cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Hopkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑp.kɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɒp.kɪnz/
Forms: form: Hopkinses
Etymology: From Hob + -kin + the patronymic suffix -s.
Senses: examples: text: Now if Hopkins had kept her job, but had developed it into a column for the compassionate wit and insight and reasoned argument that she is genuinely, truly capable of, then I’ll crack out the champagne, because that truly would be worth lifting a glass to. But for now, we have nothing to cheer about.
ref: 2017 November 28, Jack Monroe, “I took Katie Hopkins to court – but I won’t celebrate her leaving Mail Online”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An English, Irish and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Soda Springs, Nevada County, California.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Allegan County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Richland County, South Carolina.
glosses: A placename
A coastal village in eastern Belize.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Hopkins County.
Derived terms: Hopkins County
Hopkinsian
Hopkinsianism
Hopkinsism
Pitt-Hopkins syndrome
Related terms: Hopkin
hopkinsiaxanthin
Hopkinson
Hopkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑp.kɪnz/
ipa: /ˈhɒp.kɪnz/
Etymology: From Hopkin + -s.
Senses: glosses: plural of Hopkin
Related terms: Hipkin
Hipkins
Norton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹtən/
ipa: [ˈnɔɹɾn̩]
ipa: [ˈnɔɹʔn̩]
ipa: /ˈnɔːtən/
Forms: form: Nortons
Etymology: From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.
Senses: glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A place in England:
A suburb of Runcorn, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5582).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A place in England:
A suburban area in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham (OS grid ref NZ4422).
synonyms: Norton-on-Tees
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A place in England:
A village in Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, previously in Norton and Cuckney parish (OS grid ref SK5772).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A place in England:
A small village and civil parish (without a council) in north-west Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST8884).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A village in Norton-juxta-Kempsey parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, the location of Norton Barracks (OS grid ref SO8751).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A hamlet in Skenfrith community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO4420).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A village in Presteigne community, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO3067).
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A civil parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, Canada; in full, the Rural Municipality of Norton No. 69.
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A city, the county seat of Norton County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: Any of many placenames from words meaning north and enclosure.
A town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English from any of these places.
Derived terms: Burnham Norton
Chipping Norton
Cold Norton
East Norton
Greens Norton
Hook Norton
Kings Norton
King's Norton
Mayer-Norton theorem
Midsomer Norton
Norton and Cuckney
Norton Bridge
Norton Canes
Norton Conyers
Norton County
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
Norton Fitzwarren
Norton Hawkfield
Norton in Hales
Norton-juxta-Kempsey
Norton Malreward
Norton-on-Tees
Norton's dome
Norton Shores
Norton Sound
Norton St Philip
Nortonville
Norton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔɹtən/
ipa: [ˈnɔɹɾn̩]
ipa: [ˈnɔɹʔn̩]
ipa: /ˈnɔːtən/
Forms: form: Nortons
Etymology: From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.
Senses: glosses: A motorcycle from the Norton Motorcycle Company, a British manufacturer.
glosses: A book, especially an anthology, from the publisher Norton, especially if used as a textbook.
Browne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brownes
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname, a spelling variant of Brown.
Derived terms: Brownism
Brownist
Related terms: Brown
Beauchamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːt͡ʃəm/
rhymes: -iːtʃəm
homophone: Beecham
homophone: Beacham
homophone: Beachem
homophone: Beechem
Forms: form: Beauchamps
Etymology: Borrowed from French Beauchamp, from beau (“handsome, fine, attractive”) + champ (“field”).
Senses: glosses: The name of several places in Northern France
synonyms: Beacham
Beecham
Beachem
Beechem
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin
Derived terms: Beacham
Beachem
Beecham
Beechem
Beaufort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊfət/
ipa: /ˈbəʊfɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈboʊfəɹt/
note: city and county in South Carolina
ipa: /ˈbjuːfəɹt/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).
Senses: glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Hérault department, Occitania.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
glosses: A place in France:
A former commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France.
glosses: A place in France:
A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
glosses: A town and commune in Echternach canton, eastern Luxembourg.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old French of Norman origin.
