cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sloppily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sloppily
form: most sloppily
Etymology: From sloppy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] as soul-deadeningly, eye-strainingly, sleep-inducingly boring as going through fourteen file boxes of sloppily photostatted bank records.
ref: 2008, Jonathan Nasaw, Fear Itself:
glosses: In a sloppy manner, not neatly.
mean free path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mean free paths
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The average distance travelled between two similar events; especially by molecules in a gas or liquid, electrons or phonons in a crystal or neutrons in a moderator.
liveried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From livery + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of livery
liveried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From livery + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Essentially, it’s the software equivalent of one of those liveried servants who takes your visiting card when you arrive at a posh do and announces to the gathering, ‘Sir Frederick and Lady Chomeley Masterson-Smyhthe’.
ref: 1996, Michael Hewitt, “Chat” (chapter 5), in The Official AOL UK for Windows® Membership Kit and Tour Guide, London: International Thomson Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
glosses: Dressed in livery, uniformed, especially of a servant or a chauffeur.
Derived terms: reliveried
unliveried
moderator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒdəˌɹeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: moderators
form: moderatour
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin moderātor. First attested as Middle English moderatour.
Senses: examples: text: Angling was […] a moderator of passions.
ref: 1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
text: Instead of focusing on the stressors, as in most research on caregiving, it may be wise to focus on the likely moderators: coping, and social support between stressors and stress. It is often difficult to help an individual to solve his or her primary problem, whereas providing social support and improving coping ability is feasible.
ref: 2024 December 16, Amanda M. Y. Chu, Damen H. Y. Woo, Agnes Tiwari, Helina Yuk, Mike K. P. So, “Which types of family caregivers are more prone to developing depression? Leveraging non-financial social support to mitigate depression”, in Current Psychology, →DOI:
glosses: Someone who moderates.
glosses: Someone who moderates.
An arbitrator or mediator.
glosses: Someone who moderates.
The chair or president of a meeting, etc.
glosses: Someone who moderates.
A person who enforces the rules of a discussion forum by deleting posts, banning users, etc.
synonyms: mod
glosses: The person who presides over a synod of a Presbyterian church.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A substance (often water or graphite) used to decrease the speed of fast neutrons in a nuclear reactor and hence increase likelihood of fission.
glosses: A device used to deaden some of the noise from a firearm, although not to the same extent as a suppressor or silencer.
examples: text: One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof […]
ref: 1792, Anthony à Wood, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: In Two Books, volume 1, Oxford: John Gutch, →OCLC, page 661:
glosses: An examiner at Oxford and Cambridge universities.
glosses: At the University of Dublin, either the first (senior) or second (junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
glosses: Someone who supervises and monitors the setting and marking of examinations by different people to ensure consistency of standards.
glosses: A mechanical arrangement for regulating motion in a machine, or producing equality of effect.
glosses: A kind of lamp in which the flow of the oil to the wick is regulated.
Derived terms: automoderator
back-seat moderator
metamoderator
moderator band
moderatorhood
moderatorship
moderatress
modmin
retromoderator
super moderator
supermoderator
supreme moderator
loosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːsli/
rhymes: -uːsli
Forms: form: more loosely
form: most loosely
Etymology: From Middle English lously; equivalent to loose + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was an April Fool hoax, of course. 31200 had been rigged up with a single lightweight wooden [name] plate (loosely held on by Blu Tack).
ref: 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
glosses: In a loose manner.
examples: text: Insert all the bolts loosely, then tighten them.
glosses: Not tightly.
examples: text: It's red, to use the term loosely, sort of brown and sort of orange, let's call it reddish.
text: a comic loosely based on an Old Norse epic
text: It is loosely adapted by John Hodge from Irvine Welsh’s novel Porno which imagined them coming together again 10 years on; this of course is 20.
ref: 2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: -ish
word: about
word: all but
word: almost
word: approaching
word: around
word: by and large
word: circa
word: close
word: close to
word: essentially
word: for all practical purposes
word: fornigh
word: give or take
word: imprecisely
word: just about
word: kind of
word: loosely
word: more or less
word: nearly
word: near
word: nearabout
word: nigh on
word: odd
word: or so
word: plus or minus
word: roundly
word: roughly
word: say
word: some
word: -some
word: sort of
word: thereabout
word: virtually
word: well-nigh
word: ±
glosses: Approximately.
examples: text: A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.
glosses: Used to indicate an imprecise use of words; short for loosely speaking
Derived terms: loosely-typed
sit loosely
oxymel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒksɪmɛl/
Forms: form: oxymels
Etymology: From Middle English oximel, from Late Latin oxymel, oxymeli (“acid and honey”), from Ancient Greek ὀξύμελι (oxúmeli).
