cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
start on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts on
form: starting on
form: started on
form: started on
Senses: examples: text: Don't start on her about that again!
glosses: To criticize.
examples: text: We're starting on the long-delayed project soon.
text: They haven't started her on solid foods yet.
text: Start on the vegetables after you've done the bed.
glosses: To begin using (something); to set about on a task; to be initiated to begin using.
examples: text: Don't start me on that again.
glosses: To be instigated to talk about, rant or complain regarding a frequent topic.
start on at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts on at
form: starting on at
form: started on at
form: started on at
Senses: glosses: Synonym of start on (To criticize).
synonyms: word: start on
extra: To criticize
Galston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from ?
harden up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hardens up
form: hardening up
form: hardened up
form: hardened up
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To tighten up a sailboat's sheets in order to prevent luffing.
glosses: To become or make (something, someone) hard, either literally or figuratively.
kings of the castles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king of the castle
tarphyconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] tarphyconic, and finally nautiliconic. To differentiate between mature and immature orthoconic, cyrtoconic, gyroconic, and tarphyconic forms , an additional set of terms is needed for the mature forms; these are orthoceraconic[…]
ref: 1933, Arthur K. Miller, The Nautiloid Cephalopods of the Pennsylvanian System in the Mid-continent Region:
text: […] is a tarphyconic species, the whorls in contact but with no true impressed zone.
ref: 1952, Hans Ernst Thalmann, Journal of Paleontology:
glosses: Tarphyceraconic (sometimes specifically if immature).
start up on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts up on
form: starting up on
form: started up on
form: started up on
Senses: examples: text: Don't start up on me about that again!
glosses: To begin again at criticizing (someone or something).
ice castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice castles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ice palace.
synonyms: word: ice palace
ice castles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice castle
appeal to the stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] for they are often not accompanied by justification due to the prevalence of the logical fallacy of the appeal to the stone, but we instead applaud challenge and justification because as one quickly feels doubt about something they have been told or something they have just learned, they should just as quickly execute positivity into[…]
ref: 2019 March 16, Cometan, The Duodoxy: The Principles of The Logical Cosmos, Astronist Institution, page 1399:
glosses: Argumentum ad lapidem
Michaelmasse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Michaelmasses
Senses: examples: text: The Epiſtie on the frydaye in the ember weke afoꝛe Michaelmaſſe.
ref: 1539, The Goſpell of ſaynt Matthew:
text: Michaelmaſſe Tearme beginneth the ix. of October, if it be not Sunday, and endeth the xxviii. of Nouember, and hath eight returnes.
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
ref: 1637, [John Milton], A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: On Michaelmasse Night, before the Right Honorable, Iohn Earle of Bridgewater, Vicount Brackly, Lord Præsident of Wales, and One of His Maiesties Most Honorable Privie Counsell, London: Printed [by Augustine Mathewes] for Humphrey Robinson, at the signe of the Three Pidgeons in Pauls Church-yard, →OCLC; republished as 2nd edition, London: Printed for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, 1791, →OCLC, pages 170–172, lines 252–257:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Michaelmas.
Michaelmasses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Michaelmasse
dab out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dabs out
form: dabbing out
form: dabbed out
form: dabbed out
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: To dab (to press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing) using paint to produce a desired effect.
glosses: To remove using a dabbing motion.
glosses: To mark or press numbers with a dauber (marker for bingo cards) or, by extension, with a finger (e.g. on a phone pad).
glosses: To extinguish a cigarette by pressing the lit end down on something.
glosses: To get high using dabs (concentrated hash oil on a heated surface).
Trinitie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: First I bequeth to almighty god and to the blissed Trinitie, to the blissed virgyn saint Mary our lady and to all saint[s] and martirs, saint george saint Kateryn saint Antony myn advowerers and to all the blissed holy company in heven, most humbly requiryng the said Trinitie that they by the mediacion & intercession of myn advowrers that the company aforsaid will haue mercy and petie of my soule and conveye the same vnto the way of saluacion And my body to be buried before the Trinitie in Barsham chirch on the north side vnder the foundacion of the Chauncel wall.