Francis Beaufort, British admiral and hydrographer.
glosses: A dukedom in the English peerage.
glosses: A town in Sabah, Malaysia.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.
glosses: A village in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V 8792).
glosses: A suburban village and community in Blaenau Gwent borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1711).
glosses: A place in Australia:
A locality (previously official) in Barcaldine Region, Queensland.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A locality in Wakefield council area, South Australia.
glosses: A place in Australia:
A town in the Shire of Pyrenees, Victoria.
Derived terms: Beaufort cipher
Beaufort County
Beaufort scale
Beaufort Sea
Beaufort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊfət/
ipa: /ˈbəʊfɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈboʊfəɹt/
note: city and county in South Carolina
ipa: /ˈbjuːfəɹt/
Forms: form: Beauforts
Etymology: Borrowed from French Beaufort, from beau (“beautiful”) + fort (“fort”).
Senses: glosses: A type of French cheese originally from Beaufort-sur-Doron.
Longfellow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Longfellows
Etymology: Originally a nickname for a tall person, from long + fellow.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Derived terms: Longfellowian
Hartford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹtfɚd/
ipa: /hɑːtfəd/
Etymology: # For the village in Cambridgeshire: from Old English Hereford (“army ford”), from here (“army”) + ford.
# For remaining places: from Old English heorot (“hart”) + ford.
Senses: glosses: A place in England, from variants of Hertford:
An eastern suburb of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL2573).
glosses: A place in England, from variants of Hertford:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ6372).
glosses: A place in England, from variants of Hertford:
A hamlet in Brompton Regis parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref SS9529).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English from these places.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The capital city of Connecticut, located in Hartford County.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Geneva County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Madison County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Warren County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lyon County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Ohio County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Oxford County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Van Buren County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Washington County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Licking County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village in Windsor County, Vermont.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Mason County, West Virginia, in full Hartford City.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington County and Dodge County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Washington County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.
Derived terms: East Hartford
Hartford City
Hartford County
Hartford fern
New Hartford
West Hartford
Byelorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃən/
Forms: form: more Byelorussian
form: most Byelorussian
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
Byelorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃən/
Forms: form: Byelorussians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
Byelorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌbjɛləˈɹʌʃən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
Bielorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bielorussian
form: most Bielorussian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
Bielorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
Bielorussian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bielorussians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Belarusian.
Belarusan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Belarusan
form: most Belarusan
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
Belarusan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
Belarusan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Belarusans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Belarusian.
punchline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punchlines
Senses: examples: text: Arguably, without Jones, Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969-74) would not have revolutionised British TV comedy. He was key in developing the show’s distinctively trippy, stream-of-consciousness format, where each surreal set-up (the Lumberjack Song, the upper-class twit of the year show, the dead parrot, or the fish-slapping dance) flowed into the next, unpunctuated by punchlines.
ref: 2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of punch line.
STC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of subject to check.
STC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of said to contain.
table d'hote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of table d'hôte.
trolley dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley dashes
Senses: glosses: A supermarket promotional contest where the winner can keep whatever groceries they can load into a trolley in a set time.
tachypnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tachypneas
Etymology: From tachy- + -pnea.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tachypnoea.
Pliny
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplɪni/
rhymes: -ɪni
Forms: form: Plinys
form: Plinies
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin Plīnius, an Italic name of obscure origin.
Senses: examples: text: The two Plinys, Lucan, (though again under the disadvantage of verse) Petronius Arbiter, and Quintilian, but above all, the Senecas, (for a Spanish cross appears to improve the quality of the rhetorician) have left a body of rhetorical composition such as no modern nation has rivalled.
ref: 1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 24, number 147:
text: Of Q. Curtius, the Demosthenes (both), Eutropius, Horace (first with a date), Homer, Justin, Livy, the two Plinies, Quintilian, Martial, Tacitus, and Virgil, the first editions; but my friend must not be allowed to have a succession of nights of undisturbed repose till he possesses the first Horace, and the first Roman edition of Virgil.
ref: 1836, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, Reminiscences of a Literary Life:
glosses: An ancient Roman praenomen.
examples: text: I will leave off all my childish fooleries and diversions, and set about studying with such a rage, that when you come back next year, you may find the tongue I have now in my mouth more forky than that of some serpents mentioned by Pliny the naturalist.
ref: a. 1776, Joseph Baretti, “Dialogue the Fortieth”, in Easy Phraseology for the Use of Those Persons Who Intend to Learn the Colloquial Part of the Italian Language, 1835 edition, Turin: Joseph Bocca, page 236:
glosses: Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus (23–79 AD): an ancient Roman nobleman, scientist and historian, author of Naturalis Historia, "Pliny's Natural History".
glosses: Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63–circa 113): an ancient Roman statesman, orator, and writer, a great-nephew of Pliny the Elder.
