cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acephalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acephalists
Etymology: From acephal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: we must not therefore suffer these Acephalists, these circulators and beggars to perswade us[…]
ref: 1653, John Gauden, Hieraspistes:
glosses: One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/
ipa: /əˈsɛfəloʊsɪst/
Forms: form: acephalocysts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκέφαλος (aképhalos, “headless”) + κύστις (kústis, “bladder”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
Derived terms: acephalocystic
acephalocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˌsɛ.fə.loʊˈsɪ.stɪk/
Etymology: From acephalocyst + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.
acerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acerates
Etymology: From aceric + -ate. See acetic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
acerate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acerate
form: most acerate
Etymology: From Latin acer (“sharp”) + -ate
Senses: glosses: Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed
acerb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɜːb/
ipa: /əˈsɜɹb/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)b
Forms: form: acerber
form: more acerb
form: acerbest
form: most acerb
Etymology: From Latin acerbus, from Latin ācer (“sharp”): compare French acerbe. See acrid.
Senses: examples: text: If you put Spirit of Sulphur to the Peruvian Bark, it then becomes very acerb. If you mix Mercury with Spirit of Nitre or Oil of Vitriol whilst it boils, it then is very acerb.
ref: 1732, Edward Strother, Prælectiones Pharmaco-mathicæ & medico-practicæ:
synonyms: acerbic
glosses: Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
examples: text: As to the somewhat acerb remarks of the member for Jacques Cartier, I may pass them over […]
ref: 1909, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, Debates: Official Report, volume 1, page 1970:
synonyms: acerbic
glosses: Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
Derived terms: acerbly
Related terms: acerbate
acerbically
acerbity
exacerbate
Christopher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: krĭsʹtəfər
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪs.tə.fə/
Etymology: From Late Latin Christophorus, from Koine Greek Χρῑστόφορος (Khrīstóphoros, “carrier of Christ”), from Ancient Greek Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ”) + φόρος (phóros, “carrier, bearer”), from φέρειν (phérein, “to carry, to bear”) + -ος (-os, “-er: forming agent nouns”), from the legend of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus across a river.
Senses: examples: text: Am not I Christopher Sly, old Sly's son, of Burtonheath; by birth a pedlar, by education a card-maker, by transmutation a bear-herd, and now by present profession a tinker?
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act INDUCTION, scene ii]:
text: - - - a baby, which also happened to fall due, was baptized "Paul" ( for the church ) "Christopher" ( because St. Christopher had to do with rivers and ferries ), the Rector strenuously resisting the parents' desire to call it "Van Weyden Flood".
ref: 1934, Dorothy Sayers, The Nine Tailors:
text: A similar impulse sometimes accompanies my reading of the work of Christopher F. Rufo, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and one of the most gifted conservative polemicists of his generation.
ref: 2023 February 10, Graeme Wood, “DEI Is an Ideological Test”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2023:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Synonyms: sense: given name
word: Chip
sense: given name
word: Chris
sense: given name
word: Chrissy
sense: given name
word: Christoph
sense: given name
word: Christy
sense: given name
word: Kit
sense: given name
word: Topher
Derived terms: Chris
Chrissy
Christie
Christoph
Christopherson
Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Topher
Related terms: Chip
Kester
Kit
Kristopher
Daniel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: Dăn'yəl
ipa: /ˈdænjəl/
ipa: [ˈdanjəl]
enpr: Dăn'əl
ipa: /ˈdænəl/
ipa: /ˈdeɪnjɛl/
rhymes: -ænjəl
Forms: form: Daniels
Etymology: From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
Senses: examples: text: A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! / O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: A wise judge, like the biblical Daniel who ingeniously saved a woman from false accusations of adultery.
Derived terms: Daniel come to judgement
vegan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːɡən/
other: /ˈveɪɡən/
homophone: vaguen (one pronunciation)
homophone: Vegan
rhymes: -iːɡən
rhymes: -eɪɡən
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English vegetable
English vegetable
English -arian
English vegetarian
English vegan
Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
Senses: examples: text: He eats a completely vegan diet.
text: This chocolate cake is vegan.
text: Is their way of eating healthy and safe? Doctors and nutritionists generally give an almost unqualified “yes” to lacto‐ovo vegetarianism, but express some doubts about vegan diets.
ref: 1975 March 21, Judy Klemesrud, “Vegetarianism: Growing Way of Life, Especially Among the Young”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The interest of heavyweight investors is confirmation that vegan food has gone mainstream, but it could also make it harder for Oatly to maintain its anti-establishment image.
ref: 2021 May 18, Jack Ewing, Lauren Hirsch, “The Big Money Is Going Vegan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: food
lifestyle
synonyms: plant-based
glosses: Not containing animal products (meat, eggs, milk, leather, etc) or inherently involving animal use.
raw_tags: of a product or practice
examples: text: She is not vegan as she eats eggs and wears leather.
glosses: Committed to avoiding any product or practice that inherently involves animal use.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: Yesterday I went to a vegan party.
text: She is interested in vegan philosophy.
glosses: Relating to vegans or veganism.
