cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: hī'brĭd
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.bɹɪd/
rhymes: -aɪbɹɪd
Forms: form: more hybrid
form: most hybrid
Etymology: From Latin hybrida, a variant of hibrida (“a mongrel; specifically, offspring of a tame sow and a wild boar”). Attested since 1601, but rare before c. 1850.
Senses: examples: text: a hybrid mix of jazz and punk
text: Now, it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to bring forward one case of the hybrid offspring of two animals clearly distinct being themselves perfectly fertile.
ref: 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Variation under Domestication”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: Of or composed of mixed origin or composition.
examples: text: Brooklyn has opted for hybrid SUVs, at least, to show environmental consciousness.
ref: 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 270:
glosses: Of a car, running on both fuel (gasoline or diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
qualifier: animation
glosses: Involving both 2D and 3D animation.
Derived terms: hybrid bill
hybrid car
hybrid computer
hybrid cycle track
hybrid diaper
hybrid disgenesis
hybrid electric vehicle
hybrid embryo
hybridicity
hybrid image
hybrid immunity
hybridisation
hybridization
hybridise
hybridize
hybridism
hybridity
hybrid learning
hybridly
hybrid meson
hybrid monkey
hybrid nappy
hybridness
hybrid offence
hybrid open access
hybrid orbital
hybrid perpetual
hybrid reality
hybrid regime
hybrid rocket
hybrid saw
hybrid sleep
hybrid speciation
hybrid tea
hybrid tea rose
hybrid teaching
hybrid vigor
hybrid vigour
hybrid war
hybrid warfare
hybrid wave function
hybrid worker
hybrid working
nonhybrid
tribrid
Related terms: hybrida
transgenic
cultivar
progeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/
enpr: prŏj'ə-nē
ipa: /ˈpɹɑd͡ʒəni/
Forms: form: progenies
Etymology: From Middle English progenie, from Old French progenie, from Latin prōgeniēs, from prōgignō (“beget”).
Senses: examples: text: I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
text: I should premise that I use the term Struggle for Existence in a large and metaphorical sense, including dependence of one being on another, and including (which is more important) not only the life of the individual, but success in leaving progeny.
ref: 1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species:
text: One worm on a single plate can give rise to thousands of progeny after just a week or so.
ref: 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 88:
glosses: Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
examples: text: Beſides, all French and France exclaimes on thee, / Doubting thy Birth and lawfull Progenie. / Who ioyn’ſt thou with, but with a Lordly Nation, / That will not truſt thee, but for profits ſake ?
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 III, scene iii], page 109, column 1:
glosses: Descent, lineage, ancestry.
examples: text: His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
glosses: A result of a creative effort.
Synonyms: sense: offspring
word: binary clone
sense: offspring
word: descendant(s)
sense: offspring
word: fruit of one's loins
sense: offspring
word: get
sense: offspring
word: issue
sense: offspring
word: lineage
sense: offspring
word: offspring
Related terms: progenitive
progenitor
prodigy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒdɪd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑdɪd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: prodigies
Etymology: From Middle English prodige (“portent”), from Latin prōdigium (“omen, portent, prophetic sign”).
Senses: glosses: An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
examples: text: He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodigies are told of him.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXXII, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 153:
glosses: An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
glosses: A wonderful example of something.
glosses: An extremely talented person, especially a child.
examples: text: These on the farther bank now stood and gazed, / By Heaven alarm’d, by prodigies amazed: / A signal omen stopp’d the passing host, / Their martial fury in their wonder lost.
ref: 1717, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XII”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume III, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
text: Prodigies and Portents have infected the beſt VVritings of Antiquity; and have ſo blotted and deformed our modern Annals, that (vvith greater Juſtice than Polybius has obſerv'd it, of the former) they may be rather called Tragedies than History.
ref: 1727, William Warburton, “Part I”, in A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles, as Related by Historians. […], London: […] Thomas Corbett, […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: John Foxe believed that special prodigies had heralded the Reformation.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 87:
glosses: An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
Synonyms: sense: extremely talented person
word: wunderkind
sense: extremely talented person
word: girl wonder
sense: extremely talented person
word: girl-genius
sense: extremely talented person
word: boy-genius
sense: extremely talented person
word: boy wonder
sense: extremely talented person
word: child prodigy
Coordinate terms: sense: extremely talented person
word: idiot savant
sense: extremely talented person
word: savant
Related terms: precocious
prodigal
child prodigy
prodigy house
grease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grēs
ipa: /ɡɹis/
enpr: grēs
ipa: /ɡɹiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
homophone: Greece
Forms: form: greases
Etymology: From Middle English grece, from Anglo-Norman grece, from Vulgar Latin *grassia, noun derived from Latin crassus (“fat, thick”).