Derived terms: plinian
Plinian
Plinydom
Plinyism
praenomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praenomens
form: praenomina
form: prænomen
form: prenomen
Etymology: From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).
Senses: examples: text: Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.
text: The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xiv:
glosses: An Ancient Roman given name.
examples: text: Tutankhamun's praenomen or throne name was Nebkheperrure, "Lord of the forms of Ra".
text: The old explanation was that the Greeks applied the name [λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos)] to it [the Temple of Hawara] because the prenomen or "throne-name" of its builder, Amenemhat III., would have been pronounced *Nemarîᵉ, and, by a usual interchange of n with l, transliterated into Greek as Labaris or Lamaris.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 121:
glosses: The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.
examples: text: In the name Tyrannosaurus rex, "Tyrannosaurus" is the praenomen.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The genus name in a binomial scientific name.
Hypernyms: word: given name
Coordinate terms: english: family name
translation: family name
word: nomen
english: epithet or clan name
translation: epithet or clan name
word: cognomen
english: epithet
translation: epithet
word: agnomen
sense: Pharaonic name
word: serekh name
sense: Pharaonic name
word: Two Ladies name
sense: Pharaonic name
word: gold name
sense: Pharaonic name
english: given name
translation: given name
word: nomen
Related terms: praenominal
prænomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of praenomen.
practicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of practice
practicing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: My uncle is a practicing dentist.
glosses: Actively engaged in a profession.
glosses: Participating in the rituals and mores of a religion.
Synonyms: sense: participating in the rituals and mores of a religion
word: devout
Derived terms: nonpracticing
practicing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: practicings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who practices.
exigencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exigency
heave-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: heave ho
form: heave-o
Etymology: From Middle English have howe.
Senses: examples: text: Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.
ref: 1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “A Bell's Biography”, in The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales:
synonyms: yeave-ho
glosses: An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.
Derived terms: yo-heave-ho
heave-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: heave-hoes
form: heave-hos
form: heave ho
form: heave-o
Etymology: From Middle English have howe.
Senses: glosses: A cry of heave-ho.
examples: text: Why would you think I'm still seeing Colin Murphy? I gave him the heave-ho, remember?
ref: 2002 August 8, Days of our Lives:
glosses: A rejection; a forced removal.
Derived terms: english: old
translation: old
word: to give someone the heave-ho
heave-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: heave-hoes
form: heave-hoing
form: heave-hoed
form: heave-hoed
form: heave ho
form: heave-o
Etymology: From Middle English have howe.
Senses: examples: text: They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;
ref: 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast:
synonyms: yeave-ho
glosses: To pull forcefully.
heliport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlɪˌpoɹt/
Forms: form: heliports
Etymology: Blend of helicopter + port, by analogy to airport.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A facility, such as a small airport, designed to let helicopters take off and land.
Synonyms: helidrome
Coordinate terms: sense: helicopter airport
word: aerodrome
sense: helicopter airport
word: airfield
sense: helicopter airport
word: airstrip
sense: helicopter airport
word: marine aerodrome
sense: helicopter airport
word: marine air terminal
sense: helicopter airport
word: water aerodrome
sense: helicopter airport
word: waterdrome
Related terms: airport
copter
heli
helicopter
helipad
helo
jetport
port
seaport
STOLport
vertiport
highwayman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪˌweɪmən/
Forms: form: highwaymen
form: hi'way-man
Etymology: From highway + man.