Derived terms: unvegan
vegan burger
veganhood
veganic
veganism
veganist
veganite
vegansexual
Veganuary
vegan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːɡən/
other: /ˈveɪɡən/
homophone: vaguen (one pronunciation)
homophone: Vegan
rhymes: -iːɡən
rhymes: -eɪɡən
Forms: form: vegans
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English vegetable
English vegetable
English -arian
English vegetarian
English vegan
Clipping of vegetarian or vegetable, 1944. Coined by English vegan activist Donald Watson of the Vegan Society and first used in the name of The Vegan News.
Senses: glosses: A person who does not eat, drink or otherwise consume any animal products
examples: text: Our vegan-friendly shaving brush is made with synthetic bristles instead of badger hair.
glosses: A person committed to avoiding products and practices that inherently involve animal use, including all foods containing animal products, and to abstaining from direct and intentional harm to animals as far as possible; an adherent to veganism.
Derived terms: I'm a vegan
Related terms: vegetarian
vegetarianism
vegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛə.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more vegetarian
form: most vegetarian
Etymology: From vegetable + -arian; popularized following 1847 foundation of British Vegetarian Society.
Senses: examples: text: Must we not put to death blackbirds and thrushes because they feed on worms, or (if capital punishment offends our humanitarianism) starve them slowly by permanent captivity and vegetarian diet?
ref: 1893, David George Ritchie, Natural Rights: A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions:
synonyms: Pythagorean
glosses: Of or relating to the type of diet eaten by vegetarians (in all senses).
glosses: Without meat.
examples: text: Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog? Cuz every one I've tried tasted like smelted tire.
ref: 2008, Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music, page 208:
synonyms: plant-based
glosses: Of a product normally made with meat, having non-meat substitutes in place of meat.
examples: text: I have a vegetarian brother
antonyms: nonvegetarian
glosses: That does not eat meat.
Derived terms: antivegetarian
lactovegetarian
nonvegetarian
ovovegetarian
pescetarian
pescovegetarianism
strict vegetarian
unvegetarian
vegan
vegetarian burger
vegetarian egg
vegetarian hamburger
vegetarianism
vegetarianist
vegetarianistic
vegetarianize
veggie
Related terms: fruitarian
nutarian
pescetarian
vagitarian
vegan
ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭp
ipa: /ʃɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: ships
Etymology: Clipping of relationship.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, especially one explored in fan fiction.
examples: text: Along the way, I have developed a few rules. When you’re seeing someone, it is only polite to hit pause on these ex-ships, or at least dial them back.
ref: 2025 February 28, Laura Esther Wolfson, “Rules for Staying Close to Exes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
related: word: 'ship
glosses: Clipping of relationship.
Coordinate terms: slash fiction
slash
Derived terms: shipfic
ship
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: shĭp
ipa: /ʃɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: ships
form: shipping
form: shipped
form: shipped
Etymology: Clipping of relationship.
Senses: examples: text: I ship Kirk and Spock in Star Trek.
text: I ship Peggy and Angie in Marvel's Agent Carter.
text: I should warn you that I could not identify a ‘dank meme’ if the fate of the working class depended on it and that I shall not be ‘shipping’ Lenin and Trotsky.
ref: 2017, Helen Razer, Total Propaganda: Basic Marxist Brainwashing for the Angry and the Young, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, typically in fan fiction or other fandom contexts.
Derived terms: anti-ship
comship
crackship
hateship
multiship
proship
pro-ship
rivalship
selfship
ship and let ship
shipfic
shipper
shippery
shipping
shippy
ship war
Related terms: -ship
textile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛks.taɪl/
rhymes: -ɛkstaɪl
Forms: form: textiles
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).
Senses: glosses: Any material made of interlacing fibres, including carpeting and geotextiles.
topics: lifestyle
naturism
glosses: A non-nudist.
