cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
secrete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭkrētʹ
ipa: /sɪˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /səˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: secretes
form: secreting
form: secreted
form: secreted
Etymology: Alteration of secret.
Senses: examples: text: With those words the passenger opened the coach-door and got in; not at all assisted by his fellow-passengers, who had expeditiously secreted their watches and purses in their boots, and were now making a general pretence of being asleep.
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter II, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: Plaintiffs filed an affidavit for an attachment, alleging that defendant was about to assign, secrete, and dispose of his property with intent to delay and defraud his creditors, and was about to convert his property into money to place it beyond the reach of his creditors.
ref: 1914, The Pacific Reporter, volume 142, West Publishing Company, page 450:
text: Whereas the Renaissance had allowed madness into the light, the classical age saw it as scandal or shame. Families secreted mad uncles and strange cousins in asylums.
ref: 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 43:
text: Under s. 98 of the Customs Act, a customs officer may search a traveller provided the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that contraband has been "secreted on or about his person...".
ref: 1999, “R. v. Monney”, in Supreme Court Judgments, Supreme Court of Canada:
glosses: To conceal.
secrete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭkrētʹ
ipa: /sɪˈkɹiːt/
ipa: /səˈkɹiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: more secrete
form: most secrete
Etymology: Alteration of secret.
Senses: examples: text: a secrete breach, a secrete bed (Spenser)
text: […] is GOD euerlasting, is this a secrete and hidden thing manifested in the fleshe?
ref: 1579, Jean Calvin, Sermons ... on the Epistles of S. Paule to Timothie, page 323:
text: Ambitian [...] is a secrete poyson, a hidden sinne […]
ref: 1595, Jean Taffin, The Amendment of Life, Comprised in Fower Bookes, page 171:
glosses: Archaic form of secret.
Michelle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈʃɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: Michele
Etymology: Borrowed from French Michelle, feminine form of French Michel (“Michael”), Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikhaél, “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michaela.
Senses: examples: text: Michelle ma belle
These are words that go together well
ref: 1965, John Lennon-Paul McCartney: Michelle ( a Beatles song)
roman: My Michelle.
text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Related terms: Micha
Michael
Michel
Mischa
Misha
Mitchel
Mitchell
Nichelle
Nischelle
Nishelle
0
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: zē′rō
ipa: /ˈziːɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˈzɪəɹəʊ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
ipa: /ˈnɔːt/
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: 0s
Senses: glosses: 0.
examples: text: The 0 for the Celsius scale is 273.15 Kelvin.
glosses: The origin, starting point, or fixed reference point, especially for a measurement.
examples: text: If the NOT gate input is 1, the output is 0.
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The off or low bit state.
Derived terms: 0-100
0-60
0th
the ordinal number form
60-0
Related terms: 1
2
1
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: enpr: wŭn
ipa: /wʌn/
ipa: /wan/
ipa: /wɒn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Senses: examples: text: A: someone hlep me pls im always losing!!!1!
B: Thats bcuz ur st00pid!!!!!11!!oneone!!1!!eleven!1
synonyms: one
eleven
glosses: Deliberate misspelling of !, imitating someone who is too excited to consistently press the shift key while typing exclamation marks.
topics: games
gaming
glosses: Abbreviation of one-shot or one-shotted.
1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wŭn
ipa: /wʌn/
ipa: /wan/
ipa: /wɒn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: 1s
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Clipping of 180 (“180° spin”).
Related terms: 1 Sussex Drive
5-over-1
Cygnus X-1
New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1
type 1 hypersensitivity
V-1
Zone 1 Poblacio
3
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 3s
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Clipping of 360 (“360° spin”).
glosses: Replaces the letter E/e in leetspeak.
Related terms: 3-quel
3x3 basketball
type 3 diabetes
Zone 3 Poblacion
2
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː/
ipa: /tə/
ipa: /tʊ/
homophone: to
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
Senses: examples: text: I have 2 go now.
text: Send files 2 him.
glosses: Abbreviation of to.
examples: text: pdf2txt, i.e. conversion from PDF to plain text
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another.
Derived terms: A2C
B2B
B2C
B2E
B2G
C2C
D2C
D2D
D2D2T
D2T
E2E
F2F
F2P
G2B
G2G
G2K
M2M
O2O
P2P
R2R
T2T
V2G
V2H
V2V
w2w
Related terms: 4
8
2
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː/
ipa: /tə/
ipa: /tʊ/
homophone: to
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
Senses: examples: text: Can I come 2?
glosses: Abbreviation of too.
