cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
summarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: summarises
form: summarising
form: summarised
form: summarised
Senses: examples: text: These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women.
ref: 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:
text: Before summarising his report, Beeching looks at other factors "influencing the future role of the railways".
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of summarize.
tease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tēz
ipa: /tiːz/
homophone: teas
homophone: tees
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: teases
form: teaze
form: teize
form: tieze
Etymology: From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).
Senses: glosses: One who teases.
glosses: A single act of teasing.
synonyms: cock tease
cocktease
cockteaser
prickteaser
glosses: One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal.
Derived terms: clit tease
prick tease
benign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈnaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: benigner
form: more benign
form: benignest
form: most benign
Etymology: From Middle English benigne, benygne, from Old French benigne, from Latin benignus (“kind, good”), from bene (“well”) + genus (“origin, kind”). Compare malign.
Senses: examples: text: But though we both entertained these ideas, we differed in their application. Resentment added also a sting to my censure; and I reprobated Raymond's conduct in severe terms. Adrian was more benign, more considerate.
ref: 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter IX, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
text: I people my world with benign spirits. Everything talks to me and I respond to it.
ref: 1982 December 18, Nancy Walker, “Doodle, Turkey and Pumpkin”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 6:
glosses: Kind; gentle; mild.
glosses: mild and favorable
raw_tags: of a climate or environment
examples: text: an ozone-benign refrigerant
glosses: Not harmful to the environment.
examples: text: a benign tumor
text: Despite the gruesome way it looks, cottontail rabbit papillomavirus is often benign, and many rabbits end up fighting it off on their own.
ref: 2025 August 14, Angela Haupt, “What to Know About the Horned ‘Zombie’ Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado”, in TIME:
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: non-malignant
antonyms: malignant
glosses: Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
Derived terms: benignancy
benignant
benignity
benignly
benign neglect
benignness
benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
benign prostate enlargement
benign prostatic hyperplasia
nonbenign
unbenign
helm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕlm
ipa: /hɛlm/
rhymes: -ɛlm
Forms: form: helms
form: helming
form: helmed
form: helmed
Etymology: From Middle English helmen, helmi (“to provide with a helmet; (figuratively) to cover; to protect”), from Old English helmian (“to cover”), ġehelmian (“to cover with a helmet; to crown”), from (ġe- (prefix with an intensifying effect, or forming nouns or verbs denoting processes or results) +) helm (“helmet”) (see further at etymology 2) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).
Senses: examples: text: Oh Noble Conon, / You taught my tender Hands the Trade of VVar; / And novv again you Helm your hoary Head, / And under double vveight of Age and Arms, / Aſſert your Countries Freedom, and my Crovvn.
ref: c. 1684 – 1691 (date written), [John] Dryden, King Arthur: Or, the British Worthy. A Dramatick Opera. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1691, →OCLC, Act I, page 3:
text: Then from the bank / He sprung, and helm'd his head.
ref: 1796, Robert Southey, “Book the Seventh”, in Joan of Arc, an Epic Poem, Bristol: […] Bulgin and Rosser, for Joseph Cottle, […], and Cadell and Davies, and G. G. and J. Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 245, lines 479–480:
synonyms: behelm
glosses: To cover (a head) with a helmet; to provide (someone) with a helmet; to helmet.
helm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕlm
ipa: /hɛlm/
rhymes: -ɛlm
Forms: form: helms
Etymology: The noun is possibly:
* a variant of haulm; or
* from its etymon Middle English halm, helm, Early Middle English healm (“straw, stubble; stalk (?); handle of a tool or weapon”) [and other forms], from Old English healm (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw, stubble”) or an unattested variant *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (see Proto-West Germanic *helm) or *halmaz (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to prick, stab, stick”).
The verb is either derived from the noun, or is possibly a variant of yelm.
Cognates
Dutch helm (“haulm”); helm, hellem, hellim (“straw”) (dialectal)
Low German helm (“haulm”) (hallem (Heligoland), halm (Holstein))
Senses: synonyms: word: thatch
english: bundle of straw for thatching
translation: bundle of straw for thatching
word: yelm
glosses: A stalk of corn, or (uncountable) stalks of corn collectively (that is, straw), especially when bundled together or laid out straight to be used for thatching roofs.
examples: text: The sheriff, John Griffith, had prepared green wood to burn him; but one master John Pikes, pitying the man, caused divers to go with him to Ridland, half a mile off, who brought good store of helme-sheaves, which indeed made good dispatch with little pain, in comparison to that he should have suffered with the green wood.
