cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Miles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪlz/
rhymes: -aɪlz
Forms: form: Miles
form: Mileses
form: Myles
Etymology: From Old French given name Milo, of problematic origin, possibly from an unknown Germanic element, or a short form of Slavic names beginning with mil- "grace, favor". The English form is associated by folk etymology with Latin mīles (“soldier”).
As a surname, it is also derived from a Middle English Miles form of Michael.
Senses: examples: text: Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather, / Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standish the Puritan Captain.
ref: 1858, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Courtship of Miles Standish:
text: Just one thing, if I may, Mark said. It's Miles, his name. Not Milo.
Yeah, I know, Anna's always going on about that too. But Milo's better, Milo's got something about it, hasn't it? the man said. It's catchier. It's catching on round the camp, Milo, where Miles sounds a bit, well, wet. A bit middle class, you know?
ref: 2011, Ali Smith, There but for the, Hamish Hamilton, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: A male given name from an uncertain origin.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Jackson County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Orange County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Runnels County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the town of Porterfield, Marinette County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A town in Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Miles City
Mill
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪl
Senses: glosses: A surname.
examples: text: I have endeavoured to acquire a knowledge of the Hare system, and I have read Mill upon the subject, and it seems to me that the present proposal is opposed to that system.
ref: 1881 June 28, William Montgomery, speech in the New Zealand House of Representatives, seventh Parliament, third session, transcribed in, 1881, Parliamentary Debates, volume 28, page 225 http://google.com/books?id=fWEsAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA225&dq=mill
glosses: John Stuart Mill, English libertarian and utilitarian philosopher.
glosses: A village in North Brabant, Netherlands.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Related terms: Millean
Millian
Millianism
Mills
Mills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɪlz/
Etymology: From mills, in reference to mill owners and mill workers.
Senses: glosses: An English and Scottish occupational surname.
glosses: A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of an Mhuilinn (“of the mill”).
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Bond County, Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Kentucky; named for postmaster Isaac Mills.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Midland County, Michigan.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A township in Ogemaw County, Michigan.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Keya Paha County, Nebraska; named for a local gristmill.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harding County, New Mexico; named for rancher and politician Melvin Whitson Mills.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Juab County, Utah.
glosses: A locale in the United States:
A town in Natrona County, Wyoming.
Derived terms: Mills County
Roger Mills County
Mina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Mineral County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Williams County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Edmunds County, South Dakota.
Mina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːnə/
rhymes: -iːnə
Forms: form: Meena
form: Minah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِينَا (mīnā) and Sanskrit मीना (mīnā).
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Mini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Minis
Senses: glosses: A model of compact car, originally built by BMC in the United Kingdom, and later by BMW.
Derived terms: Mini Cooper
Minnan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Min Nan.
Minotaur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈmɪnəˌtɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈmaɪnəˌtɑɹ/
Forms: form: the Minotaur
form: minotaur
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μινώταυρος (Minṓtauros), from Μίνως (Mínōs, “king of Crete”) + ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A monster, half man and half bull, who dwelled in the labyrinth in Crete and who was killed by Theseus.
Related terms: hippotaur
Minoan
Minos
Minus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Minuses
Etymology: Unexplained.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Russian мир (mir, “peace”).
Senses: glosses: A Soviet, later Russian space station.
glosses: A male given name.
Mir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Mirs
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian میر
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Miss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭs
ipa: /mɪs/
ipa: /ˈmɪz/
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: Misses
form: Mlles
Etymology: From mistress.
Senses: examples: text: These are the two young ladies that I wanted you to meet, Miss Jones and Miss Robinson.
glosses: A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
With a surname.
examples: text: The victim was named as Miss Jane Doe.
glosses: A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
With a full name.
examples: text: Excuse me Ma'am, will Miss Julia and Miss Emily be staying for tea?
text: She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
With a first name only.
examples: text: Good morning, Miss. May I help you?
glosses: A form of address, now used chiefly for an unmarried woman; used chiefly of girls before the mid-1700s, and thereafter used also of adult women without regard to marital status.
