cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
leap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēp
ipa: /liːp/
ipa: /lip/
ipa: /lɛp/
rhymes: -iːp
Forms: form: leaps
form: leep
Etymology: From Middle English lep, from Old English lēap (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“basket”).
Senses: glosses: A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
glosses: Half a bushel.
Derived terms: seed-leap
nu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /nu/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: nus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νῦ (nû), name for the letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
Senses: glosses: The letter of the Greek alphabet Ν (N) and ν (n).
glosses: A measure of constringence in lenses or prisms.
Derived terms: ephelcystic nu
movable nu
nu movable
nu
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /nu/
rhymes: -uː
ipa: /nu/
ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /nu/
rhymes: -uː
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish נו (nu). Doublet of now.
Senses: glosses: An exclamation of surprise, emphasis, doubt, etc.
glosses: Well? (Used as a question to demand an answer from someone reluctant to answer.)
nu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /njuː/
ipa: /nu/
rhymes: -uː
ipa: /nu/
Forms: form: more nu
form: most nu
Etymology: Phonetic respelling of new.
Senses: qualifier: slang spelling
glosses: new
Derived terms: nu-disco
nu gaze
nu-house
nu jazz
nu-male
nu metal
nu skool
NuTrek
NuWho
Related terms: sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "nu"
word: chu-ko-nu
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "nu"
word: nu body
sense: etymologically unrelated terms containing the word "nu"
word: sheng nu
watchlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔt͡ʃˌlɪst/
ipa: /ˈwɒt͡ʃˌlɪst/
Forms: form: watchlists
form: watch list
Etymology: From watch + list.
Senses: examples: text: The police have hundreds of citizens on their watchlists.
text: The TSA provides the airlines with the “No Fly” and “Automatic Selectee” watchlists for use in identifying passengers who are to be denied boarding or who require additional scrutiny prior to boarding. The “No Fly” watchlist is a list of persons who are considered a direct threat to U.S. civil aviation.
ref: 2010, William J. Krouse, Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening, page 11:
glosses: A list of people or things that are assigned to receive special attention or monitoring.
watchlist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔt͡ʃˌlɪst/
ipa: /ˈwɒt͡ʃˌlɪst/
Forms: form: watchlists
form: watchlisting
form: watchlisted
form: watchlisted
form: watch list
Etymology: From watch + list.
Senses: glosses: To add to a watchlist.
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If the sight of a very long word makes you rigid with terror, look away now. For the correct term for such a condition is, ironically, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
ref: 2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail:
glosses: Misspelling of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia.
lente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛn.teɪ/
Senses: glosses: An intermediate-acting form of insulin, between isophane and ultralente.
winter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪntə/
enpr: wĭnʹtər
ipa: /ˈwɪntɚ/
ipa: [ˈwɪɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: [ˈwɪntʰɚ]
ipa: [ˈwɪnɚ]
homophone: winner stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: winters
form: wintering
form: wintered
form: wintered
form: Winter
Etymology: From Middle English winter, from Old English winter, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”). Cognate with West Frisian winter (“winter”), Dutch winter (“winter”), German Winter (“winter”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vinter (“winter”), Icelandic vetur (“winter”).
Senses: examples: text: When they retired, they hoped to winter in Florida.
text: Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.
ref: 2022 December 27, “Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023”, in BBC News:
glosses: To spend the winter (in a particular place).
glosses: To store something (for instance animals) somewhere over winter to protect it from cold.
Derived terms: overwinter
Wintered Over Device
winterer
wintering
mouse potato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊs pəˈteɪ.təʊ/
ipa: /maʊs pəʊ.teɪ.təʊ/
Forms: form: mouse potatoes
Etymology: Blend of mouse + couch potato.
Senses: examples: text: Lady Miss Kier is a mouse potato. 'I wake up, I go and turn the computer on before I wash my face or brush my teeth. I'll be sitting there in my underwear, and before I know it, four hours have passed. Then I pick up the phone, push some more buttons and the food delivery arrives, and then 16 hours have passed in front of the computer. It leaves you completely drained.'
ref: 1994 July 14, Ruth Shurman, “Me and my Gizmo: No. 8”, in The Guardian:
text: The internet, the authors say, affords the average mouse-potato the opportunity to experience a Naipaul-esque enigma of arrival in far-away lands without ever leaving the shores of Trinidad.
ref: 2001 December 7, Aniruddho Sanyal, “The Trini Trinity Is Found On De Line”, in The Times Higher Education Supplement:
glosses: A person who spends excessive amounts of time using a computer.
bone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
enpr: bōn
ipa: /boʊn/
ipa: /bəʉn/
ipa: /bɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: bane
form: byen
Etymology: From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian and Icelandic bein (“bone”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan 𐬠𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (byente, “they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein.
