cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
consistory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪstəɹi/
Forms: form: consistories
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English consistorie, from Old Northern French consistorie (“secular tribunal”) (Old French consistoire), and Late Latin consistorium (“waiting room, meeting place of the imperial council”). Meaning "Church council" is from early 14th century.
Senses: examples: text: To council summons all his mighty peers, / Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, / A gloomy consistory.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
glosses: A solemn assembly or council.
examples: 1860-1876, Walter Hook, Lives of the Archbishops of Canterbury
In 1551 we find Bertholier excommunicated by the consistory because he would not allow that he had done wrong in asserting that he was as good a man as Calvin
glosses: The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
examples: text: Pius […][was] then hearing of causes in consistory.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: An assembly of prelates; a session of the College of Cardinals at Rome.
glosses: A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
examples: text: And so were many greate and heighnous maters Obiected against S. Ambrose, because he refused to haue the cause betwene himselfe and the Heretike Auxentius, to be tried in the Consistorie of the Emperour, before Secular Iudges.
ref: 1566, John Rastell, The Third Book, Declaring by Examples out of Ancient Councels, Fathers, and Later Writers, that it is Time to Beware of M. Iewel, Antwerp, folio 23ʳ:
glosses: A civil court of justice.
Derived terms: consistorian
rollercoaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊləˌkəʊstə/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊlɚˌkoʊstɚ/
Forms: form: rollercoasters
form: roller coaster
form: roller-coaster
Etymology: A univerbation of roller coaster, after the rolling and coasting motions to which the riders are subjected.
Senses: glosses: An amusement ride consisting of a train on a track that rises, falls, twists and turns.
examples: text: Morgan's men reversed their fortunes and swept into the final with three successive victories, including a memorable semi-final demolition of Australia.
In the final, the rollercoaster continued, only for the heroics of Stokes to leave England as worthy champions, matching the achievement of the England women's team on the same ground two years ago.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
synonyms: rollercoaster ride
glosses: A situation characterized by significant fluctuations in direction, emotion or intensity.
Synonyms: sense: ride
word: big dipper
sense: ride
word: switchback
sense: ride
word: coaster
sense: ride
word: 🎢
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: merry-go-round
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: ride
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: saga
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: seesaw
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: soap opera
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: stir
sense: situation in which there are violent changes
word: yo-yo
Hyponyms: hypercoaster
megacoaster
Virginia reel
watercoaster
Derived terms: pollercoaster
rollercoastering
rollercoasterish
rollercoaster ride
rollercoasting
concessioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concessioners
Etymology: From concession + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who obtains or desires to obtain a concession, as a grant of land, or a privilege or immunity of some kind.
Synonyms: concessionaire
concessionary
lay a foundation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays a foundation
form: laying a foundation
form: laid a foundation
form: laid a foundation
Etymology: Figurative senses from the idea of laying a foundation as the first step in constructing a building.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, foundation.
examples: text: In order to lay a foundation for the witness to describe the murder, the prosecutor first had to show that the witness was present when the murder occurred.
topics: law
glosses: To elicit information from a witness to show that the witness has knowledge of a matter before the witness testifies to the matter itself.
examples: text: You should lay a foundation, even if you can't finish the project.
glosses: To make a start.
boxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒk.si/
rhymes: -ɒksi
Forms: form: boxier
form: boxiest
Etymology: From box + -y.
Senses: glosses: Box-shaped, boxlike, or otherwise suggestive of boxes (with right angles or at least blunt profiles).
Synonyms: english: participial adjective sense
translation: participial adjective sense
word: squared off
Derived terms: boxily
boxiness
cardboard-boxy
chocolate boxy
chocolate-boxy
unboxy
psychotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychotherapists
Etymology: From psycho- + therapist or psychotherapy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
ref: 2016 June 1, Carina Storrs, “Therapists often discriminate against black and poor patients, study finds”, in CNN:
text: A psychotherapist I visited a few years ago [...] told me that my mother leaving my father, and my father letting us both go, has coloured my view of all relationships.
ref: 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 178:
text: “People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently.
ref: 2024 June 9, Andrea Kane, “Therapy is more than lying on a couch and talking. Here are 5 ways it can boost happiness”, in CNN:
glosses: Someone who practices psychotherapy.
Related terms: head-shrinker
psychiatrist
psychoanalyst
psychologist
shrink
therapist
prosciutto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈʃuː.toʊ/
ipa: /pɹəˈʒuː.toʊ/
Forms: form: prosciutti
form: prosciuttos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian prosciutto (meaning 'ham', in general), from asciutto, with a change of prefix, or from a Vulgar Latin *perexsūctus, from per + Latin exsūctus.
