cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
blue-helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue-helmets
form: Blue Helmet
form: blue helmet
Senses: examples: text: “The rhetoric is very high, but the reality is different,” says Andrea Tenenti, the spokesperson for UNIFIL, which has more than 10,000 blue-helmet troops from nearly 50 nations stationed in a border region south of the Litani River.
ref: 2024 May 28, Scott Peterson, “To avoid war, Israel and Hezbollah shift their red lines. But war heats up.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
qualifier: UN
glosses: Synonym of blue beret.
synonyms: word: blue beret
Palpy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Palpatine + -y.
Senses: examples: text: What we are lead to believe in the plot is that Palpy and Sidious are one and a same person, and that Palpy - as Sidious - arranges for the whole chain of events that lead to the take-over.
ref: 1999 July 23, PM, “Darth Sillious a plot hole or a non-Palpy???????”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):
text: I believe there simply has to be more to this than meets the eyes of the 'Palpy IS Sidious' brigade.
ref: 1999 August 13, John Rooksby, “If Palpy *is* Sidious...”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):
text: Well, at first I acutually thought Sidous was Palpy, end of story, then I noticed Senator Palpatine, who apparently turns into Palpy. Sidous has the same voice as Palpy and looks the same of what you see in TPM, but lets face it, the offical^([sic]) web site says the Senator turns into Palpy.
ref: 2002 February 12, Bazilla, “My ranting and raving On Sidous/Palpy”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Emperor Palpatine, a fictional antagonist in Star Wars.
double S's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double S
Proddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Proddies
form: Proddy
Senses: glosses: A Protestant (as termed by Roman Catholics).
Synonyms: Prod
a-double-s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ ˌdʌ.bəl ˈɛs/
Forms: form: a-double-s's
form: a double s
form: A-double-S
form: A double S
form: A. double S.
Senses: glosses: Minced oath of ass.
a-double-s's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of a-double-s
three bags full, Sir
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Because, if he speaks his truth, he may no longer have a job and so, instead of living his truth, he says: “Yes, Sir; of course, sir. Three bags full, Sir.” He gives his power away.
ref: 2001, Barbel Mohr, translated by Heike Müller, “How Do I Learn to Listen to My Inner Voice?”, in The Cosmic Ordering Service, Charlottesville, Va.: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 31:
text: ‘Two coffees,’ he told the girl politely, adding, ‘And some of these cake things I saw in the kitchen.’ / ‘Treacle oaties, Sir,’ the young girl said, bobbing. ‘Yes, thank you, Sir.’ / Harry caught Anna’s frown, but she waited until the door closed before venting her disapproval. / ‘Yes, Sir, no, Sir, three bags full, Sir. How ghastly! And the starched pinny, and the lace cap!’
ref: 2012, Liz Todd, Shame the Devil, London: Olympia Publishers, →ISBN, part 3, chapter 1, page 246:
text: “[…] Oh and when she’s nice and settled, then you can roll out the jenny again, OK?” / “Yessir. Three bags full, Sir. And while I’m doing all that?”
ref: 2013, Theo Dorgan, chapter 27, in Making Way: A Novel, Dublin: New Island, →ISBN, page 170:
text: “You know, Sergeant, you are not seeing the big picture. This is a real opportunity to enhance your resume with this type of field research.” / “Like I said, Sir,” I stopped walking and turned to face Mr. Douglas and continued, “three bags full, Sir.”
ref: 2013, Bill Fortin, “Junkyard Friendship”, in Red Eye Fulda Cold: A Cold War Novel, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, part II (Growing Up in Gelnhausen), page 158:
text: She was dismissed. “Thanks Shona. Keep me updated with any new developments. Immediately,” said the Chief. / “Of course, Sir.” Three bags full, Sir. How was she meant to solve a murder with every official in the city breathing down her neck?
ref: 2014, Wendy H. Jones, “November 2012”, in Killer’s Countdown (The DI Shona McKenzie Series; 1), [Dundee]: Scott and Lawson, →ISBN, page 84:
text: Three times in three minutes he had felt a need to comment on my perceived tardiness in returning to the task of arming. I was pissed off with his attitude and as he passed I said: “Yes Sir, three bags full, Sir. Life as a f . . . ing staff sergeant must be hard to take if all you have to do is walk up and down throwing your f . . . ing rank around.”
ref: 2016, Brian Florence, History of 1 Field Squadron Group, Royal Australian Engineers, SVN, 1965–1972, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, published 2021, →ISBN, pages 214–215:
text: I spent so much time conforming to other people’s points of views and opinions over the years, “Yes, Sir.” “No, Sir.” “Three bags full, Sir!” Well no more, the worm has turned!