2
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː/
ipa: /tə/
ipa: /tʊ/
homophone: to
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: more 2
form: most 2
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited.
Derived terms: 2LGBT?
2LGBT?I
2LGBTI
2LGBTI?
2LGBTQ
2LGBTQI
LGBT?2
LGBT?I2
LGBT2
LGBTI?2
LGBTI2
LGBTIQ2
LGBTQ2
LGBTQI2
2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuː/
ipa: /tə/
ipa: /tʊ/
homophone: to
homophone: too
homophone: two
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: 2s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit.
Related terms: 2-2-6
Camp 2
Modula-2
V2
V-2
Zone 2 Poblacion
4
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: this is 4 U
translation: this is for you
english: this is for you
glosses: Abbreviation of for.
Related terms: M4F
M4M
T4T and others in that vein
2
8
4-gon
6in4
Camp 4
figure 4
V4
Zone 4 Poblacion
5
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 5s
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Clipping of 540 (“540° spin”).
Related terms: 5-cell
5-gon
5-over-1
Camp 5
Zone 5 Poblacion
6
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 6s
Senses: glosses: MI6; the agency or a particular agent.
Related terms: 2-2-6
6-gon
6in4
6mo
before GTA 6
Camp 6
Zone 6 Poblacion
7
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 7s
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Clipping of 720 (“720° spin”).
Related terms: 7-gon
Camp 7
JP-7
Zone 7 Poblacion
8
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Senses: examples: i 8 it — I ate it.
glosses: Abbreviation of ate.
Related terms: 2
4
8-cell
V8
9
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 9s
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
snowboarding
sports
glosses: Clipping of 900 (“900° spin”).
Related terms: figure 9
9-gon
!
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: examples: text: manĝi, manĝu, manĝis "eat, eat!, ate"
glosses: In glosses, marks a word as imperative.
bang
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: băng
ipa: /bæŋ(ɡ)/
ipa: /baŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /bæn/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -æŋ
homophone: bhang
Forms: form: more bang
form: most bang
form: bangue
Etymology: From Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian or borrowed from Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bangōną (“to beat, pound”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰen- (“to beat, hit, injure”). Cognate with Scots bang, bung (“to strike, bang, hurl, thrash, offend”), Icelandic banga (“to pound, hammer”), Old Swedish bånga ("to hammer"; whence modern Swedish banka (“to knock, pound, bang”)), Danish banke (“to beat”), bengel (“club”), Low German bangen, bangeln (“to strike, beat”), West Frisian bingel, bongel, Dutch bengel (“bell; rascal”), German Bengel (“club”), bungen (“to throb, pulsate”).
In the sense of a fringe of hair, from bang off.
In the sense of abrupt left turn, from Boston left and associated risk of a crash.
Senses: examples: text: The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
text: After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.
ref: 2011 September 18, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Right, directly.
examples: text: He arrived bang on time.
glosses: Precisely.
examples: text: Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.
glosses: With a sudden impact.
bang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: băng
ipa: /bæŋ(ɡ)/
ipa: /baŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /bæn/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -æŋ
homophone: bhang
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of bhang.
Synonyms: word: bang
word: blam
word: boom
word: boom-boom
word: clap
word: crack
word: kaboom
word: kerboom
word: pow
word: report
Hypernyms: word: sound
Hyponyms: word: chug
word: putt
word: thunderclap
Related terms: word: beep
word: tap
word: snap
Pennsylvania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˌpɛn.sɪlˈveɪn.jə/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪ.ni.ə/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˌpɛn.səlˈveɪn.jə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Forms: form: Pensylvania
form: Pensilvania
Etymology: From Penn (“William Penn”) + sylvan (“woods”) + -ia (“land”). On March 4, 1681, Charles II of England granted a land tract to William Penn for the area that now includes Pennsylvania. Penn then founded a colony there as a place of religious freedom for Quakers, and named it for the Latin sylva, silva (“wood”), thus Pennsylvania (“Penn’s woods”). Some propose that the Penn is derived from William’s more respected father, also named William Penn.
Senses: examples: text: The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.
ref: 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN:
glosses: A state of the United States. Capital: Harrisburg. Largest city: Philadelphia.
glosses: A former colony of England, from 1681 to 1707, and of Great Britain, from 1707 to 1776, which grew progressively larger before becoming the present state.
glosses: The first, and historically largest, now defunct US railroad, a hallmark of the industrial age.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A suburb of Exeter, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9294).
glosses: A hamlet in Cold Ashton parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST7473).