Senses: examples: text: He also manages to extract refined performances from overseasoned prosciutti like […]
ref: 1988 February 19, Joel E. Siegel, “Heartfelt Fluff”, in Chicago Reader:
text: The silken-textured, nutty-sweet prosciutto is named on menus from A16 in San Francisco to Blackbird in Chicago, from Otto in Manhattan to Central Michel Richard in Washington, D.C. The La Quercia range, sold in Whole Foods, has expanded to include organic and heirloom prosciuttos, as well as lardo, pancetta, speck, coppa, guanciale and an annual Acorn Edition, in which subscribers pay $3,000 to receive all the parts of the prized acorn-fed organic Berkshire meat during the year, from fresh to cured.
ref: 2009 February 1, Christine Muhlke, “Aging Gracefully”, in New York Times:
text: In front of him, on a low table, a plate of prosciutto, olives and cheese.
ref: 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 193:
glosses: A dry-cured ham from Italy, thinly sliced.
Derived terms: prosciutto bread
plastique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastiques
Etymology: From French plastique. Doublet of plastic.
Senses: glosses: A form of physical exercise that involves rotation of the joints.
glosses: A plastic explosive.
overrule
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.vəˈɹuːl/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹul/
Forms: form: overrules
form: overruling
form: overruled
form: overruled
Etymology: From over- + rule.
Senses: glosses: To rule over; to govern or determine by superior authority.
examples: text: His passion and animosity overruled his conscience.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641, Oxford: The Theater:
glosses: To rule or determine in a contrary way; to decide against; to abrogate or alter.
examples: text: The line judge signalled the ball was in, but this was overruled by the umpire.
text: Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet.
Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
text: Scott, somewhat stunned and now worried that everybody might have opened fire at the U.S. destroyers (he presumably missed Laffey and Farenholt merrily blazing away with their own guns into the darkness), ordered all firing to cease after a couple of minutes. Helena, along with Boise, was already several hundred shells lighter, and both Boise and San Francisco herself actually kept firing, as their captains were utterly sure about their targets; San Franciscos captain was very apologetic as he overruled' Admiral Scott.
ref: 2020 December 9, Drachinifel, 20:18 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Cape Esperance (IJN 1 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2022:
glosses: To nullify a previous ruling by a higher power.
topics: law
glosses: To dismiss or throw out (a protest or objection) at a court.
Derived terms: overrulable
overruler
overrulingly
unoverruled
overestimate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/
ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/
Forms: form: overestimates
form: overestimating
form: overestimated
form: overestimated
Etymology: From over- + estimate.
Senses: examples: text: I overestimated the number of attendees, and bought far too much food for the party.
text: Nevertheless, the role played by vertical transport (in particular, by biosedimentation) in self-purification of seas and oceans from chlorinated hydrocarbons must not be overestimated.
ref: 2016, S.A. Patin, Pollution and the Biological Resources of the Oceans, →ISBN, page 48:
text: One must be especially careful when using Google to determine frequency as there is a very real risk of fantastically overestimating the frequency and subsequent importance of a term.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 15:
glosses: To judge or calculate too highly.
Derived terms: overestimator
overguesstimate
overestimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmeɪt/
ipa: /ˌəʊvəɹˈɛstɪmət/
Forms: form: overestimates
Etymology: From over- + estimate.
Senses: examples: text: The employment projection for the metropolitan area for 1985 was an overestimate by about 12 percent.
ref: 2013, Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies:
text: The department pointed to a study it conducted in 2017 that found that, in some states, overestimates of utility costs were giving some people too many food stamps, while in others, people were getting too few.
ref: 2019 April 10, Lola Fadulu, “Trump Administration Unveils More Cuts to Food Stamp Program”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An estimate that is too high.
ose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oses
form: osar
Senses: glosses: An esker.
Indochina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪndoʊ̯ˈt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
ipa: /ˈɪndoʊ̯ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯nə/
Forms: form: Indo-China
Etymology: From Indo- + China, modelled after French Indochine. Name first proposed in the early 19th century by Scottish poet and orientalist John Leyden and later first used in Précis de Géographie universelle by Conrad Malte-Brun.
Senses: synonyms: Mainland Southeast Asia
glosses: A peninsula and geographic region of Southeast Asia, consisting of the mainland portion, not including islands such as those of Indonesia.
glosses: A former French colony in Southeast Asia comprising the peninsula containing Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos; in full, French Indochina.
