cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
drongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒŋɡəʊ
Forms: form: drongos
Etymology: From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo.
* Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird.
* Another suggested derivation is the Scottish Gaelic drongair (“drunkard”).
Senses: examples: text: In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The drongo agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the drongo, ‘there′s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there′ll be enough to work two of them.’
ref: 2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 191:
text: One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.
ref: 2010, John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business, unnumbered page:
text: I'd rather sit in this daggy bathtub than get a hug from you, you drongo..
ref: 2020, "Moments of Silence", in Taskmaster, series 10, episode 8, Channel 4, script for Sam in The Smart Steak
glosses: A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
Synonyms: sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: cretin
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: doilem
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: dufus
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: fool
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: glaik
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: idiot
sense: clumsy fool, idiot
word: mong
Exodus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛksədəs/
homophone: exodus
Etymology: From Latin Exodus, from Ancient Greek ἔξοδος (éxodos), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The departure of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt under the leadership of Moses.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Exod.
glosses: The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.
Derived terms: exodus
Exoduster
standby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændˌbaɪ/
ipa: /ˈstænd ˈbaɪ/
Forms: form: standbys
form: stand-by
Etymology: Deverbal from stand by.
Senses: examples: text: The troops were on standby in case of an attack.
glosses: A state of readiness without immediate involvement; remaining in preparation for (a sudden or unforeseen event or situation).
examples: text: During three weeks of the run, I was performing with walking pneumonia, but I had no choice other than to perform because we didn't have the budget for stand-bys.
ref: 1977 December 17, Harold Pickett, quoting Jim Ferguson, “New York, New York”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 6:
glosses: A replacement kept on standby.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Sleep mode.
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Waiting at the airport in the hope of getting a seat on a flight that is already booked out.
examples: text: That recipe is an old standby, and she keeps the ingredients around in case of unexpected guests.
text: The restaurant, Hop Louie, was a Chinatown standby for decades before closing in 2016.
ref: 2022 March 2, Erin Woo, Kevin Roose, “This Social Club Runs On Crypto Tokens and Vibes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Emerging from an Everyman Espresso shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn, last month, David Lieber, a customer, lamented what he saw as Blank Street’s targeting of a neighborhood standby.
ref: 2022 August 29, Julia Moskin, “It’s Not Just You — Blank Street Coffee Is Suddenly Inescapable”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Something that is standard, well-tested, or frequently used.
Synonyms: at the ready
Derived terms: standby loan
standby time
standby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstændˌbaɪ/
ipa: /ˈstænd ˈbaɪ/
Forms: form: standbys
form: standbying
form: standbyed
form: standbyed
form: stand-by
Etymology: Deverbal from stand by.
Senses: examples: text: Standby while I check that for you.
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:standby.
qualifier: operations
glosses: To wait briefly, as for additional communication by radio or telephone; alternative form of stand by.
Bible basher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bible bashers
form: Bible-basher
Senses: examples: text: I don't ever go to my local church any more: it's become filled with stupid, fuddy-duddy Bible bashers.
text: I was a real Bible basher. I used to rush round asking people if they were saved.
ref: 1969, April Hersey, Hooked on God : the Wayside Chapel experiment, Melbourne: Sun Books, →LCCN, LCC BV2656.S9 W35, page 106:
text: There is a skinny old bible basher who is always out gathering souls, regardless of the weather.
ref: 2008, Ian Commins, Fiveways, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, page 73:
synonyms: word: Bible thumper
word: Bible pounder
word: Bible puncher
word: God botherer
word: God squad
word: Bible beater
coordinate_terms: word: Koran basher
english: fundamentalist Muslim
translation: fundamentalist Muslim
glosses: A fundamentalist Christian preacher, or other fervent Christian, who is seen to take every opportunity to talk about Christianity and attempt to convert those around them.
examples: text: I'm no bible-basher looking to discredit everything I hear, but there is one point that might be interesting to argue...If the bible is the Word of God, which version or language is the official Word, as the meanings change subtley^([sic]) from one to another?