Synonyms: topics: state
word: PA
word: The Keystone State
Derived terms: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
PA
Pennamite
Penn Station
Pennsyltucky
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania barn
Pennsylvania Dutch English
Pennsylvania German
Pennsylvanian
Pennsylvania rifle
Pennsylvania sedge
Pistolvania
Westsylvania
Related terms: word: Pittsylvania
word: Spotsylvania
english: see for more terms
translation: see for more terms
word: sylvan
word: Sylvania
word: Transylvania
banging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Forms: form: bangin'
Senses: examples: text: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
ref: 1972, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Moe Greene (Alex Rocco):
glosses: present participle and gerund of bang
banging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Forms: form: bangings
form: bangin'
Senses: examples: text: The banging of the hammers could be heard from several streets away.
text: Strange bangings in the old house were ascribed to a poltergeist.
glosses: The action or sound of something that bangs.
glosses: A session of sexual intercourse.
banging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæŋ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -æŋɪŋ
Forms: form: bangin'
Senses: examples: text: Wow, what a banging haircut! It looks terrific!
text: I was thinking maybe there's this banging burrito place in Brixton we could go to.
ref: 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Yas (Vivian Oparah):
glosses: Excellent, brilliant, very exciting, top, great.
glosses: Attractive; sexually appealing.
examples: text: I was always considered Homer's account of the Nepenthe as a Banging lie.
ref: 1871, Eliza Meteyard, A Group of Englishmen:
glosses: Huge; great in size.
Derived terms: bangingly
headbanging
mating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
Derived terms: postmating
premating
mating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Forms: form: matings
Senses: examples: text: The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
ref: 1981, Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research, page 96:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pairing of organisms for copulation.
examples: text: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Sexual union; copulation.
Synonyms: pairing
Derived terms: assortative mating
mating bite
mating call
mating mark
mating press
mating season
mating strategy
positive assortative mating
postmating
premating
mating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪtɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mate
mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪt/
ipa: [meɪt]
ipa: [mɛjt]
ipa: [meːt]
ipa: [mæɪt]
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: mates
Etymology: From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Clipping of checkmate.
Derived terms: Arabian mate
back-rank mate
Blind Swine Mate
Boden's mate
check and mate
Cozio's mate
David and Goliath mate
epaulet mate
epaulette mate
fool's mate
ladder mate
scholar's mate
school mate
smothered mate
smother mate
soul mate
suffocation mate
mate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪt/
ipa: [meɪt]
ipa: [mɛjt]
ipa: [meːt]
ipa: [mæɪt]
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: mates
form: mating
form: mated
form: mated
Etymology: From Middle English verb maten, from Middle French mater, from Old French noun mat (“checkmate”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât).
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Clipping of checkmate.
mate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪt/
ipa: [meɪt]
ipa: [mɛjt]
ipa: [meːt]
ipa: [mæɪt]
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: mates
form: mating
form: mated
form: mated
Etymology: From Middle English maten (“to overpower”), from Old French mater (“to kill”), from Vulgar Latin *mattō, of unclear origin.
Senses: examples: text: I think you are all mated, or stark mad.
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: To confuse; to confound.
mate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪt/
ipa: [meɪt]
ipa: [mɛjt]
ipa: [meːt]
ipa: [mæɪt]
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: mates
Etymology: See maté.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of maté, an aromatic tea-like drink prepared from the holly yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis).
glosses: The abovementioned plant; the leaves and shoots used for the tea
pinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪni/
rhymes: -ɪni
Forms: form: pinnies
Etymology: Clipping of pinafore + -y.
Senses: synonyms: pinafore
glosses: A sleeveless dress, often similar to an apron, generally worn over other clothes.
synonyms: bib
glosses: A colourful polyester or plastic vest worn over one's clothes, usually to mark one's team during group activities.
Related terms: ninny-pinny
apron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.pɹən/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.pəɹn/
rhymes: -eɪpɹən
Forms: form: aprons
form: napron
Etymology: Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.
Senses: examples: text: She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner.
text: The carpenter wore a leather apron full of tools.
glosses: An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
glosses: The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
examples: text: The plane was parked on the airport apron.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
The spreading end of a driveway.
