cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: plushes
Etymology: From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.
ref: 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 108, column 4:
glosses: A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
examples: text: When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
ref: 2002 March 2, Billboard, volume 114, number 9, page 70:
text: For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.
ref: 2008, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands, page 94:
text: […] L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).
ref: 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012, page 759:
glosses: A plush toy.
Derived terms: plushblue
plushcrown
plushen
plushie
plushification
plushlike
plushly
plushness
plushophile
plushophilia
plushophilic
plushsuit
plushy
plush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: plushes
form: plushing
form: plushed
form: plushed
Etymology: From French peluche (“fluff, plush”). The fact that historically (in past centuries) plush upholstery was so expensive as to be socially exclusive undoubtedly connects the senses of "luxurious" and "soft".
Senses: examples: text: Green moss plushed the boulders that were stewn ^([sic]) about, reaching up to splash the cliffs with a velvet mantle.
ref: 1946, Yosemite Nature Notes, page 52:
glosses: To give a soft, fluffy surface to.
PUC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Public Utility Commission, a regulatory body in various states.
glosses: Initialism of Postal Union Congress.
glosses: Initialism of Public Utility Commission of Texas.
ear lobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear lobes
form: earlobe
Senses: glosses: The lower, exterior, fleshy, bulbous part of the human ear.
examples: text: The color of the female's ear lobe will tell you if she will lay a white or colored egg.
ref: 2010, Tara Kindschi, 4-H Guide to Raising Chickens, page 13:
glosses: The fleshy patch of skin below the ear tuft of a chicken.
Synonyms: word: burr
word: earlap
moronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːˈɹɒnɪk/
ipa: /mɔɹˈɑnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Forms: form: more moronic
form: most moronic
Etymology: From moron + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a mental age of between seven and twelve years.
examples: text: moronic behavior
glosses: Behaving in the manner of a moron; idiotic; stupid.
Derived terms: moronically
moronicity
moronicness
sophomoronic
submoronic
unmoronic
Related terms: moron
moronic acid
defense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛns/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: defenses
form: defence
Etymology: From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced native Old English bewering. The verb is from the noun.
Senses: glosses: The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
glosses: Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
A strategy and tactics employed to prevent the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
qualifier: team sports
glosses: Anything employed to oppose attack(s).
The portion of a team dedicated to preventing the other team from scoring; contrasted with offense.
qualifier: team sports
examples: text: to come to someone's defense
glosses: An argument in support or justification of something.
topics: law
glosses: An argument in support or justification of something.
The case presented by the defendant in a legal proceeding.
topics: law
glosses: An argument in support or justification of something.
The lawyer or team thereof who presents such a case.
examples: Department of Defense
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Government policy or (infra)structure related to the military.
glosses: A prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Synonyms: word: defence
word: defense
word: fortification
word: guard
word: preservation
word: protection
word: safeguard
word: shield
word: ward
Hyponyms: word: overfortification
Derived terms: air defense
air-defense
antidefense
anti-slut defense
Apartheid Defense League
attack is the best form of defense
biodefense
black rage defense
chemical defense
Chewbacca defense
civil defense
counterdefense
cyberdefense
DEFCON
defense attorney
defense in abatement
defense-independent pitching statistics
defense in depth
defense lawyer
defenseless
defense mechanism
defense wound
defensin
defensive
defensiveness
eco-defense
ecodefense
gay panic defense
homosexual panic defense
immunodefense
man-to-man defense
Matrix defense
misdefense
nondefense
Nuremberg defense
orbital defense platform
Pac-Man defense
personal defense weapon
prevent defense
self-defense
self-defense wound
Shaggy defense
space defense
special defense
the best defense is a good offense
thesis defense
tower defense
trans panic defense
zone defense
Related terms: word: defend
defense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛns/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: defenses
form: defensing
form: defensed
form: defensed
form: defence
Etymology: From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced native Old English bewering. The verb is from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, there is an increase in the effectiveness of the Five Cutter Offense when teams put pressure on, instead of sagging or switching in an attempt to defense the attack successfully.
ref: 1972, Robert Cimbollek, Basketball’s Percentage Offense, West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 114:
text: But the Buffs’ coaching staff made some adjustments in the way they defensed the Heights’ vaunted veer-option offense, and after being bullied around for 271 yards in the first half, yielded only 140 in the second half.