Senses: examples: text: If it long continue, vomits may be taken after meat, or otherwise gently procured with warm water, oxymel, etc., now and then.
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A mixture of honey, water, and vinegar, boiled to a syrup, sometimes mixed with herbs or spices.
Seife
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seifes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
maks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mak
TSX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Toronto Stock Exchange.
sool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uːl
Forms: form: sools
form: sooling
form: sooled
form: sooled
Senses: examples: text: My neighbour sooled her bull mastiff onto my chihuahua, because she was sick of its yapping and wanted it to meet its demise.
text: She went quickly towards her camp, calling softly, "Birree gougou," which meant "Sool 'em, sool 'em," and was the signal for the dogs to come out.
ref: 1896, K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales, Nutt, page 91
text: So he had to satisfy his lust for homicide with passing on the urges of the Propagandists and sooling the able-bodied off to war and hounding pacifists and enemies into retirement.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, pages 120–121:
glosses: To encourage (especially a dog) to attack.
Synonyms: sic
Derived terms: sooler
arithmancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arithmomancy
form: arithomancy
form: arythmancy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”) + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: Of this roote last spoken of [astrology], springs innumerable branches; such as the knowledge of natiuities; the Chiromancie, Geomantie, Hydromantie, Arithmantie, Physiognomie: & a thousand others: which were much practiced, & holden in great reuerence by the Gentiles of olde.
ref: 1597, King James I of England, Daemonologie in forme of a dialogue, Book 1, page 14:
glosses: Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
Derived terms: logarithmancy
Related terms: arithmosophy
numerology
arithmancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arithmancers
Etymology: From arith(mo)- + -mancer.
Senses: glosses: Someone who practices arithmancy.
area rug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: area rugs
Senses: synonyms: scatter rug
throw rug
glosses: A rug that only covers part of the floor of a room.
Related terms: wall-to-wall
elutriation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elutriations
form: elutration
Senses: glosses: The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
Related terms: elutriate
elutriator
gom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goms
form: gaum
form: gawm
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish gám (“booby, dolt”).
Senses: examples: text: “ Ye don’t how how to dhrive a mothor car ! ” shouted Miles, losing his temper completely. “ What a gom ye are ! ”
ref: 1917, Mary Brigid Pearse, The Murphys of Ballystack, Dublin: M.H. Gill, page 139:
text: Fluther: ... You must think Fluther's a right gom.
ref: 1926, Seán O'Casey, The Plough and the Stars, act II, page 137:
text: And that's the why I made up my mind to go out to Willie Hill's. To stand my ground in front of that little minx. Because I felt, to tell the God's truth, that little Lorna Lovegrove, out in Willie Hill's, was making a right gom out of me.
ref: 2007, John Maher, The Luck Penny, page 145:
text: He had a sinking feeling that he'd made a right gom of himself, hanging onto her until the last before she departed […]
ref: 2013, Outrageous Pride, →ISBN:
text: "Yeah! She's a right gom! Sister Eleanor probably got her an old-age pensioner to keep her company for the Christmas!"
ref: 2014, Martha Long, Ma, I'm Gettin Meself a New Mammy, →ISBN:
glosses: A foolish person.
gom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goms
Etymology: Variant of gum.
Senses: examples: text: ev'y toof in his jaws gwine come bustin' thu his goms widout nair' a ache er a pain ter let him know dey's dar.
ref: 1911, “Why moles have hands”, in Marshall Pinckney Wilder, editor, The Wit and Humor of America, page 206:
glosses: Alternative form of gum.
gom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Minced oath.
Senses: examples: text: There's a Lad, too, from York— but tho' he's a strange elf, / By gom! I respect him as much as myself,
ref: 1804, an entry in the Theatrical Journal of The European Magazine: And London Review, volume 45, page 373
text: O dang it, Roger, did 'e ever see sich a sight afore? My gom! what a glorious lumination like! My goles! what a mort of gentry-folk!
ref: 1829, “The Humours of Vauxhall”, in The Universal Songster, Or Museum of Mirth, volume 2, page 164:
text: "l'll drink as much cider as you 'plase, but by gom, sir, you munna come here to bork the trees over again."
ref: 1861, The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volumes 9-10, page 36:
text: Robert took courage : "Eh, by gom, no. It wasn't hereabouts."
ref: 1908, Edmund Mackenzie Sneyd-Kynnersley, H. M. I.: Some Passages in the Life of One of H. M. Inspectors of Schools, page 224:
glosses: God!
mog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒɡ/
ipa: /mɔɡ/
ipa: /mɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: mogs
form: mogging
form: mogged
form: mogged
Etymology: Derived from AMOG (“alpha male of group”). The word first appeared on fitness forums and imageboards around 2016 and was popularized around 2021.
