cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
theion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεῖον.
Senses: examples: text: ...the human soul, assumed into Christ, is a theion striving ever after the theioteron, seeking the uncontainable plenitude of God.
ref: 2004, David Bentley Hart, The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth, page 205:
text: Heidegger's attempts to transform theology into "theiology" and thus to transform a thinking/speaking about God into a thinking/speaking of the divine (theion) point in this direction.
ref: 2000, Ilse Nina Bulhof, Laurens ten Kate, Flight of the Gods: Philosophical Perspectives on Negative Theology, page 50:
text: What appeared here, at the center of the Pythagorean tradition in philosophy, is another view of psyche that seems to owe little or nothing to the pan-vitalism or pan-deism (see theion) that is the legacy of the Milesians.
The impersonal 'divinity' (theion) has a longer history than the personal, god (theos).
ref: 1967, Francis E. Peters, Greek Philosophical Terms: A Historical Lexicon, page 169:
text: This question inquires into the first cause and highest existent ground of beings. It is the question of the theion, a question that had already arisen at the beginning of metaphysics in Plato and Aristotle; that is to say, arisen from the essence of metaphysics. Because metaphysics, thinking the being as such, is approached by Being but thinks it on the basis of and with reference to beings, metaphysics must therefore say (legein) the theion in the sense of the highest existent ground.
ref: 1936, Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche:
glosses: the divine, especially a divine fire
examples: text: The word theion translated "brimstone" is exactly the same word theion which means "divine."
ref: 1931, Rev. Charles H. Pridgeon, Is Hell Eternal or Will God's Plan Fail?:
glosses: sulfur, especially in the context of fire and brimstone
Related terms: theory
logos
diether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diethers
Etymology: From di- + ether.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound having two ether functional groups.
geminal diol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geminal diols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: gem-diol
glosses: Any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to the same carbon atom.
Related terms: vicinal diol
diol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diols
Etymology: From di- + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any organic compound having two hydroxy functional groups
Derived terms: acetylenediol
alfacalcidol
androstanediol
benzenediol
butanediol
calcifediol
cannabidiol
dammarenediol
diolate
enterodiol
estradiol
etynodiol
gem-diol
geminal diol
hexanediol
intradiol
iobitridol
ketodiol
macrodiol
nadolol
oligodiol
pentanediol
pinanediol
pregnadienediol
pregnanediol
propanediol
vicinal diol
Related terms: glycol
acetogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetogenins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyketide.
aqueous humour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqueous humours
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: The clear, watery fluid that fills the front of the eye between the cornea and the crystalline lens.
acetonide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetonides
Etymology: From acetone + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic acetal derived from acetone and a diol, especially from a vicinal diol such as a sugar
Derived terms: diacetonide
hexacetonide
vicinal diol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vicinal diols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diol in which the two hydroxy functional groups are attached to adjacent carbon atoms.
Related terms: geminal diol
acetylene black
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of carbon black formed by the decomposition (but not by the burning) of acetylene. It is characterized by its high degree of crystalline orientation compared with other sources of carbon black.
acetylide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylides
Etymology: From acetyl + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
Derived terms: monosodium acetylide
terminal acetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terminal acetylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acetylene (alkyne) having the triple bond attached to a terminal carbon atom; R-CC-H.
acylal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diester of a geminal diol; R₂C(OCOR')₂.
diester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diesters
Etymology: From di- + ester.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any organic compound containing two ester functional groups
Derived terms: phosphodiester
acyl halide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyl halides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a halogen.
Related terms: acyl bromide
acyl chloride
acyl fluoride
acyl iodide
acyl bromide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyl bromides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a bromine atom.
Related terms: acyl halide
acyl chloride
acyl fluoride
acyl iodide
acyl chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyl chlorides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group (R-CO-) directly attached to a chlorine atom (R-CO-Cl).
Synonyms: acid chloride
Related terms: acyl halide
acyl bromide
acyl fluoride
acyl iodide
acyl fluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyl fluorides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a fluorine atom.
Related terms: acyl halide
acyl bromide
acyl chloride
acyl iodide
acyl iodide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyl iodides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound containing an acyl functional group directly attached to a iodine atom.
Related terms: acyl halide
acyl bromide
acyl chloride
acyl fluoride
acyloin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyloins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any α-hydroxy ketone.
