cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
premises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛmɪsɪz/
ipa: /ˈpɹɛməsɪz/
ipa: /ˈpɹemɪsɪz/
ipa: /ˈpɹeməsəz/
Senses: examples: text: The caretaker lives on the premises.
glosses: Land, and all the built structures on it, especially when considered as a single place.
topics: law
glosses: The subject of a conveyance or deed.
examples: text: […] ſhe charges her to put him to it as a virgin ought to do; and farther, that as ſoon as he entered the premiſes, with fome feigned reluctancy on her part, muſt fall into a fainting ſhriek, as if ſhe had fallen into a cold water in a hot fit.
ref: 1683, The Fifteen Comforts of Matrimony, London: […] H. Woodgate and S. Brooks, […], published 1760, pages 81–82:
synonyms: word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
glosses: The vagina.
Derived terms: licensed premises
off-premises
on-premise
on the premises
servient premises
sex-on-premises venue
salesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salesmen
Etymology: From sales + -man.
Senses: examples: text: There was an auto salesman in here yesterday that claimed you could always tell a fellow's class by the car he drove, but I says to him, 'Don't be silly,' I says; 'the wisenheimers grab a look at a fellow's nails when they want to tell if he's a tin-horn or a real gent!"'
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “24”, in Babbitt:
text: Would you say it was fair to describe these salesmen that were in your crews as dynamiters, or suede shoe salesmen?
ref: 1954, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency. Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs, FHA Investigation: Hearings, page 2397:
coordinate_terms: saleswoman
glosses: A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
Hypernyms: salesperson
seller
vendor
Derived terms: door-to-door salesman
inside salesman
nonsalesman
salesmanish
salesmanlike
salesmanly
salesmanship
snake oil salesman
suede-shoe salesman
supersalesman
supersalesmanship
telesalesman
travelling salesman
travelling salesman problem
unsalesmanlike
travelling salesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling salesmen
form: traveling salesman
Senses: glosses: A man who travels, often within a certain territory, soliciting orders or selling goods.
Synonyms: word: commercial traveller
word: drummer
Derived terms: travelling salesman problem
travelling salesman problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelling-salesman problem
form: traveling salesman problem
form: traveling-salesman problem
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The problem in combinatorial optimization in which, given a number of cities and the costs of travelling from one to the other, it is required to determine the cheapest route that visits each city once and then returns to the initial city.
Related terms: word: dial-a-ride problem
word: Hamiltonian path
urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TravelingSalesmanProblem.html
word: MathWorld article on the travelling salesman problem
allspice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allspices
Etymology: From all + spice, as it was thought to combine the flavors of various other spices.
Senses: glosses: A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
glosses: Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
Synonyms: sense: spice
word: pimento
sense: tree
word: Jamaica pepper
Derived terms: word: allspiced
taxonomic: Calycanthus floridus
word: Carolina allspice
asafoetida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə/
Forms: form: asafoetidas
form: asafetida
form: asfetida
form: assafetida
form: assa-fetida
form: assafoetida
form: assa-fœtida
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).
Senses: examples: text: Nigh Whormoot are Duzgun, Laztan-De, and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.
ref: 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II:
text: CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
text: The smell, too, is often perverted—Parosmia. The author was formerly acquainted with a lady, who scented her snuff with the tincture of assafœtida.
ref: 1842, Robley Dunglison, “Of the Neuroses”, in The Practice of Medicine; or, A Treatise on Special Pathology and Therapeutics. […], volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, book VI (Diseases of the Nervous System), page 280:
text: half-a-dozen huge bread pills, dipped in a solution of aloes or cinnamon water, flavoured with assafœtida, which in the case of the dyspeptic rich often suffice [...].
ref: 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 54:
text: For black magic, assafœtida, garlic, dragon's blood, sulphur, and such-like vile-smelling concoctions were used.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
text: The letter she sent me stank of assafoetida or devil’s dung. I was charmed.
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man In Deptford:
synonyms: asant
hing
devil's dung
stinking gum
glosses: A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
caraway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæɹəˌweɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹəˌweɪ/
Forms: form: caraways
Etymology: From Middle English caraway, carewey, carwey, from Medieval Latin carui, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā), via Aramaic from Ancient Greek καρώ (karṓ), κάρον (káron, “caraway”).