ref: 2017, Claudine Pereira, “What Would I Tell My Younger Self?”, in Live Out Loud (The Sisterhood Chronicles), Creative Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of three bags full, sir.
oatie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oaties
Etymology: From oat + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Two coffees,’ he told the girl politely, adding, ‘And some of these cake things I saw in the kitchen.’ / ‘Treacle oaties, Sir,’ the young girl said, bobbing.
ref: 2012, Liz Todd, Shame the Devil, London: Olympia Publishers, →ISBN, part 3, chapter 1, page 246:
text: “Well, of those military leaders named, one begins with a B, one with a C, and another with an A. All those letters are shown here.” / Aini read the list to herself. / B’s milk / C’s big box of oaties / two dozen eggs for C too / A’s bag of apples even if they’re a bit overripe / “Or it could just be a list of groceries, Mr. MacGregor,” Myles said, shrugging.
ref: 2018, Alisha Klapheke, The Edinburgh Heir (Edinburgh Seer; 2), →ISBN:
text: An oatie makes a great snack for any time of the day.
ref: 2018, Mat Follas, Afternoon Tea at Bramble Cafe, London: Ryland Peters & Small, →ISBN:
text: Lady Houston angrily dunked an oatie into her brandy.
ref: 2022, George Almond, Even Higher than Everest: The Dramatised Story of the First Flight over the Himalayas, 2nd edition, Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: An oat cookie.
oaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oatie
Etergino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eterginos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Beihold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beiholds
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Holmesfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3277).
country road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkʌntri ˈɹəʊd/
ipa: /ˌkʌntri ˈɹoʊd/
Forms: form: country roads
Etymology: From country + road.
Senses: glosses: A rural road.
Hyponyms: country lane
country roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country road
Gaoyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: gouʹyängʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高陽 /高阳 (Gāoyáng).
Senses: glosses: A county of Baoding, Hebei, China.
Related terms: Goyang
left lane hogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: left lane hoggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of left lane hog.
synonyms: word: left lane hog
left lane hoggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of left lane hogger
right lane hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right lane hogs
Senses: synonyms: right lane hogger
right lane hugger
right lane camper
coordinate_terms: left lane hog
road hog
Sunday driver
glosses: A motorist who occupies the right (especially rightmost) lane (passing lane) of a multi-lane road or highway, without moving over to allow faster-moving traffic to pass.
right lane hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right lane hog
right lane hogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right lane hoggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of right lane hog.
synonyms: word: right lane hog
right lane hoggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right lane hogger
right lane hugger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right lane huggers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of right lane hog.
synonyms: word: right lane hog
right lane huggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right lane hugger
right lane camper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right lane campers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of right lane hog.
synonyms: word: right lane hog
right lane campers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right lane camper
Upton Pyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Opetone in 1264, and Uppetone Pyn in 1284, the manorial affix coming from the de Pyn family.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Upton Pyne and Cowley Parish Council) in East Devon district, north of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9197).
huggered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hugger
packing for Perth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: In reference to the fact that Perth has a large South African Australian community (likely due to its closer proximity to Africa than the rest of Australia). The initialism of this phrase is "PFP", which was also used as an abbreviation for the Progressive Federal Party, a liberal and anti-apartheid political party that existed from 1977 until 1989 that drew the majority of its support from White South Africans who spoke English as their first language.
Senses: glosses: the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)
madumbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madumbies
Etymology: From Zulu madumbe.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Natal
glosses: a yam
madumbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madumbi
Molotov breadbaskets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Molotov breadbasket
attention-deficit disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attention-deficit disorders
Senses: examples: text: The precocious child’s wide range of interests often causes adults to believe he or she is hyperactive, has an attention-deficit disorder and is easily distracted.
ref: 1980 November 13, Saul Kapel, “[Parents & children] Problems of gifted children”, in Daily News, New York, N.Y., page 54, column 4:
text: Capturing kids’ attention presents too many challenges these days, with their attention-deficit disorders, depression, obesity, alcohol and drug abuse, undisciplined behavior, guns, absentee and unemployed parents, et cetera.
ref: 2013, Tom Finkelpearl, quoting Ernesto Pujol, “Memory of Surfaces”, in What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, →ISBN, section 3 (Museum, Education, Cooperation), page 102:
text: Hermsford, who has learning disabilities and was inspired to become a teacher by some close mentoring relationships she had with her own teachers growing up, said she has been most impressed how teachers in her classroom have addressed students with needs like attention-deficit disorder through tools such as standing desks.