Senses: examples: text: His face mogs mine to hell and back.
text: This youngshit mogs me: I'm such a hon.
text: Seriously, whenever I'm on campus, I just get mogged to fucking oblivion. The men are all so fucking god-like compared to a subhuman loser like me.
ref: 2018 August 30, u/ATrashcanInHumanForm, “How can I cope when I'm constantly mogged by gods among men?”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2023:
text: Elliot Rodger mogs pretty much everyone.
ref: 2020 March 17, Brian Whitney, The "Supreme Gentleman" Killer:
text: "Watching a Gigachad mog [i.e., outperform] a Chad will be the most pleasurable moment of my life," wrote an incels.co user last year, as "in that moment a Chad will truly understand the pain incels go through."
ref: 2021 February 1, Miles Klee, “Fear of the Impossible GigaChad”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:
text: Jordan Peterson totally blew his big moment of cultural relevancy and celebrity by getting mogged by [Slavoj] Zizek, becoming a pillhead and eating too much meat. Not very cash money of him.
ref: 2021 February 23, @Votto007, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: It's so funny when people misgender me because I mog like 75% of cis women
ref: 2022 September 4, @princessyntheia, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2022:
text: she's not even upset about them mogging her, she's upset them looking the same as her. She considers being our equal to be a horror of horrors.
ref: 2022 September 15, u/ntr5ctr, “cis woman has bdd about looking similar to mtf celebrities (ones that actually pass like hunter) 💀 its over if you dont cispass, people will always see you as male”, in Reddit, r/4tran, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022:
glosses: To be significantly more attractive than (someone or something); to dominate in appearance.
examples: text: You live on an alternate world I take it? Joker mogs any MCU film. Batman will too.
ref: 2022 January 2, @AceX_50, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024:
text: Hyderabad is enough to mog any Pakistani city in infrastructure.
ref: 2023 July 6, @btarunr, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024:
text: Internet absolutely mogs real life because here you can meet so many smart and intelligent people. I met a few here who I'm genuinely sure are in the top 10 of the smartest humans alive right now.
ref: 2024 February 22, @Ilurkedshadows, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024:
glosses: To be superior to (something); to beat, outclass.
Related terms: moggee
mogger
outmog
platemog
stylemog
mog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒɡ/
ipa: /mɔɡ/
ipa: /mɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: mogs
Etymology: Clipping of moggie or moggy.
Senses: examples: text: Get that mog out of here!
text: The more I hear about Larry the Downing Street cat, the more his story becomes an allegory for our time. As previously reported, the reputation of this mog was trashed by Downing Street spin doctors after he was brought in to clear the Prime Minister’s workplace of mice in 2011.
ref: 2013 October 18, Andy McSmith, “Andy McSmith's Diary: Even Larry the cat is not safe from factions in Downing Street”, in The Independent, London: Independent Digital News & Media Ltd, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022:
text: Ulysses the cat is the real breakout star of the Coen brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis. He's not the first feline scene-stealer, though - here are ten other great cats in film (animated mogs excluded)
ref: 2014 January 24, Fiona Wilson, The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2021:
text: A few months before she died, Winefride had started setting food out for a brindled mog named Sally who lived in their neighborhood. She was always feeding local cats, but she especially loved this mog, and eventually, Sally grew enormous.
ref: 2016, Bill Broun, Night of the Animals, New York, N.Y.: Ecco, →ISBN, page 172:
text: They two gorgeous mogs even have their own teddy bear and blanket to make their snuggling.
ref: 2017 June 6, Luke Barnes, “Sleeping cuties! Adorable brother and sister kittens can't sleep unless they cosy up together in bed”, in The Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2017:
text: Many pet owners have taken up cat-walking in recent years, encouraged by others on social media and by the growing range of outdoorsy cat kit on offer. But for most mogs, the RSPCA suggests, "an indoor environment with plenty of opportunities to be active and mentally stimulated is likely to be more beneficial for the cat's welfare than walking them on a lead."
ref: 2017 August 14, Tim Walker, “Should you take your cat out on a lead?”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2022:
glosses: A cat.
mog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒɡ/
ipa: /mɔɡ/
ipa: /mɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: mogs
form: mogging
form: mogged
form: mogged
Etymology: From MoG (“Machinery of Government”).