ref: 1583, John Foxe, “Notes Omitted of Them that Were Burnt at Bristol”, in Stephen Reed Cattley, editor, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: […], new edition, volume VIII, London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside; and sold by L. & G. Seeley, […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 737:
glosses: Alternative form of haulm (“the stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching”).
examples: text: The Italians, and Spaniards, call it Sparto, and the ſecond ſort Albardi, The Dutch Halm. And vve in Engliſh, Helme, and Matvveede, but the people all along the Coaſts of Norfolke and Suffolke, call it Marram, and may be called Sea Ruſhes as vvell.
ref: 1640, John Parkinson, “Spartum herba sive Inncus. Matt Weed or Mat Rushes.”, in Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, →OCLC, page 1200:
glosses: Synonym of bentgrass (“any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis”)
synonyms: word: bentgrass
extra: any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis
helm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: hĕlm
ipa: /hɛlm/
rhymes: -ɛlm
Forms: form: helms
form: helming
form: helmed
form: helmed
Etymology: The noun is possibly:
* a variant of haulm; or
* from its etymon Middle English halm, helm, Early Middle English healm (“straw, stubble; stalk (?); handle of a tool or weapon”) [and other forms], from Old English healm (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw, stubble”) or an unattested variant *helm, from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (see Proto-West Germanic *helm) or *halmaz (“stalk of a grass or plant; hay, straw”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₂- (“to prick, stab, stick”).
The verb is either derived from the noun, or is possibly a variant of yelm.
Cognates
Dutch helm (“haulm”); helm, hellem, hellim (“straw”) (dialectal)
Low German helm (“haulm”) (hallem (Heligoland), halm (Holstein))
Senses: glosses: To lay out (stalks of corn, or straw) straight to be used for thatching roofs; to yelm.
girder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜːdə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈɡɝdɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Forms: form: girders
Etymology: From gird + -er.
Senses: glosses: A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure.
glosses: One who girds; a satirist.
Derived terms: box girder
girderage
girdered
girdering
girderless
girderlike
girderwork
I-girder
lattice girder
plate girder
regirder
sandwich girder
Related terms: truss
hellbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnt
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hell-bent.
penes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːniːz/
ipa: [ˈpʰiːniːz]
ipa: /ˈpiniz/
ipa: [ˈpʰiniz]
Senses: examples: text: The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks.
ref: 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin, published 2008, page 97:
topics: sciences
synonyms: penises
penii
glosses: plural of penis
glosses: plural of pene
Derived terms: hemipenes
penes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːniːz/
ipa: [ˈpʰiːniːz]
ipa: /ˈpiniz/
ipa: [ˈpʰiniz]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pene
bunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʌntʃ/
ipa: /bʌnʃ/
ipa: /bʌnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʌntʃ
Forms: form: bunches
form: bunching
form: bunched
form: bunched
Etymology: From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin.
Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰénǵʰus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Kamkata-viri břẽć, břez (“berry tree”), Prasuni vuzra (“berry tree”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)).
Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”).
Senses: glosses: To gather into a bunch.
glosses: To gather fabric into folds.
examples: text: "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232:
glosses: To form a bunch.
glosses: To be gathered together in folds
examples: text: A very large ſparry Nodule externally of a brown Colour. It has ſomewhat of the reſemblance of a large Champignon before 'tis open'd, bunching out into a large round Knob at one end, the part proceeding from it being leſs, round, and not unlike a Stalk.
ref: 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Classis V. Corpora Coralloidea, & hisce affinia.”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: […]), page 144:
glosses: To protrude or swell
Synonyms: sense: form a bunch
word: cluster
sense: form a bunch
word: group
Derived terms: buncher
bunch in
bunch together
bunch up
unbunch
round of applause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rounds of applause
Senses: examples: text: Please give all of the fantastic performers a big round of applause for their efforts this evening!
glosses: An outburst of clapping among a group or audience.
fisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fist
fisting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ
Forms: form: fistings
Senses: examples: 2003 August 17, Sean O'Hagan, “Sex on the brain”, review in The Observer, page 5,
[…] and comes to a climax of sorts (sorry) with – and here the more sheltered among you should avert your eyes – a girl-on-girl fisting scene.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
synonyms: fist-fucking
FF
coordinate_terms: fingering
footfucking
glosses: The act or sexual practice of inserting one or both hands into the vagina or rectum of one's sexual partner.
Derived terms: autofisting
double-fisting
fisting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪstɪŋ
Senses: glosses: Relating to or involving the sexual practice of inserting a hand into a partner's body.
