cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Christianistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Christianistic
form: most Christianistic
form: christianistic
Etymology: From Christian + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Its title indicates that its subject actually is Christmas, and, without being a bit Christianistic, it explores and expresses the essence of the mystery of Christmas.
ref: 2000, Steven Kellman, Stories of Vladimir Nabokov, Page 40
text: The nonwhites soon learned that to retaliate against the white-murderers of their people was not the will of the Americanized, Christianistic “God.”
ref: 2003, William James, The Skin Color Syndrome Among African-Americans, Page 65
text: For suffering under a Muslimistic/Hinduistic/Buddhistic/ Jewishistic/ quasi Christianistic regime of primary spiritualistic essences, they might well ask: Where was my father when I needed him?
ref: 2012, Art Odell, Why You Are a Racist, Page 578
glosses: Relating to Christianism.
christianistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more christianistic
form: most christianistic
Senses: examples: text: It has provided this broad, debatable ground of religious equivalents and christianistic indifferences, thronged by a multitude claiming the Christian name, of every variety of opinion and every corresponding shade of nebulous piety.
ref: 1872, James Russell, Boston Lectures, 1870-72: Christianity and Scepticism, Page 61
text: 1948, Official Gazette. English Edition, Issues 572-598,
... aiming at owning, borrowing or disposing of land, buildings and other property, for the purpose of propagating the Christianity, giving the christianistic education and rendering benevolence and relief.
text: 1991, Psycholinguistic Association of India, Psycho Lingua
... and sometimes rationalistic of the west and other times Vaishna vite and christianistic, thus bringing a perfect compromise and equilibrium into the conceptual thinking of the effulgent guardians of the world.
text: The subject, once associated with a (christianistic) permanent personality structure, is now more conceived as a theatre of rhizomic incoherence, complexity and 'superficiality'.
ref: 1998, Александр Бокшицкий, Метафилософия, page 172
text: 1998, Larry Wachs, vacation filler Group: alt.fan.regular-guys
Thank you and enjoy this season of great christianistic capitalism
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Christianistic.
personkind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personkinds
Etymology: From person + -kind.
Senses: glosses: People as a whole.
primary sources
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primary source
Gais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and municipality in Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A village and comune in South Tyrol, Italy.
Stans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stan
glosses: usually "the Stans", the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Stans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and town, the capital of Nidwalden canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.
nitroglycol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitro- + glycol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nitrate of ethylene glycol (ethylene glycol dinitrate) that is an explosive similar in properties to nitroglycerine
intrafaith
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + faith.
Senses: examples: text: She only believes in intrafaith marriage.
glosses: Taking place within, or relevant to, a single faith community.
Gottscheerish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gottscheerisch
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gottscheerisch. See Gottschee, region in southern Slovenia.
Senses: examples: text: The true and universal language of the land is Carniolan; apart from this, Illyrian is also spoken; yet somewhat corrupt and not completely pure. Thirdly, Croatian. Fourthly, Slavonic. Then, Dalmatian, Gottscheerish, Istrian, Italian or Friulian, and German. But all the nobility generally speak German, also Carniolan and Italian. All lawsuits are conducted and discharged in German, and all letters are written in German.
ref: 1990, Journal of the Society for Slovene Studies:
text: Outlying languages ignored in the text include Gottscheerish (originally spoken in Slovenia; closely related to Bavarian), Mariupolitan Greek (in the Ukraine), Crimean Turkish (as distinct from Crimean Tatar; originally in the Ukraine), and Urum […]
ref: 2007, Matthias Brenzinger, Language Diversity Endangered, →ISBN, page 230:
text: Gottscheerish is an outlying dialect of Bavarian that was flourishing in Gottschee but is now only known by the oldest members of the community in exile.
ref: 2008, Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, →ISBN:
glosses: The Germanic lect (sometimes considered an independent language and sometimes considered a dialect of Bavarian) historically used by the Gottscheers in the enclave of Gottschee, Slovenia, now little spoken.
Synonyms: word: Granish
english: ambiguous
translation: ambiguous
word: Carniolan
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Gottscheerish terms
Gottscheerisch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Gottscheerish.
Gottscheer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gottscheers
Etymology: Either from German Gottscheer or simply Gottschee + -er.
Senses: glosses: One of the Germanic inhabitants of Gottschee, or one of their descendants.
Related terms: Gottscheerish
Gottscheers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gottscheer
Gottschee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Gottschee, first mentioned in 1363 as Middle High German Gotsche. Compare the Slovenian name Kočevsko.
Senses: glosses: A region in southern Slovenia which was historically inhabited by the Germanic Gottscheers who spoke Gottscheerish.
glosses: Former name of Kočevje, the main city of this region.
onlest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Variant of onliest.