Senses: glosses: Of an off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
bone
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
enpr: bōn
ipa: /boʊn/
ipa: /bəʉn/
ipa: /bɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: bane
form: byen
Etymology: From Middle English bon, from Old English bān (“bone, tusk; the bone of a limb”), from Proto-Germanic *bainą (“bone”), from *bainaz (“straight”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, strike, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bane, been, bean, bein, bain (“bone”), North Frisian bian, Biin, biinj (“bone; leg”), West Frisian bien (“bone”), Dutch been (“bone; leg”), German Low German Been, Bein (“bone”), German Bein (“leg”), German Gebein (“bones”), Swedish ben (“bone; leg”), Norwegian and Icelandic bein (“bone”), Breton benañ (“to cut, hew”), Latin perfinēs (“break through, break into pieces, shatter”), Avestan 𐬠𐬫𐬈𐬥𐬙𐬈 (byente, “they fight, hit”). Related also to Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”) (whence Middle English bain, bayne, bayn, beyn (“direct, prompt”), Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”)), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See bain, bein.
Senses: examples: text: GWF, well almost anyway, 40, bone-lonely, desperately needs a friend in Southern Maine.
ref: 1979 December 22, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 2, number 22, page 18:
glosses: Used before an adjective as an intensifier
bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
enpr: bōn
ipa: /boʊn/
ipa: /bəʉn/
ipa: /bɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: bones
form: boning
form: boned
form: boned
Etymology: Unknown; probably related in some way to Etymology 1, above.
Senses: examples: text: “Did I?” said Squeers, “Well it was rather a startling thing for a stranger to come and recommend himself by saying that he knew all about you, and what your name was, and why you were living so quiet here, and what you had boned, and who you had boned it from.”
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, page 127:
text: […]as long as you and I live I take it for granted that you will not suspect me of boning them. But to guard against casualties hereafter, I have asked Nicolay to write you a line saying that I have never had in my possession or custody any of the papers which you entrusted to him.
ref: 1915, William Roscoe Thayer, The Life and Letters of John Hay:
text: But troll's old seat is much the same,
And the bone he boned from its owner
ref: 1936, J.R.R. Tolkien, “The Root of the Boot”, in Songs for the Philologists:
text: Therefore she wants to take results that belong to other people: she wants to bone everybody else's loaf.
ref: 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 802:
glosses: To apprehend, steal.
bone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
enpr: bōn
ipa: /boʊn/
ipa: /bəʉn/
ipa: /bɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: bones
form: boning
form: boned
form: boned
Etymology: Borrowed from French bornoyer (“to look at with one eye, to sight”), from borgne (“one-eyed”).
Senses: examples: text: Joiners, &c., bone their work with two straight edges.
ref: 1846, W. M. Buchanan, A Technological Dictionary, page 151:
topics: business
carpentry
construction
geography
manufacturing
masonry
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊn/
enpr: bōn
ipa: /boʊn/
ipa: /bəʉn/
ipa: /bɐʉn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: bones
Etymology: Clipping of trombone
Senses: glosses: Clipping of trombone.
punkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌŋkɪn/
rhymes: -ʌŋkɪn
Forms: form: punkins
Senses: examples: text: When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock[…]
ref: 1911, James Whitcomb Riley, When the Frost is on the Punkin:
text: There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].”
ref: 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
glosses: Nonstandard form of pumpkin.
Derived terms: punkin chunkin
servant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːvənt/
ipa: /ˈsɝvənt/
ipa: [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vənt
Forms: form: servants
form: servaunt
form: servand
Etymology: From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Senses: examples: text: There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.
text: In the great houses, servants out of livery help to the different plats, servants in livery holding the dishes, sauces, etc., and changing the plates.
ref: 1837, James Fenimore Cooper, Gleanings in Europe: England:
text: As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.
ref: 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
glosses: One who is hired to perform regular household or other duties, and receives compensation. As opposed to a slave.
examples: text: She is quite the humble servant, the poor in this city owe much to her but she expects nothing.
glosses: One who serves another, providing help in some manner.