Tara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːɹə/
ipa: /ˈtɛəɹə/
ipa: /ˈtæɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Teamhrach, genitive of Teamhair, from Old Irish Temair (literally “high place”). The female given name is derived from the name of the plantation in Gone with the Wind, named for the place in Ireland.
Senses: examples: text: No more to chiefs and ladies bright
The harp of Tara swells
ref: 1808, Thomas Moore, The Harp of Tara:
glosses: An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
glosses: An Irish place name, associated with the Hill of Tara, seat of ancient Irish kings.
A small settlement in County Meath, Ireland, near the Hill of Tara (Irish grid ref N 9458)
examples: text: Many had already taken out loans and purchased equipment in preparation for the program’s continuation, said Tara Roberts-Turner, general manager of the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a farmer-led distribution network serving more than 400 farmers and the state’s largest food hub.
ref: 2025 March 30, Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, “‘A huge blow’: USDA cuts threaten to throw Wisconsin’s local food supply into disarray”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name transferred from the place name, of 20th century and later usage.
examples: text: the story of Tara Cochrane, a war veteran, a physician, and a burned-out man who describes himself in terms of a bad cigarette
ref: 1952, Janice Holt Giles, Tara's Healing:
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
A community in Arran-Elderslie municipality, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
glosses: Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
A township in Swift County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
A township in Traverse County, Minnesota.
glosses: Some other places named Tara, all likely after the Irish hill:
A town in the Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Tara Hills
Related terms: Tarah
Tara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːɹə/
ipa: /ˈtɛəɹə/
ipa: /ˈtæɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Etymology: From Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A female Buddha typically associated with Buddhist tantra practice as preserved in Tibetan Buddhism. She is the "mother of liberation", and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Tara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːɹə/
ipa: /ˈtɛəɹə/
ipa: /ˈtæɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Forms: form: Taras
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑːɹə/
ipa: /ˈtɛəɹə/
ipa: /ˈtæɹə/
rhymes: -ɑːɹə
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Coron, Palawan, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A barangay of Mabinay, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
pwned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊnd/
ipa: /pəʊnd/
ipa: /pəʔˈəʊnd/
ipa: /pɔːnd/
ipa: /piˈəʊnd/
ipa: /pwəʔˈn̩d/
rhymes: -əʊnd
rhymes: -ɔːnd
Forms: form: pwnt
form: pwnd
form: pwn3d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pwn
noob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͞ob
ipa: /n(j)uːb/
rhymes: -uːb
Forms: form: noobs
form: noobz
form: n00b
form: newb
form: nub
Etymology: Representing a pronunciation of newb (a shortened form of newbie).
Senses: examples: text: Noobs are annoying, they never know the forum rules.
glosses: A newb or newbie; refers to the idea that someone is new to a game, concept, or idea; implying a lack of experience. Also, in some areas the word noob can mean someone is obsessed with things.
Synonyms: word: nubcake
Derived terms: n00b
noob cannon
noobish
nooblet
noob tube
nooby
pursue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈsjuː/
ipa: /pəˈʃuː/
ipa: /pɚˈsu/
ipa: /pəˈʃu/
ipa: /pɜˈʃuː/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈpɜ(ɾ).sju/
note: Indic
ipa: /pə(ɾ)ˈsju/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: pursues
form: pursuing
form: pursued
form: pursued
Etymology: From Middle English pursuen, from Anglo-Norman pursure, poursuire etc., from Latin prōsequor (though influenced by persequor). Doublet of prosecute.
Senses: examples: text: pursue one's dreams
text: The wicked flee when no man purſueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 28:1:
text: He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.
ref: 15 September 2009, Martin Chulov, “Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
examples: text: Her rival pursued a quite different course.
glosses: To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
examples: text: He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.
ref: 1 December 2009, Benjamin Pogrund, “Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
examples: text: The Kedarites are depicted as herders of sheep and goats who pursued a seminomadic existence and lived scattered over a wide area of the desert region east of the land of Israel.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 141:
glosses: To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
glosses: To act as a legal prosecutor.
examples: text: 'Allow me, great king,' pursued the Demon, in a dry tone of voice, 'to wish you joy […]
ref: 1870, Richard Francis Burton, “Conclusion”, in Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, page 307:
glosses: To continue; to carry on.
Derived terms: pursuer
Related terms: pursual
pursuant
pursuit
follow
chase
Gabriel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪ.bɹi.əl/
Etymology: Etymology tree
Hebrew גבריאלbor.
Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl)bor.
Latin Gabrielder.