Related terms: Indochinese
nametag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nametags
Etymology: From name + tag.
Senses: examples: text: Here's your nametag for the business conference.
text: We'd better put nametags in the children's school uniforms, in case they get mixed up.
glosses: A tag with one's name inscribed on it.
Derived terms: nametagged
muzak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The sound you make is muzak to my ears / You must have learned something in all those years
ref: 1971 September 9, John Lennon, “How Do You Sleep?”, in Imagine:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Muzak (“easy listening music, especially if regarded as uninteresting; something regarded as droning on and often boring, or soothing but undemanding”).
Derived terms: muzaky
muzak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: muzaks
form: muzaking
form: muzaked
form: muzaked
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Muzak.
galingale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡælɪŋɡeɪl/
Forms: form: galingales
Etymology: From Middle English galingale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 /高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 /姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).
Senses: examples: text: An early English version [of marmalade] was called charedequynce, of which one version included wine, honey, ginger, galingale, cinnamon and wardens as well as quinces.
ref: 1980 January 10, The Times, p.12 col. A:
glosses: Alternative spelling of galangal.
glosses: One of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.
mouthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mouthier
form: mouthiest
Etymology: From mouth + -y.
Senses: synonyms: gobby
lippy
glosses: Overly talkative, insolent, and loud.
examples: text: An excellent way to redirect a “mouthy” dog's teeth to an appropriate object. Great exercise and the perfect outlet for family members who want to play roughly.
ref: 2008, Pat Miller, Play with Your Dog:
text: The separation and isolation will send a clear message to your overly mouthy dog. After a couple of minutes, you can try again. It may take a few repetitions before your dog connects the nipping behavior with losing you, […]
ref: 2011, Tamar Geller, 30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog: The Loved Dog Method, page 94:
synonyms: bitey
nippy
glosses: Of a dog: inclined to bite or nip.
Derived terms: mouthily
mouthiness
minty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnti/
rhymes: -ɪnti
Forms: form: mintier
form: mintiest
Etymology: From mint + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).
ref: 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Having a flavor or essence of mint.
Derived terms: mintily
mintiness
galanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlæŋɡə/
Forms: form: galangas
Senses: examples: text: A compound of galanga, cubebs, sparrow wort, cardamoms, nutmeg, gillyflowers, Indian thistle, laurel seeds, cloves, Persian pepper is made into a drink. Taken twice daily morning and night, in pigeon or fowl broth, preceded and followed by eater. The result, according to Arab tradition, is an effective aphrodisiac.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 102:
glosses: Alternative spelling of galangal.
methadone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛθ.əd.əʊn/
ipa: /ˈmɛθ.əˌdoʊn/
Forms: form: methadones
Etymology: From (di)meth(yl)a(mino) + d(iphenyl) + (heptan)one.
Senses: examples: text: But methadone is a dangerous drug. If taken orally by a nonaddict, it can cause euphoria or even death.
ref: 1971 March 19, Richard Severo, “Addiction: Chemistry Is the New Hope, but Degree of Its Effectiveness Is Still Disputed”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: amidone
glosses: A powerful synthetic analgesic drug which is similar to morphine in its effects but less sedative and is used as a substitute drug in the treatment of morphine and heroin addiction.
Derived terms: isomethadone
levomethadone
normethadone
manhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænhəʊl/
Forms: form: manholes
form: man hole
form: man-hole
Etymology: From man + hole.
Senses: examples: text: The king had scarce ceased to writhe,
When hate gave a terrible laugh,
Like a manhole opened to Hell.
ref: 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
glosses: A hole in the ground used to access the sewers or other underground vaults and installations.
glosses: A hole providing access to the inside of a boiler, tank etc.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:manhole.
glosses: The anus of man, in a sexual context.
glosses: The vulva or vagina of a trans man.
Derived terms: manhole cover
throw nickels around like manhole covers
lineswoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lineswomen
Etymology: From lines + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A female linesman.
irrigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
Forms: form: irrigates
form: irrigating
form: irrigated
form: irrigated
Etymology: First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).