ref: 2002, Everett Hickey, “Biblical”, in alt.astronomy (Usenet):
text: There *are* no "Biblical contradictions". Years ago, I...addressed many, many, many alleged "contradictions". It's a very sad state of affairs, most Bible bashers who claim "contradictions" prefer quantity over quality, and no matter how many *ridiculous* claims they came up with and I demolished, they would continue with others...
ref: 2003, Jeff Shirton, “Conference...”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet):
text: 2006, veralein, How to protect yourself against false Christian teachers in alt.christnet.christianlife http://groups.google.com/group/alt.christnet.christianlife/browse_thread/thread/80f36af2e40d135a/15e69f2a5f0959de?lnk=st&q=%22bible+basher%22+against+-deicide&rnum=6&hl=en#15e69f2a5f0959de
I think you are just a Bible basher for what reasons ever. Maybe you are just an atheist who has pleasure in trolling Christians and recruiting them.
synonyms: anti-Christian
glosses: A person who finds fault with the Bible, Christianity, or Christian teaching.
contempt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɛmpt/
rhymes: -ɛmpt
Forms: form: contempts
form: cōtempt
form: cõtempt
Etymology: From Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“I scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“I despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes.
Senses: examples: text: And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Transport Minister Marples, meanwhile, used arrogant rhetoric and showed his personal contempt for railways when confirming in Parliament that a third of the network was to be closed even before the survey results were known.
ref: 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
glosses: The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
glosses: The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
examples: text: The panel voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend charging Mr. [Stephen K.] Bannon with criminal contempt of Congress for defying its subpoena, sending the issue to the House.
ref: 2021 October 19, Luke Broadwater, “House Panel Recommends Contempt Charge Against Bannon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Justice Merchan has yet to issue a ruling on whether to find Mr. Trump in contempt.
ref: 2024 April 28, Maggie Haberman, Jonah E. Bromwich, “Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: Ellipsis of contempt factor.
Synonyms: word: contempt
word: despect
word: despiciency
word: despisal
word: despisement
word: disdain
word: scorn
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: beneath contempt
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contemptible
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contemptive
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contempt of Congress
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contempt of cop
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contempt of court
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contempt of Parliament
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contempt trap
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: contemptuous
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: familiarity breeds contempt
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: hold in contempt
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: in contempt
sense: Terms derived from contempt (noun)
word: self-contempt
Related terms: word: contemn
word: contemnor
word: despise
word: ridicule
word: cheeky
word: bah
auspice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɔːspɪs/
enpr: ôsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɔspɪs/
enpr: äsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɑspɪs/
rhymes: -ɔːspɪs
Forms: form: auspices
Etymology: From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex.
Senses: examples: text: This building was built under the auspices of the Friends of the Poor.
synonyms: aegis
hypernyms: support
glosses: Patronage or protection.
examples: text: The circle of vultures was not a good auspice.
glosses: An omen or a sign.
hypernyms: augury
fortunetelling
divination
glosses: Divination from the actions of birds.
Related terms: auspiced
auspicing
auspicious
auspice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ôsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɔːspɪs/
enpr: ôsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɔspɪs/
enpr: äsʹpĭs
ipa: /ˈɑspɪs/
rhymes: -ɔːspɪs
Forms: form: auspices
form: auspicing
form: auspiced
form: auspiced
Etymology: From Middle French auspice, from Latin auspicium, in turn from auspex.
Senses: examples: text: The music festival was auspiced by a popular radio station.
glosses: To be patron of; to sponsor.
illustrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪl.jʊˌstɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪl.jəˌstɹeɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈlʌsˌtɹeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈlasˌtɹæɪt/
ipa: /ˈɪl.əˌstɹæɪt/
Forms: form: illustrates
form: illustrating
form: illustrated
form: illustrated
Etymology: Back-formation from illustration.
