cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
geologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geologizes
form: geologizing
form: geologized
form: geologized
form: geologise
Etymology: From geology + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: ...those many valuable writers, who have unwisely lent their science to uphold and propagate the vicious doctrine of a chaotic geogeny, may geologize with full security...
ref: 1824, The British Critic:
text: We travel here in an extraordinary manner, but we cannot geologize by steam-boats.
ref: 1830, “Geology”, in American Quarterly Review:
text: We continued northwards in a zigzag line; sometimes stopping a day to geologize.
ref: 1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Charles Darwin, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: There was a certain wood, which, by rising at early morn, and taking the cheap train, I could reach at eleven in the morning. Here I would botanize or geologize at my will.
ref: 1864, Jules Verne, Journey to the Centre of the Earth:
text: ...and ploughmen will botanize or geologize on their way home from their daily toil...
ref: 1869 March 27, The Spectator:
text: And between the intervals of eating fruit, we will geologize on the way home, with this little bit of paper to show us where we are.
ref: 2007, Charles Kingsley, Madame How and Lady Why: First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children, →ISBN:
text: Scott presumably foresaw this, which may explain his decision to geologize on the return trip once he lost priority at the pole.
ref: 2011, Edward J. Larson, An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science, →ISBN:
glosses: To study the geology of a location in the field.
Derived terms: geologizer
ankylography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From ankylo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The determination of the three-dimensional structure of an object by analysis of the diffraction pattern obtained from a single exposure to monochromatic light
axiomatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axiomatization
bandpasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandpass
datarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datarates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of data rate.
dianalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + analytic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a function that is analytic or antianalytic with regards to both the domain and codomain
datarates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datarate
econophysicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of econophysicist
data rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of data rate
econophysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: econophysicists
Etymology: From econo- + physicist.
Senses: topics: economics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: An economist or physicist whose speciality of econophysics
econophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From econo- + physics.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, Mr. Farmer, a professor at the interdisciplinary Sante Fe Institute, is doing research on models of markets, institutions and their complex interactions, applying a hybrid discipline called econophysics.
ref: 2009 September 13, Steve Lohr, “Wall Street’s Math Wizards Forgot a Few Variables”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The study of economics using the techniques of physics
sociophysicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociophysicist
precoders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precoder
sociophysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociophysicists
Etymology: From socio- + physicist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A sociologist or physicist whose speciality is sociophysics.
sociophysics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + physics.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The study of social and political behavior using tools and concepts from physics and physical chemistry
subprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subprocesses
Etymology: From sub- + process.
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: process
text: Understanding social differentiation and inequality as a single dynamic composed of multiple subprocesses.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 144:
coordinate_terms: subproject
subroutine
subtask
glosses: A process that is part of a larger overall process.
subprocess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subprocesses
form: subprocessing
form: subprocessed
form: subprocessed
Etymology: From sub- + process.
Senses: glosses: To process as part of a larger overall process.
subprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subprocess
subprocesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subprocess
knowen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English knowen (“known”), from Old English cnāwen (“known, recognised[UK]/recognized[US], perceived”), past participle of cnāwan (“to know, recognise, perceive”). More at know.
Senses: examples: text: […] and it is vulgarly well knowen that thornes signifie stinging and pricking cares.
ref: 1620, King James VI and I, A Meditation Vpon the 27, 28, 29, Verses of the Xxvii. Chapter of St. Matthew. Or a Paterne for a Kings Inauguration:
glosses: past participle of know
entanglon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entanglons
Etymology: From entangle + -on.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A proposed particle, somewhat equivalent to a gluon, that maintains the entanglement between scattered particles
interferer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interferers
Etymology: From interfere + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or thing that, interferes.
Derived terms: noninterferer
interferers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interferer
interpretated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interpreted.
kotoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotoites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral form of magnesium borate that is isostructural with jimboite
macrospin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + spin.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a single-domain approximation used in the analysis of spin valves.
malnormal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mal- + normal.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting malnormality
microKelvin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microKelvins
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of microkelvin.
microswimmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microswimmers
Etymology: From micro- + swimmer.