ref: 1527, Edward Echyngham, “The Will of Sir Edward Echingham”, in The Genealogist, volume 22 (N.S.), London: George Bell & Sons, published 1906, →OCLC, page 54:
text: As to your letter, for wᶜʰ I thanke you, I willingly acknowledge yᵉ Trinity in Unity, and Xᵗ to be not meer man but true God, in yᵉ Scripture sense, therefore I am a Christian.[…]For yᵉ present I must denie yᵗ major, viz. He that denieth yᵗ in Xᵗ wᶜʰ is most essential in him, denieth Xᵗ, for admit your minor was true, yet Jesus was called Xᵗ, in respect of his unction[…]Maldonati in Evang. thinkes yᵗ yᵉ disciples did not know yᵉ eternal generation, till after yᵉ resurrection, and yet they knew yᵗ Jesus was yᵉ Xᵗ, yᵉ Sonne of yᵉ living God, wᶜʰ seem to be used as words of the same importance, Matth. xvi. 16, John vi. 69, and Mark and Luke say only—Thou art yᵉ Xᵗ, and for this confession were declared blessed. Justin Martyr sayeth yᵗ many orthodox Xᵗⁱᵃⁿˢ placed yᵉ divinity of Xᵗ in his unction, as I noted before.[…]To confesse Jesus to be yᵉ Xᵗ is next to nothing since the grand apostacy, but in yᵉ primitive church an exalted Saviour was in better request,[…]He yᵗ beleiveth yᵗ Jesus Xᵗ was conceived by yᵉ Holy Spirit,[…]One said to me yᵉ Pope is exactly orthodox in yᵉ Trinitie, ergo, he is not Anti-Xᵗ. I answered, Hee is Anti-Xᵗ, therefore search him well upon yᵉ hue and cry for that.
ref: c. 1680, [Gilbert Clerke], To Baxter, on the Right of Antitrinitarians to be esteemed Christians; republished as “Original Letters from the Baxter Manuscripts in Dr. Williams’s Library”, in The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, volume XIX, number CCXXIV, Hackney: […] George Smallfield; […] Sherwood, Jones, and Co., […], 1824 August, pages 452–453:
text: Now, whosoever shall come to know his owne soule, and the place thereof, meerly by the power & worke of it selfe, shall confesse himselfe to be absolutely ignorant thereof. Therefore if nature & reason, with the powers & affects of the soule & reason, commeth short to know it self ; much more must it come short, to discouer or vnderstand the incircumscriptible nature, essence and place of the Holy Trinitie.
ref: 1876, John Davies, edited by Alexander B. Grosart, The Works in Verse and Prose (including Hitherto Unpublished MSS) of Sir John Davies, page 178:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Trinity.
dab up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dabs up
form: dabbing up
form: dabbed up
form: dabbed up
Senses: glosses: To clean (usually a liquid spill) by dabbing; to soak up a fluid by dabbing (To press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing).
forenoone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forenoones
Senses: examples: text: Good now, some excellent fortune! Let mee
be married to three Kings in a forenoone, and Widdow them[…]
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: Theſe men ſerue God in the forenoone, and the diuell in the after noone;
ref: 1601, Arthur Dent, Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen, page 138:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of forenoon.
forenoones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forenoone
start back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts back
form: starting back
form: started back
form: started back
Senses: glosses: To begin a return trip to a starting point.
start back in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts back in
form: starting back in
form: started back in
form: started back in
Senses: glosses: To resume insulting, confronting and/or shouting at someone.
Ashwednesday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ashwednesdays
Senses: examples: text: […] ſo that the ſame law day after Aſhwedneſday cannot be kept, becauſe the law day of the other feaſt doth light on the ſame day: then the ſecond law day after Aſhwedneſday ſhalbe kept, and the other omitted.
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
text: Rather ſpeake of ſenſe and appetite when you ſee a Papiſt in his fat dayes, before Aſhwedneſday , to make worke for the Prieſt, […]
ref: 1641, Francis Rous, chapter XII, in Catholick Charitie, John Bartlet, pages 351-352:
text: [1695 February] 6 Ashwednesday, a fine frosty morning, walk, read the 24 Book de Finibus, &c.
ref: 1997, Henry Prescott, edited by John Addy, John Harrop, and Peter McNiven, The Diary of Henry Prescott, LL.B., Deputy Registrar of Chester Diocese, volume III, Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, page 911:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Ash Wednesday.
Ashwednesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ashwednesday
murk out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: murks out
form: murking out
form: murked out
form: murked out
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To murder (someone).
shave up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shaves up
form: shaving up
form: shaved up
form: shaved up
Senses: glosses: To shave (someone, something).
glosses: To shave oneself.
know about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: knows about
form: knowing about
form: knew about
form: known about
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see know, about.
examples: text: I don't know about him.
text: You never know about that family.
glosses: To have positive inclinations regarding (someone or something); to have no doubts regarding (someone or something).
start back on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: starts back on
form: starting back on
form: started back on
form: started back on
Senses: examples: text: Oh, don't start back on that!
glosses: To resume talking about a topic, most often in an argument, criticism or interrogation; to resume nagging or complaining about a topic.
