cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jettison
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/
ipa: /-zn̩/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/
ipa: /-zn̩/
Forms: form: jettisons
form: jettisoning
form: jettisoned
form: jettisoned
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam.
Senses: examples: text: The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
text: The fuel tanks were jettisoned.
glosses: To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
examples: text: Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and jettisoning the features that have given trouble, in particular the chain-driven valve-motion, should give the Southern a supply of highly-competent machines able to last out the remaining life of steam on the S.R.
ref: 1957 July 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
text: […] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiveness.
ref: 2018 October 30, David Streitfeld, “Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: discard
word: chuck
word: ditch
word: dump
word: junk
word: lose
word: junk
word: 86
word: bin
word: can
word: cast aside
word: cast off
word: cast away
word: chuck
word: chuck away
word: chuck out
word: discard
word: dispose of
word: ditch
word: dump
word: get rid of
word: jettison
word: pitch
word: scrap
word: shift
word: throw aside
word: throw away
word: throw out
word: toss
word: trash
glosses: To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Derived terms: jettisonable
unjettisoned
underspending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underspend
underspending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underspendings
Senses: examples: text: Towards the very end of the year it has always been found to be impracticable to avoid overspendings, if only temporary, in some programmes and underspendings in others.
ref: 1972, Great Britain. Treasury, Public Expenditure White Papers: Handbook on Methodology (page 15)
glosses: The spending of too little money.
errantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: errantries
Etymology: From errant + -ry, from Middle English erraunt. See further etymology at errant.
Senses: synonyms: errantness
glosses: A wandering or roving around, especially in search of chivalrous adventure.
Derived terms: knight-errantry
tactile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæktaɪl/
ipa: /ˈtæktəl/
rhymes: -æktəl
Forms: form: more tactile
form: most tactile
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).
Senses: glosses: Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
glosses: Used for feeling.
examples: text: The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is greatest on the forehead, temples and back of the forearm.
ref: 1892, William James, Psychology (Briefer Course)
glosses: Of or relating to the sense of touch.
Synonyms: word: palpable
word: tactile
word: tangible
word: touchable
Hypernyms: word: perceptible
word: substantial
Derived terms: audiotactile
chemotactile
electrotactile
entactogen
mechanotactile
nontactile
orotactile
pedotactile
pneumotactile
Protactile
tactile ground surface indicator
tactilely
tactile paving
tactile paving slab
tactile walking surface indicator
tactility
tactilize
tactilometric
tactilometry
teletactile
thermotactile
untactile
vibrotactile
visuotactile
Related terms: haptic
palpable
touchable
eponymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɒnɪməs/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /əˈpɑnəməs/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /əˈpɒnəməs/
Forms: form: more eponymous
form: most eponymous
Etymology: PIE word
 *h₁epi
From Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος (epṓnŭmos, “concerning giving one’s name to something; named in a significant manner; surnamed”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting pertinence or relation).
Senses: examples: text: Prince Hamlet is the eponymous protagonist of the Shakespearian tragedy Hamlet.
text: Robinson Crusoe is the eponymous hero of the book.
text: The language Limburgish is named after the eponymous provinces in Belgium and the Netherlands.
text: Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.
ref: 2008, Nicholas Drayson, chapter 5, in A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, London: Penguin Books, published 2012, →ISBN, pages 24–25:
glosses: Of, relating to, or being the person or entity after which someone or something is named; serving as an eponym.
examples: text: The American singer-songwriter Madonna released her eponymous album in 1983.
glosses: Of a thing: named after a person or entity.
Derived terms: eponymously
Related terms: eponym
eponymic
eponymically
eponymism
eponymist
eponymize
eponymy
namesake
self-titled
titular
minor key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor keys
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical key based upon a minor scale.
Related terms: in a minor key
major key
key signature
minor scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor scales
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any diatonic scale whose first, third, and fifth scale degrees form a minor triad.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The natural minor scale.
Hypernyms: scale
Hyponyms: natural minor scale
harmonic minor scale
Hungarian minor scale
melodic minor scale
Related terms: minor key
modal scale
African hunting dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: African hunting dogs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: African wild dog
Cape hunting dog
painted dog
painted hunting dog
painted wolf
glosses: A wild canid, Lycaon pictus, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.
Related terms: African Bush Dog
signature
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
enpr: sĭg′nəchər
enpr: sĭg′nĭchər
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnət͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪɡnɪt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
note: Indic
ipa: /sɪɡˈnetʃə(ɾ)/
Forms: form: more signature
form: most signature
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French signature, or from Medieval Latin signātūra, future active periphrastic of verb signāre from signum (“sign”), + -tūra, feminine of -tūrus, future active periphrastic suffix. Displaced native Old English handseten (literally “hand setting”).