Senses: examples: text: Caraway has a reputed aphrodisiac virtue. It is frequently mentioned in Oriental love manuals.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:
glosses: A biennial plant of species Carum carvi, native to Europe and Asia, mainly grown for its seed to be used as a culinary spice.
glosses: The seed-like fruit of the caraway plant.
examples: text: I'll eat her marchpane and her caraways
ref: 1897, Imogen Clark, Will Shakespeare's Little Lad:
text: the housewife of today can surely match the skill of those of three centuries ago and make "caraways” or cheesecakes
ref: 1916, The Country Gentleman:
glosses: A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.
Synonyms: Persian cumin
Derived terms: black caraway
caraway seed bread
caraway thyme
cassia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæsiə/
Forms: form: cassias
form: cassiæ
Etymology: From Latin cassia (“cinnamon”), from Ancient Greek κασσία, κασία, κάσια (kassía, kasía, kásia), from Hebrew קְצִיעָה (qəṣīʿā), from Aramaic קְצִיעֲתָא (qəṣīʿătā), from קְצַע (qṣaʿ, “to cut off”). Compare Kezia.
Senses: glosses: The spice made from the bark of members of the genus Cinnamomum other than true cinnamon (C. verum), when they are distinguished from cinnamon.
examples: text: The Daughters of the Flood have ſearch'd the Mead / For Violets pale, and cropt the Poppy's Head: / The Short Narciſſus and fair Daffodil, / Pancies to pleaſe the Sight, and Caſſia ſvveet to ſmell: […]
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Second Pastoral. Or, Alexis.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Such trees themselves, particularly the Chinese cinnamon, Cinnamomum cassia.
glosses: Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Cassia.
glosses: Any of several tropical leguminous plants, of the genus Senna.
qualifier: mistranslation from Chinese
glosses: The sweet osmanthus (O. fragrans).
Derived terms: Batavia cassia
Chinese cassia
Indonesian cassia
purging cassia
Vietnamese cassia
endive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndaɪv/
ipa: /ɒnˈdiːv/
ipa: /ˈɛndaɪv/
ipa: /ˈɛndɪv/
ipa: /ˈɒndiːv/
rhymes: (US) -iːv
Forms: form: endives
form: endyve
Etymology: From Middle French endive, from Medieval Latin endivia or Italian indivia or endivia, from Late Latin intibus.
Senses: examples: text: When all this is ready, take some endive and Dutch lettuce, some chervil and celery, wash and drain them very well, cut them small, put them into a saucepan, and pour some of the broth upon them […]
ref: 1787, Charlotte Mason, The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table, page 192:
text: Take the three heads of endive out of the water, drain them, and leave the largest whole.
ref: 1805, William Augustus Henderson, The Housekeeper's Instructor, Or, Universal Family Cook, page 110:
text: Broad leaved, green curled or white curled, the endive plants are good; the green sorts, on account of their coolness and their plentiful salts, are esteemed for the salad bowl, and the white-curled sorts are liked for soups, stews and as boiled vegetables.
ref: 1915 August 28, Marion Harris Neil, “When Lettus is Scarce”, in The Country Gentleman, volume 80, page 1379:
text: Endive, like a number of similar plants, is both esculent and reputed to have some aphrodisiac property.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 83:
text: Endive and escarole are the same vegetable, but endive has leaves that are cut and curled, while escarole has smooth, broad leaves.
ref: 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables, page 146:
glosses: A leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
Hyponyms: sense: Cichorium endivia
word: curly endive
sense: Cichorium endivia
word: escarole
sense: Cichorium endivia
word: frisée lettuce
sense: Cichorium endivia
word: frisée
sense: Cichorium endivia
word: broad-leaved endive
Derived terms: Belgian endive
French endive
garden endive
green endive
wild endive
Related terms: escarole
coriander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒɹiˈændə/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹiˌændɚ/
ipa: /ˌkɔɹiˈændɚ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kɵrɪˈjaɳɖə(r)/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Forms: form: corianders
Etymology: From Middle English coriandre, from Anglo-Norman coriandre, from Old French corïandre, from Latin coriandrum, from Ancient Greek κορίανδρον (koríandron), of uncertain origin. Doublet of cilantro.
cognates, etc.