Derived terms: e-textile
textile art
textile banana
textile cone
textile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛks.taɪl/
rhymes: -ɛkstaɪl
Forms: form: more textile
form: most textile
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin textile, substantive use of textilis (“woven”), from texō (“weave”).
Senses: examples: text: a textile beach
topics: lifestyle
naturism
glosses: Clothing compulsive.
PLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/
Forms: form: PLCs
Senses: topics: business
related: word: plc
word: Plc
word: p.l.c.
glosses: Initialism of public limited company.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: plc
glosses: Initialism of programmable logic controller.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of packet loss concealment.
topics: sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of placebo.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of phospholipase C.
glosses: Initialism of prefecture-level city.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: Initialism of power line communication.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of program-length commercial.
PLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː ˌɛl ˈsiː/
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Palestinian Legislative Council.
Related terms: topics: business
word: Co.
topics: business
word: Corp.
topics: business
word: Inc.
topics: business
word: LLC
topics: business
word: Ltd.
topics: business
word: plc
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: FPGA
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PAL
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PIC
topics: electronics
electricity
electrical-engineering
electromagnetism
energy
business
physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
engineering
word: PLA
LLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LLCs
Senses: examples: text: In the context of LLC formation, your home state is the state where you originally registered (i.e., the domestic LLC). In general, LLCs are governed by the laws of their home states. So, for example, you can refer to your home state’s laws to resolve issues related to the internal affairs of your business.
ref: 2023 November 15, Kelsie Anderson, Jason Cother, Kristen Coates, “5 best states to form an LLC in 2024”, in CNN:
topics: business
law
glosses: Initialism of limited liability company.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of logical link control, one of the two functions of a NIC.
examples: text: This provision adds requirements for the student and taxpayer (if filing on behalf of the student) to include their SSN on their tax return in order to receive either the AOTC or LLC under IRC section 25A.
ref: 2025 May 23, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill”, in United States House Committee on Ways & Means, page 43:
topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: Initialism of Lifetime Learning Credit.
Coordinate terms: sense: limited liability corporation
word: Co
sense: limited liability corporation
word: CO.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Co.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: CO
sense: limited liability corporation
word: company
sense: limited liability corporation
word: CORP.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: CORP
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Corp
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Corp.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: corporation
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Inc
sense: limited liability corporation
word: INC
sense: limited liability corporation
word: INC.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Inc.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: incorporated
sense: limited liability corporation
word: limited
sense: limited liability corporation
word: LTD
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Ltd
sense: limited liability corporation
word: LTD.
sense: limited liability corporation
word: Ltd.
english: Portuguese
translation: Portuguese
word: ltda
word: Ltd.
word: Ltée.
word: GmbH
sense: Hungary
english: Hungarian
translation: Hungarian
word: kft.
english: Italian
translation: Italian
word: SpA
word: N.V.
sense: Poland
word: sp. z o.o.
roman: OOO
word: ООО
english: Swedish
translation: Swedish
word: AB
word: PLC
word: Inc.
Related terms: sense: limited liability corporation
word: LLP
sense: limited liability corporation
word: ULC
word: Co.
limited liability company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limited liability companies
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: Ltd, Ltd.
topics: law
synonyms: LLC
glosses: A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares, and where the governing rules are set forth in a contract entered into by all of the initial shareholders. The name derives from the fact that regardless of potential losses or even bankruptcy of the corporation, individual shareholders will bear a maximum liability of the price they paid for their shares.
Related terms: limited company
limited liability
real estate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: /rēl' əstātʹ/
ipa: /ˈɹiːl əˌsteɪt/
Etymology: Estate that is real, in the legal sense of "relating to immovable tangible property". This sense of the word ultimately goes back to Latin, where reālis could be used similarly.
Senses: examples: text: They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.
text: The "Golden Horseshoe", the commercial and industrial end of Lake Ontario, is the most crowded real estate in Canada.
ref: 1982, J. A. Kraulis, Ontario, page 6:
glosses: Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
examples: text: Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.
ref: 2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks:
glosses: Space used for a particular purpose.
