cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gladiator
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/
Forms: form: gladiators
form: gladiatoring
form: gladiatored
form: gladiatored
form: gladiatour
Etymology: From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius.
Senses: examples: text: When the dance was done there was the cock-fight, or rather a century of cock-fights, to be reckoned with. For two hundred of these luckless creatures 'gladiatored' bravely, while an appreciative audience held matting up to its chin to keep from being bespattered with blood.
ref: 1915, The Atlantic Monthly - Volume 116, page 642:
text: The guards made me fight other prisoners for their own amusement. It was called gladiatoring.
ref: 2013 December 4, “What it's like to spend 20 years on death row”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: To fight as entertainment for others.
examples: text: I played very well as was evidenced in that I was the only participant in the entire six or seven days of wind gladiatoring who received a standing ovation from the orchestra, no less.
ref: 1994, Saxophone Journal - Volume 19, page 32:
text: It's himself gladiatoring on the harmonium.
ref: 2019, Ruth Park, A Fence Around the Cuckoo: Text Classics, page 256:
glosses: To compete in a public contest.
examples: text: He did his gladiatoring doubtless without malice, and from a purely sporting instinct — even as Mr. Punch gave the provocation.
ref: 1895, Athol Mayhew, A Jorum of "Punch" with Those who Helped to Brew it:
text: Quoting the accounts in both Time and Newsweek, they note that though the "defense attorney may have outwitted, outsparred, and even "out gladiatored" (another popular image in the trial coverage) his opponent, but he still lost the case.
ref: 1988, Bernard S. Jackson, Law, fact and narrative coherence, page 71:
text: It was all part of the gladiatoring: the true performer would argue each case to the utmost, like a debater or mooter in our own world.
ref: 2005, John K. Hale, Milton's Cambridge Latin: Performing in the Genres, 1625-1632:
text: Och! lave off your gladiatoring; sure it's took up I'd be if I did that!
ref: 2010, John O'Mahony, R. L. Praeger, The Sunny Side of Ireland, page 71:
glosses: To debate or argue.
examples: text: Why, thin, Mister Levi Slam, don't you think now that a volley poured into them haythen mosquitos beyant would put a stop to their gladiatoring a little?
ref: 1863, The Boy's Yearly Book, page 212:
text: It's the Count von Eisenstein," says he, "that's come over to Eire for protection against the murdering English who are marauding and gladiatoring about Germany and would kill him if they could, but thanks be to God," says my bold McQuirk, "he'll be safe enough here and it'll be a good thing to have a friend of the Irish people living in Kilfenora Castle, though maybe you won't like it."
ref: 1946, George A. Birmingham, The Piccadilly Lady, page 70:
text: Have I been gladiatoring about the place, boys? Did I squeeze the wizendy little fella a bit rough like?
ref: 1981, Ruth Park, The Frost And The Fire, page 162:
glosses: To act aggressively toward others.
sodalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ.dəˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: sodalites
Etymology: Named for the alkaline silicate composition.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica, of the chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, Na₄Al₃Si₃O₁₂Cl. Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite Group of silicate minerals.
Derived terms: beryllium sodalite
Related terms: soda
silica group
lazurite
lazurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazurites
Etymology: From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”) (from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard)) + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
ref: 2012 March 24, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na₄₋₅Al₃Si₃O₁₂S.
wikipedia: lazurite
Related terms: sodalite
silicate
silica group
GC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gas chromatography.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of germinal center.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of general classification.
qualifier: film classification
glosses: Initialism of general classification.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of garbage collection.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of garbage collector.
glosses: Initialism of good condition.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of glucocorticoid.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of guanylate cyclase.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Initialism of guanine-cytosine.
glosses: Initialism of group chat.
examples: text: GCs prove everyday they're actually just critical of trans people, not critical of gender
ref: 2021 November 19, Yana (@lesbian_envy), Twitter:
text: That’s LITERALLY what trans activists say and what GCs are fighting against.
ref: 2021 November 28, SophieXY (@SophieXY44), Twitter:
text: When I pointed out the other day that prominent GCs had been pretty silent on #RoeVsWade or had tried deflecting onto trans people, I had this response from a GC.
ref: 2022 June 26, Lee WilliamDesigns (@designs_william), Twitter:
synonyms: FART
GCF
gendercrit
gendercritter
TERF
terven
glosses: Initialism of gender critical.
examples: text: An appointment with a clinician at which the patient or partner(s) can receive testing and care for all STDs and HIV is the preferred management strategy for CT [chlamydia] and GC treatment.
ref: 2012, California Department of Public Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Branch, California STD Controllers Association, “Executive Summary”, in Guidelines for the Treatment of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Cases and Exposed Sexual Partners by Health Department Staff in Non-Clinical Settings, page 3:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of gonococcus; gonorrhea.
glosses: Initialism of gentleman cadet
GC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Gold Coast.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Boss General Catalogue.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of General Committee: the general management committee of a constituency party of the British Labour Party.
glosses: Initialism of George Cross: a medal presented to civilians and military personnel of the United Kingdom for actions which are not in the face of the enemy.
topics: video-games
synonyms: GCN
NGC
glosses: Nintendo GameCube
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Google Classroom.