ref: 2022 September 29, Ashley Saari, “Franklin Pierce and Jaffrey-Rindge partner for student-teacher program”, in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Peterborough, N.H., page 6, column 4:
glosses: Alternative form of attention deficit disorder.
attention-deficit disorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attention-deficit disorder
bulletin-board system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulletin-board systems
Senses: examples: text: Ideal Science Inc., which was founded in New York, moved to Austin three years ago, and it shows promise of becoming the dominant player in its niche: making advanced bulletin-board systems for busy commercial Web sites.
ref: 2006 May 15, Kirk Ladendorf, “Out of rejection, success”, in Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Tex., page D1:
text: AROUND 1993, Lanting was dubbed “Spam King” when he was part of a group on a bulletin-board system, before the Internet became popular.
ref: 2007 October 3, Mike Marshall, “‘Spam Man’ is ambassador for much-maligned meat”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Honolulu, Haw., page D2, column 2:
text: First it was the proverbial lemonade stand at age six, then a lawn-cutting business at age 10, and a video-game themed bulletin-board system at age 13, but when he co-founded the popular artist community deviantART at 19, Angelo Sotira realized while he may not have set out to become an entrepreneur, the title may have chosen him.
ref: 2012 August 21, Sprouter.com, “Smart enough to follow its audience”, in National Post, volume 14, number 247, Toronto, Ont., page FP12, column 5:
glosses: Alternative form of bulletin board system.
bulletin-board systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulletin-board system
USCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This evolution of usage within the United States ultimately became the United States Customary System (USCS) units that is still in common use today.
ref: 2020, James H. Stanley, Francisco J. Sinisterra, Tom Weller, William C. Lyons, Air and Gas Drilling Manual […] , Gulf Professional Publishing, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The FE exam uses both the International System of Units (SI) and the U.S. Customary System (USCS).
ref: 2020, “Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) CIVIL CBT Exam Specifications”, in NCEES, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of United States customary system.
Black Dog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently named after a public house.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Washford Pyne parish and Woolfardisworthy parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8009).
wiggle out of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiggles out of
form: wiggling out of
form: wiggled out of
form: wiggled out of
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wriggle out of.
jave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jāv
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪv/
rhymes: -eɪv
Forms: form: javes
Etymology: Contraction of ice-jam release wave. Coined by geoscientists Martin Jasek & Spyros Beltaos in 2008.
Senses: examples: text: The effect of the jave depends upon the characteristics of the ice-jam release and downstream ice conditions.
ref: 2019, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, “Ice-Jam Release Waves (Javes)” (chapter 13), in River Ice Processes and Ice Flood Forecasting: A Guide for Practitioners and Students, 2nd edition, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 437:
text: The height of a jave is related to, and smaller than, the difference between the total water depths caused by the parent jam and the (usually) ice-covered or open water flow downstream of the toe.
ref: 2021-12-14, Spyros Beltaos, “Assessing the Frequency of Floods in Ice-Covered Rivers under a Changing Climate: Review of Methodology”, in Geosciences, volume 11, number 12, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2023, page 518:
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: A wave of water and ice released downstream when a fluvial ice jam breaks up catastrophically.
ludibriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ludibriously
form: most ludibriously
Etymology: From ludibrious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If any ſilly fellow vſing Becanes words, ſhould with Becan anſwer thus; It is ridiculous to compare the Kings ſcullian, vvith the King : ſhould he not, as a ridiculous aſſe, be ludibriouſly exploded?
ref: 1614, Richard Harris, The English Concord, In Answer to Becane's English Jarre: Together with a Reply to Becane's Examen of the English Concord., Mat. Lownes, page 87:
text: But the Ammonites thought to put a jeere upon the Jewiſh Religion, even as ſome of late have ludibriouſly abuſed thoſe holy Garments, and Bookes, and Veſſells, which we uſe in the ſervice of God.
ref: 1643, John Bramhall, A Sermon Preached in Yorke Minster, Before His Excelience the Marques of Newcastle, Being Then Ready to Meet the Scotch Army, January, 28. 1643., Stephen Bulkley, page 6:
text: ſurely neither Lucian, nor Corn: Agrippa with his Aſſe, could ever treat of holy things more ludibriouſly, or expoſe the ſacred word of God to more ſcorn then this man doth: […]
ref: 1654, John Crandon, chapter III, in Mr. Baxter's Aphorisms Exorized and Authorized, Math:Simmons, page 40:
text: The holy Name and Attributes of the DEITY are vilified in an unexampled Manner; the Blessed Spirit of God is ludibriouſly inſulted by a Repetition of the moſt carnal Obſcenities in the Form of a Suplication; […]
ref: 1763, John Kidgell, A Genuine and Succinct Narrative of a Scandalous, Obscene, and Exceedingly Profane Libel, Entitled, An Essay on Woman, As Also, of Other Poetical Pieces, Containing The Moſt Atrocious Blasphemies., page 13:
glosses: In a ludibrious manner.
benthological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more benthological
form: most benthological
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to benthos, the community of organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom of a sea, river, lake, or stream,.