Senses: examples: text: […] here were no Gibers, Cenſurers, Backbiters, Pick-pockets, Highwaymen, Houſebreakers, Attorneys, Bawds, Buffoons, Gameſters, Politicians, Wits, ſplenetick tedious Talkers, Controvertiſts, Raviſhers, Murderers, Robbers, Virtuoſo's; […]
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Oeconomy and Happy Life among the Houyhnhnms. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), page 301:
text: And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
ref: 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza I, page 45:
text: I was a highwayman / Across the coach roads I did ride / With sword and pistol by my side.
ref: 1977, Jimmy Webb, Highwayman:
glosses: A person, usually mounted on horseback, who robbed travelers on public roads.
Synonyms: word: highpad
word: highwayman
word: highwaywoman
word: road agent
word: scampsman
word: Saint Nicholas' clerk
word: Knight of Saint Nicholas
word: Saint Nicholas' clergyman
Hypernyms: word: bandit
word: criminal
word: robber
word: thief
Hyponyms: word: footpad
word: pad
Related terms: highway robbery
stand and deliver
tsunameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsunameters
Etymology: From tsunami + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: 2004 December 28, Tom Paulson, "Tsunami warning system being developed in Seattle could avert disasters", Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The tsunameter pioneered at the Seattle lab is actually a system — a sophisticated pressure gauge set on the ocean floor that sends signals to a surface buoy.
text: -2005, "Chilean Tsunameter Project Information", National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Data Buoy Center, at www.ndbc.noaa.gov http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart/chilean_tsunameter.shtml
As part of the National Tsunami Warning System (SNAM) of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA), the first Tsunameter mooring system has been deployed in the northern region of Chile.
text: This new, second-generation Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART II) system consists of pressure-sensitive tsunameters on the seafloor, and buoys on the ocean surface.
ref: 2006 June 30, "New NOAA Tsunameter Buoys System Will Use Iridium Satellite Links to Transmit Data", Iridium, at www.iridium.com https://web.archive.org/web/20061017005035/http://www.iridium.com/corp/iri_corp-news.asp?newsid=205
glosses: A piece of equipment used to detect tsunamis, deployed across the open ocean to form a network for the purpose of early warning.
Derived terms: tsunameter buoy
Moldovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
Moldovian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
Moldovian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moldovians
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
long QT syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: short QT syndrome
glosses: A heart disease in which there is an abnormally long delay between the electrical excitation (or depolarization) and relaxation (repolarization) of the ventricles of the heart.
self-soar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-soars
form: self-soaring
form: self-soared
form: self-soared
Etymology: From self- + soar. Many intrepid flyers joined the 70s' Self-Soar Association [S-SA] that had "Otto" memberships and membership numbers in honor of Otto Lilienthal who self-soared off a hill he had built. The booklet series Low & Slow and the Hang Glider Weekly (together 216 editions) frequently used the term self-soar to describe flying using an unpowered glider flown after launching by some system without the aid of motors or other persons.
Senses: examples: text: Noted Swedish sailplane pilot Bengt Soderholm tries self-soaring for a change.
ref: 1972, Popular Science, volume 200, number 6, page 94:
glosses: To use the normal launching method for a hang glider.
Arvaker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Arvak.
Alsvid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alsvidh
form: Allsvinn
Senses: glosses: In Norse mythology, one of the two horses drawing the chariot bearing the sun.
Related terms: Arvak
w:Arvak and Alsvid
foster child
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foster children
Senses: examples: text: Another hopeful broad-gauge prospect was the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway. It was fostered by the Great Western but the authority of the parent over its foster-child rapidly disappeared.
ref: 1959 December, John Alves, “Resorts for Railfans - 29: Oxford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 596:
glosses: A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.
Related terms: foster care
foster daughter
foster family
foster father
foster home
foster mother
foster parent
foster sib
foster sibling
foster son
catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: CPVT
qualifier: genetic disorders
glosses: An inherited genetic disorder that predisposes those affected to potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmias.
endocrania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocranium
theirn
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: their'n
Etymology: From Middle English theiren, compare hern. Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, theirs, which see for more.
Senses: examples: text: “Nothin,” Dilsey said. “You tend to yo business en let de whitefolks tend to deir'n.”
ref: 1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:
glosses: Theirs.
warish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒɹɪʃ/
Forms: form: warishes
form: warishing
form: warished
form: warished
Etymology: From Middle English warysshen, from Anglo-Norman waris-, the present participle stem of warir, from Old French guarir (modern guérir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Compare guarish.