Senses: examples: text: Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
text: The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
text: Consider Las Fallas of Valencia, Spain, arguably the most signature of signature ephemera.
ref: 2001, Lawrence J. Vale, Sam Bass Warner, Imaging the city: continuing struggles and new directions:
text: Considered the most signature effect of the Tudor Revival style, half-timbering derived its distinctive[…].
ref: 2005, Paul Duchscherer, Linda Svendsen, Beyond the bungalow: grand homes in the arts & crafts tradition:
text: But it was perhaps the most signature shot Williams ever made in an Illinois uniform, a bullying basket in which he used his power to pound Stoudamire,[…].
ref: 2005, Brett Dawson, Tales from the 2004-05 Fighting Illini:
text: He credited his wife, who is British, for giving him the inspiration for Tigger’s signature phrase: TTFN. TA-TA for now.
ref: 2005 June 27, “Paul Winchell Dead At Age 82”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2007:
text: In its gallant effort to shun the mass-market fragrance industry for something more personal, Le Labo has, unwittingly, created the most ubiquitous scent in fashion; a signature scent that is so signature you can recognize it in every city in the world[…].
ref: 2015 November 16, Olivia Fleming, “That Perfume You Smell Everywhere Is Santal 33”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Restaurant staff were in the process of serving Le Caprice's signature dessert: frozen berries with a hot white chocolate sauce.
ref: 2025 June 14, Orlando Whitfield, “How to survive a gallery dinner (and not embarrass yourself)”, in FT Weekend, Collecting, page 10:
synonyms: iconic
glosses: Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
autograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈɔtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]
ipa: /ˈɑtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɑɾəɡɹæf]
Forms: form: autographs
Etymology: From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: Some autograph-hunters were pestering the players after the game.
glosses: A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
examples: text: If you could just put your autograph on the ol’ contract, please…
text: For me, identifying an autograph is one of the most exciting aspects of collecting. I enjoy the detective work that comes with discerning a fake from the real deal, and subsequently valuing the item against other examples.
ref: 2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting:
text: “Based on the scarcity of signed images from this period, in general, coupled with the miniscule population of original Jackson autographs we cannot overstate the rarity of this offering,” it said.
ref: 2021 October 10, Susannah Cullinane, “‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson signed baseball photo sells for record price at auction”, in CNN:
glosses: A person's signature used as a mark of formal approval.
glosses: A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
Synonyms: sense: person’s own handwriting
word: penmanship
sense: person’s own handwriting
word: handwriting
sense: person’s own handwriting
word: chirography
sense: personal signature
word: signature
sense: personal signature
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: inscription
sense: manuscript in author’s hand
word: protograph
sense: manuscript in author’s hand
word: holograph
sense: manuscript in author’s hand
word: archetype
sense: manuscript in author’s hand
word: original
Derived terms: word: autographal
word: autograph book
word: autographer
word: autographic
word: autographizer
taxonomic: Clusia rosea
word: autograph tree
word: cut autograph
word: telautograph
Related terms: allograph
homograph
isograph
autograph
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈɔtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]
ipa: /ˈɑtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɑɾəɡɹæf]
Etymology: From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: Written in the author’s own handwriting.
examples: text: Schiff […] believes most of the drawings are autograph.
ref: 1979, Nancy L Pressly, The Fuseli Circle in Rome, Yale Center for British Art, p. 37
text: Not surprisingly, he attributed to Kauffman two important works that are no longer accepted as autograph.
ref: 1992, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, edited by Wendy Wassyng Roworth, Angelica Kauffman, Reaktion Books, published 1992, page 116:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
autograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːtəɡɹɑːf/
ipa: /ˈɔtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɔɾəɡɹæf]
ipa: /ˈɑtəɡɹæf/
ipa: [ˈɑɾəɡɹæf]
Forms: form: autographs
form: autographing
form: autographed
form: autographed
Etymology: From Latin autographum, in turn from Ancient Greek αὐτόγραφον (autógraphon, “a writing in one’s own hand”). Equivalent to auto- + -graph.
Senses: examples: text: Diego Maradona is helping in the fight against coronavirus in his home city by autographing a replica of the Argentina jersey he wore in the country’s 1986 World Cup final triumph to raise money for an underprivileged community.
ref: 2020 May 9, Paul Gittings, “Diego Maradona autographs shirt to help poor district of Buenos Aires”, in CNN:
glosses: To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book, etc.
glosses: To write something in one's own handwriting.