Senses: examples: text: The slowdown in house purchases prior to an election is natural, but not because public servant buyers are skittish about the political climate. They just don't want to watch the ink dry on their sale on a house in Tuggeranong, close to their department, only to be comprehensively mogged and presented with a commute to another building in faraway Belconnen - or worse, Gosford.
ref: 2013 October 1, “The public service guide to getting mogged”, in The Canberra Times, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2023:
text: [Kevin] Rudd, [Peter] Coaldrake and [Glyn] Davis joined [Wayne] Goss, [Tom] Burns and Treasurer Keith De Lacy on the Machinery of Government (MOG) Committee that reviewed the reports of the PSMC (and led to the idiom that people had been 'mogged').
ref: [2014, Patrick Weller, Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, →ISBN, page 56:
text: But recently under a machinery of government change, with the centralisation of the cybersecurity function under Alastair MacGibbon, that team has been mogged out from the DTA.
ref: 2018 February 26, Asha Barbaschow, quoting Gavin Slater, “Digital Transformation Agency wants its cybersecurity team back”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2022:
text: After every election there is a lot of focus on the reshuffle – the personnel changes as a prime minister creates their new team. But civil servants will also be looking to see if it is not just their ministerial team who are reshuffled but whether they have been "mogged" – the verb the Australians use for what we rather less dramatically call "subjected to a machinery of government change". If we read the manifestos, there is quite a lot of potential "mogging" on offer.
ref: 2019 December 11, Jill Rutter, “You've been mogged: what machinery of government changes can we expect?”, in King's College London, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2020:
text: On Friday night, at the stroke of midnight, over 70,000 Commonwealth workers will be mogged, as the [Scott] Morrison government's abolition of four portfolios officially take effect, with an expected cost of $80 million.
ref: 2020 January 31, Tom Burton, “Why 70,000 public servants are dreading midnight”, in Australian Financial Review, Sydney: Nine Entertainment, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2023:
glosses: To remove (a public servant) from their position following a Machinery of Government change, a process in which the Government of Australia reorganizes the responsibilities and structure of the government.
mog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒɡ/
ipa: /mɔɡ/
ipa: /mɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
rhymes: -ɔːɡ
Forms: form: mogs
Etymology: (Canada, Newfoundland) Shortening of lassy mog. Origin unknown; possibly from lassy (molasses) + a dialectal shortening or variant of mug or morsel.
Senses: examples: text: Nan made a batch of fresh mogs for Christmas—rich with molasses and full of raisins.
glosses: A traditional soft cookie made with molasses, spices, dried fruits, and toasted pecans.
point of contact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: points of contact
Senses: glosses: The single person who represents an organization, for a specific task.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who is associated with a defined Internet entity.
topics: sciences
glosses: A specific intersection; a contact point.
Parkinson's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
pathology
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of Parkinson's disease.
Derived terms: Parkie
Pablo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pablo from Latin Paulus. Doublet of Paul.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Paul.
glosses: A village in Primero de Enero, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba.
glosses: A census-designated place in Lake County, Montana, United States.
Derived terms: Pabloism
Pabloist
San Pablo Tacachico
José
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish or Portuguese José.
Senses: examples: text: As an ardent admirer and devotee of Dr José Rizal, he collected Rizaliana material, going to great lengths to woo the sisters of Rizal in order for them to sell to him precious Rizaliana items.
ref: 2006, Cynthia Ongpin Valdes, At My Grandfather's Knee: A Portrait of Alfonso T. Ongpin, →ISBN, page 175:
text: Every year in California thousands of parents choose names such as José, Andrés and Sofía for their children, often honoring the memory of a deceased grandmother, aunt or sibling. On the state-issued birth certificates, though, those names will be spelled incorrectly.
ref: 2015 April 11, Tovin Lapan, “California birth certificates and accents: O’Connor alright, Ramón and José is not”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025:
glosses: A male given name from Spanish, variant of Jose.
Derived terms: San José Cancasque
San José Guayabal
San José Villanueva
0-0
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: zero-zero, a term meaning no ceiling and no visibility
queenside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queensides
Etymology: From queen + side.
Senses: examples: text: [Castling:] A move of the king towards a rook. See the article. In notation 0-0 kingside castling, 0-0-0 queenside castling.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 31:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The side of the chessboard nearest to the queen (at the opening position).
Related terms: kingside
kingside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kingsides
Etymology: From king + side.
Senses: examples: text: [Castling:] A move of the king towards a rook. See the article. In notation 0-0 kingside castling, 0-0-0 queenside castling.
ref: 2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 31:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: The side of the chessboard nearest to the king (at the opening position).
Related terms: queenside
missing link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missing links
Senses: examples: text: "In the latter case, he may well approximate to what the vulgar have called the 'missing link'."
