cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
MOVPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
chemistry
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of metalorganic vapour phase epitaxy.
granularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/
ipa: /ˌɡɹæn.jəˈlɝ.ə.ti/
Forms: form: granularities
Etymology: From granular + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: By granularity we mean the length of time to execute a multitaskable segment of the original program on a single CPU. Granularity is measured in time units, rather than floating point operations, […]
ref: 2012, Geerd-R. Hoffmann, David F. Snelling, Multiprocessing in Meteorological Models, page 57:
glosses: The condition of being granular.
glosses: The extent to which something is granular.
Derived terms: equigranularity
hypergranularity
microgranularity
multigranularity
Related terms: granulate
granulation
granule
joint-stock company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joint-stock companies
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A company with transferable ownership interests and limited shareholder liability.
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A company with transferable ownership interests and unlimited shareholder liability.
Milton Keynes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌmɪltən ˈkiːnz/
Etymology: From an earlier "Middleton Caynes" when the village was in the manor of the "de Cahaines" family.
Senses: examples: text: A Milton Keynes is up against a long-term cost disadvantage.
ref: 1975, Built environment quarterly:
text: Now a Milton Keynes resident knows a concrete cow when he sees one but . . .
ref: 1990, Nick Meers, Sue Seddon, Enigmatic England:
text: They are now displayed in a Milton Keynes park near the railway line.
ref: 1998, Ruth H. Finnegan, Tales of the city: a study of narrative and urban life:
text: Without official recognition Gatwick has become the Milton Keynes of the south side of London, and Stansted looks set to be the same for the north-east.
ref: 2005, Brian Edwards, The modern airport terminal: new approaches to airport architecture:
text: Nearby was the tidier town of Tychy, a faceless Milton Keynes type of place without the roundabouts.
ref: 2008, Dave Spencer, A smudge on my lens:
synonyms: word: MK
glosses: Originally a village in Buckinghamshire, now a purpose-built city in central England, United Kingdom, containing the towns of Bletchley, Wolverton, Stony Stratford, and many smaller villages.
glosses: A unitary authority and borough with city status (City of Milton Keynes) in Buckinghamshire.
footman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footmen
Etymology: From Middle English fotman, footman, foteman (“foot soldier, running footman”), from Old English *fōtman, *fōtmann (attested only as Old English fēþman, fēþemann (“footman”), equivalent to foot + man.
Senses: glosses: A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.
examples: text: […] on October 29, 1888, the Russian imperial train was derailed at Borki by defective track, and twenty-one persons were killed. Although these did not include the Emperor Alexander III, who escaped with a bruising, a footman serving coffee to him at the critical moment, and his dog, which was lying on the floor beside him, were both killed on the spot.
ref: 1945 September and October, C. Hamilton Ellis, “Royal Trains—V”, in Railway Magazine, pages 251–252:
text: And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
text: Reading their accounts, you can't help feeling they got a more thrilling frisson from sharing a pot of home-made stew without a footman than they took in any of their convoluted couplings.
ref: 2023 September 23, Tim Hayward, “Not so easy does it”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 19:
coordinate_terms: footwoman
glosses: A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.
examples: text: When he travelled by coach the vehicle was accompanied by his liveried footmen running alongside to ensure its smooth passage (footmen would not be indoor servants until a century later).
ref: 2016, Anna Keay, chapter 8, in The Last Royal Rebel, London: Bloomsbury:
glosses: A servant who runs in front of his master's carriage.
glosses: A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.
glosses: A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
glosses: A moth of the family Arctiidae (or subfamily Arctiinae); -- so called from its livery-like colors.
especially, a common footman (Manulea lurideola)
glosses: A bar that connects the treadle of a spinning wheel to the wheel.
