cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
rout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: [ɹʌʊt]
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
note: verb sense 3, noun sense
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
ipa: /ɹut/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: [ɹʌʊt]
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
note: verb sense 3, noun sense
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
ipa: /ɹut/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: routs
form: routing
form: routed
form: routed
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to move quickly, rush; of waters: to churn, surge; to drag, pull; to throw; to agitate, shake; to beat, strike;”) [and other forms], from Old English hrūtan, from or cognate with Old Norse hrjóta (“to be flung; to fall; to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to fall; to fly; to move quickly”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to fall, plunge; to rush; to topple”).
The English word is cognate with Middle High German rûzen (“to move quickly, storm”), and is also related to Old English hrēosan (“to fall; to collapse; to rush”).
The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route (“a blow; suffering, woe (?); a jerk, sharp pull”) [and other forms], from routen; see above.
Senses: glosses: To beat or strike (someone or something); to assail (someone or something) with blows.
Related terms: atrout
rout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: [ɹʌʊt]
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
note: verb sense 3, noun sense
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
ipa: /ɹut/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: [ɹʌʊt]
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
note: verb sense 3, noun sense
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
ipa: /ɹut/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: routs
Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to move quickly, rush; of waters: to churn, surge; to drag, pull; to throw; to agitate, shake; to beat, strike;”) [and other forms], from Old English hrūtan, from or cognate with Old Norse hrjóta (“to be flung; to fall; to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to fall; to fly; to move quickly”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to fall, plunge; to rush; to topple”).
The English word is cognate with Middle High German rûzen (“to move quickly, storm”), and is also related to Old English hrēosan (“to fall; to collapse; to rush”).
The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route (“a blow; suffering, woe (?); a jerk, sharp pull”) [and other forms], from routen; see above.
Senses: glosses: A violent movement; a heavy or stunning blow or stroke.
rout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: [ɹʌʊt]
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
note: verb sense 3, noun sense
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
ipa: /ɹut/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: routs
Etymology: Uncertain; either imitative of the bird’s call, or possibly from Icelandic hrota (“brant; brent goose”), also probably imitative though perhaps influenced by hrot (“a snore; act of snoring”), from hrjóta (“to snore”), from Old Norse hrjóta (“to snore”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną (“to snore”); see further at etymology 3.
Senses: synonyms: brant goose
road-goose
rood goose
rot-goose
glosses: The brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla).
route
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ro͞ot
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: root
homophone: rute
ipa: /ɹuːt/
ipa: /ɹʉːt/
ipa: /ɹut/
ipa: /ɹʉt/
enpr: rout
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: rout
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
other: /ɹaʊt/
other: /ɹuːt/
Forms: form: routes
form: routeing
form: routing
raw_tags: in US
form: routed
form: routed
Etymology: From Middle English route, from Old French route, from Latin rupta [via] (literally “a path made by force”). Compare Modern French route. See routine. Further via Latin ruptus related with bankrupt.
Senses: examples: text: All incoming mail was routed through a single office.
glosses: To direct or divert along a particular course.
glosses: to connect two local area networks, thereby forming an internet.
examples: text: Google Glass has come under fire from privacy advocates because it can record video without subjects being aware of it, and that any video will be routed through Google's servers.
ref: 2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To send (information) through a router.
Derived terms: reroute
router
routine
Related terms: word: bridge
word: LAN
word: WAN
route
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ro͞ot
rhymes: -uːt
homophone: root
homophone: rute
ipa: /ɹuːt/
ipa: /ɹʉːt/
ipa: /ɹut/
ipa: /ɹʉt/
enpr: rout
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: rout
ipa: /ɹaʊt/
ipa: /ɹʌʊt/
other: /ɹaʊt/
other: /ɹuːt/
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of root.
rugged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌɡɪd/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪd
ipa: /ɹʌɡd/
rhymes: -ʌɡd
ipa: /ˈɹʌɡɪd/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪd
Etymology: From rug + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a rug or rugs.
glosses: Covered with a rug.
rugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹʌɡɪd/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪd
ipa: /ɹʌɡd/
rhymes: -ʌɡd
ipa: /ˈɹʌɡɪd/
rhymes: -ʌɡɪd
Etymology: From rug + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rug
ruthless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːθləs/
Forms: form: more ruthless
form: most ruthless
Etymology: From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth + -less.