Senses: glosses: Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
glosses: Any oily or fatty matter.
glosses: Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
glosses: Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
examples: text: Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.
ref: 1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
glosses: Money.
Synonyms: sense: animal fat
word: fat
sense: animal fat
word: lard
Derived terms: amber grease
amber-grease
bacon grease
bear's grease
begrease
boot-grease
cow grease
cow's grease
degrease
dielectric grease
dirty grease
elbow grease
elbow-grease
golden grease
goose grease
greaseball
greaseband
greaseboard
greasebomb
grease-box
grease boy
greaseburger
grease bush
grease fitting
greasegrass
grease gun
grease-gun
greasehead
greaseless
greaselike
grease money
grease monkey
grease-monkey
grease moth
greasen
grease nipple
greasepaint
grease-paint
grease payment
grease pencil
grease pit
grease pot
greaseproof
grease spot
grease the skids
grease up
greasewood
greasiness
greasy
hart of grease
like grease through a goose
more grease to your elbow
relative bearing grease
silicone grease
stew in one's own grease
thermal grease
the squeaky wheel gets the grease
ungrease
wool grease
yellow grease
Yorkshire grease
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
synonyms: word: Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Lower Saxony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of German Niedersachsen.
Senses: glosses: A state of Germany, in existence since 1946.
Related terms: Low Saxon
Lower Saxon
North Rhine-Westphalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From North Rhine + Westphalia. The Allied occupation authorities created the state in 1947 by joining the northern half of the Prussian Rhine Province to the province of Westphalia (as well as the small Free State of Lippe).
Senses: glosses: The most populous of the 16 component states of Germany, located in the west of the country.
wikipedia: Free State of Lippe
Rhine Province
Rhineland-Palatinate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A state of modern Germany.
Saarland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This was, even more strikingly, his attitude towards French actions in the Saarland. The Saar Landtag had approved in November 1947 a constitution instituting a monetary and customs union with France […]
ref: 1984, Alan S. Milward, The Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-51, page 390:
text: The most famous sight in Saarland is the Saarschleife.
ref: 2005, Henk Bekker, Adventure Guide Germany, published 2005, page 308:
glosses: A state of modern Germany.
Saxony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæksəni/
Etymology: From Middle English Saxonie, from Latin Saxōnia, from Saxō (stem Saxōn-) + -ia. By surface analysis, Saxon + -y.
Senses: glosses: A state of modern Germany, located in the east, far from historical Saxon lands. Official name: Free State of Saxony.
examples: text: Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.
ref: 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2
synonyms: word: Saxe
glosses: A historical region and former duchy in north-central Germany.
Derived terms: Anglo-Saxony
Lower Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsæksəni/
Forms: form: Saxonies
Etymology: From Middle English Saxonie, from Latin Saxōnia, from Saxō (stem Saxōn-) + -ia. By surface analysis, Saxon + -y.
Senses: glosses: A fine soft woollen fabric.
glosses: Saxony yarn, or flannel made from this or similar yarn.
Saxony-Anhalt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation. Its capital is Magdeburg.
Schleswig-Holstein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
Thuringia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θjʊˈɹɪn.dʒɪ.ə/
ipa: /θəˈɹɪn.dʒi.ə/
ipa: /θəɹˈɪn.dʒi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪndʒiə
Etymology: From Latin Thuringia, from German Thüringen.
Senses: glosses: A state of modern Germany.
glosses: A German-speaking former duchy and later former landgraviate in Central Europe.
Croatian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: more Croatian
form: most Croatian
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Not only is the industry headed in that direction, but in 2021 Bugatti was spun off from Volkswagen Group and merged with Rimac, the Croatian company that makes the all-electric Rimac Nevera supercar.
ref: 2024 June 20, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Bugatti’s new car is a $4 million, 1,800 horsepower hybrid”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Croatia, the Croatian people or their language.
Derived terms: Croat
Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatianness
Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia
Croatian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: Croatians
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: [A law] was enacted, controlling the guardianship of the language and the culture of the ‘Albanians, Catalans, Germanics, Greeks, Slovenians and Croatians and of those speaking French, French-Provencal, Friulan, Ladin, Occitan and Sardinian’[.]
ref: 2006, J. M. Smits, Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, →ISBN, page 352:
text: Serbian forces committed egregious violent acts against ethnic Croatians in the early 1990s, but they don’t equate to genocide, a U.N. court ruled Tuesday.
ref: 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN:
glosses: An inhabitant of Croatia, or a person of Croatian descent.