Senses: examples: text: I'm the onlest father them boys has got.
text: I knowed the onlest thing to get her cured was to get a bucket of ice water, […]
ref: c. 1850-1970, Scott Dunbar, quoted in 2009 by William R. Ferris in Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues →ISBN
qualifier: especially African-American Vernacular
glosses: Only.
bittocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittock
stigmarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪɡˈmɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /stɪɡˈmɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Stigmarian
Etymology: From stigmaria + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the fossil roots known as Stigmaria.
Stigmarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of stigmarian.
heathenistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heathenistic
form: most heathenistic
Etymology: From heathen + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to heathenism.
bisexualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisexualist
progressive stack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: progressive stacks
Senses: qualifier: activism
glosses: A list of speakers arranged so that people from marginalized groups get the chance to speak first.
progressive stacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progressive stack
uncriticisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncriticisable
form: most uncriticisable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uncriticizable.
air-raid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air-raids
Senses: examples: text: Regularly after working during the day he went to the ARP post at night to be on call should there be an air-raid.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Webley, A Taste of Wartime Britain, →ISBN, page 72:
text: This street, Alton Avenue, was on a slope... air-raid shelters had been dug into all the back gardens so that you had to stoop and go down a couple of steps to enter...my parents told one particular family if there was an air-raid they could share our shelter.
ref: 2011, Stephen Wade, Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz, →ISBN, page 38:
text: He notes also WWII indications in England that air-raids seemed to have less effect on children than on adults (Vernon 1941, cited in Cairns 1996) and that older children seemed to find the raids thrilling (Crosby 1986, cited in Cairns 1996).
ref: 2014, Abigail Stahl McNamee, Breathing the Same Air: Children, Schools, and Politics in Northern Ireland, →ISBN, page 96:
text: In June 1940 at night-time the air-raid siren went, my father was at the docs so my mother told my elder brother to go down the steps ready for me to be handed to him.
ref: 2011, Stephen Wade, Air-Raid Shelters of World War II: Family Stories of Survival in the Blitz, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Those in charge of factories, offices and apartment blocks were to appoint and train air-raid wardens.
ref: 2007, Rodric Braithwaite, Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War, →ISBN, page ii:
text: The palace was built to disguise a three-story air-raid shelter located beneath it.
ref: 2008, Frank E. Wismer, War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain's Memoir from Baghdad, →ISBN, page 139:
glosses: Alternative form of air raid.
air-raids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air-raid
slurpability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slurp + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: […] but consider glass noodles: derived from the flour of a bean (the mung), they are ultra-thin, and they turn transparent after cooking, while maintaining a soothing slurpability.
ref: 2003, Wandee Young, Byron Ayanoglu, Simply Thai Cooking, page 76:
text: With their mild taste and excellent slurpability, zoodles are an amazingly adaptable stand-in for pasta […]
ref: 2013, Michelle Tam, Henry Fong, Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans:
text: My grown-up version is a lot less salty, but has much more flavor and the same satisfying slurpability. It even has little chunks of celery and carrots […]
ref: 2016, Heather Christo, Pure Delicious:
glosses: The quality of being slurpable.
zoodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzuːd(ə)lz/
Etymology: Blend of zucchini + noodles
Senses: examples: text: With their mild taste and excellent slurpability, zoodles are an amazingly adaptable stand-in for pasta, soaking in the flavors of your favorite sauces and broths.
ref: 2013, Michelle Tam, Henry Fong, Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans:
text: To enjoy zoodles throughout the week, prepare a double or triple batch of spiral-sliced zucchini by completing Steps 2 and 3.
ref: 2016, Maria Emmerich, Quick & Easy Ketogenic Cooking: Meal Plans and Time Saving:
text: “Hey, sweet-cheeks! Can you take my order real quick?” “Hi. Sure thing.” “Sorry--” “What can I get you?” “Uh, mixed green salad, and we'll do the garlic zoodles.” “Zoodles. Good choice.” “Thank you.” “(inhales deeply) "Good choice."” (indistinct chatter) “Zoodles are zucchini noodles.” “"Sweet cheeks"? Seriously, dude?” “She had cherubic cheeks. It's a compliment.” “"Sweet cheeks" is your butt.” “No, it's not.” “It is. It's like calling somebody, I don't know, "sugar tits."” “That's totally inappropriate.”
ref: 2022 January 13, James Gunn, “A Whole New Whirled” (26:41 from the start), in Peacemaker, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Peacemaker (John Cena):
glosses: Zucchini sliced into thin strips so as to resemble noodles.
Europeanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Europeanistic
form: most Europeanistic
Etymology: From European + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or supporting, Europeanism.
eucre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of euchre.
ankhus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ankhuses
Senses: examples: text: If his argument on this issue is found at fault, and the traditional division (Coinage with king with spear = Azes I, coinage with king holding ankhus [the object is not a whip as it is often assumed] = Azes II) is vindicated, all other conclusions by Senior must be revised.
ref: 1993, Numismatica e antichità classiche - Volume 22, page 181:
text: The mahout used his feet and an ankhus to direct the elephant, as his voice might not be heard in the din of combat.
ref: 2007, John M. Kistler, War Elephants, →ISBN, page 23:
text: He used a hook in one hand, called an ankhus, to guide the elephant when voice and foot commands were not enough.
ref: 2011, John Kistler, Animals in the Military: From Hannibal's Elephants to the Dolphins of the U.S. Navy, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of ankus.
ankhuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ankhus
ethnopluralism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + pluralism, attributed to French New Right intellectual Alain de Benoist.