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A person who dedicates themselves to God.
glosses: A professed lover.
glosses: A person of low condition or spirit.
Derived terms: assigned servant
body servant
captain's servant
civil servant
covenanted servant
domestic servant
even-servant
eye-servant
fellow servant
fire is a good servant but a bad master
indentured servant
maidservant
maid-servant
manservant
public servant
servantless
servantlike
servantly
servant out of livery
who was your servant last year
woman servant
your servant
servant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɜːvənt/
ipa: /ˈsɝvənt/
ipa: [ˈsɝvn̩ʔ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vənt
Forms: form: servants
form: servanting
form: servanted
form: servanted
form: servaunt
form: servand
Etymology: From Middle English servaunt, from Old French servant, from the present participle of the verb servir. Doublet of sergeant and servient. Morphologically serve + -ant. Displaced native Old English þeġn.
Senses: examples: text: Wife, Mother, Child, I know not. My affaires
Are Seruanted to others[…]
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
glosses: To subject.
robot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rō′bŏt
enpr: rō′bət
enpr: rō′bōt
ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.bɒt/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.bət/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.bət/
ipa: /ˈɹəʉ.bɔt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ro.boʈ/
rhymes: -əʊbɒt
rhymes: -əʊbət
Etymology: From German Robot, from a West Slavic language, ultimately related to Etymology 2, below.
Senses: examples: text: “I say again, down with the robot!—he is a dog who yields it!”
ref: 1849, Littell's Living Age, volume 23, page 309:
text: Although the robot varied from region to region, it was rarely less than burdensome.
ref: 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 159:
glosses: A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.
Synonyms: word: bot
word: robo
word: robot
word: clanker
Hypernyms: word: automaton
word: device
word: machine
Hyponyms: word: android
word: animatron
word: anthrobot
word: biomechanoid
word: bion
word: biot
word: biobot
word: biorobot
word: cobot
word: cyborg
word: droid
word: drone
word: fembot
word: gastrobot
word: gynoid
word: humaniform
word: manbot
word: mech
word: mecha
word: mechanoid
word: microbot
word: microrobot
word: mobot
word: nanobot
word: replicant
word: robocar
word: robocat
word: robodog
word: robodroid
word: robofish
word: roboid
word: skin job
word: soft robot
word: spokesdroid
word: telepuppet
word: telerobot
word: turtle
word: walker
word: agribot
word: astrobot
word: killbot
word: nursebot
word: robochef
word: robodoc
word: robonaut
word: robopet
word: salesbot
word: sexbot
word: warbot
word: adbot
word: annoybot
word: cancelbot
word: chatbot
word: crawler
word: gamebot
word: hackbot
word: knowbot
word: modbot
word: newsbot
word: pornbot
word: robolawyer
word: scambot
word: shopping bot
word: spambot
Related terms: word: artificial intelligence
word: -bot
word: computer
word: domotics
word: pedipulator
word: robotic
word: robotics
word: robotization
word: robo-
word: robocall
word: robosexual
word: tin man
today
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðəˈdeɪ/
ipa: /təˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰəˈdeɪ]
ipa: /tʊˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰʊˈdeɪ]
ipa: [tʰʉɾeɪː]
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈʊˈɖe(j)/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: to-day
form: to day
Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
Senses: examples: text: I want this done today.
text: Today, my brother went to the shops.
glosses: On the current day or date.
examples: text: In the 1500s, people had to do things by hand, but today we have electric can openers.
text: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
glosses: In the current era; nowadays; these days.
examples: text: We used to prepare everything today, but now we split it over two days.
glosses: The day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.
today
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðəˈdeɪ/
ipa: /təˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰəˈdeɪ]
ipa: /tʊˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰʊˈdeɪ]
ipa: [tʰʉɾeɪː]
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈʊˈɖe(j)/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: todays
form: to-day
form: to day
Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
Senses: examples: text: Today is the day we'll fix this once and for all.
text: We could've spent today at the seaside if it weren't gusty.
text: Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …
ref: 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
glosses: The current day or date.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The 24-hour period beginning at 5am or 6am or sunrise of the current day.
examples: text: This is the sporty jacket for today's modern man on the go.
text: The youth of today have never known what life is like without a cell phone.
glosses: The present era; nowadays.