Compare Ancient Greek κορίαννον (koríannon), κορίαμβλον (koríamblon), Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀪𐁀𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-a2-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-ja-da-na), 𐀒𐀪𐀊𐀈𐀜 (ko-ri-ja-do-no), 𐀒𐀪𐀍𐀅𐀙 (ko-ri-jo-da-na), Akkadian 𒌑𒄷𒌷𒌝 (^úḫurium) Aramaic כסברה (kusbara, “coriander”), Classical Syriac ܟܽܘܣܒܰܪܬܳܐ (kūsbartā, “coriander”) and Arabic كُزْبَرَة (kuzbara).
Beekes supposes that cluster -dn- implies a Pre-Greek word, and hypothesizes that *koriaⁿdro- may have dissimilated to *koriaⁿdno-.
Senses: examples: text: The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 253:
text: Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination. Also vinegar, dried coriander, potassium bromide, cocaine, vervain, acid drinks, lemonade.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 11:
glosses: The annual herb Coriandrum sativum, used in many cuisines.
glosses: The dried fruits thereof, used as a spice.
Synonyms: sense: herb
word: Chinese parsley
sense: spice
word: coriander seeds
word: dhania
Meronyms: sense: Coriandum sativum
english: the leaves, when fresh
translation: the leaves, when fresh
word: cilantro
sense: Coriandum sativum
word: in other dialects
sense: Coriandum sativum
word: this
sense: Coriandum sativum
word: too
sense: Coriandum sativum
word: like the rest of the plant
sense: Coriandum sativum
word: is called coriander
Derived terms: word: Bolivian coriander
word: Burmese coriander
word: coriandered
word: coriander seed
word: Lao coriander
word: Mexican coriander
word: sawtooth coriander
word: spiny coriander
taxonomic: Persicaria odorata
word: Vietnamese coriander
cumin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːmɪn/
ipa: /ˈkʌmɪn/
enpr: kyo͞oʹmĭn
enpr: kŭmʹĭn
ipa: /ˈkumɪn/
ipa: /ˈkjumɪn/
ipa: /ˈkʌmɪn/
ipa: /ˈkʊmɪn/
enpr: ko͞oʹmĭn
rhymes: -ʌmɪn
rhymes: -uːmɪn
Forms: form: cumins
Etymology: From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /⁠kamūnu⁠/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway.
Senses: examples: text: Cumin is native to the region from the eastern Mediterranean to India.
glosses: The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
examples: text: Cumin was often an ingredient of such love potions since it produced the effect of retention in whoever ate it.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 269:
coordinate_terms: caraway
glosses: Its aromatic long seed, used as a spice, notably in Indian, Middle Eastern, and Mexican cookery.
Derived terms: black cumin
cuminic
cuminol
cuminseed
Persian cumin
Related terms: ground
fennel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛnəl/
rhymes: -ɛnəl
Forms: form: fennels
Etymology: From the Middle English fenel, from the late Old English finuðl, finule (weak feminine forms); fenol, finul (masculine forms), from Proto-West Germanic *fenukl, from the Vulgar Latin *fēnuclum, fēnoclum, from Late Latin fēnuculum, from the Classical Latin faeniculum, a diminutive form of faenum (“hay”); compare the Italian finocchio, the Occitan fenolh, the French fenouil, and the Spanish hinojo. Doublet of finocchio and finook.
Senses: glosses: A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The seeds of the fennel plant used as a spice in cooking.
Synonyms: sweet anise
Derived terms: word: bronze fennel
word: dogfennel
word: dog fennel
word: fennel-flower
word: fennelflower
word: Florence fennel
word: giant fennel
word: hog fennel
word: hog’s fennel
taxonomic: Carum carvi
word: meridian fennel
word: sea fennel
word: sweet fennel
word: water fennel
fenugreek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛnjʊˌɡɹiːk/
ipa: /ˈfɛnjəˌɡɹiːk/
Forms: form: fenugreeks
Etymology: From Middle English fenygreke, fenegrek, from Old French fenugrec, fengrec, from Latin foenum-graecum, from foenum (“hay”, variant of faenum) + graecum (“Greek”, neuter form of graecus), literally “Greek hay”.