Senses: examples: text: We illustrate our definitions by including quotations or simple examples.
text: To prove him, and illustrate his high worth.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “The First Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC:
text: England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.
ref: 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
examples: text: The economics textbook was illustrated with many graphs.
text: Michael Thompson said he had been photographing prison buildings on Wednesday, Dec. 3, to illustrate an article by Tom Reeves […] when an unidentified plainclothes employee of the prison approached him.
ref: 1980 December 13, David Morris, “Prison Officials Seize GCN Film”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 1:
glosses: To provide a book or other publication with pictures, diagrams or other explanatory or decorative features.
examples: text: Here, when the morn illustrates all the sky.
ref: 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: illuminate
word: alight
word: belight
word: beshine
word: bright
word: enlighten
word: fire
word: illume
word: illuminate
word: illumine
word: illustrate
word: irradiate
word: light
word: lighten
word: light up
word: luster
word: lustrate
word: shed light on
glosses: To shed light upon.
examples: text: Matter to me of glory, whom their hate / Illustrates.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
synonyms: glorify
glosses: To give renown or honour to; to make illustrious.
Derived terms: illustrable
illustratable
illustrator
illustratory
overillustrate
reillustrate
Related terms: shed light upon
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
Senses: glosses: A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
glosses: A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
glosses: Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
glosses: The shape or pattern of a mold.
examples: text: the oval mold of her face
text: Crowned with an architrave of antique mould.
ref: 1711, Alexander Pope, "The Temple of Fame", in The Works of Alexander Pope: New Ed. Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials, Collected in Part by John Wilson Croker. With Introd. and Notes by Whitwell Elwin, Volume 1, J.Murray, p.206
text: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: General shape or form.
examples: text: a leader in the mold of her predecessors
glosses: Distinctive character or type.
examples: text: His method of scientific investigation broke the mold and led to a new discovery.
glosses: A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
examples: text: the arch mold of a porch or doorway;  the pier mold of a Gothic pier, meaning the whole profile, section, or combination of parts
topics: architecture
glosses: A group of moldings.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fontanelle.
Derived terms: archmold
barquette mold
bread mold
break the mold
brickmold
cake mold
cryomold
demold
earmold
headmold
hoodmold
micromold
mold box
mold-breaking
mold fossil
moldless
mold loft
nanomold
neckmold
overmold
post mold
premold
taters in the mould
unmold
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: molding
form: molded
form: molded
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English molde (“mold, cast”), from Old French modle, mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin modus. Doublet of module, modulus, and model.
Senses: examples: text: Not only in formal discourse, but in the ordinary walks of life, a well-modulated, expressive voice is a most valuable asset, whether one’s object be to interest, persuade or convince, to give a command or entreat a favor. The moulding of the voice into finished articulate speech is a mechanism in which the entire oral cavity, including palate, teeth, tongue and lips, take an important part. As a result of either structural defect of these organs, or, as is more often the case, as a consequence of their imperfect innervation, various logopathies may occur, which profoundly affect the social status of the unfortunate individual and seriously embarrass his way to a successful career.
Lisping, stuttering, stammering, lallation, nunnation and sigmatism, paragammacism and paralambdacism are but few of the locutory evils encountered, much too frequently in adolescents and adults. The fact that they are mostly amenable to treatment and may often be completely corrected, with proper attention and training, is something that needs to be more thoroughly impressed upon our educational bodies and sociologic reformers.
ref: 1910, Walter A. Wells, “The hygienic, economic and sociologic aspect of the throat”, in The Laryngoscope, volume 20, number 1, →DOI, pages 47–48:
text: Your hands shaped me and made me … Remember that you molded me like clay.
ref: 1978, Job 10:8-9, Old Testament, New International Version
glosses: To shape in or on a mold; to form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
examples: text: It is you who must mold the minds of your students that they may be wise, farsighted, intelligent, profound in their thinking, devoted to their country and government and fruitful in their work. It is you who must sense as the example.
ref: 1963. Haile Selassie (translated)
glosses: To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence
glosses: To fit closely by following the contours of.
glosses: To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
glosses: To ornament with moldings.
examples: text: These shoes gradually molded to my feet.
glosses: To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
Derived terms: mismold
moldabilit
remold
rotomolded
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Senses: synonyms: moulder
glosses: A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air.
glosses: A fungus that creates such furry growths.