Senses: examples: text: At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main.
ref: 1725, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope et al., The Odyssey of Homer, volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10:
antonyms: ruthful
glosses: Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
examples: text: Particular note, in this period, should be made of the actions of Joseph Denman, commander of the Northern Division of the Squadron, who went on an absolutely ruthless and systematic campaign along the African coast, burning so-called "slaving factories" to the ground and openly daring anyone who objected to try and stop him.
ref: 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 9:26 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2024:
text: But the ruthless cleaning up of those streets and merciless treatment of gang members have triggered outrage and concern among human rights organizations, which have condemned Cecot as inhumane and unacceptable.
ref: 2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN:
glosses: Uncompromising; unrelenting.
Related terms: ruthlessly
ruthlessness
sacrosanct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/
Forms: form: more sacrosanct
form: most sacrosanct
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sacrōsānctus.
Senses: examples: text: It will be noted that pre-grouping routes between London and Scotland are no longer sacrosanct—for example, Glasgow St. Enoch trains no longer run necessarily to St. Pancras.
ref: 1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 765:
text: Closer investigation revealed these as millions of elaborate crypts a few meters below the surface, left by a long-extinct spacefaring species called the zeioph. Many human universities wish to perform archeological excavations. Council law holds grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter has been tied up in court for a decade.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Armeni:
text: After decades of being considered politically sacrosanct, why are homeowner mortgage write-offs suddenly on the chopping block?
ref: 2011 August 14, Kenneth R. Harney, “Homeowner mortgage write-off may be in jeopardy”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2021:
text: The impeachment crisis is also a symptom of a country caught in a massive political estrangement that is tearing apart any sense of common patriotic purpose. It has exposed a political culture in which the facts – in this case, of the President’s actions – are no longer sacrosanct and that has been laced with a fog of misinformation by his allies.
ref: 2019 December 18, Stephen Collinson, “A grave day in history: Trump faces impeachment”, in CNN:
text: For me, it is sacrosanct. It’s our history, it’s our cultural heritage. I do not believe in censorship in that way.
ref: 2023 April 26, Benjamin Lee, quoting Steven Spielberg, “Steven Spielberg: ‘No film should be revised’ based on modern sensitivity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: As Parisians deserted the capital in August for their sacrosanct summer holidays, French Prime Minister François Bayrou remained stationed at this desk in an otherwise hushed Hôtel de Matignon.
ref: 2025 August 30, Leila Abboud, Ian Johnston, Adrienne Klasa, “France's isolated PM puts his job on the line”, in FT Weekend, page 7:
glosses: Beyond alteration, criticism, or interference, especially due to religious sanction; inviolable.
glosses: Sacred, very holy.
Derived terms: sacrosanctity
sacrosanctness
Related terms: sacred
sag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: săg
ipa: /sæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: sags
Etymology: From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).
Senses: glosses: The state of sinking or bending; a droop.
glosses: The difference in elevation of a wire, cable, chain or rope suspended between two consecutive points.
glosses: The difference in height or depth between the vertex and the rim of a curved surface, specifically used for optical elements such as a mirror or lens.
examples: text: a mass of igneous rock […] shown as a semicircular area of shonkinite exposed in the west wall of the sag. From the valley below, it appears as a dark cliff, perhaps 100 feet in height and a few hundred yards long.