Senses: examples: text: Overall, identitarians favor ethnopluralism, which is the idea that nations or ethnicities should not live in the same multicultural societies but rather in geopolitically separate territories (Salzborn 2016, 41; Hentges et al. 2014, 17).
ref: 2020, Melissa Schnyder, Noha Shawki, Advocating for Refugees in the European Union, →ISBN, page 91:
text: To the degree that there is a theory underlying this radical right nationalism, it is “ethnopluralism.” A term coined by the French New Right intellectual, Alain de Benoist, ethnopluralism stipulates the “equivalency of homogenous peoples in their indigenous territories.”
ref: 2021, Christian Joppke, Neoliberal Nationalism: Immigration and the Rise of the Populist Right, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 47:
synonyms: ethnodifferentialism
glosses: A right-wing theory of multiculturalism, supporting separatism, and according to which cultures hinge on ethnicities bound to specific geographic locations.
wikipedia: Alain de Benoist
Related terms: ethnoplural
ethnopluralist
ethnopluralistic
ethnoregionalism
ethnopluralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnopluralists
Etymology: From ethno- + pluralist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of ethnopluralism.
ethnopluralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnopluralist
faggotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faggot + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In the eyes of most men this was surely a more powerful disincentive to chumming up with him than any inklings of faggotism.
ref: 1984, Kingsley Amis, Stanley and the Women, page 265:
glosses: Homosexuality.
freakbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From freak + beat, coined by English music journalist Philip Lloyd-Smee.
Senses: examples: text: The couple had already put in the hard yards: Fred started out in '60s freakbeat combos The Weeds and Lollipop Shoppe, with Toody joining him in early '80s punk trio The Rats.
ref: 2021 December, Jon Dale, “Dead Moon fever!”, in Uncut, →ISSN, page 8:
glosses: A genre of hard-driving British rock music, often from the 1960s and associated with a mod following.
fosterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From foster + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being fostered; suitable for fostering.
antisweat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + sweat.
Senses: glosses: Preventing the build-up of moisture or condensation.
noncomplainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncomplainers
Etymology: From non- + complainer.
Senses: glosses: One who does not complain.
ungrumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungrumpy
form: most ungrumpy
Etymology: From un- + grumpy.
Senses: glosses: Not grumpy.
noncomplainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncomplainer
couping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coup
kaiso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪ.səʊ/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.soʊ/
rhymes: -aɪsəʊ
Forms: form: kaisos
Senses: glosses: A style of music popular in the Caribbean, a precursor to calypso music.
glosses: An individual musical work in this style.
Derived terms: kaisoman
kaisonian
kaisonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /kaɪˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: kaisonians
Etymology: From kaiso + -n- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: When the money was counted and checked in the presence of the kaisonians, with whom the takings were shared, one keen singer queried the collector saying, "But whey de steamer?"
ref: 1983, Raymond Quevado, Atilla's Kaiso: A Short History of Trinidad Calypso, page 39:
glosses: A performer of kaiso music.
kaisos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaiso
kaisonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaisonian
court in banc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts in banc
form: court in bank
Senses: examples: text: Thereupon, June 7th, a motion was filed on behalf of Duncan for the transfer of the cause to the supreme court in banc, upon the grounds that the cause was determined solely by a minority of the supreme court
ref: 1894, Melvin Fuller, Duncan v. State:
topics: law
glosses: The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius.
Related terms: en banc
courts in banc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court in banc
court in bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts in bank
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of court in banc.
chaparajos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chaps (item of clothing)
dustout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dustouts
form: dust-out
Etymology: From dust + out.
Senses: examples: text: Hundreds of Kanker's troops would have to be thrown into the job of plugging the holes, a difficult task under ideal conditions, but a pig of a task in a “dustout”.
ref: 2012, David Fletcher, Ticklers, →ISBN, page 69:
text: He said the dust collecting units were not operating as they should in October 1984 and there were “quite a few" dustouts. These, he claimed, would require one to vacate the basement as soon as possible by walking along the side of the walls in the dark.
ref: 1986, Labor Arbitration Reports - Volume 85, page 1181:
glosses: A cloud of dust or duststorm that creates conditions of inadequate visibility.
examples: text: This was a sight check, to see if he looked like some dustout or merely sounded like one.
ref: 2010, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade: The Arabesk Trilogy, →ISBN:
text: "He is the greatest old dustout," said Lord Chiltern, disrespectfully.
ref: 2009, Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn: The Irish Member, →ISBN:
glosses: A prankster who misleads others by giving false or exaggerated information.
examples: text: The levels of activity in atmospheric fallout were determined in rain and dustout was collected on vaseline-coated sheets.
ref: 1960, Journal, American Water Works Association- Volume 52, Issues 1-6, page 90:
text: Special seals, which fit over the cutter opening when it is out of the flow, prevent dustout and sample contamination.
ref: 1968, Canadian Chemical Processing - Volume 52, page 36:
glosses: Fallout; the event of small dust particles falling to the ground in sufficient quantities that they cause a problem.
dustouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustout
unmisted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + misted.