Synonyms: word: runner
word: running footman
sense: moth
word: footman moth
Derived terms: footmanhood
footmanly
footmanry
footmanship
speckled footman
underfootman
philosophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪk/
ipa: /ˌfɪləˈsɑfɪk/
ipa: /ˌfɪləˈzɒfɪk/
Forms: form: more philosophic
form: most philosophic
form: philosophick
form: phylosophic
form: phylosophick
Etymology: From Middle English philosophik, phylosophyk, from Old French filosofique and Latin philosophicus; equivalent to philosophy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: ’Tis certain, that, while we aſpire to the magnanimous Firmneſs of the philoſophic Sage, and endeavour to confine our Pleaſures altogether within our own Minds, we may, at laſt, render our Philoſophy, like that of Epictetus and other Stoics, only a more refin’d Syſtem of Selfiſhneſs, and reaſon ourſelves out of all Virtue, as well as ſocial Enjoyment.
ref: 1748, [David Hume], “Essay V. Sceptical Solution of these Doubts.”, in Philosophical Essays Concerning Human Understanding, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, part I, page 69:
glosses: Synonym of philosophical.
synonyms: word: philosophical
Derived terms: nonphilosophic
pseudophilosophic
semiphilosophic
theophilosophic
unphilosophic
inmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: innermost
Etymology: From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most.
Senses: examples: text: Courtenaye was at once carried out of himself; he caught the fire of the actor; the splendid voice, the noble gesture, and the exalted sentiment, aided by the pomp of the verse, mastered his inmost soul.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A First Night”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 68:
text: Virginia Carteret was finding it a new and singular experience to have a man tell her baldly at their first meeting that he had read her inmost thought of him.
ref: 1905, Francis Lynde, A Fool for Love, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, page 25:
text: It was as though she were attempting to read my inmost soul, […]
ref: 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “A Fair Goddess”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., September 1918, →OCLC, page 104:
glosses: superlative form of inner: most inner; the very deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part.
Derived terms: inmostness
inmost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inmosts
form: innermost
Etymology: From Middle English inmost, from Old English innemest, a double superlative form from inne (“within”), from in (“in”). The modern form is due to confusion with most.
Senses: glosses: That which is inmost; the core.
briefest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brief: most brief
emphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈfætɪkli/
Forms: form: more emphatically
form: most emphatically
Etymology: From emphatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps, at, another time, Ralph’s obstinacy and dislike would have been proof against any appeal from such a quarter, however emphatically urged; but now, after a moment’s hesitation, he went into the hall for his hat, and returning, got into the coach without speaking a word.
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
text: Dos Santos, who has often been on the fringes at Spurs since moving from Barcelona, whipped in a fantastic cross that Pavlyuchenko emphatically headed home for his first goal of the season.
ref: 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In an emphatic manner; with emphasis.
examples: text: He was indeed emphatically a popular writer.
ref: 1856 February, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Oliver Goldsmith”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
glosses: Most definitely; truly.
examples: text: I must be taken neither really nor emphatically , but only emblematically: for being the Hierogliphick of celerity, and swifter than other animals, men best expreſſed their velocity by incurvity
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Not really, but apparently.
hillside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/
Forms: form: hillsides
Etymology: From hill + side.
Senses: examples: text: Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.
ref: 1957 August 24, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 575:
text: Tai Ping Shan (peace mountain) is, strictly speaking, not a mountain but a hillside district in Victoria situated to the south of Sheung Wan between Queen's Road and Caine Road.
ref: 2012, Qizhang Dong, “The Curse of Tai Ping Shan”, in Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76:
text: As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.
ref: 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2020:
glosses: The side of a hill.
bravest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of brave: most brave
bravest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: New York's bravest
coordinate_terms: finest
qualifier: sometimes preceded by the
glosses: Firefighters.
teaspoonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːspuːnfəl/
Forms: form: teaspoonfuls
form: teaspoonsful
form: tea spoonful
form: tea-spoonful
Etymology: From teaspoon + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
glosses: A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
Synonyms: teaspoon
tsp
Hypernyms: spoonful
Coordinate terms: spoonful § Hyponyms
Ast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
ast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Curley said, "Well, I didn't mean nothing, Slim. I just ast you."
ref: 1937, John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Penguin Books Limited, published 2000, →ISBN:
text: I just ast her.
ref: 1988 October 21, Bryan Miller, “Strangers in a Train Station”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past and past participle of ask.
Anglophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaŋ.ɡlə(ʊ).fəʊb/
Forms: form: Anglophobes
form: anglophobe
Etymology: From Anglo- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Not surprisingly, in view of their country's defeat in the Crimean War, they were Anglophobes to a man.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 265:
glosses: A person who dislikes or fears England, its people or anything English.
Related terms: Anglophobic
Anglophobia
Anglophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anglophobia
Etymology: From Anglo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The hatred or fear of England and anything English (or British).