Derived terms: acyloin condensation
acyloxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acyloxyls
Etymology: From acyl + oxyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical containing an acyl functional group bonded to an oxygen atom having a free valence on the oxygen atom; RC(=O)O-
alcoholate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcoholates
Etymology: From alcohol + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization.
glosses: An alcoholic extract of plant material; a tincture.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkoxide.
Synonyms: alcoate
alcohate
alkoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkoxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound derived from an alcohol by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a metal or other cationic species
Derived terms: bisalkoxide
dialkoxide
monoalkoxide
silicon alkoxide
trialkoxide
cationic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cation + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, relating to, or being a cation
Derived terms: catanionic
cationically
cationic detergent
dicationic
hexacationic
monocationic
multicationic
noncationic
pentacationic
tetracationic
aldaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aldaric acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of polyhydroxy dicarboxylic acids derived from an aldose by oxidation at both terminal carbon atoms.
Derived terms: mannaric acid
aphetism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.fəˌtɪ.zəm/
Forms: form: aphetisms
Etymology: From aphesis + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable, such as squire or vanguard.
glosses: Aphesis.
Related terms: aphesis
aphetic
polyhydroxy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + hydroxy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having three or more hydroxy functional groups.
sand fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand flies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sandfly.
Googler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuː.ɡ(ə).lə/
ipa: /ˈɡu.ɡ(ə).lɚ/
Forms: form: Googlers
Etymology: Partly Google + -er (occupational suffix), partly + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Over at Google, a company known to have pioneered the modern tech workplace, one designer complained of spending 40 percent of their time on “the inefficien[cy] overhead of simply working at Google.” Some report spending all day on tasks as simple as changing the color of a website button. Working the bare minimum while waiting for stock to vest is so common that Googlers call it “resting and vesting.”
ref: 2023 November 28, JS Tan, “It's All Bullshit”, in The Baffler:
glosses: A full-time Google corporation employee.
examples: text: Of course, the more committed Googlers in this class probably already knew the deal between Howard and the celebrity Kipps.
ref: 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 156:
glosses: A regular or habitual user of the Google search engine.
glosses: A device used to regularly access the Google search engine.
Derived terms: Gaygler
Noogler
Xoogler
Zoogler
Related terms: google
squeaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskwiːki/
rhymes: -iːki
Forms: form: squeakier
form: squeakiest
Etymology: From squeak + -y.
Senses: glosses: Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
Derived terms: squeakily
squeakiness
squeaky bum time
squeaky cheese
squeaky clean
squeaky wheel
squeaky wheel system
the squeaky wheel gets the grease
the squeaky wheel gets the oil
sinfonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊniə
Forms: form: sinfonias
form: sinfonie
Etymology: From Italian sinfonia. Doublet of symphonia, symphony, tsampouna, and zampogna.
Senses: glosses: A symphony.
glosses: A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
glosses: A small symphony orchestra.
Related terms: sinfonia concertante
Wilson's storm petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wilson's storm petrels
Etymology: The name commemorates the Scottish-American ornithologist Alexander Wilson.
Senses: glosses: A small seabird of species Oceanites oceanicus in the storm petrel family Oceanitidae, breeding on the Antarctic coastlines and nearby islands such as the South Shetland Islands.
Synonyms: Wilson's petrel
Wilson's petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wilson's petrels
Senses: glosses: Wilson's storm petrel.
South Shetland Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of islands in the Antarctic Circle, lying north of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Related terms: British Antarctic Territory
Antarctic Peninsula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Antarctic Peninsula
Senses: glosses: The northernmost part of the mainland of Antarctica.
Shetland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛtlənd/
Forms: form: Zetland
Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland.
glosses: A historical county of Scotland.
Derived terms: Shetlander
Shetland pony
Shetland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɛtlənd/
Forms: form: Shetlands
form: Zetland
Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”).
Senses: glosses: A particular breed of pony.
glosses: A pony of this breed.
glosses: A particular breed of sheep.
glosses: A sheep of this breed.
examples: text: […] I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand.
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 17:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric.
Synonyms: sense: breed of pony
word: Shetland pony
sense: pony
word: Shetland pony
Orkney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː(ɹ)kni/
Etymology: From Old Norse Orkneyjar (“seal islands”), from Old Norse ørkn (“seal”) + ey (“island”). The modern form is singular. Ninth-century Norwegian settlers reinterpreted the Pictish/Proto-Brythonic name for the islands, recorded as Ancient Greek Όρκάδες (Órkádes), which was derived from Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos (“young pig”).