Used alone.
examples: text: Excuse me, Miss, Donny's been pinching my pencils again.
glosses: A form of address for a female teacher or a waitress.
examples: text: Ladies and gentlemen, please give a round of applause to our lovely new Miss Yorkshire!
text: And I can now announce that this year's Miss Personality is ... Doris Miggins!
glosses: Used in title of the (female) winner of a beauty contest, or certain other types of contest, prefixing the country or other region that she represents, or the category of contest.
examples: text: Don't ask me, ask Miss know-it-all over there.
glosses: Used in a mock title to point out some quality, or alleged quality, of a girl or woman.
Derived terms: Miss Ann
Miss Emma
Miss Fidditch
Miss Girl
Miss Lucy
Miss Piggy
Miss Thang
Miss Thing
Misses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsɪz/
ipa: /ˈmɪsəz/
rhymes: -ɪsɪz
homophone: misses
homophone: Mrs
Senses: glosses: plural of Miss
Misses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsɪz/
ipa: /ˈmɪsəz/
rhymes: -ɪsɪz
homophone: misses
homophone: Mrs
Forms: form: Misseses
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps we are disposed to smile at seeing so much made of titles; but after what we have learned of Lord Timothy Dexter and the high-sounding names appropriated by many of our own compatriots, who have no more claim to them than we plain Misters and Misseses, we may feel to them something as our late friend Mr. Appleton felt to the real green turtle soup set before him, when he said that it was almost as good as mock.
ref: 1890, O[liver] W[endell] Holmes [Sr.], “The tea is sweeneted”, in Over the Teacups, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], pages 274–275:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of Mrs; alternative spelling of Missus.
Mission
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district municipality of British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A neighborhood of San Francisco.
Missus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Missuses
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of Mrs.
Senses: glosses: Mrs, a form of address for a married woman.
Coordinate terms: Mister
Miss
Miz
Ms.
Ms
Master
Mistress
Derived terms: Missus President
Mistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mistresses
Senses: examples: text: The sound of Mistress Affery cautiously chaining the door before she opened it, caused them both to look that way.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “The Dreams of Mrs. Flintwinch Thicken”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the second (Riches), page 408:
text: Mistress Cordelia Carfax shivered and gathered her silk shawl about her shoulders. […] Any shows of affection Mistress Carfax did display were usually reserved for her pedigree pug.
ref: 2014, Tessa Harris, chapter 5, in The Lazarus Curse (A Dr. Thomas Silkstone Mystery; 4), New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 25:
coordinate_terms: Mister
Missus
glosses: Used as the title of a married woman before her name. Now used only in the abbreviated form Mrs.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: Master
Mxtress
glosses: Used as the title of a female dominant.
Mitten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mitten
Etymology: From the mitten-like shape.
Senses: glosses: The Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
glosses: A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
Mme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mmes
form: Mme.
Etymology: From French Mme.
Senses: examples: text: With them were the two royal children, Mmes Tantes (the elderly daughters of Louis XV), Mme Elisabeth, the Comic de Provence and his wife.
ref: 1922, Paul Gruyer, A Week at Versailles: The Town, the Palace, the Park, the Trianon Palaces, page 71:
text: In The Bernadinis’ Terrace, gracefully translated by Joanna Kilmartin, Mme Laure Bernardini and her companion, Mme Thérèse, are very old: ‘immobilised, like ships that have run aground, they exist minimally.’
ref: 1975 August 7, Listener and BBC Television Review, page 190, column 1:
text: After the latter’s death, Meyerson remained Mme Bernard-Lazare’s trusted friend.
ref: 1978, Nelly Wilson, Bernard-Lazare: Antisemitism and the Problems of Jewish Identity in Late Nineteenth-Century France, Cambridge University Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 318:
text: Mr. Parker added more wood to the fire and then he and Mme Dubois went in, leaving Miss Merrie behind with her wide-brimmed sun hat. Mme DuBois and Mr. Parker were the first to return and soon had their heads together checking the food hamper and cooler.
ref: 2014, George J. Pappas, Where the Tides Meet: A Romance of the Gaspé, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: Abbreviation of Madame.
Mob
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mob
Etymology: From the common noun sense, capitalized and used as a proper name.