Derived terms: antimold
black bread mold
blue mold
dog vomit slime mold
moldlike
moldproof
moldyy
moulder
mouldy
scrambled egg slime mold
slime mold
snow mold
water mold
Related terms: mildew
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: molding
form: molded
form: molded
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English mowlde, noun use and alteration of mowled, past participle of mowlen, moulen (“to grow moldy”), from Old Norse mygla (compare dialectal Danish mugle), from Proto-Germanic *muglōną, diminutive and denominative of *mukiz 'soft substance' (compare Old Norse myki, mykr (“cow dung”)), from Proto-Indo-European *mewk- (“slick, soft”). More at muck and meek.
Senses: glosses: To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
glosses: To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: mool
form: mould
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
Senses: glosses: Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
glosses: Earth, ground.
Derived terms: leaf mold
moldboard
vegetable mold
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: molds
form: molding
form: molded
form: molded
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English molde, from Old English molde, from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil”) (compare Old Frisian molde, Middle Dutch moude, Dutch moude, obsolete German Molte, Norwegian Bokmål mold, and Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌻𐌳𐌰 (mulda)), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-téh₂ (compare Ashkun mič, Kamkata-viri muři, mřey, mřëi, Prasuni mire, Waigali muk, all meaning "clay").
Senses: glosses: To cover with mold or soil.
mold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mŏld
enpr: mōld
ipa: /məʊld/
ipa: /mɔʊld/
ipa: /moʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: mould
form: mould
Etymology: From Middle English molde (“top of the head”), from Old English molda, molde, from Proto-West Germanic *moldō, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ; exactly parallel to Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhán).
Senses: examples: text: What a while continueth the mould and crowne of our heads to beate and pant, before our braine is well ſetled[…]
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VII.] The Proëme.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 152:
text: By reaſon whereof the flaſhing of the Water, and ſharpness of the Air, did ſo pierce the Archbiſhop (being above Threeſcore and thirteen years of Age) that he complained the ſame night of a great cold, which he had then taken in the mould of his Head.
ref: 1612, Sir George Paule, The life of John Whitgift […] , London: Ri. Chiswell, published 1699, page 118:
text: […]its eyes as large as a mans; and betwixt the two eyes, it hath a hole like the mould in the head of a man, by which it ſucks in and ſpouts out the Water[…]
ref: 1687, Jean de Thévenot, “Book I, Chapter II”, in Archibald Lovell, transl., Travels into the Levant, volume Part II, London, page 6:
glosses: The top or crown of the head.
agnail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæɡneɪl/
Forms: form: agnails
Etymology: From Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.
Senses: synonyms: hangnail
glosses: Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
glosses: A corn or sore on the toe or finger.
courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜːtəsi/
ipa: /ˈkɝɾəsi/
Forms: form: courtesies
Etymology: From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.
text: He was always known for his grace, kindness, and courtesy to people of every rank.
text: Rabbit doesn't want to tell him anything. The more he tells, the more he loses. He's safe inside his own skin, he doesn't want to come out. This guy's whole game is to get him out into the open where he can be manipulated. But the fierce convention of courtesy pries open Rabbit's lips.
ref: 1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 108:
glosses: Polite behavior.
examples: text: I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy.
text: My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
examples: text: They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.
glosses: Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
examples: text: They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.
text: [on a label, caption, etc.] Courtesy the Smith Foundation: [e.g.] use of this image was allowed through the courtesy of the Smith Foundation.
glosses: Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
examples: text: The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.
ref: 1760, Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World:
text: [I]t was her favorite amusement to array herself in the faded brocades, and parade up and down before the long mirror, making stately courtesies, and sweeping her train about, with a rustle which delighted her ears.
ref: 1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Amy’s Will”, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 284:
glosses: A curtsey.