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
synonyms: proanthropos
glosses: A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
examples: text: What we need is an artist who is also a scientist; or a scientist who thinks like an artist. And at last I can unveil that missing link of art and science!
ref: 2010 February 4, Jonathan Jones, “Art v science – at last, the missing link”, in The Guardian:
text: It is hoped this can finally solve the conundrum of how to connect the base to the elite, for so long the game’s missing link.
ref: 2020 August 3, Simon Hill, “Football looks to digital revolution to find missing link between base and elite”, in The Guardian:
text: "For too long, there has been a missing link between the East and West Midlands, and this is our opportunity to reforge it," said Webbe.
ref: 2022 February 23, “Network News: MP urges link between Midlands cities to be 'reforged'”, in RAIL, number 951, page 24:
glosses: Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.
as of right
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He may appeal the ruling as of right.
text: Parliament shall sit as of right.
text: The Constitutional Council shall, as of right, carry out such an examination.
text: But we have been educated, by a warped system, to believe that food is cheap as of right. That is why many of us are now suffering sticker shock when we eat out.
ref: 2023 June 10, Tim Hayward, “The pie's the limit”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 2:
topics: law
glosses: By virtue of an entitlement or authority which arises from certain legal conditions or circumstances; by operation of law.
Related terms: de jure
ipso jure
nostra sponte
proprio motu
suo motu
sua sponte
teratogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teratogens
Etymology: From terato- + -gen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
teratology
glosses: Any agent or substance which can cause malformation of an embryo or birth defects.
Hypernyms: chemical
drug
hormone
mutation
Related terms: teratogenesis
teratogenic
teratogenically
teratogenicity
teratogeny
carcinogen
mutagen
mutagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːtəd͡ʒn̩/
Forms: form: mutagens
Etymology: From muta- + -gen.
Senses: glosses: Any agent or substance that can cause genetic mutation.
Derived terms: desmutagen
epimutagen
mutagenize
pantimutagen
promutagen
supermutagen
Related terms: carcinogen
teratogen
xo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XO
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of xoxo (an abbreviation for hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.)
sleepy head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleepy heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sleepyhead.
kitab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitabs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb).
Senses: examples: text: […] mystical works were virtually absent from the curriculum in the late nineteenth century, and the stress was on kitabs of Islamic law and Arabic grammar.
ref: 2011, Ronit Ricci, Islam Translated: Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia (page 96)
glosses: An Islamic book.
breathlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more breathlessly
form: most breathlessly
Etymology: From breathless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The performers crowded breathlessly in the wings.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 176:
text: `Go on,' Barbie cried breathlessly.
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 10:
glosses: In a breathless manner, usually due to excitement, exertion, etc.
dead sticking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dead stick
demonstrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/
ipa: /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɛ~ɪˈmɔnˌsʈɾeʈɪv/
Forms: form: more demonstrative
form: most demonstrative
Etymology: From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: an argument necessary and demonstrative
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
glosses: that serves to demonstrate, show or prove
examples: text: demonstrative eloquence
ref: 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres:
text: He had rather a contempt for demonstrative people, arising from his medical insight into the consequences to health of uncontrolled feeling.
ref: 1865, Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Wives and Daughters, Chapter III:
glosses: given to open displays of emotion
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: that specifies the thing or person referred to
Derived terms: demonstrative adjective
demonstrative determiner
demonstrative legacy
demonstratively
demonstrativeness
demonstrative pronoun
nondemonstrative
undemonstrative
Related terms: demonstrable
performative
demonstrative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈmɒnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/
ipa: /dɪˈmɑnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /dəˈmɑnstɹətɪv/
ipa: /ˈdɛmənstɹeɪtɪv/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɛ~ɪˈmɔnˌsʈɾeʈɪv/
Forms: form: demonstratives
Etymology: From Middle English demonstratif, from Middle French démonstratif, from Latin dēmōnstrātīvus. Equivalent to demonstrate + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A demonstrative word
A demonstrative adjective.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A demonstrative word
A demonstrative pronoun.
Derived terms: pronoun demonstrative
thu
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Variant of thou.
frigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Forms: form: friggin
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frig
frigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Forms: form: friggings
form: friggin
Senses: glosses: Masturbation.
frigging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Forms: form: friggin
Senses: examples: text: Will you get out of the frigging bathroom? We're already running late.
synonyms: flipping
flogging
freaking
fricking
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: A minced oath of "fucking" as an intensifier.
frigging
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
Forms: form: friggin
Senses: examples: text: He thinks he's so frigging talented, but he's crap.
text: He thinks he can frigging sing.
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Fucking, as intensifier.
inerrancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɛɹənsi/
Forms: form: inerrancies
Etymology: From inerrant + -cy.