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
glosses: A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
qualifier: pinball
topics: architecture
glosses: A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
glosses: The sides of a tree's canopy.
glosses: The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
glosses: A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
Derived terms: apron dance
aproned
aproneer
apron flashing
apronful
apronless
apronlike
apron sink
apron skirt
apron string
balloon apron
beaproned
butcher's apron
green apron
Hottentot apron
khoikhoi apron
naked apron
unaproned
apron
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.pɹən/
ipa: /ˈeɪ.pəɹn/
rhymes: -eɪpɹən
Forms: form: aprons
form: aproning
form: aproned
form: aproned
form: napron
Etymology: Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.
Senses: glosses: To cover with, or as if with, an apron.
large intestine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large intestines
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The second to last part of the digestive system, comprising the cecum, colon and rectum.
Synonyms: large bowel
Meronyms: caecum
colon
rectum
Related terms: small intestine
cluster fuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cluster fucks
Senses: examples: text: 'Jesus,' Luke said. They'd given up on the famous victory long ago and now they gave a toss for nothing but the regiment. To everybody it was a cluster fuck where nobody wins.
ref: 2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: Alternative form of clusterfuck.
shit on a shingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Creamed chipped beef on toast.
Synonyms: word: stew on a shingle
word: same old stuff
word: SOS
word: S.O.S.
word: S. O. S.
Related terms: shit on toast
garbage plate
acetone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.sə.toʊn/
Forms: form: acetones
Etymology: From acet- from acētum (“vinegar”). The -one was taken from margarone but further etymology is unclear. Doublet of ketone.
Senses: examples: text: You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils.
ref: 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 81:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: propanone
propan-2-one
dimethyl ketone
glosses: A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.
Derived terms: acetonaemia
acetonemia
acetone oil
acetone peroxide
acetonic
acetonide
acetonuria
acetonyl
acetylacetone
aminoacetone
benzylideneacetone
bromoacetone
chloroacetone
diacetone
hexabromoacetone
hexachloroacetone
hexafluoroacetone
iodoacetone
isopropylacetone
metacetone
monoacetone
phenoxyacetone
phenylacetone
succinylacetone
thioacetone
triacetone
trithioacetone
vanillylacetone
acetonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsɛˌtɒnɪk/
Forms: form: more acetonic
form: most acetonic
Etymology: From acetone + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone
acetose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.ɪ.təʊs/
ipa: /ˈæs.ɪ.toʊs/
Forms: form: more acetose
form: most acetose
Etymology: See acetous.
Senses: glosses: Sour like vinegar; acetous.
acetosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæsɛˌtɒsɪti/
Etymology: acetous + -ity as -osity; from Late Latin acetositas.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being acetous; sourness.
acetous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.sɪ.təs/
ipa: /əˈsiː.təs/
Forms: form: more acetous
form: most acetous
Etymology: From Latin acētum (“vinegar”) + -ous, the former from aceō (“to be sour”).
Senses: examples: text: an acetous spirit
ref: 1680, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Notes about the Producibleness of Chemical Principles:
text: a liquid of an acetous kind
ref: 1778, Robert Lowth, “Notes on Isaiah”, in Isaiah, a New Translation:
text: food unsalted, unsweetened, unpeppered, unspiced and unvinegared, and unspoiled by other acetous or alcoholic fermentations
ref: 1909, Silas Comfort Swallow, III Score & X, page 82:
glosses: Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
examples: text: acetous fermentation
glosses: Causing, or connected with, acetification
Derived terms: sense: acetous acid
word: a name formerly given to vinegar
acetous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsiːtəs ˈæsɪd/
Senses: glosses: A name formerly given to vinegar.
orangeade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒ.ɹɪnˌdʒeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: orangeades
Etymology: From orange + -ade.
Senses: glosses: A soft drink or a soda with an orange flavor.
glosses: A mixture of soda water and orange juice.
Related terms: lemonade
grenadine
oligarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒlɪˌɡɑːki/
ipa: /ˈɑːlɪˌɡɑɹki/
ipa: /ˈoʊlɪˌɡɑɹki/
Forms: form: oligarchies
Etymology: Borrowed from French oligarchie, from Late Latin oligarchia, from Ancient Greek ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía), from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”).
By surface analysis, oligo- (“few”) + -archy (“rule, command”).