Senses: examples: text: We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
glosses: To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
examples: text: The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.
glosses: To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
Derived terms: bioirrigate
bioirrigated
bioirrigating
irrigable
irrigatable
nonirrigated
nonirrigating
overirrigate
reirrigate
subirrigate
underirrigate
unirrigated
Related terms: irrigation
irrigator
holiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊli.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈhoʊli.ɪst/
note: Rosa's roses merger
ipa: /ˈhoʊli.əst/
note: UK, wholly-holy split
ipa: /ˈhəʊl.li.ɪst/
note: UK, wholly-holy split
ipa: [ˈhɒʊli.ɪst]
note: UK, wholly-holy split
ipa: [ˈhɒʊɫ.li.ɪst]
note: without wholly-holy split
ipa: /ˈhəʊli.ɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of holy: most holy; most sacred.
glosses: superlative form of holey: most holey; most full of holes.
forgettable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtəbəl
Forms: form: more forgettable
form: most forgettable
Etymology: From forget + -able.
Senses: glosses: Possible to be forgotten.
examples: text: Barthes describes the punctum (the nonconnotative or denotative meaning) of the photograph (or movie still) in such a manner; the detail relevant or not relevant to the image's overall meaning becomes the focus of an otherwise forgettable picture […]
ref: 2012, Jeff Rice, Digital Detroit: Rhetoric and Space in the Age of the Network, page 160:
antonyms: unforgettable
glosses: Easily forgotten; not special or notable.
Derived terms: forgettableness
forgettably
flirtatious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɚˈteɪʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more flirtatious
form: most flirtatious
Etymology: From flirtation + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Yes yes, forgive a young woman her flirtatious pleasantries.
ref: 2013, Kazerad, Gaius: Fail to tremble with fear, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 08 2013
text: flirtatious behaviour
text: flirtatious smile
glosses: Of or pertaining to flirtation.
examples: text: flirtatious man
glosses: Having a tendency to flirt often.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: cheeky
coquettish
Derived terms: word: flirtatiously
word: flirtatiousness
word: unflirtatious
Related terms: word: flirtation
word: flirter
word: flirtily
word: flirtiness
word: flirtingly
alt: v
word: flirt
word: flirty
give someone the eye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone the eye
form: giving someone the eye
form: gave someone the eye
form: given someone the eye
Senses: examples: text: I saw him giving me the eye as soon as I entered the room.
text: She was sort of cute, the blonde one, and I started giving her the old eye a little bit, but just then the waiter came up for my order.
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 90:
synonyms: eye up
give someone the glad eye
glosses: To show flirtatious signs or sexual interest/attraction with one's eyes coveted.
driftwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹɪftwʊd/
Forms: form: driftwoods
form: drift wood
form: drift-wood
Etymology: From drift + wood.
Senses: examples: text: Every wave on the Atlantic was like a dead seagull dragging its driftwood artillery from horizon to horizon.
ref: 1967, Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America:
glosses: A floating piece, or pieces, of wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
examples: text: Commonly the bear makes a stand in driftwood on a bank, or on a log that has fallen into or across a stream.
ref: 1915 April 24, Enos A. Mills, The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 198–199:
text: We lit a driftwood fire to help keep the mosquitoes away. It was partially successful.
ref: 1941 March 12, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970, page 461:
text: A few unreliable-looking boats were beached there, unpainted boats built largely of gray driftwood, or so it seemed to me.
ref: 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter LI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 309:
glosses: Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
Derived terms: driftwood catfish
Related terms: flotsam
jetsam
dents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
Senses: glosses: plural of dent
dents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛnts/
rhymes: -ɛnts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dent
clypeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɪ.pɪ.əs/
ipa: /klaɪˈpeɪ.əs/
ipa: /ˈklaɪ.peɪ.əs/
ipa: /ˈklaɪ.pi.əs/
Forms: form: clypei
Etymology: From Latin clypeus, clipeus (“round shield”).
Senses: examples: text: Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink.
ref: 1990, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
text: When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus.
ref: 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
Derived terms: anteclypeus
clypeal
clypeocellar
postclypeus
crick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cricks
Etymology: From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.
Senses: coordinate_terms: catch
glosses: A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
glosses: A small jackscrew.
crick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cricks
form: cricking
form: cricked
form: cricked
Etymology: From Middle English crike, crykke (“muscular spasm of the neck”), attested since the 1400s. Likely related to Old Norse kriki (“bend; nook”), whence also crick (“creek”) and creek.