Related terms: Anglophobe
Anglophobic
teflon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Genericization of trademark Teflon.
Senses: examples: text: ...tweeting in defiance at all those horrendous scandals that were meant to destroy his campaign. He made teflon look sticky.
ref: 2016 September 11, James Eagle, Donald Trump: Why is the world so surprised?, retrieved 30 Oct 2017:
glosses: Synonym of polytetrafluoroethylene, PTFE.
synonyms: word: polytetrafluoroethylene
word: PTFE
Derived terms: teflonish
teflon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teflon
form: most teflon
Etymology: Genericization of trademark Teflon.
Senses: glosses: Non-stick, slick.
examples: text: the teflon Prime Minister
coordinate_terms: like water off a duck's back
rubber
glosses: Able to easily shrug off or deflect criticism or blame.
raw_tags: of a person
exsecant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exsecants
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function sec(x) − 1. Abbreviation: exsec
Related terms: excosecant
secant
exsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Abbreviation of exsecant.
Related terms: excsc
excosecant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excosecants
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The trigonometric function csc(x) − 1. Abbreviation: excsc
Related terms: exsecant
cosecant
secant
excsc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: Abbreviation of excosecant.
Related terms: exsec
Bengel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bengels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bengel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bischof
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bischofs
Etymology: Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
restaurants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restaurant
trattorie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trattoria
trattoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɑtəˈɹiːə/
Forms: form: trattorias
form: trattorie
Etymology: From Italian trattoria.
Senses: examples: text: La Granita is a new trattoria on the Upper East Side with a charcoal grill, a rotisserie and a wood-burning pizza oven.
ref: 1995 November 24, Eric Asimov, “A Complete 'Look'”, in The New York Times:
hypernyms: restaurant
<
establishment
coordinate_terms: osteria
taberna#Etymology_2
taverna
bistro
glosses: A small, informal Italian-style restaurant.
pizzerie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizzeria
pizzaiolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzaiolos
form: pizzaioli
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pizzaiolo.
Senses: examples: text: The wood-burning ovens and rock-star pizzaioli that seemed exotic not long ago are becoming familiar.
ref: 2010 August 24, Oliver Strand, “New York Pizza Enters a Golden Age”, in The New York Times:
text: Mr. Arena routinely travels to pizzerias, and also responds to questions from pizzaiolos from around the world, including Brazil and China. […] Evel Pie, where Mr. Rotolo was once the head pizzaiolo, has a punk-rock-meets-Evel-Knievel aesthetic, replete with a Knievel-themed pinball machine, ’70s-era bunting and music, and the words “Live Hard, Ride Fast, Eat Pizza” in lights above the bar.
ref: 2020 June 3, Robert Spuhler, “In Las Vegas, the Home-Style Pizza Is an Everything Pie”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person who makes pizzas in a pizzeria; a pizzamaker.
pizzaiola
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This restaurant specialises in chicken pizzaiola.
qualifier: following the noun
glosses: Prepared with an Italian sauce made from tomato and oregano.
pasta sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pasta sauces
Senses: examples: text: Tomatoes and basil are popular ingredients in pasta sauces.
glosses: Any of many sauces designed to be served with pasta (and sometimes used on pizza), especially a tomato-based red sauce with herbs and spices.
Hyponyms: english: vegetarian sauce
translation: vegetarian sauce
word: tomato sauce
english: tomato-based
translation: tomato-based
word: meat sauce
word: alfredo
word: amatriciana
word: arrabbiata
word: bolognese
word: carbonara
word: marinara
word: pesto
word: pomodoro
chowkidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chowkidars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chaukidar.
osterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteria
inns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
homophone: ins
Senses: glosses: plural of inn
inns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
homophone: ins
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inn
Busch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Bush
Forms: form: Busches
Etymology: From the German surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
osteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osterias
form: osterie
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian osteria. Doublet of hostry.
Senses: examples: text: And though the standard fare at the mountain osterias known as rifugios largely remains slabs of speck and strong local cheese, there are exceptions — most notably Col Alt, a rifugio above Corvara accessible only by ski lift, where meat dishes take the form of succulent venison or rabbit, and bottles of aged Barolo offer a noble complement to the soaring mountain vistas.
ref: 2015 August 13, Robert Draper, “In Italy, Hiking and Haute Cuisine in the Dolomites”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: restaurant
<
establishment
coordinate_terms: trattoria
;
taberna#Etymology_2
taverna
bistro
glosses: A small local restaurant in (usually rural) Italy.