English Gabriel
From Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβρῑήλ (Gabrīḗl), from Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gaḇrīʾḗl, “God is my strong man”), from גֶּבֶר (géver, “strong man, hero”) and אֵל (ʾēl, “God, deity”), from Proto-Semitic *ʾil-. Doublet of Jibril.
Senses: examples: text: Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
ref: 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212
text: "I'm the only Gabriel in the whole school," I told my father. "You don't have to whisper it from the tomb, lad. You should thank your mother and me for giving you a handle that people notice. You ought to be pleased, not down in the dumps. Backstreet Gabriels aren't bumped into on every corner, remember.
ref: 1986, Paul Bailey, Gabriel's Lament, Viking, published 1987, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].
examples: Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
glosses: A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew].
An archangel associated in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, with carrying messages from God.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
Derived terms: San Gabriel
Stoke Gabriel
Related terms: Gabe
Gabriela
Gabriella
Gabrielle
chromophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromophore
feuilleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəːɪtɒ̃/
ipa: /ˈfʊɪˌtɒn/
ipa: /ˌfəɪˈtɑn/
ipa: /ˌfəɪˈtɔn/
ipa: /ˈfɔɪ.ɪ.tən/
ipa: /fə.jəˈtoʊn/
Forms: form: feuilletons
Etymology: Borrowed from French feuilleton.
Senses: glosses: A section of a European newspaper typically dedicated to arts, culture, criticism, and light literature.
examples: text: Now and then, when luck had favoured me, I had managed to get five shillings for a feuilleton from some newspaper or other.
ref: 1899, Knut Hamsun, “Part I”, in George Egerton [pseudonym; Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright], transl., Hunger […], London: Leonard Smithers and Co […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: The feuilleton, like the other serious, trivial, and merely curious stories on the newspaper page, served up an excess of details. For the most part, the feuilleton writer observed, rather than explained.
ref: 1990, Peter Fritzsche, Reading Berlin: 1900, page 44:
text: Indeed, more recent studies of the FZ [Frankfurter Zeitung] and the feuilleton genre also regard essays on fashion as unworthy of analysis — a gesture very similar to the condescending attitudes toward fashion journalism in the early 1920s.
ref: 2008, Mila Ganeva, Women in Weimar Fashion: Discourses and Displays in German Culture, 1918-1933, page 92:
glosses: An article published in such a section.
Derived terms: feuilletonism
Related terms: feuilletonist
roman feuilleton
subacid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æsɪd
Forms: form: more subacid
form: most subacid
Etymology: From sub- + acid.
Senses: examples: text: Beer may be considered as the wine of grain, for it is the product of the fermentation of malt, just as wine is that of the fermentation of the grape, or other subacid fruits.
ref: 1821, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on the Art of Brewing, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, page 5:
text: An excellent temper, with a slight degree of subacid humour.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate; […], Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:
text: Summerlee drew him on with his chorus of subacid criticism, while Lord John and I laughed at the contest and the lady, her hand upon his sleeve, controlled the bellowings of the philosopher.
ref: 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
glosses: Somewhat acidic.
subacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsɪd
Forms: form: subacids
Etymology: From sub- + acid.
Senses: examples: text: Rosellas, a fruit, I imagine, not very well known, we grew most successfully, its delicious sub-acid making the most splendid substitute for the English red currant; and we varied its uses by transforming the raw material into jam and jelly, and freshly-stewed fruit.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 122:
glosses: A mild acidic taste.
subacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æsɪd
Forms: form: subacids
Etymology: From sub- + acid.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that is moderately acid.
toucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːkən/
ipa: /ˈtuːˌkæn/
rhymes: -uːkən
Forms: form: toucans
Etymology: Borrowed from French toucan, borrowed from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn, from Proto-Tupian *jɨokãn.
Senses: examples: text: The ear, small and shapely, the arch of the foot, the curve in mouth and nostril, even the indurated hand dyed to the orange-tawny of the toucan's bill, a hand telling alike of the halyards and tar-bucket;
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, ch 2:
glosses: Any of various neotropical frugivorous birds from the family Ramphastidae, with a large colorful beak.
Derived terms: Ariel toucan
citron-throated toucan
toco toucan
toucan barbet
toucan crossing
Related terms: hornbill
toucanet
Tucana
five-finger discount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-finger discounts
form: five finger discount
Senses: examples: text: I was a burglary detective for three years before I joined the Speaker's Bureau, and you might say I managed to acquire a few things at a five-finger discount, if you catch my drift.
ref: 1986, James Ellroy, Killer on the Road, Avon Books, →ISBN, page 28:
text: - Hey, guys. Where'd you get all that great stuff?