Senses: examples: text: Fenugreek plant was introduced to Central Europe by Benedictine monks, and it is promoted in the 9th century by Charlemagne. It was grown extensively in the imperial gardens of Charlemagne (Popova, 2017).
ref: 2019, Muhammad Asif Hanif, Medicinal Plants of South Asia, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 260:
glosses: Any of the species leguminous plant, Trigonella foenum-graecum, eaten as a vegetable and with seeds used as a spice.
examples: text: Fenugreek’s nutritional and tonic properties have also been tapped since ancient times. […] Fenugreek-based preparations stimulate the appetite and promote weight gain in people with anemia, anorexia, tuberculosis or asthenia.
ref: 2000, B. Dave Oomah, Herbs, Botanicals and Teas, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 110:
synonyms: methi
glosses: The seeds of this plant, used as a spice (especially in Indian and Thai cooking).
Derived terms: blue fenugreek
sweet fenugreek
galangal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈlæŋɡəl/
Forms: form: galangals
form: galingale
form: galanga
Etymology: From Middle English galyngale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 /高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 /姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).
Senses: examples: text: The refreshing aroma of galangal acts in combination with and as a contrast to lemongrass in many recipes in this book.
ref: 2008, Carol Selva Rajah, David Thompson, Heavenly Fragrance, page 144:
text: Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”.
ref: 2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Any of several east Asian plants of genera Alpinia and Kaempferia in the ginger family, used as a spice, but principally Alpinia galanga.
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Alpinia galanga
word: greater galangal
taxonomic: Alpinia officinarum
word: lesser galangal
liquorice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/
Forms: form: liquorices
Etymology: From licorice by association with liquor.
Senses: glosses: UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa standard spelling of licorice.
Derived terms: black liquorice
deglycyrrhizinated liquorice
Indian liquorice
Indian licorice
liquorice allsort
liquorice allsorts
licorice allsorts
liquorice extract
licorice extract
liquorice root
licorice root
liquorice stick
liquorice wheel
liquoricey
red liquorice
red licorice
salty liquorice
liquorice allsorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: licorice allsorts
Senses: glosses: A confection made of liquorice, coconut and aniseed.
licorice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈlɪ.k(ə).ɹɪs/
Forms: form: licorices
form: liquorice
form: usage notes
Etymology: From Middle English lycorys, from Old French licoresse, from Late Latin liquiritia, alteration of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza): γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) (English glucose, English rhizome). Doublet of glycyrrhiza.
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Glycyrrhiza glabra, or sometimes in North America, the related American licorice plant Glycyrrhiza lepidota.
synonyms: word: sugarallie
glosses: A type of candy made from that plant's dried root or its extract.
glosses: A black color, named after the licorice.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavoring agent made from dried root portions of the aforementioned plant.
glosses: A supposed aphrodisiac made in the past from dried roots of Glycyrrhiza glabra and Glycyrrhiza echinata.
Derived terms: black licorice
deglycyrrhizinated licorice
Indian licorice
licorice allsorts
licorice extract
licorice milkvetch
licorice mint
licorice pizza
licorice root
licorice stick
licorice wheel
licoricey
liquorice allsorts
red licorice
salty licorice
wild licorice
Related terms: crab's eye
Pontefract cake
rosary pea
sambuca
allsorts
firmware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From firm + -ware, coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Software that is intended for such embedded computer applications.
Derived terms: firmware engineer
ultrametamorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + metamorphic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ultrametamorphosis.
escapee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛsˌkeɪˈpi/
ipa: /əˈskeɪˌpi/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: escapees
form: escapée
Etymology: From escape + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Someone who has become free through escaping imprisonment.
glosses: Someone who has escaped.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant that has escaped from cultivation.
Synonyms: sense: someone who has escaped
word: escaper
Related terms: escape
conserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏn'sû(r)v
ipa: /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/
rhymes: -ɒnsɜː(ɹ)v
Forms: form: conserves
Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.
Senses: glosses: Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
examples: text: I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
ref: 1709 August 22 (Gregorian calendar), Isaac Bickerstaff [et al., pseudonyms; Richard Steele et al.], “Thursday, August 11, 1709”, in The Tatler, number 53; republished in [Richard Steele], editor, The Tatler, […], London stereotype edition, volume I, London: I. Walker and Co.; […], 1822, →OCLC:
glosses: A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
glosses: A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
examples: text: water[…]alwayes placed in the Conserve
ref: c. 1700, John Evelyn, Elysium Britannicum:
glosses: A conservatory.
conserve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: kən-sû(r)v'
ipa: /kənˈsɜː(ɹ)v/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
Forms: form: conserves
form: conserving
form: conserved
form: conserved
Etymology: From Middle English conserven, from Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.