Norfolke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: ref: 1572, Thomas Palfreyman, “An exhortation ſent from a ſtraunger, a worthy and famous learned man of God, to the righte big he and mightie Prince, Edvvard Duke of Somerſet, for the ſeeking and quiet eſtablishing of peace and rightuouſneſle, in the Church of England: Immediatly vpon the commotions, ſodainly raiſed vp in the vveſt partes, as alſo in Suffolke and Norfolke. In the yeare of our Lord Chriſt. 1545.”, in A paraphrase uppon the epistle of the holie apostle S. Paule to the Romanes, page 86:
text: We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs,
As well appeareth by the cauſe you come,
Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon.
Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thou obiect
Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
text: And indeed he is ouer diligent that can finde Landes of mine in Warwikeſhire and Norfolke, […]
ref: 1596, Thomas Cartwright, A brief apologie of Thomas Cartwright againſt all ſuch ſlaunderous accuſations as it pleaſeth Mr Sutcliffe in ſeuerall pamphlettes moſt iniuriouſly to loade him with:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Norfolk: a county of England.
Suffolke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: ref: 1572, Thomas Palfreyman, “An exhortation ſent from a ſtraunger, a worthy and famous learned man of God, to the righte big he and mightie Prince, Edvvard Duke of Somerſet, for the ſeeking and quiet eſtablishing of peace and rightuouſneſle, in the Church of England: Immediatly vpon the commotions, ſodainly raiſed vp in the vveſt partes, as alſo in Suffolke and Norfolke. In the yeare of our Lord Chriſt. 1545.”, in A paraphrase uppon the epistle of the holie apostle S. Paule to the Romanes, page 86:
text: From thence to the riuer of Trent, which paſſeth through the middeſt of England, be 16 ſhires, whereof the firſt ſix (ſtanding Eaſtward) are Eſſex, Middleſex, Hartfordſhire, Suffolke, Northſolke and Cambridgeſhire:[…]
ref: 1590, John Stow, A Svmmarie of the Chronicles of England, from the Firſt arriuing of Brute in this Iſland, vnto this preſent yeere of Chriſt, 1590:
text: We heere create thee the firſt Duke of Suffolke, / And girt thee with the Sword. Coſin of Yorke
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 120, column 2:
ref: 1624, John Drue, The Duchess of Suffolke:
ref: 1627, William Hawkins, Apollo Shroving, Composed for the Schollars of the Free-schoole of Hadleigh in Suffolke:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Suffolk: a county of England.
edumyths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edumyth
Cassmance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cassmances
Etymology: From Cass(andra) + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: Don't worry, I'm solving this problem by writing Cassmance fanfic.
ref: 2014 December 14, jack (@vesaldi), Twitter:
text: I had a hard time not romancing Dorian with my second male playthrough, but I had to get at least one Cassmance in.
ref: 2015 April 7, theRadioStarr, Reddit:
text: Tried to do a Cassmance run in my most recent playthrough but the Redcliffe vendor question bugged out on me and there was no fixing.
ref: 2022 October 23, oscuroluna, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: The Cassandra romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Cassmancer
Cassmancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cassmancers
Etymology: From Cass(andra) + -mancer.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, I knew you'd be here, you hopelessly romantic Cassmancer.
ref: 2015 April 1, TheSteggie, Reddit:
text: […] he was also supposed be a Cassmancer but ended up falling madly in love with Dorian.
ref: 2020 December 8, nihilisticspacebear, Reddit:
text: I'm a Cassmancer and I already have an AO3 account. i guess I'm ahead of the curve
ref: 2022 March 27, rattatatouille, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A player who romances Cassandra Pentaghast during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Cassmance
Seramance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Seramances
Etymology: From Sera + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: I think my next run after this will be human Chantry supporter & finally do a Seramance without the elfy stuff getting in the way.
ref: 2015 May 22, Christina González (@c_gonzalez), Twitter:
text: But divorced from my character, she feels like my little sister, making it feel weird to read any Seramance fics.
ref: 2015 September 27, Kind_Owl, Reddit:
text: had no idea how GOOD the Seramance would be (it's just super bawdy which is exactly how I want romances written)
ref: 2022 November 17, @SimonJadis, Twitter:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: The Sera romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Seramancer
Seramancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seramancers
Etymology: From Sera + -mancer.
Senses: examples: text: Personally, I think Seramancers hit the jackpot with Trespasser.
ref: 2016 September 23, PapaCharlie9, Reddit:
text: I'm a chronic Seramancer but I love to see love for Blackwall.
ref: 2018 March 26, vertigomez, Reddit:
text: also as a seramancer I must tell you to romance sera for she is the best
ref: 2019 November 17, smallizardthing, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A player who romances Sera during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Seramance
Hawkebela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Hawke + Isabela.