Senses: examples: text: Varro testifieth, that even at this day there be some there who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
glosses: To get better; to recover from an illness.
warish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒɹɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈwɔːɹɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɔːɹɪʃ
ipa: /ˈwɒɹɪʃ/
Forms: form: more warish
form: most warish
Senses: examples: text: ... life : and that a warish, short, and transient life.
ref: 1861, Thomas Adams, The works: Being the sum of his sermons, meditations, and other divine and moral discourses. With memoir by Joseph Angus, page 404:
text: Because we found that operations management, strategic management of war forces, proved to have a lot of value, strategic management was shifted over into the arena of the industrial organization. So you'll notice the definition of strategy comes very much from a warish, militaristic context, i.e., the positioning of armed forces...
ref: 1974, Every librarian a manager: proceedings of a conference (Special Libraries Association, Indiana Chapter, Purdue University. Libraries and Audio-Visual Center)
text: … the state of nature is a warish, brutal state.
ref: 2004, Instructor's Manual for Velasquez's Philosophy, A Text with Readings
glosses: Alternative form of warrish (“warlike”).
merk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: merks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mark.
glosses: Alternative form of mark.
merk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: merks
form: merking
form: merked
form: merked
Senses: examples: text: In truth, there are Easter eggs planted in just about every frame of Ready Player One, which never misses an opportunity to insert a recognizable character (hey, is that Jason Voorhees getting merked during the film’s first-person shooter level?) or toss a sop to the faithful.
ref: 2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018:
text: But what I realized was, for however much I want to rep the motherland, be bitter towards America for merking 1/20 of Japan's population, I actually know next to nothing about Japan.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of murk (“to murder”).
examples: text: If you hear the law coming, you merk on [run away from]^([sic]) them niggas.
ref: 2014 May 8, Alice Goffman, “How Poor Young Black Men Run from the Police”, in Vice:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To run.
gerdon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerdons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of guerdon.
foster care
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A formal system by which a child is cared for, in a foster family, by people other than its own parents, but without being adopted.
Related terms: foster child
foster family
foster father
foster home
foster mother
foster parent
rewe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of rue.
endlong
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndlɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈɛndˌlɔŋ/
Forms: form: endelong
Etymology: From Old English andlang ( > along), re-formed by popular etymology in Middle English as end + long; partly from Old Norse cognate endlangr.
Senses: glosses: Along (as opposed to across), from end to end of.
endlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndlɒŋ/
ipa: /ˈɛndˌlɔŋ/
Forms: form: endelong
Etymology: From Old English andlang ( > along), re-formed by popular etymology in Middle English as end + long; partly from Old Norse cognate endlangr.
Senses: glosses: From end to end.
examples: text: The rest he leaves in ground: So takes in hond
To seeke her endlong both by sea and lond
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Continuously.
glosses: On end.
inpossible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inpossible
form: most inpossible
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of impossible.
breyde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of braid.
sexagenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/
Etymology: From Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”), from sexaginta (“six tens, sixty”). Cognate with sexagenarian.
Senses: examples: The sexagenary cycle is formed by combining the twelve earthly branches representing the years of Jupiter's orbital cycle and the ten heavenly stems of the Shang-era week, stopping halfway through to reflect the pairing of yin and yang terms.
coordinate_terms: unary
binary
ternary
trinary
tetranary
quintenary
hexanary
septenary
octonary
nonary
decenary
vicenary
tricenary
quadragenary
quinquagenary
semicentenary
septuagenary
octogenary
glosses: Of or related to the number sixty
Containing sixty years.
coordinate_terms: unary
binary
ternary
trinary
tetranary
quintenary
hexanary
septenary
octonary
nonary
decenary
vicenary
tricenary
quadragenary
quinquagenary
semicentenary
septuagenary
octogenary
glosses: Of or related to the number sixty
Synonym of sexagenarian: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old.
synonyms: word: sexagenarian
extra: lasting or aged sixty years; sixty-year-old
topics: astronomy
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: unary
binary
ternary
trinary
tetranary
quintenary
hexanary
septenary
octonary
nonary
decenary
vicenary
tricenary
quadragenary
quinquagenary
semicentenary
septuagenary
octogenary
glosses: Of or related to the number sixty
Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60.
synonyms: word: sexagesimal
extra: base-60
sexagenary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒəˌnɛɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒiːnəɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnɹi/
ipa: /ˌsɛksəˈd͡ʒɛnəɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnɹi/
ipa: /sɛkˈsæd͡ʒɪnəɹi/
Forms: form: sexagenaries
Etymology: From Latin sexāgēnārius (“sixty; sixty years old; a sixty-year-old”) either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”), from sexaginta (“six tens, sixty”). Cognate with sexagenarian.
