cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
angiosperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.d͡ʒi.əˌspɝm/
Forms: form: angiosperms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “receptacle”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), equivalent to angio- + sperm.
Senses: examples: text: As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4:
text: The notion of magnoliaceans as the most primitive living angiosperms, justified or not, does not mean that all their characters, including multilacunar nodal anatomy and the lack of tannins, are primary.
ref: 1997, Valentin A. Krassilov, Angiosperm Origins: Morphological and Ecological Aspects, page 134:
text: 2009, Xin Wang, 3: New Fossils and New Hope for the Origin of Angiosperms, Pierre Pontarotti, Evolutionary Biology: Concept, Modeling, and Application, page 55,
With all these features, it is pretty easy for one to identify an angiosperm. This is a very normal and common practice for neobotanists. However, the situation becomes complicated when you go back to the early history of angiosperms.
text: The palynoassemblage is rich in angiosperm taxa (45.63%) followed by gymnosperms (0.45%), pteridophytes (18.49%) and fungal remains (23.88%).
ref: 2016 March 2, “Depositional Environment of Mio-Pliocene Siwalik Sedimentary Strata from the Darjeeling Himalayan Foothills, India: A Palynological Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
Derived terms: angiospermal
angiospermic
angiospermous
nonangiosperm
Related terms: gymnosperm
Angiospermae
Angiosperms
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
gymnosperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnosperms
Etymology: from Ancient Greek γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”). By surface analysis, gymno- + sperm.
Senses: examples: text: Like cycads — their gymnosperm relatives — and ferns, the ginkgo produces motile sperm.
ref: 2015 October 29, Dave Taft, “The Female Ginkgo Tree’s Acrid Smell of Success”, in The New York Times:
text: The palynoassemblage is rich in angiosperm taxa (45.63%) followed by gymnosperms (0.45%), pteridophytes (18.49%) and fungal remains (23.88%).
ref: 2016 March 2, “Depositional Environment of Mio-Pliocene Siwalik Sedimentary Strata from the Darjeeling Himalayan Foothills, India: A Palynological Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant such as a conifer whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary.
Hyponyms: sense: plant with seed not in ovary
word: conifers
sense: plant with seed not in ovary
word: cycad
sense: plant with seed not in ovary
word: Ginkgo
sense: plant with seed not in ovary
word: Gnetales
Derived terms: gymnospermal
gymnospermic
gymnospermism
gymnospermous
progymnosperm
Related terms: Gymnospermae
gymnospore
Uzziel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew עֻזִּיאֵל (“strength of God”).
Senses: examples: Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
glosses: A minor character in the Old Testament.
examples: text: When Gabriel to his next in power thus spake.
Uzziel, half these draw off, and coast the South
With strictest watch;
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 781–783:
glosses: A name ascribed to a cherub.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
terminated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝmɪneɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/
Etymology: From terminate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of terminate
terminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɝmɪneɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈtɜːmɪneɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more terminated
form: most terminated
Etymology: From terminate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having been the subject of termination; ended or destroyed.
glosses: Having lost a job or assignment.
glosses: Having an end or a boundary.
Derived terms: null-terminated
terminating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of terminate
terminating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Coming to an end.
examples: text: Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a decimal: having a finite number of digits.
Synonyms: sense: math
word: finite
ascetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛ.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more ascetic
form: most ascetic
form: ascetick
Etymology: First use appears c. 1646. From Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός (askētikós), from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “I exercise”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to ascetics.
examples: text: In a word, the stern, ascetic rigor of the temple discipline, which had been so long exchanged for prodigal and licentious indulgence, seemed at once to have revived at Templestowe under the severe eye of Lucas Beaumanoir.
ref: 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe: A Romance, published 1868, page 151:
text: 1999, Alan Davies, Tradition and Modernity in Protestant Christianity, Karigoudar Ishwaran (editor), Ascetic Culture: Renunciation and Worldly Engagement, page 30,
The rich communal life of the most ascetic Protestants, for example, the Hutterites and the Old Order Mennonites, with their nineteenth century dress and preference for antiquated technology, refutes such superficial judgments.
text: 2004, Phyllis G. Jestice, Ascetics as Holy People, Phyllis G. Jestice (editor), Holy People of the World: A Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Entries A to G, page 70,
Throughout the hagiographical tradition, though, holy people have engaged in more ascetic practices than the population at large, usually proceeding two or three degrees beyond what is expected among the merely pious.