Cape hunting dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cape hunting dogs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of African hunting dog.
synonyms: word: African hunting dog
cross-pollination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-pollinations
form: crosspollination
Etymology: From cross- + pollination.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Fertilization by the transfer of pollen from an anther of one plant to a stigma of another.
glosses: Inspiration, stimulation, or influence between diverse elements.
Related terms: cross-pollinate
permanent dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originated as a slang term in tattoo and piercing parlours in Californian counter culture but has gained traction in mainstream society and other areas.
Senses: glosses: A tattoo
glosses: Any form of tattoo, piercing, (deliberate) scarring or other body modification that is considered permanent or would take significant effort to remove.
glosses: A hair dye or permanent wave that must be allowed to grow out or be reversed by repeating the process, that will not wash out.
pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: pickles
form: pickling
form: pickled
form: pickled
form: pickel
Etymology: From Middle English pikel (“spicy sauce served with meat or fish”), borrowed from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German pekel (“brine”). Cognate with Scots pikkill (“salt liquor, brine”), Saterland Frisian Piekele (“pickle, brine”), Dutch pekel (“pickle, brine”), Low German pekel, peckel, pickel, bickel (“pickle, brine”), German Pökel (“pickle, brine”).
Senses: examples: text: We pickled the remainder of the crop.
text: These cucumbers pickle very well.
glosses: To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
examples: text: The crew will pickle the fittings in the morning.
glosses: To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
examples: text: You can now restore the pickled data. If you like, close your Python interpreter and open a new instance, to convince yourself […]
ref: 2005, Peter Norton, et al: Beginning Python:
text: To illustrate how this would work in practice, consider a field designed to store and retrieve a pickled copy of any arbitrary Python object.
ref: 2008, Marty Alchin, Pro Django:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To serialize.
raw_tags: in Python
examples: text: On Wednesday 26 May, […] I had [an enslaved man] flogged and pickled and then made Hector shit in his mouth. […] In July, […] Gave [another enslaved man] a moderate whipping, pickled him well, made Hector shit in his mouth, […]
ref: 1756, Thomas Thistlewood, diary, quoted in 2001, Glyne A. Griffith, Caribbean Cultural Identities, Bucknell University Press, page 38
text: Naval seamen could also be keel-hauled, ducked, pickled, and flogged around the fleet.
[elsewhere, page 93, the book explains:] A pickled man had his flogged back washed with vinegar.
ref: 2016, Christopher P. Magra, Poseidon's Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 70:
glosses: To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
Derived terms: pickle up
pickled
pickling
repickle
pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: pickles
Etymology: Perhaps from Scottish pickle, apparently from pick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Scots pickil.
Senses: glosses: A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
examples: text: […] ill things are like guid—they baith come bit by bit, a pickle at a time […]
ref: 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thrawn Janet:
text: I mind him well, and the burn we fished and the pickle things we took out, and your mother that played with us in her cutty sark, and not a shoe between us nor a bodle of money; but the green hills round us, and all we knew of the world that it lay beyond them.
ref: 1897, Stanley John Weyman, chapter XXVI, in Shrewsbury:
glosses: A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
pickle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪkl̩/
rhymes: -ɪkəl
Forms: form: pickles
form: pickling
form: pickled
form: pickled
Etymology: Perhaps from Scottish pickle, apparently from pick + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Scots pickil.
Senses: glosses: To eat sparingly.
glosses: To pilfer.
hackney cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hackney cabs
form: hack cab
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hackney carriage, (historical) a carriage pulled by a hackney horse or a motorized vehicle available for public hire.
synonyms: word: hackney carriage
extra: (historical) a carriage pulled by a hackney horse or a motorized vehicle available for public hire
Derived terms: hacker
Hackney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hækni/
Etymology: The senses "a horse" and "(a means of transport) available for hire" derive from the fact that many horses were kept for hire in the London borough of Hackney.
The place name is from Old English *Hacan īeġ "Hacan's Isle" (or "Hook's Island"), referring to dry land in a marsh.
Senses: glosses: A London borough in Greater London, England, where once upon a time many horses were pastured.
glosses: A town in eastern London, England, within this borough (OS grid ref TQ3584).
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: One of several breeds of compact English horses: see hackney
glosses: (means of transportation): see hackney.
Derived terms: Hackney Bottom
Hackney Downs
pollination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈneɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɑləˈneɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɔləˈnæɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌpɒləˈnæɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: pollinations
form: pollenation
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma; effected by insects, birds, bats and the wind etc.