Croatian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹəʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌkɹoʊˈeɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From Croat + -ian or Croatia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Croats.
glosses: Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Croatia.
Related terms: Serbo-Croatian
Internet Relay Chat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: IRC
Senses: glosses: A protocol for instant communication via the Internet. Users connect to a network and join channels (chat rooms) where they can converse in typed text with other participants.
asleep
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈsliːp/
rhymes: -iːp
Etymology: From Middle English aslepe, equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + sleep.
Senses: examples: text: I was asleep when you called.
text: Never disturb a man asleep.
glosses: In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
examples: text: How could you miss that? Were you asleep?
text: The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.
ref: 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83:
glosses: Inattentive.
examples: text: My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles.
text: Louisa sat in the car crying, until her foot fell asleep. She shook her foot violently, afraid the numbness would turn to frostbite.
ref: 2003, Norma L. Bronoski, Nuns Don't Dance:
glosses: Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness.
raw_tags: of a body part
glosses: Dead.
Synonyms: word: asleep
word: cold
word: comatose
word: dead to the world
word: dormant
word: down for the count
word: nangry
word: out cold
word: out like a light
word: sacked out
word: sleepbound
word: sleeping
word: somnambular
word: unawakening
word: unawaking
word: unwaking
Hypernyms: word: inactive
word: unconscious
Hyponyms: word: Very asleep
word: dead asleep
word: fast asleep
word: sound asleep
word: zonked
word: Slightly asleep
word: adoze
word: half-asleep
word: half-awake
word: Activity whilst asleep
word: somnambulant
word: somnambulic
word: somnambulistic
word: somniloquous
Derived terms: asleep at the switch
asleep at the wheel
dead asleep
every shut eye isn't asleep
fall asleep
fall asleep in the Lord
falling asleep
fast asleep
half-asleep
sound asleep
unasleep
Related terms: word: pins and needles
word: sleepy
cafe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæˈfeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæfeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæfeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkæfi/
ipa: /kɛˈfiː/
rhymes: -æfeɪ
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: cafes
Senses: examples: text: Many customers who head straight to the bar at cafes, where espressos are cheaper than table service, are blue-collar workers, he said, in search of a quick, inexpensive caffeine hit.
ref: 2025 January 21, Vivian Song, “Specialty Coffee Shops and Parisian Cafes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of café.
glosses: A convenience store, originally one that sold coffee and similar basic items.
Derived terms: cafe curtains
cafegoer
cafe-goer
cafe hop
cafelike
Internet cafe
pavement cafe
sidewalk cafe
kopi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Baagandji kopi, gabi.
Senses: examples: text: "In these parts you find kopi, gypsum I think you call it, and you see it in layers exposed on the sides of certain hills."
ref: 2010, Monte Dwyer, Red in the Centre: Through a Crooked Lens, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 104:
text: They were made by taking a cast of woven cord, and covered in kopi, a white gypsum clay.
ref: 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 152:
glosses: A variety of gypsum found in southern Australia, sometimes containing opal, and traditionally used by Indigenous Australian in powdered form as body ornamentation for mourning ceremonies.
kopi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊpi/
ipa: [ˈk˭op˭i]
ipa: [ˈk˭ɔ-]
note: approximating Hokkien
ipa: [ˈk˭o˧.p˭i˦]
Etymology: From Malay kopi (“coffee”), from Dutch koffie with further influence of English coffee. Compare Hokkien 咖啡 (ko-pi / ko-phi), Teochew 咖啡 (go¹ bi⁵ / gu¹ bi⁵), Cantonese 咖啡 (go³ bi¹).
Senses: glosses: Coffee as it is traditionally prepared and served in Maritime Southeast Asia.
Derived terms: kopi auntie
kopi aunty
kopi luwak
kopi money
kopitiam
Related terms: C
di lo
gah dai
gau
kosong
O
peng
po
siew dai
nonplussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈplʌst/
ipa: /ˌnɑnˈplʌst/
rhymes: -ʌst
Forms: form: non-plussed
Etymology: From nonplus (“state of bewilderment or perplexity”, noun) or nonplus (“to bewilder or perplex (someone)”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives, and the past tense and past participle forms of verbs). Nonplus (noun) is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The etymological sense is similar to being left speechless as a result of confusion: the nonplussed person can say or do “no more”.
Sense 2 (“unaffected”) is probably from a misinterpretation of the first element of the word as the prefix non- meaning “not”.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nonplus
sick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭk
ipa: /sɪk/
homophone: sic
homophone: Sikh
rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology: From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”).