Senses: examples: text: Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough.”
ref: 2025, Peter Ross, “Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries”, in Smithsonian, volume 55, number 7: January/February:
glosses: Ellipsis of Orkney Islands.
glosses: A historical county of Scotland, United Kingdom.
Derived terms: Orkneyan
Orkney skiff
Orkxit
Related terms: Orcadian
storm petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm petrels
form: storm-petrel
Senses: examples: text: Nólsoy is home to one of the largest breeding colonies of storm petrels on earth.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 127:
glosses: Any of several small seabirds, of the families Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels) or Oceanitidae (southern storm petrels), having dark plumage and a white rump.
Synonyms: sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: mitty
sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: Mother Carey's chicken
sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: stormfinch
sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: storm-petrel
sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: stormy petrel
sense: seabird in Hydrobatidae or Oceanitidae
word: witch
Derived terms: Leach's storm petrel
northern storm petrel
Pincoya storm petrel
southern storm petrel
Townsend's storm petrel
emergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
ipa: /iˈmɜː.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
ipa: /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
ipa: /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒ(ə)ns/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəns
Forms: form: emergences
Etymology: Borrowed from French émergence. Doublet of emergency. By surface analysis, emerge + -ence.
Senses: glosses: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
glosses: The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; appearance.
The arising of emergent structure in complex systems.
examples: text: In this dire emergence, the Marquis de Torcy, minister for foreign affairs, offered his services.
ref: 1790, Charles Hamilton, Transactions During the Reign of Queen Anne:
text: I[…]had recourse to an English Merchant, Mr Gregory, long settled at Dunkirk, to whom, happily, I had been recommended, as to a person capable, in any emergence, to afford me assistance.
ref: 1812, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 452:
glosses: An emergency.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An outgrowth from the surface, such as a prickle or wart, differing from hairs in arising from more than the superficial cells, and from spines in arising from a few layers only.
Derived terms: coemergence
postemergence
preemergence
reemergence
re-emergence
Related terms: emerge
emergent
eclosion
snow petrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow petrels
Senses: glosses: A small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet.
Synonyms: Pagodroma nivea
unquestionably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkwɛs.t͡ʃən.ə.bli/
note: older RP
ipa: /ʌnˈkwes.t͡ʃən.ə.blɪ/
Forms: form: more unquestionably
form: most unquestionably
Etymology: From unquestionable + -ly or un- + question + -ably.
Senses: examples: text: It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during “God save the King” than of stealing from a poor box.
ref: 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
glosses: Without question; beyond doubt; indubitably.
glosses: OK, right-on
Related terms: questionably
unquestionable
undoubtedly
doubtlessly
fuar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of feuar.
carrying violation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrying violations
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The violation that occurs when a player places the palm of his hand under the ball while dribbling. As long as a player's hand is on top of the ball, he can dribble it above his shoulder.
mear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪə/
ipa: /mɪɹ/
ipa: /miə/
ipa: /miːɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /mɛː/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
homophone: meer
homophone: mere
homophone: Mir
homophone: mare (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: mears
Senses: examples: text: So huge a mind could not in lesser rest,
Ne in small mears contain his glory great
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of mere (“boundary”).
Related terms: mere
kirks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kirk
libidinosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From libidinous + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Lustful desires, characterized by lewdness; sensuality; lascivity.
Synonyms: sense: lustful desires
word: lascivity
sense: lustful desires
word: lewdness
sense: lustful desires
word: licentiousness
sense: lustful desires
word: lust
sense: lustful desires
word: wantonness
Related terms: libidinism
libidinist
libidinous
Diane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: Dianes
Etymology: An anglicization of French Diane, from Latin Diāna. Doublet of Diana
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin, popular in the middle of the 20th century.
Derived terms: steak Diane
Loew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the German surname, variant of Lowe.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German of German derivation (from Loewe or Löwe).
Hank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hæŋk/
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: Hanks
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Henry.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).
tangihanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tangihangas
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A Maori funeral.