Senses: glosses: A very small device that propels itself without friction by surface treadmilling.
Related terms: microswimming
multinomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + -nomial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: polynomial
Derived terms: multinomially
multinomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multinomials
Etymology: From multi- + -nomial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: polynomial
nanocontacts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocontact
nanocontact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocontacts
Etymology: From nano- + contact.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale contact
nongeodesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + geodesic.
Senses: glosses: Not geodesic
microswimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microswimmer
œno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of oeno-.
oeno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: eno-
form: œno-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos, “wine”).
Senses: glosses: wine (the alcoholic beverage)
œnologue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: œnologues
Etymology: From œno- + -logue.
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of oenologue.
œnologues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of œnologue
-logic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From French -logique.
Senses: glosses: -logical
enological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oenological.
nonrecoil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-recoil
Etymology: From non- + recoil.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Without recoil; recoilless.
nonsmoothly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: non-smoothly
Etymology: From non- + smoothly.
Senses: glosses: Not smoothly.
perfluorooctanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From perfluoro- + octanoic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to perfluorooctanoic acid or its derivatives
octanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octane + -oic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to octanoic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: perfluorooctanoic
perfluoro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From per- + fluoro-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: used to describe any compound or group in which every hydrogen atom has been replaced by fluorine
pawnee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawnees
Etymology: From pawn + -ee.
Senses: topics: law
coordinate_terms: pawner
glosses: One or to whom a pledge is delivered as security one who takes anything in pawn.
Related terms: brandy pawnee
prelaunch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-launch
Etymology: From pre- + launch.
Senses: glosses: preparatory to launch
Pawnee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːniː/
Etymology: Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.
Senses: glosses: A near-extinct language of North America.
glosses: A village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A ghost town in Geary County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Medina County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Bee County, Texas, United States.
Pawnee
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːniː/
Forms: form: more Pawnee
form: most Pawnee
Etymology: Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Pawnee people or language.
Pawnee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːniː/
Forms: form: Pawnees
form: Pawnee
Etymology: Borrowing from French Pani, from Algonquin pani, either from Winnebago pa꞉ní or Chiwere pányi.
Senses: glosses: A person of Pawnee origin or descent.
Derived terms: Pawnee City
Pawnee County
Pawnee Rock
Related terms: alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/paw
word: paw
word: paw ⁠
pseudocorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudocorrelations
form: pseudo-correlation
Etymology: From pseudo- + correlation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An approximation to a cross-correlation made using Monte Carlo methods
quadropole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quadro- + pole.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of quadrupole.
quasihole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quasiholes
Etymology: From quasi- + hole.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hole equivalent to the absence of a quasiparticle
bordellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bordeller
radiomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of radiometric.
semicomputable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + computable.
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: partially computable
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Semidecidable (for decision problems), can be approximated from either above or below by a computable function (for optimization and numerical problems).
semitutorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semitutorials
form: semi-tutorial
Etymology: From semi- + tutorial.
Senses: glosses: Something that has some characteristics of, or is in effect only a partial, tutorial
semitutorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-tutorial
Etymology: From semi- + tutorial.
Senses: examples: text: The present chapter reintroduces CL in a more compact and less technical way, being written in a semitutorial style with a wider computer science audience in mind.
ref: 2006, Dina Goldin, Scott A. Smolka, Peter Wegner, Interactive Computation: The New Paradigm, page 184:
glosses: Having some aspects of a tutorial.
silicene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicenes
Etymology: Blend of silicon + graphene, due to the similarity of the silicon layer to carbon in graphene.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, silicene has the same structure as a graphene sheet but it is composed of Si atoms instead of C atoms.
ref: 2007, Gian G. Guzmán-Verri and L. C. Lew Yan Voon, "Electronic structure of silicon-based nanostructures", Phys. Rev. B 76, 075131 (30 August 2007) p. 075131-1
text: However, silicene, the counterpart of graphene for silicon has not been found until now, although it has attracted strong theoretical attention since several years.