Senses: examples: text: Despite the involvement of all classes of society, America's political duopoly and the importance of money to mass-market campaigning has established an oligarchy that is seldom responsive to the citizenry as a whole, when opposed to the wealthy or major interest groups.
text: It's an oligarchy because these families own and run almost everything that makes money in El Salvador. Coffee gave birth to the oligarchy in the late 19th century, and economic growth has revolved around them ever since.
ref: 1981 September 6, “The Eclipse of the Oligarchs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The Itasca Project is just one example of existing oligarchy, and a surprisingly open one at that.
ref: 2016 January 17, “Wealthy cabals run America”, in Al Jazeera America, retrieved 18 Jan 2016:
glosses: A government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
examples: text: The 1832 Reform Act aimed to transform the British oligarchy and allow Parliament to represent the interests of a broader range of the population.
glosses: A state ruled by such a government.
examples: text: The modern British oligarchy—particularly during periods of Tory rule—has been called a chumocracy.
glosses: Those who make up an oligarchic government.
Hyponyms: english: rule by 'the best', particularly a hereditary nobility
translation: rule by 'the best', particularly a hereditary nobility
word: aristocracy
word: meritocracy
english: rule by the qualified
translation: rule by the qualified
word: technocracy
english: rule by the wealthy
translation: rule by the wealthy
word: plutocracy
english: rule by thieves
translation: rule by thieves
word: kleptocracy
english: rule by nepotism
translation: rule by nepotism
word: chumocracy
Derived terms: broligarchy
oiligarchy
oligarch
oligarchic
oligarchical
silovarchy
Related terms: oligopoly
barratry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbæɹətɹi/
Forms: form: barratries
Etymology: Early 15th century, in sense “sale of offices”, from Old French baraterie (“deceit, trickery”), from barat (“fraud, deceit, trickery”), of unknown origin, perhaps Celtic. In marine sense of “unlawful acts causing loss to owner”, 1620s.
Senses: examples: text: [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.
ref: 1959 April 24, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: The act of persistently instigating lawsuits, often groundless ones.
coordinate_terms: simony
glosses: The sale or purchase of religious or political positions of power.
glosses: Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner.
Related terms: barrator
barratrous
barratrously
champerty
belt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛlt/
rhymes: -ɛlt
Forms: form: belts
form: belting
form: belted
form: belted
Etymology: From Middle English belt, from Old English belt (“belt, girdle”), from Proto-West Germanic *baltī̆, from Proto-Germanic *baltijaz (“girdle, belt”), from Latin balteus (“belt, sword-belt”), of Etruscan origin. Cognate with Scots belt (“belt”), Dutch belt, German Balz (“belt”), Danish bælte (“belt”), Swedish bälte (“belt, cincture, girdle, zone”) and Icelandic belti (“belt”).
Senses: examples: text: The small town was belted by cornfields in all directions.
glosses: To encircle.
examples: text: Edgar belted himself in and turned the car's ignition.
text: The rotund man had difficulty belting his pants, and generally wore suspenders to avoid the issue.
glosses: To fasten a belt on.
glosses: To invest (a person) with a belt as part of a formal ceremony such as knighthood.
examples: text: The child was misbehaving so he was belted as punishment.
glosses: To hit with a belt.
examples: text: He belted out the national anthem.
text: Céline Dion belted her iconic song "My Heart Will Go On" in a show-stopping performance at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards on May 21. The legendary singer gave the throwback performance in honor of the 20th anniversary of the hit song from the Titanic soundtrack.
ref: 2017 May 22, Mallory Carra, “Celine Dion Is Making Everyone Cry”, in Bustle, BDG Media, retrieved 01 Jan 2022:
glosses: To scream or sing in a loud, strong manner.
raw_tags: normally belt out
examples: text: He belted down a shot of whisky.
glosses: To drink quickly, often in gulps.
examples: text: The angry player belted the official across the face, and as a result was ejected from the game.
text: Bobby belting the ball
ref: 1996, “Three Lions”, performed by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner:
glosses: To hit someone or something.
examples: text: He belted that pitch over the grandstand.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hit a pitched ball a long distance, usually for a home run.
examples: text: He was really belting along.
glosses: To move very fast.