- Five-finger discount, man.
ref: 1990, "The Telltale Head" (The Simpsons season 1 episode 8)
roman: - You ripped it off?
synonyms: word: bargain
word: burglary
word: heist
word: give-away
word: pinching
word: robbery
word: steal
word: stealing
word: theft
word: thievery
word: five-finger discount
word: midnight requisition
word: moonlight requisition
word: manifest destiny
glosses: Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting.
Related terms: sticky fingers
enciclopedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of encyclopedia.
Zion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzaɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈzaɪˌɒn/
rhymes: -aɪən
rhymes: -aɪɒn
Forms: form: Sion
Etymology: From Middle English Sion, from Old English Syon, from Ecclesiastical Latin Sīōn, from Koine Greek Σῑών (Sīṓn), from Biblical Hebrew צִיּוֹן (ṣiyyôn). Initial Z- was likely under influence from Early New High German Zion, itself influenced by the Ashkenazi pronunciation /t͡s/.
Senses: examples: text: Neuertheleſſe, Dauid tooke the ſtrong hold of Zion: the ſame is the citie of Dauid.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Samuel 5:7, column 2:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: Mount Zion
glosses: A hill in Jerusalem, Israel, on which ancient Jerusalem was partly built; a centrepiece to Biblical accounts of old days and future eschatological events.
glosses: Jerusalem city proper; or more strictly speaking, the Temple Mount.
glosses: The whole nation of Israel.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: An association of the righteous.
glosses: A city and township in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
Synonyms: word: Mount Zion
word: Moriah
english: as a special landmark of 'perfume' importance; Analogous to the very special power of prayer that rises specifically from this locale. In accordance with Jewish Midrashic literature
translation: as a special landmark of 'perfume' importance; Analogous to the very special power of prayer that rises specifically from this locale. In accordance with Jewish Midrashic literature
word: Mount of myrrh
Derived terms: New Zion
Zion curtain
Zion Don
Zionism
Zionist
Zionize
Related terms: Mount of Olives
The Holy Land
virtuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəs/
ipa: /ˈvɝt͡ʃuəs/
Forms: form: more virtuous
form: most virtuous
form: vertuous
form: vertuus
form: virtuose
Etymology: From Middle English vertuous, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertuous, vertous, ultimately from Late Latin virtuōsus, from Latin virtūs. Doublet of virtuoso.
Senses: examples: text: Successful communities need strong, selfless leaders and a virtuous people.
text: Her virtuous, pale-blue, saucerlike eyes flooded with leviathan tears on unexpected occasions and made Yossarian mad.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:
synonyms: word: good
word: righteous
word: virtual
glosses: Full of virtue; having excellent moral character.
Synonyms: word: chaste
word: continent
word: correct
word: delicate
word: decent
word: decorous
word: desertful
word: deserving
word: dutiful
word: duteous
word: good
word: honest
word: innocent
word: meritorious
word: modest
word: moral
word: noble
word: right
word: right-minded
word: righteous
word: straight
word: virtuous
word: well-intentioned
word: whole-souled
word: worthy
Hypernyms: word: pure
Hyponyms: word: admirable
word: exemplary
word: excellent
word: matchless
word: peerless
word: sterling
word: creditable
word: commendable
word: laudable
word: praiseworthy
word: sanctimonious
word: angelic
word: devout
word: godlike
word: godly
word: heaven-born
word: pious
word: religious
word: reverent
word: reverential
word: saintly
word: saint-like
word: seraphic
Derived terms: virtuous circle
virtuous cycle
virtuous spiral
virtuous couch
virtuousness
pseudovirtuous
Related terms: word: virtual
word: virtue
word: virtuosity
word: hero
word: goodness
word: model
winded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The boxer winded his opponent by striking his solar plexus.
glosses: simple past and past participle of wind
winded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more winded
form: most winded
Senses: examples: text: She was winded from her long run.
glosses: Out of breath.
Derived terms: broken-winded
close-winded
long-winded
short-winded
isobaric heating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The heating of something at constant pressure.
Hypernyms: heating
antichrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈantiˌkɹaɪst/
ipa: /ˈæntaɪˌkɹaɪst/
ipa: /ˈæntiˌkɹaɪst/
Forms: form: antichrists
Etymology: See Antichrist. By surface analysis, anti- + Christ.