Synonyms: word: immovable property
word: property
word: realty
word: real property
Derived terms: real-estate
real estate owned
real estate tax
Related terms: realtor
political consumerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The standpoint that consumption decisions are also political or ethical statements and that consumers can collectively influence the world through their decisions.
peat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Pete
Forms: form: peats
Etymology: Inherited from Northern Middle English pete (recorded in Latin text as peta), of uncertain origin; perhaps from a Celtic language such as an unattested Pictish or Brythonic source, in turn possibly from Proto-Brythonic *peθ (“portion, segment, piece”); if so, it would be a doublet of piece.
Senses: glosses: Soil formed of dead but not fully decayed plants found in bog areas, often burned as fuel.
Derived terms: cocopeat
milled peat
peat bog
peatbog
peated
peatery
peating
peatland
peatless
peatlike
peatman
peat moss
peat pot
peat-reek
peat-smoke
peat spade
peatstack
peatswamp
peaty
pitch peat
peat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːt/
rhymes: -iːt
homophone: Pete
Forms: form: peats
Etymology: Probably from Middle Dutch pete (“godmother or godfather”) (modern Dutch peet (“godparent, old woman, grandmother; godchild”)), related to dialectal German Pfette, Pfetter (“godfather; godchild”)), German Pate (“godfather, sponsor”), Patin (“godmother”). Or alternatively, related to pet (“a favourite”).
Senses: examples: text: And let it not displease thee, good Bianca, / For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl. / A pretty peat!
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 78:
glosses: A pet, a darling; a woman.
Related terms: four-peat
three-peat
public limited liability company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public limited liability companies
Senses: glosses: A type or form of for-profit incorporated company where ownership is divided into shares that are publicly tradeable usually in a stock exchange.
trumpeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌmpɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈtɹʌmpɪtə/
Forms: form: trumpeters
Etymology: From trumpet + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who plays a trumpet.
glosses: Any of three species of bird in the genus Psophia from South America named for the trumpeting threat call of the males.
glosses: Any of a number of breeds of fancy pigeon (variety of domestic pigeon (Columba livia), originally bred for their peculiar gurgling voice, a prolonged coo called "trumpeting" or "drumming").
examples: text: These men are good trumpeters.
ref: 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Vain Glory:
glosses: One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
examples: text: The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled.
ref: 1998, Bob Devine, National Geographic Society (U.S.), Alien invasion: America's battle with non-native animals and plants:
glosses: An American swan (Cygnus buccinator) with a very loud honk.
glosses: A perciform fish of the family Latridae, native to Australia, New Zealand and Chile.
examples: text: Booster is not a loud trumpeter as elephants go.
ref: 1975, Private Eye, numbers 340-366, page 9:
glosses: One who makes a trumpeting sound.
Synonyms: sense: one who plays trumpet
word: trumpeteer
sense: one who plays trumpet
word: trumpetist
sense: one who plays trumpet
word: trumpet-player
sense: Cygnus buccinator
word: Olor buccinator
Derived terms: word: Altenburg trumpeter
word: Columba livia
word: Arabian trumpeter
word: bastard trumpeter
word: Bernburg trumpeter
word: Bokhara trumpeter
word: Czech trumpeter
word: dark-winged trumpeter
word: Psophia viridis
word: Dresden trumpeter
word: English trumpeter
word: Franconian trumpeter
word: German beak-crested trumpeter
word: German double-crested trumpeter
word: German fork-tailed trumpeter
word: grey-winged trumpeter
word: Psophia crepitans
word: Harzburg trumpeter
word: pale-winged trumpeter
word: Psophia leucoptera
word: Russian trumpeter
word: Saxon trumpeter
roman: Schmoelln trumpeter, Schmolln trumpeter
word: Schmölln trumpeter
word: Syrian trumpeter
word: trumpeter crane
word: trumpeter finch
word: trumpeter pigeon
word: trumpeter swan
word: Vogtland trumpeter
trumpetress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trumpetresses
Etymology: From trumpeter + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Fame has for once at least been not a false trumpetress, Miss FANNY KEMBLE's Tragedy of "Francis the First" has proved eminently successful.
ref: 1832, Day: A Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Fashions, Etc, page 276:
glosses: A woman who plays the trumpet; a female trumpeter.
Americanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Americanisms
Etymology: From American + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
examples: text: Mrs. Morton was well known for her Americanisms, her swagger dinner parties, and beautiful Paris gowns.
ref: 1908, Baroness Orczy, The Old Man in the Corner:
text: A lot of other supposed Americanisms aren't Americanisms either. It's sometimes thought that "transportation" instead of the good old "transport" is an example of that annoying US habit of bolting on needless extra syllables to perfectly good words, but "transportation" is used in British English from 1540.
ref: 2013 May 13, Steven Poole, “Americanisms are often closer to home than we imagine”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American English usage.
examples: text: "The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponent is that our plan will put America first," Trump said. "Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."
ref: 2016 July 22, Aaron Blake, “Donald Trump’s strategy in three words: ‘Americanism, not globalism’”, in Washington Post:
glosses: A preference for the United States and the ideas it represents.
examples: text: Moreover, the enthusiasm with which Hecker’s ideas had been received among Catholic liberals in France served to increase Leo XIII’s suspicion that Americanism was yet another attempt, not so very different from the Gallicanisms of the past, to assert the independence of a national church from Rome.
ref: 1999, Michael W. Cuneo, The Smoke of Satan: Conservative and Traditionalist Dissent in Contemporary American Catholicism, →ISBN, page 8:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: A putative current of Catholicism in the United States identified and condemned as heretical by Rome in the late 19th century, chiefly characterized by support for secularism and American institutions above Catholic doctrine.
Synonyms: sense: custom, preference
word: Usonianism
sense: word or phrase
word: Yankeeism
Derived terms: Native Americanism
Related terms: Americanist
Americanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Americanizes
form: Americanizing
form: Americanized
form: Americanized
form: Americanise
Etymology: From American + -ize; first attested in 1797.
Senses: glosses: To render American; to adapt to the custom, culture, or style of the United States of America.
glosses: To localize a medium for sale or use in the United States.
Derived terms: Americanizable
Americanizer
Related terms: Americanization
Americanism
Aachen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːkən/
ipa: /ˈɑkən/
note: non-naturalized pronunciation
ipa: /ˈɑxən/
rhymes: -ɑːkən
Forms: form: Aix-la-Chapelle
Etymology: From German Aachen.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
visa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːzə/
ipa: /-sə/
note: Indic
ipa: /vɪs.ɑ/
Forms: form: visas
Etymology: From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
Senses: examples: text: I came on a six-month tourist visa.
text: Several Sun MySQLers have been denied short stay business visas to Australia - yes, Australia - as they attempted to attend a Linux conference in Hobart, Tasmania. According to a blog post from Kaj Arno, vice president in charge of "database community" at Sun Microsystems, several employees - many of whom worked with MySQL - have been barred from entering Oz.
ref: 2009 January 13, Cade Metz, “Sun MySQLers barred from Oz”, in The Register, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2020:
text: However, I couldn't continue by land to Georgia, as I would have liked: Russia still maintains its crazy, Sovietesque visa regulations, which makes getting a transit visa extremely difficult and extremely expensive.
ref: 2016, James S. Kessler, Echoes of Empire:
text: The impact would be smaller in the immediate term given that the Trump proclamation allows existing visa holders to remain in the US, but still, at MSK around 100 new scientific and medical trainees this year would not be allowed to commence their research.
ref: 2020 June 23, Ushma S. Neill, “The hidden health cost of Trump’s visa freeze”, in CNN:
glosses: A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
Derived terms: bridging visa
e-visa
exit visa
golden visa
prisoner visa
student visa
tied visa
tourist visa
transit visa
visa-free
visaless
visa-on-arrival
visa run
working-holiday visa
Related terms: visé
visa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːzə/
ipa: /-sə/
note: Indic
ipa: /vɪs.ɑ/
Forms: form: visas
form: visaing
form: visaed
form: visaed
Etymology: From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
Senses: examples: text: "Let me tell you that I am going to spit into that coffee! Yes, and if you do not get me my passport visaed this very minute, I shall take it to Monsignor myself.”
ref: 1867, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Gambler, translated by C. J. Hogarth:
glosses: To endorse (a passport, etc.).
smegma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: smĕgʹmə
ipa: /ˈsmɛɡmə/
Forms: form: smegmata
form: smegmas
Etymology: From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
Senses: examples: text: I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys.
ref: 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30:
glosses: A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
Synonyms: word: cheese
word: cock cheese
word: dick cheese
word: knob cheese
Derived terms: smeg
acerbic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɜː(ɹ)bɪk/
enpr: ə-sûr'bĭk
ipa: /əˈsərbɪk/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bɪk
Forms: form: more acerbic
form: most acerbic
Etymology: Attested since the 17th century, from Latin acerbus (“sour, bitter”).
