6, “Lowly Prune Stages Real Comeback”, in The Wisconsin State Journal, volume 142, number 95, Madison, Wis., page 12:
glosses: Rich in vitamins.
turning evil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turning-evil
Senses: examples: text: A rare Medicine for the Scab or Itch. 2. All Maggots whatever. 3 The worms in the Claw. 4. All wild fire. 5. the turning evil, ſheep tagged 6. Sheep belted. 7. the ſturdy in ſheep.
ref: 1680, Nicholas Culpeper, The Engliſh-Phyſicians dayly Practiſe. Or, Culpeper's Faithful Physitian. Teaching every Man and Woman to be their own Doctor, […] J. Conyers, page 8:
text: When Oxen, and ſuch like Cattle, are troubled with that Diſeaſe which makes them continually turn about in one place (and is therefore called the Turning Evil, or Sturdy) a common Remedy here in England, as Graſiers that make uſe of it inform me, is to caſt down and tye faſt the ſick Beaſt, […]
ref: 1664 [1663], Robert Boyle, chapter XII, in Some Considerations Touching the Vsefvlnesse of Experimental Naturall Philoſophy, […] , 2nd edition, Oxford, page 233:
text: Let him bloud in the Eye-veins, Temple-veins, or through the Noſtrils, and rub the places with young Nettles bruiſed ; or give a ſpoonful of Treacle or Mithridate in Wine, good for the Morfound.
ref: 1683, “Turning Evil, Morfound”, in A Treatise of Oxen, Sheep, Hogs and Dogs; With their Natures, Qualities, and Uſes, London: […] Obadiah Blagrave, page 28:
text: Bleed pretty well in the Temple-Veins, or through the Noſtrils,and rub the place with the Juyce of young, Nettles, and halt a pint of White-wine, give an Ounce of Methridate as hot as can conveniently be taken.
ref: 1698, A. S., “For the turning Evil and Morfound”, in The Husbandman, Farmer, and Grasier's, Compleat Inſtructor, London, page 70:
glosses: Sturdy; gid; turnsick.
BZ black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BZ black hole
grey club-rush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey club-rushes
Senses: examples: text: The only other identifiable plant macrofossil present was a nutlet of club-rush that was morphologically most similar to grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus cf tabernaemontani). This form of club-rush is most often found near the sea, although it also grows in marshes and dune-slacks.
ref: 2017 January 9, Dan Garner, Hillforts of the Cheshire Ridge, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 253:
glosses: Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a species of bulrush.
Synonyms: softstem bulrush
great bulrush