topics: law
glosses: The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
Derived terms: common courtesy
courtesy book
courtesy call
courtesy card
courtesy clerk
courtesy copy
courtesy flag
courtesy flush
courtesy lamp
courtesy light
courtesy name
courtesy of
courtesy of the trade
courtesy title
courtesy turn
curtsey
discourtesy
extend the courtesy
kill-courtesy
overcourtesy
senatorial courtesy
strain courtesy
uncourtesy
courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜːtəsi/
ipa: /ˈkɝɾəsi/
Forms: form: courtesies
form: courtesying
form: courtesied
form: courtesied
Etymology: From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of curtsey.
courtesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜːtəsi/
ipa: /ˈkɝɾəsi/
Etymology: From Middle English curteisie, curtesie, from Anglo-Norman curtesie, from Old French curteisie, cortoisie. Equivalent to courteous + -y (abstract noun suffix).
Senses: examples: text: We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.
glosses: Given or done as a polite gesture.
examples: text: The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.
synonyms: complimentary
free of charge
gratis
glosses: Supplied free of charge.
associate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English associat(e) (used participially as well as adjectively up to Early Modern English), from Latin associātus, the perfect passive participle of associō (“to join, unite”), from ad- + sociō, from socius (“shared, common, kindred”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.
glosses: Joined with another or others and having lower status.
examples: text: He is an associate member of the club.
glosses: Having partial status or privileges.
glosses: Following or accompanying; concomitant.
examples: text: associate motions
translation: motions that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
english: motions that occur sympathetically, in consequence of preceding motions
text: These associate ideas are gradually formed into habits of acting together, by frequent repetition, while they are yet separately obedient to the will; as is evident from the difficulty we experience in gaining so exact an idea of the front of St. Paul's church, as to be able to delineate it with accuracy, or in recollecting a poem of a few pages.
ref: 1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, page 36:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Connected by habit or sympathy.
Derived terms: associate professor
physician associate
associate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: associates
Etymology: From the substantivization of the above adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Senses: examples: text: Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.
text: Associates must wash hands before returning to work
text: The frowning lookes of fiery Tamburlaine,
That with his terrour and imperious eies,
Commands the hearts of his aſſociates, […]
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 IIII, scene i:
glosses: A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee.
glosses: Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
glosses: A companion; a comrade.
glosses: One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
glosses: A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
Synonyms: word: adjunct
word: associate
word: business partner
word: cohort
word: colaborer
word: colabourer
word: collaborator
word: colleague
word: compeer
word: confrere
word: consociate
word: coworker
word: co-worker
word: fellow
word: workfellow
word: workmate
Hypernyms: word: employe
word: employee
word: laborer
word: labourer
word: person
word: toiler
word: workie
word: worker
Hyponyms: word: girl Friday
word: man Friday
word: officemate
word: office mate
word: partner
word: right-hand man
word: right-hand woman
Derived terms: associate degree
associate's degree
associateship
associatism
associette
heteroassociate
sales associate
Related terms: word: accomplice
word: aide
word: apprentice
word: assistant
word: boss
word: coconspirator
word: helper
word: helpmate
word: helpmeet
word: manager
word: mentee
word: mentor
word: supervisor
word: trainee
word: trainer
word: acquaintance
word: attendant
word: friend
prosperity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /pɹɒˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/
Forms: form: prosperities
Etymology: From Middle English prosperite, from Old French prosperitet, from Latin prosperitās, equivalent to prosper + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: thriving
text: “Eating meat means prosperity in the coming year,” the roastery wrote on Weibo on February 5, days before the Lunar New Year began.
ref: 2024 February 20, Jessie Yeung and Hassan Tayir, “Pork flavored coffee is Starbucks’ newest China pitch”, in CNN Business:
synonyms: word: prosperousness
word: abundance
word: affluence
word: cheese
word: ease
word: fortune
word: Mammon
word: opulence
word: plenty
word: richdom
word: riches
word: wealth
glosses: The condition of being prosperous: having good fortune and a fortune.
