cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
zoomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zoom
zoologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoologist
zoologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From zoological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After returning from my first expedition none of these more northern lakes were zoologically known nor had the other great lakes the Victoria Nyanza and the chains of lakes in the eastern arm of the rift been sufficiently minutely examined to show whether the halolimnic fauna existed in any of them or not.
ref: 1901, J. E. S. Moore, The Geographical journal, Great Britain: Royal Geographical Society, page 6:
glosses: With regard to zoology.
zoogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: zoogeographies
form: zoögeography
Etymology: From zoo- + geography.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of the geographical distribution of animal species.
Related terms: zoogeographer
A-road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A-roads
Senses: examples: text: You can filter for distance, difficulty and for circular walks only. It has taken me to some spectacular spots (and trudging along a few A-roads, too, but that is mainly my incompetence).
ref: 2023 August 31, Emma Beddington, “Fish doorbells! Historic sandwiches! 50 of the weirdest, most wonderful corners of the web – picked by an expert”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: trunk road
glosses: Alternative spelling of A road.
A-roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-road
A-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeɪˌsaɪd/
Forms: form: A-sides
Senses: coordinate_terms: B-side
glosses: The side of a cassette tape or record that holds the primary track.
glosses: The track on the A-side of a tape or record.
glosses: The first track on a compact disc single.
Derived terms: double A-side
A-sides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of A-side
a.o.b.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of any other business, the last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised.
a.u.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: a.u.s
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of atomic units.
glosses: Abbreviation of arbitrary units.
glosses: Abbreviation of astronomical units.
glosses: Abbreviation of absorbance units.
a1
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The symbol used for a first-class vessel in Lloyd's Register of Shipping.
Senses: glosses: first rate or excellent
glosses: in first class condition
raw_tags: of a ship
abalones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abalone
abasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbeɪsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abase
abaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abater
abatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abatees
Etymology: From abate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something being abated.
abatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abatee
abattoirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əˌtwɑː(ɹ)s/
ipa: /ˈæb.əˌtwɑɹs/
ipa: /ˈæb.əˌtwɑs/
Senses: glosses: plural of abattoir
abbacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbəsiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of abbacy
abbeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.iz/
Senses: glosses: plural of abbey
abbots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əts/
Senses: glosses: plural of abbot
abbreviater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbreviaters
Etymology: From abbreviate + -er.
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of abbreviator.
screaming abdabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screaming habdabs
Senses: examples: text: ...not noticing the sud smells anymore or belts over my head that gave me the screaming ab-dabs when I first came in the factory at fifteen...
ref: 1959, Alan Sillitoe, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, page 34:
text: 1971, New Scientist, page 80, by the EBSCO Publishing Firm,
Meanwhile, down the road a piece, another British firm has had an attack of the abdabs.
text: ... Robert played all the time on his dummy keyboard and it drove Edna near mad, gave her the screaming abdabs as she put it.
ref: 1986, Anthony Burgess, The Pianoplayers, page 201:
text: ‘This place doesn't ‘aif give me the screaming ‘abdabs.’ ‘And how!’ I agreed. All those small creatures that had once vibrated with life, now frozen ...
ref: 2003, Marian Babson, The Cat Who Wasn't a Dog:
text: It's a nice night, and I’da darned sight rather take a walk out than see you work yourself into a fit of the screaming abdabs. I don't blame you, ...
ref: 2004, Mary Stewart, This Rough Magic:
glosses: A state of extreme nervousness.
abdicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdicator
abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.də.məns/
ipa: /æbˈdəʊ.məns/
ipa: /ˈæb.də.məns/
ipa: /æbˈdoʊ.məns/
Senses: glosses: plural of abdomen
Aberdonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aberdonian
aberrances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aberrance
aberrancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aberrancy
aberrantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæbˈɛɹ.n̩t.li/
Forms: form: more aberrantly
form: most aberrantly
Etymology: From aberrant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an aberrant manner; abnormally.
abettors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abettor
abettee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Forms: form: abettees
Etymology: From abet + -ee.