Senses: examples: text: Hawkebela is such an under appreciated ship and I have no idea why
ref: 2016 December 11, Kyle!!! (@KaraZorEluthor), Twitter:
text: Hawkebela gives me heart eyes for days.
ref: 2023 March 9, ghastlytofu, Reddit:
text: IS AO3 DOWN I'M LITERALLY READING THIS HAWKEBELA FIC LET ME IN
ref: 2023 July 10, wato (@arrkstan), Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of player character Hawke and Isabela from Dragon Age II.
Fenbela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Fenris + Isabela.
Senses: examples: text: how could the same franchise that gave us fenbela give us josie/blackwalll
ref: 2017 February 3, wizard of the order (@svirakir), Twitter:
text: Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.
ref: 2017 February 16, vacantstars, Reddit:
text: I love fenbela but I can’t write it cause it’s Too Sexy and I can’t look directly at it without losing my mind
ref: 2019 March 13, KIMMY'S SATANIC AIRBNB (@gothkimmyS(, Twitter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Fenris and Isabela from Dragon Age II.
neurodivergents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurodivergent
camout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camouts
form: cam-out
Etymology: Univerbation of cam out.
Senses: examples: text: Phillips screw heads are known to be prone to camouts.
text: All tests proved positive: camouts (run outs) were reduced, panel damage was cut by at least 50 percent, stick fit was achieved, productivity increased, and service people reported they preferred the new screws[.]
ref: 1998 August, “Fastener Reduces Panel Damage by 50%”, in Appliance Manufacturer, volume 46, number 8, Troy, M.I.: Business News Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 90, column 3:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: An instance in which a screwdriver slips out of the head of a screw due to excessive torque being applied; an instance of camming out.
cam-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cam-outs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camout.
camouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camout
cam-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cam-out
Josiemance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Josiemances
Etymology: From Josie + -mance.
Senses: examples: text: I believe you're correct, no sex scene. It's been awhile since I've played Josiemance.
ref: 2020 January 24, bigfatcarp93, Reddit:
text: Runner up is the Josiemance because again there's more going on than it looks, plus respect and caring!
ref: 2021 January 15, Toshi_Nama, Reddit:
text: Currently replaying in preparation for DAD, and the Josiemance is still as lovely as I remember.
ref: 2024 May 24, RS_Serperior, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: The Josephine romance subplot in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Josiemancer
Josiemancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Josiemancers
Etymology: From Josie + -mancer.
Senses: examples: text: I hate it too. Josiemancers got the short end of the stick in this DLC.
ref: 2015 September 11, gaybordello, Reddit:
text: I'm a chronic Josiemancer. Josie was my first Dragon age romance so I always have a big soft spot for her character and her romance.
ref: 2016 September 5, Batsy22, Reddit:
text: I am a diehard Josiemancer, but the fact that there is no approval system for the advisors is a miss.
ref: 2024 April 26, Marzopup, Reddit:
qualifier: Dragon Age fandom slang
glosses: A player who romances Josephine Montilyet during a playthrough of Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Related terms: Josiemance
nonalleged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + alleged.
Senses: examples: text: To accomplish the purposes of initial assessment/investigation, caseworkers must: * employ a protocol for interviewing the identified child, siblings, nonalleged maltreating parent, and alleged maltreating parent; […] .
ref: 1970, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort, page 319:
text: Based only on quantity and giving no consideration for quality or case complexity, it proved to be counterproductive, causing, among other things, poor quality, administrative closures, and the inhibiting of broadened charges or the pursuit of nonalleged violations.
ref: 1970, United States Commission on Civil Rights, Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort, page 319:
text: As employees of SG Construction, the 12 nonalleged discriminatees received the same rates of pay as they had received as employees of Summit Express.
ref: 2008, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 609:
text: Efforts to strengthen the bond between the nonalleged parent and the child are enhanced, and the parent is directed to therapy to help manage his or her anxiety and concern over the prospect of reunification.
ref: 2013, Tara Ney, True And False Allegations Of Child Sexual Abuse, page 136:
glosses: Not alleged; about which no unproved assertion has been made.
BG3
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From BG + 3.