CHE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biology
geography
geology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
synonyms: CPE
Carnian pluvial episode
wet intermezzo
glosses: Initialism of Carnian humid episode.
glosses: Initialism of Campaign for Homosexual Equality.
a rising tide lifts all boats
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: a rising tide floats all boats
Senses: examples: text: Whereas in the 1960s, incomes rose as the economy grew—to use President Kennedy's phrase, “a rising tide lifts all the boats”—this no longer applied in the 1980s.
ref: 2000, David Reynolds, chapter 17, in One World Divisible, W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page 653:
text: Hay and other early gay rights activists were influenced by the Black civil rights movement in a broader sense, too. The rising tide of African American organizing raised all boats, and the hopes of all whose dreams had been deferred.
ref: 2005 June 21, Leslie Feinberg, “Pre-Stonewall gay organizing”, in Workers World:
glosses: A truly good outcome benefits all.
lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lift
lifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lift
alterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alterable
form: most alterable
Etymology: From alter + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being changed; changeable; mutable.
Derived terms: alterableness
alterably
alterable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alterables
Etymology: From alter + -able.
Senses: glosses: Something that can be altered; a variable.
Related terms: alterability
changable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of changeable.
ambitiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ambitiously
form: most ambitiously
Etymology: From ambitious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ambitious manner.
arbitrarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more arbitrarily
form: most arbitrarily
Etymology: From arbitrary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The winner was chosen arbitrarily.
text: From these remarks it will be seen that I look at the term species, as one arbitrarily given for the sake of convenience to a set of individuals closely resembling each other, and that it does not essentially differ from the term variety, which is given to less distinct and more fluctuating forms. The term variety, again, in comparison with mere individual differences, is also applied arbitrarily, and for mere convenience sake.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
text: Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
ref: 1966 February 24, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page 199:
text: The number or classes or potential offerers of satellite services should not be [limited] arbitrarily.
ref: 1970 January 24, “Administration's Recommended Policy on Satellite Communication”, in The New York Times:
antonyms: unarbitrarily
glosses: In an arbitrary manner.
examples: text: an arbitrarily large number
glosses: To an arbitrary degree.
barbarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹɪz(ə)m/
enpr: bärʹbə-rĭz'm
ipa: /ˈbɑɹbəˈɹɪzm̩/
Forms: form: barbarisms
Senses: examples: text: These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
glosses: A barbaric act.
examples: text: Like dancing, it is a remnant of ancient barbarism—fit for the days of the Chaldeans or the Babylonians, when people were only amused through their eyes—the sole entertainment of which savage nations are susceptible.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 42–43:
text: War is at best barbarism... Its glory is all moonshine.
ref: 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy:
glosses: The condition of existing barbarically.
glosses: A word hybridizing Ancient Greek and Latin or other heterogeneous roots.
examples: text: In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism.
ref: 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context, New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
glosses: An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
Derived terms: semibarbarism
barefaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/
Forms: form: more barefaced
form: most barefaced
form: bare-faced
form: barefast
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced.
Compary typologically cheeky; Italian sfacciato (< Latin ex- + faciēs); French effronté, Italian sfrontato (< Latin ex- + frōns), Polish czelny (< czoło).
Senses: examples: text: Mrs Biddle actually stamped that booted foot of hers. 'You rude, barefaced child!' she said.
ref: 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
synonyms: brazen
coarse
glosses: Undisguisedly offensive and bold; crude.
synonyms: bald-faced
glosses: Open, undisguised.
synonyms: clean-shaven
glosses: Unbearded (not having a beard or other facial hair).
synonyms: bareface
glosses: Unmasked (not wearing a mask) or not wearing a face covering.
glosses: Not wearing makeup on the face.
Derived terms: barefaced liar
barefaced lie
barefacedly
barefacedness
beneficence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnɛfɪsəns/
Forms: form: beneficences
Etymology: From Middle English beneficence, from Latin beneficentia.
Senses: examples: text: Trump also promises to attack the sources abroad that he blames for the country’s malaise: economic interdependence, transnational criminals, traditional allies he sees as free riders on America’s long-running global beneficence.
ref: 2024 December 12, Eric Cortellessa, “Donald Trump 2024 TIME Person of the Year”, in Time:
glosses: An act of philanthropy, a kind deed; an act which benefits someone else.
glosses: Good or charitable character or behavior.
Synonyms: goodness
Coordinate terms: nonmaleficence
Derived terms: beneffectance
beneficential
Related terms: benefice
good works
beneficent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈnɛ.fɪ.sənt/
ipa: /bəˈnɛ.fə.sənt/
Forms: form: more beneficent
form: most beneficent
form: beneficient
Etymology: From Latin *beneficens, *beneficent-, from bene (“well, good”) + -ficens, combining form from faciens, present participle of facere (“to make or do”). Compare English beneficence.