See also West Frisian siik, Dutch ziek, German siech, Norwegian Bokmål syk, Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk, Danish syg; also Middle Irish socht (“silence, depression”), Old Armenian հիւծանիմ (hiwcanim, “I am weakening”).
The "very good, excellent" sense is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of "in poor health". Compare similar semantic development in terrific and wicked.
Senses: examples: text: […] they're spitting and belching chunks of lentilly gunk. Looks like sick.
ref: 2003, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, page 132:
text: The bogan, true to form, laps it up like a dog does its own sick.
ref: 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 80:
glosses: Vomit.
glosses: (especially in the phrases on the sick and on long-term sick) Any of various current or former benefits or allowances paid by the Government to support the sick, disabled or incapacitated.
Synonyms: sense: vomit
word: vomit
Derived terms: sense: ill
word: sickie a day of sick leave
sense: ill
english: take a day's sick leave for some other purpose. go down like a cup of cold sick / go down like a cup of sick
translation: take a day's sick leave for some other purpose. go down like a cup of cold sick / go down like a cup of sick
word: often implying some level of deceit as in
sick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭk
ipa: /sɪk/
homophone: sic
homophone: Sikh
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: sicks
form: sicking
form: sicked
form: sicked
Etymology: From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”).
See also West Frisian siik, Dutch ziek, German siech, Norwegian Bokmål syk, Norwegian Nynorsk sjuk, Danish syg; also Middle Irish socht (“silence, depression”), Old Armenian հիւծանիմ (hiwcanim, “I am weakening”).
The "very good, excellent" sense is an ameliorative semantic shift from the original sense of "in poor health". Compare similar semantic development in terrific and wicked.
Senses: examples: text: I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
glosses: To vomit.
examples: text: Our great-grandsire, Edward, sick'd and died.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: Old man to pickney, so wave unno hand if you with me /To see the sufferation sick me.
ref: 2005, Damian Marley, “Welcome to Jamrock”, in Welcome to Jamrock(album):
qualifier: obsolete except in dialect
glosses: To fall sick; to sicken.
Derived terms: sick up
sick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭk
ipa: /sɪk/
homophone: sic
homophone: Sikh
rhymes: -ɪk
Forms: form: sicks
form: sicking
form: sicked
form: sicked
Etymology: Variant of sic, itself an alteration of seek.
Senses: examples: text: "Wapi," she almost screamed, "go back! Sick 'em, Wapi—sick 'em—sick 'em—sick 'em!"
ref: 1920, James Oliver Curwood, Back to God's Country:
text: When we were at work swabbing the deck, necessarily barelegged, Pelle would sick the dog on us; and it was an endless source of pleasure to him when the dog succeeded in fastening its teeth in our legs and making the blood run down our ankles.
ref: 1938, Johannes Buchholtz, translated by Eugene Gay-Tifft, The Saga of Frank Dover, Kessinger Publishing edition, published 2005, →ISBN, page 125:
text: 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 154,
"...is just something God sicks on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world."
text: 2001 (publication date), Anna Heilman, Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman, University of Calgary Press, →ISBN, page 82,
Now they find a new entertainment: they sick the dog on us.
glosses: Alternative spelling of sic (“set upon”).
stepbrother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepbrothers
form: stepbrethren
form: step-brother
Etymology: From step- + brother.
Senses: glosses: The son of one's stepparent by a previous relationship.
glosses: The stepson of one's parent who is not one's half-brother.
Synonyms: stepbro
Hypernyms: stepsibling
stepson
stepfamily
Derived terms: stepbrother-in-law
Related terms: stepdaughter
stepparent
stepsister
half brother
-tion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-ʃən/
note: after a preceding “s”
ipa: /-tʃən/
Forms: form: -tions
form: -ion
form: -ation
form: -sion
form: -ition
form: ⠰⠝
Etymology: From Middle English -cioun, borrowing from Old French -tion, -cion, borrowed from the stem of Latin -tiō. The Middle English -cioun became -tion in Modern English under the influence of the Middle French -tion and original Latin spellings.
Senses: examples: text: ignore + -tion → ignortion
text: scrimp + -tion → scrimption
glosses: Used to form nouns meaning "the action of (a verb)" or "the result of (a verb)". Words ending in this suffix are almost always derived from a similar Latin word; a few (e.g. gumption) are not derived from Latin and are unrelated to any verb. More often, -ation is used.
Related terms: -ion
-ation
-isation
-ization
-al
-ing
-ure
New Holland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: (sense 1) Coined in 1644 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman as Nieuw Holland.