Senses: topics: astronomy
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of sexagesimal: base-60 numeration.
synonyms: word: sexagesimal
extra: base-60 numeration
glosses: Synonym of sexagenarian: a sixty-year-old.
synonyms: word: sexagenarian
extra: a sixty-year-old
mansioun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mansiouns
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of mansion.
sexagesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛk.səˈdʒɛ.sɪ.məl/
Etymology: From Medieval Latin sexagesimalis, from sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”) + -ālis (“-al”), from sexāgintā (“sixty”). Cognate with sexagenary and sexagenarian. Cf. sextal.
Senses: examples: text: The common English divisions of time, longitude, and latitude are all computed using sexagesimal arithmetic.
text: She then supplied a detailed description of the Babylonians, who had relied on a sexagesimal system―counting by sixties, she explained―for both mathematics and astronomy.
ref: 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 325:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of, related to, or based on the number sixty.
Synonyms: sexagenary
base-60
sexagesimal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛk.səˈdʒɛ.sɪ.məl/
Forms: form: sexagesimals
Etymology: From Medieval Latin sexagesimalis, from sexāgēsimus (“sixtieth”) + -ālis (“-al”), from sexāgintā (“sixty”). Cognate with sexagenary and sexagenarian. Cf. sextal.
Senses: examples: text: Decimals are actually less convenient than sexagesimals for working with most common fractions.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A fraction involving division by 60; a sixtieth part of something.
examples: text: Babylonian mathematics was computed in sexagesimals.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A base-60 number.
Synonyms: word: sexagesm
lisse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lisses
form: lissing
form: lissed
form: lissed
Etymology: From Old English līssian.
Senses: glosses: To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
lisse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lisses
Etymology: From French lisse, from Latin licium.
Senses: glosses: A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
glosses: In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.
scoreline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorelines
Etymology: From score + line.
Senses: glosses: A line in a newspaper or other publication giving the score in a sports match
examples: text: A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn...The scoreline did not flatter Ireland who produced a composed, classy and determined showing that will go down as the highlight of the Giovanni Trapattioni era so far.
ref: 2011 November 11, Rory Houston, “Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland”, in RTE Sport:
text: England will qualify for the semi-finals if they beat Scotland on Tuesday and the Netherlands drop points in their final match with Belgium.
However, even if the Netherlands beat Belgium at home, England could still go through if they defeat the Scots by a sufficiently large scoreline to take their goal difference above the Dutch.
ref: 2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The score at the end of, of during, a match or game.
decontaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈtæmɪneɪt/
Forms: form: decontaminates
form: decontaminating
form: decontaminated
form: decontaminated
Etymology: From de- + contaminate.
Senses: glosses: To remove contamination from (something), rendering it safe.
Derived terms: decontaminator
Related terms: decontamination
dehydrogenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌhaɪdˈɹɒdʒəneɪt/
Forms: form: dehydrogenates
form: dehydrogenating
form: dehydrogenated
form: dehydrogenated
Etymology: From de- + hydrogenate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove hydrogen from (a substance).
Related terms: hydrogenate
dehydrogenation
dehydrogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːhaɪdˌɹɒdʒəˈneɪʃən/
Forms: form: dehydrogenations
Etymology: From de- + hydrogenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction or process in which hydrogen is removed from a substance, especially the production of unsaturated organic compounds from saturated ones.
Derived terms: cyclodehydrogenation
photodehydrogenation
demagnetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demagnetizes
form: demagnetizing
form: demagnetized
form: demagnetized
form: demagnetise
Etymology: From de- + magnetize.
Senses: glosses: To make something nonmagnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
glosses: To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.