Senses: examples: text: The campfires provide enough plain old regular visible light to show this sorry affair for what it is: a bunch of demented Boy Scouts, a jamboree without merit badges or hygiene. With the IR supered on top of the visible, she can also see vague, spectral red faces out in the shadows where her unassisted eyes would only see darkness. These new Knight Visions cost her a big wad of her Mob drug-running money. Just the kind of thing Mom had in mind when she insisted Y.T. get a part-time job.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 243:
glosses: The Mafia: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian–Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
examples: text: tempted to ascribe Poe's narrators' mentions of the Mob to misanthropy in the author himself
glosses: The masses, especially the 'great unwashed masses': the general population, or rabble, viewed as one mob of unruly, disorganized people predisposed to violence and malevolence.
Mobile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mōbēlʹ
enpr: mōʹbēl
ipa: /moʊˈbiːl/
ipa: /ˈmoʊbiːl/
ipa: /məʊˈbiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Etymology: From the name of (Mobile Bay, from the name of) the Mobile tribe, perhaps from the name of a Native town somewhere in what is now central Alabama, various spelled Mabila or Maubila.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, Mama / Is this really the end? / To be stuck here inside of Mobile / With the Memphis blues again
ref: 1966, Bob Dylan, “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde:
glosses: A city, the county seat of Mobile County, in southwestern Alabama.
Derived terms: Mobile County
Mobile terrapin
Mobius strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mobius strips
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Möbius strip.
Model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
Mohel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mohéli (“one of the major islands of the Comoros”).
Related terms: Anjouan
Grand Comoro
Maore
Mole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
homophone: mole
Etymology: From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.
glosses: A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Mole Valley
Molesey
Molly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.li/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.li/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒli
rhymes: (General American) -ɑːli
Forms: form: Mollie
Etymology: From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "My name's Molly. It is an old-fashioned name, and I was christened Mary. But Papa likes Molly."
"That's right. Keep to the good old fashions, dear."
"Well, I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly, and quite as old a name, too," said Mrs Hamley.
"I think it was," said Molly, lowering her voice, and dropping her eyes, "because mamma was Mary, and I was called Molly when she lived."
ref: 1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 6, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1866, →OCLC:
text: But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say.
ref: 1928, Joyce Lankester Brisley, chapter 1, in Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories:
glosses: A diminutive of Mary or, less often, Margaret.
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Molly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒ.li/
ipa: /ˈmɑ.li/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒli
rhymes: (General American) -ɑːli
Forms: form: Mollies
form: Mollie
Etymology: From Moll, diminutive lambdacism of Mary + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of molly: the crystalline or powdered form of MDMA.
glosses: A Molly Maguire.
Mom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒm/
ipa: /mɑm/
rhymes: -ɒm
rhymes: -ɑm
homophone: mom
Etymology: Proprialisation of mom.
Senses: examples: text: I wish Mom and Dad didn't argue so much.
synonyms: Mam
Mommy
Mother
Mummy
Mum
antonyms: Dad
glosses: One’s mother.
Mom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒm/
ipa: /mɑm/
rhymes: -ɒm
rhymes: -ɑm
homophone: mom
Forms: form: Moms
Etymology: Transliteration of Khmer មុំ (mum, “corner, angle”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Khmer.
Mom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒm/
ipa: /mɑm/
rhymes: -ɒm
rhymes: -ɑm
homophone: mom
Etymology: Transliteration of Thai หม่อม (mɔ̀m)
Senses: glosses: prefix of a female commoner who marries a royal prince.
Moment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moments
Etymology: Unexplained English surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Mommy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: I wish Mommy and Daddy didn't argue so much.
glosses: One's mother
raw_tags: used by young children
Related terms: Daddy
Mom
Mother
Mummy
Mum
Mon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mons
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Monday.
Mon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mons
form: Mon
Etymology: From Burmese မွန် (mwan).
Senses: glosses: A member of a people living primarily in the Mon State of Myanmar (also known as Burma), and in Thailand.
Synonyms: Talaing
Related terms: Mon State
Mon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Burmese မွန် (mwan).
Senses: glosses: The language of this people, in the Austroasiatic language family.