ref: 2013 November 16, Brett Marshall, “The Garden City Telegram, Kan., Brett Marshall column”, in McClatchy - Tribune Business News, Tribune Content Agency:
text: “It was most important to start the second half right,” Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall said. “They dug in and defensed the right way.”
ref: 2014 November 28, Associated Press, “Vols beat Santa Clara, face Kansas”, in The Tennessean, page 2:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To employ defensive tactics (so as to block).
defense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɛns/
ipa: /ˈdiːˌfɛns/
rhymes: -ɛns
Forms: form: defenses
form: defensing
form: defensed
form: defensed
form: defence
Etymology: From Middle English defencen, defensen, from Old French defenser or its etymon, Latin dēfēnsō.
Senses: examples: text: In the ſyege of greate cities, takyng a bygge compaſſe rounde abowte, we muſt wyth all laboure: make and intercut not farre of the citie, bꝛode and depe trenches defenſed wyth turrettes of woodde, […]
ref: 1544, Iames the Erle of Purlilia [i.e., Jacopo di Porcia], translated by Peter Betham, “What is to be done in yͤ syege of bygge cities”, in The Preceptes of Warre, […], London: […] Edwarde Whytchurche. […] to be solde […] by William Telotson:
text: VVhere being plaſt, vnvviſt of any vvight, / He ſtayde his time, till husband fel on ſleepe, / Then out he gate, defenſt vvith darke of night, / And ſoftly to Salueſtras bed did creepe: […]
ref: 1587, George Turberuile, “The Argument to the tenth Historie”, in Tragicall Tales […], London: […] Abell Ieffs, […], folio 130, verso:
text: The Country of Britain was in old times adorned with 28 Cities, beſide innumerable number of Caſtles defenſed with ſtrong Walls, Towers, Gates and Locks.
ref: 1661, Percie Enderbie, Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in Its Perfect Lustre, Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of That Illustrious Nation. […], London: […] Andrew Crooke, […], page 21:
glosses: To furnish with defenses; to defend, protect.
whisker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʍɪskə(ɹ)/
ipa: /wɪskə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪskə(ɹ)
Forms: form: whiskers
Etymology: Middle English wisker, whisk (verb) + -er
Senses: glosses: That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both.
glosses: A hair of the beard.
glosses: One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
examples: text: It missed falling on your foot by a whisker.
text: Boosted by their reward, Wolves continued to push forward and Jamie O'Hara came within a whisker of doubling the lead, smashing a 25-yard effort on to the bar.
ref: 2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1 - 3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: The (very small) distance between two things.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Spreaders from the bows to spread the bowsprit shrouds.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: A graphic element that shows the maxima and minima in a box plot.
glosses: One who, or that which, whisks, or moves with a quick, sweeping motion.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small tendril that forms on metal.
Derived terms: box and whisker plot
by a whisker
cat's whisker
cat's whisker receiver
cat's whiskers
gnat's whisker
tin whisker
whisker biscuit
whiskered
whiskerless
whisker pole
whiskery
ETLA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ETLAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of extended three-letter acronym: a four-letter acronym.
Thalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəˈlaɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈθɑːliə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the three Graces/Charites.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 23 Thalia, a main belt asteroid.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: The comedy mask.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Socks, as a symbol of comedy.
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Synonyms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 23 Thalia
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㉓
Derived terms: antithalian
thalian
Thalia and Melpomene
forth
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːθ/
ipa: /fəθ/
ipa: /fɔɹθ/
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fəθ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
rhymes: -ə(ɹ)θ
homophone: fourth
Etymology: From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Senses: examples: text: From this time forth, I never will speak word.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 159:
text: say forth
ref: 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England
text: “[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Forward in time, place or degree.
examples: text: The plants in spring put forth leaves.
text: The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment.
text: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]
ref: 1949, Joseph Campbell, “The Hero and the God”, in The Hero with a Thousand Faces:
glosses: Out into view; from a particular place or position.
examples: text: I have no mind of feasting forth to-night.