Woolsery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Woolfardisworthy, Torridge district, Devon, England.
synonyms: word: Woolfardisworthy
word: Torridge district
word: Devon
word: England
learnless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more learnless
form: most learnless
Etymology: From learn + -less.
Senses: examples: text: But to make known this learnleſs Boor, / His Education to explore.
ref: 1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 87:
text: Prot. This your exception is to no purpose ; for that age was a learnless and a witless age.
ref: 1809 [1610], Alexander Cooke, “Pope Joan : A Dialogue between a Protestant and a Papist”, in William Oldys, editor, The Harleian miscellany: or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining pamphlets and tracts, as well in manuscript as in print, selected from the Library of Edward Harley, Second Earl of Oxford, interspersed with historical, political, and critical annotations., page 68:
text: These and such like errors (errors hateful to an upright mind) commonly by learnless heads are reputed for Love’s Kingdom.
ref: 1846, Edward Arber, “To the Reader”, in An English Garner: Ingatherings From Our History And Literature, volume III, Constable & Co., page 421:
glosses: Uneducated, educationless, bookless.
mill-leat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlːiːt/
Forms: form: mill-leats
form: milleate
form: mill leat
Senses: examples: text: A newe Milleate or Trench for the Conveyance of the said Water to the said Milles.
ref: 1609, An Act for the disuniting of the Parsonages of Asbe and Deane, within the County of Southampton, being presentative and with the Cure of Souls. (Private Act, 7 James I, c. 19), in Records of the House of Lords: Parliament Office: Private Bill Office: Original Acts (1509–2010), § 1:
text: Leat or Mill-leat, corruptly Mill-eat, a Trench for conveying Water to or from a Mill.
ref: 1706, Edward Phillips, edited by John Kersey, The New World of English Words, s.v. “Leat”:
text: […] thence along Hall’s Mill Lane to the Point at which the same meets the Mill Leat; thence along the Mill Leat to the Point at which the same meets Shearford Lane; […]
ref: 1832 July 11th, An Act to settle and describe the Divisions of Counties, and the Limits of Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. (2 & 3 William IV, c. 64), in The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 & 3 William IV. 1832., London: Printed by His Majesty’s Printers, Schedule (O.), § 9.— County of Devon, Northern Division, Barnstaple, page 339:
text: It was not yet dusk, but ’tween-light was blurring the outline of all things, when they came at last, two or maybe three miles down river, to the ford of a stream brawling down from the high chalk, and saw through the smoke-soft screen of willows and alders the gleam of a firelit doorway reflected in the glossy darkness of a mill leat.
ref: 2013, Rosemary Sutcliff, Knight’s Fee, Random House Children’s Publishers UK, no pagination:
glosses: An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun.
wikipedia: Carmarthenshire
love play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Anita slept - utterly satisfied, not so much by Paul as by the social orgasm of, after years of the system's love play, being offered Pittsburgh.
ref: 1952, Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano:
glosses: Foreplay
MFEO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Please! Everyone knows you're MFEO!
ref: 2006, Barbie Mermaidia:
text: We're very excited about meeting you in New York on Valentine's Day and seeing if we are M-F-E-O. See you soon.
ref: 2011 February 13, [[https://plantyourstory.com/mfeo-its-like-a-little-clue/] m.f.e.o {it's like a little clue}]:
text: We definitely were not MFEO. The urge to scream, “Get a thesaurus and find some real words” was overwhelming.
ref: 2021 July 21, AGEIST:
glosses: Initialism of made for each other.
Washford Pyne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS8111).
beesom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beesoms
Senses: examples: text: then the noiſom number and remnans of the wicked being ſwept out with the beeſom of deſtruction, […]
ref: 1564, The Pitiful Eſtate of this Time Preſent. A Chriſtian conſideration of the miſeries of this time, with an exhortation to amendement of Life., page 61:
text: But when hereby he hath made them ſecure and retchleſſe, he returneth againe, and finding his houſe (that is their hearts) emptie and cleane ſwept, with this beeſom of carnall ſecuritie, of all ſpirituall graces, and garniſhed with all vices, […]
ref: 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 54:
text: for they ſee, he that hath a full purſe, or a good ſword will ſoon break through them, or finde a beeſom to ſweep them away.