Mon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Phoebe: Oh, hey, Mon, do you still have your like... old blouses and dresses from high school? Monica: Yeah, I think I have some around here somewhere. Why?
ref: 2009, Paulo Quaglio, Television Dialogue: The sitcom Friends vs. natural conversation, page 19:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
Mona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊnə/
ipa: /ˈməʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
homophone: moaner (non-rhotic)
Etymology: Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a diminutive of Monica or, rarely, of Ramona, and sometimes associated with the title of da Vinci's painting Mona (=madonna) Lisa.
The Arabic and Persian name مُنىٰ (munā) is sometimes Romanised as Mona.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
glosses: A female given name from Arabic.
glosses: The third-largest island of the Puerto Rico archipelago.
glosses: A city in Utah.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Mona Passage
Monarch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monarchs
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Locations in Canada:
A hamlet in Lethbridge County, Alberta.
glosses: Locations in Canada:
The Monarch, a mountain in British Columbia.
glosses: Locations in Canada:
Two other peaks with the affix "mountain": Monarch Mountain (Alberta) and Monarch Mountain (British Columbia).
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community near Monarch Pass, Chaffee County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cascade County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Mongol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/
ipa: /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl
Forms: form: Mongols
form: Mongal
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol).
The sense “person with Down syndrome” comes from the fact that people with this condition often have a prominent epicanthic fold, as most people of East Asian ethnicity do.
Senses: glosses: A person from Mongolia; a Mongolian.
glosses: A member of any of the various Mongol ethnic groups living in The Mongolian People's Republic, the (former) USSR, Tibet and Nepal.
examples: text: The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
related: word: mongol
glosses: A person with Down's syndrome.
glosses: A member of the nomadic people from the steppes of central Asia who invaded Europe in the 13th century.
glosses: A member of the Mongols Motorcycle Club of California, United States.
Derived terms: Mongolist
Mongolistics
Turco-Mongol
Related terms: Mongolia
Mongolian
mongolism
mongoloid
Moghul
Golden Horde
Mongol
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/
ipa: /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl
Forms: form: more Mongol
form: most Mongol
form: Mongal
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ (mongɣol), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠬᠣᠯ (mongqol).
The sense “person with Down syndrome” comes from the fact that people with this condition often have a prominent epicanthic fold, as most people of East Asian ethnicity do.
Senses: examples: text: THE following fables are selected from a number which a Mongol teacher dictated in his attempts to familiarise a foreigner with the language of Mongolia. It will be seen at a glance that most of them are not native to the country, but come from a laud abounding with sights and scenes unknown to Mongolia. One or two of them, though, have a very Mongol look about them, and doubtless a good many of them have adopted more or less of a Mongol dress.
ref: 1878 March–April, Hoinos, “Æsop in Mongolia”, in The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal, volume IX, number 2, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 118:
text: While the social system could thus be improved, [G. Stanley] Hall knew that heredity was more important. He argued that a pound of heredity was “worth a hundredweight of education.” It was necessary to pay attention to better breeding: “The nation that breeds best, be it Mongol, Slav, Teuton or Saxon, will rule the world in the future.”
ref: 1986, Clarence J[oseph] Karier, Scientists of the Mind: Intellectual Founders of Modern Psychology, Urbana, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 183:
text: An old woman with a very Mongol face, a bright Uzbek print dress and a shopping bag, got off at every stop and back on again.
ref: 1997, Sheila Paine, “[Uzbekistan] Shakhrisabz”, in The Golden Horde: Travels from the Himalaya to Karpathos, London: Penguin Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 145:
text: This topping for Iranian bread (or its Chinese derivative shaobing) is truly unique. We know of nothing like it anywhere else. It is also very different from anything else in the YSZY. A very Mongol flavor is implied, if it is not a straight borrowing from nomadic Turks. The “Iranian cakes” are Persian bread (nan), still a staple food in Ningxia and Xinjiang. In the Chinese Islamic Restaurant, a Ningxia Hui restaurant near Los Angeles, we have eaten similar stews with their incomparable nan–style bread. This particular stew, however, is one of the YSZY’s amazing, unique, and creative blendings of Mongol, Near Eastern, and Chinese elements (cf. recipes # 21–23, etc.).