Bude
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbjuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Senses: glosses: A coastal town in Bude-Stratton parish, north Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SS2106).
aperitivo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian aperitivo. Doublet of aperitive and apéritif.
Senses: glosses: An Italian apéritif.
Brauch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brauchs
Etymology: South German surname, from the noun Brauch (“custom”) or the related verb, brauchen (“to enjoy, use”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Brocken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A variant of brooking.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Brocken bow
Brocken specter
Brocken spectre
specter of the Brocken
spectre of the Brocken
Brunnen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district, Upper Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A resort on Lake Lucerne, Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
Degen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Degens
Etymology: * As a German and Alemannic German surname, from the noun Degen (“boy warrior, hero”).
* As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from names like Degenhard, Degenhold, etc., with the same meaning as the above.
In isolated cases it can also be from Degen (“rapier”), for someone who made or wore such weapons, and from Middle High German dechen (“dean”, modern German Dechant).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Delle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Delle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French, from Middle French Deyle, from Medieval Latin Dadila, from Late Latin Datira.
Senses: glosses: A commune in Territoire de Belfort department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, on the border with Switzerland.
antipasti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The short photocopied menu lists only a few antipasti, like mussels in a spicy red sauce[…]
ref: 1988 April 29, Daniel Santow, “Restaurant Tours: guy remembers grandma”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: plural of antipasto
bagna càuda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bagna cauda.
anchovies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.t͡ʃə.viz/
ipa: /ˈæn.t͡ʃəʊ.viz/
ipa: /ænˈt͡ʃəʊ.viz/
ipa: /ænˈt͡ʃoʊ.viz/
Senses: glosses: plural of anchovy
general-purpose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It is a general-purpose type, with weight and clearances sufficiently restricted to enable it to have a considerably wider radius of action than the "V2" 2-6-2s and "K3" 2-6-0s, but at the same time, with the help of a working pressure of 225 lb. per sq. in., of considerable power.
ref: 1943 March and April, “L.N.E.R. New Mixed-Traffic 4-6-0 Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 104:
text: The omni-tool itself is a combination computer and general-purpose engineering device that fabricates tools and equipment as needed. It acts as a translator, computer, holographic recorder and player, full translation software, and can create lockpicks and any other equipment needed to use a character's skills. An omni-tool can be upgraded with a number of options.
ref: 2012 June, Stew Wilson, “Mass Effecting the Thousand Suns”, in RPG Review, number 16, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:
coordinate_terms: domain-specific
glosses: For general purposes; all-purpose.
Synonyms: GP
Derived terms: GP
GPMG
jeep
carpaccio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpaccios
Etymology: From Italian carpaccio.
Senses: glosses: Thinly sliced raw beef or tuna, usually served as an appetizer.
wikipedia: Avignon
crostini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːni
Etymology: From Italian crostini (“little crusts”).
Senses: glosses: starters of savoury toppings on toasted or fried bread
Edwin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛdwɪn/
rhymes: -ɛdwɪn
Etymology: Inherited from Old English Ēadwine, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawini, from Proto-Germanic *Audawiniz. Akin to Old Norse Auðun, Icelandic Auðunn, German Otwin, Norwegian Audun, and the Lombard king's name Audoin (French Ouen).
Senses: examples: text: Aside from a ticket for driving without a license, for which he paid a fine, Walter Valladares had no criminal record, his brother Edwin Valladares told CNN.
ref: 2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Old English.
glosses: Edwin of Northumbria.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Alabama, United States.
Related terms: Edwina
cour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: cours
Etymology: Back-formation from cours from Japanese クール (kūru), from French cours. Attestable in English among the anime community from at least 2007. Anime News Network's Lexicon Encyclopedia dictates the original cours to be unchanged in singular form, though that has been reanalyzed as a plural form.
Senses: glosses: A three-month unit of television broadcasting, corresponding to one of the four seasons.
glosses: A portion of a television program aired over the course of one such period, usually comprising around 10 to 14 weekly episodes.
Related terms: air de cour
chant de cour
parle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parles
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.