Senses: examples: text: Granted, games like BG3 and other adaptations of the D&D franchise are not necessarily concerned with representing the real world as they seem to be with crafting fantasy.
ref: 2022, Earl A. Aguilera, "Theorizing Whiteness as a Proceduralized Ideology in Videogames", Journal of Games Criticism, Volume 5, Bonus Issue A, January 2022, pages 15-16
text: However, the company has suggested that 2023 will be the year that BG3 finally gets a full launch, with a complete story, and every promised race and class available.
ref: 2022, “The Game Awards 2022 Recap”, in The Gamer Guide, Issue 11, November-December 2022, page 26:
text: Larian Studios has developed BG3 as a sequel to the first two games, which were released in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
ref: 2023 November 10, Brynn Tannehill, “Baldur's Gate 3 has received widespread critical acclaim, the Blade chats with two key queer figures in the game”, in Los Angeles Blade, page 4:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Baldur's Gate 3.
flower-pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower-pots
Senses: examples: text: O Laurinella! little doſt thou wot
 How fraile a flower thou doſt ſo highly prize:
Beauty's the flower, but love the flower-pot
 That muſt preſerve it, els it quickly dyes.
ref: 1653, William Basse, “Clio, or The First Muse; in 9 Eglogues in Honor of 9 Vertues. As It was in His Dayes Intended. [Munday. Laurinella. Eglogue. Of True and Chast Love.]”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, The Pastorals and Other Workes of William Basse. […] (Miscellaneous Tracts, Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London: s.n.], published 1870, →OCLC, page 14:
text: I hope you will think kindly of my whitened bones, and never have anything more to do with Greek writing on flower-pots, sir, if I may make so bold as to say so.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Job Has a Presentiment”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 247:
text: Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
ref: 1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter I (Anarchy), pages 377–378:
glosses: Alternative form of flowerpot.
flower-pots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower-pot
BG2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From BG + 2.
Senses: examples: text: Because in the end, the greatest joy of BG2 is the control you have over the protagonist.
ref: 2000 December, David Simkins, “Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn”, in NEXT Generation, page 141:
text: After playing with them in BG1, BG2, IWD1 and now NWN, the same old spells are becoming somewhat wearisome.
ref: 2002 November, “Icewind Dale 2”, in PC Powerplay, page 67:
text: If you’ve played BG1 or BG2 and are looking to this as a temporary fix, you won’t find it.
ref: 2003 March, Chris Anderson, “Icewind Dale And Heart Of Winter”, in PC Zone, page 98:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.
BG1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From BG + 1.
Senses: examples: text: Old hands will recognise these characters from BG1, so there's instant motivation there for them, while multiple-choice dialogue lets newcomers know you've got history with them.
ref: 2000 October, Peter Walker, “Role-Playing Power”, in Computer and Video Games, page 33:
text: After playing with them in BG1, BG2, IWD1 and now NWN, the same old spells are becoming somewhat wearisome.
ref: 2002 November, “Icewind Dale 2”, in PC Powerplay, page 67:
text: If you’ve played BG1 or BG2 and are looking to this as a temporary fix, you won’t find it.
ref: 2003 March, Chris Anderson, “Icewind Dale And Heart Of Winter”, in PC Zone, page 98:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: BG
glosses: Initialism of Baldur's Gate.
bursally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Another bursal function is to permit bursally processed cells to switch from producing immunoglobulin-M ( IgM ) to immunoglobulin-G (IgG).
ref: 1979, Avian Diseases - Volume 23, page 291:
text: Immunoglobulin G (IgG = IgY) is the most abundant isotype of antibody in circulation and is synthesized by bursally derived (B–) lymphocytes (Warret al. 1995).
ref: 2008, Victor Apanius, Mark A. Westbrock, David J. Anderson, Reproduction and Immune Homeostatis in a Long-lived Seabird, the Nazca Booby (Sula granti), page 4:
glosses: In a bursal manner.
Derived terms: intrabursally
Slovak State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Slovak State
Senses: synonyms: Slovak Republic
glosses: A client state of Nazi Germany from 14 March 1939 to 4 April 1945.
fosterhome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fosterhomes
Senses: examples: text: For children of 7-14 years of age, life in family-group homes with house parents offers many possibilities but one should consider seriously whether fosterhome care is not indicated for a large group of these children. Fosterhome care should also be applied to juvenile delinquents (in co-operation with child guidance clinics).
ref: 1955, United Nations. Technical Assistance Administration, European Exchange Plan Seminar on the Institutional Treatment of Juvenile Offenders, Vienna, 27 September to 9 October 1954, page 87:
text: She also discusses the desirability of a "mother house," a fosterhome placement with an analyzed motherly person. If fosterhome placement is combined with analytic treatment, work, and recreation, results may be positive.
ref: 1959, John Frosch, The Annual Survey of Psychoanalysis - Volume 5, page 545:
text: Under the probate code a probate judge is clothed with the authority to place a minor, that is any child who has not attained his seventeenth birthday, in a private fosterhome.