Senses: examples: text: Little childꝛen, it is the laſt time: and as yee haue heard that Antichꝛiſt ſhall come, euen now are there many Antichꝛiſts, whereby wee know that it is the laſt time.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 John 2:18:
text: I am an antichrist / And I am an anarchist / Don't know what I want / But I know how to get it
ref: 1976, “Anarchy in the U.K.”, performed by Sex Pistols:
text: At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.
ref: 1996, Maurice Wiles, “[The End of Arianism] Gothic Christianity”, in Archetypal Heresy: Arianism through the Centuries, Oxford, Oxon: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: One who works against the teachings of Christ.
eschatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛsk.əˈtɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌɛs.kəˈtɔl.ə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: eschatologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔσχατον (éskhaton) (neuter of ἔσχατος (éskhatos, “last”)) + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: These final pages are as deeply pleasureful as they are moving. Their comic eschatologies are consistent with the spirit that informs all of “Ada,” the spirit that is underscored by the last syllable in Ada's name when it is pronounced correctly in “the Russian way with two deep, dark ‘a’s” — da!
ref: 1969 May 4, Alfred Appel Jr, “Ada; Or Ardor: A Family Chronicle”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death.
examples: text: Eschatology and proleptics aside, I think this is a really stupid way to read a mystery novel.
ref: 2001, Mark Allan Powell, Chasing the Eastern Star, page 18:
glosses: The study of the end times—the end of the world, notably in Christian and Islamic theology, the second coming of Christ, the Apocalypse, or the Last Judgment.
Derived terms: eschatologic
eschatological
eschatologically
eschatologism
eschatologist
geo-eschatology
Related terms: eschaton
Antichrist
Apocalypse
Armageddon
Judgment Day
Ragnarok
Revelation
end times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: End Times
form: end-times
Senses: examples: text: And I can hear it loud and clear / The world is ending, and what do I care? / She's gone, end times are here
ref: 2010, Mark Oliver Everett, “End Times”, performed by Eels:
text: Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Dallas, said in an interview that Mr. Van Impe’s premillennial view of the end times paved the way for his own ministry and that of other popular preachers like John Hagee and David Jeremiah.
ref: 2020 January 22, Elizabeth Dias, “Jack Van Impe, End Times Preacher on TV, Is Dead at 88”, in The New York Times:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The days leading up to the second coming of the Messiah (Christ), when the world will be judged.
examples: text: Both Islam and Christianity have a strong eschatology (view of the end times) that comes from their worldview.
ref: 2004, William Wagner, How Islam Plans to Change the World, Kregel Publications, →ISBN, page 210:
text: The coming of the Mahdi during the end—times […]
ref: 2012, Henry Bayman, The Teachings of a Perfect Master, Page 169
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The days leading to the coming of the Mahdi, the Messiah or Judgment Day.
examples: text: Hellenistic Judaism was familiar with the idea that deceit is characteristic of the end times (see T. Levi 10:2; 16:1).
ref: 2002, Raymond F. Collins, I & II Timothy and Titus: A Commentary, Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: The apocalyptic writings are at times quite fascinating, especially since they stand in some relationship to the apocalyptic visions of the end times found in both the OT and NT.
ref: 2002, Larry R. Helyer, Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period: A Guide for New Testament Students, InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 22:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Corresponding periods in other religious traditions.
Related terms: apocalypse
Apocalypse
armageddon
Armageddon
end of the world
Final Judgment
Last Judgment
judgment day
Judgment Day
millennium
Millennium
rapture
Rapture
revelation
Revelation
second coming
Second Coming
tribulation
Tribulation
rabbi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæ.baɪ/
Forms: form: rabbis
form: rabbies
form: rabbanim
form: rabbanin
form: rabbonim
form: rabbonin
form: rabbin
form: rabboni
Etymology: From Middle English raby, from Ecclesiastical Latin rabbi, and its source Koine Greek ῥαββί (rhabbí), from (post-Tanakh) Hebrew רַבִּי (rabbi, “my master”), from רַב (rav, “master”) + ־ִי (-í, “my”). Compare late Old English rabbi. Doublet of rebbe and related to rav.
Senses: examples: text: Next, R. Moskowitz brings us to the Slonimer Rebbe, a late 20th century Hasidic rabbi, who taught that the evil of Esav was that very sense of completion, the self-perception that he had no need for growth or further transformation.
ref: 2019 September 10, Rachel Timoner, “Book Review: Textual Activism by Rabbi Mike Moskowitz”, in Tikkun:
glosses: A Jewish scholar or teacher of halacha (Jewish law), capable of making halachic decisions.
examples: text: "Elon Musk is spreading the kind of antisemitism that leads to massacres," reads the decree, which was signed by 164 "rabbis, leaders of Jewish organizations, artists, activists, and academics." "And advertisers are funding the platform that allows him to spread his ideology to hundreds of millions [of] people."