Derived terms: buzz pollination
cross-pollination
postpollination
self-pollination
self pollination
anther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.θə/
ipa: /ˈæn.θɚ/
Forms: form: anthers
Etymology: From French anthère, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”), from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: summit
glosses: The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
Derived terms: antheral
anthered
antheriferous
antheriform
antherless
antheroid
stigma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪɡmə/
rhymes: -ɪɡmə
Forms: form: stigmas
form: stigmat
form: stigmate
form: stigme
Etymology: Partly from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “mark, sign”), and partly from the acrophonic value of its initial st- as well as the analogy with the name of sigma.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A ligature of the Greek letters sigma and tau, (Ϛ/ϛ).
stigmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɪɡˈmɑːtə/
ipa: /ˈstɪɡmətə/
rhymes: -ɑːtə
rhymes: -ɪɡmətə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand”). Nominative plural: στίγματα (stígmata).
Senses: glosses: plural of stigma
stigmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪɡmətaɪz/
Forms: form: stigmatizes
form: stigmatizing
form: stigmatized
form: stigmatized
form: stigmatise
Etymology: From Medieval Latin stigmatizo (“to brand”), from Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō, “to mark”), from στίγμα (stígma).
Senses: examples: text: We stigmatize the Indians, also, as cowardly and treacherous, because they use stratagem in warfare in preference to open force; but in this they are fully justified by their rude code of honor.
ref: 1819-1820, Washington Irving, The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon:
text: Helen Hardacre, in her study of discourses stigmatizing women who have had abortions, argues that there has been a marked rise in media interest in women's sexuality since the 1970s.
ref: 2010, Mark McClelland, “The 'Beautiful Boy' in Japanese Girls' Manga”, in Toni Johnson-Woods, editor, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives, The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc, →ISBN, page 78:
text: This chapter examines the social determinants of depression in black men because no other race-by-gender population group has been stigmatized as much as black men.
ref: 2012, Daphne C. Watkins, Harold W. Neighbors, “Social Determinants of Depression and the Black Male Experience”, in Henrie M. Treadwell, Clare Xanthos, Kisha B. Holden, editors, Social Determinants of Health Among African-American Men, Jossey-Bass, published 2013, →ISBN, page 55:
antonyms: destigmatize
glosses: To characterize as disgraceful or ignominious; to mark with a stigma or stigmata.
Derived terms: destigmatize
re-stigmatize
stigmatization
scatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scatological
form: most scatological
form: scatalogical
Etymology: From scatology + -ical. Compare eschatological.
Senses: examples: text: The scientist could read the dinosaur dung to see what it had eaten. He was an expert in scatological studies.
glosses: Relating to the research area of scatology, the particulate study of biological excrement, feces, or dung.
examples: text: His interest in scatological reading gained him very few friends.
glosses: Relating to scatology, the use of obscenities.
Related terms: scat
scatology
scatologist
BOHICA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Suggesting anal rape. Compare screwed, fucked.
Senses: glosses: Acronym of bend over, here it comes again, used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the wisest or only course of action.
viscosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪsˈkɑsɪti/
ipa: /vɪsˈkɒsɪti/
rhymes: -ɒsɪti
Forms: form: viscosities
Etymology: From Middle French viscosité, from Old French viscosité, from Medieval Latin viscositas; analysable as viscous + -ity.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: thickness
synonyms: viscousness#Noun
antonyms: runniness#Noun
wateriness#Noun
thinness#Noun
coordinate_terms: fluidity#Noun
liquidity#Noun
gloopiness#Noun
solidity#Noun
solidness#Noun
glosses: The state of being viscous.
examples: text: The microcannon was seen moving at about a micron per second, it was about 15 microns long, and the high speed photograph was done in water (density of 1 kg/L, viscosity of about 0.001 pascal seconds).
ref: 2018 February 28, Alexander Klotz, “Microcannons firing Nanobullets”, in Softbites:
text: Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa).
ref: 2018 October 3, Youn Young Shim, Rana Mustafa, Jianheng Shen, Kornsulee Ratanapariyanuch, Martin J. T. Reaney, “Composition and Properties of Aquafaba: Water Recovered from Commercially Canned Chickpeas”, in Journal of Visualized Experiments, volume 132, →DOI, →PMID:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: lubricity#Noun
glosses: A quantity expressing the magnitude of internal friction in a fluid, as measured by the force per unit area resisting uniform flow.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A tendency to prolong interpersonal encounters.