ref: 2010, Paul D. Buell, Eugene N[ewton] Anderson, “[Juan One] Translation”, in A Soup for the Qan: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era As Seen in Hu Sihui’s Yinshan Zhengyao (Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series; 9), 2nd edition, Leiden; Boston, Mass.: Brill, →ISBN, part B (Text and Translation), footnote 62, page 287:
glosses: Synonym of Mongolian.
synonyms: word: Mongolian
Derived terms: Turco-Mongol
Mongol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋɡəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑŋˌɡoʊl/
ipa: /ˈmɔŋˌɡoʊl/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡəl
Forms: form: Mongal
Senses: glosses: A Keram language spoken in Papua New Guinea (also known by its native name Mwakai).
Monitor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any of several publications e.g. the "Christian Science Monitor".
topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: A text of works or instruction which are not secret and may be written e.g. "Indiana Monitor and Freemasons' Guide".
glosses: The USS Monitor, the first ironclad warship of its type.
Monopoly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See monopoly.
Senses: examples: text: I was playing Monopoly with my friends at 12:00am last night.
text: In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
ref: 2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2021:
qualifier: board games
glosses: A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.
Derived terms: Monopoly money
Related terms: Boardwalk
get out of jail free card
Mons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Monica.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Montgomery.
Monster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
ref: 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
Monument
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in El Paso County, Colorado.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Lea County, New Mexico.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Grant County, Oregon.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
Monument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monuments
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any of the five most prestigious men's one-day road cycling races: Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liege–Bastogne–Liege and Giro di Lombardia.
Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /muːn/
ipa: /mun/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: Moon
form: the Moon
form: Moons
form: moon
form: moone
form: ☽
Etymology: From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni.
Senses: examples: text: I kind of have two Moons up there. I look at the Moon just like everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think of the second Moon, the one that I recall from up close and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe that I was actually up there.
ref: 2011 September 18, Michael Collins, quotee, “Out of this world: What it's really like to to^([sic]) walk on the moon”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2021:
synonyms: Cynthia
Luna
Selene
;
☾
☽
glosses: The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾.
examples: text: Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 145:
text: Moon, the companion of Night, waxes and wanes, and we call this time a month.
ref: 1994, Tony Linsell, Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Migration & Magic, Anglo-Saxon Books, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Moon's Day.
ref: 2005, Falcon Stow, An Anglo-Saxon Almanac, privately published, page 13:
text: Sun come, Moon come, Seed time, dry time, fog and rain, Sowing, growing, reaping, resting, Sun come, Moon come, etc.
ref: 2005, Diana Paxson, Taking up the Runes, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 328:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
paganism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: A personification of the moon.
glosses: The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Synonyms: word: Moon
word: moon
word: Luna
Derived terms: Moon buggy
Moonless
Moonman
Moon tree
Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /muːn/
ipa: /mun/
rhymes: -uːn
Etymology: * A variant of Mohan, from Irish.
* A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce.
* Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname.
* A variant of Mun, from Korean.
* A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn).
* Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Synonyms: word: Moon
word: moon
word: Luna
Derived terms: Laurence-Moon syndrome
Moonie
Moor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔː/
ipa: /mʊə/
ipa: /mʊɹ/
ipa: /mɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Moors
Etymology: From Middle English More, Moore, from Old French More (modern French Maure), from Latin Maurus (“a Moor, meaning a Mauretanian, an inhabitant of Mauretania”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρούσιος (Mauroúsios, “Mauretanian”). Doublet of Moro.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient Amazigh people from Mauretania.
examples: text: [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary,
How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
glosses: A member of an Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin ruling Spain and parts of North Africa from the 8th to the 15th centuries.
glosses: A Muslim or a person from the Middle East or Africa.
glosses: A person of mixed Arab and Amazigh ancestry inhabiting the Mediterranean coastline of northwest Africa.
glosses: A person of an ethnic group speaking the Hassaniya Arabic language, mainly inhabiting Western Sahara, Mauritania, and parts of neighbouring countries (Morocco, Mali, Senegal etc.).
Derived terms: Black Moor
Moorish
Moorman
morris
morris dancing
White Moor
Related terms: Morian
Moor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔː/
ipa: /mʊə/
ipa: /mʊɹ/
ipa: /mɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Moors
Senses: glosses: A surname.