Derived terms: better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
here today, gone tomorrow
jam today
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
today is a good day to die
today's lucky 10,000
today's lucky ten thousand
today we are all
today years old
what date is it today
what day is it today
yesterday-today-and-tomorrow
yesterday-today-tomorrow
today
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ðəˈdeɪ/
ipa: /təˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰəˈdeɪ]
ipa: /tʊˈdeɪ/
ipa: [tʰʊˈdeɪ]
ipa: [tʰʉɾeɪː]
note: Indic
ipa: /ʈʊˈɖe(j)/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: to-day
form: to day
Etymology: From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).
Senses: examples: text: Actually, it's more like the blues. It's pop blues. I feel it's very American. It's very today. It's what people respond to today.
ref: 1965, Tom Wolfe, quoting Phil Spector, “The First Tycoon of Teen”, in The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 67:
text: […] she (Françoise Hardy) is so today, so white boots and yé-yé, that she can make anyone over 25 (me) feel prehistoric, raccoon coat and rah-rah.
ref: 1966 December 18, Joan Barthel, “Francoise from France: White Boots and Ye-Ye”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: now
glosses: Current; up to date.
Related terms: nowadays
hodiernal
hodiernally
yesterday
tomorrow night
tonight
last night
nudiustertian
hesternal
hesternally
y
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ/
ipa: /i/
ipa: /ɪ/
ipa: /aɪ/
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /j/
homophone: why
homophone: Wye
homophone: wye
Forms: form: Y
form: ys
form: y's
Senses: glosses: The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
Related terms: word: Historically
word: this letter was sometimes used to approximate þ
english: that
translation: that
word: as in yt
english: thou
translation: thou
word: yͧ
english: the; which see for more
translation: the; which see for more
word: and ye
y
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ/
ipa: /i/
ipa: /ɪ/
ipa: /aɪ/
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /j/
homophone: why
homophone: Wye
homophone: wye
Etymology: Abbreviations.
y
# (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
# (Stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry.
Senses: examples: text: Consider the following questions selected from the tests and estimate the proportion of Y8 pupils you would expect to answer correctly.
ref: 2003, Howard Tanner, Sonia Jones, Becoming a Successful Teacher of Mathematics:
related: word: yr
word: mul:a
glosses: Abbreviation of year.
examples: Y7
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Abbreviation of youth, usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
Derived terms: Y2K
y-axis
y-direction
y-front
y-intercept
y-wing
y-word
y
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ/
ipa: /i/
ipa: /ɪ/
ipa: /aɪ/
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /j/
homophone: why
homophone: Wye
homophone: wye
Etymology: Abbreviations.
y
# (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
# (Stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of why.
y
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪ/
ipa: /i/
ipa: /ɪ/
ipa: /aɪ/
ipa: /ə/
ipa: /j/
homophone: why
homophone: Wye
homophone: wye
Etymology: Abbreviations.
y
# (Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɔɪ̯/.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
# (Stenoscript) the suffix -ry or -rry.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of yes.
Related terms: U
V
bpd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bpd
Senses: examples: text: For now, the Dagang refinery processes locally produced crude from the nearby oilfield with the same name. Its crude throughput was steady in 2006 versus 2005 at about 3.5 million tonnes, 70,000 bpd, said the official.
ref: 2007 February 5, Chen Aizhu, “PetroChina plant expands, awaits Russian JV plan”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2023, Market News:
glosses: Initialism of barrels per day.
crude oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crude oils
Senses: examples: text: Further west, in Pembrokeshire, the Esso Petroleum Co. refinery at Milford Haven, opened last November, is designed to berth the world's largest tankers and to process, initially, 4,500,000 tons of crude oil a year.
ref: 1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 494:
glosses: Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
Synonyms: sense: crude, fossil oil, petroleum, rock oil
word: Unrefined oil
Related terms: syncrude
Brent crude
the
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: thə
ipa: /ðə/
enpr: thē
ipa: /ði/ [ðɪj]
ipa: /ðiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: thee
other: /ðə/
other: /ði/
other: /ðə/
other: /ðiː/
other: /jiː/
other: /θeː/
other: /ðeː/
other: /jiː/
Etymology: From Middle English the, thy, thi, from Old English þē̆, probably a neuter instrumental form ("by that, thereby")—alongside the more common þȳ and þon—of the demonstrative pronoun sē ("that"). Compare Dutch des te ("the, the more"), German desto ("the, all the more"), Norwegian fordi and Norwegian av di ("because"), Icelandic því (“the; because”), Faroese tí, Swedish ty.