(sense 2) Uncertain, Parts of Holland was in the south of Lincolnshire.
Senses: examples: text: 1787, Chart of New Holland, published by J. Stockdale, London https://web.archive.org/web/20060107065752/http://www.nla.gov.au/rmaps/nk1586.html
text: Colonisation began towards the end of 1826, when a British settlement was founded at Albany, on the southern coast, and in the next year the whole territory (then known as New Holland) became a possession of the British Crown.
ref: 1952 November, “The Western Australian Government Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
synonyms: Australia
Terra Australis
glosses: The continent and the country of Australia.
glosses: A village, civil parish, and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).
glosses: A settlement in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Hall County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Logan County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fayette County and Pickaway County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A community in Hyde County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Douglas County, South Dakota.
glosses: Synonym of Dutch Brazil.
synonyms: word: Dutch Brazil
Derived terms: New Holland honeyeater
land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lănd
ipa: /lænd/
ipa: [ɫeə̯nd]
ipa: [ɫɛə̯nd]
ipa: [ɫɛə̯nd]
ipa: [læ(ː)nd]
ipa: [lænd]
ipa: [leːnd]
ipa: [lænd]
ipa: [land]
rhymes: -ænd
Etymology: From Middle English *land, from Old English hland. More at lant.
Senses: glosses: lant; urine
Holland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒlənd/
enpr: hŏlʹənd
ipa: /ˈhɑlənd/
rhymes: -ɒlənd
rhymes: -ɒlənd
ipa: /ˈhɒlənd/
enpr: hŏlʹənd
ipa: /ˈhɑlənd/
rhymes: -ɒlənd
Etymology: From Old English hoh land (“spur land”).
Senses: glosses: A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England; also called the Parts of Holland.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Middle English for someone from any of the various places in England named Holland.
intractable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɹæk.tə.bəl/
Forms: form: more intractable
form: most intractable
Etymology: From in- + tractable.
Senses: examples: text: And I cannot but expect that this will repeatedly lead to the discovery that an initially intractable problem can be factored after all.
ref: 1972, Edsger W. Dijkstra, The Humble Programmer (EWD340):
glosses: Not tractable; not able to be managed, controlled, governed or directed.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (of a mathematical problem) Not able to be solved in polynomial time; too difficult to attempt to solve.
examples: text: Work—bureaucratic work in particular—poses a series of intractable dilemmas that often demand compromises with traditional moral beliefs.
ref: 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: Difficult to deal with, solve, or manage. (of a problem)
glosses: Stubborn; obstinate. (of a person)
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Difficult to treat (of a medical condition).
Derived terms: intractability
intractableness
intractably
cent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛnt
enpr: sĕnt
ipa: /sɛnt/
homophone: scent
homophone: sent
Forms: form: cents
form: cent
form: cent.
Etymology: From Middle English cent, from Old French cent, from Latin centum, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm.
Senses: examples: text: It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.
ref: 2015 November 22, “Pennies”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 35, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
topics: business
finance
money
glosses: A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
examples: text: He blew every last cent.
text: Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.
ref: 1990, Lou Sullivan, From Female to Male: The Life of Jack Bee Garland, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: A small sum of money.
topics: business
finance
money
glosses: A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
topics: business
finance
money
glosses: A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A hundredth of a semitone or half step.
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
glosses: Abbreviation of century.
examples: text: And broght with hem many stout cent / Of green lordynges.
ref: c. 1450, Octouian Imperator (Octavian), lines 1463-4
text: The demon makes his full descent / In one abundant shower of cent per cent.
ref: 1733, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays, Epistle III to Allen, Lord Bathurst, 372
qualifier: except in per cent and cent percent
glosses: Abbreviation of centum (“one hundred”).
glosses: Abbreviation of centigrade.
glosses: Abbreviation of center.
Synonyms: sense: of a dollar
word: dollarcent
sense: of a euro
word: Eurocent
sense: coin (Canada, US)
word: penny
Derived terms: bitcent
centage
cent percent
dollar-and-cent
Fugio cent
half cent
red cent
ten-cent
ten-cent store
ten-cent tour
ten-cent word
twenty-five cent word
Related terms: centennial
centi-
centipede
centurion
century
dollar
euro
per cent
two cents
vulcanologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvʌl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒɪst/
Forms: form: vulcanologists
form: volcanologist
Etymology: Latin Vulcan (Roman god of fire) + -ologist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies volcanos.
Related terms: vulcanology
volcanologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒɪst/
Forms: form: volcanologists
form: vulcanologist
Etymology: From volcanology + -ist.