Senses: examples: text: to conserve fruits with sugar
text: the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor
ref: 1721, John Strype, Ecclesiastical Memorials; Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of It, and the Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. and Queen Mary the First. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] John Wyat, […], →OCLC:
text: Also the Russian lines over which these locomotives run pass through long stretches of waterless country, where the only alternative to hauling additional water-tank wagons is to conserve the water supply by condensing.
ref: 1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Condensing Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:
glosses: To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
examples: text: Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
glosses: To protect an environment, heritage, etc.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To remain unchanged during a process
Derived terms: conservancy
conservative
conservatory
conserved sequence
conserveness
hyperconserve
nonconserving
reconserve
unconserving
antepenultimate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/
ipa: /ˌæntɪpənˈʌltɪmət/
ipa: /ˌæntəpənˈʌltəmət/
Forms: form: antepaenultimate
form: antepænultimate
Etymology: From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).
Senses: examples: text: This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.
text: […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
ref: 1677, Robert Plot, “Of the Heavens and Air”, in The natural history of Oxford-shire: Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England, page 15:
glosses: Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
Synonyms: peripenultimate
prepenultimate
propenultimate
third last
third to last
triultimate
Coordinate terms: sense: adjectives denoting syllables
english: last
translation: last
word: ultimate
sense: adjectives denoting syllables
english: last but one
translation: last but one
word: penultimate
sense: adjectives denoting syllables
english: last but three
translation: last but three
word: preantepenultimate
sense: adjectives denoting syllables
english: last but four
translation: last but four
word: propreantepenultimate
Derived terms: antepenultimately
antepenultimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/
ipa: /ˌæntɪpənˈʌltɪmət/
ipa: /ˌæntəpənˈʌltəmət/
Forms: form: antepenultimates
form: antepaenultimate
form: antepænultimate
Etymology: From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).
Senses: glosses: The third before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)
examples: text: The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.
synonyms: antepenult
glosses: The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.
Related terms: penultimate
preantepenultimate
propreantepenultimate
ultimate
simple machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simple machines
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.
Synonyms: word: simple machine
Hyponyms: word: lever
word: pulley
word: screw
word: wedge
word: wheel and axle
word: inclined plane
Related terms: word: :Category:Simple machines
kinetic energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinetic energies
Senses: examples: text: As on Nos. 20001-3, the motor and generator armature shafts of the new locomotive each carry a heavy flywheel to provide kinetic energy and help maintain the speed of the motor-generator set during interruptions of supply, as at breaks in the continuity of the conductor rail.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 123:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy possessed by an object because of its motion, equal (nonrelativistically) to one half the mass of the body times the square of its speed.
examples: text: Reeves' action moves and his sincerity, even when Wick is at his most stern, perfectly capture the blend of emotion and kinetic energy that define the films.
ref: 2023 March 14, Caryn James, “John Wick: Chapter 4: 'Soars above most action films'”, in BBC:
glosses: Energetic fast-paced activity.
Hypernyms: energy
Hyponyms: eddy kinetic energy
zonal kinetic energy
Related terms: potential energy
sequitur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛ.kwə.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɛ.kwə.tʊɹ/
Forms: form: sequiturs
form: sequuntur
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sequitur (“it follows”), the third person form of sequor (“I follow”).
Senses: examples: text: He is accordingly in haste to show that it was not kept on shore; for, if so, ‘some trace would be found on shore of the murderers’. I presume you smile at the sequitur.
ref: 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
glosses: A logical conclusion or consequence of facts.
Related terms: agere sequitur esse
dreck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
Forms: form: drek
Etymology: From Yiddish דרעק (drek, “dirt, crap”), from Middle High German drek, from Old High German *threc (in mūsthrec), from Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Compare Cimbrian drèkh (“excrement, manure”), Dutch drek (“dung; semi-liquid filth; mud”), German Dreck (“dirt; filth”), Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, the conversation soon turned into a late-night freshman-year dorm-room debate, as he stumbled into a controversy of his own making by using Holocaust deniers and their appalling falsehoods as an example of how much dreck should be allowed on the platform.
ref: 2018 August 2, Kara Swisher, “The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: crap
word: junk
word: trash
word: cultch
word: crap
word: debris
word: dreck
word: drek
word: garbage
word: junk
word: litter
word: pelf
word: piece of crap
word: piece of garbage
word: piece of shit
word: pile of crap
word: pile of shit
word: piece of trash
word: rubbish
word: refuse
word: roughage
word: service item
word: shit
word: stuff
word: trash
word: waste
glosses: trash; worthless merchandise.