Derived terms: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: NGC
GC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of garbage collect.
GC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more GC
form: most GC
Senses: examples: text: GC feminism wholly rejects the notion that gender maps onto sex.
ref: 2020, Callie H. Burt, “Scrutinizing the U.S. Equality Act 2019: A Feminist Examination of Definitional Changes and Sociolegal Ramifications”, in Feminist Criminology, volume 15, number 4, page 25:
text: One poster, who thanked her for signing the letter, commented, 'The secrecy with which GC women have to find each other is just absurd. […]
ref: 2020, Sarah Pedersen, The Politicization of Mumsnet, page 123:
text: Meanwhile, GC groups continue to lobby against amendments to the GRA, and are also campaigning against existing rights that trans people enjoy.
ref: 2021 June, Craig McLean, “The Growth of the Anti-Transgender Movement in the United Kingdom: The Silent Radicalization of the British Electorate”, in International Journal of Sociology:
glosses: Initialism of gender-critical.
DFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DFAs
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of deterministic finite-state automaton.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of doctor of fine arts.
coordinate_terms: DFM
DFMA
glosses: Initialism of design for assembly.
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Initialism of direct feedback alignment.
DFA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of designated for assignment.
DFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of Foreign Affairs.
theodolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θiːˈɒdəlaɪt/
Forms: form: theodolites
Etymology: From New Latin theodolitus (1571), perhaps containing Ancient Greek θέᾱ (théā, “sight, view”) and Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda, “astrolabe, alidade”); if so, doublet of alidade.
Senses: examples: text: I drew outlines (according to my usual custom) of all the hills on the horizon before us, and took angles on them with the theodolite.
ref: c. 1839, T. L. Mitchell, Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, volume 2:
text: The height of those mountains was from five to seven thousand feet above our level, by angular measurement with a theodolite.
ref: 1839, Robert FitzRoy, Phillip Parker King, Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 356:
text: It was a lieutenant and a couple of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph.
ref: 1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), page 91:
text: Germany, of all countries, was most vitally concerned in it; but even a cave-dweller in La Fayette Square, seeking only a measure of motion since the Crusades, saw before his eyes, in the spring of 1903, a survey of future order or anarchy that would exhaust the power of his telescopes and defy the accuracy of his theodolites.
ref: 1918, Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams:
text: The process of setting up a theodolite is carried out in three stages: centring the theodolite, levelling the theodolite and elimination of parallax.
ref: 2018, John Uren, Bill Price, Surveying for Engineers, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: A surveying instrument, consisting of a small mounted telescope, used to measure horizontal and vertical angles.
Derived terms: cinetheodolite
theodolitic
Y theodolite
Related terms: total station
tribrach
Backus normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The Backus-Naur form.
butch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʊtʃ
Forms: form: butcher
form: more butch
form: butchest
form: most butch
Etymology: Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense “masculine lesbian” developed.
Senses: examples: text: There, look, Mr. Horne! Vada that great butch lucoddy!
ref: 1967, Barry Took, Marty Feldman, Round the Horne, spoken by Sandy (Kenneth Williams):
text: Nor can I credit that a — to put it crudely — proud bisexual butch Italian — albeit one lonely, poor, emotional and without strong will — which Giovanni is shown to be in the earlier part of the book, should become, in a mere matter of months, and as the result of any happening, the venal hysterical fairy that he does.
ref: 1979, Colin MacInnes, Out of the way: later essays:
text: Then I started going out with different kinds of women, and I started feeling more like I wanted to be more butch. […] I feel much more butch than I feel femme.