Derived terms: bulk viscosity
elastoviscosity
gyroviscosity
hyperviscosity
microviscosity
shear viscosity
viscosity printing
viscous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪs.kəs/
homophone: viscus
rhymes: -ɪskəs
Forms: form: more viscous
form: most viscous
Etymology: First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin viscōsus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscose.
Senses: examples: text: […] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.
ref: 2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25 December 2014, page 7]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2014:
synonyms: syrupy
viscid
viscose
thickflowing
antonyms: inviscid
glosses: Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).
examples: text: viscous coefficient
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to viscosity.
Synonyms: word: lentous
word: glutinous
word: gooey
word: slabby
word: stiff
word: syrupy
word: thick
word: thickflowing
word: treacly
word: viscid
word: viscose
word: viscous
Hypernyms: word: adhesive
word: fluidic
word: semifluid
word: semiliquid
Hyponyms: word: albuminous
word: glairy
word: limous
word: lubricous
word: mucid
word: mucilaginous
word: muculent
word: mucous
word: mucousy
word: pituitous
word: resinous
word: ropy
word: slimish
word: slimy
word: slobbery
word: sludgy
word: spittly
word: uliginous
Derived terms: elastoviscous
electroviscous
gyroviscous
isoviscous
nonviscous
semiviscous
ultraviscous
viscous damper
viscousless
viscously
viscousness
Related terms: word: viscid
word: viscidity
word: viscoid
word: viscoidal
word: viscometer
word: viscose
word: viscosimeter
english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: viscosity
word: viscousness
word: unctuous
word: gelatinous
viscose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪskəʊs/
enpr: vĭsʹkōs
Forms: form: viscoses
Etymology: From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”); by surface analysis, visco- + -ose. Doublet of viscous.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: rayon (synecdochally synonymous)
synonyms: cellulose xanthate#Noun
hypernyms: liquid#Noun
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substance#Noun
material#Noun
stuff#Noun
glosses: A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.
examples: text: Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk.
ref: 2017 October 2, Jess Cartner-Morle, “Stella McCartney lays waste to disposable fashion in Paris”, in the Guardian:
text: Here you are […] in your favourite viscose shirt and palazzo pants.
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:
hypernyms: fabric#Noun
material#Noun
stuff#Noun
glosses: A fabric made from this material.
Related terms: visco-
viscoid
viscoidal
viscosity
viscous
collodion
joyful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: joi'fəl
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪfl̩/
Forms: form: joyfuller
form: more joyful
form: joyfullest
form: most joyful
form: joyfull
Etymology: From joy + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The children were joyful on the first day of summer break.
text: Her joyful smile lit up the room.
synonyms: word: delighted
word: joyous
word: air-headed
word: blissed out
word: blissful
word: cock-a-hoop
word: delighted
word: ecstatic
word: elated
word: euphoric
word: exultant
word: filled with happiness
word: giddy
word: gladsome
word: gleeful
word: greatly pleased
word: joyful
word: joyous
word: lighthearted
word: orgasmic
word: on cloud nine
word: over the moon
word: overjoyed
word: thrilled
word: walking on air
glosses: Feeling or causing joy.
Derived terms: joyfully
joyfulness
overjoyful
unjoyful
vivacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪˈveɪʃəs/
ipa: /vɪˈveɪʃəs/
rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Forms: form: more vivacious
form: most vivacious
Etymology: From Latin vīvāx, vīvāci- (“lively, vigorous”) + -ous, from vīvere (“to live”).
Senses: examples: text: Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood.
ref: 1858, W. E. Gladstone, Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, volume 2, Oxford University Press, pages 459–460:
text: Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ...
ref: 1999, David Weber, Echoes of Honor, Baen Publishing Enterprises, →ISBN:
glosses: Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
glosses: Long-lived.
glosses: Difficult to kill.
Synonyms: sense: lively and animated
word: animated
sense: lively and animated
word: bubbly
sense: lively and animated
word: ebullient
sense: lively and animated
word: high-spirited
sense: lively and animated
word: lively
sense: lively and animated
word: vibrant
sense: lively and animated
word: exciting
sense: lively and animated
word: effervescent
Derived terms: vivaciousness
hopeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊpfl̩/
ipa: /ˈhoʊpfl̩/
Forms: form: more hopeful
form: most hopeful
form: hopefull
Etymology: From hope + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: I have been very hopeful.
text: I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
text: Speaking with reporters during a stop in New York, Mr. Biden offered the most hopeful assessment of the hostage talks by any major figure in many days, suggesting that the war might be close to a major turning point.