Senses: glosses: someone being abetted
abettees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abettee
abhoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Oddly, while abhoring Lamarch’s transformism for degrading the “godlike race,” Brewster openly patronized Grant.
ref: 1992, Adrian Desmond, The Politics of Evolution:
text: For Ahab, accession to the sublime image entails abhoring, killing, and thereby magically fusing with the White Whale. For Ishmael, unparented and self-abhoring, accession requires that he find, then lose himself in a Queequeg, [...]
ref: 2000, Suzanne Stein, The Pusher and the Sufferer:
text: 2002, Sandra Mackey, The Saudis http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0393324176&id=BsGD6Dao_AgC&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&sig=QbatnWKLVnv5NKx-nVSvhTCFszg http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0393324176&id=BsGD6Dao_AgC&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&sig=b8dj9rlbgX7gcRmcAClEi5i62QQ
Abhoring risk and loving liquidity, he invested SAMA’s funds almost entirely in government securities and corporate bonds in the West.
…
Abhoring instability above all else, Saudi Arabia sees the threat from Israel in terms of the unrest the confrontation with its Arab neighbors churns up on the kingdom’s borders.
glosses: Misspelling of abhorring.
abhored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He didn’t like pig sticking and abhored horses.
ref: 1992, Peter Hathaway Capstick, The African Adventurers:
text: Despite something in him that abhored backing down from any position, [...]
ref: 2004, Edward P. Jones, Lost in the City:
text: The evening began with a ritual I abhored.
…
My parents would have abhored the idea of a dinner guest thanking them by e-mail, a mode of communication, mercifully, neither of them lived long enough to encounter.
ref: 2004, Thomas J Cottle, When the Music Stopped http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0791459985&id=6DDAJxOBYboC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&sig=ICCf8yjXla3NZqLK-vepDiWGR18 http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0791459985&id=6DDAJxOBYboC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&sig=ax9V-nEjU9hYnzM9zanBPZA3JB4
glosses: Misspelling of abhorred.
effacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: effacers
Etymology: From efface + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who effaces.
part-time bowler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: part-time bowlers
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a batsman who has limited bowling ability; asked to bowl under special circumstances
part-timer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: part-timers
Etymology: From part-time + -er.
Senses: examples: text: After all, the train crews can be employed on freight work for the rest of the year, while the extra bus-drivers would have to be part-timers, which is undesirable practice for a number of reasons, including safety.
ref: 1963 June, “A Bus Operator's View of Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 373:
glosses: Someone who is employed, or does something, part-time
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A part-time bowler
Synonyms: part-time employee
part-time worker
part-time
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: part time
Etymology: From part + time.
Senses: glosses: For, during, or involving less than the normal time for some activity, especially the number of hours an employee works.
Derived terms: part-time bowler
part-time girlfriend
part-timer
Related terms: half-time
partnership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/
Forms: form: partnerships
Etymology: From partner + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being associated with a partner.
examples: text: forge a partnership
glosses: An association of two or more people to conduct a business
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The period when two specific batsmen are batting, from the fall of one wicket until the fall of the next; the number of runs scored during this period,
Derived terms: civil partnership
copartnership
domestic partnership
general partnership
limited partnership
multipartnership
prepartnership
public/private partnership
public private partnership
public-private partnership
social partnership
subpartnership
pinch hitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinch hitters
Etymology: From pinch hit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This year the Tigers are using pinch hitters 72 percent more often than the league average. They entered Thursday leading the league with 59 pinch-hit plate appearances. Tigers pinch hitters were batting .231, above the league average for pinch hitters of .217.
ref: 2023 May 26, Cody Stavenhagen, “A.J. Hinch is managing with confidence as the Tigers hang tight in the AL Central”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
examples: text: I’ll be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu.
glosses: A person who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks.