Synonyms: sense: to encircle
word: circle
sense: to encircle
word: girdle
sense: to encircle
word: surround
sense: to fasten a belt
word: buckle
sense: to fasten a belt
word: fasten
sense: to fasten a belt
word: strap
sense: to hit with a belt
word: strap
sense: to hit with a belt
word: whip
sense: to drink quickly
word: gulp
sense: to drink quickly
word: pound
sense: to drink quickly
word: slurp
sense: to hit someone or something
word: bash
sense: to hit someone or something
word: clobber
sense: to hit someone or something
word: smack
sense: to hit someone or something
word: wallop
sense: to move quickly
word: book
sense: to move quickly
word: speed
sense: to move quickly
word: whiz
sense: to move quickly
word: zoom
Derived terms: belted l
belt down
belt out
belt up
beltloop
characteristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˌkʰæɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk]
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkɛɹəktəˈɹɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more characteristic
form: most characteristic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χαρακτηριστικός (kharaktēristikós), from χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
Synonyms: distinctive
exclusive
idiosyncratic
indicative
representative
signature
specific
typical
proper
Derived terms: bicharacteristic
characteristic function
characteristicness
characteristic polynomial
characteristic root
characteristic time
characteristic value
characteristic vector
equicharacteristic
noncharacteristic
waist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /weɪst/
rhymes: -eɪst
homophone: waste
Forms: form: waists
form: waste
form: wast
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wast (“waist”), probably from Old English *wæst, *wǣst, *weaxt, *wæhst, from Proto-West Germanic *wahstu, from Proto-Germanic *wahstuz (“growth, development, stature, build”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-s- (“to multiply, increase”). Cognate with Middle English wacste (“growth, increase, might, power”), Middle High German wahst (“growth”), Danish vækst (“growth”), Swedish växt (“growth, development, size”), Icelandic vöxtur (“growth”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (wahstus, “growth”). Related to Old English weaxan (“to grow, increase”). More at wax.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
glosses: A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
glosses: The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
glosses: The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
examples: text: There he stood, very quietly overlooking some sailmakers who were mending a top-sail in the waist.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 18”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
examples: text: The waist of a bell widens into the lip.
text: In the dead vast and middle of the night
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: The middle part of anything.
Derived terms: dropped waist
drop waist
emancipation waist
empire-waist
empire waist
pantywaist
paperbag waist
sheer-to-waist
shirt waist
shirtwaist
shirt-waist
snatched waist
strip to the waist
waist bag
waistband
waist card
waist chain
waist cincher
waistcoat
waist-deep
waist-deep in the Big Muddy
waist-high
waistless
waistline
waist overalls
wasp waist
relate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈleɪt/
ipa: /ɹiˈleɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: relates
form: relating
form: related
form: related
Etymology: From Latin relātus, perfect passive participle of referō (“carry back; report”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of refer. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prefer and prelate among others.
Senses: examples: text: The captain related an old yarn.
text: Please relate the circumstances of your journey here today.
glosses: To tell in a descriptive way.
examples: text: The use of video made it possible to relate the talk to the answers given to particular problems in the test. With this research design it was possible to relate changes in test score measures to changes in linguistic features[…]
ref: 2002, Paul Light, Karen Littleton, Learning with Computers: Analysing Productive Interactions, page 92:
glosses: To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
examples: text: The patterns on the screen relate to the pitch and volume of the music being played.
synonyms: ally
refer
glosses: To have a connection.
glosses: To interact.
glosses: To respond through reaction.
examples: text: I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
info_templates: extra_data: words: to
expansion: [with to]
glosses: To identify with; to understand.
examples: text: Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again / Both light of heaven and strength of men relate.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 51:
glosses: To bring back; to restore.
Synonyms: chronicle
describe
divulge
recount
state
Derived terms: aforerelated
relate to someone
Related terms: refer
reference
relatable
relater
relation
relationship
relative
esophagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esophagi
Senses: examples: text: Bad, the Warhol-produced film directed by Jed Johnson, playing at the Saxon in the esophagus of the Combat Zone, […]
ref: 1977 April 30, Steve Blevins, “A Sack-full of Films”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
text: They call me the Hiphopopotamus / Flows that glow like phosphorous / Popping off the top of this esophagus / Rocking this metropolis
ref: 2008, “Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros”, performed by Flight of the Conchords:
glosses: Alternative spelling of oesophagus.
Derived terms: Barrett's esophagus
brachyesophagus
esophagean
esophagic
esophagotomy
megaesophagus
banal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnɑːl/
ipa: /ˈbeɪnəl/
ipa: /bəˈnæl/
rhymes: -ɑːl
rhymes: -eɪnəl
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: more banal
form: banaler
form: most banal
form: banalest
form: bannal
Etymology: Borrowed from French banal (“held in common, relating to feudal service, by extension commonplace”), from Old French banel, related to Medieval Latin bannālis (“subject to feudal authority”), from Latin bannus (“jurisdiction”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, summon, forbid”). Equivalent to ban + -al. See also ban, abandon.