ref: 2010, Bernard Aufray, Abdelkader Kara, Sébastien Vizzini, Hamid Oughaddou, Christel Léandri, Benedicte Ealet, Guy Le Lay, “Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of silicene”, in Applied Physics Letters, 96, 183102 (3 May 2010) p. 183102-1:
text: The electronic properties of silicene nano-ribbons and silicene sheets were found to resemble those of graphene.
ref: 2012, Abdelkader Kara, Hanna Enriquezc, Ari P. Seitsonend, L.C. Lew Yan Voone, Sébastien Vizzinif, Bernard Aufrayg, Hamid Oughaddoub, Surface Science Reports, 67 #1, (1 January 2012) p. 1:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monolayer of silicon atoms packed together to resemble graphene.
silicene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicenes
Etymology: Blend of silicon + carbene
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any short-lived, reactive species R₂Si: analogous to carbenes.
toy poodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toy poodle
chuchotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃu.ʃəʊˈtɑːʒ/
ipa: /ʃu.ʃoʊˈtɑʒ/
Etymology: From French chuchotage (“whispering”).
Senses: examples: text: Eventually, the words of such Aramaic whisper-translations (called chuchotage in the modern world of international interpreters) were written down, mostly in small fragments, and these targums now provide precious linguistic and historical records for scholars of Judaism.
ref: 2011, David Bellos, Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 141:
synonyms: whisper interpreting
whispered interpreting
whispered interpretation
glosses: The interpretation or translation of speech in a whisper to a single person in proximity to other people.
English rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: English roses
Senses: examples: text: She is a true English rose.
text: No matter where I go / I will come back to my English rose / For nothing can ever tempt me from she
ref: 1978, Paul Weller, “English Rose”, in All Mod Cons, performed by The Jam:
text: It was really important to me that I show the world that that is part of my culture. I was described as an English rose once in an article and it really pissed me off, because I’m not.
ref: 2024 November 25, Hannah J. Davies, quoting Kaya Scodelario, “Kaya Scodelario on Skins, scares and sex scenes: ‘I was called an English rose – it really pissed me off’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An Englishwoman of fine and delicate beauty, akin to that of a rose.
glosses: Any rose thought to be typical of an English country garden.
Related terms: Tudor rose
English roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English rose
streaky bacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bacon made from pork belly rather than from side or back cuts
Related terms: back bacon
Tudor rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tudor roses
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A heraldic emblem of England, formed from the red rose of Lancaster and the white rose of York.
Related terms: Tudor flower
supercorporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercorporations
Etymology: From super- + corporation.
Senses: examples: text: Supercorporations rule in part through the medium of "contracts of adhesion," which somewhat resemble traditional contracts but in fact differ markedly.
ref: 1987, Warren J Samuels, Arthur Selwyn Miller, Corporations and society: power and responsibility:
glosses: Synonym of megacorporation.
synonyms: word: megacorporation
rimester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rimesters
Etymology: From rime + -ster.
Senses: glosses: One who rimes.
ringster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringsters
Etymology: Derived from ring + -ster.
Senses: glosses: Member of a (political or economic) ring
rodster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rodsters
Etymology: Derived from rod + -ster.
Senses: glosses: One who uses a fishing rod; an angler.
wave shoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The effect on a wave, in a body of water, of increasing wave height with decreasing water depth. Particularly noticeable at the sea shore.
shoot one's load
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shoots one's load
form: shooting one's load
form: shot one's load
form: shot one's load
Senses: examples: text: 2001, Penthouse Magazine, Letters to Penthouse XII: It Just Gets Hotter, link
I grab her tighter and shoot my load in her bum.
text: I knew what that meant, and was ready to shoot my load along with him. His cum sprayed in every direction; huge, thick, white jets of hot cum covering the wall and chair in front of him.
ref: 2005, Sean Wolfe, Close Contact, page 343:
text: As my body flushed with unexpected heat and my heart palpitated, with hip-thrusting panache I shot my load all over the TV screen.
ref: 2006, John Patrick, Taboo!, page 56
text: “I want you to cum with me,” Randy said, “When I shoot my load up that pretty ass, I want you to shoot yours."
ref: 2008, Mickey Erlach, Boys Will be Boys, page 42:
glosses: To ejaculate; to cum.
glosses: To expend one's resources or one's opportunity, especially prematurely; to blow one's chance.