Derived terms: prosperity doctrine
prosperity gospel
prosperity theology
Related terms: prosper
prosperous
phreaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phreakers
Etymology: From phreak + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phreak.
synonyms: word: phreak
john school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: john schools
Etymology: john (“(slang) a prostitute's client”) + school
Senses: glosses: A police-run program in which men arrested for soliciting prostitutes agree to attend lectures from former prostitutes as an alternative to paying a fine or spending time in jail.
free of charge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Buy two and pay for just one – the other is free of charge.
synonyms: free
free as in beer
gratis#Adjective
feeless
costless
courtesy
antonyms: see at nonfree
coordinate_terms: free as in speech
libre
glosses: Not requiring any payment.
Related terms: chargeback
uncharged
chargeless
free of charge
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: They were giving the tickets away free of charge.
synonyms: for free#Prepositional phrase
free#Adverb
gratis#Adverb
costlessly
glosses: Without any payment being required.
helix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːlɪks/
rhymes: -iːlɪks
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: helixes
form: helices
Etymology: From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase.
topics: architecture
glosses: A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
examples: text: helix piercing
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The incurved rim of the external ear.
glosses: An upside down midair 360° spin in playboating.
Synonyms: sense: curve
english: not in technical use
translation: not in technical use
word: spiral
Derived terms: alpha helix
anthelix
antihelix
Boerdijk-Coxeter helix
double helix
helical
helically
helicase
heliciform
helicin
helixlike
hemihelix
interhelix
microhelix
minihelix
multihelix
superhelix
tetrahelix
trihelix
Related terms: helicopter
helix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːlɪks/
rhymes: -iːlɪks
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: helixes
form: helixing
form: helixed
form: helixed
Etymology: From Latin helix, from Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted or spiral”).
Senses: examples: text: A large positive inclination gives a chip which will helix out of the space between the face mill and the workpiece.
ref: 1953, Division of Metrology Technical Paper - Issues 1-7, page 25:
text: When the shaft is unsupported, the large torque tends to helix the inner core, and if the casing is not stiff enough, it will helix the casing also.
ref: 1967, Aviation Week & Space Technology - Volume 87, page 295:
text: The decrease in d enhances the probability that remaining SDLs will helix, leading to an outward traveling wave of helixing and a jump in 5d.
ref: 1997, Physical Review: Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics:
text: Conceptually, this field will helix up from the genital tip, here modelled as the caudal singularity of the left and right domains of the H-CFs.
ref: 2010, Phillip Beach, Muscles and Meridians E-Book: The Manipulation of Shape, →ISBN, page 95:
glosses: To form or cause to form a helix.
Derived terms: self-helixing
Related terms: left-handed
right-handed
spiral
Gretel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛtəl
rhymes: -eɪtəl
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Margarete, from German.
glosses: A fictional character in the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel.
MDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MDCs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Metropolitan Detention Center.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mapped diagnostic context.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multiple description coding.
glosses: Initialism of Major Diagnostic Category.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of modification detection code.
glosses: Initialism of mobile digital computer.
glosses: Initialism of mobile data computer.
MDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Milk Development Council.
glosses: Initialism of Miami Dade College.
glosses: Initialism of Missouri Department of Conservation.
glosses: Initialism of MUMPS Development Committee.
examples: text: According to Ncube, the MDC believed, from 2000, that Britain's interest in Zimbabwe had more to do with concern for white farmers than black Zimbabweans.
ref: 2009 June 17, Blessing-Miles Tendi, “Tsvangirai's dicey strategy”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Movement for Democratic Change.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of Motorola data communications.
Movement for Democratic Change
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A political party in Zimbabwe, founded in 1999. Abbreviation: MDC.
Neville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛvəl/
rhymes: -ɛvəl
Forms: form: Nevilles
form: Nevil
form: Nevile
form: Nevill
form: Neiville
form: Nevils
form: Newill
Etymology: * A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (literally “Néel's estate”) or Neuville (literally “new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville.
* Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh (see Nee) or Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 16th century and later usage.
glosses: A placename:
A small village in Blayney Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A placename:
Ellipsis of Néville-sur-Mer: a settlement and former commune of Manche department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A placename:
A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France. The correct spelling is Néville.
glosses: A placename:
A village in the Rural Municipality of Whiska Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A placename:
A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Synonyms: word: de Neville
word: Néville-sur-Mer
Derived terms: Neville Longbottom
dero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeəɹ.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈdɛɹəʊ/
rhymes: (UK) -ɛɹəʊ
Forms: form: deros
form: derro
Etymology: From derelict.