ref: 1647, Anthony Farindon, “The Fourteenth Sermon”, in XXX Sermons Lately Preached at the Parish Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milkſtreet, to Which Is Annexed, a Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Sir George Whitmore, Knight, Sometime Lord Mayor of the City., page 300:
glosses: Obsolete form of besom (“broom”).
beesoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beesom
Wars of the Roses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Wars of the Roses
form: War of the Roses
Etymology: After the symbols of the two sides: the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York
Senses: examples: text: But his grandson Francis, a Yorkist friend of Richard III, backed the wrong side in the Wars of the Roses and was declared a traitor by Henry VII, who confiscated his estates.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 286:
glosses: A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.
conj'ror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conj'rors
Senses: glosses: Contraction of conjuror.
conj'rer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conj'rers
Senses: glosses: Contraction of conjurer.
conj'rers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conj'rer
conj'rors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conj'ror
take one's life in one's hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one's life in one's hands
form: taking one's life in one's hands
form: took one's life in one's hands
form: taken one's life in one's hands
form: take one's life in one's own hands
Senses: examples: text: You take your life in your hands when you travel through that bandit country.
glosses: To take a great risk; to risk death.
timebill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timebills
Etymology: From time + bill.
Senses: examples: text: The former Metropolitan station was situated about five minutes' walk from the main street, and was always designated Uxbridge (Belmont Road) by Bradshaw, although there was no official sanction for this name; nothing of the sort ever appeared either on the station nameboards or the Metropolitan maps and timebills.
ref: 1952 March, R. K. Kirkland, “The Railways of Uxbridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:
glosses: Alternative form of time bill (especially sense 2).
timebills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timebill
mysterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mysterical
form: most mysterical
Etymology: From mystery + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The Dead in Spirit is one thing, and the Dead in our Conſumed Fleſh is another; And thoſe that became the firſt Fruits of them that Slept. This I take to be the Myſterical Body.
ref: 1707, Le Wright, The Soul the Body at the Last-Day, Proved from Holy-Writ: Refuting the Common Receiv'd Opinion, That We ſhall be Judged in Our Corruptible Bodies, page 15:
text: Old Darby ſo I ſhall him call, / Dreamed a Dream myſterical; / Which ſorely did torment his Thought, / Bewilder'd in a Trap was caught.
ref: 1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page 101:
text: “Song V. The bleſſed Bethlemite,” is devided into twelve ſections, in alphabetical order, containing the types, titles, attributes, &c. of Chriſt ; to which is prefixed a table, exhibiting at one view theſe myſterical names.
ref: 1798, Alexander Campbell, “Additional Notes, Omissions, &c.”, in An introduction to the history of poetry in Scotland, page 365:
text: They are so strong in the arm, that they can draw a bow which a stout Norwegian can hardly bend ; yet lazy even to torpidity, when not incited by necessity ; and pusillanimous and nervous to a mysterical degree.
ref: 1823 January 11, “Winter in Spitzbergen”, in The Minerva, volume 1, number 40, Arts and Sciences, page 318:
text: The fact that they were invariably found with animal remains certainly does indicate some mysterical use in sacrifice or sepulchural rites.
ref: 1949, Paul Einzig, “Iron sword currency on Britain” (chapter 14), in Primitive Money: In Its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects, Eyre & Spottiswoode, Book II: Historical, Part I: Ancient Period, page 246:
text: Independently of the nature of these contacts—sequential or parallel—the thought of this philosopher represents a living link between ancient mysterical cults, Greek philosophy, and monotheism.
ref: 2022 November, Guillermo M. Jodra, On Hellenism, Judaism, Individualism, and Early Christian Theories of the Subject, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 88:
glosses: Mysterious, mystic.
Derived terms: mysterically
mysterically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mysterically
form: most mysterically
Etymology: From mysterical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The undeveloped or mysterically confused thought which exists in savages is fully exemplified in the childish or crazy atavistic anthropomorphism and symbolism so prevalent among degenerates.
ref: 1911 May, “Insanity and the Art of the Borderland”, in The International Studio, volume 32, number 171, page 32:
glosses: In a mysterical manner.