Senses: examples: text: The hotter(,) the better. (comma usually omitted in such very short expressions)
text: The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
text: The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
text: It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
glosses: With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.
examples: text: It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
text: It was a difficult time, and I’m {none - not any} the wiser for it.
text: I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
glosses: With a comparative, and often with for it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated with none.
examples: text: We went the furthest under her leadership.
text: They trusted him the most.
glosses: Beyond all others.
raw_tags: with a superlative adjective
Derived terms: nevertheless
nonetheless
the
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: enpr: thə
ipa: /ðə/
enpr: thē
ipa: /ði/ [ðɪj]
ipa: /ðiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: thee
other: /ðə/
other: /ði/
other: /ðə/
other: /ðiː/
other: /jiː/
other: /θeː/
other: /ðeː/
other: /jiː/
Senses: examples: text: valued at half a pound the bushel; paying seven dollars the year interest
text: Next morning I was up at an early hour, to see the market held near the water gate. The beef was excellent: but at the high prices of ten-pence and one shilling the pound; mutton at the same price; fowls a dollar the couple, and showing “more feathers than flesh.”
ref: 1837, James Edward Alexander, Narrative of a Voyage of Observation Among the Colonies of Western Africa, in the Flag-ship Thalia; and of a Campaign in Kaffir-land, on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, in 1835, volume 1, London: Henry Colburn, pages 251–2:
glosses: For each; per.
the
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: thə
ipa: /ðə/
enpr: thē
ipa: /ði/ [ðɪj]
ipa: /ðiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: thee
other: /ðə/
other: /ði/
other: /ðə/
other: /ðiː/
other: /jiː/
other: /θeː/
other: /ðeː/
other: /jiː/
Senses: examples: text: Feſtus ſayde with a lowde voyce: Paul / thou arte beſides thy ſilfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, The Actes off the Apostles xxvj:[24], folio cxcv, recto:
glosses: Obsolete form of thee.
Related terms: word: a
word: an
word: da
word: de
word: t’
word: that
word: this
absent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
enpr: ăb'sənt
Forms: form: absenter
form: absentest
form: abs.
Etymology: From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
Senses: examples: text: Owing to his own illness and then his family's, Ramzi has often been absent from class this month. We will help him catch up with his studies.
text: When they were able to return to the clinic some months later, certain pieces of equipment were absent.
text: Expecting absent friends.
ref: 1623, William Shakespeare, All’s Well That Ends Well, II-iii:
antonyms: present#Adjective
coordinate_terms: accounted for
glosses: Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
examples: text: The body part was rudimentary or absent in 1% of specimens.
text: Empathy seemed to be absent from the messages.
text: Signs of forced entry were absent.
antonyms: present#Adjective
existing#Adjective
extant#Adjective
glosses: Not existing.
examples: text: Tom was there, but he seemed absent and withdrawn. Normally he is quite present [= engaged] during a meeting.
text: What is commonly called an absent man is commonly either a very weak or a very affected man.
ref: 1746-1747, Chesterfield, Letters to his Son:
text: For days Ailie had an absent eye and a sad face, and it so fell out that in all that time young Heriotside, who had scarce missed a day, was laid up with a broken arm and never came near her.
ref: 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
antonyms: present#Adjective
glosses: Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
Derived terms: absentation
absentative
absently
absentment
absentness
absent over leave
absent referent
absent treatment
absent voter
absent without leave
nonabsent
omniabsent
Related terms: absence
absentee
absenteeism
absentia
in absentia
absent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
enpr: ăb'sənt
Forms: form: absents
form: abs.
Etymology: From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
Senses: examples: text: The Applause he met with exceeds all belief of the Absent.
ref: 1772, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 30 May
text: That very sense of longing, of yearning for the absent, which 'nostalgia' conveys to us now.
ref: 1947, Cecil Day Lewis, Poetic Image:
glosses: Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
glosses: An absentee; a person who is not there.
absent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
enpr: ăb'sənt
Forms: form: abs.
Etymology: From Middle English absent, from Middle French absent, from Old French ausent, and their source, Latin absens, present participle of absum (“to be away from”), from ab (“away”) + sum (“to be”).