Senses: examples: text: beneficent spirit
text: beneficent influence
text: beneficent ruler
text: The monk was remembered as a beneficent figure in the village.
glosses: Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
Synonyms: generous
Derived terms: beneficently
unbeneficent
Related terms: benefactor
beneficial
benevolent
magnificent
munificent
bergie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bergies
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans bergie, from berg (“mountain”). So called because they used to live in the mountains.
Senses: examples: text: The man joined a group of bergies sleeping near the police station and pretended to be one of them when confronted by the rangers.
text: ‘You check my records, okay? You'll see. Always, every week, some bergie or skollies causing trouble for me. What are my customers supposed to do?’
ref: 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: A homeless person in Cape Town.
perlemoen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans perlemoen, from Dutch perlemoer (“mother-of-pearl”).
Senses: glosses: abalone
alikreukel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæl.iˈkɹɔɪ.kəl/
/ˌæl.iˈkɹɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: alikreukel
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans.
Senses: glosses: giant periwinkle, Turbo sarmaticus
Plymouth Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The traditionally accepted landing site of the Mayflower settlers to America in 1620, on the shore of Massachusetts.
Plymouth Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plymouth Rocks
Senses: glosses: A chicken of a certain American domestic breed.
'twas
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /twɒz/
ipa: /twʌz/
rhymes: -ɒz
rhymes: -ʌz
Senses: examples: text: ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, / […]
ref: 1779, John Newton, Amazing Grace:
text: ’Twas the night before Christmas, […]
ref: 1823, perhaps Clement Clarke Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas:
text: ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; / […]
ref: 1871, Lewis Carroll, “Jabberwocky”, in Through the Looking-Glass:
text: 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: ’Twas the first of many feats so great,
A legend through and through. We sing of him,
Artorigus, the Noble and the brave.
ref: 2012 May 8, “Noble Knight Artorigus”, in Galactic Overlord, Konami:
glosses: Contraction of it was; often at the beginning of a line.
Related terms: 'twere
'tweren't
'tis
'tisn't
'twill
'tshall
it'll
'twon't
'twould
'twou'd
'twouldn't
'twou'dn't
complex sentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complex sentences
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.
examples: text: Sentences are either simple or complex. […] A complex sentence consists of two or more members, as, “Alexander, when he had conquered the world, is said to have wept, because there were not other worlds to subdue.” […] When a member of a complex sentence is simple, it is called indifferently a member, or a clause; as, “I have called; but ye have refused.”
ref: 1830, Alexander Crombie, Etymology and Syntax of the English Language, page 226:
text: Complex sentences are traditionally divided into two basic types: (i) sentences including co-ordinate clauses, and (ii) sentences including subordinate clauses.
ref: 2004, Holger Diessel, The Acquisition of Complex Sentences, page 42:
text: A sentence consisting of more than one clause is said to be complex. […] There are many ways of combining clauses to form a complex sentence. Coordinate constructions represent the special case of symmetry, parallelism, and coequality among the component clauses. More typically, these properties are lacking by virtue of one clause being subordinated to another.
ref: 2008, Ronald W. Langacker, Cognitive Grammar: A Basic Introduction, pages 406, 412:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: composite sentence
glosses: A sentence that contains multiple clauses, whether independent (coordinated) or dependent (subordinated); compound or complex sentence.
Coordinate terms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: simple sentence
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: compound sentence
topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: compound-complex sentence
monoculturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoculturalisms
Etymology: From monocultural + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of maintaining, in a society, a single culture, suppressing the (sub)cultures of e.g. minority groups and excluding external influences.
glosses: The creation of a monoculture in agriculture.
Coordinate terms: 2
biculturalism
3
triculturalism
several
many
multiculturalism
polyculturalism
socializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of socialize
socializing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socializings
Senses: examples: text: […] attend its ceremonies, participate in its rites and rituals and socializings. Eventually you will then join the community in belief as well.
ref: 1997, Nicholas Rescher, Instructive Journey: An Essay in Autobiography, page 226:
glosses: The act of one who socializes.
squeaky clean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: squeaky-clean
Senses: glosses: Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed.
examples: text: We performed at the birthday party and we kept the plot squeaky clean.
glosses: Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences.
rocketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rocketeers
Etymology: From rocket + -eer.
Senses: glosses: Somebody who designs, launches, operates, or travels in a rocket.