text: This experience enables Nāgārjuna to recognize that desire is the root cause of suffering and motivates him to turn to a more ascetic lifestyle.
ref: 2015, Carl Olson, Indian Asceticism: Power, Violence, and Play, page 155:
glosses: Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
Synonyms: sense: of or pertaining to ascetics
word: ascetical
sense: characterised by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline
word: abstinent
sense: characterised by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline
word: ascetical
Derived terms: antiascetic
ascetically
asceticism
asceticist
nonascetic
pseudoascetic
unascetic
ascetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsɛ.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: ascetics
form: ascetick
Etymology: First use appears c. 1646. From Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός (askētikós), from ἀσκητής (askētḗs, “monk, hermit”), from ἀσκέω (askéō, “I exercise”).
Senses: examples: text: First, the technical terms used to signify hindu ascetics, hermits, mendicants and some related terms are analysed in their religious meaning with the view of avoiding a good deal of confusion that exists in such studies.
ref: 1982, Mariasusai Dhavamony, Classical Hinduism, page 369:
text: Female ascetics find shelter in a wide variety of establishments and vary greatly in the degree to which they travel.
ref: 2004, Lynn Teskey Denton, Female Ascetics in Hinduism, page 110:
text: The ascetics were not only concerned with abstinence from food, and much of the contemporary literature stresses sexual desire and civil ambition as other important dangers to avoid.
ref: 2015, Susanne Kerner, Cynthia Chou, Morten Warmind, editors, Commensality: From Everyday Food to Feast, unnumbered page:
glosses: One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
Hyponyms: hermit
monk
nun
Related terms: ascetical
asceticism
assassin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsæsɪn/
rhymes: -æsɪn
Forms: form: assassins
Etymology: From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”).
The mathematical sense was introduced by Bourbaki, playing on the notation operatorname Ass(M) and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.
Senses: examples: text: The Assassines, a nation depending of Phœnicia, are esteemed among the Mahometists of a soveraigne devotion and puritie of maners; they hold, that the readiest and shortest way to gaine Paradise, is to kill some one of a contrary religion[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 29, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: A member of the Nizari Ismaili Muslim community of the Alamut Period.
examples: text: The hand that held the bond of so many jarring interests lay powerless beneath the pall. The perils of war had been about him, and the midnight assassin had watched his path; yet he died quietly in his bed.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 233:
text: What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause can ever be stilled by an assassin’s bullet.
ref: 1968, Robert F. Kennedy, On the Mindless Menace of Violence:
text: Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
ref: 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:
glosses: Someone who intentionally kills a person, especially a professional who kills a public or political figure.
glosses: Any ruthless killer.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An associated prime of a module.
Derived terms: assassinate
assassination
assassinator
assassinatress
assassinatrix
assassin bug
assassin fly
assassinism
assassinlike
assassinous
assassinship
assassin spider
autassassinophilia
bee assassin
counterassassin
Great Assassin
smiling assassin
superassassin
assassin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsæsɪn/
rhymes: -æsɪn
Forms: form: assassins
form: assassining
form: assassined
form: assassined
Etymology: From either French assassin or Italian assassino, from Arabic أَسَاسِيِّين (ʔasāsiyyīn, “people who are faithful to the foundation [of the faith]”) and the folkloric etymology Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users; low-lives”).
The mathematical sense was introduced by Bourbaki, playing on the notation operatorname Ass(M) and the fact that an associated prime is the annihilator of an element, and so is said to kill that element.
Senses: glosses: To assassinate.
hashish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈʃiːʃ/
ipa: /hæˈʃiːʃ/
ipa: /ˈhæʃɪʃ/
rhymes: -iːʃ
Forms: form: hashishes
form: hasheesh
form: haschisch
Etymology: From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Senses: examples: text: Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
ref: 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 44:
text: You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
ref: 1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Eight Cousins:
glosses: The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
glosses: A cannabis extract.
glosses: Marijuana generally.