Related terms: pinch hit
designated hitter
play in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays in
form: playing in
form: played in
form: played in
Senses: examples: The children are playing in the sandpit.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, in.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: play oneself in
glosses: Of a batsman, to settle and become comfortable with the conditions at the beginning of his innings.
examples: text: Zubar played in Doyle down the Wolves left and his ball into the box evaded several players before falling for Mujangi Bia to finally drive in a second past Neil Sullivan.
ref: 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC:
text: Salah bamboozled Lisandro Martinez to play in Gakpo for another classy finish three minutes later before the Egyptian resumed his long-time role of United tormentor by getting on the scoresheet himself.
ref: 2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: To pass (someone) the ball into an attacking position.
play on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays on
form: playing on
form: played on
form: played on
Senses: examples: to play on someone's fears
qualifier: also 'play upon'
glosses: To exploit (a potential weakness or vulnerability) by exacerbating.
examples: text: This joke plays on the fact that 'thirsty' sounds similar to 'Thursday'.
qualifier: also 'play upon'
glosses: To exploit (a double meaning, similarity in sound, etc.) for humorous or creative effect.
examples: to play on one's mind, or conscience
qualifier: also 'play upon'
glosses: To impinge upon in a recurring or nagging way.
examples: text: The pamphlet plays on the idea that all social conflict is class-based.
qualifier: also 'play upon'
glosses: To frequently allude to or return to as a theme.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: to hit the ball into his own wicket, thus being out bowled
raw_tags: of a batsman
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To let the game continue after a foul has been committed, because the situation is advantageous to the team who would be awarded a foul.
examples: text: The ref said that Smith was offside, but I think that Jones played him on.
qualifier: sports such as soccer
glosses: To cause (an opposing player) to be onside rather than offside due to one's position on the field of play.
examples: text: I knew I was losing, but I played on anyways.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, on.
abiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abider
popping crease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popping creases
Etymology: popping (“hitting”) + crease.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Either of two white lines, each drawn on the pitch in front of a wicket, between which the batsmen run, and from where the bowler may legally bowl.
Synonyms: the crease
abiogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.bai.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ət.ək.ə.li/
ipa: /ˌeɪ.bai.oʊˈd͡ʒɛn.ət.ək.li/
Etymology: From abiogenetical + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In an abiogenetic manner; to have created life without life.
abjecter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of abject: more abject
abjectest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of abject: most abject
abjures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈdʒʊəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abjure
abjuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈdʒʊɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abjure
abjured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈdʒʊəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abjure
abjured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈdʒʊəd/
Forms: form: more abjured
form: most abjured
Senses: glosses: Having been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
abjuror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abjurors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abjurer.
ablate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbleɪt/
Forms: form: ablates
form: ablating
form: ablated
form: ablated
Etymology: From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.
Senses: glosses: To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
glosses: To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
Derived terms: ablatable
ablator
abliterate
Related terms: ablation
ablative
ablates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbleɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ablate
ablating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbleɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ablate
ablated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbleɪtˈɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ablate
Derived terms: chemoablated
electroablated
myeloablated
nonablated
photoablated
unablated
ablator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈbleɪt.ɚ/
ipa: /æˈbleɪt.ə/
ipa: /æˈbleɪt.əː/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ablators
Etymology: From ablate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
ablators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ablator
ablatival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ləˈtaɪ.vl̩/
rhymes: -aɪvəl
Etymology: From ablative + -al.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ablative case.
protected area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protected areas
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: the central, rectangular area of the pitch onto which the bowlers may not run during their follow through
topics: biology
conservation
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: an area where natural values are protected. The most common definitions of protected areas are those of the IUCN (World Conservation Union) http://www.iucn.org.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see protected, area.
put up the shutters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up the shutters
form: putting up the shutters
form: put up the shutters
form: put up the shutters
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bat defensively in the last innings of a match in order to force a draw when winning is not possible.
synonyms: close up shop
shut up shop
glosses: To close, either at the end of the day or permanently.
raw_tags: of a business
crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔsɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒsɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑsɪz/
rhymes: -ɒsɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of cross
glosses: plural of crosse
crosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔsɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒsɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑsɪz/
rhymes: -ɒsɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross
monosemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: monoseme
Etymology: From monosemy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to monosemy.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Consisting of, or equal to, a single semeion.
Synonyms: sense: pertaining to monosemy
word: monosemantic
word: monosemous
word: unambiguous
word: univocal
word: explicit
topics: prosody
phonology
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: monomoraic
Derived terms: monosemically
monosemy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.nə(ʊ)ˌsiː.mi/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: The property of terms of having a single meaning; absence of ambiguity.
glosses: Singularity.