Derived terms: dreckish
dreckitude
dreckness
drecky
remittance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɪtəns/
Forms: form: remittances
Etymology: From remit + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: remittance advice
translation: a letter informing that an invoice has been paid
english: a letter informing that an invoice has been paid
glosses: The act of sending money to someone.
glosses: Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country.
examples: text: It had been built on remittances, Lamin told me, sent back by a local young man who had been doing well, driving a cab in Amsterdam, until his luck changed and the money abruptly stopped.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: Money sent by a foreign worker back to their home country.
Derived terms: remittance man
remittance woman
Related terms: money order
recipient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
Forms: form: recipients
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Senses: examples: text: the recipient of money or goods
text: My e-mail never reached the intended recipient.
text: And it [bribery and fraud] didn't stop there. Both Sir Winston Churchill and later Labour leader Michael Foot were allegedly regular recipients of private cheques that would have seen them summarily sacked in this present age of transparency.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 52:
synonyms: addressee
glosses: One who receives.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A person receiving donor organs or tissues.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The portion of an alembic or other still in which the distilled liquid is collected.
Synonyms: word: accepter
word: accipient
word: acquirer
word: getter
word: obtainer
word: procurer
word: receiver
word: recipient
word: securer
Hypernyms: word: person
Hyponyms: word: borrower
word: purchaser
word: taker
Related terms: word: receiving
word: receive
recipient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈsɪp.i.ənt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).
Senses: glosses: receiving
wazzup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wassup.
paprika
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈpɹiːkə/
ipa: /pæpˈɹiːkə/
ipa: /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
ipa: /pəˈpɹiːkə/
ipa: /pæpˈɹiːkə/
ipa: /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
rhymes: -iːkə
Forms: form: paprikas
form: paprica
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
Senses: examples: text: As a condiment in food, paprika is reputed to be strongly aphrodisiac.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56:
text: California is taking the lead, producing a paprika that is more standardized and more uniformly available than the European growers offer.
ref: 1995, Jean Andrews, Peppers: The Domesticated Capsicums, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Powdered spice made from dried and ground fruits of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper (cultivars of Capsicum annuum), or mixtures of these (used especially in Hungarian cooking).
examples: text: Using the trio of paprikas gives more flavour than you'd get using a single paprika.
ref: 2011, Heidi Swan, Super Natural Evey Day, →ISBN:
glosses: A variety of the spice.
examples: text: strings of red paprikas hang outside to dry in the autumn
ref: 2003, Jonathan Bousfield, Rough Guide to Croatia, →ISBN, page 123:
qualifier: commonly called "dried [bell/chilli] peppers" or "dried capsicums"
glosses: A dried but not yet ground fruit of sweet pepper (bell pepper) or chili pepper sold for use as a spice.
glosses: A bright reddish orange colour resembling that of the ground spice.
Derived terms: paprika paste
Spanish paprika
paprika
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈpɹiːkə/
ipa: /pæpˈɹiːkə/
ipa: /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
ipa: /pəˈpɹiːkə/
ipa: /pæpˈɹiːkə/
ipa: /ˈpæpɹɪkə/
rhymes: -iːkə
Forms: form: more paprika
form: most paprika
form: paprica
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Indo-Aryan; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”). Akin to paprikash.
Senses: glosses: Of a bright reddish orange colour, like that of the dried paprika.
Related terms: goulash
pepper
pimiento
tamarind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæməɹɪnd/
Forms: form: tamarinds
Etymology: From Late Middle English thamarynde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy, literally “Indian date”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A tropical tree, Tamarindus indica.
examples: text: Currently, the Palestinian territories are being featured, and the menu boasts treats like maftoul (a garlicky chicken and couscous dish) and tamar Hindi (chilled tamarind juice with rose water).
ref: 2015 April 30, Jordan Bissell, “10 wacky U.S. restaurants”, in CNN:
text: He began to crack tamarinds, pulling out the pod flesh, adding sugar and black pepper from his palms.
ref: 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 253:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The fruit of this tree; the pulp is used as spice in Asian cooking and in Worcestershire sauce.
glosses: Other similar species:
Diploglottis australis, native tamarind, a rainforest tree of Eastern Australia.
glosses: Other similar species:
Garcinia gummi-gutta, Malabar tamarind, native to Indonesia.
glosses: Other similar species:
A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
glosses: A dark brown color, like that of tamarind pulp (also called tamarind brown).