Senses: examples: text: Iul[ia]. Of all the faire reſort of Gentlemen, / That euery day with par’le encounter me, / In thy opinion which is worthieſt loue?
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 21, columns 1–2:
glosses: Parley; talk.
examples: text: Hor[atio].[…]So frown’d he once, when in an angry parle / He ſmot the ſledded Pollax on the Ice.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 152, column 2:
glosses: A nasty encounter.
parle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: parles
form: parling
form: parled
form: parled
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlen (“to speak”), from Middle French parler, from Old French parler, from Late Latin parabolō.
Senses: examples: text: […]Knute finding himſelf too weak, began to parle,[…]
ref: 1670, John Milton, “The Sixth Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 266:
glosses: To talk; to converse; to parley.
fonduta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fondutas
Etymology: From Italian fonduta.
Senses: examples: text: Fondutas are silky cheese concoctions differentiated from fondues because they're thickened with egg yolks.
ref: 2006, Ellen Brown, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fondues And Hot Dips:
glosses: A fondue, associated with Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta, made from fontina cheese.
Abanyom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantoid language of the Ekoid subfamily of Niger-Congo, spoken primarily in Nigeria.
Related terms: abm ⁠
foule
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foule
form: most foule
Senses: examples: text: The Patron of true Holinesse
 foule Errour doth defeate;
 Hypocrisie him to entrappe
 doth to his home entreate.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of foul.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: foule mudammas
fontina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fontinas
Etymology: From Italian fontina. The name likely originates from either the Fontin mountain pasture or the village of Fontinaz in the Aosta Valley, where the cheese is traditionally produced.
Senses: glosses: A pale yellow cheese from Valle d'Aosta in Italy.
coups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: coos
Senses: glosses: plural of coup
coups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
homophone: coos
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coup
Abaza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː.zə/
ipa: /əˈbɑ.zə/
Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more.
Senses: glosses: A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as in Turkey.
Abaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː.zə/
ipa: /əˈbɑ.zə/
Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group living in the northwest Caucasus.
Synonyms: Abazin
Abaza
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑː.zə/
ipa: /əˈbɑ.zə/
Etymology: From Abaza абаза (abaza). See Russian абазин (abazin) for more.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Abaza people or their language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Abaza terms
abq ⁠
Jimmie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
rhymes: -ɪmi
Forms: form: Jimmies
form: Jimmy
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name James.
Related terms: Jaime
James
Jamie
Jim
Jimmi
Jimmy
parmigiana
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
ipa: /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: Parmigiana
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
parmigiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɑɹməˈʒɑnə/
ipa: /ˌpɑːmɪˈdʒɑːnə/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: parmigianas
form: Parmigiana
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian parmigiana, shortening of alla parmigiana (“in the Parmesan way”), or, as a noun, of parmigiana di melanzane/melanzane alla parmigiana, the southern Italian dish which is made with eggplant.
Senses: examples: text: Specialties include veal parmigiana, chicken portobello, linguini pescatore, veal marsala, eggplant parmigiana and many others.
ref: 2007 June, “Dining & Entertainment”, in Orange County Magazine, page 270:
text: Traditional chicken Parmigiana with breaded chicken cutlets gets a makeover in the slow cooker. The chicken is stuffed with three cheeses and then set to simmer in an oregano-spiked tomato sauce.
ref: 2009, Diane Phillips, Slow Cooker: The Best Cookbook Ever with More Than 400 Easy-to-Make Recipes, page 486:
glosses: Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
Dudley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌdli/
rhymes: -ʌdli
Forms: form: Dowdall
Etymology: From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Senses: glosses: A market town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English, notably of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester at the time of Elizabeth I.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
glosses: Four townships in the United States, in Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio, listed under Dudley Township.
glosses: A former township in the municipality of Dysart et al, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Dudley nose
Dudley Port
Dudley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌdli/
rhymes: -ʌdli
Forms: form: Dudleys
form: Dowdall
Etymology: From Old English, literally "wood or clearing of Dudda (a personal name of unknown meaning)".
Senses: examples: text: […] miner dreamt of the day when he could throw away his Dudley and his pit boots.
ref: 1983, Official Report of the Standing Committees: Session, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 77:
topics: business
mining
glosses: A miner's container for water for drinking.
Abujmaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Dravidian dialect of the Maria language spoken in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh provinces in India.