Senses: examples: text: Stomach sleeping never worked for her because her neck cricked and pained in so short a time, that she never got the chance to fall asleep that way although the rest of her body snuggled well into the bed in that position.
ref: 2008, Jacqueline Signori, Ada, →ISBN, page 48:
text: “He's upstairs.” As soon as she said this, a loud knocking came from the crawl space below. Katrín was so startled that her neck cricked painfully as she looked down. Adrenalin rushed through her veins and the pain in her fingers disappeared.
ref: 2014, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, I Remember You: A Ghost Story, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To develop a crick (cramp, spasm).
examples: text: He'd fallen asleep after all (and he'd done it in such a way as to crick his neck and his back and put his right arm to sleep; hardly a good start to a busy day) and now daylight was seeping through the bald patches in the thatch, ...
ref: 2013, K. J. Parker, Pattern, Orbit, →ISBN:
glosses: To cause to develop a crick; to create a crick in.
examples: text: He stopped a few feet from her, probably because he'd have to crick his neck to glare at her and that would just be embarrassing for him. “Dealing with garbage suits you.”
ref: 2011, Camy Tang, Protection for Hire: A Novel, Zondervan, →ISBN:
text: The throbbing pain that even now was coursing through his neck and shoulders, making him crick his neck.
ref: 2012, Doug Johnstone, Hit and Run, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
text: Addy was tall for a woman, and he liked that because he didn't have to crick his neck ...
ref: 2015, Emma Miller, A Match for Addy, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 121:
text: Now she was able to stand on her feet, so long as she kept her neck cricked.
ref: 2018, Tim Major, Machineries of Mercy, ChiZine Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: To twist, bend, or contort, especially in a way that produces strain.
Derived terms: cricky
uncrick
crick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cricks
Etymology: See creek.
Senses: qualifier: Ottawa Valley
glosses: Alternative form of creek.
crick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: cricks
Etymology: See creak.
Senses: glosses: The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it.
clypei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklɪpɪaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of clypeus
chiffon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɪˈfɑn/
ipa: /ˈʃɪfɑn/
rhymes: -ɑn
Forms: form: chiffons
Etymology: Borrowed from French chiffon, from Middle French chiffe (“cloth, old rag”), from Old French chipe (“rag”), from Middle English chip, chippe (“chip, shard, fragment”), from Old English ċipp (“chip, splinter, shaving”); see chip.
Senses: examples: text: Her dresses are made from these marvelous chiffons.
glosses: A lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric, or gauze, like gossamer, woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns made of silk, polyester, or cotton.
glosses: Any purely ornamental accessory on a woman's dress, such as a bunch of ribbon, lace, etc.
Derived terms: chiffon cake
chiffonlike
chiffon pie
chiffony
lemon chiffon
chesty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛsti/
rhymes: -ɛsti
Forms: form: chestier
form: chestiest
Etymology: From chest + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “I just got to figure out how to get this money out of here, and we're back on track.” “Oh, that should be easy. Just stuff it in your bra, right?” “Oh, right.” “Shirley, you're a chesty girl, but that's not gonna fit in your bra.” “No. The tail. The mermaid tail. And the tube. I'll swim it out.”
ref: 2025 June 19, Dan Fybel, “The Lost City of Atlantic” (17:06 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 15, episode 15, spoken by Linda Belcher (John Roberts):
glosses: Having large breasts; busty.
raw_tags: of a woman
examples: text: a chesty cough; a chesty cold
glosses: Not dry; involving the coughing of phlegm.
raw_tags: of a cough or cold
examples: text: a deep chesty voice
glosses: Coming from, or associated with, the chest.
Derived terms: chestily
chestiness
butterball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterballs
Etymology: From butter + ball.
Senses: glosses: A round lump of a coagulated fat used in cooking such as butter or margarine.
examples: text: What if your baby is a butterball? Does Fat-Proofing mean you should put your infant on diet?.
ref: 1988, Vicki Lansky, Fat-Proofing your Children – so that they Never Become Diet-Addicted Adults, page 62
glosses: An overweight person.
examples: text: The skipper had his eye on a bunch of butterballs feeding not far from the boat. In fact there were ducks all around — though he did not tell me so.
ref: 1917, Hunter-Trader-Trapper, volume 34, page 37:
glosses: A small North American duck, the bufflehead, Bucephala albeola.
glosses: A turkey.
burgess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːd͡ʒɪs/
Forms: form: burgesses
Etymology: From Middle English burgeis, from Anglo-Norman burgeis, of Proto-Germanic origin; either from Late Latin burgensis (from Latin burgus), or from Frankish *burg, both from Proto-Germanic *burgz (“stronghold, city”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-. See also bourgeois, burgish.