Derived terms: english: these two terms are interchangeable variants
translation: these two terms are interchangeable variants
word: monosemic
english: these two terms are interchangeable variants
translation: these two terms are interchangeable variants
word: monosemous
sers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ser
crossly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more crossly
form: most crossly
Etymology: From cross + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'What do you want, Miss?' he asked, rather crossly.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 75:
text: You have the money, but if you want to be mean / Why keep your money (this crossly) and go along
ref: 1936, Robert Frost, The Roadside Stand, page 669:
glosses: In a cross manner; angrily.
underestimated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underestimate
undergone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of undergo
crosser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossers
Etymology: From cross (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross
Derived terms: double-crosser
t-crosser
crosser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross (adjective) + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cross: more cross
crossest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cross: most cross
kenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɪˈnəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: kenoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, "But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are" – New Jerusalem Version).
Senses: examples: text: So then, kenosis is the general way in which God interacts with the world. It is interesting to ponder that the term kenosis is most frequently linked to Christ's voluntary renunciation of certain divine attributes in order to identify himself with mankind, as recorded in the Pauline hymn found in Phil 2:5–11.
ref: 2018, Bradford McCall, A Modern Relation of Theology and Science Assisted by Emergence and Kenosis, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 61:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.
Related terms: kenotic
kenotism
kenoticism
kenoticist
krypsis
kapellmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kapellmeisters
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kapellmeister.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: conductor
bandmaster
glosses: A leader or conductor of a musical group such as an orchestra.
examples: text: The daily routine of the Hofkapelle was normally entrusted to the Kapellmeister. This was the most important musical position at court.
ref: 2014, Sterling E. Murray, The Career of an Eighteenth-Century Kapellmeister: The Life and Music of Antonio Rosetti, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 41:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Person in charge of music at a noble court during the baroque and classical period.
flimflammery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flimflammeries
Etymology: From flimflam + -ery.
Senses: glosses: nonsense
glosses: a deception or swindle
Synonyms: flimflam
tadpole shrimp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tadpole shrimps
Senses: glosses: A crustacean of the order Notostraca.
Synonyms: sense: crustacean of the Notostraca
word: notostracan
sense: crustacean of the Notostraca
word: shield shrimp
Hyponyms: sense: crustacean of the Notostraca
english: only family
translation: only family
word: Triopsidae
sense: crustacean of the Notostraca
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Lepidurus
sense: crustacean of the Notostraca
english: genus
translation: genus
word: Triops
abos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abo
worrisome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʌɹisəm/
ipa: /ˈwʌɹisəm/
note: hurry–furry merger
ipa: /ˈwɜːɹisəm/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: [ˈwɜː(ə)səm]
rhymes: -ʌɹisəm
Forms: form: more worrisome
form: worrisomer
form: most worrisome
form: worrisomest
Etymology: From worry + -some.
Senses: examples: text: He ’s got a cow, too; she ’s got the worrisomest horns ever was. I believe she ’s a steer anyway.
ref: 1909 February 6, Frances Boyd Calhoun, “Sweetheart and Partner”, in Miss Minerva and William Green Hill, Chicago, Ill.: The Reilly & Britton Co., published 16 February 1909, page 35:
text: OUR “WORRISOMEST” WEEDS / Johnson grass and Bermuda grass will be growing fast by late May.
ref: 1960 May, Glenn C. Klingman, R. P. Upchurch, “Our ‘worrisomest’ weeds”, in Joe Elliott, editor, The Progressive Farmer, Carolinas-Virginia edition, volume 75, number 5, Birminham, Ala.: The Progressive Farmer Company, page 24, column 3:
text: “[…] Just supposing Emily poisoned him, why would she have done it? What could she have against a four-year-old?” / Star sighed. “Mr. Hacey, you do ask me the worrisomest questions. How I know why somebody who maybe didn’t even poison somebody come to poison that somebody?”
ref: 1971, James Sherburne, “Spring in the Bluegrass”, in Hacey Miller: A Novel, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
text: “Doesn't everyone call his doctor every week or two for reassurance about some worrisome symptom?”