Senses: examples: text: Absent taxes modern governments cannot function.
text: If the accused refuse upon demand to pay money or deliver property (absent any excuse or excusing circumstance) which came into his hands as a bailee, such refusal might well constitute some evidence of conversion, with the requisite fraudulent intent required by the statute.
ref: 1919, “State vs. Britt, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division 2”, in The Southwestern Reporter, page 427:
text: the Princess Caroline case […] established that – absent a measurable ‘public interest’ in publication – she was safe from being photographed while out shopping.
ref: 2011, David Elstein, London Review of Books, volume 33, number 15:
text: About 25 percent of Russia’s large farms continue to be unprofitable, and that number would be considerably higher absent government subsidies and assistance programs.
ref: 2013, Stephen K. Wegren, “Agriculture”, in Stephen K. Wegren, editor, Return to Putin's Russia: Past Imperfect, Future Uncertain, 5th edition, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 223:
text: And the distraction-management software Freedom offers a mode that won’t unlock affected apps absent a telephone-support call.
ref: 2019 September 5, Ian Bogost, “I tried to limit my screen time (It didn't go well)”, in The Atlantic:
text: California cannot promulgate regulations that are inconsistent with US federal laws absent an explicit waiver from the federal government.
ref: 2020, Anu Bradford, “8. Is the Brussels Effect Beneficial?”, in The Brussels Effect. How the European Union Rules the World, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 258:
glosses: In the absence of; without; except.
absent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
enpr: ăb'sənt
ipa: /æbˈsɛnt/
enpr: ăbsĕnt'
ipa: /æbˈsɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t/
enpr: ăb'sənt
Forms: form: absents
form: absenting
form: absented
form: absented
form: abs.
Etymology: From Middle English absenten, from Old French absenter, from Late Latin absentāre (“keep away, be away”).
Senses: examples: text: Most of the men are retired, jobless, or have otherwise temporarily absented themselves from the workplace.
text: If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined.
ref: 1701-1703, Addison, Remarks on Italy:
text: This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: Some people expect that the news should be written "professionally," that it should conform to certain "journalistic standards," and that it should not "editorialize." And this is tantamount to saying it should be written objectively, that we should absent ourselves when writing copy.
ref: 1986 December 7, Marcos Bisticas-Cocoves, “Just the Facts, Miss Thing”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 1:
glosses: To keep (oneself) away.
examples: text: Go; for thy stay, not free, absents thee more;
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: To keep (someone) away.
examples: text: The iron rule of the plantation, always passionately and violently enforced in that neighborhood, makes flogging the penalty of failing to be in the field before sunrise in the morning, unless special permission be given to the absenting slave.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
glosses: Stay away; withdraw.
glosses: Leave.
examples: text: When we realize that the digitalisation of the image involves - by reducing and even absenting - the role of 'the physical', the 'sensuous' (by reducing and eventually absenting the indexical aspects of the image) […]
ref: 2004, Paul Willemen, “Reflections on Eisenstein and Digital Imagery: Of Mice and Men”, in The Montage Principle, page 188:
text: Such sequences draw attention to the affective appeals that environmental documentary typically makes, precisely by absenting those appeals.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 61:
glosses: To omit.
Derived terms: reabsent
absentaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more absentaneous
form: most absentaneous
Etymology: From Late Latin absentaneus. See absent.
Senses: examples: text: The unfortunate French captain—who by this time retained not even his nightshirt—was hiding in this forest, breast-deep in a creek, along with three other Protestants whose apparel was no less absentaneous.
ref: 2003 [1942], James Branch Cabell, The First Gentleman of America: A Comedy of Conquest, Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 165:
text: The absentaneous nature of the job tended to mitigate expectations of single site employment.
ref: 1988, The Industrial Law Journal, Vol. 17, page 254:
text: Owing to the several springs of Big Data, analytical researchers face other issues such as data which contains absentaneous inscriptions and noisy labels.
ref: 2020, Korhan Cengiz et al., “Recent Emerging Technologies for Intelligent Learning and Analytics in Big Data”, in Multimedia Technologies in the Internet of Things Environment, Springer Nature Singapore, →ISBN, page 78:
text: […] Galbraith thinks that making human beings ordinary and absentaneous in the development of the industry is as^([sic]) "the age of doubt".
ref: 2020, Mustafa Atilla Arıcıoğlu, Büşra Yiğitol, “Strategic Management in SMEs in Industry 4.0”, in Challenges and Opportunities for SMEs in Industry 4.0, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 206:
glosses: Pertaining to absence.
absentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.sənˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
ipa: /ˌæb.sɛnˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: absentations
Etymology: From Medieval Latin absentatio, from Latin absento (“to be absent”). Equivalent to absent + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act of absenting oneself.