Senses: examples: text: In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: If any burgess be appealed of a plea whereon wager of battle may issue by a villein or outdweller , let him defend himself by oath, that is to say by the 36 men, unless he is challenged in respect of a crime that the law requires him to defend by battle, in no case ought a burgess to fight against a villein if he have challenged him unless before the dispute he shall have quitted the burgage.
ref: 1907, Antiquities of Sunderland and Its Vicinity - Volumes 5-7, page 73:
glosses: An inhabitant of a borough with full rights; a citizen.
glosses: A town magistrate.
glosses: A representative of a borough in the Parliament.
glosses: A member of the House of Burgesses, a legislative body in colonial America, established by the Virginia Company to provide civil rule in the colonies.
Derived terms: burgessdom
burgess-ship
comburgess
nonburgess
Related terms: bourgeois
burgessy
burgher
right of burgess
brr
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ʙ̩ː]
ipa: /bɝ/
homophone: Burr
homophone: burr
homophone: bur
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: br
form: brrr
Senses: examples: text: The teeth chattered faster, stopped, and began again twice before the man could master his shiver sufficiently to say, "Ju-ju-st in ti-ti-me....Brrrr."
ref: 1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page x. 83:
text: 'Brrrrr,' said Lieutenant Dubosc, realizing to the full how cold he was.
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 1, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 7:
glosses: Used to express being cold, to show shivering.
examples: text: Brrr. Even the thought of going underground made Old Bailey shudder.
ref: 1996, Neil Gaiman, chapter 8, in Neverwhere, London: Headline Review, published 2005:
glosses: An expression of disgust or aversion, as if shuddering.
examples: text: Brr-brr, brr-brr. The phone rang insistently.
glosses: The ringing sound of a telephone or an alarm bell.
uranism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹənɪzəm/
Forms: form: uranisms
Etymology: From German Uranismus, from Ancient Greek οὐράνιος (ouránios, “heavenly, spiritual”).
Senses: examples: text: Uranism is always a disease or an inversion. It is sometimes a symptom of degeneracy. It may be caused by disorders during embryonic life.
ref: 1894 November, The Medical Standard, volume XVI, number 6, page 152:
glosses: Homosexuality.
Synonyms: gayness
queerness
Derived terms: uranist
uranistic
uranist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹənɪst/
Forms: form: uranists
Etymology: From uranism.
Senses: examples: text: I discussed Soviet movies with expatriates. I sat with uranists in the Deux Magots. I published tortuous essays in obscure journals.
ref: 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
glosses: A homosexual.
Related terms: uranism
uranistic
gefilte fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈfɪltə fɪʃ/
Forms: form: gefiltefish
form: gefüllte fish
form: gefullte fish
form: gefülte fish
form: gefulte fish
Etymology: From Yiddish געפֿילטע פֿיש (gefilte fish, “stuffed fish”), from געפֿילט (gefilt, “stuffed”), from Old High German [Term?]. (Compare German gefüllter (“stuffed”) + Fisch (“fish”).)
Senses: examples: text: Today you will shop for me. Tonight we will have gefilte fish.
ref: 2011 Jan/Feb, Sally Schloss, “The Goose Girl”, in Moment, volume 36, number 1, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2011, page 49:
glosses: A dish of stuffed fish, or of fish cakes in broth.
lipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Etymology: From lip + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: lipped pitcher
antonyms: lipless
unlipped
coordinate_terms: rimless
unrimmed
glosses: Having a raised lip.
examples: text: […] it seemes a holy quire
Founded to th’ name of great Apollo’s lyre,
Whose silver-roofe rings with the sprightly notes
Of sweet-lipp’d angel-imps, that swill their throats
In creame of morning Helicon […]
ref: 1646, Richard Crashaw, Steps to the Temple, Sacred Poems. With The Delights of the Muses, “Musick’s Duell,” lines 73-77
text: 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Book Four, p. 191,
[…] I have seen
A curious Child, who dwelt upon a tract
Of inland ground, applying to his ear
The convolutions of a smooth-lipped Shell;
text: And all the while the thick-lipped leviathan is rushing through the deep, leaving tons of tumultuous white curds in his wake […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: Amory squeezed into the back seat beside a gaudy, vermilion-lipped blonde.
ref: 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book Two, Chapter 4:
text: 1933, George R. Preedy (Marjorie Bowen), Double Dallilay (U.S. title Queen’s Caprice), Part 1,
The two French girls held the gilt-lipped vases of milk and slowly poured them into the alabaster bath.
text: [He] furrowed his brow, opened his eyes wider and wider until they were expressionless, and attempted to set his small, plump-lipped mouth.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 3:
text: We met a yellow-lipped woman.
glosses: Having some specific type of lip.