Hyponyms: degauss
deperm
Derived terms: demagnetizable
demagnetization
demagnetizer
demagnetise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demagnetises
form: demagnetising
form: demagnetised
form: demagnetised
form: demagnetize
Etymology: From de- + magnetise.
Senses: synonyms: degauss
glosses: To make something non-magnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
glosses: To erase the contents of a magnetic storage device.
Derived terms: demagnetisation
demonetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈmʌnətaɪz/
ipa: /diːˈmʊnətaɪz/
ipa: /diˈmɑnətaɪz/
Forms: form: demonetizes
form: demonetizing
form: demonetized
form: demonetized
form: demonetise
Etymology: From de- + monetize.
Senses: examples: text: A bill to demonetize existing French gold coinage has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies by Deputies Lenoir, Bouffandeau, and Eymond. The purpose is to force hoarders to bring out gold estimated at 4,000,000,000 francs which is still kept in hiding in spite of patriotic appeals to the owners to exchange it for notes.
ref: 1917 March 17, “Bill to Demonetize Gold”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To withdraw the status of legal tender from a coin (etc.) and remove it from circulation.
examples: 1943 Post Office Department, U.S., A Description of United States Postage Stamps Issued by the Post Office Department from July 1, 1847, to April 1, 1945 [sic]. Washington: United States Government Printing Office; p4: Stamps of 1847 and 1851 Demonetized
These stamps are obsolete and worthless for postage. A reasonable time after hostilities began in 1861 was given for the exchange of stamps in the hands of the public and for the replacement of post office stocks. Their acceptance in the prepayment of postage was ordered discontinued in the several States and Territories, […]
glosses: To declare ineligible or worthless as a medium of exchange or as legal tender.
examples: text: The site has the ability to demonetize a video.
text: Other high-profile YouTube stars including Logan Paul, Shane Dawson and David Dobrik have had their channels demonetized after controversies in the media. Many demonetized creators still run highly profitable businesses.
ref: 2021 April 21, Taylor Lorenz, Valeriya Safronova, “Why James Charles Has Been Demonetized by YouTube”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To demote (published content, or its creator) so that it is no longer eligible to earn money for its publisher.
Related terms: demonetization
money
monetary
demonetise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demonetises
form: demonetising
form: demonetised
form: demonetised
Etymology: From de- + monetise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of demonetize.
builder's bum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The top of the buttocks exposed when trousers are worn too low, or when the wearer bends over.
schrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schrod
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scrod.
powder monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder monkeys
Senses: glosses: An explosives expert; a person who sets explosives.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A person employed to carry gun powder from the ship's magazine to the gun deck during a battle; in the 18th century Royal British and U.S. Navies, this task (also carrying water) during battles became a permanent nickname for the ship's cabin boys and apprentice seamen.
examples: text: Snowbird has been amending its reputation as a destination primarily for the steep-and-deep skiers and powder monkeys. Off the Baby Thunder lift in 1995, the resort has a largely protected area that has gentle slopes great for less experienced skiers.
ref: 2000, Charles Leocha et al., Ski America and Canada, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, page 218:
text: How's about this then me little powder monkeys... A chance to WIN A SNOWBOARD OF YOUR CHOICE up to the value of £350.
ref: 2002 September 9, denise&bryn, “www Snowboard 25/12”, in uk.rec.competitions (Usenet):
text: On the opposite, western boundary, the blue fingers under the Timberline Express are training grounds for powder monkeys, flanked by mellow glades and blessed with small natural hits and stashes of deep snow.
ref: 2003, Tam Leach et al., The Rough Guide to Skiing & Snowboarding in North America, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 146:
text: Yes, getting up the mountain is more of a hassle — powder monkeys will probably yelp in frustration because of the extra minutes involved each morning. But if you want a more laid-back holiday, […] you’ll love it.
ref: 2006 November 19, Sean Newsom, “Europe's poshest ski chalets”, in The Sunday Times:
text: There are lots of fine cutovers into untouched sugar for powder monkeys (snow permitting, of course).
ref: 2008, Charles Leocha, Charlie Leocha's Ski Snowboard Europe, 16th edition, World Leisure Corporation, →ISBN, 978-0-915009-86-2, page 86:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A skier or snowboarder who avidly seeks out the “powder” (light, dry, fluffy snow).