Synonyms: rocketman
Hyponyms: rocket engineer
rocket scientist
Related terms: missileer
sexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛksɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sex
sexing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛksɪŋ
Forms: form: sexings
Senses: glosses: The determination of the sex of a young bird (typically poultry)
marrons glacés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marron glacé
mieskeit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mieskeits
Etymology: From Yiddish מיאוסקייט (mieskeyt, “an ugly person”).
Senses: examples: text: He could remain a useful White House counselor — no mieskeit, he — but he would not be a credible Attorney General.
ref: 1984 March 30, William Safire, “The Meese Mess”, in The New York Times, page A31:
text: Then he would pretend to call to my mother who was busy in the kitchen making breakfast, to come up and see me, to look at what a mieskeit her daughter was in the morning.
ref: 2012, Fern Kupfer, chapter 4, in Leaving Long Island and other departures, Ames, IA: Culicidae Press, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: An ugly person.
tellurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tellurious
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Containing tellurium in a higher valency than in telluric compounds.
Derived terms: tellurous acid
tellurous oxide
Related terms: telluric
tellurious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of tellurous.
tellur-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: telluri-
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: tellurium
Derived terms: tellurethyl
tellurhydric
telluri-salt
telluri-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tellur-.
rompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romper
rompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He is wearing the last clean rompers I had for him and they are getting dirtier by the minute.
glosses: A one-piece garment for babies and small children, consisting of a top and trousers. A romper suit.
but and ben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Whether the old lady had caught cold the time she moved, or whether her ailing frame had been simply worn out, she never seemed to thrive after leaving the little but and ben she had so long lived in.
ref: 1898, Elizabeth Grant, Memoirs of a Highland Lady, Canongate, published 1995, page 339:
text: It was no more than a butt and a ben, with a rickle of sheds behind it where old Pooty kept his cow and a bit donkey that was nearly as old as himself […]
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 30:
glosses: A two-roomed cottage; a small house or shack
but and ben
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: to live but and ben
glosses: In the inner and outer parts of a building
Araucana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Araucanas
form: Aracuna
Etymology: Derived from Spanish Araucanía, the region of Chile where the breed was first documented by Europeans.
Senses: glosses: A type of poultry notable for laying blue or green eggs.
hell's bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɛlz ˈbɛlz/
Etymology: From hell + -’s + bells, possibly an elaboration of hell (used to express anger, discontent, or unhappiness) with bells chosen to rhyme with hell’s.
The noun sense (Datura stramonium) may allude to the often spiny seed capsules of the poisonous plant which somewhat resemble bells when they mature and split open; compare devil's cucumber, devil's snare, devil's trumpet, and devil's weed which are other common names for the plant.
Senses: glosses: Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium).
harvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harvestings
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
examples: text: American regulations at the time prohibited organ harvesting from brain-dead patients if their hearts were still beating.
ref: 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 187:
glosses: The gathering of any resource.
Derived terms: ballot harvesting
organ harvesting
postharvesting
web harvesting
harvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harvest
harvested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harvest
dietarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌdaɪ.əˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: dietarians
Senses: examples: text: There are many who are dietarians in theory, but liberal feeders in practice. They suppose or maintain that it is a duty to deny oneself of all luxuries at the table, but practically they take the best that they can get.
ref: 1871, George Miller Beard, Eating and Drinking:
glosses: Somebody following a diet; a dieter.
doubleganger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doublegangers
Etymology: Partial calque of German Doppelgänger, equivalent to double + ganger.
Senses: examples: text: Either you are Hereward, or you are his doubleganger. You speak like Hereward, you look like Hereward. Just what Hereward would be now, you are.
ref: 1866, C[harles] Kingsley, “How Hereward Cleared Bourne of Frenchmen”, in Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English.” […], volume I, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 358:
glosses: A doppelganger.
dismissive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈmɪs.ɪv/
ipa: /dɪzˈmɪs.ɪv/
Forms: form: more dismissive
form: most dismissive
Etymology: From dismiss + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: I was openly dismissive about transubstantiation, by which the host is consecrated, and according to Catholic doctrine, literally turns from mere bread into the body of Christ. “But all the atoms stay the same!” I would insist. “That makes no sense!”
ref: 2020 July 6, Helen Lewis, “How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.
Synonyms: contemptuous
indifferent
Derived terms: dismissively
dismissiveness
undismissive
Aracuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aracunas
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of Araucana.
jagua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaguas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish jagua.