Related terms: hash
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
form: tiffing
form: tiffed
form: tiffed
Etymology: The origin of the noun is unknown; it is possibly originally dialectal and may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of a small puff of air or gas. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: I very much indeed approve / Of maidens moderating love / Until they've twenty pounds; / […] / Until the twenty pounds were safe, / She tiff'd at Tim, she ran from Ralph, / Squire nodded … deuce a curtsy!
ref: 1846, Walter Savage Landor, “[Miscellaneous.] [Poem] CCXLII. New Style.”, in The Works of Walter Savage Landor. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 660, column 2:
text: Poor Newton! he little knew to what he owed that glance. The fact is, the Captain was late, and Miss Bowers tiffed.
ref: 1859, Francis Francis, “Music, Lights, and Ladies”, in Newton Dogvane. A Story of English Country Life. […], volume I, London: Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 129:
synonyms: word: spat#Verb
word: tift
word: squabble
word: barney
word: bicker
word: quarrel
word: wrangle
word: argue
word: tiff
word: tift
word: quibble
word: row
word: pettifog
glosses: To be involved in a (generally small) argument or disagreement; to squabble.
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
Etymology: See TIFF.
Senses: qualifier: computer graphics file format
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of TIFF (acronym of tagged image file format).
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
form: tiffing
form: tiffed
form: tiffed
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from or clipping of tiff(in) (“(light) midday meal or snack, luncheon”).
Senses: examples: text: Besides that one to which the permanent residence was attached, Mr. Augustus had several outlaying factories, which he visited from time to time, to superintend the manufacture of his indigo; at all of these he had little bungalows, or temporary abodes, where we tiffed and passed the heat of the day.
ref: 1841 September–December, Captain [Henry Walter?] Bellew, “Memoirs of a Griffin. Chapter XIV.”, in The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British and Foreign India, China, and Australasia, volume XXXVI (New Series), number 141, London: W[illia]m H[oughton] Allen and Co., […], →OCLC, page 71:
text: Go home, Jack. I will tiff with you to-day at half-past two.
ref: 1859, John Lang, “The Himalaya Club”, in Wanderings in India: And Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, […], →OCLC, page 16:
glosses: Synonym of tiffin (“to eat a (light) midday meal or snack; to have lunch, to lunch”).
synonyms: word: tiffin
extra: (“to eat a (light) midday meal or snack; to have lunch, to lunch”)
Related terms: tiffin
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
Etymology: The origin of the noun is unknown; it may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of liquor being sipped. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Come, Captain, let not your noble Courage be caſt dovvn; vvhat ſay you to a Glaſs of vvhite VVine, or a Tiff of Punch, by VVay of VVhet?
ref: 1751 December (indicated as 1752), Henry Fielding, “In which are Many Profound Secrets of Philosophy”, in Amelia, volume III, London: […] [William Strahan] for A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, book VIII, pages 202–203:
text: "Good wife," said Skriegh, gathering up his mouth, and sipping his tiff of brandy punch with great solemnity […]
ref: 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC, page 174:
synonyms: tift
whiff
glosses: A small draught or sip of liquor (especially diluted or poor quality liquor) or punch.
examples: text: By dint of drinking acid tiff, as above mentioned, and smoking segars, in which I am no novice, my Public are to be informed, that I gradually drank and smoked myself into a certain degree of acquaintance with un homme comme il faut [a proper man], one of the few fine old specimens of nobility who are still to be found in France; […]
ref: 1823, [Walter Scott], “Introduction”, in Quentin Durward. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page xiii:
synonyms: tift
glosses: Liquor, especially diluted or poor quality liquor.
Derived terms: word: tift
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
form: tiffing
form: tiffed
form: tiffed
Etymology: The origin of the noun is unknown; it may be onomatopoeic, representing the sound of liquor being sipped. The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Nor did the Doctor fail to go / To the bright region of the Row; / There tiff'd his punch and talk'd and smok'd, / Was sometimes grave and sometimes jok'd; […]
ref: 1821, [William Combe], “Canto XXXVII”, in The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, a Poem, London: R[udolph] Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, […], →OCLC, page 244:
glosses: To drink (liquor), especially slowly or in small amounts; to sip.
Derived terms: word: tift
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
form: tiffing
form: tiffed
form: tiffed
Etymology: From Middle English tiffen, tif, tiffe (“to adorn, dress up; to arrange (a hairstyle); to disguise”), from Old French tifer, tiffer (“to adorn, dress up”) (modern French attifer (“to deck out”)), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (“to decorate”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“plait of hair, tuft; summit, top”) (see the further etymology at that entry).