Derived terms: babber-lipped
big-lipped alligator moment
black-lipped pika
blubber-lipped
blue-lipped sea krait
honey-lipped
lippedness
loose-lipped
redlipped
red-lipped batfish
rosy-lipped batfish
square-lipped rhinoceros
stiff-lipped
stiff-upper-lipped
tight-lipped
two-lipped
unlipped
white-lipped peccary
white-lipped snail
yellow-lipped sea krait
lipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Etymology: From lip + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lip
literalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: literalnesses
Etymology: From literal + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being literal.
literately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more literately
form: most literately
Etymology: From literate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the way of one who is literate.
litheness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithenesses
Etymology: From Middle English lithnesse, lythnesse, lythnes, from Old English līþnes (“softness; gentleness; mildness; lenity; kindness”), equivalent to lithe + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being lithe.
lithesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: līth'səm
ipa: /ˈlaɪðsəm/
rhymes: -aɪðsəm
Forms: form: more lithesome
form: most lithesome
form: lithsum
Etymology: From Middle English lithsum, equivalent to lithe + -some. Doublet of lissom.
Senses: glosses: Characterised or marked by litheness; pliant, limber, nimble, lissom.
Synonyms: lithe
Derived terms: lithesomeness
Related terms: lissome
lithen
publican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌblɪk(ə)n/
ipa: /ˈpʌblək(ə)n/
rhymes: -ʌblɪkən
Forms: form: publicans
Etymology: Probably from public house (“(Britain) bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging, pub”) or public (“open to all members of a community”) + -an (suffix forming agent nouns), apparently originally used humorously.
Senses: examples: text: I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer, / The publican 'e up an 'sez, 'We serve no red-coats here.'
ref: 1890, Rudyard Kipling, “Tommy”, in Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 3rd edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1892, →OCLC, page 6:
synonyms: word: ale-draper
word: alekeep
word: alekeeper
word: licensed victualler
word: licensee
word: bung
word: taverner
word: tavernkeep
word: tavernkeeper
glosses: The landlord (manager or owner) of a public house (“a bar or tavern, often also selling food and sometimes lodging; a pub”).
synonyms: hotelier
glosses: The manager or owner of a hotel.
Related terms: pub
mass defect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass defects
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy
binding energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binding energies
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy needed to separate the constituent parts of an atom or nucleus; equivalent to the mass defect.
Related terms: nuclear binding energy
bond energy
good luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡʊd ˈlʌk/
Senses: examples: text: “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
 Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: good fortune
word: horseshoe up one's ass
glosses: Desirable or beneficial fortune.
Synonyms: word: felicity
word: fortune
word: fortuitousness
word: fortuity
word: good fortune
word: good luck
word: happiness
word: luck
word: luck of the Irish
Hyponyms: word: beginner's luck
word: horseshoe up one's ass
Derived terms: streak of good luck
Related terms: word: streak of good luck
word: luckiness
good luck
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡʊd ˈlʌk/
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: God bless
synonyms: word: best of luck
word: break a leg
english: chiefly in the entertainment industry
translation: chiefly in the entertainment industry
word: come on
word: more power to your elbow
word: toi, toi, toi
coordinate_terms: goodbye#Interjection
glosses: Used to wish fortune on someone or as encouragement; a benediction or valediction.
mass wasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: the movement downslope of soil and rock in response to gravity
Related terms: creep
downslope
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: further downslope
form: farther downslope
form: furthest downslope
form: farthest downslope
Etymology: From down + slope.
Senses: synonyms: downhill#Adjective
antonyms: uphill#Adjective
upslope#Adjective
glosses: In a direction down a slope.
downslope
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: further downslope
form: farther downslope
form: furthest downslope
form: farthest downslope
Etymology: From down + slope.
Senses: synonyms: downhill#Adverb
antonyms: uphill#Adverb
upslope#Adverb
glosses: Down a slope.
downslope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downslopes
Etymology: From down + slope.
Senses: synonyms: downhill#Noun
antonyms: uphill#Noun
upslope#Noun
glosses: A descent or declivity.
Related terms: altitude
elevation
upslope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upslopes
Etymology: From up- + slope.
Senses: synonyms: acclivity
glosses: an upward slope
upslope
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: further upslope
form: farther upslope
form: furthest upslope
form: farthest upslope
Etymology: From up- + slope.