Senses: examples: text: Biblical inerrancy is the belief that the Bible is without error.
glosses: Freedom from error.
treats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of treat
treats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treat
wryly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaɪli/
rhymes: -aɪli
homophone: Riley
homophone: wrylie
Forms: form: more wryly
form: most wryly
form: wrily
Etymology: From wry + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The sins of the father, she thought wryly. Well, they had visited Tony, all right—only he didn't know it.
ref: 1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, Grove Press, published 1997, page 206:
text: ‘The king is displeased with it, but he has to be patient,’ Chapuys wryly commented.
ref: 1991, Alison Weir, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Grove Press, published 2000, page 219:
text: A Ukrainian presidential adviser wrote that Kyiv had nothing to do with the attacks but then wryly compared them to Russia’s past use of proxy forces to fight in Ukraine.
ref: 2023 May 22, Andrew Roth, “Anti-Putin militia claims to have overrun Russian border village”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.
examples: text: It was Joe, who had taken the gloves when the wicket-keeper went on to bowl.
Mike grinned, wryly but gratefully.
ref: 1909, P. G. Wodehouse, Mike:
text: “Only your Virginie,” she laughed.
“Virginie enough,” he smiled wryly. “No, I don’t want her either.”
ref: 1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:
glosses: Contortedly.
raw_tags: of a facial expression
Mohn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mohns
Etymology: From the German surname:
* from the noun Mohn (“poppy”),
* also from the old personal name Monrad, composed of the elements *mundiz (“thought, mind, spirit”) and *rēdaz (“counsel”),
* also a variant of Moehn, from Möhn near Trier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
magas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maga.
rit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: rits
form: ritt
form: ret
Etymology: From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.
Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.
Senses: glosses: A scratch, a score or a groove.
rit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: rits
form: ritting
form: ritted
form: ritted
form: ritt
form: ret
Etymology: From Middle English ritten (“to cut, score, slit, tear”), from Old English *rittan (“to cut, score, slit, tear,”) (compare Old High German rizzen), from Proto-West Germanic *rittjan, from Proto-Germanic *ritjaną (“to cut, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrid-néh₂-; see *hrītaną.
Cognate with Middle Low German ritten (“to scratch”), German ritzen (“to scratch”). Compare with Proto-Slavic *rězati (“to cut, carve, engrave”)). See also rat.
Senses: glosses: To scratch or score.
glosses: To tear, rip, rend.
glosses: To slit.
rit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ritardando.
Gemma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛmə/
rhymes: -ɛmə
Forms: form: Gemmas
form: Jemma
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin gemma (“jewel”). The given name is mostly borrowed via Italian Gemma; the spelling Jemma in particular is associated with James. Doublet of gemma and gem.
Senses: examples: text: Gemma. A curious name. He didn't think he had ever come across it before. She would have an outlandish name, either because her equally eccentric parents had labelled her with it or—more likely—she had adopted it herself on the grounds of originality.
ref: 1971, Ruth Rendell, No More Dying Then, Random House, published 2009, →ISBN, page 35:
text: Gemma gave him another gushing smile. She wanted to make amends for almost fouling up Blake's deal. "Gemma. What a beautiful name. You are indeed a jewel."
ref: 1998, Lisa Andrews, Too Late For Love, Robinson Pub., published 1998, →ISBN, page 200:
glosses: A female given name from Italian.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Alphecca
glosses: A bright binary star in the constellation Corona Borealis; Alpha (α) Coronae Borealis.
impleader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impleaders
Etymology: From implead + -er.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A procedural device before trial in which a party joins a third party into a lawsuit because that party is liable to an original defendant.
Related terms: interpleader
intervention
howbeit
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /haʊˈbiː.ɪt/
Forms: form: howbe
Etymology: Univerbation of how + be + it, literally “however it [may] be”.
Senses: examples: text: The Ueynes are ſpred foorth throughout the whole bodie, howbeit from one welhead, that is to ſay from the Liuer: ſo be the Sinews, howbeit from the Brayne; So likewiſe are the Heartſtrings, howbeit from the Heart.
ref: 1587, Philip of Mornay [i.e., Philippe de Mornay], “That there is but Onely One God”, in Philip Sidney, Arthur Golding, transl., A Woorke Concerning the Trewnesse of the Christian Religion, […], London: […] [John Charlewood and] George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 18:
text: Howbeit we have not yet been able to overtake young Madam, we may account it ſome good fortune, that we have hitherto traced her courſe aright.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: albeit
word: much as
word: albeit
word: although
word: as
word: as much as
word: despite that
word: even though
word: howbeit
word: much as
word: though
word: thoughbeit
word: while
glosses: Although.
ascus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæskəs/
Forms: form: asci
Etymology: From New Latin ascus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκός (askós, “a sac”). Doublet of askos.