ref: 2024 February 26, Peter Baker and Michael D. Shear, “Biden Says He’s Hopeful for a Gaza Cease-Fire Within a Week”, in The New York Times:
glosses: feeling hope
examples: text: It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.
text: The night was further proof that the Democratic Party’s cruel summer had given way to a more hopeful election season.
ref: 2024 November 9, Katie Rogers, Matt Stevens and Emily Cochrane, “How Taylor Swift Surprised Harris, and Entered a New Political Era”, in The New York Times:
glosses: inspiring hope
Derived terms: hopefully
hopeful monster
hopefulness
nonhopeful
unhopeful
hopeful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊpfl̩/
ipa: /ˈhoʊpfl̩/
Forms: form: hopefuls
form: hopefull
Etymology: From hope + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
text: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and several other Republican presidential hopefuls spent Tuesday in New Hampshire, while Mike Pence, the former vice president, was in Iowa.
ref: 2023 April 7, Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa, “The Republican Who Didn’t Campaign on Independence Day? Trump.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
interstice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɜː.stɪs/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɚ.stəs/
Forms: form: interstices
Etymology: From late Middle English interstice, from Old French interstice or directly from Latin interstitium (“a space between, gap, interval”), ultimately from intersistere (“to stand in between, to stop in the middle”), from inter- + sistere (“to stand, to stop”).
Senses: examples: 1887, Osborne Reynolds, Experiments showing Dilatancy, in Notices of the Proceedings, Volume 11, Royal Institution of Great Britain, page 360,
The tide leaves the sand, though apparently dry on the surface, with all its interstices perfectly full of water which is kept up to the surface of the sand by capillary attraction; at the same time the water is percolating through the sand from the sands above where the capillary action is not sufficient to hold the water. When the foot falls on this water-saturated sand it tends to change its shape, but it cannot do this without enlarging the interstices—without drawing in more water. This is a work of time, so that the foot is gone again before the sand has yielded.
glosses: A small opening or space between objects, especially adjacent objects or objects set closely together, such as between cords in a rope, components of a multiconductor electrical cable or atoms in a crystal.
examples: text: Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.
ref: 2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, “Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2014:
glosses: A fragment of space.
glosses: An interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order.
glosses: A small interval of time free to be spent on activities other than one's primary goal.
Synonyms: sense: small opening or space between objects
word: chink
word: crack
word: cranny
word: crevice
word: fissure
word: gap
word: interstitial space
word: slit
word: interspace
word: hole
Derived terms: intersticed
Related terms: interstitial
interstition
interstitium
xiphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪfɔɪd/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξιφοειδής (xiphoeidḗs, “sword-shaped”).
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a sword, ensiform.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the xiphoid process (also called xiphisternum).
Derived terms: chondroxiphoid
costoxiphoid
subxiphoid
transxiphoid
xiphoidal
xiphoidalgia
xiphoidian
xiphoiditis
xiphoid process
xiphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪfɔɪd/
Forms: form: xiphoids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξιφοειδής (xiphoeidḗs, “sword-shaped”).
Senses: examples: text: In Asian pangolins the xiphoids are shorter[…]
ref: 2000, Kurt Schwenk, Feeding: Form, Function and Evolution in Tetrapod Vertebrates, page 466:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The xiphoid process.
Typhon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪfɒn/
ipa: /ˈtaɪfən/
rhymes: -aɪfən
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The most powerful and feared of all Greek monsters, having the head, arms, and torso of a man, and his bottom half consisting of countless dragons or serpents. Some stories also say that his hands ended in serpents and that he bears 100 heads. He is shrouded in giant wings, his eyes blaze a white fire, and his arms reach towards the stars.
wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher
Oedipus Aegyptiacus
tyrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪɹənt/
rhymes: -aɪɹənt
Forms: form: tyran
Etymology: From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: He was most tirant & cruell of all emperours.
ref: c. 1530, John Rastell, Pastyme of People:
text: Thus must I from the smoake into the smother,
From tyrant Duke, vnto a tyrant Brother.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], line 278:
text: ...a reconciliation between our no longer parent state, but tyrant state, and these colonies.
ref: 1775, Abigail Adams, letter in Familiar Letters of John Adams and his wife Abigail Adams, during the Revolution (1876), 124
glosses: Tyrannical, tyrannous; like, characteristic of, or in the manner of a tyrant.