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v]:
text: At the clashing of the cymbals the King sprang at Goldry as the panther springeth, and with the rush bare him backward and well nigh forth of the wrastling ground.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
Synonyms: fromward
Derived terms: and so forth
back and forth
blossom forth
body forth
bring forth
burst forth
call forth
come forth
find forth
forth-
forthby
forth-issuing
forthwithal
furthen
further
give forth
go forth
henceforth
hold forth
launch forth
pour forth
put forth
sally forth
send forth
set forth
show forth
stand forth
straightforth
stretch forth
thenceforth
turn forth
whenceforth
forth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːθ/
ipa: /fəθ/
ipa: /fɔɹθ/
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fəθ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
rhymes: -ə(ɹ)θ
homophone: fourth
Etymology: From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Senses: examples: text: Some forth their cabins peepe.
ref: a. 1631, John Donne, The Storme:
glosses: Forth from; out of.
forth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːθ/
ipa: /fəθ/
ipa: /fɔɹθ/
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fəθ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
rhymes: -ə(ɹ)θ
homophone: fourth
Etymology: From fourth; compare forty.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fourth.
forth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːθ/
ipa: /fəθ/
ipa: /fɔɹθ/
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fo(ː)ɹθ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fɚθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /foəθ/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /fəθ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
rhymes: -ə(ɹ)θ
homophone: fourth
Etymology: From fourth; compare forty.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of fourth.
wringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: wringers
Etymology: From Middle English wringere, equivalent to wring + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We wringers of hands don't really want a step to take! We want to continue our hand-wringing and feel hostile toward anyone who acts as if there's something simple to do about any problem.
ref: 2000, Marlene Evans, Redbirds and Rubies and Rainbows, page 33:
glosses: One who wrings.
glosses: One who wrings.
One who uses a wringer (machine).
synonyms: mangler
synonyms: mangle
mangler
glosses: A device for drying laundry consisting of two rollers between which the wet laundry is squeezed (or wrung).
examples: text: Reynders brushed a messy lock of orange hair out of her eyes for the dozenth time. Her body didn't change in the ADDC, actively resisted and eventually reverted any changes being consciously made to it, but in her constant state of nervous paranoia she was doing a bang-up job of making herself look like she'd been through several sequential wringers. "I know there's a better way to describe this, but it's very hard to focus. Bear with it. I hate being like this a lot more than you hate hearing it, trust me."
ref: 2023 September 24, HarryBlank, “Working Wonders”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:
glosses: Something that causes pain, hardship, or exertion; an ordeal.
Derived terms: get one's tits in a wringer
put through the wringer
cordon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Forms: form: cordons
Etymology: From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.
Senses: glosses: A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
glosses: A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
Derived terms: sanitary cordon
cordon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Forms: form: cordons
form: cordoning
form: cordoned
form: cordoned
Etymology: From Middle English cordon, from Middle French cordon, from Old French cordon, diminutive of corde. More at cord.
Senses: examples: text: Strong detachments of infantry instead of gendarmes cordoned the streets leading to the Lycée.
ref: 1899, William Harding, Dreyfus: the Prisoner of Devil's Island, page 121:
glosses: Synonym of cordon off.
synonyms: word: cordon off
SAIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Science Applications International Corporation, a defense contractor, one of the largest employee-owned companies in the USA.
corridor of uncertainty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corridors of uncertainty
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The area near the batsman's off stump where, if a ball passes, the batsman is unsure whether to play it (and risk an edge) or leave it (and risk being bowled).
corridor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/
ipa: /-də/
enpr: kôrʹədôr'
ipa: /ˈkɔɹəˌdɔɹ/
enpr: kôrʹədər'
ipa: /ˈkɔɹədɚ/
Forms: form: corridors
Etymology: Borrowed from French corridor, from Italian corridore (“long passage”) (= corridoio), from correre (“to run”).
Senses: examples: text: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
text: Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
ref: 1931, Francis Beeding, Death Walks in Eastrepps, chapter 1/1:
text: My mind drifts now and then / Lookin' down dark corridors and wonders what might have been / Something's up ahead / Hey, should I keep this same direction or go back instead?
ref: 1977, Isley Brothers, “Footsteps in the Dark”, in Go for Your Guns:
glosses: A narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
examples: text: In addition, there are two up and two down korridorzug ^([sic]) [Korridorzüge] of the O.B.B. which run through from Innsbruck to Reutte via the Mittenwald line, but which are "sealed" between Scharnitz through Garmisch-Partenkirchen as far as Ehrwald, carrying passengers only from Austria to Austria; the korridor thus refers to the corridor through Germany and not through the train.
ref: 1951 November, Brian Reed, “An Austro-German "Corridor" Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 778:
glosses: A restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place.
glosses: Airspace restricted for the passage of aircraft.
examples: text: Main Street corridor
text: Pike-Pine Corridor, Seattle
glosses: The land near an important road, river, railway line.