Pattishall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP6754).
prosp'rous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prosp'rous
form: most prosp'rous
Senses: glosses: Contraction of prosperous.
tempestful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tempestful
form: most tempestful
Etymology: From tempest + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: She quickly felt how unjust the accusations she was harboring. Tossed about like the leaves she might be, in this tempestful world, but not forgotten.
ref: 1872 July, Ada M. Kennicott, “A Breath of Song”, in Arthur's Lady's Home Magazine, volume 40, page 44:
text: But aye the riggs are lone and tempestful, / And aye the dales are hale and comfortful.
ref: 1922, Albert Ernest Tomlinson, “The Peace”, in Candour: First Poems, Elkin Mathews Ltd, page 8:
text: I had passed at sea–cold, tempestful nights, or warm and calm much according to the latitude– […]
ref: 1925 December, G. Appleby Terrill, “The Fan-Shaped Coach”, in Chambers's Journal, volume XV, Extra Christmas Number, page 853:
glosses: Having tempests.
parietal foramina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parietal foramen
emissary vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emissary veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vein that connects the extracranial venous system with the intracranial venous sinuses.
emissary veins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emissary vein
venous sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venous sinus
flexes one's muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flex one's muscles
flexing one's muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of flex one's muscles
flexed one's muscles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flex one's muscles
tempestless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tempestless
form: most tempestless
Etymology: From tempest + -less.
Senses: examples: text: And then I could but hope—but pray, / That her's a cloudless sky might be, / That tempestless might be her way, / Upon life's, tossing sea.
ref: 1840, Charles Taber Congdon, “A Vision of Beauty”, in Flowers Plucked by a Traveller on the Journey of Life, George W. Light, page 38:
text: Heavenly, heavenly visions ! / Visions of virtue and holy devotion ; / Floating in peace on a tempestless ocean ; Love and forgiveness from eyes brightly glancing.
ref: 1850 April 13, George M. Radcliff, “Visions”, in The Anti-Slavery Bugle, volume 5, number 31, page 124:
text: The maritime habits of all these peoples, the smooth tempestless waters of the seas that surround them, and the regular and reliable changes of the monsoons, point to an easy and rapid colonization.
ref: 1865, John Cameron, “Population: Aborigines—Malays—Chinese” (chapter V), in Our Tropical Possessions In Malayan India, Smith, Elder & Co., page 126:
text: ‘[…] It is impossible, however, in the limited space of a magazine sketch to speak separately of all the Atlantic’s great'sons, […] and from whose life wind and wave will never vanish until the old tar has finished his last round voyage, and anchored his ancient craft in a tempestless port.’
ref: 1962, Warren Tute, Atlantic Conquest: The Men and Ships of the Glorious Age of Steam, Little, Brown and Company, Part Two: 1870—1914, page 116:
glosses: Free from tempests; without tempests.
rhiming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rhime
rhimed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rhime
univershitty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of university + shitty
Senses: glosses: A university, particularly an undistinguished one.
boobook owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boobook owls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of boobook.
synonyms: word: boobook
sev'ral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sev'ral
form: most sev'ral
Senses: glosses: Contraction of several.
sev'ral
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Senses: glosses: Contraction of several.
boobook owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boobook owl
shovel up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shovels up
form: shoveling up
form: shovelling up
form: shoveled up
form: shoveled up
form: shovelled up
form: shovelled up
Senses: examples: text: The snow was shoveled up too close to the sidewalk.
glosses: To move or place in a heap by shoveling.
slum gully
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slum gullies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slumgullion (meat stew)
brennings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brenning
proling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prole
proled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prole
comic timing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: comedy
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: The use of intonation, rhythm, cadence, tempo, and pausing in order to guide the audience's laughter, which then guides the comedic narrative, and ultimately delivers the joke.
valve timing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In a piston engine, the precise timing of the opening and closing of the valves.
Related terms: sequential valve timing
Benadryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnədɹɪl/
Forms: form: Benadryls
Etymology: Marketing name. From benzhydryl diethylaminoethyl ether.
Senses: examples: text: The “Benadryl challenge”, wherein participants took a large amount of antihistamines in an attempt to produce hallucinogenic effects, led to at least one death.
ref: 2022 October 30, Kari Paul, “What TikTok does to your mental health: ‘It’s embarrassing we know so little’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Reading his posts as posted, sitting in my NOBE studio, railing Benadryls, getting progressively less attractive to ex bae due to domestic overexposure, I was rapt.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
text: The Benadryl was for sleep, not allergies. I'd been having this thing where I woke up every night at two a.m.
ref: 2024, Miranda July, All Fours, Canongate Books, →ISBN:
text: Benadryl, ZzzQuil and other drugs with diphenhydramine can also make you drowsy, since histamine helps the brain stay alert, said Dr. Zachary Rubin, an Illinois-based allergist and author of the upcoming book, “All About Allergies.”
ref: 2025 July 15, Simar Bajaj, “Does Benadryl Do More Harm Than Good?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An antihistamine medication used to stop allergies or as a sleep aid.