Senses: examples: text: Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
ref: 1998 August 5, Dr. Peter Gott, “Can inhaler cause addiction?”, in Catoosa County News, retrieved 19 Sep 2009:
glosses: Tasting sour or bitter.
examples: text: Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
ref: 1986 September 22, “West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip”, in Time, retrieved 25 Apr 2014:
text: [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.
ref: 2005 May 5, Jay Mathews, “Don't Fire This Professor”, in Washington Post, page T6:
glosses: Sharp, harsh, biting.
Synonyms: sense: sour or bitter
word: acerb
sense: sour or bitter
word: acrid
sense: sour or bitter
word: acrimonious
sense: sharp, biting
word: acrid
sense: sharp, biting
word: acrimonious
sense: sharp, biting
word: scathing
Derived terms: acerbically
acerbicness
nonacerbic
unacerbic
acerbitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acerbitudes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin acerbitudo, from acerbus (“bitter, severe”)
Senses: glosses: Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
jambe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæm/
homophone: jam
Forms: form: jambes
Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, French jambe. Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jamb.
Senses: examples: text: Lion's jambe, erased, grasping a laurel branch.
ref: 1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Heraldry:
text: [Image of a human leg in armor.] Crest - A jambe, unarmed, excepting the spur, quarterly, or and sa.
ref: 1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, Encyclopædia of Heraldry: Or General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms:
text: If couped or erased at the middle joint, it is not a jambe but a paw, as in the example given under Seal, q.v. Or, a lion's jambe inverted and erased in bend gules—Powis. Gules, three lion's jambes erased and inverted argent—Newdigate, Surrey.
Or, a lion's jambe inverted and erased in bend gules. Powis. Gules, three lion's jambes erased and inverted argent.
ref: 1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 171:
text: ... by the side of which is a pheasant, and at his feet there is a lion's jambe with the claws retracted.
ref: 1889, Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (Great Britain), Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, page 16:
text: “Over all, on an escutcheon of the first, a jambe gules.” “A jambe gules erased,” said Sir Nigel, shaking his head solemnly. “Yet it is not amiss for a monkbred man. I trust that you are lowly and serviceable?”
ref: 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Works of A. Conan Doyle: The white company, page 167:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A leg, of an animal or person.
examples: text: […] cuissarts or cuisses were used to shield the thigh, and boots of steel called greaves or jambes were worn upon the leg between the ancle^([sic]) and the knee. We have no doubt that the jambes were found to act well as preserves, but we think at times the shin must have been sadly jammed in them.
ref: 1860 August 18, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, page 68:
text: The spurs are of the goad-form, and the spur-straps are partially covered by the greaves or jambes, which are so formed as to protect the instep and ankle-joints, and are ornamented round the lower edges with a row of studs.
ref: 1893, Archaeologia Cambrensis: The Journal of the Cambrian Archoeological Association, page 272:
text: Bainbergs were the precursors of the steel greaves or jambes of the fourteenth century.
ref: 1910, George Clinch, English Costume from Prehistoric Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century, page 189:
related: word: jamb
glosses: Synonym of jambeau (“a greave”).
synonyms: word: jambeau
extra: a greave
Related terms: rond de jambe
promontorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promontoriums
form: promontoria
Etymology: A borrowing of Latin promontorium.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of promontory.
synonyms: word: promontory
jambon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒæmˈbɒn/
Forms: form: jambons
Etymology: Borrowed from French jambon (“ham”). Doublet of gammon and jamon.
Senses: glosses: A square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
harp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːp/
ipa: /hɑɹp/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)p
Forms: form: harps
form: harping
form: harped
form: harped
Etymology: From Middle English harpe, from Old English hearpe (“harp”), from Proto-West Germanic *harpā, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ (“harp”). Cognate with Scots hairp (“harp”), West Frisian harpe, harp (“harp”), Low German Harp (“harp”), Dutch harp (“harp”), German Harfe (“harp”), Danish harpe (“harp”), Swedish harpa (“harp”).
Senses: examples: text: Why do you harp on a single small mistake?
text: Why do you harp on about a single small mistake?
glosses: To repeatedly mention a subject, especially so as to nag or complain.
glosses: To play on (a harp or similar instrument).
glosses: To play (a tune) on the harp.
examples: text: Thou harped my fear aright.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: To develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon.
Synonyms: keep on about
perseverate
grapeshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grapeshot
form: grapeshots
Etymology: From grape + shot, named for the resemblance of the bag of shot to a bunch of grapes.