ref: 1905, Louis Valentine Pirsson, Petrography and Geology of the Igneous Rocks of the Highwood ..., page 43:
text: Gunsight Peak north of the sag marks the southern end of the Malad Range that extends into Idaho. Complexly faulted Cambrian and Ordovician shelf sedimentary rocks are present[…]
ref: 2016 March 10, William T. Parry, Geology of Utah's Mountains, Peaks, and Plateaus: Including descriptions of cliffs, valleys, and climate history, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
glosses: A place where the surface (of a seat, the earth, etc) sinks or droops, like a depression or a dip in a ridge.
sag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: săg
ipa: /sæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: sags
form: sagging
form: sagged
form: sagged
Etymology: From late Middle English saggen, probably of North Germanic/Scandinavian/Old Norse origin, akin to Old Norse sokkva (“to sink”), from a denasalized derivative of Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (“to sink”).
Compare Norwegian Nynorsk sagga (“move slowly”)); probably akin to Danish and Norwegian sakke, Swedish sacka, Icelandic sakka. Compare also Dutch zakken and German sacken (from Low German).
Senses: examples: text: A line or cable supported by its ends sags, even if it is tightly drawn.
text: The floor of a room sags.
text: Her once firm bosom began to sag in her thirties.
glosses: To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
examples: text: A building may sag one way or another.
text: The door sags on its hinges.
text: The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought.
ref: 1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)
glosses: To lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position.
examples: text: The mind I sway by, and the heart I bear, / Shall never sag with doubt nor shake with fear.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: To lose firmness, elasticity, vigor, or a thriving state; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced.
glosses: To loiter in walking; to idle along; to drag or droop heavily.
glosses: To cause to bend or give way; to load.
glosses: To wear one's trousers so that their top is well below the waist.
glosses: To pull down someone else's pants as a prank.
Derived terms: sag bag
sagflation
sagger
saggy
sag off
sag pond
sag wagon
sag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: săg
ipa: /sæɡ/
rhymes: -æɡ
Forms: form: sags
Senses: examples: text: The dal tarka (£5) is made from whole yellow split peas, while sag aloo (£5) brings potatoes in a rich and oily spinach puree.
ref: 2003, Charles Campion, The Rough Guide to London Restaurants, page 173:
glosses: Alternative form of saag.
saliva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sə-līʹ-və
ipa: /səˈlaɪvə/
rhymes: -aɪvə
Forms: form: salivas
form: salivae
form: salivæ
Etymology: A learned borrowing from Latin salīva (“spittle”), replacing or merging with Middle English salive, salve (“saliva”), from the same Latin source. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *salw-, *sal- (“dirt, dirty”), cognate with Old English salu (“dark, dusky”). More at sallow.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
synonyms: spit
spittle
slobber
glosses: A clear, slightly alkaline liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands, consisting of water, mucin, protein, and enzymes. It moistens the mouth, lubricates ingested food, and begins the breakdown of starches.
Derived terms: saliva ejector
saliva gland
salivary
salivate
saliva test
sea saliva
Related terms: salivation
drool
sputum
sane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /seɪn/
enpr: sān
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: sain
homophone: Seine (one pronunciation)
Forms: form: saner
form: sanest
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
Senses: examples: text: a sane mind
glosses: Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
examples: text: a sane person
text: Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant?
Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin.
Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left!
Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden Prime:
glosses: Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
examples: text: Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
glosses: Rational; reasonable; sensible.
Synonyms: sense: possessing mental faculties
word: in one's right mind
sense: possessing mental faculties
word: play with a full deck
word: sane
word: balanced
word: compos mentis
word: in possession of one's faculties
word: lucid
word: rational
word: reasonable
word: sound-minded
Hypernyms: word: healthy
Derived terms: sanely
Related terms: sense: being healthy
word: sanity
sense: being healthy
word: mental health
sense: possessing mental faculties
word: compos mentis
sense: possessing mental faculties
word: right-minded
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: nome sane
sanguine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈsɛəŋ.ɡwɪn]
note: Midland US, New England, Pittsburgh, Western US
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈsɛːŋ.ɡwɪn]
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈseːŋ.ɡwɪn]
rhymes: -æŋɡwɪn
Forms: form: sanguines
Etymology: From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. Doublet of sanguineous.