ref: 2023 November 17, Maggie Harrison Dupré, “Rabbis Warn That Elon Musk Is Spreading the Type of Antisemitism "That Leads to Massacres””, in Futurism:
hypernyms: cleric
glosses: A Jew who is the leader or is qualified to be the leader of a Jewish congregation.
examples: text: Hoskins? He doesn't have a better rabbi in the department than that?
ref: 2006 September 17, David Mills, “Soft Eyes”, in The Wire, season 4, episode 2, spoken by Clarence Royce (Glynn Turman):
text: If I'm ever gonna make Captain, I need a good mentor. I need my rabbi.
ref: 2013 September 17, Dan Goor, Michael Schur, “Pilot”, in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Amy Santiago (Melissa Fumero):
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A senior officer who acts as a mentor.
Derived terms: rabbi card
Related terms: rav
rabbeinu
rebbe
reb
rebbetzin
Most High
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Most High
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: One of the titles of God. Supreme, most magnificent.
glosses: The 87th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
eradicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
Forms: form: eradicates
form: eradicating
form: eradicated
form: eradicated
Etymology: PIE word
 *wréh₂ds
From Middle English eradicaten (“to eradicate”), from eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin ērādīcātus, the perfect passive participle of ērādīcō (“to uproot, root out; to anihilate, eradicate”), from ē- (“out”) + rādīx (“root”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See also radish.
Senses: synonyms: root out
root up
uproot
antonyms: radicate
glosses: To pull up by the roots.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: delete, erase
text: Smallpox was globally eradicated in 1980.
text: I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego).
ref: 1986 April 26, Tony Marcus Antuan Haywood, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
text: Thus far, virtually every cinematic attempt to convey the outrages of South African life under apartheid has been diminished by its own good intentions and by a grim sameness that eradicates any element of surprise.
ref: 1989 September 20, Janet Maslin, “Review/Film; Sutherland Catches On To Apartheid Slowly”, in The New York Times:
text: She put a banner for the One Campaign, an effort to eradicate poverty in the third world led by U2's singer Bono, on her LJ […]
ref: 2007, Anastasia Goodstein, Totally Wired:
text: The germinal matrix in this area is then eradicated either by surgical or chemical matrixectomy using phenol or NaOH.
ref: 2016, Roba Khundkar, Silva Samantha De, Rajat Chowdury, Consent in Surgery: A Practical Guide, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 89:
synonyms: word: annihilate
word: eliminate
word: exterminate
word: extirpate
word: destroy
word: annihilate
word: aerosolize
word: atomize
word: benothing
word: bewreck
word: blot out
word: blotto
word: dash
word: decompose
word: demolish
word: desolate
word: devastate
word: diffuse
word: disintegrate
word: disperse
word: dissolve
word: eliminate
word: eradicate
word: erase
word: exterminate
word: extinguish
word: extirpate
word: fuck
word: harry
word: jazz
word: lay waste
word: level
word: liquidate
word: nuke
word: obliterate
word: pull down
word: pulverize
word: race
word: raze
word: ravage
word: remove
word: ruin
word: stamp out
word: total
word: unbreed
word: unexist
word: unmake
word: uproot
word: waste
word: wipe out
word: wipe off
word: wreck
antonyms: encourage
foster
introduce
protect
radicate
glosses: To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Derived terms: eradicant
eradicator
Related terms: eradicable
eradication
eradicative
ineradicable
radical
root
eradicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt/
Etymology: From Middle English eradicat(e) (“eradicated”, past participle of eradicaten), used up until Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Senses: glosses: eradicated
social engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of social engineer
catechism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætɪˌkɪzəm/
Forms: form: catechisms
form: categise
Etymology: From Late Latin catechismus, from Ancient Greek *κατηχισμός (*katēkhismós), from κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to catechize”), a later extended form of κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to catechize, instruct, teach by word of mouth”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχέω (ēkhéō, “to sound, resound”).
Senses: glosses: A book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
glosses: A basic manual in some subject.
examples: text: ...the walls were covered with paper, whose original colour and pattern had long since merged in a dingy brown; over this were hung up some unframed drawings, and some shelves on which were ranged all the old school books, grammars, Pinnock's catechisms, and one or two French novels that had belonged to a former governess.
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 43:
text: Inscrutable His ways are, and immune
To catechism by a mind too strewn
With petty cares to slightly understand
What awful brain compels His awful hand.
ref: 1925, Countee Cullen, Yet Do I Marvel:
glosses: A set of questions designed to determine knowledge.