Senses: examples: ref: 2006, “A submerged island discovered off the coast of Sicily forms part of a vast underwater volcano, according to new research unveiled by Italian volcanoligists”, in Weekend Argus 24 June 2006.:
text: An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon is gearing up for an eruption, according to volcanologists who are monitoring for activity.
ref: 2025 August 19, Julia Jacobo, “Mile-deep underwater volcano off West Coast could erupt soon, scientists say”, in ABC News:
glosses: One who is skilled in, professes or practices volcanology.
vulcanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvʌl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi/
Forms: form: volcanology
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Vulcan (“the god of fire”) + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of volcanoes.
Related terms: Vulcan
vulcanize
volcanology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi/
Forms: form: vulcanology
Etymology: From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of volcanoes.
Related terms: volcanologist
volcanic
volcano
outrage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: outrages
Etymology: From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.
Senses: examples: text: There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom.[…]
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
glosses: An excessively violent or vicious attack; an atrocity.
glosses: An offensive, immoral or indecent act.
glosses: The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
examples: text: The Lords acknowledge the great and happy Providence of Almighty God, in the preventing of ſo horrid an Outrage, which might have endangered the Lives of the Chief Magiſtrates, and alſo hazarded the Spoil of the whole City of London.
ref: 1648, Journals of the House of Lords, volume X, Die Jovis, 13ᵃ die Aprilis (Thursday 13 April 1648), page 188:
glosses: A destructive rampage.
Derived terms: outrage culture
outrage of modesty
outrage porn
poutrage
outrage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊt.ɹeɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈaʊt.ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: outrages
form: outraging
form: outraged
form: outraged
Etymology: From Middle English outrage, from Old French outrage, oultrage (“excess”), from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ("a going beyond"), derived from Latin ultrā (“beyond”). Later reanalysed as out- + rage, whence the contemporary pronunciation, though neither of these is etymologically related.
The verb is from Middle English outragen, from Old French oultragier.
Senses: examples: August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, at the funeral of Mr. Tho. Bennet
Base and insolent minds […] outrage men when they have Hopes of doing it without a Return.
1725-1726, William Broome, Odyssey
The interview […] outrages all the rules of decency.
glosses: To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
examples: text: The senator's comments outraged the community.
glosses: To inspire feelings of outrage in.
glosses: To sexually violate; to rape.
examples: text: Their will the tiger sucked, outraged the storm
ref: 1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:
glosses: To rage in excess of.
Related terms: outrageous
climatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klaɪ.mɪˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /klaɪ.mɪˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: climatologies
Etymology: From climate + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The science that deals with climates, and investigates their phenomena and causes.
Derived terms: anthropoclimatology
bioclimatology
climatologic
climatological
climatologist
cosmoclimatology
dendroclimatology
hydroclimatology
macroclimatology
microclimatology
palaeoclimatology
paleoclimatology
phytoclimatology
synoptic climatology
egyptology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egyptologies
Senses: examples: text: People who think they may have priceless Egyptian relics "are coming out of the wood work" as a result of the interest in egyptology which has accompanied the national tour of King Tut's treasures.
ref: 1978 April 8, “Tut Exhibit Brings Out Treasure Owners”, in Eugene Register-Guard, Eugene, OR:
text: from the popular corpus of sixteenth-century emblematics, bestiaries, encyclopedias, egyptologies, and the like.
ref: 1992, Victor Coelho, Music and science in the age of Galileo, page 102:
text: Richard A. Parker, professor emeritus of egyptology at Brown University and an author and researcher on the subject, died on Thursday in Providence
ref: 1993 June 5, “Richard Parker, 87, A Scholar at Brown In Egyptology, Dies”, in New York Times:
text: Thomas Eric Peet Travelling Prize To encourage study of egyptology and prehistory of the Mediterranean lands and the Near East.
ref: 1994, Debra M. Kirby with Gita Siegman, Awards, Honors & Prizes: International and Foreign 1995-96, page 273:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Egyptology.
nonplus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈplʌs/
ipa: /ˌnɑnˈplʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: nonpluses
form: nonplusses
form: non-plus
Etymology: The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: [A]ltering Vaudemont, to Vallemontanus, and metamorphoſing them, by ſuting them to the Græcian or Latin tongue, we know not what to make of them, and are often at a non-plus.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Names”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, pages 149–150:
text: Being now made much abler to make their queries, of the ſecrets of that myſtery, by how much their often failings, had put them to often ſtops and nonpluſſes in the work.