Senses: glosses: Blood colour; red.
glosses: Anything of a blood-red colour, as cloth.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A tincture, seldom used, of a blood-red colour (not to be confused with murrey).
glosses: Bloodstone.
glosses: Red crayon.
sanguine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈsɛəŋ.ɡwɪn]
note: Midland US, New England, Pittsburgh, Western US
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈsɛːŋ.ɡwɪn]
ipa: /ˈsæŋ.ɡwɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈseːŋ.ɡwɪn]
rhymes: -æŋɡwɪn
Forms: form: sanguines
form: sanguining
form: sanguined
form: sanguined
Etymology: From Middle English sanguine, from Old French sanguin, ultimately from Latin sanguineus (“of blood”), from sanguis (“blood”) (of uncertain origin, but probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, from *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”), with an obscure suffix such as *-ǵʰ- (related to body parts)) + -inus + -eus. Doublet of sanguineous.
Senses: glosses: To stain with blood; to impart the colour of blood to; to ensanguine.
Related terms: exsanguinate
sangaree
sangria
sapling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæplɪŋ/
Forms: form: saplings
Etymology: From Middle English sapplyng, seplyng, sapling, equivalent to sap + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A young tree, larger than a seedling.
synonyms: stripling
glosses: A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
sarcasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
ipa: /ˈsɑːˌkæzəm/
Forms: form: sarcasms
Etymology: From Late Latin sarcasmus, from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “a sneer”), from σαρκάζω (sarkázō, “I gnash the teeth (in anger)”, literally “I strip off the flesh”), from σάρξ (sárx, “flesh”).
Senses: examples: text: Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: 2015, Alex Kozinski, Demuth v. County of Los Angeles, 798 F.3d 837, 839 (9th Cir. 2015).
While challenging someone equipped with a badge, handcuffs and a gun to “arrest me” was unwise on Demuth’s part, we fail to see what legal difference her statement makes. Demuth certainly could not authorize her own arrest and, in any event, Li could not reasonably have believed that Demuth was volunteering for handcuffs. Demuth was obviously employing “a literary device known as sarcasm.” [Citation omitted.] Her statement was a snide way of refusing; no reasonable officer could have thought otherwise.
glosses: Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
glosses: An individual act of the above.
Synonyms: word: derision
word: facetiousness
word: irony
word: ridicule
word: satire
word: taunt
word: gibe
Derived terms: sarcasm detector
sarcasm-impaired
sarcastic
snarkasm
sard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: sards
Etymology: From Middle English sarde, borrowed from Old French sarde, from Latin sarda, sardius. Doublet of sardius.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
glosses: Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.
sard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: sards
form: sarding
form: sarded
form: sarded
Etymology: From Middle English serden, from Old English seorþan (“to violate, rape”), borrowed from Old Norse serða, from Proto-Germanic *serþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sert- (“to hit”).
Senses: examples: text: Quhilk will, for purging of thir neirs: / Sard up the ta raw, and doun the uther.
ref: 1540, Sir David Lyndsay, Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis, lines 3027–8; republished in The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay, volume 2, 1879, page 152:
text: Foltere. To iape, to sard, to fucke, to swive, to occupye.
ref: 1598, John Florio, Worlde of Wordes:
text: […] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 8–9:
text: Go, teach your grandam to sard, a Nottingham proverb.