Senses: examples: text: The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus (plural, asci). This is a sac-like structure in which ascospores are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.
ref: 1967, Constantine. J. Alexopoulos, Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi, page 101:
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
Derived terms: word: ascigerous
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: asco-
word: ascocarp
word: ascococcus
word: ascolocular
word: ascomycete
word: ascospore
word: exoascus
Related terms: ascon
asconoid
askos
asci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.aɪ/
ipa: /ˈæs.kaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of ascus
scops owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scops owls
form: scops-owl
Etymology: From Latin scops, from Ancient Greek σκώψ (skṓps, “a type of small owl”), from σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”), from σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “I look at”).
Senses: glosses: A small European migratory owl, Otus scops, that winters in sub-Saharran Africa.
glosses: Any owl of the Old World genus Otus.
Synonyms: sense: Otus scops
word: European scops owl
sense: Otus scops
word: Eurasian scops owl
sense: Otus scops
word: Old World scops owl
Derived terms: taxonomic: Otus senegalensis
word: African scops owl
taxonomic: Otus lettia
word: collared scops owl
word: Cyprus scops owl
taxonomic: Otus scops
word: Eurasian scops owl
taxonomic: Otus scops
word: European scops owl
word: Flores scops owl
taxonomic: Otus gurneyi
word: giant scops owl
taxonomic: Otus bakkamoena
word: Indian scops owl
word: Japanese scops owl
word: Javan scops owl
word: Karthala scops owl
word: Luzon scops owl
taxonomic: Otus rutilus
word: Madagascar scops owl
word: Madeiran scops owl
taxonomic: Otus rutilus
word: Malagasy scops owl
word: Mauritius scops owl
word: Mayotte scops owl
word: Mentawai scops owl
word: Mindanao scops owl
word: Mindoro scops owl
word: Moheli scops owl
word: Moluccan scops owl
taxonomic: Otus spilocephalus
word: mountain scops owl
word: Negros scops owl
word: Nicobar scops owl
taxonomic: Otus scops
word: Old World scops owl
taxonomic: Otus sunia
word: Oriental scops owl
word: Palau scops owl
word: Palawan scops owl
taxonomic: Otus brucei
word: pallid scops owl
word: Pemba scops owl
word: Pernambuco scops owl
word: Philippine scops owl
taxonomic: Otus rutilus
word: rainforest scops owl
word: Rinjani scops owl
taxonomic: Otus thilohoffmanni
word: Serendib scops owl
word: Seychelles scops owl
word: Siau scops owl
word: Simeulue scops owl
taxonomic: Otus spilocephalus
word: spotted scops owl
taxonomic: Otus brucei
word: striated scops owl
word: Sunda scops owl
taxonomic: Otus sagittatus
word: white-fronted scops owl
Related terms: scope
waterway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waterways
Etymology: From Middle English waterwey, from Old English wæterweġ (“waterway”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarweg, equivalent to water + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Woaterwai (“waterway”), West Frisian wetterwei (“waterway”), Dutch waterweg (“waterway”), German Wasserweg (“waterway”), Danish vandvej (“waterway”), Swedish vattenväg (“waterway”).
Senses: glosses: A body of water, such as a river, channel or canal, that is navigable.
glosses: A conduit or watercourse, such as on the deck of a ship, to drain water.
dacoit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈkɔɪt/
rhymes: -ɔɪt
Forms: form: dacoits
form: dacoo
form: dakoit
form: dakoo
form: decoit
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).
Senses: examples: text: 1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/toletcroker00crok
[…] she had harangued us on the subject of fever and cholera and bad water, had warned us solemnly against dacoits, and now she was hinting at ghosts.
text: If any village failed in its tribute U Po Kyin took punitive measures—gangs of dacoits attacked the village, leading villagers were arrested on false charges, and so forth—and it was never long before the amount was paid up.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 1, in Burmese Days:
text: The history of northern India is studded with the names of notorious outlaw dacoits who roam the hills in the name of Kali, robbing the rich, comforting the poor, and in general spreading terror and rough justice.
ref: 1954 July 19, “The Terror of Kings”, in Time:
text: On the way back Boyles led him down a lampless lane, and sure enough, a pair of dacoits pounced on them.
ref: 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 49:
text: “The notorious forest brigand, bandit, murderer and dacoit, Veerappan, along with his entire gang, has been shot dead,” Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu State, announced.
ref: 2004 October 20, Catherine Philp, “India's Bandit King is betrayed”, in The Times, London:
text: A very athletic female dacoit was arrested in North Nazimabad in Karachi after she vaulted over a nine-foot wall, following her unsuccessful attempt at armed robbery in the house of a retired banker.
ref: 2007 April 21, “EDITORIAL: Pakistani Phoolan Devi’s short career”, in Daily Times, Pakistan:
glosses: A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.