Senses: examples: text: One of the most banal scenes is suddenly invested with so much meaning! All these banalities - They're suddenly turned into these… these beautiful, effervescent pearls. From Music.
ref: 2013, John Carney, Begin Again (motion picture), spoken by Dan (Mark Ruffalo):
synonyms: word: everyday
word: prosaic
word: mundane
word: banal
word: bromidic
word: quotidian
word: clichéd
word: commonplace
word: cookie-cutter
word: corny
word: dog-eared
word: everyday
word: hackneyed
word: hoary
word: meh
word: overdone
word: pat
word: played out
word: prosaic
word: shopworn
word: stale
word: stock
word: threadbare
word: timeworn
word: tired
word: trite
word: unoriginal
word: vapid
word: warmed-over
word: well-worn
word: banal
word: beat
word: blah
word: bland
word: boring
word: cold
word: colourless
word: drab
word: dreich
word: drowsy
word: dull
word: dull as dishwater
word: flat
word: ho-hum
word: humdrum
word: insipid
word: lackluster
word: lame
word: languid
word: lifeless
word: longsome
word: monotonous
word: mundane
word: no fun at parties
word: plain
word: plodding
word: prosaic
word: prosy
word: pedantic
word: pedestrian
word: static
word: straightforward
word: snoozeworthy
word: soporific
word: tedious
word: uncool
word: wan
word: weaksauce
word: wooden
word: uninteresting
word: stodgy
word: vapid
word: vanilla
antonyms: new
original
glosses: Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
examples: text: They arrived in 1732, and were distributed gratis to the more important banal mills.
ref: 1926, Thomas Guérin, Feudal Canada: The Story of the Seigniories of New France, page 72:
text: French historians have viewed these policies as efforts to replace the banal authority inherited from the Carolingians […]
ref: 1984, C. Warren Hollister, “War and Diplomacy in the Anglo-Norman world: the reign of Henry I”, in Anglo-Norman Studies VI: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1983, page 79:
text: To what extent were banal lords accountable to a prince or a king for their unrestricted exercise of public authority?
ref: 2002, Wim Blockmans, Peter Hoppenbrouwers, Introduction to Medieval Europe 300–1500, page 138:
glosses: Relating to a type of feudal jurisdiction or service.
Derived terms: banalise
banality
banalize
banally
banalness
accosted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Capadose (Amsterdam, The Hague): Divided, 1, sinople, two small angels proper, affronté in chief, holding together a mantle gules, lined ermine, in point a beehive or, put upon a terrace proper; the beehive accosted by four bees or, and accompanied by two other bees or, brochant upon the terrace underneath the beehive; [...]
ref: 1907, Cyrus Adler, Isidore Singer, The Jewish Encyclopedia, page 127:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Supported on both sides by other charges.
examples: text: Barrett, impaling, A chevron between six rams accosted, counter-tripping, two, two, and two (Harman of Rendlesham and […]
ref: 1887, Edmund Farrer, The Church Heraldry of Norfolk: pt. I., page 253:
text: (Gules, two ash trees accosted or, surmounted by a falcon of the same.)
ref: 1925, National Americana Society, Americana Illustrated, page 550:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Side by side.
Derived terms: unaccosted
accosted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accost
accouchement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkuːʃmənt/
Forms: form: accouchements
Etymology: Borrowed from French accouchement, from French accoucher (“to be delivered of a child, to aid in delivery”), from Old French acouchier (“to lay down, put to bed, go to bed”), from Latin ad- + collocare (“to lay, put, place”). See collate.
Senses: examples: text: Custom required that the royal family and the whole Court should be present at the accouchement of the Princesses.
text: The prevalence of the reports contradictory to this supposed legitimacy, rendered it necessary to be more minute, than might in common cases have been requisite, in proving the precise time and place of Lady Jane Douglas's alledged accouchement […]
ref: 1763 June, “An account of the law-suit concerning the succession to the late Duke of Douglas, continued”, in The Scots Magazine, volume 25, page 308:
text: a third was battling with a cat and her brood of kittens for a pair of old boots which she had been pleased to make the seat of her accouchement
ref: 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 156:
text: A physician was occupied in making an autopsia of a woman dead of puerperal fever, when some one came for him to terminate an accouchement in the town.
ref: 1856, St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 14, page 153:
glosses: Delivery in childbed; parturition
Related terms: childbearing
childbirth
vaginal birth
accoucheuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accoucheuses
Etymology: Borrowed from French accoucheuse, female of accoucheur.