Senses: examples: text: If some shabby looking “dero” turns up at the gate no need to call the cops, its me.
ref: 2001 August 11, warfer69, “I bought the 60 warfer”, in rec.models.rc.helicopter (Usenet):
text: Finn was affected with the dero shakes, wobbling one way or another to steady his position, as the hawks, looking down at him, casually flew out of range.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 66:
glosses: A homeless person, a tramp; a social derelict, especially an alcoholic.
alpha helix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alpha helices
form: alpha helixes
Senses: glosses: A secondary structure found in many proteins, in which the amino acids are arranged in a coil, or helix, with almost no free space on the inside and all side chains being pointed towards the outside
Derived terms: alphahelical
jackaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackaroos
form: jackeroo
Etymology: Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
Senses: coordinate_terms: jillaroo
glosses: A white man living outside of a white settlement.
examples: text: But this is the tale of a Jackaroo that came from a foreign strand, / And the fight that he fought with Saltbush Bill, the King of the Overland.
ref: 1895, A. B. Paterson, Saltbush Bill: The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses, page 37:
text: A Jackeroo lived, as a kind of gentleman apprentice, in the squatter′s or manager′s homestead, not in the men′s huts; but most of his daily work was done side by side with the working ‘hands’.
ref: 1964, Russel Braddock Ward, The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads, page 86:
text: Frequently the overseer would come to me and say a certain jackeroo was useless, and would never be any good, when the boy had only just started.
ref: 1974, The Pastoral Review, volume 84, page 611:
glosses: A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
jackaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jackaroos
form: jackarooing
form: jackarooed
form: jackarooed
form: jackeroo
Etymology: Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
Senses: examples: text: Bill has gone jackarooing out west.
glosses: To work as a jackaroo.
Derived terms: jackarooing
IWF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Walking Federation: an association of volkssport organizations and clubs.
octapus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of octopus.
Akimel O'odham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pima, a Uto-Aztecan people of southwest Arizona. The Pima language is a dialect of O'odham.
Related terms: Papago
tax return
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax returns
Senses: examples: text: Stealing people's mail / On a Friday night / Drivin' in the mountains / Winding 'round and 'round / Rummage through your mailboxes / Take your mail back to town / And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns / Checks to politicians from real estate firms / Money, bills, and canceled checks / Pretty funny pictures of your kids / Gonna steal your mail
ref: 1980, “Stealing People's Mail”, performed by Dead Kennedys:
topics: business
finance
synonyms: tax declaration
glosses: A declaration of income etc. for tax purposes: a report of income, deductions, contributions, and related financial information filed by a taxpayer with a national or local tax authority, used by the authority to determine the amount of taxation, usually consisting of forms completed by the taxpayer
Related terms: income tax return
bimbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪmbəʊ/
enpr: bĭm'bō
ipa: /ˈbɪmboʊ/
rhymes: -ɪmbəʊ
Forms: form: bimbos
form: bimboes
Etymology: From Italian bimbo (“a child, a male baby”), variant of bambino (“child”). Originated in Italian American theater, attested 1919, as “stupid, inconsequential man”, by 1920 developed sense of “floozie, attractive and stupid woman”. Popularized in 1920s by Jack Conway of entertainment magazine Variety, who also popularized baloney (“nonsense”) and palooka (“large stupid man”). Revived in popularity in 1980s US political sex scandals.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, to make a long, dull story even duller, I come from a time when a guy like me used to come into a joint like this and pick up a young chick like you and… call her a ‘bimbo’.
ref: [1972, Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Arcalli, Last Tango in Paris, spoken by Paul (Marlon Brando):
text: a. 1992, P. J. O’Rourke, a sketch
A bimbo is a woman who is not pretty enough to be a model, not smart enough to be an actress, and not nice enough to be a poisonous snake.