absentee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: absentees
Etymology: From absent + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: At roll-call there were three absentees.
glosses: A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
examples: text: absentee father; absentee landlord; absentee freeholder
glosses: A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
Designating a person absent in a particular capacity, sometimes implying that they are difficult to contact, unresponsive, avoiding their responsibilities, etc.
topics: law
glosses: A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
A person who is absent from their residence and usual environment, and has not been seen or heard from for some period of time, so that it is unknown whether they are still alive, for the purpose of civil law dealing with the management of property etc. in such cases.
examples: text: The manufacturer's promised new model was a notable absentee at the car show.
glosses: Something that is not present where it might be expected.
examples: text: absentee ballot, absentee property
text: In Wyoming, a GOP state senator forwarded an FGA draft bill to Secretary of State Chuck Gray that would prohibit sending out unsolicited absentee ballot request forms.
ref: 2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN:
glosses: Designating something whose owner, person responsible, etc. is absent.
examples: text: My trustees are going to lend Earl Blessington sixty thousand pounds (at six per cent.) on a Dublin mortgage. Only think of my becoming an Irish absentee!
ref: 1840, Lord Byron, “Letter 374: to Mr. Moore (24 May 1820)”, in John Murray, editor, The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, page 317:
glosses: A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
examples: text: In recent primaries, for example, nearly 4% of absentees were rejected in Philadelphia; 8% in Kentucky; and 20% in parts of New York City.
ref: 2020 September 14, Richard H. Pildes, “The three words that can avert an election nightmare”, in CNN:
glosses: A voter who is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
Derived terms: absentee ballot
absenteeist
absentee ownership
absenteeship
absentee vote
absentee voting
presentee
Related terms: absenteeism
absenteeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æb.sənˈtiːˌɪz.m̩/
ipa: /ˌæb.sənˈtiˌɪz.m̩/
Forms: form: absenteeisms
form: absenteism
Etymology: From absentee + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The value of having in-house medical expertise is that staff with poor attendance records who have difficulty accessing NHS services can receive support from their employer, to help reduce absenteeism brought about by medical conditions.
ref: 2023 December 13, 'Industry Insider', “Delivering a robust timetable”, in RAIL, number 998, page 68:
text: Chronic absenteeism, for example, continues to be a problem despite some improvements.
ref: 2025 January 29, Jackie Valley, Jacob Turcotte, “‘The news is not good.’ Nation’s report card shows US students slipping further behind.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.
glosses: The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
Related terms: absent
absentee
absence
leaveism
presenteeism
absenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɛn.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈæb.sən.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: absenters
Etymology: From absent + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] if many of them that vse the meanes of saluation, shall not bee saued, where shall wilfull Recusants, obstinate absenters, and carelesse contemners of the Word, appeare?
ref: 1621, Thomas Taylor, The Parable of the Sower and the Seed, London: John Bartlet, page 259:
text: 1966, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Pentland Rising: A Page of History, Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot, Chapter 1, p. 4,
It was little to be wondered at, from this account that the country-folk refused to go to the parish church, and chose rather to listen to outed ministers in the fields. But this was not to be allowed, and their persecutors at last fell on the method of calling a roll of the parishioners’ names every Sabbath, and marking a fine of twenty shillings Scots to the name of each absenter.
glosses: One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absenter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɛn.tɚ/
ipa: /ˈæb.sən.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: comparative form of absent: more absent
Related terms: absentee
absently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t.li/
Forms: form: more absently
form: most absently
Etymology: From absent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When he is in company he will sit absently muttering over a heap of Arabick, or in a Ciceronian attitude, declaim with all the vehemency of eloquence […]
ref: 1773 June, P.L.B., “A Character”, in The Sentimental Magazine, page 179:
text: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 34,
[…] his wife, flinging a shawl round her, had come to the outer room and was listening to the man's narrative, her eyes resting absently on the luggage and the drops of rain glistening upon it.
text: Absently, he picked a dew-wet leaf from the hibiscus shrub, crushed it in his palm, put it in his mouth and came towards her, chewing.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin, published 1992, Part One, Chapter 1, p. 38:
text: The ordeal is a world away from Kira now as she plays games on her new iPad while absently talking about downloading more apps to play music, and voicing her excitement over reuniting soon with her grandfather’s girlfriend.
ref: 2022 April 28, Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, “After epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather”, in CNN:
glosses: In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
Synonyms: absent-mindedly
abstractedly
Related terms: absentee
absentment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈsɛntmənt/
Etymology: From absent + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: a peregrination, or absentment from the body
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Dead and Buried”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being absent; withdrawal
absent-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.sn̩tˈmaɪn.dɪd/
Forms: form: more absent-minded
form: most absent-minded
form: absentminded
Etymology: From absent + minded.