Synonyms: sense: to ejaculate
word: ejaculate
sense: to expend one's resources or opportunity
word: blow one's load
sense: to expend one's resources or opportunity
word: shoot one's bolt
sense: to expend one's resources or opportunity
word: shoot one's wad
little owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little owl
priant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priants
Etymology: From French priant (“praying”).
Senses: examples: text: page 139: It is an established fact that Anequin de Egas gave shape to the new conception of the priant in about 1467, when Juan […], the architect of the famous convent church of Guadalupe in Estramadura, died.
page 144: We begin to ask ourselves whether the priants were intended to depict souls or human portraits.
ref: 1954, Henriette Eugénie s' Jacob, Idealism and Realism: A Study of Sepulchral Symbolism:
text: page xiii, List of illustrations: 84. Priant of Louis XII (cast). Photograph: A. Neury, Paris. 85. Priants of Francis I (d. 1574) and Claude of France (d. 1524) […]
page 166: The royal tombs were related to earlier French tombs which had shown kneeling figures symbolizing the soul contrasted to representations of dead bodies below. The earlier representations had commonly shown the priants kneeling in front of the Virgin asking for mercy. […] The royal priants, by contrast, […]
ref: 1973, Kathleen Cohen, Kathleen Rogers Cohen, Metamorphosis of a Death Symbol: The Transi Tomb in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Univ of California Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A kneeling figure, in French sepulchral art.
Timonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tīʹmənĭzəm
ipa: /ˈtaɪmənɪzəm/
Forms: form: Timonisms
Etymology: From Timon + -ism, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used in the Westminster Review (maybe after the earlier "Timonist") in an 1840 review. (Coining erroneously attributed to Herman Melville, who popularized it later in 1852.)
Senses: examples: text: This most cruel betrayal led him to Timonism.
glosses: A form of bitter misanthropy, a despair leading to hatred or contemptuous rejection of mankind, like Timon of Athens.
examples: text: Pay no attention to his Timonisms, it's a pose.
glosses: A bitter or cynical utterance or behavior, in the manner of Timon of Athens.
Synonyms: misanthropy
Derived terms: Timonist
Related terms: Timonean
Timonian
Timonize
Simonism
Timonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmənɪst/
Forms: form: Timonists
Etymology: From Timon + -ist, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes). Used by Robert Greene in his Greene's Mourning Garment (1590). (Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens is usually estimated c. 1607 and would not have influenced Greene; however, some consider the play could be one of Shakespeare's earliest, and could then have been Greene's source.)
Senses: examples: text: Yet was he not … such a Timonist, but hee would familiarly conuerse with his friends. [sic]
ref: 1590, Robert Greene, Greene's Mourning Garment
text: I did it to retyre me from the vvorld; / And turne my Muſe into a Timoniſt, […]
ref: 1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. […], London: […] [Edward Allde] for Edward White, […], published 1602, →OCLC, signature L3, recto:
text: Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.
ref: 1988, Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism"
glosses: A sort of bitter misanthrope related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
Timonist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmənɪst/
Forms: form: more Timonist
form: most Timonist
Etymology: From Timon + -ist, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes). Used by Robert Greene in his Greene's Mourning Garment (1590). (Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens is usually estimated c. 1607 and would not have influenced Greene; however, some consider the play could be one of Shakespeare's earliest, and could then have been Greene's source.)