ref: 2000, Lee Baer, Getting Control (Revised Edition), →ISBN:
text: “How can you be sure you won’t change your mind?” / For god’s sake, can’t he take a hint? / Maybe you’re not convincing enough? Because … you don’t want to be? / “Because I’m actively working on not changing my mind,” I say in order to drown out my evil inner voices. / “What if I’m actively working on swaying it?” / “Ugh! Stop it,” I say, but I can’t help but laugh. God, I think I like arguing with him. That’s very worrisome. Very, very worrisome. / It gets worrisomer when he leans towards me and asks very quietly and calmly, “Why?”
ref: 2014, Bridie Hall, “Chloe” (chapter 7), in My Summer Roommate, Evernight Teen, →ISBN:
text: There's more to The Morning Joe/Donald Trump spat than was apparent when the U.S. president launched his Twitter attack at the show's hosts on Thursday. New details add context to the story that make it both curiouser and curiouser and muckier and muckier — not to mention worrisomer.
ref: 2017 June 30, Keith Boag, “Could Trump spike a story in the Enquirer? Almost certainly: Keith Boag”, in CBC.ca, Ottawa, Ont.: CBC/Radio-Canada, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2017:
synonyms: worryful
glosses: Causing worry; perturbing or vexing.
examples: text: I use to would perform that song when I was singin in Chance’s band. We had a real sweet, dreamy, Dinah Washington-kinda arrangement of it that’d make even the worrisomest drunk pipe down and listen.
ref: 1988, Al Young, chapter 14, in Seduction by Light, New York, N.Y.: Delta Fiction, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Inclined to worry.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: alarming
concerning
troubling
Waage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Waages
Etymology: Borrowed from German, Icelandic or Norwegian Waage.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
womanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: womanises
form: womanising
form: womanised
form: womanised
Etymology: From woman + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of womanize.
anti-devolutionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + devolution + -ist.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: centralist
antonyms: devolutionist#Adjective
glosses: Opposed to devolution.
antonyms: devolutionist#Adjective
glosses: Opposed to devolution.
Opposed to the devolution of central powers to the individual nations and regions of the United Kingdom.
anti-devolutionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-devolutionists
Etymology: From anti- + devolution + -ist.
Senses: antonyms: devolutionist#Noun
glosses: A person with such views.
Ebro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛbɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈeɪbɹəʊ/
Etymology: From Spanish Ebro, from Latin Hibērus.
Senses: glosses: A river in Spain that flows into the Mediterranean.
Derived terms: Miranda de Ebro
Stange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
theopneusty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: divine inspiration
theorbist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theorbists
form: theorboist
Etymology: From theorbo + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a theorbo.
theorbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θiˈɔɹ.boʊ/
ipa: /θiˈɔː.bəʊ/
Forms: form: theorbos
form: theorboes
Etymology: From Italian tiorba, from Turkish torba.
Senses: examples: text: So when they said yea to this, he called to him his player on the theorbo and his player on the hautboy, and commanded them saying, “Play me a solemn music.”
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A baroque, double-necked lute having an extra set of open bass strings.
Synonyms: chitarrone
Derived terms: theorbist
theorboist
Related terms: tiorbino
theorbino
colascione
theorematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more theorematic
form: most theorematic
Etymology: From theorem + -atic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or contained in a theorem.
theorematist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theorematists
Senses: glosses: someone who constructs theorems
theoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθiːəˈɹɛtɪk/
ipa: /ˌθɪə̯ˈɹɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more theoretic
form: most theoretic
form: theoretick
Etymology: English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).
Senses: examples: text: We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings.
ref: 1826, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Perpetuity of Christian Baptism Maintained, page 43:
glosses: Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
glosses: Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
Hyponyms: number-theoretic
ring-theoretic
set-theoretic
Derived terms: conspiracy-theoretic
graph-theoretic
group-theoretic
group theoretic
information-theoretic death
number-theoretic function
property-theoretic
ring theoretic
set-theoretic difference
string theoretic
X-bar theoretic
Related terms: theoretical
hypotheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /haɪˈpɒθəˌsiːz/
ipa: /haɪˈpɑːθəˌsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of hypothesis
theoretically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From theoretical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I haven't tested it, but theoretically it ought to fly.