Acehnese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Achehnese
form: Achinese
form: Atjehnese
Senses: glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Synonyms: Aceh
Related terms: Aceh
Wiktionary’s coverage of Acehnese terms
ace ⁠
arrives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɹaɪvz/
rhymes: -aɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arrive
voyages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voyage
voyages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voyage
Plymouth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɪməθ/
Forms: form: Plymouths
Etymology: From Plym + mouth, referring to the river's mouth.
Senses: examples: text: He next appeared in a faded Plymouth Fury, the first car he’d ever owned. Our father never abandoned a car. The Plymouth was burgundy and had a convertible top that we always begged him to put down.
ref: 2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 111:
glosses: An automobile of the make Plymouth.
salumi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian salumi.
Senses: examples: text: City Winery, at 155 Varick Street, is also […] a restaurant with gleaming displays of cheese and salumi, and an event space for classes and tastings.
ref: 2009 January 28, Eric Asimov, “D.I.Y. by the Barrel (Please Keep Your Shoes On)”, in New York Times:
text: The American Salumi Calendar 2011 celebrates a new generation of cured meat artisans […] Some salumi are made from whole muscles — these include coppa, prosciutto, and guinciale."
ref: 2010 December 15, “New Calendar Celebrates American-Crafted Salami And Cured Meats: American Salumi Calendar 2011”, in Perishable News, retrieved 08 Dec 2023:
text: As they are tasted and become better known, these salumi are increasingly in demand. However, we cannot produce too many of them, because we use only the best pork raised in Italy, and the whole process of seasoning and refining takes two or more years.
ref: 2015, Elisabetta Tosi, quoting Walter Ceradini, “Best of 2015: The Salami Vineyard and the Ham Reborn in Wine”, in Palate Press: Fine Wine and Noble Spirits, retrieved 09 Dec 2023:
glosses: plural of salume (“cured or cooked meat”)
salumi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salumi
form: salumis
Etymology: From Italian salumi.
Senses: examples: text: Knowing when the salumi is ready is also critical, if not downright nerve-racking. While some salumi is sliced as young as three weeks, their best-selling prosciutto is aged for as long as two years.
ref: 2010 October 14, Janny Hu, “Smulewitz 'living the dream' at Oakland's Dopo and Adesso (Jon Smulewitz finesses salumi at Dopo, Adesso)”, in San Francisco Chronicle, retrieved 08 Dec 2023:
text: […] cheeses are fresh, clean and with great depth. They are a wonderful accompaniment to our wines. We also selected Gentile, Soprassata and Tartuffo salumis from […] to pair with individual wines from […] These hand made and cured salumis are so flavorful and fun to savor with our Pinot gris, Pinot blanc and Pinot noirs.
ref: 2013, “Wine and Food Tasting”, in Oregon Wine Press, retrieved 08 Dec 2023:
text: High on one wall are glass cases where home-cured salumis are hung to age, like a cross between an Italian salumeria and a museum of natural history.
ref: 2015 May 5, Corby Kummer, “The Cockentrice: can Kevin Ouzts's first restaurant bring home the bacon?”, in Atlanta, retrieved 08 Dec 2023:
text: Some salumi is made from whole muscles — things like prosciutto and bresaola. The French word charcuterie includes many of the same items as salumi along with tasty cooked treats like fresh sausages, confit, pâté and rillettes.
ref: 2017 February 9, John Lehndorff, “Salumi boom: local artisans are creating great cured meats, from culatello to lardo”, in Boulder Weekly, retrieved 08 Dec 2023:
synonyms: word: charcuterie
word: salume
extra: cured or cooked meat
glosses: Synonym of salume (“cured or cooked meat”).
salume
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salumi
Etymology: From Italian salume.
Senses: examples: text: The menu is from Emilia-Romagna, in Northern Italy, with […] fans of salume: coppa, mortadella, salami and silky prosciutto di Parma.
ref: 2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: charcuterie
glosses: Cured or cooked meat or sausage, especially in the Italian style.
pancetta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancettas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pancetta, from pancia (“belly”).
Senses: glosses: A cured belly or pork; bacon.
bist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪst
Etymology: From Middle English bist, beest, best, from Old English bist ("(thou) art"; second person singular of bēon (“to be”)), from Proto-Germanic *biusi (“(thou) art”), equivalent to be + -est. Cognate with West Frisian bist (“(thou) art”), Low German büst (“(thou) art”), German bist (“(thou) art”).