Derived terms: catechismal
Related terms: catechesis
catechetical
catechist
catechistic
catechize
catechumen
tranche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃nʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃nt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹænt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑːnʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹæːnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ
rhymes: -ɑ̃nʃ
rhymes: -ɑ̃ntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːntʃ
rhymes: -æntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːnʃ
Forms: form: tranches
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.
Senses: examples: text: Servants, carrying huge baskets suspended before them in which were huge tranches of bread, speedily distributed the contents; and they were followed by others bearing huge cans of milk, hot and cold.
ref: 1893, P. Fitzgerald, “Stonyhurst Memories”, in The Month: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Science and Art, pages 336–337:
text: Habeck said he was planning to announce a first tranche of climate protection measures by Easter, and a second by the end of the summer, to come into force by 2023.
ref: 2022 January 11, Kate Connolly, “German climate minister says speed of carbon cuts needs to be trebled”, in The Guardian:
text: The files took all day to upload, since the connection often dropped. […] Then, half an hour before the bookstore closed, the final tranche went through.
ref: 2022 October 27, Simon Parkin, “README.txt by Chelsea Manning review – secrets and spies”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A slice, section or portion.
topics: business
insurance
glosses: A distinct subdivision of a single policyholder's benefits, typically relating to separate premium increments.
qualifier: pensions
glosses: A pension scheme's or scheme member's benefits relating to distinct accrual periods with different rules.
topics: business
finance
glosses: One of a set of classes or risk maturities that compose a multiple-class security, such as a CMO or REMIC; a class of bonds. Collateralized mortgage obligations are structured with several tranches of bonds that have various maturities.
tranche
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃nʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃nt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹænt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑ̃ʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑːnʃ/
ipa: /tɹɑːnt͡ʃ/
ipa: /tɹæːnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɑ̃ʃ
rhymes: -ɑ̃nʃ
rhymes: -ɑ̃ntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːntʃ
rhymes: -æntʃ
rhymes: -ɑːnʃ
Forms: form: tranches
form: tranching
form: tranched
form: tranched
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French tranche, form of trancher (“to cut, to slice”), from Old French trenchier (“cut, make a cut”), possibly from Vulgar Latin *trinicāre (“cut in three parts”). Doublet of traunch and trench.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: To divide into tranches.
Related terms: trench
traunch
sordid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔː.dɪd/
ipa: /ˈsɔɹdɪd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
homophone: sorted stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: sordider
form: sordidest
Etymology: From Middle English sordide, from Latin sordidus.
Alternatively from French sordide.
Senses: examples: text: The more hopelessly sordid and insensible he appeared, the greater became Mrs. Shelby's dread of his succeeding in recapturing Eliza and her child, and of course the greater her motive for detaining him by every female artifice.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 6, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume I, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, pages 88–89:
glosses: Distasteful, ignoble, vile, or contemptible.
glosses: Dirty or squalid.
examples: text: He rode slowly home along the deserted road, watching the stars come out in the clear violet sky. They flashed softly into the limpid heavens, like jewels let fall into clear water. They were a reproach, he felt, to a sordid world.
ref: 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:
text: I know it sounds sordid but you'll be rewarded, when at last I've been given my dues.
ref: 1994, The Lion King, Be Prepared musical number
text: It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
ref: 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
glosses: Morally degrading.
glosses: Grasping; stingy; avaricious.
examples: text: Leaves sordid-tomentulose beneath
ref: 1926, Paul Carpenter Standley, Trees and Shrubs of Mexico: Bignoniaceae-Asteraceae, page 1530:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a dull colour.
Synonyms: unclean
Derived terms: sordidity
sordidly
sordidness
Related terms: filthy
grimy
squalid
vile
rookie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʊki/
rhymes: -ʊki
Forms: form: rookies
Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”).
Senses: glosses: An inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces.
glosses: A novice.
glosses: An athlete either new to the sport or to a team or in his/her first year of professional competition, especially said of baseball, basketball, hockey and American football players.
glosses: A type of firecracker, used by farmers to scare rooks.
Synonyms: beginner
newbie
noob
tyro
novice
Derived terms: rookie card
rookie numbers
rookie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʊki/
rhymes: -ʊki
Forms: form: rookier
form: rookiest
Etymology: Thought to be an alteration of recruit + -ie, or from rook (“a cheat”) + -ie. Another possible origin is Dutch broekie (short for broekvent (“a boy still in short trousers”)), a common term for a shipmate. Also suggested is Irish rúca (“an inexperienced person”).
Senses: examples: text: The game was going well until I made that rookie mistake.
text: the rookiest of rookie mistakes
glosses: Non-professional; amateur