text: Of course, it will never get -100 here like it does in Antarctica, but a 300-degree swing was still theoretically possible on a record-cold Minnesota morning–if we got the sauna hot enough.
ref: 2019 February 8, Saunatimes Guest Posts, quoting Tyler, “Father and sons take a 280 degree f. sauna, documenting the only “300 Club” in North America”, in SaunaTimes:
glosses: in theory; on paper
examples: text: I solved the problem theoretically rather than practically.
glosses: in a theoretical manner
examples: text: Rumors of an indictment had spread through this heavily gay and lesbian community since shortly after the theoretically secret investigation began in 1984.
ref: 1985 December 14, Gordon Gottlieb, “L.A. Community Divided over Terrigno Indictment”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 10:
text: No, but insurance does cover it. Theoretically.
ref: 2023 November 1, Honest Dentist Appointment:
glosses: in theory though not necessarily in reality.
Derived terms: graph-theoretically
number-theoretically
set theoretically
set-theoretically
theoretics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: The theoretical part of a science.
mole cricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mole crickets
Senses: examples: text: Spain is full of mole-crickets, shrill little underground insects whose goggle eyes you may sometimes see peering sleeplessly out of their burrows, and whose buzz is so energetic that their whole bodies vibrate down there like the radiators of very old motor-cars.
ref: 1964, Jan Morris, “Wild Spain”, in Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: fen cricket
glosses: Any of various large insects from the family Gryllotalpidae that burrow into moist soil and feed on plant roots.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gryllotalpa africana
word: African mole cricket
word: European mole cricket
word: mole cricket hunter
word: mole cricket wasp
trifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ̯fl̩z/
Senses: glosses: plural of trifle
trifles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ̯fl̩z/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trifle
trifled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trifle
theorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪəɹɪst/
ipa: /ˈθiːəɹəst/
ipa: /ˈθɪɹəst/
ipa: /ˈθɪəɹəst/
ipa: /ˈθiːəɹəst/
Forms: form: theorists
Etymology: From theory + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains.
ref: 2012 January 24, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2013, page 86:
glosses: Someone who constructs theories, especially in the arts or sciences.
Synonyms: word: theoretician
word: theorizer
word: theoriser
Derived terms: A-theorist
B-theorist
chaos theorist
coincidence theorist
conspiracy theorist
game theorist
gap theorist
graph theorist
group theorist
number theorist
representation theorist
ring theorist
theoretician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theoreticians
Etymology: From theoretic + -ician.
Senses: glosses: Someone who is expert in the theory of a particular science or art.
examples: text: “They have numerically confirmed, perhaps for the first time, something we were fairly sure had to be true, but was still a conjecture — namely that the thermodynamics of certain black holes can be reproduced from a lower-dimensional universe,” says Leonard Susskind, a theoretical physicist at Stanford University in California who was among the first theoreticians to explore the idea of holographic universes.
ref: 2013 December 10, Ron Cowen, “Simulations back up theory that Universe is a hologram”, in Nature News, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
glosses: A theorist.
Derived terms: group theoretician
number theoretician
Heim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heims
Etymology: * As a south German surname, from the noun Heim (“home”).
* As a Norwegian surname, from farmsteads named with, or directly from, the Old Norse noun heimr (“home”), related to the above.
* As a Jewish surname, from the Yiddish name חיים (Khayem). Doublet of Chaim.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
theorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈθiː.ə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈθɪɹ.aɪz/
ipa: /ˈθɪɹ.aɪz/
ipa: /ˈθi.ə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈθɪə.ɹɑɪz/
ipa: /ˈθiː.ə.ɹɑɪz/
ipa: /ˈθɪɹ.ɑɪz/
Forms: form: theorizes
form: theorizing
form: theorized
form: theorized
form: theorise
Etymology: From theory + -ize. First use appears c. 1599 in the text A pil to purge melancholie.