ref: 1971, Boston College. Center for Field Research and School Services, Issues of Aid to Nonpublic Schools, page 12:
text: Jerry, age two, has been living in the same fosterhome for fourteen months.
ref: 2012, Vera Fahlberg, A Child's Journey Through Placement, page 201:
glosses: Alternative form of foster home.
fosterhomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fosterhome
foster-home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foster-homes
Senses: examples: text: We have others in foster-homes where they have grown up from infancy, and in some cases there are receiving invalid pensions because of their mental deficiency.
ref: 1927, Victoria. Parliament. Legislative Assembly, Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, page 10:
text: Foster-homes are investigated before put into use.
ref: 1937, Pennsylvania. General Assembly, Legislative Journal - Issue 2, page 1660:
text: Here's what I think: I think that the two years of separation, when she stayed in the foster-home and I went out into the big world, proved critical in stunting the relationship between Willow and me.
ref: 2010, Deirdre Purcell, Children of Eve: An unforgettable novel about a family in crisis:
glosses: Alternative form of foster home.
foster-homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foster-home
Mandelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mandelson
friends-to-lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friends to lovers
Senses: examples: text: When I started the Mafia Moguls series, I knew I wanted a friends-to-lovers trope—one of my absolute favorite storylines.
ref: 2016, Jules Bennett, From Friend to Fake Fiancé, page 2:
text: Between the classic friends-to-lovers trope, incredible dialogue, and undeniable chemistry between Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, this is one film that you MUST watch.
ref: 2021 February 5, Jessica Khorana, “The Top Ten RomComs To Watch On Valentine's Day”, in The Innis Herald, University of Toronto, page 11:
text: A sparkling, warm romance that reminds us why the friends-to-lovers trope is superior!
ref: 2022, Sarah Adams, praise blurb in Allison Ashley, Would You Rather, page 2
glosses: A trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of a friendship into romantic love.
ADHOC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French ADHOC.
Senses: glosses: Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (Cambodia’s oldest human rights organization, founded in 1991)
enemies-to-lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enemies to lovers
form: ETL
Senses: examples: text: “And for everyone rooting for this little enemies-to-lovers tale...”
ref: 2013, Maisey Yates, The Couple Who Fooled the World, Mills & Boon, page 42:
text: I know that she never falls asleep before 2 a.m. and her favourite fanfic trope is enemies-to-lovers and she’s secretly a fan of Ariana Grande.
ref: 2018, Alice Oseman, I Was Born for This, unnumbered page:
text: And that’s because Go Hex Yourself is a romantic masterpiece, and the sexiest, most bewitching take on enemies-to-lovers I’ve read in ages.
ref: 2023, Ali Hazelwood, praise blurb in Jessica Clare, What the Hex, page 1
text: When I read a book now, I think I'm much more trope-aware, because before I read fanfiction, I don't even think I fully understood what tropes were. So now I see, like, when a book has enemies-to-lovers, I see it, and I'm like, oh-oh.
ref: 2023, Tara, quoted Fabienne Silberstein-Bamford, "The 'Fanfic Lens': Fan Writing's Impact on Media Consumption", Volume 19, Issue 2, March 2023, page 156
glosses: A trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of an antagonistic relationship into romantic love.
enemies-to-friends-to-lovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enemies to friends to lovers
Senses: examples: text: I wanted more time for the two together, especially more witty barbs, since I revel in an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers trope.
ref: 2020 January 29, Nathalie Graham, “Sweet As Vanilla Ice Cream”, in The Stranger, page 29:
text: The connection between Emma and Regina goes beyond one of the Saviour against the Villain, though the trope of enemies to friends to lovers played a big part of the initial interest in their interactions.
ref: 2022, Victoria Mello Veríssimo da Fonseca, "Fanfiction as a Literary Text: A Narratological Study of Fanfiction Writing", paper submitted to the Universidad Federal de Río Grande del Sur, page 36
text: The movie's plot is the epitome of the enemies to friends to lovers trope.
ref: 2023, Megan Freedman, "How When Harry Met Sally... remains a timeless romcom", The Medium (University of Toronto Mississauga), 13 February 2023, page 12
glosses: A trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of a rivalry into friendship and eventually romantic love.
LICADHO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French LICADHO.