Senses: examples: text: Marston poses as the Timonist malcontent satirist ready to excoriate the world for its follies.
ref: 1988, Maurice Charney, Hamlet's fictions
glosses: Of a form of bitter misanthropy related to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
Synonyms: Timonean
Timonian
Related terms: Timonism
Timonize
Timonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Timonian
form: most Timonian
Etymology: From Timon + -ian, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used by poet John Langhorne in his translation of Plutarch's Lives (1777).
Senses: examples: text: [About Timon's account of Pyrrho's views.] The second Timonian passage is usually taken to come from his prose work, Python.
ref: 1983, M. R. Stopper, in Phronesis
text: Aristocles is not citing Timon—and how near he keeps to any Timonian text we cannot judge.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Barnes, in Mind
glosses: Of a form of bitter misanthropy relating to Timonism, like Timon of Athens.
Synonyms: Timonean
Timonist
Related terms: Timonism
Timonize
Timonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Timonian
form: most Timonian
Etymology: From Timon + -an, from a 3rd-century BC disciple of Pyrrho, Skeptic philosopher and satirist Timon of Phlius (c. 320 – c. 230 BC).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Skeptic philosopher Timon of Phlius, his life, works, style, or ideas.
Synonyms: word: Timonean
Timonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Timonian
form: most Timonian
Etymology: From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
Timonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /taɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /taɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Timonians
Etymology: From the name of French priest Joseph-Marie Timon-David (1823-1891) and the Sacred Heart congregation he founded in 1864.
Senses: glosses: A member of the French Catholic Sacred Heart congregation founded by Joseph-Marie Timon-David.
Timonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Timonizes
form: Timonizing
form: Timonized
form: Timonized
form: Timonise
Etymology: From Timon + -ize, from the 5th-century BC person Timon of Athens (as described by Plutarch, Lucian, Aristophanes), possibly by way of William Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens (c. 1607). Used intransitively by William Darrell in his book The Gentleman Instructed (1713). Used transitively by Herman Melville in his novel Pierre (1852).
Senses: examples: text: I should be tempted to Timonize, and clap a Satyr upon our whole Species.
ref: 1713, William Darrell, The Gentleman Instructed, 5th edition
glosses: To behave as a misanthrope.
examples: text: And it may well be believed, that after the wonderful vital world-revelation so suddenly made to Pierre at the Meadows—a revelation which, at moments, in some certain things, fairly Timonized him—he had not failed to clutch with peculiar nervous detestation and contempt that ample parcel, containing the letters of his Biographico and other silly correspondents, which, in a less ferocious hour, he had filed away as curiosities.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre: or, The Ambiguities, Harper & Brothers, page 348:
text: Lawrence's progressive alienation from his countrymen and finally from humanity – as it were, the "Timonizing" process that overcame him – went hand in hand with his estrangement from Russell.
ref: 1983, Michael L. Ross, "Lawrence's letters", in Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, volume 3, number 1 (Summer 1983), page 58
glosses: To cause (someone) to slide into bitter misanthropy, into Timonism.
Derived terms: Timonization
Timonizing
Related terms: Timonian
Timonism
Timonist
bumpf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bumf.
dactylectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dactylectomy
disbandment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disbandments
Etymology: From disband + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of disbanding
Synonyms: dissolution
dispersal
iminoribitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iminoribitols
Etymology: From imino + ribitol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An imino derivative of ribitol.
linotypist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linotypists
Etymology: From linotype + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who operated a linotype machine.
linotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linotypes
Etymology: From a trade name, presumably line + -o- + type.
Senses: glosses: A form of typesetting machine in which a complete line of characters is set at once.
glosses: The slug produced by such a machine, or matter composed in such lines.
Derived terms: linotyper
linotypist
linotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: linotypes
form: linotyping
form: linotyped
form: linotyped
Etymology: From a trade name, presumably line + -o- + type.
Senses: glosses: To prepare (printed matter) using a linotype machine.
distie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disties
Etymology: * distribution + -ie
* distributor + -ie
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disty (“distribution”).
glosses: Alternative spelling of disty (“distributor”).
microform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microforms
Etymology: From micro- + form.