Related terms: english: common main ingredient
translation: common main ingredient
word: diphenhydramine
goes by the wayside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go by the wayside
going by the wayside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go by the wayside
went by the wayside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go by the wayside
gone by the wayside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go by the wayside
Norton Conyers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Wath and Norton Conyers Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate district.
cat-castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of movable tower which could cover a sapper advancing to a besieged place.
kyphectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyphectomies
Senses: glosses: Surgical removal of one or more vertebrae to treat kyphosis.
treacherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treacherers
Senses: glosses: A treacher, a traitor.
treacherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treacherer
incubee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incubees
Etymology: From
From incub(ate) + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: But although it seems clear that everyone has an awful lot to say, none of the incubees seems to want to talk to me about their businesses. They are happy to pass out public-relations blurb sheets, which are filled with words like "content" and "information" and "people on the go."
ref: 2002, Teresa Esser, The Venture Cafe: Secrets, Strategies, and Stories From America's High-Tech Entrepreneurs, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 53:
text: I am showing you respect by using their traditions, and traditionally, you'd give a gift on important occasions, such as the graduating of an incubee.
ref: 2015 May 10, “Server Space”, in Silicon Valley, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller):
topics: business
glosses: Someone who participates in an incubator (a support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies).
Related terms: incubatee
incubees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incubee
AprilTag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AprilTags
Senses: examples: text: In this paper, we presented the results of an extensive comparison of four common detection libraries for AprilTags. The performance of the examined libraries varies strongly in terms of computing time and accuracy of the results.
ref: 2020, Jan Kallwies, Bianca Forkel, Hans-Joachim Wuensche, “Determining and Improving the Localization Accuracy of AprilTag Detection”, in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Paris: IEEE, →DOI, page 8293, column 2:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
glosses: A type of tag consisting of a grid of black and white squares, used in robotics and computer vision applications.
AprilTags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AprilTag
sorrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sorry
sorried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sorry
plateaulike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plateaulike
form: most plateaulike
Etymology: From plateau + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, by accepting the oracle's word and insisting that inflation occurred, you would be forced by the Planck data to the weird conclusion that inflation started with a plateaulike energy density curve despite all its problems.
ref: 2017 January 2, Anna Ijjas, Paul J. Steinhardt & Abraham Loeb, “Cosmic Inflation Theory Faces Challenges”, in Scientific American:
text: Unlike most meteor showers that peak on one or two nights, these are long-running meteor showers that have plateaulike peaks that extend through the first half of the month.
ref: 2022 April 11, Brian Lada, “Moon to turn red during last total lunar eclipse until 2025”, in AccuWeather:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a plateau.
sapios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sapio
redcapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more redcapped
form: most redcapped
Senses: examples: text: Further that, in very truth, Journalist Deputy Gorsas, poisoner of the Departments, he and his Printer had their houses broken into (by a tumult of Patriots, among whom redcapped Varlet, American Fournier loom forth, in the darkness of the rain and riot); had their wives put in fear; their presses, types, and circumjacent equipments beaten to ruin; no Mayor interfering in time; Gorsas himself escaping, pistol in hand, "along the coping of the back wall."
ref: 1900, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History, page 737:
text: At another place, district 11 in Ogden in the same county, the redcapped CIO organization hired three colored women as extra registrants in that precinct, hotwithstanding, under the law, a qualified regularly appointed registrant had previously been appointed by the board of county commissioners to act as the registration agent.
ref: 1948 June 18, LeCompte, Report (To accompany H.Res. 692):
text: On the Palm Sunday of Graham's visit, as Turkish soldiers beat back the pilgrims, the crowds poured out of the Church to 'much shrieking and skirling from the Orthodox Arabs, crying out in religious frenzy' until suddenly they were a attacked by 'a band of redcapped Turks and beturbaned Muslims who made a loud whoop and struck their way with blows, threw themselves on the bearer of the olive branch and gained possession, broke the branch to bits and ran off. An American girl snapped her Kodak. The Christian Arabs swore vengeance.'
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 466:
glosses: Alternative form of red-capped.
fav'rite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fav'rite
form: most fav'rite
Senses: glosses: Contraction of favorite.
Bila Hora
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːlə ˈhɔːɹə/
Etymology: From Ukrainian Бі́ла Го́ра (Bíla Hóra). Compare Belaya Gora, Bijela Gora, and Bílá Hora.
Senses: glosses: A village in Kostiantynivka urban hromada, Kramatorsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
glosses: A village in Lysychansk urban hromada, Sievierodonetsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
Related terms: Bilohorivka
sea-green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea-greens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea green.
sea-greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea-green
seagreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seagreen
red-capped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From red + capped.