ref: 1657, Richard Ligon, A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados. […], London: […] Humphrey Moseley, […], page 85:
text: And if both of them are at a perfect Non-plus, and Baffle to all Humane Underſtanding; is it poſſible for Natural Reaſon to comprehend what the Heart of Man cannot conceive?
ref: 1715, Robert South, “A Discourse Concerning the General Resurrection. On Acts xxiv. 15. […]”, in Twelve Sermons Preached at Several Times, and upon Several Occasions, volume IV, London: […] G. James, for Jonah Bowyer […], →OCLC, page 269:
text: I believe they'd ſoon be put to a non-plus—You'd be quite too much for them, I'm ſure.
ref: 1792, Charlotte Smith, “Letter VI. To Mr. Bethel.”, in Desmond. […], volume I, London: […] G[eorge,] G[eorge,] J[ohn] and J[ames] Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 89:
glosses: A state of bewilderment or perplexity.
Derived terms: english: derived from either the noun or verb
translation: derived from either the noun or verb
word: nonplussed
nonplus
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒnˈplʌs/
ipa: /ˌnɑnˈplʌs/
rhymes: -ʌs
Forms: form: nonplusses
form: nonpluses
form: nonplussing
form: nonplusing
form: nonplussed
form: nonplussed
form: nonplused
form: nonplused
form: non-plus
Etymology: The noun is derived from Latin nōn plūs (“no further, no more”), from nōn (“not”) + plūs (“additionally, more; further”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: You couldn’t have told it from my manner, but I was feeling more than a bit nonplussed. The spectacle before me was enough to nonplus anyone.
ref: 1934 October 5, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter II, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins […], →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: To bewilder or perplex (someone); to confound, to flummox.
Derived terms: word: nonplusation
word: nonplusment
word: nonplussation
english: derived from either the noun or verb
translation: derived from either the noun or verb
word: nonplussed
word: nonplusser
word: nonplussing
wasabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəˈsɑːbi/
enpr: wä'sə-bē
enpr: wə-sä'-bē
rhymes: -ɑːbi
Forms: form: wasabis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 山葵 (wasabi).
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Eutrema japonicum, cultivated for its edible root.
glosses: A pungent green Japanese condiment made from the plant Eutrema japonicum (syn. Wasabia japonica).
glosses: An imitation of this condiment made from horseradish with green dye.
Synonyms: Japanese horseradish
green mustard
horseradish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hôrsʹrăd'ĭsh
ipa: /ˈhɔɹsɹædɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈhɔːsɹædɪʃ/
Forms: form: horseradishes
Etymology: From horse + radish.
Senses: glosses: A plant of the mustard family, Armoracia rusticana, cultivated for its edible root.
glosses: A pungent condiment made from the root of the plant.
Synonyms: sense: condiment
word: horseradish sauce
Derived terms: horseradished
horseradishlike
horseradish tree
horseradishy
Japanese horseradish
Related terms: mustard
wasabi
half brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhæfˈbɹʌðɚ/
Forms: form: half brothers
form: half brethren
form: half-brother
form: halfbrother
Etymology: From Middle English half-brother, equivalent to half- + brother. Cognate with Dutch halfbroer (“halfbrother”), German Halbbruder (“halfbrother”), Danish halvbroder (“halfbrother”), Swedish halvbroder, halvbror (“halfbrother”), Icelandic hálfbróðir (“halfbrother”).
Senses: glosses: A male sibling sharing a single parent, as distinguished from a full brother or brother-german, from a step-brother, or from a brother-like figure such as a blood brother.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A male half sibling (same dam, different sires).
Hypernyms: relative
sibling
half sibling
half-sibling
Hyponyms: sense: a half-brother sharing the same mother
word: maternal half brother
sense: a half-brother sharing the same mother
word: maternal half-brother
sense: a half-brother sharing the same father
word: paternal half-brother
Derived terms: half brother-in-law
Related terms: half cousin
half-cousin
half sister
half-sister
half uncle
half-uncle
stepbrother
half sister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half sisters
form: half-sister
Etymology: From Middle English halfesister, half-suster, half sister, equivalent to half- + sister. Compare Dutch halfzus, halfzuster (“half-sister”), German Halbschwester (“half-sister”), Swedish halvsyster (“half-sister”), Icelandic hálfsystir (“half-sister”).
Senses: hypernyms: half sibling
glosses: A female sibling sharing a single parent.
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A female half sibling (same dam, different sires).
Derived terms: half sister-in-law
Achillean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌækɪˈliːən/
Forms: form: Achilleans
Etymology: From Achilles + -an.