Senses: glosses: Microfilm, microfiche or similar materials.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism of microscopic size.
millefiori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millefioris
Etymology: From Italian mille fiori (“thousand flowers”).
Senses: glosses: A decorative glassware technique using a mosaic of coloured beads.
vermicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: At length a generation more refined
Improved the simple plan; made three legs four,
Gave them a twisted form vermicular,
And o’er the seat, with plenteous wadding stuff’d,
Induced a splendid cover, green and blue,
Yellow and red, of tapestry richly wrought
And woven close, or needlework sublime.
ref: 1785, Thomas Cowper, The Task:
synonyms: vermiculate
glosses: Relating to, or having the form of, a worm.
Timonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Timonised
Senses: examples: text: And it may well be believed, that after the wonderful vital world-revelation so suddenly made to Pierre at the Meadows – a revelation which, at moments, in some certain things, fairly Timonized him – he had not failed to clutch with peculiar nervous detestation and contempt that ample parcel, containing the letters of his Biographico and other silly correspondents, which, in a less ferocious hour, he had filed away as curiosities.
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre
glosses: simple past and past participle of Timonize
Itelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan family, spoken on Kamchatka in Russia.
Itelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Itelmens
form: Itelmen
Senses: glosses: A Kamchadal.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Itelmen terms
steaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛvən/
ipa: /ˈstɛv.n̩/
rhymes: -ɛvən
Forms: form: steavens
Etymology: See steven.
Senses: examples: text: Stephen kept his steaven, and to the time he gave, Came to demand what penance he should have.
ref: 1825 (original: ????), Robert Nares, “A” Glossary, Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs &c. which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration, in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare, and His Comtemporaries, page 765, quoting Ellis's Specimen of Ancient English Poetry, iii, 121
text: […] suddenly Bishop Germaine and the priests, with a loud and shrill voice, cried Alleluia three times and therewith all the multitude of the Britains with whole voice, cried the same cry, with such a loud steaven, […]
ref: 2015, Patricia Spencer, Albion 2:
glosses: Alternative form of steven.
Timonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus he ran on carelessly in this cynical vein; but I, after a time, paid no attention to his Timonisms, being taken up with the spectacle of a crowd in the street surrounding a carriage.
ref: 1891, Fergus Hume, When I Lived in Bohemia
glosses: plural of Timonism
Timonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You therefore whose bodies, either overflowing with the corrupt humours of this age's fantasticness, or else being burnt up with the inflamation of upstart fashions, would fain be purged, and, to shew that you truly loath this polluted and mangy fisted world, turn Timonists, not caring either for men or their manners, … [sic]
ref: 1609, Thomas Dekker, The Gull's Hornbook
text: Cynicism is often contrasted with "Timonism" (cf. Shakespeare's Timon of Athens). Cynics saw what people could be & were angered by what they had become; Timonists felt humans were hopelessly stupid & uncaring by nature & so saw no hope for change.
ref: 1988, Paul Ollswang, "Cynicism"
glosses: plural of Timonist
Timonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Timonian
Timonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Timonises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Timonize
Timonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Timonize
cryptonymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cryptonym + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cryptonyms.
yachtman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yachtmen
Etymology: From yacht + -man.
Senses: glosses: A yachtsman.
yachtmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yachtman
fraidy cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fraidy cats
Senses: examples: text: MURROW: Do you remember the most severe disciplinary action taken against you when you were a youngster, Mr. President?
TRUMAN: Well, I was one of these fraidy cats who usually obeyed the rules and they didn't have to get after me very often.
ref: 1964, Harry S. Truman, Edward R. Murrow, 13:07 from the start, in MP66-7 Harry S. Truman Interviewed by Edward R. Murrow, February 1957 (5 of 12), Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
glosses: Synonym of scaredy-cat (“coward”).
synonyms: word: scaredy-cat
extra: coward
scardey cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of scaredy cat.
fraidy cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraidy cat
scaredy cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaredy cat
offlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒflɛt/
ipa: /ˈɔflɛt/
ipa: /ˈɑflɛt/
Forms: form: offlets
Etymology: From off- + let.