Senses: glosses: Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (one of the oldest human rights organization of Cambodia, founded in 1992)
barrelmancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barrel + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: Barrelmancy is something that takes a little while to start.
ref: 2021 January 8, Aden Carter, “Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer”, in GameRant:
text: Barrelmancy was such a hit with the Divinity community that there are actual mods dedicated to it, but it has many detractors, and barrelmancy in Baldur's Gate 3 1.0 is sadly not as potent as it was in the giddy days of early-early access.
ref: 2023 August 10, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer”, in Rock Paper Shotgun:
text: Divinity: Original Sin 2 fans also got a kick out of barrelmancy, so it’s no surprise to see Baldur’s Gate 3 fans pulling off the same trick.
ref: 2023 August 23, Nicole Clark, The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’, Polygon:
topics: video-games
glosses: The strategic use of containers of explosives in combat.
Related terms: barrelmancer
barrelmancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barrelmancers
Etymology: From barrel + -mancer.
Senses: examples: text: 2021, Aden Carter, "Divinity 2: Every Step To Create An All-Powerful Barrelmancer", GameRant, 8 January 2021 (used in title only)
text: The barrelmancer strategy went viral on Reddit and X (née Twitter) last week.
ref: 2023 August 23, Nicole Clark, The best ‘class’ in Baldur’s Gate 3 is ‘barrelmancer’, Polygon:
text: 2023, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, "The secret best Baldur's Gate 3 class is, of course, Barrelmancer", Rock Paper Shotgun, 10 August 2023 (used in title only)
topics: video-games
glosses: A player who strategically uses containers of explosives in combat.
Related terms: barrelmancy
Tau-lak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 斗六 (Táu-la̍k).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Douliu: the Hokkien-derived name.
synonyms: word: Douliu
extra: the Hokkien-derived name
stumbledrunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stumbledrunk
form: most stumbledrunk
Senses: examples: text: I never took as a lover the famous but stumbledrunk opera tenor whose name I cannot here divulge, though he and I like the stars were of the same mold and burning in affinity;
ref: 1993, Albert Goldbarth, Across the Layers: Poems Old and New, page 152:
text: Ward pairs nicely with Dennis R. Elkins' stumbledrunk Stephano , clad in tuxedo jacket and black knickers
ref: 2016, J. O'Connor, K. Goodland, A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance Since 1991, page 1823:
text: Gareth Blackmoore himself came tripping into the bar, his little brother, Gawain, and a welter of interchangeable Blackmoore cousins trailing in his wake, all of the obviously only a half step shy of being fully stumbledrunk.
ref: 2021, Lana Harper, Payback's a Witch, page 17:
glosses: Alternative form of stumble-drunk.
stumbledrunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumbledrunks
Senses: examples: text: And once I asked a friend, a poet, the reason he styed in his hooker-and-stumbledrunk neighborhood; he could leave, after all, if he wanted.
ref: 1997, Jack Grapes, On the Bus: A Literary Anthology, page 104:
text: Contradancers don't usually drink very much alcohol — no one likes a stumbledrunk on the dance floor, and besides, life is good when you dance, and the need for a drink kind of goes away.
ref: 2021, Martha Edwards, “Stringdancer History - the Beginning”, in Stringdancer:
text: He flattered himself that it was quite the feat, but it was also wasted on all the stumbledrunks who might have possibly noticed.
ref: 2021 May 6, Moe Lane, “Snippet, Rescue from Chateau d’Aléatoire.”, in Moe Lane:
glosses: Alternative form of stumble-drunk.
stumbledrunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumbledrunk
stumble-drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stumble-drunk
form: most stumble-drunk
Etymology: From stumble + drunk.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, patrons remembered the bar owner dragging a stumble-drunk Jefferts into the parking lot,but no one could attest to the exact reason why.
ref: 2012, Paul Doiron, Trespasser:
text: When they came back, stumble-drunk and bruised, drunk enough to piss their own beds, they teased and heckled him.
ref: 2015, David Treuer, Prudence: A Novel:
text: A day before he'd been stumble-drunk beside a sterile resort pool; now he was having a romantic candlelight dinner with two young twenty-somethings, one of whom was the most perfect girl he'd ever met in his life.
ref: 2016, Raymond Avery Bartlett, Sunsets of Tulum:
glosses: So drunk that one is clumsy and stumbling.
stumble-drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumble-drunks
Etymology: From stumble + drunk.