Senses: examples: text: While they watered and washed their horses, I talked with a red-capped man, some kind of chief.
ref: 2008, Oisin Curran, Mopus, page 34:
text: What they saw made even Wally lose his faith in human honesty, for there were Beth and Eddie, running along the bank upstream, their eyes on the water, their fingers pointing toward the river, where not one, not two, but three of the boys' red-capped bottles were bobbing along on the current.
ref: 2009, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, The Girls Take Over:
text: Everywhere they have the right to go! to ferret and to spy, to listen, to search, to interrogate--the red-capped Company is paid for what it can find.
ref: 2014, Emmauska Orczy, Lord Tony's Wife:
glosses: Having a red cap.
state capitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more state capitalist
form: most state capitalist
form: state-capitalist
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of or supportive of state capitalism.
Related terms: capitalist
late capitalist
state-capitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more state-capitalist
form: most state-capitalist
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of state capitalist (adjective).
anti-anti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-antis
Senses: examples: text: they’re not “anti antis” or “pro-shippers”, they’re enablers. enablers of grooming, abuse, sexualization of children, fetishization of rape, incest, abuse, paedophilia and dehumanizing, sexualizing and fetishizing the LGBT community, especially mlm.
ref: 2021, anonymous, quoted in Victor Larsen, "'It Makes Me, A Minor, Uncomfortable': Media and Morality In Anti-Shippers' Policing of Online Fandom", thesis submitted to Ghent University, page 47
text: Just so those "anti-anti" types who claim to be the real allies know, as a minor I have always felt so, so wary around you. You remind me so much of creepy people, especially men, who I have met IRL, and your attitude toward my objections about the work you produce (especially stuff involving adults and children and noncon) is flippant, disrespectful, and just plain shitty.
ref: 2022, anonymous, quoted in Angela Marie Fazekas, "Creative Becomings: Explicit Fanfiction, Reinventing Adolescence, and Queer Relationality", thesis submitted to the University of Toronto, page 106
text: In response to this, pro-ship and anti-anti groups largely emphasize that it is up to individuals to curate their fandom experiences and avoid content they dislike, not censor depictions of it.
ref: 2023, Samantha Aburime, “Hate narratives, conditioned language and networked harassment: A new breed of anti-shipper and anti-fan - antis”, in Journal of Fandom Studies, volume 10, numbers 2-3:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Synonym of pro-shipper.
synonyms: word: pro-shipper
scrubbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrubbies
Senses: examples: text: dish scrubbie
text: shower scrubbie
glosses: Alternative spelling of scrubby (noun).
scrubbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrubby
glosses: plural of scrubbie
sicknesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sicknesses
Senses: examples: text: I wil vſe ſome motiues to perſwade all that find themſelues afſeted with this ſickneſſe, to deſire with all earneſtneſſe that they may be cured, that ſo they may be made willing alſo to apply the remedies.
ref: 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 50:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sickness.
donkey-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkey-boys
Etymology: From donkey + boy.
Senses: examples: text: He said, further, that, in the whole course of his experience, north and south, he had never fallen in with any to match the Cairo donkey-boys.
ref: 1869, Howard Hopley, Under Egyptian Palms; or, Three Bachelors' Journeys On the Nile:
text: But the people upon the rock had no time to think of the cruel fate of the donkey-boys..
ref: 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, A Desert Drama:
text: All our donkey-boys, except Joseph, seemed to be called Mohammed, and Joseph's name was not really Joseph—he had only adopted it for the convenience of English patrons.
ref: 2013, Douglas Sladen, Queer Things About Egypt:
glosses: A person (usually, but not always, a boy) who cares for and drives a donkey that carries a tourist or the luggage of a tourist.
donkey-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: donkey-boys
form: donkey-boying
form: donkey-boyed
form: donkey-boyed
Etymology: From donkey + boy.
Senses: examples: text: But no, she said, 'He be "donkey-boying" down on the sands at L—. Wonderful set on donkeys his mind has been ever since the time he was a boy; seems like they was fellow-beings for him.'
ref: 1907, Horace Gordon Hutchinson, Nature's Moods and Tenses, page 282:
text: A new Mohammed Hassan, who donkey-boyed me, told me Botros had ten thousand feddans and Aboo Stayt eight thousand, figures varying much from the old Md. Hassan's, three years ago.
ref: 1936, Charles Edwin Wilbour, Jean Capart, Travels in Egypt, page 378:
text: Mohammed, when he was not donkey-boying, was the chief howling dervish of Luxor.
ref: 2013, Douglas Sladen, Queer Things About Egypt:
glosses: To work as a donkey-boy (for)
donkey-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donkey-boy
donkey-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of donkey-boy
donkey-boying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of donkey-boy
donkey-boyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of donkey-boy