Senses: examples: text: It took the absent-minded man twenty minutes to find his glasses on top of his head.
text: His figure was bent in apologetic protest. "I ask a thousand pardons, sir," he said; "I am really so very absent-minded."
ref: 1900, Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age, page 110:
coordinate_terms: mindless
unmindful
glosses: Absent in mind; often preoccupied; forgetful or careless due to distraction; easily distracted.
Derived terms: absent-mindedness
absent-mindedly
absent-minded professor
absentness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sn̩t.nəs/
Etymology: From absent + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being absent-minded.
Synonyms: absent-mindedness
Related terms: absence
absey-book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăbʹ-sē bo͝ok
enpr: ābʹ-sē bo͝ok
ipa: /ˈæb.siː bʊk/
ipa: /ˈeɪb.siː bʊk/
Forms: form: absey-books
form: absey book
Senses: examples: text: And then comes answer like an Absey book
ref: c. 1590s, William Shakespeare, King John, act 1, scene 1:
glosses: An ABC book; a primer.
absinth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sɪnθ/
ipa: /ˈæb.sɪnθ/
Forms: form: absinths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of absinthe.
Derived terms: absinthate
absinthial
absinthian
absinthic
absinthate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absinthates
Etymology: From absinth + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.
absinthial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɪnθiəl/
Etymology: From absinth + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
absinthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more absinthian
form: most absinthian
form: absinthean
Etymology: From absinth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Tempering absinthian bitterness with sweets
ref: 1652, Thomas Randolph, Poems:
glosses: Of the nature of wormwood.
examples: text: The dim cavernous light depressed him, and the fish gaping and staring sluggishly in the tanks of absinthian green […]
ref: 1904, William Henry Rideing, How Tyson Came Home: A Story of England and America, page 70:
text: The unfortunate dog will, dur- during ten minutes, have had an attack of intoxication and absinthian epilepsy ; but at the end of an hour he will have recovered completely.
ref: 1908, Charles Robert Richet, The Pros and cons of vivisection, page 16:
text: The skinny shadows of symbolist poets, converts to Catholicism, linger in the absinthian green of the Boulevard trees.
ref: 1978, Thomas Merton, My Argument with the Gestapo: Autobiographical novel, page 227:
text: … in the dazed course of an absinthian stupor, …
ref: (?), quoted in the Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry (1990 and 1995)
glosses: Of or pertaining to absinthe.
absinthiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: absinthiates
form: absinthiating
form: absinthiated
form: absinthiated
Etymology: Latin absinthium: compare absinthiatus.
Senses: glosses: To impregnate with wormwood.
Related terms: absinth
absinthe
absinthiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of absinthiate
absinthiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more absinthiated
form: most absinthiated
Senses: examples: text: absinthiated wine
text: Bartholin mentions a woman whose milk was become absinthiated, and rendered as bitter as gall, by the too liberal use of wormwood.
ref: 1823, Encyclopaedia Britannica:
glosses: Impregnated with wormwood.
absinthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From absinth + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbˌsɪn.θɪn/
Forms: form: absinthiin
Etymology: From Latin absinthium + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sənˌθɪz.m̩/
Etymology: From absinthe + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe.
Derived terms: absinthismic
absinthium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɪn.θi.m̩/
Etymology: From Middle English absinthium, from Latin absinthium, from Ancient Greek ἀψίνθιον (apsínthion). Doublet of absinthe.
Senses: glosses: Common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
glosses: The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
glosses: absinthe oil
absis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.sɪs/
rhymes: -æbsɪs
Forms: form: absides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of apsis.
absist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈsɪst/
ipa: /æbˈsɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
Forms: form: absists
form: absisting
form: absisted
form: absisted
Etymology: Latin absistere (“desist”); from ab (“from, away from”) + sistō (“stand”).
Senses: examples: 1603-16, Walter Raleigh, The History of the World.
They promise to absist from their purpose of making a war.
glosses: To stand apart from; to leave off; to desist.
Derived terms: absistence
absistence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: absistences
Etymology: From absist + -ence.
Senses: glosses: A standing aloof