Senses: examples: text: Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
ref: 1875, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch:
text: Lookee, thee bist purty, my love; lookee, thee bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
ref: 1904, Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale:
text: "[…] Stay thee where tha bist, sit down on thi property; what's the sense of wanderen over the barren sea and maybe happenen an accident?"
ref: 1937, Homer, The Odyssey:
text: Where bist goin'.
Where are you going?
text: How bist?
How are you?
qualifier: Black Country; Bristol; Black Country; Bristol
glosses: Used to form the second person singular of be.
Related terms: bin
bisn't
retour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retours
Senses: glosses: A returning.
topics: law
glosses: An extract from chancery of the service of an heir to his ancestor.
Derived terms: retour interpretation
retoured
Related terms: retour interpreting
retour sans protêt
retour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retours
form: retouring
form: retoured
form: retoured
Etymology: re- + tour
Senses: glosses: To tour again.
continua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of continuum
jimmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jimmy
jimmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A person's feelings (emotional state).
jimmies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jimmy
baisa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baisas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paisa.
mortadella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Forms: form: mortadellas
form: mortadelle
Etymology: From Italian mortadella, from diminutive of Latin murtatum (“sausage seasoned with myrtle berries”), from myrtatum, from myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos).
Senses: glosses: A smooth-textured Italian pork sausage with lumps of fat, flavoured with spices; eaten cold.
Synonyms: baloney
boloney
Bologna sausage
bologna
Ashkun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Iranian language spoken primarily in the Pech Valley of Afghanistan.
Badaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Badaga படகா.
Senses: glosses: A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
Badaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Badaga படகா.
Senses: glosses: The indigenous people of the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
eye patch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye patches
form: eyepatch
Senses: glosses: An opaque patch worn so as to cover an injured or infected eye or an eye socket in order to protect or conceal it, or to treat amblyopia in children.
Badeshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Iranian language, spoken primarily in the Northern provinces of Pakistan.
Basaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language, spoken primarily in the Centre and Littoral provinces of Cameroon.
psychoacoustics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + acoustics.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of all the psychological interactions between humans and the world of sound; includes the perception and production of speech.
Derived terms: psychoacoustician
psycholinguistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + linguistics.
Senses: examples: text: Psycholinguistics is mainly concerned with the mechanisms by which language is processed and represented in the mind and brain: i.e., the psychological and neurobiological factors that enable humans to acquire, comprehend, produce and use language.
text: Psycholinguistics began with attempts to test the empirical validity of various formal linguistic concepts.
ref: 1975, [Lawrence Erlbaum], Sam Glucksberg, Joseph H. Danks, Experimental Psycholinguistics: An Introduction, Psychology Press, published 2014, page xi:
text: 2006, Nobuhiro Furuyama, 44: Language and gesture as a single communicative system, Mineharu Nakayama, Reiko Mazuka, Yasuhiro Shirai, Ping Li (editors), The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics, Volume 2: Japanese, Cambridge University Press, page 333,
Speech-gesture research is one of the emerging fields in psycholinguistics that, by referring to speech-accompanying gestures, attempts to elucidate the underlying process in which qualitatively different types of thinking, e.g. imagistic thinking and linguistic thinking, become coordinated with one another.
text: The seeds for work on processing have their roots in early L2 research, but the psycholinguistics of SLA didn't really take off until the 1990s.
ref: 2014, Jill Jegerski, Bill VanPatten, Research Methods in Second Language Psycholinguistics, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page ix:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The interdisciplinary field of study which concerns the acquisition, comprehension and production of language in its spoken, written and signed forms, using concepts and approaches from linguistics, psychology and cognitive science.
Synonyms: sense: field of study concerning the comprehension and production of language
word: psychology of language
Derived terms: developmental psycholinguistics
Related terms: neurolinguistics
Bezhta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A North Caucasian language, spoken primarily in southern Dagestan, Russia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Bezhta terms
pussy whipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pussy whipped
form: most pussy whipped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pussywhipped.
psychoneuroimmunology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌɪkəʊnʊəɹəʊɪmjʊˈnɒlədʒi/
Etymology: From psycho- + neuroimmunology.