Senses: examples: text: Derridean "messianicity without messianism" that marks so much of post-modernist educational theorizing today, and that makes use of esotericism, sigetics, acroamatics, proleptics, and illocutionary and perlocutionary acts in the disguise of a new pedagogy of the unknowable, wasn't the answer ten years ago.
ref: 2002, Dave Hill, Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory, page 257:
text: There are processes of collective individuation that produce the transindividual in the course of a process of transindividuation (which Simondon does not theorize as such).
ref: 2018, Bernard Stiegler, Automatic Society: The Future of Work, page 152:
text: Autistic rhetoric scholar Melanie Yergeau theorizes neuroqueer as a kind of “asocially perverse” motioning.
ref: 2021, Ryan Lee Cartwright, Peculiar Places: A Queer Crip History of White Rural Nonconformity, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 188:
text: The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager.
ref: 2022 June 22, Selim Algar, “Incensed owner of $8M Florida mansion ransacked by teens wants them prosecuted”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
glosses: To formulate a theory, especially about some specific subject.
glosses: To speculate.
Derived terms: conspiracy theorize
mistheorize
theorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theorizations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theorisation.
house cricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house crickets
Etymology: Compound of house + cricket. It is frequently found in houses, between the bricks of chimneys and fireplaces.
Senses: glosses: A cricket of the species Acheta domestica.
inconsequentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəli/
Forms: form: more inconsequentially
form: most inconsequentially
Etymology: From inconsequential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inconsequential manner.
fly ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fly balls
form: flyball
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
softball
sports
glosses: A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly.
glosses: A geek; beatnik.
Related terms: ground ball
pop-up
line drive
theosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪˈɒsəfɪ/
ipa: [θiˈɑs.ə.fi]
Forms: form: theosophies
form: theosophie
form: Theosophy
Etymology: From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophĭ́ā, “knowledge of things divine”, from θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophĭ́ā, “wisdom”)); analogous to theo- + -sophy.
Senses: examples: text: They have their own traditions of art and science. They do not […] discuss God or metaphysics or men. […] All their wisdom and theosophy, and all their grasp of beauty, truth or love, is in the singing. […] They look unloving enough, and so they are. Pitiless fallen angels.
ref: 1984 Oct, Tanith Lee, “Bite-Me-Not, or Fleur de Feu”, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, volume 8, Davis Publications, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.
examples: text: In Paracelsian theosophy, empathetic imagination was […] a powerful astral force which provided the basis for theurgy and prognostication, as well as for prophecy and mystical inspiration.
ref: 2000, Urszula Szulakowska, The alchemy of light : geometry and optics in late Renaissance alchemical illustration, Leiden [u.a.]: Brill, →ISBN, page 8:
text: […] was founded by the theosophist and kabbalist Martines de Pasqually […] included a peculiar form of theurgy mixed with the philosophy and theosophy of its founder.
ref: 2007, Henrik Bogdan, Western esotericism and rituals of initiation, Albany: State University of New York Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 103:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes.
glosses: The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society.
Derived terms: theosophic
theosophical
theosophist
theosopher
theosophize
theosophise
Related terms: philosophy
theophany
Theophany
theosophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθiː.əˈsɒf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌθi.əˈsɑ.fɪk/
Etymology: From theosophy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, while the mystic of the theopathetic species is content to contemplate, to feel, or to act, suffering under Deity in his sublime passivity, the mysticism I term theosophic aspires to know and believes itself in possession of a certain supernatural divine faculty for that purpose.
ref: 1856, Robert Alfred Vaughan, Hours with the mystics : a contribution to the history of religious opinion, volume 1, London: John W. Parker, →OCLC, page 45:
glosses: Of, or relating to theosophy.
Related terms: theosophical
theosophically
theosophise
theosophize
theosophy
pop-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpʌp/
Forms: form: popup
Etymology: Deverbal from pop up.
Senses: examples: text: I packed a pop-up hamper in my suitcase.
glosses: Coming into view suddenly from a concealed position.
examples: text: […] I had a pop-up book of sexual organs by the time I was four –[…]
ref: 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Night”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: Opening out to form a three-dimensional structure when the page of a book is opened.
examples: text: But then this is essentially a pop-up team, glued into place brilliantly, with certain parts already chafing and smoking. Chelsea’s two top goalscorers could be off in a month, Diego Costa to cause an international incident in China, [Eden] Hazard to the usual summer suspects.
ref: 2017 May 13, Barney Ronay, “Antonio Conte’s brilliance has turned Chelsea’s pop-up team into champions”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Operating or existing for a brief period only; temporary.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Employing the cold launch technique.