The noun is derived from the verb.
cognates
* Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”)
* English tip (noun)
* Middle High German zipfen (“to bob; to flutter; to frisk, prance, skip; to sashay”)
* Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”)
Senses: examples: text: Is the Miſs under a force vvhen ſhe culls among her trinkets vvith curious toil to tiff herſelf out in the most engaging manner, or teazes pappa for money to buy a nevv-faſhioned ſilk?
ref: 1763, Edward Search [pseudonym; Abraham Tucker], “Freewill, Foreknowledge, and Fate. A Fragment.”, in [The Light of Nature Pursued], London: […] R[obert] and James Dodsley, […], →OCLC, §. 21, page 98:
glosses: To deck out or dress (someone or oneself, or their body or hair).
examples: text: I never pin up my Hair vvith Proſe. I fancy ones Hair vvou'd not curl if it vvere pinn'd up vvith Proſe. […] Ay, poor Mincing tift and tift all the morning.
ref: 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act II, pages 26–27:
glosses: To deck out or dress one's body or hair.
Derived terms: word: tiffing
english: to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, to fiddle, trifle; obsolete except UK
translation: to act aimlessly, idly, or frivolously, to fiddle, trifle; obsolete except UK
word: tiffle
tiff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪf/
rhymes: -ɪf
Forms: form: tiffs
Etymology: From Middle English tiffen, tif, tiffe (“to adorn, dress up; to arrange (a hairstyle); to disguise”), from Old French tifer, tiffer (“to adorn, dress up”) (modern French attifer (“to deck out”)), from Frankish *tipfōn, *tippōn (“to decorate”), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“plait of hair, tuft; summit, top”) (see the further etymology at that entry).
The noun is derived from the verb.
cognates
* Dutch tippen (“to clip the points or ends of the hair”)
* English tip (noun)
* Middle High German zipfen (“to bob; to flutter; to frisk, prance, skip; to sashay”)
* Old Norse tippa (“point, tip”)
Senses: examples: text: Did you mark the beau Tiff of his VVig, vvhat a deal of Pains he took to toſs it back, vvhen the very VVeight thereof vvas like to dravv him from his Seat?
ref: 1703, “The Levellers: A Dialogue between Two Young Ladies, Concerning Matrimony, […]”, in Samuel Johnson, William Oldys, editors, The Harleian Miscellany: […], volume V, London: […] T[homas] Osborne, […], published 1745, →OCLC, page 419, column 2:
synonyms: getup
outfit#Noun
glosses: The way in which one's body or hair is decked out or dressed.
DJ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/
ipa: /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -iːdʒeɪ
Forms: form: DJs
Senses: examples: text: Last night a DJ saved my life / Last night a DJ saved my life from a broken heart
ref: 1982, Michael Cleveland, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life”, performed by Indeep:
text: Burn down the disco / Hang the blessed DJ / Because the music that they constantly play / It says nothing to me about my life
ref: 1986, Morrissey & Johnny Marr, “Panic”, in The World Won’t Listen, performed by The Smiths:
text: Three MC's and one DJ / We be getting down with no delay
ref: 1999, “Three MC’s and One DJ”, in Hello Nasty, performed by Beastie Boys:
text: “I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”
ref: 2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: deejay
coordinate_terms: VJ
glosses: Initialism of disc jockey.
topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Initialism of dinner jacket.
glosses: Initialism of dust jacket.
DJ
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/
ipa: /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -iːdʒeɪ
Forms: form: DJs
form: DJ's
form: DJing
form: DJ'ing
form: DJed
form: DJed
form: DJ'd
form: DJ'd
form: DJ'ed
form: DJ'ed
Senses: examples: text: A tattooed camp staffer DJs from a heavily stickered laptop, next to a whirling party light that scatters rainbow beams throughout the space.
ref: 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To act as a DJ (disc jockey); to play, cut and mix/blend recorded music.