Derived terms: monkey tamarind
tamarind fish
Worcestershire sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊstə(ɹ)ʃə(ɹ)ˈsɔːs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɚ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwɝʃtəʃɚ ˈsɔs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɚ ˈsɑs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɑs/
ipa: /ˈwʊs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɑs/
ipa: /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃɪɹ ˈsɑs/
ipa: /ˈwɪs.tɚ.ʃaɪɚ ˈsɑs/
ipa: /ˈwɝʃtəʃɚ ˈsɑs/
Forms: form: Worcestershire sauces
form: wash your sister sauce
Senses: glosses: An English condiment made with vinegar, onions, garlic, etc.; a thin piquant sauce used as a table sauce, to flavour casseroles etc. and as an ingredient in Bloody Marys.
Synonyms: Worcester sauce
salvia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsælvɪə/
ipa: /ˈsælviə/
Forms: form: salvias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Salvia, in turn from Latin salvia (“sage”). Doublet of sage.
Senses: examples: text: But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.
ref: 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
glosses: A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
glosses: A plant in the genus Salvia, such as sage.
Salvia divinorum, a plant used for its hallucinogenic properties; diviner's sage.
Derived terms: red salvia
bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
enpr: bâr'ĭng
ipa: /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear
bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛə̯ɹɪŋ/
enpr: bâr'ĭng
ipa: /ˈbɛɹɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English beringe, berynge, berende, berande, berand, from Old English berende (“bearing; fruitful”) (also as synonym Old English bǣrende), from Proto-Germanic *berandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear; carry”), equivalent to bear + -ing.
Senses: examples: a gift-bearing visitor
glosses: That bears (some specified thing).
examples: text: That's a bearing wall.
glosses: Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
Derived terms: apple-bearing
armsbearing
casebearing
child-bearing
childbearing
coal-bearing
cupbearing
death-bearing
everbearing
flower-bearing
fruit-bearing
furbearing
fur-bearing trout
gold-bearing
horn-bearing
interest-bearing
leafbearing
life-bearing
light-bearing
livebearing
load-bearing
metalbearing
nonbearing
omnibearing
pallbearing
plain bearing
relative bearing grease
rushbearing
seedbearing
sporebearing
swordbearing
thought-bearing
tone-bearing unit
torchbearing
unbearing
wonder-bearing
keening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
Senses: examples: text: The keening sound of a dentist's drill sets my teeth on edge.
text: As Black Sabbath’s doomsayer-in-chief, Osbourne could summon a true sense of terror in his keening cries in a way that heightened the band’s muscular dirges.
ref: 2025 July 22, Kory Grow, “Ozzy Osbourne obituary: The Godfather of Heavy Metal who changed the world”, in Rolling Stone:
glosses: Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
keening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keenings
Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
Senses: examples: text: Keening. I remember keening that seemed to go on all through the night: shrill, sharp, shiny, needles of sound piercing cleanly and deeply to let the anguish in, not out.
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 85:
glosses: Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
glosses: An unpleasant wailing sound.
keening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keen
Llangollen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɬaŋˈɡɔɬɛn]
Etymology: From Welsh Llangollen.
Senses: glosses: A small town and community with a town council in Denbighshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2141).
Derived terms: Llangollen Rural
eisteddfod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈstɛðvɒd/
enpr: ī-stĕthʹvŏd
ipa: /eɪˈstɛðvɒd/
enpr: ā-stĕthʹvŏd
ipa: /əˈstedfəd/
Forms: form: eisteddfods
form: eisteddfodau
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh eisteddfod (“session”), from eistedd (“to sit”) + bod (“to be”), literally “being sitting”.
Senses: glosses: Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition.
glosses: (more generally) An annual performing arts competition, typically for youth.