ref: 1998, Kath Weston, Render Me, Gender Me: Lesbians Talk Sex, Class, Color, Nation, Studmuffins, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:
text: The process of appreciating a butch aesthetic may be even more complex for bisexual butch women. In contrast to lesbian butches who may date only within a butch-femme community, bisexual butch women may be more likely to […] In comparison to butch bisexual women, it may be easier for femme bisexual women to locate male and female dating partners […]
ref: 2007, Beth A. Firestein, Becoming Visible: Counseling Bisexuals Across the Lifespan, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 305:
text: More of the rotten responses I receive about being a bisexual butch woman come from other bisexuals, particularly men, who don't want to deal with any woman who is not some Barbie doll standard of femininity.
ref: 2014, Naomi S Tucker, Bisexual Politics: Theories, Queries, and Visions, Routledge, →ISBN, page 186:
text: "Faye got wicked buff and has a super butch haircut and it is hot as shit." "It's okay, babe. We can ogle her together."
ref: 2016, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 3154: Coupling:
synonyms: macho
manly
mannish
unfeminine
masc
glosses: Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
Derived terms: butchery
butchly
butchness
butchphobia
butch up
butchy
unbutch
butch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bʊt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ʊtʃ
Forms: form: butches
Etymology: Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense “masculine lesbian” developed.
Senses: examples: text: Coming out appeals to the narcissistic pleasure of presenting to another a finished image of ourselves, which they return to us in exactly the same form: [someone tells] you [they are] a bisexual butch, and you confirm it. But instead, it seems all too likely – especially, perhaps, for bisexuals, whose claims to identity always need that much more proof – that no such mirror-image will be returned.
ref: 1997, Bi Academic Intervention, Bisexual Imaginary: Representation, Identity, and Desire, A&C Black, page 30, quoting Jo Eadie
synonyms: bull dyke
dyke
antonyms: femme
glosses: A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
Derived terms: butch cut
butch queen
futch
soft butch
stone butch
transbutch
temporary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈʈɛmp(ɵ)rəri/
note: proscribed, metathesis
ipa: /ˈtɛmprəwəri/
Forms: form: more temporary
form: most temporary
form: tempory
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).
Senses: examples: text: Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
glosses: Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
glosses: Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
Derived terms: nontemporary
temporarily
temporariness
temporary gentleman
temporary help
temporary restraining order
temporary tooth
there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution
temporary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɛmpəɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈʈɛmp(ɵ)rəri/
note: proscribed, metathesis
ipa: /ˈtɛmprəwəri/
Forms: form: temporaries
form: tempory
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).
Senses: synonyms: floater
temp
glosses: One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: temp
glosses: A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
bag lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bag ladies
form: baglady
Senses: synonyms: shopping-bag lady
coordinate_terms: ragbag
old bag
glosses: A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags.
Related terms: bag boy
bag man
cat lady
homeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmlɪs/
ipa: /ˈhoʊmləs/
Etymology: From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).
Senses: examples: text: Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.
text: Xinyang special region received 1,200-1,400 mm of rain between June and August 1956: 280,000 homes were destroyed and 3.2 million peasants (out of a total of almost 6 million) were left homeless. In the most affected county in the special region and the province, Huaibin, 60 percent of the total surface area was covered by floods and 230,000 out of 440,000 inhabitants left homeless; grain production fell by 66 percent in 1956 and the authorities had to send large amounts of relief.
ref: 1995 [1982], Jean-Luc Domenach, “The First Leftist Excesses and Their Consequences (Summer 1955-Winter 1956)”, in A M Berrett, transl., The Origins of the Great Leap Forward: The Case of One Chinese Province [Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44:
english: Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant
translation: Aux origines du Grand Bond en avant
text: You know what you never see? A really good-looking homeless couple.
ref: 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 55:
text: The massive arches of the retaining walls have become tent city for the many homeless people in the area.
ref: 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
glosses: Lacking a permanent place of residence.
examples: text: But I should turn mine ears and hear
The moanings of the homeless sea,
⁠The sound of streams that swift or slow
⁠Draw down Æonian hills, and sow
The dust of continents to be; […]
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: Containing no place that might be called home.
raw_tags: of places
Derived terms: antihomeless
homeless dumping
homelessly
homelessness
homeless shelter
nonhomeless
politically homeless
Related terms: home
homeless
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmlɪs/
ipa: /ˈhoʊmləs/
Forms: form: homelesses
Etymology: From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).
Senses: examples: text: Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy
[…] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world.
text: […] homelesses' due process rights and infringed upon the homelesses' fundamental right to travel […]
ref: 1997, Martin Lyle Forst, The Police and the Homeless: Creating a Partnership Between Law Enforcement and Social Service Agencies in the Development of Effective Policies and Programs, page 54:
glosses: A person who is homeless.