ref: 1617, Howell, Letters, page 17:
synonyms: word: fuck
word: jape
word: swive
word: Formal terms
word: bed
word: coit
word: coitize
word: dight
word: enjoy
word: feague
word: go in unto
word: go to bed with
word: have
word: know
word: lie by
word: lie with
word: love
word: mount
word: occupy
word: penetrate
word: season
word: seduce
word: sleep with
word: take
word: Any of Thesaurus:copulate + "with"
word: Informal and slang terms
word: ball
word: bang
word: bauf
word: beep
word: be with
word: bone
word: boff
word: boink
word: bonk
word: boom-boom
word: dick
word: diddle
word: dig out
word: do
word: doink
word: drill
word: eff
word: expletive deleted
word: feck
word: fill
word: frack
word: frak
word: frick
word: frig
word: fuck
word: get into someone's pants
word: get over on
word: get up in
word: give someone one
word: give someone the time
word: go with
word: have one's way with
word: have one's wicked way with
word: hit
word: hump
word: jape
word: jump
word: jump someone's bones
word: knob
word: knock
word: knock off
word: know someone in the biblical sense
word: lay
word: love up
word: make
word: nail
word: plough
word: plug
word: poke
word: pork
word: pound
word: prig
word: pump
word: ream
word: rock
word: roger
word: root
word: run through
word: rut
word: sard
word: schlong
word: screw
word: see to
word: service
word: shaft
word: shag
word: shelve
word: slay
word: slip it to
word: smash
word: smush
word: stallionize
word: swive
word: tap
word: tup
word: wap
glosses: To have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
saturate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsatjʊɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈsæt͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈsæt͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/
Forms: form: saturates
form: saturating
form: saturated
form: saturated
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Rain saturated their clothes.
text: After walking home in the driving rain, his clothes were saturated.
text: Suppose, on the contrary, that a piece of charcoal saturated with hydrogen gas is put into a receiver filled with carbonic acid gas, […]
ref: 1815, Annals of Philosophy, volume 6, page 332:
text: Innumerable flocks and herds covered that vast expanse of emerald meadow, saturated with the moisture of the Atlantic.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
synonyms: drench
impregnate
soak
glosses: To cause to become completely permeated with, or soaked (especially with a liquid).
examples: text: Modern television is saturated with violence.
glosses: To fill thoroughly or to excess.
examples: text: One can saturate phosphorus with chlorine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To satisfy the affinity of; to cause a substance to become inert by chemical combination with all that it can hold.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To render pure, or of a colour free from white light.
saturate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsatjʊɹət/
ipa: /ˈsæt͡ʃəɹət/
ipa: /ˈsæt͡ʃəɹət/
Forms: form: saturates
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Through formation of a double bond, stearic acid (18:0), a saturate, is converted to acid (18:1), a monounsaturate.
ref: 1999, Tom Brody, Nutritional Biochemistry, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 363:
text: We estimate from Table 4 that the average deuterium content in the saturate is approximately 1.1 when palladium is the catalyst, 1.6 when platinum is the catalyst, and 1.7 when rhodium is the catalyst. If there were only deuterium on the surface, the saturate would average 2 deuteriums.
ref: 1973, Paul Nels Rylander, Fourth Conference on Catalytic Hydrogenation and Analogous Pressure Reactions:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Something saturated, especially a saturated fat.
saturate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saturate
form: most saturate
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in the second part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English, the verb in 1538, the noun in 1921; inherited from Middle English saturat(e) (“satiated, satisfied”), borrowed from Latin saturātus, perfect passive participle of saturō (“to fill, satisfy, quench”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from satur (“full”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The innocent are gay—the lark is gay, / That dries his feathers, saturate with dew, / Beneath the rosy cloud, while yet the beams / Of dayspring overshoot his humble nest.
ref: 1785, William Cowper, “The Task”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 23:
glosses: Saturated, wet, soaked.
examples: text: There she lay, […]
Wax-white, seraphic, saturate with the sun
O' the morning that now flooded from the front
And filled the window with a light like blood.
ref: 1868, Robert Browning, “VI. Giuseppe Caponsacchi.”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., →OCLC, page 226, line 1518:
glosses: Saturated, wet, soaked.
Dripping with, covered with, exuding (something) [with with].
info_templates: extra_data: words: with
expansion: [with with]
examples: text: saturate green
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Very intense.
glosses: Satisfied, satiated.
glosses: Complete, perfect.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Saturated.