Senses: hypernyms: shot
coordinate_terms: chain shot
canister shot
glosses: A cluster of small iron balls, put together in a canvas bag in order to be used as a charge for a cannon.
Amharic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æmˈhæɹɪk/
Etymology: From Amhara + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Fifi smiles and nods, then says “yes” in Amharic with that typical Ethiopian inflection that makes it sound less like a word and more like a sharp intake of air.
ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books, published 2020, pages 218–219:
glosses: A Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Abyssinian
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Amarigna
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Amarinya
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Ethiopian
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Amharic terms
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/amh
word: am
alt: SIL
urls: https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/amh
word: amh
word: amh ⁠
splinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈsplɪɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: /ˈsplɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: splinters
Etymology: From Middle English splinter, from Middle Dutch splinter, equivalent to splint + -er.
Senses: glosses: A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
glosses: A long, sharp fragment of material, often wood.
A small such fragment that gets embedded in the flesh.
glosses: A group that formed by splitting off from a larger membership.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A double-jump bid which indicates shortage in the bid suit.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A fragment of a component word in a blend.
Synonyms: sense: long sharp fragment
word: sliver
sense: long sharp fragment
word: shard
sense: long sharp fragment
word: spelk
sense: long sharp fragment
word: spill
sense: group formed by splitting
word: faction
sense: group formed by splitting
word: splinter group
Derived terms: splinter bar
splinter bone
splinter-new
splinter party
splinter skill
splinter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsplɪn.tɚ/
ipa: [ˈsplɪɾ̃ɚ]
ipa: /ˈsplɪnɚ/
rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: splinters
form: splintering
form: splintered
form: splintered
Etymology: From the noun splinter.
Senses: examples: text: The tall tree splintered during the storm.
text: It was all coming at her now: the fatigue and the fever; pieces of her lung splintering and mixing with her throwup; the calcifications on her bones, where the disease had already spread.
ref: 2012, Marcus Samuelsson, “One: My African Mother”, in Yes, Chef, Random House, →ISBN, page 6:
glosses: To come apart into long sharp fragments.
examples: text: His third kick splintered the door.
text: After splintering their lances, they wheeled about, and […] abandoned the field to the enemy.
ref: 1855–1858, William H[ickling] Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Boston, Mass.: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To cause to break apart into long sharp fragments.
examples: text: The government splintered when the coalition members could not agree.
text: The unpopular new policies splintered the company.
glosses: To break, or cause to break, into factions.
raw_tags: of a group
examples: text: it will be very hard for Me to Splinter up the broken confuséd Pieces of it.
ref: 1659, Matthew Wren, Monarchy Asserted Or The State of Monarchicall & Popular Government:
glosses: To fasten or confine with splinters, or splints, as a broken limb.
Synonyms: sliver
Related terms: splint
splinter up
protagonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/
ipa: /pɹəʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/
ipa: /pɹoʊˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/
ipa: /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/
ipa: /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/
Forms: form: protagonists
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (prōtagōnistḗs, “a chief actor”), from πρῶτος (prôtos, “first”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”). By surface analysis, prot- (“first”) + agonist (“combatant, participant”).
Senses: topics: authorship
broadcasting
communications
film
journalism
literature
media
publishing
television
writing
antonyms: antagonist
glosses: The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama.
glosses: A leading person in a contest; a principal performer.
glosses: An advocate or champion of a cause or course of action.
Coordinate terms: deuteragonist
tritagonist
Related terms: agonist
agonistes
epistemology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /əˌpɪstəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ɪˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /əˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ɛˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /iˌpɪstəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ɪˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /eˌpɪstɪˈmɔləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: epistemologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē, “science, knowledge”), from ἐπίσταμαι (epístamai, “I know”) + -λογία (-logía, “study or logic of”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, language”). The term was introduced into English by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier (1808-1864).
Senses: examples: text: Some thinkers take the view that, beginning with the work of Descartes, epistemology began to replace metaphysics as the most important area of philosophy.
text: [P]hilosophers of the time [early 20th century] were primarily concerned with epistemology and the foundations of the sciences; they often spoke as if we were separated from the real world by a screen of "representations" or "sense-data"; they tended to regard our approach to the world as one of disinterested observation.
ref: 2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: The philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler’s philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review section), London, page R10:
synonyms: epistemics
kenlore
metaknowledge
glosses: The branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge; the theory of knowledge, asking such questions as "What is knowledge?", "How is knowledge acquired?", "What do people know?", "How do we know what we know?", "How do we know it is true?", and so on.
examples: text: In his epistemology, Plato maintains that our knowledge of universal concepts is a kind of recollection.
text: I believe that 'intuitionism' is usually, and rightly, taken to mean Brouwer's epistemology of mathematics, which is unrelated to the origin or content of topos theory.
ref: 1995, Colin McLarty, “Preface”, in Elementary Categories, Elementary Toposes, →ISBN, page vii:
glosses: A particular instance, version, or school thereof; a particular theory of knowledge.