DJ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdi(ː)(.)d͡ʒeɪ/
ipa: /(ˌ)diːˈd͡ʒeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -iːdʒeɪ
Senses: topics: business
finance
stock-ticker-symbol
glosses: Dow Jones & Company, an American publishing firm.
examples: text: DJ shares fell as much as 4.7% in Sydney after Australia’s second-biggest department-store chain said McInnes would leave his role and the board immediately and that Paul Zahra, general manager, would assume the CEO’s role.
ref: 2010 June 17, Gwen Robinson, “Australian CEO quits over complaint”, in Financial Times, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: But one shareholder started building a position in DJ shares that, if it continued to grow (as it can in Australia up to 20%), could come close to blocking the deal.
ref: 2014 July 9, Ronald Barusch, “Dealpolitik: David Jones Deal Highlights Power of Shareholders in Australia”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:
text: DJ's bottom line net profit was just $14.5m in 2022, compared to $84.3m in 2021 – an 82.7 per cent collapse.
ref: 2022 December 17, Peter Vincent, “Inside the sad downfall of the once mighty David Jones as the 184-year-old retailer of 'the best and most exclusive goods' faces a humiliating fire sale to a new owner”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2022:
synonyms: DJs
glosses: Initialism of David Jones, an Australian luxury department store.
boondock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːn.dɒk/
ipa: /ˈbun.dɑk/
Forms: form: boondocks
Etymology: 1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by occupying American soldiers serving in the mountains or rural countryside of the American-occupied Philippines under the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. The term was reinforced or re-adopted during World War II under the U.S. military, where terms like boondockers (“shoes suited for rough terrain”) came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots. It was later shortened to boonies by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
Senses: examples: text: We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.
text: It was hard to respect his opinion after he'd called their humble but respectable town "a godforsaken boondock."
qualifier: almost always plural
glosses: A brushy, rural area or location.
raw_tags: with article
examples: text: My family has just rediscovered tiddlywinks. […] [I] haven't quite worked out the boondock!
ref: 2012, Helen Brooks, The Rainy Day Book:
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place
boonies
the sticks
backwoods
backwater
middle of nowhere
Derived terms: boondocker
boonies
boondock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbuːn.dɒk/
ipa: /ˈbun.dɑk/
Forms: form: boondocks
form: boondocking
form: boondocked
form: boondocked
Etymology: 1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by occupying American soldiers serving in the mountains or rural countryside of the American-occupied Philippines under the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. The term was reinforced or re-adopted during World War II under the U.S. military, where terms like boondockers (“shoes suited for rough terrain”) came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang word for field boots. It was later shortened to boonies by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
Senses: glosses: To camp in a dry brushy location.
examples: text: When traveling in the American Southwest, we avoid other people by boondocking in the desert.
glosses: To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.
examples: text: The wise winker also engages in boondocking, a defensive strategy. It involves sending an opponent's winks far from the cup.
ref: 2002, Peder Jones, Jay Farness, College Writing Skills, page 160:
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away.
Synonyms: word: dry camp
sense: stay in remote location
word: overland
sense: stay in remote location
word: random camping
twunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twunts
Etymology: Blend of twat + cunt
Senses: examples: text: Sorry for being kind of a twunt about other matters, but it's because of posts like this that I don't want to write you off or lose you as a friend.
ref: 2003 August 13, David Watson, “the UN in anime”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: Let the pub-dodging twunt embarrass himself with his primitive, witless and repetitive insults.
ref: 2003 October 29, Farlie A, “Peter 'Heather' Thomas!”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
text: Is that the twunt who looks like Bill Bailey's younger brother?
ref: 2003 November 29, Thanatos, “Annoying ads”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):
text: I note that in a recent New Scientist some twunt was advocating the use of C02 pressure washers and acidic/caustic cleaning foams instead of the usual disinfectant approach.
ref: 2005 February 25, David Marshall, “Re: Election Campaign”, in alt.dur.general (Usenet):
text: It is completely normal to harbour desires to batter these smug twunts about the head with a hot MacBook Air.
ref: 2011 July 8, Grace Dent, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2011:
text: “You're so perfect at everything, deal with it yourself. I'm outta here.” [glass shattering] “Okay. That sounded expensive. Terry, Terry, don't be a twunt. What did you break?”
ref: 2023 August 14, May Darmon, “The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse” (9:01 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 10, spoken by Korvo (Dan Stevens):
glosses: A fool; an extremely objectionable person.