Senses: glosses: Not misted.
dust-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust-outs
Senses: examples: text: Wade will tell you the truck forced him off the road, but what really happened was that in the total dust-out after the truck passed (“I couldn't even see the speedo”), he turned early for the next corner, running off the road.
ref: 2014, Philip Atkinson Wade Stubbs, CIRCLE TO CIRCLE: Adventure Riding Across the World, →ISBN:
text: ...whiteouts and silty dust-outs, the mosquito body stockings, and the rancid stench of briny lakes all became part of life.
ref: 2013, Janet Richards, Crossing the River Sorrow: One Nurse's Story, →ISBN, page 156:
text: An enhanced vision system from BAE Systems features a day/night, all- weather capability that enables pilots to navigate and land in adverse conditions by enhancing visibility in dust-outs, smoke, fog, haze, rain, snow, and complete darkness.
ref: 2004, Aerospace Engineering - Volumes 24-25, page 74:
glosses: Alternative form of dustout.
dust cloud that impairs vision.
examples: text: Even then, shirkers and dust-outs must expect to answer to the law for thumbing their noses at the U.S.
ref: 1972, Editorials on File - Volume 3, Part 1, page 37:
glosses: Alternative form of dustout.
A prankster who misleads others.
examples: text: The place needs a good dust-out.
ref: 2014, James Tiptree Jr., Brightness Falls From the Air, →ISBN:
glosses: Cleanup.
dust-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dust-out
e'ry
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: examples: text: We gon' get e'ry one of 'em.
text: And we 'bout it e'ry day, e'ry day like we sitting on a bench.
glosses: Alternative spelling of every.
Related terms: e'rybody
e'ryone
e'rywhere
Vils
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town on the German border in Reutte district, Tyrol, Austria.
ironhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ironhanded
form: most ironhanded
Etymology: From iron + handed, from the idea of having an iron hand.
Senses: examples: text: Nationalist upheaval consumed Yugoslavia after the death of Tito, the ironhanded unifier.
ref: 2010, Tibor Iván Berend, Europe Since 1980, →ISBN, page 124:
text: He was an “ironhanded father-figure” (C. Reid, 1998, p. 216). This ironhanded aspect sometimes went too far, like when he forced Erich Lehmann to resign his editorship of Annals of Mathematical Statistics.
ref: 2011, W Paul Vogt, SAGE Quantitative Research Methods, →ISBN, page 7:
text: In this traditional context, it's easy to assume that anything short of an ironhanded, authoritarian attitude toward discipline is flat-out permissive, although this common belief is not remotely true.
ref: 2014, Jane Bluestein, Managing 21st Century Classrooms: How do I avoid ineffective classroom management practices?, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of iron-handed.
Derived terms: ironhandedly
ironhandedness
iron-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iron-handed
form: most iron-handed
form: ironhanded
form: iron handed
Etymology: From the idea of having an iron hand.
Senses: examples: text: Here I am not primarily concerned with the long-term effects of such separation, about which the advocates of iron-handed rule in Poland have always written with great glee.
ref: 2010, Michael Bernhard, Henryk Szlajfer, From the Polish Underground: Selections from Krytyka, 1978-1993, →ISBN, page 89:
text: I couldn't believe that iron-handed old tyrant would have a son waho cared for nothing but praying.
ref: 2013, Harry Turtledove, The Sceptre's Return, →ISBN:
text: Celebration of the strong, powerful, bold, victorious, and iron-handed is presented as much more in tune with human nature, just as praise for the weak, feeble, humble, vanquished, and poor in spirit results from a foolish ignorance of true human desires.
ref: 2014, Eugene V. Gallagher, Reading and Writing Scripture in New Religious Movements, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: Strict and dictatorial, exercising firm ruthless control.
Synonyms: bossy
Derived terms: iron-handedness
Related terms: hard-handed
heavy-handed
iron-fisted
iron handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iron handed
form: most iron handed
Senses: examples: text: The next consequence that will attend the adoption of this Constitution is, that from the ruins of the State Governments, will be produced one consolidated Government, which, from the nature of things, will be an iron handed despotism.
ref: 1987, Theodore Dreiser, Dreiser: Sister Carrie; Jennie Gerhardt; Twelve Men, →ISBN, page 785:
text: This consolidated Government will be an iron handed despotism.
ref: 1993, Bernard Bailyn, The Debate on the Constitution Part 1: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Stuggle over Ratification. Part One: September 1787 to February 1788, →ISBN:
text: But to think that in his heyday, that sweet, pathetic old man had been quite the iron handed hierarch; hated and feared by all those who fell subject to his purview.
ref: 2007, Hiram Blunt, The High Priest of Prickly Bog, →ISBN, page 287:
glosses: Misspelling of iron-handed.