Senses: glosses: A pipe to drain or let off water.
Related terms: inlet
outlet
divisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of divisible.
undiligent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undiligent
form: most undiligent
Etymology: From un- + diligent.
Senses: glosses: not diligent
unbendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbendable
form: most unbendable
Etymology: From un- + bendable.
Senses: examples: text: No one would have originated the idea of piecing together several bits of hard unbendable material, and giving them elasticity by means of sinews or hide, unless they had previously been acquainted with the use of the plain bow.
ref: 1890, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, volume 19:
text: It takes expert, trained hands to handle a fracture; a board or thick, unbendable material under or next to the fractured part should be applied as a splint before the part is moved.
ref: 1960, Florence Dakin, Ella M. Thompson, Simplified Nursing: The Essentials of Practical Nursing:
text: Or at least some hard, unbendable material. Steel? Or something even more sturdy? Some new high-tech material that was indestructible? Matt wasn't sure.
ref: 2003, Beverly Barton, The Princess's Bodyguard:
glosses: not bendable
unbelievability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unbelievable + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unbelievable.
strike a nerve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strikes a nerve
form: striking a nerve
form: struck a nerve
form: struck a nerve
form: stricken a nerve
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch a nerve.
trial balloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trial balloon
rosiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosier
dayspring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daysprings
Etymology: From Middle English dai spring, equivalent to day + spring.
Senses: examples: text: Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us
ref: 1900, The Holy Bible, […] (American Standard Version), New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Luke 1:78:
text: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused the dayspring to know its place
ref: 1901, The Holy Bible, […] (American Standard Version), New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Job 38:12:
glosses: The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; daybreak.
Synonyms: break of day
daybreak
sunup
dawn
daysprings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dayspring
shelf lives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelf life
lushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lush
lushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lush
lushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lushed
form: most lushed
Senses: glosses: Drunk.
test the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tests the water
form: testing the water
form: tested the water
form: tested the water
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of test the waters.
talking shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talking shops
Senses: glosses: A place where people gather to have conversation or discussion which is usually of an informal nature.
glosses: An organization or other group that is all talk and no action.
Synonyms: sense: place for discussion
word: forum
sense: group that is all talk an no action
word: talk shop
talking shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk shop
filoselle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filoselles
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A soft silk embroidery thread
floss silk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floss silks
form: floss-silk
Senses: glosses: Raw silk, having the appearance of cotton wool, once used for embroidery and as dental floss.
anticenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticenters
form: anticentre
Etymology: From anti- + center.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The point in the sky opposite to that of the centre of the galaxy (when viewed from Earth)
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: antiepicenter
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The point of concurrence of the four maltitudes of a cyclic quadrilateral
antiepicenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiepicenters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antiepicentre.
antiepicentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiepicentres
form: antiepicenter
Etymology: From anti- + epicentre.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The point on the Earth opposite to an epicentre
armlengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armlength
armlength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armlengths
Etymology: From Middle English armelengþ, arme lengþe, equivalent to arm + length.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The length of each arm of an interferometer
Related terms: arm's length
astropause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astropauses
Etymology: From astro- + -pause.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The stellar equivalent of the heliopause
astrosheath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrosheaths
Etymology: From astro- + sheath.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The stellar equivalent of the heliosheath
sophrosyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /səˈfɹɒzɪniː/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωφροσύνη (sōphrosúnē, “soundness of mind, prudence, temperance”) from σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “sane, moderate, prudent”) (from σῶς (sôs, “safe, sound, whole”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”)) + -σύνη (-súnē, abstract noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: The Ancient Greek concept of an ideal of excellence of character and soundness of mind, which when combined in one well-balanced individual leads to other qualities, such as temperance, moderation, prudence, and self-control.