Related terms: sate
satis
satisfy
saturation
scabby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskæb.i/
rhymes: -æbi
Forms: form: scabbier
form: scabbiest
Etymology: From Middle English scabby, scabbie, equivalent to scab + -y. Doublet of shabby.
Senses: examples: text: Her wrizled skin, as rough as maple rind,
So scabby was, that would have loath'd all womankind.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
glosses: Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
glosses: Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
examples: text: The police, the governor, and the "scabby" Hearst Examiner "received a tremendous razzing," according to the Waterfront Worker, while all along the line of march "the workers on the sidelines cheered[…]"
ref: 1990, Bruce Nelson, Workers on the Waterfront: Seamen, Longshoremen, and Unionism in the 1930s, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 166:
text: [They're a] scabby right-to-work company and they don't care how much the sharp edges on that dust screw up a guy's lungs.
ref: 2016 August 31, David M. Caulfield, Ever a Fighter: The Adventures of Katherine Wilkinson, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: Hoochie's dad said, “All eight drivers are former 'scabby' employees who couldn't get hired by any reputable union trucking companies.”
ref: 2021 July 28, Michael F. McCarthy Colonel USAF (Ret), Memories of a Jane Street Boy: Family Influences and The Early Years, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 295:
glosses: Working against union policies, working to bust unions; in particular, being a scab (worker who crosses a union picket line).
examples: text: The chipper was a bit scabby on the vinegar today.
text: I lent you a fiver last week and you still haven’t paid me back, you scabby bastard!
text: You never bring you’re own pen but always ask to borrow mine, you scabby git!
glosses: Stingy; scrounging.
Synonyms: sense: affected with scabs
word: reef
word: scabrous
word: roynish
word: scabby
word: scabrate
word: scabrid
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: scald
word: scalled
word: scurvy
Hypernyms: word: rough
Derived terms: scabbily
scabbiness
scabby sheep
Related terms: word: dandruffy
word: scarious
word: scruffy
word: scurfy
word: sloughy
scaly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Forms: form: scalier
form: scaliest
Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a scaly fish  a scaly stem
text: Like scaly carp and feathered swan
To nature's world we do belong.
ref: 1988, “Mayhem Maybe”, in Ian Anderson (music), 20 Years of Jethro Tull, performed by Jethro Tull:
synonyms: squamulose
antonyms: scaleless
esquamulose
glosses: Covered or abounding with scales.
examples: text: a scaly bulb
glosses: Composed of scales lying over each other.
glosses: Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.
examples: text: a scaly fellow
text: This done, he removed the hat; and having touched his forehead lightly with a silk handkerchief, for the afternoon sun was warm, gazed about him with a grave distaste. “A scaly neighbourhood!” he murmured. The young man’s judgment was one at which few people with an eye for beauty would have cavilled.
ref: 1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter II, in Leave It to Psmith:
glosses: low, mean.
Synonyms: sense: covered with scales
alt: bot.
word: lepidote
sense: covered with scales
alt: bot.
word: leprose
sense: resembling scales
alt: bot.
word: leprose
word: scaled
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: scaly
word: scarious
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: squamate
topics: zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: squamated
word: squamiferous
word: squamoid
word: squamous
word: squamulose
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
mycology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: squarrose
Hypernyms: word: rough
Hyponyms: word: lepidopterous
word: undescaled
Derived terms: Cameroon scaly-tail
scalily
scaliness
scaly anteater
scaly-breasted lorikeet
scaly clam
scaly-foot gastropod
scaly legs
scaly-sided merganser
scaly tetter
scaly thrush
scaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskeɪli/
rhymes: -eɪli
Forms: form: scalies
Etymology: From Middle English scali, skaly. By surface analysis, scale + -y.
Senses: glosses: The scaly yellowfish (Labeobarbus natalensis).
scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: scans
Etymology: From late Middle English scanne (“to mark off verse to show metrical structure”), from earlier scanden, from Late Latin scandere (“to scan verse”), from Classical Latin scandō (“I climb, rise, mount”), from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to jump, dart, climb, scale, scan”).