Derived terms: iron handedness
ironhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ironhanded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: He is amiable where iron[-]handedness is essential.
ref: 1904 March 5, “Personality of the Czar”, in The Search-light, page 222:
text: The actress Arletty, who feels genuine affection for Carne and believes that his ironhandedness on the set "was pure show," compares the director to conductor Herbert von Karajan, because "like von Karajan, he treats his shooting scripts like musical scores which he conducts entirely from memory ... We felt secure with him because he knew exactly what the final product was supposed to look like."
ref: 1989, Edward Baron Turk, Child of Paradise: Marcel Carné and the Golden Age of French Cinema, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: Alternative form of iron-handedness.
iron-handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ironhandedness
form: iron handedness
Etymology: From iron-handed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In actions opening the Normandy invasion, American paratroopers suffered their first encounterwith SS iron-handedness, and later at Bayeux the 12th SS Panzer Division shot down forty British and Canadian prisoners of war.
ref: 2013, Gerald Linderman, The World within War, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
synonyms: word: heavy-handedness
extra: the property or state of being iron-handed
iron handedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iron handed + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Marxian theory of class-struggle and dictatorship of proletariat for the control of means of production was the result of iron handedness of capitalism in the nineteenth century for the establishment of egalitarian society.
ref: 2003, V. H. Jeoffrey, Iqbal's Vision & Pakistan Today: Thoughts & Facts, page 78:
glosses: Misspelling of iron-handedness.
ironhandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ironhandedly
form: most ironhandedly
form: iron-handedly
form: iron handedly
Etymology: From ironhanded + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A large, genial woman, she ruled the fort kitchen and its Indian helpers ironhandedly. Within her own domain, no one trifled with Charlotte Green.
ref: 2005, Marc Simmons, New Mexico Mavericks: Stories from a Fabled Past, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: In an ironhanded manner; strictly and harshly.
iron-handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more iron-handedly
form: most iron-handedly
Senses: examples: text: He ran his ship a bit more iron-handedly than other pirate captains did. The articles he made his crew sign—which included the exact percentage each man would receive of the treasure captured—demanded stricter rules of decorum and propriety than normally seen among pirate crews.
ref: 2014, Mary Lu Tyndall, The Redemption, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of ironhandedly.
iron handedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more iron handedly
form: most iron handedly
Senses: examples: text: I was terribly scared by Idi Amin's animosity that iron handedly ravaged the earth as if he was from a different planet.
ref: 2010, Stephen Kyeyune, When God Calls a Man, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of ironhandedly.
glook
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: That old man turned that bottle up and glook, glook, glook.
ref: a. 1990, Scott Dunbar, quoted in 2009 by William R. Ferris in Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues →ISBN
glosses: Alternative form of glug (sound made when a liquid is poured out of a jug or bottle).
seet call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seet calls
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: A high-pitched call made by birds to warn of the presence or approach of a predator.
Trà Vinh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɑːvɪn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Trà Vinh.
Senses: glosses: A former province of Vietnam (abolished in 2025).
glosses: A city in Vietnam.
Vinh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Vinh.
Senses: glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Nghệ An Province, Vietnam.
Vinh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vinhs
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Vinh.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Vietnamese.
Jersey barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jersey barriers
form: jersey barrier
form: New Jersey barrier
Etymology: From New Jersey (the location where the most popular design of such barriers originated) + barrier.
Senses: examples: text: One incident in May was a possible threat indicator when a Jersey barrier on the east perimeter was rammed by a slow-moving car.
ref: 2013, Richard Kirchner, Surveillance and Threat Detection: Prevention versus Mitigation, →ISBN, page 105:
text: His squad had entered the first room of the house and, as they were about to enter the second room, they were engaged by a couple insurgents who were hiding behind a concrete Jersey barrier they'd brought into the house.
ref: 2006, John McCool, Kendall D. Gott, Eyewitness to War, Volume. 1: U S Army in Operation AL FAJR: An Oral History, →ISBN:
text: At night this gap is closed off by a simple concrete Jersey barrier, and the pit is left to those outside the wire.
ref: 2013, Christine Dumaine Leche, Outside the Wire: American Soldiers' Voices from Afghanistan, →ISBN:
text: A Jersey barrier is highly effective at turning a vehicle back into its parallel lane of travel, but much less effective at dealing with a perpendicular force hit.