Derived terms: pop-up book
pop-up store
pop-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒpʌp/
Forms: form: pop-ups
form: popup
Etymology: Deverbal from pop up.
Senses: glosses: A pop-up advertisement; an advertisement that is triggered to appear on a computer screen when the user accesses a particular web page.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.
glosses: A folded paper element which pops up from a book, greeting card, etc.
examples: text: Pop-ups often charge restaurant prices, but without advance menus, quality control, health-inspected facilities or professional service. Bring cash and arrive early: most pop-ups don't accept credit cards, and popular dishes run out fast.
ref: 2012, Sam Benson, Alison Bing, Coastal California, Lonely Planet:
text: Ms. Setti recently had to close her bar after a change of management at the food hall that housed it. But she plans to launch several pop-ups and hopes to find a new permanent space by the middle of the year, she said.
ref: 2023 February 15, John Eligon, “Exploring South Africa’s Black Wine Scene”, in The New York Times:
text: I came across this recipe when Helen Graham cooked it for Bracia and Friends, a pop-up whose USP is that chefs must cook a single dish.
ref: 2024 July 13, Harriet Fitch Little, “A reimagined classic”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
glosses: A business that opens for a brief temporary period only, such as a temporary restaurant.
Synonyms: word: banner
word: callout
word: flyout
word: flyover
word: modal
word: overlay
word: pop-up
word: popover
Related terms: ground ball
fly ball
line drive
pop-up advertisement
ground ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lacrosse
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A loose ball that is on the ground during play.
Related terms: ground ball with eyes
pop-up
fly ball
line drive
roller
theosophist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theosophists
Etymology: From theosophy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: What can it be but the heaving of the Hypochondria that lifts up the Mind to such high comparisons from a supposition so false and foolish? But I have observed generally of Chymists^([sic]) and Theosophists, as of feveral other men more palpably mad, that their thoughts are carried much to Astrology, it being a fancifull study built upon very slight grounds, and indeed I do not queftion, but a relique of the ancient superstition and Idolatry amongst the rude Heathens, which either their own Melancholy, or something worse, instructed them in.
ref: 1662, Henry More, “A brief discourse of the nature, causes, kinds, and cure of enthusiasm”, in A collection of several philosophical writings, 2nd edition, London: Flesher, page 30, or, § xliv:
synonyms: theosopher
theosoph
theosophe
glosses: An advocate of, or believer in theosophy.
grounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -aʊndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: grounders
Etymology: From Middle English grounder, grownder, equivalent to ground + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ground ball.
glosses: A fruit that has fallen to the ground rather than being picked; a windfall.
glosses: One of the large stones forming the base of a Cornish hedge.
Related terms: middle-grounder
fly ball
line drive
pop-up
Thíra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Thira.
therapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The treatment of disease; the science of healing; any therapeutic material or treatment
Derived terms: aerotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
biotherapeutics
cardiotherapeutics
chronotherapeutics
ecotherapeutics
electrotherapeutics
hydrotherapeutics
hypnotherapeutics
neurotherapeutics
organotherapeutics
pharmacotherapeutics
phytotherapeutics
pneumotherapeutics
psychotherapeutics
radioimmunotherapeutics
radiotherapeutics
serotherapeutics
theranostics
vibrotherapeutics
Related terms: therapeutic
inconsequentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inconsequentialities
Etymology: From inconsequential + -ity.
Senses: glosses: the property of being inconsequential
glosses: anything that is inconsequential
therapeutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: therapeutists
Senses: examples: text: Gavaret mathematically demonstrated in 1839 the increase of body-heat when the febricant shivers with cold, and its precedence of some hours before the chill, by which signs the therapeutist is warned in time to administer the antidote.
ref: 1876, Edward Seguin, Medical Thermometry and Human Temperature, page 200:
glosses: Someone who studies, works with, or uses therapeutics; a therapist.
inconsequentialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inconsequential + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality or state of being inconsequential