Related terms: bum
destitute
hobo
tramp
transient
vagabond
unhoused
black sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black sheep
Senses: examples: text: He always was the black sheep in the family, as an artist among doctors and lawyers.
synonyms: word: eccentric
word: free spirit
word: heteroclite
word: individualist
word: maverick
word: misfit
word: nonconformist
word: offbeat
glosses: A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person, who may be rejected or disdained by others for this reason.
examples: text: “It’s just what I should have expected,” said Mr. Hawley, mounting his horse. “Any cursed alien blood, Jew, Corsican, or Gypsy.”¶ “I know he’s one of your black sheep, Hawley. But he is really a disinterested, unworldly fellow,” said Mr. Farebrother, smiling.
ref: 1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter LXXI, in Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book VII:
text: Kissinger, after all, is a figure of renown among the self-appointed leaders of "the people from whom he stems" and a frequent speaker at Jewish charity galas, whereas Ajami is a man almost entirely deserted by his people, a pariah at what should be his hour of triumph. In Arnoun, a family friend told me, "Fouad is a black sheep because of his staunch support for the Israelis."
ref: 2003 April 10, Adam Shatz, “The Native Informant”, in The Nation(US), archived from the original on 27 Jun 2014:
text: To get into the SAR, we all do a great deal of research into our families. It can help you connect with your family and learn about your ancestors. If you have a black sheep (we all do), you can learn from them and not do whatever it was that they did. The SAR gives you experiences you wouldn't have had otherwise.
ref: 2021-2022 Winter, Albert Keiser, “Foundation Request”, in SAR Magazine, volume 116, number 3, Louisville, KY: Sons of the American Revolution, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
synonyms: bad apple
antonyms: golden child
glosses: A person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy.
examples: text: It used to be the law that a black sheep could be brought into the fold of conformity: where there were 'recognised terms of employment – a standard created by a collective agreement or award covering a substantial proportion of the employers and workers in any trade or industry […]
ref: 1985, Bryn Perrins, Trade Union Law, page 232:
glosses: A worker who refuses to strike; a scab.
examples: text: Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, sheep.
Related terms: dark horse
prodigal son
red-headed stepchild
white sheep
webcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webcasts
Etymology: From web + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: glosses: A video and/or audio broadcast transmitted via the Internet
webcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: webcasts
form: webcasting
form: webcast
form: webcast
form: webcasted
form: webcasted
Etymology: From web + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: glosses: To make such a broadcast
Derived terms: webcasting
kindly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪn(d)li/
rhymes: -aɪndli
Forms: form: kindlier
form: more kindly
form: kindliest
form: most kindly
Etymology: From Middle English kyndly, kyndely, kyndeliche, kundeliche, from Old English ġecyndelīċe, equivalent to kind + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He kindly offered to take us to the station in his car.
text: Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me; / The carriage held but just ourselves / And Immortality.
ref: a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “[Book IV.—Time and Eternity] The Chariot”, in Mabel Loomis Todd and T[homas] W[entworth] Higginson, editors, Poems, First Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1890, →OCLC, page 138:
text: She was both beautiful and young to their eyes. Her hair was a rich red in color and fell in flowing ringlets over her shoulders. Her dress was pure white but her eyes were blue, and they looked kindly upon the little girl.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
glosses: In a kind manner, out of kindness.
examples: text: Aguero was quick to block Hennessey's attempted clearance and the ball bounced kindly to Dzeko, who had the simplest of tasks to put City ahead.
ref: 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: In a favourable way.
examples: text: Kindly refrain from walking on the grass.
text: May we request that patrons kindly take their seats.
text: Well, I called me wife and I said to her: Will you kindly tell to me / Who owns that horse outside the door where my old horse should be?
ref: a. 1770s, Traditional, “Seven Drunken Nights ”, performed by The Dubliners:
text: Please kindly bring your hardcopy of the Constitution to every class.
ref: 2024, John L. Badalamenti, Ashley C. Grabowski, “ADVANCED CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION: ORIGINALISM AND ITS FOES”, in University of Florida, page 2:
glosses: Used to make a polite request: please.
examples: text: I don't take kindly to threats.
text: Aunt Daisy didn't take it kindly when we forgot her anniversary.
glosses: With kind acceptance; used with take.
glosses: Kind of, somewhat.
glosses: Readily.
glosses: Naturally.