ref: 2007, Ellis John, John W. Lee, Police Analysis and Planning for Homicide Bombings, →ISBN, page 198:
glosses: A modular concrete or plastic barrier designed to create walls that separate lanes of traffic or to block traffic.
examples: text: The same result was found when measuring the length of Jersey barrier or guardrail within the 800 m buffer in high- and low-kill UVC zones.
ref: 2008, John A. Bissonette, Patricia Catherine Cramer, Evaluation of the Use and Effectiveness of Wildlife Crossings, →ISBN, page 60:
text: The paper also included a completed scene diagram, included a wrecked tractor and semi-trailer, damaged asphalt area, gouges, skip lines, and displaced Jersey barrier sections.
ref: 2013, Donald E. Struble, Automotive Accident Reconstruction: Practices and Principles, →ISBN:
text: The freeway section configuration of the highway was constructed on embankment and provides for two lanes of traffic in each direction divided by a Jersey Barrier along its entire length creating significant challenges for maintenance of traffic for any work perfomed within its limits.
ref: 2007, Khaled Mahmoud, Innovations in Bridge Engineering Technology, →ISBN, page 187:
text: According to the Hunterdon County Historical Society, frequent accidents on the steep road over Jugtown Mountain in Hunterdon County led to the first installation of the Jersey barrier.
ref: 2013, Linda J. Barth, A History of Inventing in New Jersey: From Thomas Edison to the Ice Cream Cone, →ISBN, page 155:
glosses: A Jersey wall; a wall composed of Jersey barriers that separates lanes of traffic.
Synonyms: K-rail
scent pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scent pads
Senses: glosses: A patch of ground where a scent has been intentionally applied for a dog to track.
New Jersey barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New Jersey barriers
Senses: examples: text: The New Jersey barrier became the most widely used and gave its name to the generic barrier type.
ref: 2013, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Site and Urban Design for Security, page 4-30:
text: Rigid barriers are often shaped concrete barriers like the F-shape median barrier, the New Jersey barrier, the Ontario tall wall, and so forth.
ref: 2005, Chuck A. Plaxico, Recommended Guidelines for Curb and Curb-barrier Installations, Issue 537, →ISBN:
text: A guardrail had to be erected on the neighboring home's front lawn, a busy ashram, after someone drove a car into their meditation room. But there isn't a New Jersey barrier before the big windows of Susan's museum.
ref: 2003, Maria Flook, Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Jersey barrier.
New Jersey barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Jersey barrier
Jersey barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jersey barrier
jersey barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jersey barriers
Senses: examples: text: Marcia Argust, former head of the Security Design Coalition, stands protected by a jersey barrier— a common blockade around the Capitol building.
ref: 2002 November, “Security by Design”, in CSO, volume 1, number 3, page 18:
text: The most familiar type of barricade is the infamous "jersey barrier" which is made of reinforced concrete, but barricades can be made of other materials, if it provides an adequate protection factor.
ref: 2006, Charles D. Reese, James Vernon Eidson, Handbook of OSHA Construction Safety and Health, Second Edition, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Barry was sitting on top of his jersey barrier, watching the tower disappear.
ref: 2008, Jake Ziemba, Steve Ziemba, The Yukon Glory, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: Alternative form of Jersey barrier.
jersey barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jersey barrier
Jersey wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jersey walls
form: jersey wall
Senses: examples: text: At the end of a Jersey wall section, plastic or metal barrels are placed to protect cars.
ref: 1991, Richard A. Beal, Highway 17: The Road to Santa Cruz, →ISBN, page 147:
text: The most northerly lane is separated from the other three lanes by a "Jersey wall" composed of concrete barriers.
ref: 1996, West's federal supplement. [First Series.] - Volume 900, page 790:
text: When he hit the Jersey wall separating the north and southbound traffic, he sent up a huge cloud of dust that I couldn't see through.
ref: 2012, David Klinger, Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force, →ISBN:
glosses: A low wall made of Jersey barriers used to separate lanes of traffic.
Jersey walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jersey wall
jersey wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jersey walls
Senses: examples: text: I hit the flashers, but intuited that to brake might cause the car to wobble or swerve into the jersey wall.
ref: 2011, Diane Light, This Way Out: The Power to Change, →ISBN, page 121:
text: The traffic was very heavy for early afternoon and Sophia Saint Claire had no explanation as to why it inched on both sides of the jersey wall.
ref: 2010, Rique Johnson, Every Woman's Man, →ISBN:
text: The Yukon slammed into the jersey wall separating them from oncoming traffic.
ref: 2010, H. Adrian Sexton, Altared Ego, →ISBN, page 319:
glosses: Alternative form of Jersey wall.
jersey walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jersey wall
seester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seesters
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sister.
boiz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Maybe if somebody like M8r found her in the morning, she’d be okay, but if Strik9 found her first, then Coyote might as well just cut her throat now. Strik9 and his boiz sure wouldn’t hesitate to.