Senses: glosses: in a direction up a slope
upslope
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: further upslope
form: farther upslope
form: furthest upslope
form: farthest upslope
Etymology: From up- + slope.
Senses: glosses: up a slope
spot on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spot on
form: most spot on
form: spot-on
Senses: examples: text: I was spot on with my guess.
text: Victor was spot on, of course; in fact, I have often been tempted to seek him out when I have been plagued by diseases of the heart. He'd be able to tell me in ten seconds whether someone was worth a tattoo or not.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 22:
text: His counterpart Neil Warnock got his tactics spot on as Chelsea struggled to get into any sort of groove in the first half.
ref: 2011 October 23, Becky Ashton, “QPR 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: pitch-perfect
glosses: Exact; correct; accurate; absolutely right.
synonyms: pitch-perfect
glosses: Excellent.
Synonyms: word: bang on
word: cock on
word: dead on
word: on point
word: on target
Related terms: nail the hammer on the head
interestingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more interestingly
form: most interestingly
Etymology: From interesting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In The Perfumed Garden, Nefzawi digressively but interestingly discusses, in great and curious detail, the amorous activities of animals.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 13:
text: Shimon’s interestingly stereotypical role as a conformist, but in reality covertly resistant, dominand […] is accentuated in the second half of the story[.]
ref: 2009, Seth Schwartz, Were the Jews a Mediterranean Society?, page 134:
text: Every rail company worth its salt wanted to connect with London. Interestingly, it was largely that way around - provincial entrepreneurs wanting to connect with the capital, rather than London capitalists seeking to spread outwards.
ref: 2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 62:
glosses: In an interesting way.
enthymeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛnθɪˌmiːm/
Forms: form: enthymemes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐνθύμημα (enthúmēma, “thought, consideration”), from ἐν (en, “within, with”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul, life”).
Senses: glosses: A by and large statement, a maxim, an argument that is intended to be generally true and not apply to every case universally.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A syllogism with a required but unstated assumption.
Derived terms: enthymematic
enthymematical
enthymemic
enthymemical
Related terms: thymus
gneiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nīs
ipa: /ˈnaɪs/
rhymes: -aɪs
homophone: nice
Forms: form: gneisses
Etymology: From German Gneis, from Middle High German gneist (“spark”), from Old High German gneisto (“spark”). More at gnast.
Senses: examples: text: The old towns along the route are as solidly built from the gneiss of the region as you might expect.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 98:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.
Derived terms: augengneiss
calc-gneiss
calc silicate gneiss
calc-silicate gneiss
gneissic
gneissoid
gneissose
gneissy
orthogneiss
paragneiss
bards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹdz/
ipa: /bɑːdz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dz
Senses: glosses: plural of bard
frets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
Senses: glosses: plural of fret
frets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɛts/
rhymes: -ɛts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fret
feasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feast
feasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feast
matrix isolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a technique for maintaining reactive molecules in an inert material at low temperature for spectroscopic study
McLeod gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McLeod gauges
form: McLeod gage
Etymology: Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law
Related terms: sticky vacuum
Boyle's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Robert Boyle, Irish natural philosopher.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The observation that the pressure of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature.
Synonyms: Boyle-Mariotte law
Mariotte's law
Related terms: Charles’s law
combined gas law
Charles's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtʃɑːlz ˈlɔː/
Forms: form: Charles' law
Etymology: Named after French scientist Jacques Charles (1746–1823), who first formulated it.
Senses: examples: text: You can observe the effects of Charles's law in a heated room on a winter's day. The air near the ceiling is warmer than the air near the floor. When air is heated, it expands according to Charles's law, lowering its density and causing it to rise.
ref: 2015, Nivaldo J. Tro, Chemistry in Focus: A Molecular View of Our World, page 291:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The law stating that the density of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to its temperature at constant pressure.
Synonyms: law of volumes
Related terms: Boyle's law
combined gas law
ideal gas law
combined gas law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a combination of Boyle's law and Charles's law which states that the product of the volume and pressure of an ideal gas divided by its temperature is constant
lived-in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Looking like someone currently lives there or has lived there, not pristine, not new
glosses: Looking sloppily kept.
examples: 2012, January 24. Richard Brody, "A Better Nomination", The New Yorker.
"Pitt's performance is lived-in, exhuberant, hearty …"
qualifier: Of a dramatic performance
glosses: fully-realized, well-observed.