Derived terms: air corridor
boom corridor
corridor care
corridor discussion
corridor disease
corridored
corridorless
corridorlike
corridor of uncertainty
corridor shooter
corridors of power
corridor train
corridor warrior
Danubian corridor
economic corridor
ghost corridor
green corridor
humanitarian corridor
M62 corridor
Mormon corridor
non-corridor
noncorridor
Northeast Corridor
Suwalki corridor
utilidor
wildlife corridor
uncertainty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
ipa: /ʌnˈsɝtənti/
Forms: form: uncertainties
form: uncertainity
Etymology: From Middle English uncerteynte; equivalent to un- + certainty or uncertain + -ty.
Senses: examples: text: “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 51:
text: After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage
ref: 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1-2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport:
text: Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.
ref: 2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:
text: It's a full circle. Over the past 43 years, RAIL has reported on how the railways have gone from uncertainty under government control to sectorisation, privatisation, and back to uncertainty under government control.
ref: 2024 January 10, Howard Johnston, “Launched for enthusiasts - now it's for everyone”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 28:
glosses: Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
examples: text: Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.
ref: 2023 December 27, Philip Haigh, “All eyes are on the DfT as rolling stock concerns deepen”, in RAIL, number 999, page 19:
glosses: Something uncertain or ambiguous.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.
Synonyms: uncertainness
Derived terms: corridor of uncertainty
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Knightian uncertainty
uncertainty aversion
uncertainty principle
cover drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover drives
Senses: examples: text: With 8 required from 2 balls, Forde hit two back to back cover drives and sealed the game for his team.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of shot played by the batsman bringing the bat down vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of cover.
cover drive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cover drives
form: cover driving
form: cover drove
form: cover driven
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play a cover drive shot.
cover point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover points
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lacrosse
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a fielding position between cover and point, about 15° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌvɚz/
ipa: /ˈkʌvəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cover
covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌvɚz/
ipa: /ˈkʌvəz/
Senses: examples: text: It's time to get under the covers!
glosses: The bedclothes; collectively, the sheets, blankets, etc.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The area of the field near cover and extra cover.
covers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌvɚz/
ipa: /ˈkʌvəz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cover
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: Sami
form: Samis
form: Saami
form: Sámi
Etymology: From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Senses: synonyms: word: Lapp
word: Laplander
glosses: A member of an indigenous Finno-Ugric people of Lapland.
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: Samis
form: Saami
form: Sámi
Etymology: From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Senses: glosses: The Sami people, collectively.
glosses: Any of the languages of the Sami people.
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: Saami
form: Sámi
Etymology: From Northern Sami Sápmi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Sami people of northern Scandinavia, or the Sami languages.
Derived terms: Akkala Sami
Inari Sami
Kemi Sami
Kildin Sami
Lule Sami
North Sami
Pite Sami
Skolt Sami
Southern Sami
Ter Sami
Ume Sami
Related terms: Laplander
Lapp
Lappish
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Etymology: Derived from Arabic سَامِي (sāmī), from the informal pronunciation of سَامٍ (sāmin, “high, exalted”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Samiyah.
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: Samis
Etymology: From Samantha.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Samantha.
Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːmi/
ipa: /ˈsæmi/
rhymes: -ɑːmi
rhymes: -æmi
Forms: form: Samis
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil சாமி (cāmi).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of swami.
cow corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow corners
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A region of the field, roughly between deep midwicket and long on.
Related terms: cow shot
cross bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross bats
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The bat, when swung in a horizontal arc.
cross bat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a shot: played with a cross bat.
halo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪləʊ/
enpr: hāʹlō
ipa: /ˈheɪloʊ/
rhymes: -eɪləʊ
Forms: form: haloes
form: haloing
form: haloed
form: haloed
Etymology: From Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs, “threshing floor; disk; disk of the sun or moon; ring of light around the sun or moon”), of unknown origin. The threshing floor's circular threshold or oxen walking on it in a circle gave rise to the other meanings. Used in English since 1563; the sense of light around someone’s head since 1646.