A surname from Irish.
glosses: A surname.
An English surname transferred from the given name.
Moose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mooses
Senses: glosses: A Muslim.
glosses: An English surname.
Moral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Morals
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Moral.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Moral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: glosses: A township in Shelby County, Indiana, United States.
More
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɔːˈreɪ/
Forms: form: Mòoré
form: Mooré
form: Moré
form: Moshi
form: Mossi
form: Moore
Etymology: From French mooré, from Moore moore (“Moore language”), from moaaga (“Mossi person”) + -re (suffix for names of languages).
Senses: glosses: The Volta-Congo language of the Mossi people, mainly spoken in part of Burkina Faso.
More
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːˈreɪ/
enpr: môr
ipa: /ˈmɔɹ/
enpr: mô
ipa: /ˈmɔː/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: mōr
ipa: /ˈmo(ː)ɹ/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
ipa: /ˈmoə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
homophone: moor
homophone: Moor
homophone: Moore (pour–poor merger)
homophone: maw (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: mow (dough–door merger)
ipa: /mɔːˈreɪ/
Forms: form: Mores
form: Morus
Etymology: * As a Scottish and English surname, variant of Moore.
* As a French surname, from Old French more (“Moor”), respelled from Latin Maurus. Compare Mauro.
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from mór (“big”).
* As an Indian (Maharashtra) surname, from Marathi मोर (mor, “peacock”), from Sanskrit मयूर (mayūra).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in south-west Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO3491).
Moreno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹeɪnoʊ/
Forms: form: Morenos
Etymology: From Spanish Moreno.
Senses: glosses: A characteristical surname from Spanish.
glosses: A city and partido in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
glosses: A department in Santiago del Estero province, Argentina.
glosses: A city in Pernambuco state, Brazil.
Morgan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹɡən/
rhymes: -ɔɹɡən
Forms: form: Morgans
Senses: glosses: A horse of a compact breed from Vermont; named for Justin Morgan, owner of the stud from which the breed originated.
glosses: A British sports car manufacturer; named for founder H. F. S. Morgan.
qualifier: numismatic slang
glosses: A Morgan dollar.
Related terms: Morgan le Fay
Moro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Heiban language spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Kordofan, Sudan.
Moro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹoʊ/
Forms: form: Moros
Etymology: From Spanish moro (“Moor”). Doublet of Moor.
Senses: glosses: A Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines
Derived terms: Moroland
Moro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔɹoʊ/
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Sherman County, Oregon, United States.
Related terms: Moro reflex
Mors
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god and personification of death; the Roman counterpart of Thanatos.
glosses: An island in the Limfjord, Jutland, Denmark.
Mort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: Morts
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Mortimer and Morton.
Mosca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Moskva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məsˈkvɑː/
ipa: /ˈmɒs.kvə/
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Москва́ (Moskvá). Doublet of Moscow.
Senses: examples: text: The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their original sites about the Moskva, the Dnieper and the Pripet, respectively numbering some 56,000,000, 22,000,000, and 6,000,000, the Great Russians predominating and mingling with the other races all over Europasia.
ref: 1928, “an English Europasian”, “The Races”, in Russia in Resurrection: A Summary of the Views and of the Aims of a New Party in Russia, London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., page 18:
text: Follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change.
ref: 1991, Klaus Meine, “Wind of Change”, in Crazy World, performed by Scorpions:
glosses: A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
raw_tags: with the
examples: text: And I didn't come all the way from Moskva just for the government.
ref: 2013, Charles Lee Jackson II, The Emperor’s Gambit (The Emperor’s Secret Files), →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Moscow: a federal city, the capital of Russia.
glosses: Alternative form of Moscow: an oblast of Russia surrounding but not including the city of Moscow.
Mosquito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Mosquito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The De Havilland Mosquito, a Second World War military aircraft.
Mosquito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mosquitoes
form: Mosquitos
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Miskito.
Derived terms: Mosquito Coast
Moss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Moss and District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5914).
glosses: A coastal town and municipality in Viken county, Norway.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Moss Landing, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Tennessee.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former community in Gilmer County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Moss Vale
Mot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mōtu).