Derived terms: dacoitage
dacoity
dacoit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈkɔɪt/
rhymes: -ɔɪt
Forms: form: dacoits
form: dacoiting
form: dacoited
form: dacoited
form: dacoo
form: dakoit
form: dakoo
form: decoit
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).
Senses: glosses: To commit armed robbery.
Ursprache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʊəspɹɑːkə/
note: Germanised
ipa: /ˈuːɹʃpɹaːxə/
Forms: form: Ursprachen
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Ursprache.
Senses: examples: text: I had lost him. He might have been speaking Ursprache, for all that I understood.
ref: 1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun:
glosses: A proto-language.
Ursprachen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ursprache
guqin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuːˈt͡ʃiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: guqin
form: guqins
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古琴 (gǔqín), made up of 古 (gǔ, “ancient”) and 琴 (qín, “stringed instrument”).
Senses: examples: text: Among those who will be making the Otter valley resound to the strains of the guzheng and erhu is Wu Wenguang, who plays a piece of music 1,800 years old on the guqin, an instrument known to have existed 3,000 years ago.
ref: 1982 May 25, The Times, p.10 col. C:
text: The kuchin is one of China’s oldest and most revered stringed instruments; its meditative character serves as a symbol of the CD’s inspiration.
ref: [2006 September 22, Noah Buchan, “A Moving Sound gathers monentum”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2007, Features, page 13:
glosses: A plucked zither-like stringed instrument (chordophone), traditionally featuring seven unfretted strings, originating in ancient China.
Related terms: roman: gǔqín
word: 古琴 for more readings in CJK
Mycenaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪ.sɪˈniːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Mycenæan
form: Mycenean
Etymology: From Mycenae + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ancient Mycenae or its inhabitants.
glosses: Of or relating to the early Greek civilization that spread its influence from Mycenae to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Central Europe from about 2800 to 1100 B.C.E., divided into three periods: Early Helladic (c. 2800–2000 B.C.E), Middle Helladic (c. 2000–1500 B.C.E), and Late Helladic (c. 1500–1100 B.C.E)
glosses: Of or relating to the Ancient Greek dialect written in the Linear B syllabary.
Mycenaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪ.sɪˈniːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Mycenaeans
form: Mycenæan
form: Mycenean
Etymology: From Mycenae + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Mycenae.
Mycenaean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪ.sɪˈniːən/
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Mycenæan
form: Mycenean
Etymology: From Mycenae + -an.
Senses: glosses: Mycenaean Greek
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Mycenaean Greek terms
ushabti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /uːˈʃabti/
Forms: form: ushabtiu
form: ushabtis
form: shabti
form: shawabti
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian w-S-b-t:y-A53 (wšbtj, “ushabti”, literally “answerer”), by folk etymology from earlier SA-wA-b-t:y-A53 (šꜣwꜣbtj), perhaps from S-wA-b-M1 (šwꜣb, “persea (tree)”), which may have been the material they were originally made from. The variant forms shawabti, shabti are borrowed directly from the earlier Egyptian forms šꜣwꜣbtj and šꜣbtj, respectively.
Senses: examples: text: These little images were called in Egyptian “Ushabti,” or “Respondents,” and were in fact supposed to act as servants of the deceased, it being their duty to answer for him and serve as his substitutes when called upon to do labourer's work [...].
ref: 1886 September 1, The Times, p.13 col. A:
text: The air was all at once full of Egyptian and Greek tear-bottles, Ushabti, and Sèvres.
ref: 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine:
text: Spectacular objects began to surface throughout the world; […] elaborate ivory powder boxes engraved with peacocks or pictures of lions and unicorns playing draughts, precious ushabtiu figures, the combs of an unknown princess, her red ivory jars of frankincense and eye paint, copper coffers, poison rings, diadems.
ref: 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 121:
glosses: In Ancient Egypt, a figurine of a dead person, placed in their tomb to do their work for them in the afterlife.
Celeste
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈlɛst/
rhymes: -ɛst
Etymology: Borrowed from French Céleste, ultimately from Latin caelestis (“heavenly”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French [in turn from Latin].
glosses: A minor city in Hunt County, Texas, United States.
ushabtiu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ushabti
Messier number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Messier numbers
Etymology: From Charles Messier (1730-1817), the French astronomer who first published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters in 1774.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A catalogue number used to identify any one of more than one hundred galaxies, nebulae, and other deep-sky objects visible in the night sky; the designation formed by the surname Messier or letter M being prepended to the number, as in Messier 31 or M31 (the Andromeda Galaxy).
wikipedia: Charles Messier
Related terms: NGC