Senses: glosses: Close investigation.
A careful reading.
synonyms: perusal
raw_tags: of written things
glosses: Close investigation.
A cursory reading: a skim.
synonyms: perusal
raw_tags: of written things
examples: text: The operators vacated the room during the scan.
text: In the dispute with the RMT about scanning tickets, Jackson said it was the right thing to do to pay conductors something to scan tickets. Northern pays two pence per scan, Jackson noted, adding that ticket scanning helps to cut fraud and increase staff visibility.
ref: 2024 February 7, Philip Haigh, “Network News: TPE MD: consider impact of strikes on passengers”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 11:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An instance of scanning.
examples: text: The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The result or output of a scanning process.
qualifier: functional programming
glosses: A higher-order function that applies a binary operation to a sequence of values, starting with an accumulator, and returns a new sequence with the results.
Derived terms: body scan
bone scan
B-scan
CAT scan
con-scan
CT scan
helical scan
line scan
moisture scan
NT scan
nuchal scan
nuchal translucency scan
pan-and-scan
scan-a-thon
scan code
scan doubler
scan line
scan sheet
self-scan
Shuric scan
slit-scan
Related terms: pan and scan
scanlate
scanlation
scanlator
scanner
scene
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sēn
ipa: /siːn/
homophone: seen
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: scenes
form: scening
form: scened
form: scened
form: scæne
Etymology: From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
Senses: glosses: To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: To roleplay.
scene
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: sēn
ipa: /siːn/
homophone: seen
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: scene!
form: scæne
Etymology: From Late Middle English scene, from Middle French scene, borrowed from Latin sc(a)ena, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”). Doublet of scena and skene.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: cut!
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
related: word: end scene!
word: and scene!
glosses: A notice to actors that their performance has ended.
Related terms: mise-en-scene
scoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒf/
ipa: /skɔːf/
ipa: /skɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: scoffs
Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.
Senses: examples: text: VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
ref: 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], page 100, column 1:
text: "I believe you've killed that constable in the exercise of his duty, sir; the man's dead;" said Lowe, sternly. / "Another gloss on my text; why invade me like house-breakers?" said Dangerfield, with a grim scoff.
ref: 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “The Wher-wolf”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume III, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 200:
text: There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways […]
ref: 1852, The Dublin University Magazine, page 66:
synonyms: word: derision
word: ridicule
word: ridicule
word: derision
word: scoff
word: mockery
word: katagelasticism
glosses: A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
examples: text: [T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]
ref: 1782, William Cowper, “Hope”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
glosses: An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
scoff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒf/
ipa: /skɔːf/
ipa: /skɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: scoffs
form: scoffing
form: scoffed
form: scoffed
Etymology: From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.
Senses: examples: text: Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
ref: 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: sneer
glosses: To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision.
synonyms: contemn
deride
glosses: To mock; to treat with scorn.
scoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒf/
ipa: /skɔːf/
ipa: /skɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: scoffs
Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
Senses: glosses: Food.
examples: text: Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]
ref: 2016, Fearne Cotton, Cook Happy, Cook Healthy:
glosses: The act of eating.
scoff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɒf/
ipa: /skɔːf/
ipa: /skɑːf/
rhymes: -ɒf
Forms: form: scoffs
form: scoffing
form: scoffed
form: scoffed
Etymology: A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
Senses: examples: text: The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
synonyms: word: gobble
word: scarf
glosses: To eat food quickly.
glosses: To eat.
Derived terms: scoff down
scoff up
Related terms: scuff
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.
Senses: examples: text: Instinctively, he lifted the chair a fraction, and gave it a little scoot away from her.
ref: 2013, Liz Carlyle, Three Little Secrets:
glosses: A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
glosses: A dollar.
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
form: scooting
form: scooted
form: scooted
Etymology: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.