tyrant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtaɪɹənt/
rhymes: -aɪɹənt
Forms: form: tyrants
form: tyranting
form: tyranted
form: tyranted
form: tyran
Etymology: From Middle English tyraunt, tiraunt, tyrant, tyrante, from Old French tyrant, from the addition of a terminal -t to tiran (cp. French tyran) via a back-formation related to the development of French present participles out of the Latin -ans form, from Latin tyrannus (“despot”), from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos, “usurper, monarch, despot”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: Let thy judgment be king, but not tyrant over it
ref: a. 1661, Thomas Fuller, Of Fancy:
glosses: To act like a tyrant; to be tyrannical.
glosses: To tyrannize.
xanthous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzæn.θəs/
rhymes: -ænθəs
Etymology: From xanth- + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Absorbent fatty xanthous histiocytes and xanthous granulations are observed in the marginal area of necrosis of the fatty tissue[…]
ref: 1983, Dorothea Liebermann-Meffert et al., The Greater Omentum, page 131:
glosses: Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
examples: text: The xanthous variety springs up out of every black-haired race.
ref: 1841, James Cowles Prichard et al., Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind, page 227:
text: […] the xanthous, or fair class, comprises those who have brown, auburn, yellow, flaxen, or red hair; […]
ref: 1842, James Laurie, System of Universal Geography: Founded on the Works of Malte-Brun and Balbi, London: Stevenson & Co., page 106:
topics: anthropology
ethnology
human-sciences
sciences
antonyms: leucous
melanous
glosses: Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.
Related terms: xanthic
tyranny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪɹəni/
ipa: /ˈtaɪɹəni/
ipa: /ˈtɪəɹəni/
rhymes: -ɪɹəni
Forms: form: tyrannies
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tirannye, from Old French tyrannie, from Medieval Latin tyrannia, tyrania, from Ancient Greek τυραννία (turannía, “tyranny”), from τύραννος (túrannos, “lord, master, sovereign, tyrant”).
Senses: glosses: A government in which a single ruler (a tyrant) has absolute power, or this system of government; especially, one that acts cruelly and unjustly.
glosses: The office or jurisdiction of an absolute ruler.
glosses: Absolute power, or its use.
examples: text: He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle,
Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie,
Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie:
What will he doe ſupported by a king?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
text: Control, dispossession, violence, and tyranny are not “defensive”: they are part of an organized, ongoing aggression.
ref: 2019 April 28, Hagai El-Ad, “What kind of democracy deports human rights workers?”, in Yoni Molad, transl., +972 Magazine:
glosses: A system of government in which power is exercised on behalf of the ruler or ruling class, without regard to the wishes of the governed.
glosses: Extreme severity or rigour.
Synonyms: topics: government
word: autocracy
topics: government
word: despotism
topics: government
word: dictatorship
topics: government
word: absolute monarchy
topics: government
word: tyranthood
Hyponyms: topics: government
word: absolute monarchy
topics: government
word: benevolent absolutism
topics: government
word: enlightened absolutism
topics: government
word: enlightened despotism
Derived terms: anarcho-tyranny
tyrannical
tyranny of the majority
tyranny of the masses
Related terms: tyrant
autocracy
monarchy
trauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɔː.mə/
ipa: /ˈtɹaʊ.mə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɔ.mə/
ipa: /ˈtɹɑ.mə/
rhymes: -ɔːmə
rhymes: -aʊmə
Forms: form: traumas
form: traumata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τραῦμα (traûma, “wound, damage”).
Senses: examples: text: Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
ref: 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:
synonyms: insult
glosses: Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
examples: text: Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
ref: 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian:
text: And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr. Avigail Lev, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bay Area CBT Center in San Francisco.
ref: 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
glosses: An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
glosses: An event that causes great distress.
Derived terms: atelectrauma
barotrauma
biotrauma
dialytrauma
geotrauma
macrotrauma
microtrauma
monotrauma
multitrauma
myotrauma
neurotrauma
nontrauma
oxytrauma
phonotrauma
polytrauma
posttrauma
psychotrauma
rape trauma syndrome
rheotrauma
suspension trauma
trauma centre
traumacore
trauma dump
trauma dumping
trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy
trauma focused cognitive behavioural therapy
traumagenic
trauma incidence reduction
trauma-informed
traumaless
trauma naked
trauma plate
traumascape
trauma scissors
trauma shears
traumatic
traumatise
traumatize
traumatism
traumatology
tragedy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɛdi/
ipa: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪdi/
Forms: form: tragedies
form: tragœdy
form: tragoedy
form: tragœdie
form: tragoedie
form: tragedie
Etymology: From the Middle English tragedie, from the Old French tragedie, from the Latin tragoedia, from the Ancient Greek τραγῳδία (tragōidía, “epic play, tragedy”), from τράγος (trágos, “male goat”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”), possibly a reference to the goat-satyrs of the theatrical plays of the Dorians, or according to Beekes possibly to a goat given as prize, though the etymology remains uncertain.