ref: 2004, Elaine Corvidae, “Survival Instinct”, in Daniel J. Reitz, editor, Beyond the Mundane: Flights of Mind, Mundania Press, →ISBN, page 195:
text: Finally, the “boiz,” who regard their own behavior as nothing more than good-natured joking, will forever be ignorant of her sacrifice for their families’ economic protection.
ref: 2004, Monica Chiu, Filthy Fictions: Asian American Literature by Women, AltaMira Press, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 116:
text: Goth boiz of a Victorian turn favor mock greatcoats of heavy brocaded fabric, the frill of a ruffled shirt peeking out of the sleeve, tight laced-up-the-side pants and high boots, fingers full of silver rings to the second knuckle.
ref: 2004, Nancy Kilpatrick, The Goth Bible: A Compendium for the Darkly Inclined, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Griffin, →ISBN, pages 31–32:
text: The Walk was extremely busy that night; this is a hot pick-up joint when you are looking for hot chicks and boiz.
ref: 2009, Warren Tijuan-Thomas Anderson, Dark Passion: The Novel, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 63:
text: But even those who avoided this fate can be sometimes seen as “boiz from suburbs”. Some even took Yefremov for one. / – One of your friends told me that you looked like a boy from suburbs. You had that kind of face.
ref: 2022, Elena Chernikova, translated by Serikzhan Tankeyev, Oleg Yefremov: Theaterman, Babelcube, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of boi
Related terms: homeboiz
bow chica wow wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Screw you," she called after him. There was a though. She scoped out his lean, tight ass with interest. Bow chica wow wow.
ref: 2011, Thea Harrison, Storm's Heart, →ISBN:
text: Bernardo has his tongue out ready to make moves!! bow chica wow wow!
ref: 2014 June 17, Stephanie Linning, “We're nearly extinct, so let's get to know each other… Spectacled bear is flown from America to Britain to woo zoo's only female”, in Daily Mail:
text: We were walking out of the clinic when Zoe nudged me with her shoulder. “So you gonna get your bow chica wow wow on tonight or what?”
ref: 2015, Marie Hall, This Time, page 190:
glosses: Alternative form of bow chicka wow wow.
bow-chica-wow-wow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Yes, you may never have thought of Thanksgiving as a sexy bow-chica-wow-wow kind of holiday, but New Girl is changing that.
ref: 2014 November 26, Sharon Clott Kanter, “Are You Down with New Girl's Raunchy Thanksgiving Word "Bangsgiving"?”, in InStyle:
text: Bow-chica-wow-wow She's taking her hair down and pulling off her glasses. Now she's removing her jacket! Shit! She's a stripper!
ref: 2014, Jimmy Connors, The Outsider: My Autobiography, →ISBN, page 309:
text: “Then boyfriend or not, it's time you resorted to an unbuttoned blouse, a wink, and some bow-chica-wow-wow.”
ref: 2014, Eve Langlais, Seth, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of bow chicka wow wow.
Texpat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Texpats
Etymology: Blend of Texas + expat; compare Mexpat, which reverses origin and residence.
Senses: examples: text: But The Brooklyn Inn did not choose the beer out of nostalgia for Texas or to cater to a Texpat clientele.
ref: 2014 May 31, Adam Chandler, “Texas Beer Finds Home in the Heart of New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Texan (native or former resident of Texas), now living elsewhere.
pornotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pornotopia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pornotopia.
Synonyms: pornotopian
pornotopian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pornotopia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pornotopia.
Synonyms: pornotopic
Old Mexico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mexico, as opposed to New Mexico.
synonyms: word: Mexico
word: as opposed to New Mexico
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The land of Mexico under Aztec rule; ancient Mexico.
witterly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more witterly
form: most witterly
Etymology: From a Scandinavian source. Compare Middle Swedish vitterliga, early Danish viderlige.
Senses: examples: text: I […] asked hir on þe hieȝe name · ar heo þennes ȝeode / What she were witterli.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
text: Thies wordes, in his wo, witturly he said, / Soberly to hym-selfe.
ref: c. 1540, The Destruction of Troy:
glosses: Clearly, certainly; without doubt; truly.
keck-handed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keck-handed
form: most keck-handed
form: keckhanded
Senses: examples: text: D'Oliveira and Barbirolli smiled elatedly as if handing on a bat or a baton, unaware they'd bestowed their attention on a keck-handed, tone-deaf imposter who wasn't collecting signatures anyway, who just happened to be standing in the right place and was then pushed forwards with a pen and paper.
ref: 2011, Jamie McKendrick, Ink Stone, →ISBN:
text: The amateur who can handle ordinary carpenter's tools and is generally dexterous has a very definite advantage over one who is unpractical and keck-handed.
ref: 1971, John Benson Sidgwick, R. C. Gamble, Amateur Astronomer's Handbook, →ISBN, page 21:
text: In the upshot, it looks like equal numbers of right-handed and keck-handed.
ref: 1982, New Society - Volume 61, page 305:
glosses: Alternative form of cack-handed.
keckhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keckhanded
form: most keckhanded
Senses: examples: text: Shakespeare is less keckhanded later: who does not smile (but not guffaw) at Henry V's nimble courting of Katherine?
ref: 2008, Association d'humanisme et renaissance, Bibliothèque d'humanisme et renaissance: travaux and documents, volume 70:
glosses: Alternative spelling of keck-handed.
nidate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nidates
form: nidating
form: nidated
form: nidated
Senses: examples: text: They are essential for the integrity of the cell shape, and would theoretically be important for the ability of the cells to nidate in vessels and transgress capillary walls.
ref: 1983, Invasion & Metastasis, Karger Publishers, page 9:
text: The early embryo nidated into the endometrium (decidua) is a fluid-filled sphere which contains smaller fluid-containing sacs in addition to the embryonic disc.
ref: 2000, P. Ebbesen, “1.3: Placenta Physiology”, in Pierre Ambroise-Thomas, Eskild Petersen, editors, Congenital Toxoplasmosis: Scientific Background, Clinical Management and Control, page 27:
text: At the same time the maternal protective systems help the conceptus to successfully implant and then nidate and grow.
ref: 2014, Pankaj Desai, Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriages, page 46:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: To become implanted in, especially, a uterus.
Related terms: word: nidation
word: nidatory
sense: and see
word: nidifugous
find out the hard way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finds out the hard way
form: finding out the hard way
form: found out the hard way
form: found out the hard way
Senses: examples: text: I don't know how well seatbelts protect you, but I certainly don't want to find out the hard way, so I use them either way.
text: You can't assume that someone else will call an ambulance. I learnt that the hard way after crashing my bike.
glosses: To acquire knowledge through failure or any other undesirable experience.
Synonyms: learn the hard way
Related terms: fuck around and find out
tazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tazers
Etymology: From the pronunciation of "taser": the 's' is pronounced as a 'z'.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of taser.
wrong crowd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrong crowds
Senses: examples: text: to fall in with the wrong crowd
text: to hang out with the wrong crowd
text: Jimmy's mother was concerned that he might have fallen in with the wrong crowd.
synonyms: bad company
glosses: A group of people deemed to have a negative influence on a person's behavior; a bad crowd.
bad company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The wrong crowd.
wrong crowds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrong crowd
dench
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɛntʃ
Forms: form: more dench
form: most dench
Etymology: Disputed. Purportedly coined by rapper Lethal Bizzle in 2010. Attested from around that time. Compare slang term hench (“muscular”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Oh God I got it so wrong last night when DS2 was being an arse. I told him he was “Dench” and got a beaming smile and a “Thanks mum”!’ – Smoothieooo
ref: 2013 June 25, Richard Moynihan, “Top 14 teenage slang translations according to Mumsnet users”, in Metro:
text: Some may think it is ridic but the evolution of language means that Scrabble has to keep up to stay dench - obvs.
ref: 2015, “Scrabble stays dench with new words”, in The Independent:
text: They just don't realise that the t-shirt line they designed, the festival they had on the grounds of their family castle and those alcoholic lollies they are desperately trying to fire up wouldn't exist if it wasn't for that dench inheritance fund.
ref: 2018 March 1, Annie Lord, “There are thirteen types of posh and I am about to tell you which one you are”, in The Tab:
glosses: Excellent; impressive; awesome.
examples: text: This is my final Dench update for 2019. I will continue the bulk into 2020 but will also incorporate a short shred at some point during the year.
ref: 2019 July 27, A Side of Miso, “Final Dench in Japan”, in YouTube:
glosses: Well-built, muscular, attractive.
raw_tags: of a man
podiumed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podiumed
form: most podiumed
Senses: glosses: placed on a podium (especially as a result of winning, or coming second or third, in a race or similar competition)
podiumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of podium
casual sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He was after more than casual sex: he was looking for a long-term relationship.
glosses: Sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment or personal familiarity between the participants involved.
Synonyms: zipless fuck
no strings attached
butcher blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butcher block
polyvocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊkəl
Etymology: From poly- + vocal.
Senses: examples: text: The book provides perspectives from a range of different authors; it is truly a polyvocal work.
glosses: Consisting of more than one voice.
Derived terms: polyvocally
makes something of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make something of oneself
making something of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make something of oneself
made something of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make something of oneself
protests too much
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of protest too much
protesting too much
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of protest too much
protested too much
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of protest too much
nomadistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nomadistic
form: most nomadistic
Etymology: From nomad + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nomadism.
glosses: Characteristic of a nomad.
fall into the wrong hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls into the wrong hands
form: falling into the wrong hands
form: fell into the wrong hands
form: fallen into the wrong hands
Senses: examples: text: The policeman was concerned that the lost handgun would fall into the wrong hands.
glosses: To become the possession of, or be discovered by, an unfriendly third party.
Synonyms: get into the wrong hands