Senses: synonyms: inaureole
glosses: To encircle with a halo.
Related terms: halation
Sidney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭd'ni
ipa: /ˈsɪdni/
rhymes: -ɪdni
homophone: Sydney
Forms: form: Sidneys
form: Sydney
form: Cydney
form: Sydnie
form: Sydne
Etymology: From Old English *Sīdaneġ, the name of a place in Surrey, from sīd (“wide”) + eġ (“island”).
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname
glosses: A male or female given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A locale in Canada.
A town in British Columbia; named for nearby Sidney Island, itself for Royal Navy hydrographer Frederick W. Sidney.
glosses: A locale in Canada.
A community in North Norfolk municipality, Manitoba.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Arkansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A village in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Indiana.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Fremont County, Iowa; named for Sidney, Ohio.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Maine; named for Philip Sidney.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Missouri.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Richland County, Montana; named for Sidney Walters, a 6-year-old early settler.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Cheyenne County, Nebraska; named for railroad executive Sidney Dillon.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in New Jersey.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town and village therein, in Delaware County, New York; named for British naval officer Sidney Smith.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Shelby County, Ohio; named for English poet Philip Sidney.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Texas.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: Clipping of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
Derived terms: word: Sid
auxiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ɔːkˈsɪl-/
ipa: /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
ipa: /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ɑɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
ipa: /ɑɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Etymology: From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
Senses: examples: auxiliary troops
synonyms: ancillary
accessory
glosses: Helping; giving assistance or support.
glosses: Supplementary or subsidiary.
glosses: Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to an auxiliary verb.
Synonyms: sense: supplementary
word: accessory
sense: having sails and engine
word: motorsailer
auxiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.(j)ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ɔːɡˈzɪl.i.ə.ɹi/
ipa: /ɔːkˈsɪl-/
ipa: /ɔɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
ipa: /ɔɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
ipa: /ɑɡˈzɪl.(jə).ɹi/
ipa: /ɑɡˈzɪl.i.ɛɹ.i/
rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
rhymes: -ɪləɹi
Forms: form: auxiliaries
Etymology: From Latin auxiliārius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxiliāris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from augēre (“to increase”).
Senses: examples: text: Auxiliaries and ancillaries are comprehensive, and include a Westinghouse motor-driven recriprocating compressor used for locomotive braking and general service air, two rotary exhauster sets for train brakes when hauling passenger or fitted freight trains, and an oil-fired train heating boiler.
ref: 1950 November, “Mixed-Traffic Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 781:
text: A drive to exploit the Highlands as a winter sports area, with all the necessary auxiliaries, such as chair lifts in the Cairngorms, shows increasing promise, […].
ref: 1962 September, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—1”, in Modern Railways, page 163:
text: Summer “felt betrayed” that a close friend had used AI as “an auxiliary” to talk to her.
ref: 2025 June 30, Adrienne Matei, “‘Hey man, I’m so sorry for your loss’: should you use AI to text?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
examples: text: The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per-
fective Auxiliary have, the progressive Auxiliary be, and the passive Auxiliary
be. Perfective have is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, perfec-
tion) of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective -n participle, as
in:
(121) The referee has [_(VP) shown him the red card]
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 151:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of auxiliary verb.
glosses: A marching band color guard.
Derived terms: Auxie
auxiliarily
auxiliarist
auxiliary bishop
auxiliary cell
auxiliary cruiser
auxiliary ego
auxiliary language
auxiliary oiler
auxiliary power unit
auxiliary storage
auxlang
electroauxiliary
international auxiliary language
ladies' auxiliary
modal auxiliary
nonauxiliary
nurse auxiliary
perfect auxiliary
semiauxiliary
Related terms: auction
auctioneer
augment
augmentation
axillary
shmuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shmucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of schmuck.
tune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /tjuːn/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /tʃuːn/
note: yod-dropping
ipa: /tuːn/
ipa: /tɪu̯n/
rhymes: -uːn
homophone: chewn (yod-coalescence)
homophone: toon (yod-dropping)
Forms: form: tunes
form: toon
Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
Senses: examples: text: Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.
glosses: A melody.
glosses: A song, or short musical composition.
examples: text: Your engine needs a good tune.
glosses: The act of tuning or maintenance.
examples: text: Your engine is now in tune.
text: This piano is not in tune.
glosses: The state or condition of being correctly tuned.
glosses: Temper; frame of mind.
examples: text: Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 12, column 2:
glosses: A sound; a note; a tone.
examples: text: A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§72”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Order; harmony; concord.