Derived terms: epistemologic
epistemological
epistemologically
epistemologist
epistopic
metaepistemology
ontoepistemology
standpoint epistemology
telepistemology
Related terms: episteme
epistemic
epistemically
epistemic crisis
epistemic regime
epistemics
epistemonical
clairvoyance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
ipa: /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
Forms: form: clairvoyances
Etymology: Borrowed from French clairvoyance.
Senses: topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
glosses: Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.
Hyponyms: clairaudience
metagnomy
precognition
psychometry
retrocognition
second sight
Related terms: clairvoyant
claircognizance
clairsentience
android
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: androids
form: androides
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
glosses: An artificial human.
Hypernyms: robot
Hyponyms: gynoid
fembot
Derived terms: actroid
androidism
androidlike
andy
bioroid
droid
femoid
Randroid
Related terms: cyborg
android
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: more android
form: most android
form: androides
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Possessing human qualities.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
raw_tags: in pelvimetry
examples: text: an android fat distribution
antonyms: gynoid
glosses: Characteristic of men.
proctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: proctors
form: proctour
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procatour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator.
Senses: synonyms: invigilator
glosses: A person who supervises students as they take an examination, in the United States at the college/university level; often the department secretary, or a fellow/graduate student; an invigilator.
glosses: An official at any of several older universities.
topics: law
glosses: A legal practitioner in ecclesiastical and some other courts.
glosses: One appointed to collect alms for those who could not go out to beg for themselves, such as lepers and the bedridden.
glosses: A procurator or manager for another.
glosses: A representative of the clergy in convocation.
Derived terms: proctorial
proctorship
tithe proctor
proctor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒktə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: proctors
form: proctoring
form: proctored
form: proctored
form: proctour
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English procatour, contraction of procuratour; compare proxy. Doublet of procurator.
Senses: glosses: to function as a proctor
examples: text: All examinations , including self - study examinations and retake examinations , shall be proctored by a representative of the approved sponsor
ref: 1817, Illinois Administrative Code:
glosses: to manage as an attorney or agent
prorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹoʊˈɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ɹeɪt/
rhymes: -eɪt
rhymes: -oʊɹeɪt
Forms: form: prorates
form: prorating
form: prorated
form: prorated
Etymology: American English derivation from pro rata, from Latin pro (“according to”) + ratus (“calculated”).
Senses: glosses: To divide proportionately, especially by day; to divide pro rata.
birthday
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
ipa: /ˈbɜːθ.di/
enpr: bûrthʹdā'
ipa: /ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/
note: Indic
ipa: /bɜː(ɾ)(t̪).ɖej/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θdeɪ
rhymes: -ɜːθdɪ
Forms: form: birthdays
form: birthdaying
form: birthdayed
form: birthdayed
form: birth-day
form: birfday
Etymology: From Middle English birthdai, birtheday, from Old English ġebyrddæġ (“birthday”), influenced by Old Norse burðr, equivalent to birth + day. Compare Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai (“birthday”), Dutch geboortedag (“birthday”), Low German Geboortsdag (“birthday”), German Geburtstag (“birthday”), Norwegian bursdag, gebursdag (“birthday”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English nativitee (“birth, nativity, birthday”), from Old French nativité, nativited, from Latin nātīvitas.
Senses: glosses: To celebrate one's birthday.
Related terms: deathday
name day
aceric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈsɜɹ.ɪk/
Etymology: Derived from Latin ācer (“maple”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the maple.
Derived terms: acerate
acerose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈæs.əˌɹoʊs/
/ˈæs.əˌɹoʊz/
Etymology: From Latin acerosus (“chaffy”), from acus (“chaff”) (genitive aceris).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
acerose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈæs.əˌɹoʊs/
/ˈæs.əˌɹoʊz/
Etymology: As if from Latin acus (“needle”); compare French acéreux.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
acerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæs.əɹ.əs/
Etymology: See acerose.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acerose.