Synonyms: sense: in a kind manner
word: thoughtfully
sense: used to make polite requests
word: be so kind as to
sense: used to make polite requests
word: please
Derived terms: take kindly
punch buggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: slug bug
glosses: A game in which the first player to call "Punch buggy!" on sighting a Volkswagen Beetle gets to punch the other.
sweet sixteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet sixteens
form: sweet 16
Senses: examples: text: But one tradition associated with the age hangs on: the Sweet Sixteen celebration. Symptomatic of at least a partial swing away from counterculture sentiments, the Sweet Sixteen party—relatively dormant during the anti‐Establishment turmoil of the late 60's and early 70's—is becoming popular again as a way of marking the 16th birthday.
ref: 1978 January 4, Lynn Ames, “Sweet Sixteen: A Rite That Persists”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A girl's sixteenth birthday, or sixteenth-birthday party and a related coming of age party.
topics: bingo
games
glosses: Sixteen.
Related terms: sweet thirteen
sweet fifteen
sweet seventeen
cotillion
quinceaños
quinceañera
batmitzvah
debut
imperium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɪəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɪɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: imperia
form: imperiums
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperium (“power, command”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (form of in) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”). Doublet of empery and empire.
Senses: glosses: Supreme power; dominion.
glosses: The right to command the force of the state; sovereignty.
Derived terms: coimperium
Related terms: imperium in imperio
ootheca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əʊəˈθiːkə/
Forms: form: oothecae
form: oötheca
Etymology: From oo- (“egg-”) + theca (“sheath”).
Senses: examples: text: Since the founding of the colony it had been a tradition to unload oothecae – egg sacs – in the cabinets so the younglings would be near the principal food stocks.
ref: 1994, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: An egg case of any of the orthopteroid insects (such as cockroaches and mantids).
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The theca or sporangium of ferns.
Derived terms: oothecal
alms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːmz/
ipa: /ɑmz/
ipa: /ɑlmz/
ipa: /æmz/
rhymes: -ɑːmz
rhymes: -ɑːlmz
homophone: arms (most non-rhotic accents)
Forms: form: alms
Etymology: Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἔλεος (éleos)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek ἐλεέω (eleéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ
Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn)
Ancient Greek ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn)
Ancient Greek -συνος (-sunos)
Ancient Greek -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē)
Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē)bor.
Late Latin eleēmosyna
Vulgar Latin *alēmosynabor.
Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā
Old English ælmesse
Middle English almesse
English alms
From Middle English almes, almesse, ælmesse, from Old English ælmesse, from Proto-West Germanic *alemōsinā, a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *alemosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē, “alms”), from ἐλεέω (eleéō, “I have mercy”), from ἔλεος (éleos, “mercy”). Compare Saterland Frisian Aalmoose (“alms”), Dutch aalmoes (“alms”), German Almosen (“alms”), Catalan almoina (“alms”), Portuguese esmola (“alms”), Galician esmola (“alms”), Spanish limosna (“alms”), French aumône (“alms”).
Senses: examples: text: She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.
text: Alms are distributed from the weekly collection.
text: c. 1779, Alban Butler, Lives of the Saints
St. Antoninus never refused an alms which was asked in the name of God.
glosses: Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
Derived terms: almsdeed
alms-deed
alms-fee
almsfolk
alms-folk
almsful
almsgate
almsgift
almsgiver
almsgiving
almshouse
almsland
almsless
almsman
alms penny
almsroom
alms tub
almswoman
plough-alms
unalmsed
Related terms: eleemosynary
case badge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case badges
Senses: glosses: A small sticker, usually placed on the front of a personal computer, stating the name of the company who produced the computer.
ranula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹan.jʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˈɹæn.jəl.ə/
Forms: form: ranulae
form: ranulas
Etymology: Late Middle English, coined by French physician and surgeon Guy de Chauliac: borrowed from Latin rānula (“a little frog, a tadpole; a little swelling on the tongue of cattle”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A tumor or swelling located in the floor of the mouth under the tongue; specifically a bluish, domed mucocele which is associated with an obstruction of the sublingual salivary gland.
Derived terms: ranular
dieselpunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diesel + -punk.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, steampunk explores adjustment to an industrial culture from the opposite direction to cyberpunk -- but has very much the same agenda. Me, I'm trying to write dieselpunk ...
ref: 2002 November 20, Charlie Stross, “Re: What "steampunk" genre?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
text: […] post-apocalyptic dieselpunk action adventure […]
ref: 2007, Sean Demory, quoted in Brian McTavish, "Kansas City writer, artist publish digital comic book for cell phones", in The Kansas City Star, 2007 July 25, page F3
text: BioShock isn't steampunk, it's dieselpunk.
ref: 2010 March 19, Teresa Lott, “Re: I hate steampunk...”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet):
coordinate_terms: steampunk
atompunk
solarpunk
sailpunk
clockpunk
glosses: A genre of science fiction and art that combines fictional retrofuturistic elements with the technology, culture, and aesthetics of the period of history beginning in the interbellum between World War I and World War II and ending around the 1950s (known as the "diesel era" within the dieselpunk community).