Derived terms: auto-tune
call the tune
can't carry a tune in a bucket
carry a tune
change of tune
change one's tune
change someone's tune
coon tune
crooked tune
cross-tune
dance to a different tune
dance to a new tune
dance to someone's tune
he who pays the piper calls the tune
in tune
loony tune
out of tune
pop tune
showtune
show tune
signature tune
sig tune
sing a different tune
sing the same tune
subtune
theme tune
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
to the tune of
tuneful
tuneless
tunelike
tunemeister
tunesmith
tune the old cow died of
tune-up
tunewise
tuny
who pays the piper calls the tune
Related terms: tone
tune
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /tjuːn/
note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /tʃuːn/
note: yod-dropping
ipa: /tuːn/
ipa: /tɪu̯n/
rhymes: -uːn
homophone: chewn (yod-coalescence)
homophone: toon (yod-dropping)
Forms: form: toon
Etymology: From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
Senses: examples: text: You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!
glosses: Used to show appreciation or approval of a song.
tuner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuː.nɚ/
ipa: /ˈtjuː.nə/
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.nə/
rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
homophone: tuna (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tuners
Etymology: From tune (verb) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who tunes a piano or organ.
glosses: A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch.
glosses: On a musical instrument, a peg or mechanical device that changes the tension, and hence pitch, of a string.
glosses: The component of an audio system that receives radio broadcasts.
glosses: One who sings or makes music.
Related terms: amplifier
high fidelity
TV tuner
tuner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuː.nɚ/
ipa: /ˈtjuː.nə/
ipa: /ˈtʃuː.nə/
rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
homophone: tuna (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: tuners
Etymology: From tune (noun) + -er (“Variety -er”).
Senses: topics: economics
entertainment
entertainment-industry
lifestyle
sciences
glosses: A musical.
wash up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: washes up
form: washing up
form: washed up
form: washed up
Senses: examples: text: You wash up tonight and I'll dry.
text: I'm not washing up all these dishes.
glosses: To clean the utensils, dishes etc. used in preparing and eating a meal.
examples: text: Dinner is almost ready, so go and wash up.
glosses: To wash one's hands or face, often around mealtimes.
examples: text: The tide washes up a lot of driftwood.
text: The whale was washed up on the beach.
glosses: To carry (an object) to land.
raw_tags: of water
examples: text: Some dangerous chemicals washed up on the beach.
glosses: To be carried by water to land.
examples: text: Ron Asheton also washed up in LA, jamming with one-time Stooge Jimmy Recca and Amboy Dukes drummer K. J. Knight.
ref: 2009, Joe Ambrose, Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop:
glosses: To arrive in a place; to end up somewhere.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To beat up (someone).
Synonyms: sense: clean utensils, dishes
word: do the dishes
sense: clean utensils, dishes
word: do the washing-up
Derived terms: washup
wash-up period
recherche
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recherche
form: most recherche
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recherché.
Related terms: recherche du temps perdu
astride
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology: From a- + stride.
Senses: examples: text: The men ride their horses astride.
glosses: With one’s legs on either side.
astride
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈstɹaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Etymology: From a- + stride.
Senses: examples: text: The boy sat astride his father’s knee.
glosses: With one’s legs on either side of.
examples: text: Chʻung-ming, an island astride the mouth of the Yangtze, had been captured against quite stiff opposition from the Chinese River Defense Force and was being developed into an advance naval and air base.
ref: 1937, Michael Calvert, “Shanghai”, in Jon E. Lewis, editor, The Giant Book of Battles, London: Magpie Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 129:
text: The units have transverse seats, two and three astride the passageway with single or double longitudinal seats alongside the two entrance vestibules in each car.
ref: 1960 November, “New electric multiple-units for British Railways: Glasgow Suburban”, in Trains Illustrated, page 660:
glosses: Extending across (something).