Senses: examples: text: [A] singular genius, whose mathematical studies gave him in his own day the reputation of a necromancer, espousing fervently the cause of Hector, called out in a voice of thunder, "Let us see whether the Achilleans can fight as well as speak?"
ref: 1881, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, The History of Don Quixote of la Mancha, page 453:
text: Even the romantic and glorious vision of this war is mostly rhetoric because the cunning Ulysses with the Achilleans invented the successful stratagem of the horse for committing great evils with the destruction of the city, ...
ref: 2009, Velio Bocci, Women At The Helm, Arena books, →ISBN:
glosses: A fighter on the side of Achilles in the Trojan war; an Achaean.
achilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈkaɪləs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Without a lip.
something
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹthĭng
ipa: /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈsɐm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌn̪̥θɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈsʊm.t̪ɪŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪn/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: somthing
form: sumthing
form: sumn
form: sumting
form: sumthang
form: sumfink
form: sth
form: sth.
form: sthg
form: smtg
form: smth
form: smtn
Etymology: From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Senses: examples: text: "Very poetic." They came to a halt before the outer door. "It's very something," Rusty said wistfully. "How do you do it?"
ref: 1986, Marie Nicole, Foxy Lady, →ISBN, page 20:
text: "It's very — it's very something," said Lucy. "It's a kind of love-letter, isn't it?"
ref: 1988, Colleen Klein, A Space for Delight, page 200:
text: If it isn't large, I certainly can't say it's small. But it's very something.
ref: 2014, Sommer Nectarhoff, A Buck in the Snow, →ISBN:
text: 'How proud they have become,' I said, 'how disobedient. I must say, all in all, it's very something.'
ref: 2015, Edward Carey, Lungdon, →ISBN:
glosses: Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
something
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹthĭng
ipa: /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈsɐm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌn̪̥θɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈsʊm.t̪ɪŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪn/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: somthing
form: sumthing
form: sumn
form: sumting
form: sumthang
form: sumfink
form: sth
form: sth.
form: sthg
form: smtg
form: smth
form: smtn
Etymology: From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Senses: examples: text: The baby looks something like his father.
text: Angelo. Yet giue leaue (my Lord,)
That we may bring you something on the way
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
qualifier: degree
glosses: Somewhat; to a degree.
examples: text: I miss them something terrible/rotten. (I miss them terribly)
text: You can't thrash when you have rheumatic fever – though you want to something awful, Mrs. White says.
ref: 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
text: Seeing him here, though, I all of a sudden feel more like I been gone from home three years, instead of three weeks, and I miss my people something fierce.
ref: 1994 Summer, Rebecca T. Goodwin, “Keeper of the house”, in Paris Review, volume 36, number 131, page 161:
text: And then she put the coffin right out on her front porch. Jim told everyone he'd built it kind of roomy since Bobby Lee was on the stout side, but that it better get used quick because sycamore tends to warp something terrible.
ref: 2001 January, Susan Schorn, “Bobby Lee Carter and the hand of God”, in U.S. Catholic, volume 66, number 1, page 34:
glosses: Used to adverbialise a following adjective
raw_tags: in certain set combinations
Derived terms: sense: to a high degree
word: something awful
sense: to a high degree
word: something bad
sense: to a high degree
word: something fierce
sense: to a high degree
word: something good
sense: to a high degree
word: something terrible
something
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭmʹthĭng
ipa: /ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈsɐm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌm̥(p)θɪŋ]
ipa: [ˈsʌn̪̥θɪŋ]
ipa: /ˈsʊm.t̪ɪŋ/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪn/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ˈsʊm.tɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: somethings
form: somethinging
form: somethinged
form: somethinged
form: somthing
form: sumthing
form: sumn
form: sumting
form: sumthang
form: sumfink
form: sth
form: sth.
form: sthg
form: smtg
form: smth
form: smtn
Etymology: From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
Senses: examples: 1890, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0140439234&id=IOZeJi7U4eEC&pg=PA96&lpg=PA96&sig=LW2P-uKmoZabe70ZKnIHIMQLXlw
He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said.
2003, George Angel, “Allegoady,” in Juncture, Lara Stapleton and Veronica Gonzalez edd. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1887128913&id=qB-D32yV1VAC&pg=PA161&lpg=PA161&sig=9AYyYLA-MQqTgAbptreoe3VyOzQ
She hovers over the something somethinging and awkwardly lowers her bulk.
2005, Floyd Skloot, A World of Light http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0803243189&id=TEgRGe6FiTkC&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&sig=zEj4BPQ0eEFkj6LdOI8eRJlZrzE
“Oh how we somethinged on the hmmm hmm we were wed. Dear, was I ever on the stage?”
glosses: Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.