Senses: glosses: A midwife.
Coordinate terms: word: accoucheur
word: midwife
word: man-midwife
Related terms: obstetrics
obstetrician
injure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈɪn.dʒə/
rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: injures
form: injuring
form: injured
form: injured
Etymology: A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
Senses: examples: text: The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
text: I injured my ankle playing tennis.
synonyms: word: harm
word: wound
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
glosses: To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
synonyms: word: disfigure
word: mar
word: befoul
word: besmirch
word: blemish
word: blight
word: contaminate
word: contort
word: damage
word: deface
word: defame
word: defile
word: deform
word: demolish
word: destroy
word: destruct
word: devastate
word: dilapidate
word: disfigure
word: disgrace
word: distort
word: harm
word: impair
word: injure
word: maim
word: mangle
word: mar
word: mutilate
word: obliterate
word: pollute
word: ruin
word: scath
word: scathe
word: scratch
word: shend
word: soil
word: spoil
word: stain
word: sully
word: taint
word: tarnish
word: trash
word: uglify
word: undermine
word: vandalize
word: worsen
word: wreck
glosses: To damage or impair.
antonyms: benefit
help
praise
preserve
glosses: To do injustice to.
Derived terms: injurable
injurer
reinjure
self-injure
Related terms: injurious
injury
gunshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ʃɒt/
ipa: /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/
Forms: form: gunshots
Etymology: From gun + shot.
Senses: glosses: The act of discharging a firearm.
examples: text: For those, who are come over to the royal party, are consequently supposed to be out of gunshot.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:
glosses: The distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun; the reach or range of a gun.
glosses: A bullet, projectile, or other shot fired from a gun.
walnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
ipa: /ˈwɔlnət/
ipa: /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/
ipa: /ˈwɑlnət/
ipa: /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/
Forms: form: walnuts
Etymology: From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Senses: glosses: A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
glosses: A nut of the walnut tree.
glosses: Wood of the walnut tree.
glosses: Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Derived terms: word: African walnut
word: Arizona black walnut
taxonomic: Juglans major
word: Arizona walnut
taxonomic: Juglans fraxinifolia
word: ash-leaved walnut
taxonomic: Juglans nigra
word: black walnut
word: Caucasian walnut
word: common walnut
word: English walnut
word: European walnut
word: Carpathian walnut
word: Madeira walnut
taxonomic: Juglans regia
word: Persian walnut
taxonomic: Endiandra palmerstonii
word: Queensland walnut
taxonomic: Citheronia regalis
word: royal walnut moth
taxonomic: Liquidambar styraciflua
word: satin walnut
english: Mnemiopsis
translation: Mnemiopsis
word: sea walnut
word: Walnut Ridge
word: walnutty
word: walnuty
taxonomic: Juglans cinerea
word: white walnut
Related terms: walshnut
walnut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
ipa: /ˈwɔlnət/
ipa: /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/
ipa: /ˈwɑlnət/
ipa: /ˈwɑlˌnʌt/
Etymology: From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Senses: glosses: Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Related terms: butternut
hickory
extemporaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/
ipa: /ɛksˌtɛm.pɜː(ɹ)ˈeɪn.i.əs/
rhymes: -eɪniəs
Forms: form: more extemporaneous
form: most extemporaneous
Etymology: From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”).
Senses: examples: text: My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
text: “Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
ref: 1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, “Young Irony”, in This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 241:
text: The lovely words of a prepared speech, however, cannot erase extemporaneous words and deeds, thousands of them, that have run contrary to those aspirations.
ref: 2017 March 1, The Lead with Jake Tapper, spoken by Jake Tapper, via CNN:
synonyms: word: off-the-cuff
word: extemporal
word: improvised
word: ad lib
word: extemporal
word: extemporary
word: extemporaneous
word: extempore
word: extemporized
word: impromptu
word: improvised
word: improviso
word: off-the-cuff
word: offhand
word: spur-of-the-moment
glosses: With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand.
Derived terms: extemporaneously
Related terms: extemporanea
extemporaneousness
extemporize