Derived terms: twuntery
occupancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: occupancies
Etymology: From occupant + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The act of occupying, the state of being occupied or the state of being an occupant or tenant.
examples: text: They had a five-year occupancy on the house.
glosses: The period of time during which someone rents or otherwise occupies certain land or premises.
examples: text: This building is for residential occupancy.
glosses: The specific use to which something occupied is put.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The expected frequency of a state.
Derived terms: area of occupancy
certificate of occupancy
cooccupancy
high-occupancy vehicle
multioccupancy
overoccupancy
preoccupancy
underoccupancy
unoccupancy
occupant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒk.jʊ.pənt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /ˈɑ.kjə.pənt/
note: of the US
ipa: /ˈɒk.jə.pənt/
Forms: form: occupants
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French occupant (present participle of occuper) or Latin occupāns, occupantis (present participle of occupō). By surface analysis, occupy + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: I cannot say the same of the current occupant of the position
text: occupant of the Oval Office
glosses: A person who occupies an office or a position.
glosses: A person who occupies a place.
glosses: A person who occupies a place.
A person sitting in a car or other vehicle.
glosses: The owner or tenant of a property.
Synonyms: occupier
Derived terms: nonoccupant
occupance
occupancy
occupantless
preoccupant
occupational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑkjuˈpeɪʃənəl/
rhymes: -eɪʃənəl
Forms: form: more occupational
form: most occupational
Etymology: From occupation (noun) + -al (suffix forming adjectives).
Senses: examples: text: Boredom is an occupational hazard if you are a checkout operator.
text: She added that if someone is experiencing a high degree of distress because of scelerophobia and their social and occupational functioning is being affected, she recommends seeing a medical provider or mental health professional.
ref: 2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider:
glosses: Of, belonging, or relating to an occupation (in any sense).
Derived terms: nonoccupational
occupational cancer
occupational crime
occupational disease
occupational hazard
occupational health and safety
occupational hygiene
occupationalist
occupationally
occupational medicine
occupational name
occupational safety and health
occupational surname
occupational therapist
occupational therapy
paraoccupational
preoccupational
Related terms: word: occupative
ocean current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocean currents
Senses: glosses: Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.
Synonyms: current
oceanic current
Oceanid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oceanids
form: Oceanides
form: Oceanide
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Oceanis, from Ancient Greek Ὠκεανίς (Ōkeanís), from Ὠκεανός (Ōkeanós) + -ις (-is), literally “sprung of Oceanus”. By surface analysis, Oceanus + -id.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea-nymph.
Hyponyms: Theia
octagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏk-tăgʹə-nl
ipa: /ɑkˈtæɡənəl/
rhymes: -æɡənəl
Forms: form: octogonal
Etymology: From octagon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.
ref: 1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325:
text: The sundials range in shape from octagonal to the usual round. Prices range from $75 to $375.
ref: 1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
Derived terms: octagonally
semi-octagonal
Related terms: octactinal
octavo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octavos
Etymology: From Latin octavo. Doublet of octave, oitava, and ochava.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
qualifier: paper
glosses: A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
examples: text: He was also much of a politician; too much, perhaps, for his station. There fell lately into my hands, in London, a collection he had made of all the principal pamphlets, relating to public affairs, from 1641 to 1717; many of the volumes are wanting as appears by the numbering, but there still remain eight volumes in folio, and twenty-four in quarto and in octavo.
ref: 1909 [1793], Benjamin Franklin, edited by Charles W. Eliot, LL.D., The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (The Harvard Classics; 1), U.S.A.: P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, published 1937, page 8:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A book of octavo pages.
Synonyms: sense: paper size
word: 8º
sense: paper size
word: 8vo
sense: book size
word: 8º
sense: book size
word: 8vo
sense: book size
word: O
Related terms: foolscap
A3
A4
ocular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒk.jə.lə/
ipa: /ˈɒk.jʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kjə.lɚ/
ipa: /ˈɑ.kjʊ.lɚ/
Forms: form: oculars
Etymology: Derived from the Latin oculāris (“of the eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Senses: antonyms: objective
glosses: The eyepiece of a microscope or other optical instrument, i.e., the optical element closest to the eye.
glosses: Any of the scales forming the margin of a reptile's eye.
oculist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑkjəlɪst/
ipa: /ˈɒkjəlɪst/
Forms: form: oculists
Etymology: From French oculiste (“oculist”), from Latin oculus (“eye”).