text: [Tina] Fey […] makes hay with the thought processes of a purebred bimbo: […]
ref: 2004 May 3, Anthony Lane, “Looney Tunes”, in The New Yorker:
synonyms: airhead
bimbette
floozie
coordinate_terms: himbo
thembo
glosses: A physically attractive person, typically a woman or otherwise feminine in appearance, who lacks intelligence.
examples: text: And one had to remember that most of the bimbos to whom Roberta Wickham had been giving the bird through the years had been of the huntin', shootin' and fishin' type, fellows who had more or less shot their bolt after saying 'Eh, what?' and slapping their leg with a hunting crop.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
text: Isn't he the bimbo who took the bread out of the mouths of the Thursday Review people? Chuck the blighter out of the window and we want to see him bounce.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XIII:
glosses: A stupid or foolish person.
Derived terms: bimbette
bimbocore
bimbodom
bimbo eruption
bimboesque
bimbofication
bimbohood
bimboish
bimboism
bimboy
himbo
mimbo
thembo
Related terms: bambino
script kiddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹɪpt ˌkɪdi/
Forms: form: script kiddies
form: script kiddy
Senses: examples: text: Generally speaking, script kiddies are bored individuals without girlfriends or boyfriends who can think of nothing better to do on a Saturday night than make people come into work to fix a failing system.
ref: 2003, Kevin Day, Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions, Prentice Hall Professional, →ISBN, page 126:
text: It is important to realize that the motive behind the script kiddie or recreational hacker is a more ego-driven destruction of data without a hidden moral, political, or economic agenda.
ref: 2011, Will Gragido, John Pirc, Cybercrime and Espionage: An Analysis of Subversive Multi-Vector Threats, Newnes, →ISBN, page 115:
synonyms: skid
skiddie
coordinate_terms: cracker
hacker
glosses: A (usually amateur) hacker who compromises files on others' computers or launches attacks on computer systems, using widely distributed computer programs or scripts rather than developing their own.
Related terms: script monkey
biconcave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + concave.
Senses: examples: text: a biconcave lens
text: the biconcave vertebrae
text: Red blood cells are biconcave.
topics: anatomy
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Having both sides that are concave.
Synonyms: concave
concavoconcave
carry the bat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries the bat
form: carrying the bat
form: carried the bat
form: carried the bat
form: carry one's bat
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bat throughout the whole of an innings, being one of the openers and remaining not out when 10 wickets have fallen.
dau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dau.
Senses: examples: Jane, dau John
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: Abbreviation of daughter or daughter of.
Related terms: dau miu
saith
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛθ/
ipa: /seɪθ/
ipa: /ˈseɪ.əθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
rhymes: -eɪθ
rhymes: -eɪəθ
Forms: form: sayeth
form: says
Etymology: From Old English sæġþ, from seċġan.
Senses: examples: text: And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:1:
text: And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Malachi 3:17:
text: In this life we have but a glimpse of this beauty and happiness; we shall hereafter, as John saith, see him as he is.
ref: , B. Blake (1836), p.663
text: While every leaf that His plumes touch / Saith His Name audibly.
ref: 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Blessed Damozel, ll. 89-90:
text: […] ("since all is o'er," he saith, / "And the blow fallen no grieving can amend;")
ref: 1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section V:
text: Penn: I don't want to invest in the conversation, not that I don't have it privately, about my feelings about what direct action should happen to a leader who does that, but if there is a God, there will be vengeance beyond all possible comprehension.
Hannity: "Vengeance is mine saith the Lord", quoted in a very famous book.
ref: 2022 April 5, Sean Hannity, Sean Penn, 22:33 from the start, in Sean Penn joins Sean Hannity to discuss Russian invasion of Ukraine (Hannity), Fox News, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2022:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of say
saith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛθ/
ipa: /seɪθ/
ipa: /ˈseɪ.əθ/
rhymes: -ɛθ
rhymes: -eɪθ
rhymes: -eɪəθ
Forms: form: saiths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of saithe (“type of fish”).