Peyer's patches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Peyer's patch
lily pad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lily pads
Senses: glosses: The round leaf of a water lily, which floats on the surface of the water.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small, discreet base
rubber band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber bands
Senses: synonyms: elastic band
gum band
lacquer band
lacky band
glosses: An elastic band made of rubber (either natural rubber or synthetic rubber).
Derived terms: rubber band airplane
rubber-banding
rubberbanding
Related terms: rubber jungle
rubber band
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubber bands
form: rubber banding
form: rubber banded
form: rubber banded
Senses: examples: text: My mother gave me maybe 150 to 200 letters, […] all rubber banded together month by month and in dates.
ref: 1994 September 26, Wayne McGinnis, interview printed in 2000, by Jean Shellenbarger in The 9th Engineer Battalion, First Marine Division, in Vietnam, page 201
text: Prompt them to pick up ten sticks, rubber band them together, and quickly move them to the tens office.
ref: 2005, Sarah Morgan Major, Place Value, →ISBN, page 22:
text: There were yellowed pages of base layouts and plans, a duty roster, and a rubber banded package of papers.
ref: 2012, Cheryl Kerr, See Ya, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of rubber-band.
elastic band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elastic bands
Senses: glosses: A small, narrow loop of rubber or similar material used to hold items or body parts together.
Synonyms: word: binder
word: elastic
word: gum band
word: lacquer band
word: lacky band
word: rubber band
Related terms: loom band
coexist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkəʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.ɪɡˈzɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
Forms: form: coexists
form: coexisting
form: coexisted
form: coexisted
form: co-exist
form: coëxist
Etymology: From co- + exist. Compare Latin coexsistō.
Senses: examples: text: peacefully coexist
text: learn to coexist
text: coexist with others
text: Different religions can coexist peacefully in one society.
text: Humans and wildlife must coexist in fragile ecosystems.
qualifier: people; concepts; people; concepts
glosses: To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.
raw_tags: of two or more things
Related terms: coexistence
coexistent
combatant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/
ipa: /kəmˈbæ.tənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/
Forms: form: combatants
Etymology: Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.
Senses: examples: text: Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
text: Come hither, you that would be combatants:
Henceforth I charge you, as you love our favour,
Quite to forget this quarrel and the cause.
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 IV, scene i]:
text: On the passage, one day, for the diversion of those gentlemen, all the boys were called on the quarter deck, and were paired proportionably, and then made to fight; after which the gentlemen gave the combatants from five to nine shillings each.
ref: 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 3, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 1, London: for the author, page 112:
text: If any combatant was struck down, and unable to recover his feet, his squire or page might enter the lists, and drag his master out of the press; but in that case the knight was adjudged vanquished […]
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
text: “[…] Don’t you realize that alcohol is an essential part of heroism? The combatant and the drunkard are brothers, you genius.”
ref: 1992, Naguib Mahfouz, chapter 48, in William M. Hutchins, Angele Botros Samaan, transl., Sugar Street, New York: Anchor Books, published 1993, page 271:
text: The leading voices of the womanosphere are using a similar strategy. As Brittany Hugoboom put it in an op–ed for the rightwing outlet Quillette: “Conservatives will never win if they imagine themselves as combatants atop defensive battlements, hurling abuse on the mass media. We need to involve ourselves in the creation of pop culture.”
ref: 2025 April 24, Anna Silman, “Now comes the ‘womanosphere’: the anti-feminist media telling women to be thin, fertile and Republican”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A person engaged in combat, often armed.
Synonyms: battler
fighter
Derived terms: contractor combatant
enemy combatant
illegal combatant
non-combatant
noncombatant
surface combatant
combatant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒm.bə.tənt/
ipa: /kəmˈbæ.tənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑm.bə.tənt/
Forms: form: more combatant
form: most combatant
Etymology: Inherited from late Middle English combataunt, from Middle French combatant. By surface analysis, combat + -ant. Doublet of combattant.