Synonyms: agee
astraddle
humvee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humvees
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Humvee.
utensil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juˈtɛn.səl/
ipa: /ˈju.tɛn.sɪl/
rhymes: -ɛnsəl
Forms: form: utensils
Etymology: From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usable”).
Senses: examples: text: We have convenient storage for all the kitchen/eating utensils.
glosses: An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.
examples: text: He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.
text: Relations, sparing no expense'll/Send some useless old utensil,/Or a matching pen and pencil./"just the thing I need! how nice!"
ref: 1954, Tom Lehrer, “A Christmas Carol”:
glosses: A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.
Derived terms: cooking utensil
washed up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more washed up
form: most washed up
form: washed-up
Senses: examples: text: Pavarotti's washed up as a singer, in my view.
text: It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Reize: 'WHOA! ARE YOU FOR REAL, MISTER? [...] AND YOU EVEN GOT A BELT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT?! THE BAZ... I KNEW IT! YOU MUST BE A NOBLE WARRIOR!' / Baz: 'PSHHH. SCRAM, KID. I'M JUST A NOBODY. I'M ALL WASHED UP. IT JUST AIN'T MY DAY.'
ref: 2019 December 10, Yacht Club Games, "Story" (Reize), in Shovel Knight Showdown (version 4.1), Nintendo Switch
glosses: Well past their prime and no longer successful; having no future in a particular role.
raw_tags: of a performer
Related terms: over the hill
washed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: washed-up
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wash up
idempotent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/
ipa: /ˌɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/
ipa: /aɪˈdɛm.pə.tənt/
rhymes: -əʊtənt
Etymology: From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Coined in 1870 by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in the context of algebra, later generalized to computer science.
Senses: examples: text: A projection operator is idempotent.
text: An HTTP request using the PUT verb should be idempotent, so that it can be sent to the server any number of times with the same end result.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: (said of a function) Such that, when performed multiple times on the same subject, it has no further effect on its subject after the first time it is performed.
examples: text: Every finite semigroup has an idempotent element.
text: Every group has a unique idempotent element: namely, its identity element.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (said of an element of an algebraic structure with a binary operation, such as a group or semigroup) Such that, when it operates on itself, the result is equal to itself.
examples: text: Since the AND logical operator is commutative, associative, and idempotent, it distributes with respect to itself.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (said of a binary operation) Such that all of the distinct elements it can operate on are idempotent (in the sense given just above).
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (said of an algebraic structure) Having an idempotent operation (in the sense given above).
Coordinate terms: nilpotent
nullipotent
Derived terms: idempotently
idempotentness
nonidempotent
Related terms: idempotence
nilpotent
nullipotent
unipotent
involutory
idempotent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/
ipa: /ˌɪ.dəmˈpoʊ.tənt/
ipa: /aɪˈdɛm.pə.tənt/
rhymes: -əʊtənt
Forms: form: idempotents
Etymology: From Latin roots idem (“same”) + potent (“having power”), thus “having the same power”. Coined in 1870 by American mathematician Benjamin Peirce in the context of algebra, later generalized to computer science.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An idempotent element.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An idempotent structure.
idiopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪdioʊˈpæθɪk/
Etymology: From idio- + -pathic. First appears c. 1669, in the publications of William Simpson.
Senses: examples: text: So when I was diagnosed with a fairly difficult-to-treat disease called idiopathic angioedema and chronic urticaria (a fancy way of saying we don’t know why you swell and hey, enjoy the 24/7 hives) six months ago, I wasn't quite sure how to cope.
ref: 2014 January 20, Simona Supekar, “How the Internet Helped Me Cope With My Rare Disease”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2014:
text: Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
ref: 2024 September 6, David Zelman, “Understanding Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis -- the Basics”, in WebMD:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: cryptogenic
essential
primary
agnogenic
glosses: Of, relating to, or designating a disease or condition having no known cause.
Derived terms: diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
idiopathical
idiopathically
idiopathic hypersomnia
idiopathic intracranial hypertension
idiopathicity
idiopathic postprandial syndrome
nonidiopathic
Related terms: idiopathy