Senses: examples: text: It's not bad enough that being sexually abused as a kid puts you at higher risk for acquiring HIV infection, incest and other child sexual abuse may have quite a negative impact on your health. This information comes to us from the field of psychoneuroimmunology, a branch of medicine that studies the impact of emotions, thought-processes and behavior on health. From research that indicates loneliness, depression, feelings of hopelessness, long term stress and lack of social support result in impaired immune functioning, it is possible to extrapolate that incest survivors, as a group, face the AIDS crisis at a significant physical disadvantage.
ref: 1991 December 8, Liz Galst, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 10:
text: This topic is known as psychoneuroimmunology, and it is slowly inching its way into fashion, mostly resisted by doctors and mostly hyped by faith healers of one kind or another.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 152:
glosses: The study of the interactions between behavioural, neural, endocrine and immune functions.
Synonyms: psychoendoneuroimmunology
psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology
Related terms: psychoneuroimmune
back in the day
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: back in day
Senses: examples: text: I wanted to do a song that epitomizes the feeling and vibe from back in the day while still being current.
ref: 1995 April 8, Havelock Nelson, quoting Jemini, “Mercury Debut Rapper Jemini Proudly Displays All His ‘Scars’”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 14, Nielsen Business Media, →ISSN, page 18:
text: Sean May played like they did back in the day, kind of like 29 long years ago, when his father led Indiana to a national championship in 1976.
ref: 2005 April 5, Joe Lapointe, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; North Carolina's Leader Does His Father Proud”, in The New York Times, retrieved 27 Jun 2010:
text: Ah, back in the day. After stumbling out of the service entrance, and wandering to the beach to swim off our buzz, we would barefoot it down the beach to the Outrigger, where Mr. Don would sometimes do a cameo at the microphone.
ref: 2009, Everett Peacock, The Parrot Talks in Chocolate, Everett Peacock, →ISBN, page 31:
topics: temporal-location
time
synonyms: at the time
at that time
then
back then
glosses: In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).
Synonyms: BITD
Related terms: in my day
in one's day
before someone's time
in one's time
Bhili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Central Indo-Aryan language spoken in west-central India.
Synonyms: Bhagoria
Bhil
Bhilbari
Bhilboli
Bhilla
Lengotia
Vil
psychrometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psychro- + metrics.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
thermodynamics
synonyms: psychrometry
glosses: The measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour.
water vapour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water vapours
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of water vapor.
Bhojpuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌboʊd͡ʒˈpʊəri/
Etymology: Transliteration of Bhojpuri भोजपुरी (bhōjᵊpurī).
Senses: glosses: An Indo-Aryan language, spoken primarily in India, Mauritius, Nepal, Fiji, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
champignon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃæmˈpɪnjən/
ipa: /t͡ʃæmˈpɪnjən/
Forms: form: champignons
Etymology: Borrowed from French champignon.
Senses: examples: text: Moscow’s food stores, formerly famed for bare shelves and long lines, are now kept stocked with fresh champignons and greens[…].
ref: 2007 January 31, C. J. Chivers, “A Soviet Agricultural Success: Vast Greenhouse Complex”, in New York Times:
glosses: Agaricus bisporus, a species of mushroom commonly used in cooking.
examples: text: The Kamtschadales frequently avail themselves, by way of regale, of a venenose species of champignon […]
ref: 1849, George Waterhouse, Conjugal Felicities and Infelicities, page 47:
glosses: Any mushroom.
Synonyms: sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: button mushroom
sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: cremini
sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: crimini
sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: cultivated mushroom
sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: portobello mushroom
sense: Agaricus bisporus
word: table mushroom
Derived terms: fairy ring champignon
cauchemar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cauchemars
Etymology: From French cauchemar.
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A demon or witch in French folklore that drains a sleeping person's energy by night.
Home Secretary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Home Secretaries
Senses: hypernyms: word: person
glosses: The British cabinet minister, responsible for law and order, who is head of the Home Office.
cabinet minister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabinet ministers
Senses: topics: government
politics
hypernyms: word: person
glosses: A member of the executive branch of a government who has been appointed to the cabinet, the group of leading policy makers, advisers, and overseers of governmental departments who report to the prime minister.
Related terms: minister without portfolio