Senses: glosses: To walk or travel fast; to go quickly.
examples: text: You'd better scoot before my mother gets home and sees that broken window!
glosses: To run away hastily; scram.
examples: text: The dog was scooting all over our new carpet.
text: If you ever see your dog scooting its hind end along the floor, chances are that anal sac irritation or impaction exists.
ref: 1990, Chris C. Pinney, Guide to Home Pet Grooming, page 44:
text: What if my cat is biting its tail, scooting or rubbing its bottom on the ground?
ref: 1997, J. M. Evans, Kay White, Catopedia:
text: The old wives tale is that a dog that scoots on its rear has worms, but that's rarely the case. Dogs that scoot, lick, or chew underneath their tails usually have anal gland issues.
ref: 2008, Sandy Blackburn, The Everything Dog Grooming Book: All You Need to Help Your Pet Look and Feel Great!, page 62:
glosses: To move with the forelegs while sitting, so that the floor rubs against its rear end.
raw_tags: of an animal
examples: text: Do you mind scooting a bit to the left?
text: Would you mind scooting over for me?
glosses: To move sideways (especially along a seat for multiple people), usually to make room for someone else (to sit, stand, etc.).
raw_tags: with over
examples: text: He scooted us out of the study and turned off the light […]
ref: 1930, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Prout's Lovely Black Eye:
glosses: To dispatch someone or something at speed; Synonym of shoo.
Derived terms: scoot over
scoot up
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
form: scooting
form: scooted
form: scooted
Etymology: Clipping of scooter.
Senses: synonyms: scooter#Verb
glosses: To ride on a scooter.
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
Etymology: Clipping of scooter.
Senses: examples: text: When you meet with your club, park in front of the café or bar so the world can see your scoots.
ref: 1995, Pixel Pete, Eric Dregni, Peter Martin, Scooters, page 134:
glosses: A scooter.
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
form: scooting
form: scooted
form: scooted
Etymology: Variant of shoot.
Senses: glosses: To squirt.
scoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: scoots
Etymology: Variant of shoot.
Senses: glosses: A sudden flow of water; a squirt.
scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skaʊt/
ipa: [skʌʊt]
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: Scout
Forms: form: scouts
form: scouting
form: scouted
form: scouted
Etymology: From Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute (“action of listening”), verbal noun from escouter (“to listen, heed”), from Latin auscultō (“to listen”). The verb comes from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: An hundred horeſmen of my companie
Scowting abroad vpon theſe champion plaines,
Haue view’d the army of the Scythians,
Which make report it far exceeds the Kings.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
synonyms: survey
reconnoiter
glosses: To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
examples: text: Take more men, and scout him round.
ref: c. 1613 (first performance), John Fletcher, “The Tragedie of Bonduca”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:
glosses: To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
Derived terms: scout about
scout around
scout out
scout round
scout up
scout
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skaʊt/
ipa: [skʌʊt]
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: Scout
Forms: form: scouts
form: scouting
form: scouted
form: scouted
Etymology: Of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skúta, skúti (“taunt”), Middle English scoute (“a wretch, rascal, rogue”); thus may be related to English shout.
Senses: examples: text: to scout an idea or an apology
text: Flout 'em and scout 'em; and scout 'em and flout 'em: / Thought is free.
ref: 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: I don't think I had any definite idea where Dora came from, or in what degree she was related to a higher order of beings; but I am quite sure I should have scouted the notion of her being simply human, like any other young lady, with indignation and contempt.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: To reject with contempt.
examples: text: Two months ago I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Phantom Rickshaw”, in The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Tales, Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler and Co., page 9:
glosses: To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).
examples: text: So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 45, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: To scoff.
scout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skaʊt/
ipa: [skʌʊt]
rhymes: -aʊt
homophone: Scout
Forms: form: scouts
Etymology: From Middle English scoute, skoute (also schoute, shoute, schuyt), from Middle Low German schûte or Middle Dutch schute; or possibly from Old Norse skúta (“a small craft or cutter”).
Senses: examples: text: So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers.
ref: 1660, Samuel Pepys, diary entry 18th May 1660:
glosses: A swift sailing boat.