Senses: glosses: An eye doctor; an ophthalmologist or optometrist.
Related terms: ocular
oculism
oculistic
For quotations using this term
Citations:oculist
hermaphroditism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hermaphroditisms
Etymology: From hermaphrodite + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Among other organisms, alternative methods of reproduction include budding, hermaphroditism (one individual carrying both kinds of sex organs) and isogamy (two individuals, not distinguished as male and female, combining their genes).
ref: 2018 April 24, John Launer, “Do We Even Need Men?”, in Literary Hub:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of an organism that is able to reproduce as both male and female, either simultaneously (simultaneous hermaphroditism or cosexuality) or sequentially (sequential hermaphroditism or dichogamy).
glosses: The condition of intersex people with intermediate sex characteristics or pseudohermaphroditism.
Synonyms: word: hermaphrodism
word: dichogamous
word: cosexual
word: intersex
word: intersexuality
Related terms: hermaphrodite
hermaphroditic
hermaphroditical
hermaphroditically
pseudohermaphroditism
intersex
androgyny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈdɹɑd͡ʒəni/
ipa: /ænˈdɹɒdʒəni/
Forms: form: androgynies
form: androgony
Etymology: From andro- + -gyny. See androgynous.
Senses: glosses: Hermaphroditism.
examples: text: Now androgyny has come to mean the adoption of social behavior that is not strictly masculine or feminine according to the old role definitions. An attempt to escape from gender-identified role-playing, androgyny does not necessarily determine sexual behavior.
ref: 1977, Charles Silverstein, Edmund White, The Joy of Gay Sex, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
examples: text: The plot isn't the film's greatest asset, nor are its insights into Margaret, Larry and the brave new world of affectless androgyny that they inhabit.
ref: 1983 July 22, Janet Maslin, “‘Liquid Sky,’ High Fashion and a U.F.O.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: ‘No, I like short hair on girls. I like that androgyny thing. Seriously.’
ref: 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 257:
glosses: The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
examples: text: […] it is obvious that the idea of androgyny of docking/berthing interfaces […]
ref: 2003, Wigbert Fehse, Automated Rendezvous and Docking of Spacecraft, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 335:
glosses: The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
Derived terms: androgynocentric
polyandrogyny
Related terms: androgynous
gynandry
oy gevalt
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: oy gewalt
Etymology: From Yiddish אוי געוואַלט (oy gevalt).
Senses: glosses: oh my God
synonyms: oy vey
glosses: uh-oh
glosses: enough already
nausea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔːzɪə/
ipa: /ˈnɔːsɪə/
ipa: /ˈnɔzi.ə/
ipa: /ˈnɔsi.ə/
ipa: /ˈnɔʒə/
ipa: /ˈnɔʃə/
ipa: /ˈnɑzi.ə/
ipa: /ˈnɑsi.ə/
ipa: /ˈnɑʒə/
ipa: /ˈnɑʃə/
rhymes: -ɔːziə
Forms: form: nauseas
form: nauseae
form: nauseæ
Etymology: From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.
Senses: examples: text: He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.
glosses: A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
glosses: Strong dislike or disgust.
glosses: Motion sickness.
Derived terms: antinausea
nauseate
nauseous
Related terms: ad nauseam
nautical
mutually exclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
probability-theory
sciences
synonyms: coexclusive
glosses: Describing multiple events or propositions such that the occurrence of any one implies the nonoccurrence of all other events or propositions. Boolean function of NOR logic gate
Related terms: non-exclusive
coincidence
dichotomy
disjoint set
double bind
multitasking
synchronicity
cryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪptɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Forms: form: more cryptic
form: most cryptic
form: cryptick
Etymology: From Late Latin crypticus, from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós), from κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Doublet of kryptic.
Senses: glosses: Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
examples: text: I think the Original of this conceit might be, That the Students of Nature, conſcious to her more cryptick wayes of working, reſolve many ſtrange effects into the nearer efficiency of ſecond cauſes[…]
ref: 1665, Joseph Glanvill, “An Apology for Philosophy”, in Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the way to Science, London: E. Cotes, page 182:
text: Even the putatively innocuous whimsical shapes and designs of cakes and pastry, notably in Central Europe, retain to this day the phallic concept, the cryptic induration of the aphrodisiac function.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
glosses: Mystified or of an obscure nature; not easy to perceive.
glosses: Involving use of a code or cipher.