Synonyms: sense: skier preferring powdery snow
word: powder hound
keener
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of keen: more keen
keener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keeners
Etymology: From keen (“lament”, verb) + -er (“one who does”).
Senses: glosses: One who keens at a funeral.
keener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keeners
Etymology: From keen (“enthusiastic”) + -er (“one who is”).
Senses: glosses: Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser.
Related terms: keeno
boatman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatmen
Etymology: From Middle English boteman, botman, bateman. Equivalent to boat + -man.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: boatkeeper
synonyms: boatsman
boater
hypernyms: word: sailor
word: person
glosses: A sailor on a small vessel (boat), particularly its captain.
Derived terms: Boatman
boatmanship
water boatman
Related terms: boatbuilder
boatowner
Second World War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Second World War
Senses: glosses: World War II.
Related terms: First World War
Third World War
Bismarck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪzmɑɹk/
Etymology: From German Bismarck.
Senses: glosses: A German family name.
glosses: Otto von Bismarck, one of the prominent German statesmen of the nineteenth century.
glosses: A major German battleship during World War II (named after the statesman).
glosses: The capital city of North Dakota, United States and the county seat of Burleigh County.
Derived terms: Bismarck boobook
Bismarck herring
Bismarckian
Bismarck Range
Bismarck Sea
Bismarck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪzmɑɹk/
Forms: form: Bismarcks
Etymology: From German Bismarck.
Senses: glosses: An apple cultivar from Australia.
glosses: Alternative form of bismarck.
stonemason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstoʊnˌmeɪsən/
Forms: form: stonemasons
Etymology: From stone + mason.
Senses: examples: text: Three generations of stonemasons were responsible for the limestone houses and slate cottages of Tomintoul, the highest village in the Highlands.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 384:
glosses: One who works in stone.
Related terms: stonemasonry
Honora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Medieval variant of Honoria, feminine form of Honorius.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, mainly used in Ireland.
Related terms: Nora
Noreen
Norette
bigoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡətɪd/
Forms: form: more bigoted
form: most bigoted
form: bigotted
Etymology: From bigot + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Which goes to show that bigoted twatwaffles might be everywhere, but so were good people.
ref: 2018, Nicola M. Cameron, To My Muse, unnumbered page:
synonyms: intolerant
biased
discriminatory
prejudiced
glosses: Having the characteristics of a bigot; strongly prejudiced; forming negative opinions about others without just cause.
Synonyms: word: antiliberal
word: biased
word: bigoted
word: close-minded
word: closed-minded
word: illiberal
word: intolerant
word: jaundiced
word: narrow-minded
word: prejudiced
word: sectarian
Hypernyms: word: opinionated
Hyponyms: word: ableist
word: ageist
word: anti-Semitic
word: chauvinist
word: classist
word: fattist
word: heterosexist
word: homophobic
word: Islamophobic
word: misandric
word: misandristic
word: misogynic
word: misogynistic
word: racialist
word: racist
word: religionist
word: sexist
word: supremacist
word: transmisogynist
word: transmisogynistic
word: transphobic
Derived terms: bigotedly
bigotedness
unbigoted
Related terms: word: bigot
word: bigotness
word: bigotry
word: prejudice
Honoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: She comforted herself however, on the first appearance of her pregnancy, that so odious a surname should be qualified in her children with the genteelest and most elegant Christian names that history or romance could supply. - - - My eldest sister, who came into the world a year after, was called Wilhelmina Charlotta, the second Penthesilea, the third Telethusa, and the fourth Honoria.
ref: 1776 Adam Fitz-Adam: The World of Adam Fitz-Adam. Edinburgh, Apollo Press 1776: Numb. 187. Thursday, July 29, 1756
text: She doesn't like being called after Mother Hubbard, who is an old woman in a baby bonnet, even more than she doesn't like to be called Honoria. "That name practically ruined mah entire childhood," she said once. "Ah wanted to make darn sure Ah gave mah little girl a name nobody in creation could make fun of."
ref: 1979, Alison Lurie, Only Children, Random House, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A female given name from Latin, the Latinized feminine of Honorius.