Related terms: sophron
Sophrosyne
phronesis
astrotail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astrotails
Etymology: From astro- + tail.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The stellar equivalent of the heliotail
heliotail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heliotails
Etymology: From helio- + tail.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the heliosphere opposite to the bow shock
birthsite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthsites
form: birth site
Etymology: From birth + site.
Senses: glosses: The place where someone (or something) was born.
blueward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blueward
form: most blueward
Etymology: From blue + -ward.
Senses: glosses: toward the blue end of the spectrum
blueward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blueward
form: most blueward
Etymology: From blue + -ward.
Senses: glosses: toward the blue end of the spectrum
Synonyms: bluewards
bluewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bluewards
form: most bluewards
Etymology: From blue + -wards.
Senses: glosses: towards the blue end of the spectrum
bluewards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bluewards
form: most bluewards
Etymology: From blue + -wards.
Senses: glosses: towards the blue end of the spectrum
Synonyms: blueward
redward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redward
form: most redward
Etymology: From red + -ward.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Toward the red end of the spectrum
redward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more redward
form: most redward
Etymology: From red + -ward.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Toward the red end of the spectrum
Synonyms: redwards
bowshock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowshocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bow shock.
coboundary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coboundaries
Etymology: From co- + boundary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The image of a submodule of a cochain
compacton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compactons
Etymology: From compact + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A specific form of soliton, having compact support on a topological space.
compactons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compacton
comultiplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comultiplication
comultiplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comultiplications
Etymology: From co- + multiplication.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The equivalent of multiplication in a coalgebra.
contextuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contextualities
Etymology: From contextual + -ity.
Senses: antonyms: noncontextuality
glosses: The condition of being contextual.
coordinate_terms: compositionality
glosses: The extent to which something is contextual.
Related terms: context
context-sensitive
formating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of formate
formating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of formatting.
formating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of formatting.
graphites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphite
graphitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graphitize
graphitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The conversion of some of the carbon in steel to graphite in the process of annealing
insulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insulation
intermetallics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intermetallic
contextualities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contextuality
firangi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fiɹʌŋɡiː/
Forms: form: firangis
form: firangi
form: Feringee
form: Feringhee
form: ferenghi
form: Feringi
form: Feringy
form: Firangi
form: Firinghee
form: firingi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani फ़िरंगी (firaṅgī) / فرنگی (firangī), from Classical Persian فرنگی (farangī), from Old French franc. Doublet of franc.
Senses: examples: text: Prem, who knew him slightly from Dehra Dun (where Dhillon had been his junior), remembers Dhillon cheerfully telling everyone that the firangi were glad to have Indians patrolling their wire. This Prem doubted.
ref: 1995, Peter Ward Fay, The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945, page 109:
text: Then Kashibayi cleared her throat and told him, "Maharaj, our Babasaheb Sarkar was a very patriotic king who fought against the firangi fellows. He was betrayed by his own people who were shamelessly treacherous."
ref: 2001, Basavaraj Naikar, The Sun Behind the Cloud, page 239:
text: The neighbouring men had all come to see the firangi, the foreign woman, [...]
ref: 2004, Christina Lamb, The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan, page 252:
glosses: A foreigner, especially a British or a white person.
Related terms: farang
gora
Angrez
feus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feu
feus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feu
whipster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipsters
Etymology: Derived from whip + -ster. Rather from the verb than the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Every pitifullest whipster that walks within a skin has his head filled with the notion that he is, shall be, or by all human and divine laws ought to be, ‘happy.’ His wishes, the pitifullest whipster’s, are to be fulfilled for him; his days, the pitifullest whipster’s, are to flow on in ever-gentle current of enjoyment, impossible even for the gods.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IV, Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
text: A cow-handed whipster. Rides well enough, but not handy with a team.
ref: 1994, Christmas Ecapade, page 117:
glosses: a scholastic often pedantic person, wise guy
tryster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trysters
Etymology: From tryst + -er.
Senses: glosses: a lover who keeps a tryst
trysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tryster