Senses: glosses: The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.
Mother
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See mother.
Senses: glosses: One's mother.
examples: text: ...different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage.
ref: 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 90:
text: The Lady is often thought of as having three aspects: Maiden, Mother, and Crone.
ref: 2004, Aurora Greenbough, Cathy Jewell, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Spells and Spellcraft, page 9:
topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Crone and Maiden and representing a woman older than a girlish Maiden but younger than an aged Crone.
Synonyms: Mom
Mum
Mummy
Goddess
Mother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mothers
Etymology: See mother.
Senses: examples: text: Mother Teresa Gertrude O’Sullivan, then Provincial, did not give higher education for Loreto nuns the same priority as had Mothers Gonzaga and Stanislaus.
ref: 2009, Mary Ryllis Clark, Loreto in Australia, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: A title given to a nun or a priestess.
glosses: A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Mother Nature, Mother Russia, or Mother Earth.
Related terms: Father
Mother Nature
Mother Russia
Motor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mator (“Samoyedic language”).
Motu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: Hiri Motu
Mount
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mounts
Etymology: English surname, from the noun mount.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7856).
glosses: A hamlet in Warleggan parish, east Cornwall (OS grid ref SX1468).
Mr.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭsʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈmɪstəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmɪstɚ]
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
homophone: Mister
homophone: mister
Forms: form: Messrs.
form: Mr
form: MR
Etymology: Abbreviation of Mister.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. John Doe
text: Mr. Doe
text: But only if one forgets that Mr. Tester is 50 years old, he’s seasoned in state politics, he ran a canny, gloves-off campaign, and he’s the kind of charismatic, hard-to-peg, Western neopopulist (like his friend, Gov. Brian Schweitzer of Montana) who might be, even now, redefining in certain far-reaching ways what it means to be a Democrat.
ref: 2007 January 7, Deirdre Mcnamer, “They Came From Montana”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2021:
qualifier: formerly or traditionally UK
glosses: Abbreviation of Mister.
Mr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭsʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈmɪstəɹ/
ipa: [ˈmɪstə(ɹ)]
ipa: [ˈmɪstɚ]
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
homophone: Mister
homophone: mister
Forms: form: Mr
form: MR
Etymology: Abbreviation of March.
Senses: synonyms: Mar
Mar.
glosses: Abbreviation of March (month).
Mrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mmes.
form: Mesdames
form: Mrses.
Senses: examples: text: That left me an orphan and folks were at their wits’ end, so Mrs. Thomas said, what to do with me. […] Finally Mrs. Thomas said she’d take me, though she was poor and had a drunken husband. She brought me up by hand. Do you know if there is anything in being brought up by hand that ought to make people who are brought up that way better than other people? Because whenever I was naughty Mrs. Thomas would ask me how I could be such a bad girl when she had brought me up by hand--reproachful-like.
ref: 1908, L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
glosses: US and Canada standard form of Mrs.
Derived terms: Mrs. degree
Ms.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mss.
form: Mses.
Senses: examples: text: To protest the sandwich chain’s use of azodicarbonamide in its bread, Ms. Hari posted a video of herself chewing another item in which the chemical is found: a yoga mat.
ref: 2015 March 13, Courtney Rubin, “Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2015:
glosses: US and Canada standard form of Ms.
Derived terms: Miz
mizz
Mt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mts
form: Mt.
form: mt.
Etymology: Abbreviation of mount.
Senses: examples: Mt Everest
glosses: Abbreviation of Mount, in the names of mountains.
examples: Mt Airy
glosses: Abbreviation of Mount, in the names of cities.
Mt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mts.
Senses: related: word: Mt
word: mt.
glosses: Abbreviation of mount.
examples: text: Megara was situated on the Isthmus of Corinth, bounded by the Corinthian Gulf on the north, Mts. Kithairon, Pateras and Kerata on the east, separating Megarian territory from Attika and Boiotia, the Saronic Gulf on the south, and Mt. Gerania on the west, dividing Megaris and Corinthia.
ref: 2004, Ronald P. Legon, “Megaris, Korinthia, Sikyonia”, in Mogens Herman Hansen, Thomas Heine Nielsen, editors, An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part II (Inventory of Poleis), page 463, column 1:
glosses: Abbreviation of mountain.