Senses: examples: text: Their valours are not yet so combatant,
Or truly antagonistick, as to fight;
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, The Magnetic Lady, New York: Henry Holt, published 1914, act III, scene 5, page 65:
glosses: Contending; disposed to contend.
examples: text: He wished he were in a combatant service; he wanted to fight, fight.
ref: 1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, New York: Modern Library, published 1932, Part Two, Chapter 1, p. 71:
glosses: Involving combat.
examples: text: Or, two lions combatant gules, armed and langued (that is, claws and tongue) azure, is borne by the name of Wycombe; Azure , two lions combatant or, by the name of Carter; Azure , two lions combatant guardant argent, by […]
ref: 1846, William Newton, Display of Heraldry, page 84:
glosses: Alternative form of combattant (“in heraldry: in a fighting position”).
Derived terms: countercombatant
Cockney rhyming slang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cant used by Cockneys in which a word or phrase is replaced by a rhyming word or phrase, this word or phrase then often being abbreviated to its first syllable or syllables, or its first word. The word chosen as the rhyme often shares attributes of the word that it replaces.
Related terms: Australian rhyming slang
Adam and Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Cain and Abel were the sons of Adam and Eve.
text: Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave / I said “Let’s go and play Adam and Eve”
ref: 1963, Bob Dylan, “Talkin' World War III Blues”, in The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan:
text: In his own unique way, he was a radical—him and that sister of his, Lucida. Radicals with inbuilt longevity—a regular Adam and Eve who would add healthy genes to Earth's decaying gene pool.
ref: 2004, Paul Collins, The Earthborn, page 71:
glosses: The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis.
Derived terms: Adam and Steve
Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve
Adam and Eve on a raft
Madam and Eve
Adam and Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A starting point; a set of ancestors or progenitors.
glosses: The puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale).
Adam and Eve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Adam and Eves
form: Adam and Eving
form: Adam and Eved
form: Adam and Eved
Senses: examples: text: Would you Adam and Eve it: I’ve only gone an’ lost me wallet, ain’t I?
glosses: To believe.
aris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹɪs/
rhymes: -æɹɪs
Forms: form: arises
Etymology: Shortened from Aristotle, Cockney rhyming slang for bottle, itself shortened from bottle and glass, Cockney rhyming slang for arse.
Senses: glosses: arse
Synonyms: word: khyber
Barclays Bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)kliːzˌbæŋk/
Forms: form: Barclays Banks
Etymology: Rhyming slang, in allusion to the banking company Barclays Bank, named after James Barclay, who became a partner in 1736.
Senses: glosses: A wank.
wikipedia: Barclays Bank
boracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (bura).
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of boric.
synonyms: word: boric
Derived terms: boracic acid
boracic lint
boracite
boracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boracic
form: most boracic
form: brassic
form: brassick
Etymology: Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”).
Senses: glosses: penniless
Synonyms: word: broke
word: skint
brassic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: brăsʹĭk
ipa: /ˈbɹæsɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Etymology: From Brassica.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to brassicas.
Derived terms: brassic acid
brassic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: brăsʹĭk
ipa: /ˈbɹæsɪk/
rhymes: -æsɪk
Forms: form: more brassic
form: most brassic
Etymology: boracic with elision of the vowel in the first syllable, the spelling being modified to fit the pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: Eh, basically man, ah'm totally brassic. Ah've goat thirty– two pence in ma poakit and a pound in ma account at the Abbey National.
ref: 1993, Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, Times Film School, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of boracic (“penniless”).
Brahms and Liszt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pissed, drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
Bristol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪstəl/
rhymes: -ɪstəl
Forms: form: Bristols
form: Bristole
form: Brigstow
form: Bristou
form: Bristow
form: Brizzle
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Brigstow, from Old English Bryċġstōw (literally “the place by the bridge”), from bryċġ + -stōw, with additional final /l/ due to hypercorrection from l-vocalizing accents. See bridge and stow for more.
The tiddlywinks sense is associated with players from Bristol University.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).
synonyms: word: Bristol board
extra: kind of heavy paper
examples: text: In the Cambridge-improved version of tiddlywinks, potting isn't everything. […] Most of the matches I watched during the tournament were defensive struggles like this one, games that came down to squops, gromps and Bristols.
ref: 2007, Forbes, volume 180, numbers 8-13, page 93:
qualifier: tiddlywinks
glosses: A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
butchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butcher
butchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
butchers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butcher
butcher's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊtʃə(ɹ)z/
Etymology: From butcher + -’s, presumably abbreviation of butcher’s shop or similar; compare greengrocer’s etc.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of butchershop.
synonyms: word: butchershop
examples: text: Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
translation: Astonishing, look at this woman's breasts printed in The Sun!
english: Astonishing, look at this woman's breasts printed in The Sun!