Senses: examples: text: The jagua tree is, in fact, one of the most well-disbursed native trees of the rainforests.
ref: 2007 June 14, Aileen Marron, Tribal Tattoos, page 7:
text: Some Indians used a preparation concocted from the fruit of the jagua tree (Genipa americana), a sixty-foot-high deciduous tree that grows in much of tropical America and produces an elliptical yellow-brown fruit about the size of an orange.
ref: 2003, Ricciuti, Edward R, Killers of the seas : the dangerous creatures that threaten man in an alien environment, page 71:
text: Genipa americana L., or jagua, is a tree that grows (mostly) wild in Latin America.
ref: 2020-, “Jagua temporary tattoos: creation of the jagua value chain in Colombia”, in resiliencebv.com, archived from the original on 06 May 2025:
glosses: A tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean; genipap.
examples: text: Nothing is wasted— leaves are used to make baskets, the juice of the jagua fruit is applied as a mosquito repellent, and the river provides fresh water for bathing.
ref: 2009, Crandell, Rachel, Hands of the rainforest : the emberá people of Panama, page n1:
text: This concoction, which Estellita Lins claims capable of dissolving a candiru lodged in the urethra, is a hot tea made from jagua juice. Jagua is the fruit of the tropical tree Genipa americana.
ref: 2002, Spotte, Stephen, Candiru : life and legend of the bloodsucking catfishes, page 169:
text: Within its indigenous habitat, Jagua (Genipa americana) was and is used to summon strength, give protection in war, induce transformation, attract mates, bring on menstruation and connect to spirits, amongst other things! It is a very multi- faceted and dynamic fruit, and it is an important part of rituals throughout the Amazon basin and Caribbean, including present day Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, Ecuador, Panama, Brazil and Columbia.
ref: 2024 January 13, Aleya, “Botanical Musings on the Jagua Tree (Part Two)”, in naturaleya.substack.com, archived from the original on 06 May 2025:
glosses: The oval-shaped fruit of this tree; genipap.
examples: Coordinate term: henna
glosses: The extract of this fruit, used as a dye for temporary body art and tattoos that stain the upper layer of the skin.
glosses: Ellipsis of jagua palm, also called inajá, Attalea maripa.
enrobe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊb
Forms: form: enrobes
form: enrobing
form: enrobed
form: enrobed
Etymology: From en- + robe.
Senses: glosses: To invest or adorn with a robe or vestment; to attire.
glosses: To coat or cover.
Synonyms: sense: to attire
word: clothe
word: dress
word: robe
word: clothe
Derived terms: enrobement
enrober
Related terms: wardrobe
inbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inbuilt
form: most inbuilt
form: in-built
Etymology: From in- + built.
Senses: glosses: Existing as an essential constituent; built-in; inherent; integral.
moe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Forms: form: moé
Etymology: From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Senses: examples: text: Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!
ref: 2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List:
text: Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.
ref: 2023 September 5, Trent Murray, “10 Best Anime Like Bocchi The Rock”, in Dual Shockers, Carole and Tuesday:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
Derived terms: figure moe zoku
moe anthropomorphism
moeblob
moeshit
Related terms: moekko
moe sangyo
moetan
moe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Forms: form: more moe
form: moe-er
form: most moe
form: moe-est
form: moé
Etymology: From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
Related terms: kawaii
aegyo
moe
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
ipa: /məʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mo.
examples: text: Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
Must needs put some experience in my maw:
Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]
ref: c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship:
glosses: Obsolete form of more.
moe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
ipa: /məʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
glosses: Obsolete form of moa.
moe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
ipa: /məʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
ipa: /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Etymology: Variant forms.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of moo.
glosses: Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).
loup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːp/
homophone: loop
Forms: form: loups
form: loop
Etymology: Borrowed from German Luppe (“a lump of iron”).
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the trip hammer or rolls.
Related terms: loup-cervier
trou-de-loup
loof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːf
Forms: form: loofs
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English love, lufe, lofe, luf (“palm of the hand”), from Old Norse lōfi, from Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“palm of the hand; paw; oar blade, paddle”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The palm of the hand.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
Derived terms: loofball
loof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːf
Forms: form: loofs
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English lof (“a contrivance for altering a ship's course, paddle, oar”), from Middle Dutch loef (“an oar or paddle used in steering”), ultimately of the same origin as Etymology 1. Compare luff.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.