Senses: antonyms: comedy
glosses: A drama or similar work, in which the main character is brought to ruin or otherwise suffers the extreme consequences of some tragic flaw or weakness of character.
antonyms: comedy
glosses: The genre of such works, and the art of producing them.
examples: text: “The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas.[…]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: […] last month's flooding in the Buffalo Creek Valley […]. The tragedy took more than one hundred lives[…]
ref: 2015 August 25, Julia Keller, Last Ragged Breath: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 153:
text: After the terrible tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911, which killed 146 New York garment workers, proper fire drilling was considered a necessity.
ref: 2015, Alison Matthews David, Fashion Victims: The Damages of Dress Past and Present, →ISBN, page 142:
glosses: A disastrous event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury.
Derived terms: comedy and tragedy
comedy equals tragedy plus time
revenge tragedy
tragedy mask
tragedy of the commons
Related terms: tragedeigh
tragedian
tragic
tragicomedy
tragifarce
therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: thĕrʹə-pē
ipa: /ˈθɛɹ.ə.pi/
ipa: /ˈθɜɹ.ə.pi/
Forms: form: therapies
form: therapying
form: therapied
form: therapied
Etymology: From New Latin therapīa, from Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “I serve, treat medically”) + -ία (-ía, suffix for forming abstract nouns).
Senses: examples: text: As is the case for therapying ectopic ACTH production, very high serum cortisol levels necessitate adrenolytic therapy with o,p'DDD (mitotane), metopirone, or aminogluthetimide.
ref: 1998, Ursula Rüther, Paraneoplastic syndromes, page 5:
text: There was no cytogenetic damage to the therapied or non-therapied regions in the buccal mucosa cells, as determined cytomorphologically.
ref: 2012, Cells—Advances in Research and Application: 2012 Edition, page 579:
text: I was therapying her for some gene-based subroutine screwups that prevented easeful sexuality.
ref: 2014, Greg Bear, Queen of Angels:
glosses: To treat with a therapy.
examples: text: Therapy has almost eliminated violence, and people are divided into groups — the "therapied" and the "un-therapied."
ref: 1992, Talking Book Topics, page 35:
text: After a few years of talking about musicking, healthing, therapying, and so forth, most of us will have enough, I assume, and will not necessarily be in a new place.
ref: 2002, Brynjulf Stige, Culture-centered music therapy, page 101:
text: In the mail were: $9 in orders for Eating at Arby's; a delightful New Wave story by Susan Mernit, who's finishing one novel and working on the next, all while adjuncting, therapying, and getting ready to divorce Spencer (though she doesn't know that yet); The Village Voice; a BC Alumni Association Board of Directors notice; and a xerox of a review of George's Modern Times.
ref: 2011, Richard Grayson, West Side Summers, page 5:
glosses: To undergo a therapy.
Theodore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiː.əˌdɔː/
ipa: /ˈθi.əˌdɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Etymology: From Latin Theodorus, from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros), from Θεός (Theós, “God”) and θεός (theós, “god”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The name was popularized in reference to the prominent St Theodore of Amasea. Unrelated to Theodoric.
Senses: examples: text: It is as well certainly not to call a parcel of idle and ragged young rogues by the titles of Augustus, Orlando, and Theodore: nor does it sound very fitting and heroical to hear a father cry out pompously to his little boy, as we did once, - "You, Sir, there, - Maximilian,- come out of the gutter."
ref: 1820 February 9, Leigh Hunt, “Names”, in The Indicator, number XVIII:
text: 'Perfect. What name are we going to give him?'
'Theo.'
'Oh.'
'As in Theodore.'
'Isn't that rather a...?' He stopped. Smiled at her again. 'Why Theodore?'
'I like it. And it suits him. Maybe because it contains the sound 'adore'.'
ref: 2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 234:
glosses: A male given name from Latin and Ancient Greek; the name of a saint, pope, several emperors, etc.
Derived terms: TR
Related terms: sense: pet forms
word: Ted
sense: pet forms
word: Tedd
sense: pet forms
word: Teddie
sense: pet forms
word: Teddy
sense: pet forms
word: Theo
sense: feminine forms
word: Theodora
word: Bogdan
word: Bohdan
word: Božidar