Senses: examples: text: It's not like they're stumble-drunks – they're guys who drink themselves into that weird sobriety.
ref: 2011, James Mottram, Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood:
text: Also, Mrs. Krause served liquor but had no telerance for stumble-drunks and certainly not mean drunks.
ref: 2012, Gilbert Morris, The River Rose, page 34:
text: He was doing a keen enough job so far, one more stumble-drunk knocking down the wide Third Rung thoroughfare, a bit grimier than they generally got up here but not worth noticing twice.
ref: 2016, Daniel Polansky, Those Below:
glosses: One who is currently or habitually stumble-drunk.
stumble-drunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumble-drunk
intentionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intentional
hexaferrocyanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexaferrocyanide
hexadecatrienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexadecatriene
hexahydroxoantimonates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexahydroxoantimonate
hexapyranoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexapyranose
hexalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexalogue
hexasilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexasilicate
hexaols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexaol
hexavanadates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexavanadate
high-nellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of high-nelly
highruns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highrun
hill censers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hill censer
hodegetrias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hodegetria
Hogarths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hogarth
God's Blessing Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Holt parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU0303).
bricklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bricklets
Etymology: From brick + -let.
Senses: examples: text: Alas, time here hath used a pestle, not a scythe, and these remains of mortal buildings are immortal—smash! I got a little marble piece of a flooring, a tiny bricklet in some vast mosaic pavement:—it is the only whole bit I have seen, except the few larger fragments.
ref: 1854, Henry Whitelock Torrens, “Idle Days in Egypt”, in James Hume, editor, A Selection from the Writings, Prose and Poetical, of the Late Henry W. Torrens, Esq., B. A., Bengal Civil Service, and of the Inner Temple; with a Biographical Memoir, volume II, R.C. Lepage and Co., page 363:
text: At the expiration of twenty-four hours they are tested by the amount of weight that may be suspended from each bricklet without pulling it apart. Under the test adopted for the Brooklyn bridge they are required to have a “ tensile strength” sufficient to resist a “ pull” of 60 pounds. The majority of the daily tests largely exceed this, resisting a pull varying from 60 to 130 pounds. A bricklet made last September was recently tested (April, 1880), and was not broken until the pull equaled 900 pounds
ref: 1880, Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester, “New York and Rosendale Cement Company”, in History of Ulster County, New York, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, Everts & Peck, page 243:
text: For some time it has been customary in this country to confine the laboratory investigation of clay to a chemical analysis of it, with perhaps the burning of a hand-molded bricklet in an assayer's muffle.
ref: 1897, “The testing of clays”, in Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1897: Eighteenth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, United States Government Printing Office, page 1122:
glosses: A small brick.
bricklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bricklet
shine on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shines on
form: shining on
form: shined on
form: shined on
form: shone on
form: shone on
Senses: examples: text: Keep shining on, champion!
glosses: To continue to excel.
glosses: To humor (someone) or be condescending to (someone); to pretend to take (someone) seriously; to tell a tall tale; to pull someone's leg.
glosses: To deliberately insult or aggravate (someone).
Kurtzian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kurtzian
form: most Kurtzian
Etymology: From Kurtz + -ian, after the fictional character Kurtz in the novel Heart of Darkness.
Senses: examples: text: […]imagine Caleb’s excitement and fear when he wins an in-house competition to spend a week alone with the firm’s reclusive, scarily Kurtzian founder, Nathan (bullishly played by Oscar Isaac), in his gigantic fortress of solitude on a private island—it looks like the one where they built Jurassic Park.
ref: 2015 January 22, Peter Bradshaw, “Ex Machina review – an elegant but limited artificial intelligence thriller”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Megalomaniac; brutal, tyrannical.
wikipedia: Heart of Darkness
Kurtz (Heart of Darkness)
shine down on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shines down on
form: shining down on
form: shined down on
form: shined down on
form: shone down on
form: shone down on
Senses: examples: text: Let's hope luck is shining down on me today!
glosses: To project benevolent or unfortunate qualities on (someone).
raw_tags: of a spiritual entity (e.g. God) or an abstract concept (e.g. luck)
shine down upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shines down upon
form: shining down upon
form: shined down upon
form: shined down upon
form: shone down upon
form: shone down upon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shine down on.
shine off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shines off
form: shining off
form: shined off
form: shined off
form: shone off
form: shone off
Senses: examples: text: They keep asking, but she keeps shining them off.
glosses: To be dismissive towards (someone or something, e.g. questions, concerns).
Nupedia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnuːˈpiːdi.ə/
ipa: /ˈnuːˌpiːdi.ə/
Etymology: Possibly from GNU, + -pedia (“encyclopedia”).
Senses: glosses: An expert-written, free-content online encyclopedia operating from 2000 to 2003; parent project of Wikipedia.
couch up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: couches up
form: couching up
form: couched up
form: couched up
Senses: examples: text: Since the fight with Susan, I've been couching up at my brother's house.
glosses: To use, sit on or sleep on a couch.
glosses: Misspelling of cough up.
log onto
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: logs onto
form: logging onto
form: logged onto
form: logged onto
Senses: glosses: Synonym of log on.
synonyms: word: log on
Related terms: log into