Derived terms: eisteddfodic
Related terms: eisteddfodwr
pluperfect tense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pluperfect tenses
Etymology: From Latin plus (“more”) + perfectus (“perfect”).
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Tense of a verb used when referring to something that happened before a past setting or the imperfect; formed in English by adding had before the past participle of a verb, or by adding had been before the present participle of the verb.
raw_tags: of a verb
Synonyms: past perfect progressive
past perfect
past perfect tense
dado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdeɪdoʊ/
rhymes: -eɪdəʊ
Forms: form: dados
form: dadoes
Etymology: From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The section of a pedestal above the base.
examples: text: Like a dado round the room was the jutting line of splendid heavy game-heads, the best of their sort from every quarter of the world, with the rare white rhinoceros of the Lado Enclave drooping its supercilious lip above them all.
ref: 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
text: Hangings of tapestry were behind the high seats, worked with flowers, snake’s-head, snapdragon, dragon-mouth, and their kind; and on the dado below the windows were sculptures of birds and beasts and creeping things.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
topics: architecture
glosses: The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
dado
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪdəʊ/
ipa: /ˈdeɪdoʊ/
rhymes: -eɪdəʊ
Forms: form: dadoes
form: dadoing
form: dadoed
form: dadoed
Etymology: From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: To furnish with a dado.
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To cut a dado.
Derived terms: dado rail
dado rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dado rails
Senses: glosses: A horizontal moulding fixed to an interior wall about 4-5 feet above the floor.
Related terms: wainscot
pluperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/
ipa: /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/
Forms: form: more pluperfect
form: most pluperfect
form: plpf.
Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).
Senses: glosses: More than perfect, utterly perfect, ideal.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to action completed before another action or event in the past, past perfect.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to a certain type of graph, complying with the theorem (pluperfect graph theorem) discovered by D. R. Fulkerson in 1970.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of multiperfect.
synonyms: word: multiperfect
examples: text: What in the pluperfect hell is going on here?!
text: The drought has raised pluperfect heck with fishing more ways than one.
ref: 1952, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife in North Carolina - Volumes 16-19:
glosses: Used as an intensifier in various interjections.
Derived terms: pluperfectly
pluperfectness
Related terms: pluperfection
pluperfect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pluːˈpɜː.fɪkt/
ipa: /pluˈpɝ.fɪkt/
Forms: form: pluperfects
form: plpf.
Etymology: Shortening of plusquamperfect, from Latin plusquamperfectum (“more than perfect”), from plus (“more”) + quam (“than”) + perfectum, neuter singular of perfectus (“achieved; finished; perfected”).
Senses: glosses: The pluperfect tense, the past perfect.
glosses: A verb in this tense.
Synonyms: plusquamperfect
preterpluperfect
danza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish danza. Doublet of dance.
Senses: examples: text: Sunday at 2 p.m., a performance of classical Puerto Rican danza music by the Association for Puerto Rican Culture, featuring the pianist Alberto Bird and the singer Thelma Ithier-Sterling.
ref: 2009 June 26, Anne Mancuso, “Spare Times”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Puerto Rican music genre associated with ballroom dancing.
preantepenultimate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prē'ăn'tĭpĭnŭlʹtĭmət
ipa: /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/
enpr: prē'ăn'tipənəlʹtəmət
enpr: prē'ăn'təpənəlʹtəmət
ipa: /ˌpɹiˌæntipəˈnʌltɪmət/
other: /ˌpɹiˌæntəpəˈnʌltəmət/
Forms: form: preantepenultimates
Etymology: Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- + antepenultimate.
Senses: examples: text: Accent the Preantepenultimate.
ref: 1830, John Walker, A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, New York, N.Y.: J.F. Dove, page 169:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: preantepenult
Coordinate terms: sense: names of syllables
word: ultima
sense: names of syllables
english: last
translation: last
word: ult
sense: names of syllables
word: penultima
sense: names of syllables
word: penultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but one
translation: last but one
word: penult
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultima
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultime
sense: names of syllables
word: antepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but two
translation: last but two
word: antepenult
sense: names of syllables
alt: præantepenultima
word: preantepenultima
sense: names of syllables
english: last but three
translation: last but three
word: preantepenult
sense: names of syllables
word: propreantepenultimate
sense: names of syllables
english: last but four
translation: last but four
word: propreantepenult