Mu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical continent that allegedly existed in the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean.
Mu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mus
Etymology: From Greek μ (m).
Senses: glosses: μ (a mu particle)
Derived terms: Muvian
Mu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Burmese မူး (mu:).
Senses: glosses: Mu (a river in Burma).
Mull
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the noun mull (“crag, promontory”). Known in Old Norse as Myl.
Senses: glosses: An island, the second largest in the Inner Hebrides, in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Mull
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mulls
Etymology: From mulligatawny.
Senses: examples: text: The Mulls have been excited also by another occurrence […] affecting rather the trading than fashionable world.
ref: 1837, Asiatic Journal, page 251:
text: […] but the glorious days, when "Qui-hyes" and "Mulls" used to be pitted against each other for first spear, have vanished, […]
ref: 1844, The New Sporting Magazine, volume 8, page 394:
text: [R]esidents of Bengal, Bombay, and Madras are, in Eastern parlance, designated 'Qui Hies,' 'Ducks,' and 'Mulls.'
ref: 1852, Notes and Queries (1st ser. v. 165)
glosses: A member of the Service belonging to the Madras Presidency.
Mum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: mum
Etymology: Proprialisation of mum.
Senses: examples: text: I wish Mum and Dad didn't argue so much.
synonyms: Mom
Mommy
Mother
Mummy
Mum
antonyms: Dad
glosses: One’s mother.
Related terms: Dad
Mother
Mummy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One's mother.
Related terms: Daddy
Mommy
Mum
Muppet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpɪt
Forms: form: Muppets
Etymology: Most likely a variant of moppet
Senses: examples: text: "Mamma, I see Mr. Joshua Parker coming up the road in his gray hat with the black band," announced the daughter emphatically, craning her neck to see over the evergreens. “Do you, Muppet? Then he is coming to call at the rectory; for he never wears his hat except when he is going to make a call, — and there is nowhere to call at but here."
ref: 1858, The National Magazine - Volumes 3-4, page 257:
text: “I thought we were pretty happy the way we were,” Aunt Holly said, ruffling Jamie's hair. “I'm happy. Aren't you, Muppet?“
ref: 1997, Across the Rainbow, page 14:
text: You know my little Muppet, Abby may not be able to find out if there is anything untoward going on at the institute, but I sure can.
ref: 2016, Bryan Whelan, The Boson Experiment and Earths End:
glosses: A term of endearment, used with a young girl
Muppet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌpɪt
Forms: form: Muppets
Etymology: Coined by Jim Henson as an alteration of puppet. Henson had claimed the word was a blend of marionette + puppet, but later recanted.
Senses: glosses: A type of puppet created by Jim Henson or his studio, typically operated with one hand of the puppeteer inside the head and a rod or glove to move one arm of the puppet.
glosses: One of a group of established puppet characters acting as a sort of repertory company on The Muppet Show, and/or appearing on Sesame Street.
examples: text: 'I'll come, if you like,' Paul says. 'I'm not asking you, Muppet,' Kit snaps.
ref: 2008, Cathy Cassidy, Driftwood:
text: English version: I'm A Cockney Geezer, You Muppet. No, you are an upper middle class, public school educated wanker (it takes one to know one) and I feel I must apologize to everyone on behalf of the land of my birth for the many crimes to cinema committed in the wake of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
ref: 2011, Julian Hoxter, Write What You Don't Know, page 45:
text: She tilts her head towards him, and whispers in his ear, “Of course I do, you Muppet. I keep telling you to trust The Source and our guides; don't I?"
ref: 2013, Guy Dance, Soul Brigade: The Mission of Light, page 245:
text: What's your fucking name you Muppet? I won't ask you again.
ref: 2018, Peter D. Bull, Undercover, page 13:
text: Not that kind of atmosphere, you Muppet. A cut it with a knife atmosphere.
ref: 2021, Margaret de Rohan, The Icarus Affair:
glosses: Alternative form of muppet (fool).
Derived terms: muppet
Muppetlike
Muppet News Flash
row like a Muppet
Mus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mu