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glosses: A look (short form of butcher's hook)
Synonyms: sense: shop
word: butcher shop
sense: shop
word: butcher’s shop
sense: look
word: dekko
sense: look
word: gander
sense: look
word: geek
sense: look
word: look
sense: look
word: squizz
gorblimey
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɔːˈblaɪ.mi/
Forms: form: blimey
form: cor blimey
form: gawblimey
form: gawblimy
form: gor blimey
form: gorblimy
Etymology: Representing a Cockney pronunciation of God blind me!; traditionally, people would curse using contractions rather than breaking the third commandment (Do not use the Lord's name in vain oaths). Compare strewth, zounds, sblood.
Senses: glosses: Expressing surprise, anger, etc.
Synonyms: sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
sense: expression of anger
word: dammit
dumbfuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmˌfʌk/
Forms: form: dumbfucks
form: dumb fuck
Etymology: From dumb + fuck. Dysphemistically modelled after dumbass.
Senses: examples: text: You dumb fucks, you're nothin’ but lunch ducks / Big nuts here swinging like nunchucks
ref: 2007, “Million Dollar Baby”, performed by Lil Wayne:
glosses: An extraordinarily stupid person.
Derived terms: word: dumbfuckery
word: Dumbfuckistan
word: dumb cluck
fuckface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌkˌfeɪs/
Forms: form: fuckfaces
form: fuck-face
Etymology: From fuck + face.
Senses: examples: text: Laugh away fuckface, that picture is going to be on the cover of every major newspaper in two days time.
ref: 1984, Alex Cox, Repo Man, spoken by Leila (Olivia Barash):
glosses: An ugly or otherwise undesirable or annoying person.
fuckhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fŭk'hĕd"
ipa: /ˈfʌkˌhɛd/
Forms: form: fuckheads
Etymology: From fuck + head. Dysphemistically modelled after dickhead.
Senses: glosses: A stupid or otherwise undesirable person.
Derived terms: fuckheadery
fuckheadism
lady-killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lady-killers
form: ladykiller
form: lady killer
Senses: examples: text: Spotlight on me, I still look twenty / Still get money, lady killer pushing a Bentley
ref: 2012, “Stay”, in Life is Good, performed by Nas:
synonyms: word: beefcake
word: beefcake
word: bona omi
word: chicken
word: chick magnet
word: dimber cove
word: dreamboat
word: himbo
word: hunk
word: lady-killer
word: man-meat
word: pretty boy
word: rizzler
word: spunk
word: stud
word: stud muffin
word: superhunk
word: twink
coordinate_terms: cheesecake
glosses: A man unusually attractive to women.
synonyms: word: Romeo
word: Lothario
word: adulterer
word: bed-hopper
word: carpetmonger
word: chamberer
word: debauchee
word: debaucher
word: fornicator
word: gallant
word: lecher
word: lewdster
word: libertine
word: hood rat
word: philanderer
word: rake
word: rantipole
word: rizzler
word: roué
word: player
word: seducer
word: voluptuary
word: wanton
coordinate_terms: man-eater
femme fatale
vamp
glosses: An uncaring womanizer.
lady killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lady killers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lady-killer.
ladykiller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladykillers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lady-killer.
womanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊm.əˌnaɪ.zəɹ/
Forms: form: womanizers
form: womaniser
Etymology: From womanize + -er (agent noun).
Senses: examples: text: A couple of months ago, in a piece about the language of self-involvement, I quoted a girlfriend of Woody Allen as having described the actor as “very much of a womanizer, very self-involved”.
ref: 1987 May 3, William Safire, “ON LANGUAGE; Vamping Till Ready”, in The New York Times:
text: Sometimes the stereotype is framed as light and cheeky—think the “boys will be boys” mentality exemplified by sitcom womanizers such as How I Met Your Mothers Barney Stinson or '''Two and a Half Mens Charlie Harper.
ref: 2012 November 27, Rachel Hills, “No, Not Every Guy Wants to be a Player”, in The Atlantic:
text: Getting back into the dating game after a painful divorce is never easy, and the proliferation of womanizers looking to take advantage of your vulnerability only makes things worse.
ref: 2013 April 22, Jane Garapick, “Womanizer Signs: 5 Warning Signs That You're Dating A Womanizer”, in HuffPost:
synonyms: bounder
cad
Casanova
lady's man
lecher
Lothario
philanderer
playboy
player
rake
Romeo
skirt chaser
wencher
glosses: A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women.
Derived terms: modelizer
Related terms: man-eater
womanize
womanise
libertine