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
examples: text: Lonomia caterpillars are extremely cryptic.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
examples: text: cryptic colouring
text: Episematic characters are far less common than aposematic, and these than cryptic; although, as regards the latter comparison, the opposite impression is generally produced from the fact that concealment is so successfully attained.
ref: 1911, “Colours of Animals”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume V, page 732:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Serving as camouflage.
examples: text: cryptic species
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
examples: text: Much of the Permian Capitan reef was strongly differentiated into open surface and cryptic communities.
ref: 1999, Rachel Wood, Reef Evolution, page 95:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: word: cryptozoic
glosses: Living in a cavity or small cave.
Derived terms: anticryptic
cryptic crossword
cryptic definition
crypticity
crypticness
cryptic ovulation
holocryptic
noncryptic
pseudocryptic
semicryptic
uncryptic
Related terms: crypto-
cryptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪptɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Forms: form: cryptics
form: cryptick
Etymology: From Late Latin crypticus, from Ancient Greek κρυπτικός (kruptikós), from κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”). Doublet of kryptic.
Senses: examples: text: He settled down to the cryptic in the Independent. He loved his crossword. It kept him mentally active, just as gossip did his wife.
ref: 1996, Mary McCarthy, Remember Me, page 85:
text: This writer has been solving cryptics for 40 years and can usually crack Araucaria, though it might take a couple of days.
ref: 2009 February 1, Bill Taylor, “Building a crossword”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A cryptic crossword puzzle.
Derived terms: advanced cryptic
cryptically
cryptogram
romantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊˈmæntɪk/
ipa: /ɹə-/
enpr: rō-mănʹ(t)ĭk
ipa: /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/
ipa: [ɹoʊˈmæntɪk]
ipa: [ɹə-]
ipa: [-mæɾ̃ɪk]
ipa: [-meə̯ntɪk]
ipa: [-meə̯ɾ̃ɪk]
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: romantics
form: romantick
Etymology: From romant + -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.
Senses: glosses: A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
examples: text: Oh, flowers! You're such a romantic.
text: Kaldor is an interesting lyricist, and it is easy to identify with her imagery. She's also an unabashed romantic of the most extreme kind, with lines like "For we can talk without speaking/we can see without light/I'll never leave you...."
ref: 1985 December 14, Maida Tilchen, Gay Community News, volume 13, number 22, page 8:
glosses: A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).
romance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈmæns/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊˌmæns/
enpr: rō-măns'
ipa: /ɹəˈmæns/
ipa: /ˈɹəʊˌmæns/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɾɵˈmæns/
rhymes: -æns
rhymes: -əʊmæns
Forms: form: romances
Etymology: From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.
Senses: examples: text: Everybody's working for the weekend
Everybody wants a new romance.
ref: 1981, Paul Dean, Matt Frenette, Mike Reno, “Working for the Weekend”, in Get Lucky, performed by Loverboy:
glosses: An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
glosses: A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
glosses: Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
glosses: A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
examples: text: `Will you undertake the task? We give you complete freedom, and as a reward you will, we believe, have the credit of presenting to the world the most wonderful history, as distinguished from romance, that its records can show.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
examples: text: Could one have known the past histories of some of the oddly-selected couples who shared everything in common, many a romance might have been written during what, to all outward appearances, was a dull and prosaic time to most lookers-on!
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 152:
glosses: A tale of high adventure.
glosses: A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
glosses: A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
glosses: An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
examples: text: His life was a romance.
glosses: An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
examples: text: She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.
glosses: A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
Derived terms: autumn romance
bromance
crimance
cyberromance
erom
family romance
fauxmance
gaslight romance
May-December romance
May-September romance
metahistorical romance
outromance
paranormal romance
photo-romance
romaction
romanceable
romance fraud
romanceful
Romancelandia
romanceless
romancelet
romancelike
romance scam
romance tourism
romance tourist
romancey
romance zone
romancical
romancist
romancy
romantasy
romantic
romantica
romantopia
scientific romance
showmance
sismance
sweet savage romance
thrillmance
womance