cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
toing and froing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sitting back on a bench in the sunshine, Tom and I began to catch up with each other while the girls arranged their surprises at the remotest picnic table in the lay-by. Genial lorry drivers, munching wurst high in their cabs, looking down on their secretive toing and froing with interest.
ref: 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100:
text: After an awful lot of toing and froing on the design front, these ships would be completed with a top speed of 18 knots, courtesy of 17,500 horsepower, a main belt of 11 inches thickness, or 280 millimeters, again of cemented Harvey nickel steel which was face-hardened, and the belt was beginning to increase towards a more-recognizable belt-armor-deck-and-cellular-backing system, as seen in many other predreadnoughts, as opposed to the somewhat-eccentric previous extreme-tumblehome narrow-belt French designs of previous vessels.
ref: 2019 July 10, Drachinifel, 35:45 from the start, in French Pre-Dreadnoughts - When Hotels go to War, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2023:
text: Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:
glosses: The process of moving back and forth or alternating.
toed and froed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of to and fro
errings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erring
philosophizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philosophizing
browbeatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of browbeating
straightenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of straightening
sludging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sludge
sludginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sludgy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being sludgy.
dousings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dousing
burrowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burrowing
requirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requiring
interprovince
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + province.
Senses: glosses: Between provinces.
intraprovince
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + province.
Senses: glosses: Within a province.
resendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resending
unresentfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unresentful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being unresentful.
Gaddiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A character in the Bible; the son of Sodi of the house of Zebulun, sent as a scout to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River, according to Numbers 13:10.
childline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childlines
Etymology: From child + line, from the company name ChildLine.
Senses: examples: text: A childline service has been initiated by the ministry under the integrated programme for street children.
ref: 2004, J. S. Rajput, Encyclopaedia of Indian Education: A-K, page 239:
text: At the time of the Gujarat earthquake, the Childline India Foundation (CIF) had been established with childlines in several cities and district towns of India.
ref: 2007, Lena Dominelli, Revitalising Communities in a Globalising World, page 306:
text: The Committee, Special Juvenile Police Units, public servants, childlines, voluntary organizations, social workers and the children themselves may refer a child to such shelter homes.
ref: 2010, Vijay Hansaria, P. I. Jose, Juvenile Justice System, page 239:
glosses: A telephone counselling service for children and young people.
wikipedia: ChildLine
childlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childline
unsummonsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + summonsed.
Senses: examples: text: The police officer who allows a speeding motorist to go unsummonsed after a stern reprimand about the dangers of speeding is not exploiting that power to gain something to which he would not otherwise have had access.
ref: 2001, Paul Leighton, Jeffrey H. Reiman, Criminal justice ethics, page 300:
glosses: Not summonsed.
sickenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sickening
tutorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tutoring
prophecyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prophecying
besiegings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of besieging
knightings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of knighting
semiritualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + ritualistic.
Senses: glosses: Partly ritualistic; having some elements of ritual.
semiglobalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + globalized.
Senses: glosses: Partly globalized.
Related terms: semiglobalization
relivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reliving
processings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of processing
religofascist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: religofascists
Etymology: Blend of religion + fascist.
Senses: examples: text: Not the modern brand of religofascist conservative, but real conservatives.
ref: 2007 March 19, Andrealphus [username], “Re: Gonzales must go ...The Next Victum of Bush?”, in misc.survivalism (Usenet):
text: Regardless, Obmama^([sic]) needs the Clintons on his side. He can no more win with the Clintons against him than McCain can with the religofascists against him.
ref: 2008 June 5, Fred the Red Shirt [username], “Re: Congrats Obama!”, in rec.woodworking (Usenet):
text: Don't tell me about these idiots, I live in the heart of right wing religofascist bigots.
ref: 2010 August 27, nJb [username], “Re: Taibbi on Tea Party results”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks (Usenet):
glosses: Misspelling of religiofascist.
vettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vetting
censurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of censuring
rationalizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rationalizing
nonjuristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + juristic.
Senses: glosses: Not juristic.
juristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From juristic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a juristic manner or context.
loosenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loosening
entertainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entertaining
summerily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more summerily
form: most summerily
Etymology: From summery + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A few rockets started shooting up from empty champagne bottles into a sky now summerily dark, cuckoo-less, and completely canopied with cloud.
ref: 1958, H. E. Bates, The Darling Buds of May:
glosses: In a manner reminiscent of summer.
attitudinizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attitudinizing
forswearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forswearing
betrayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of betraying
approachings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of approaching
touchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of touching
departings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of departing
marrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marring
muddlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muddling
hyperformal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperformal
form: most hyperformal
Etymology: From hyper- + formal.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the above linguistic elements used to display a mocking stance are formal and hyperformal rather than stereotypically white linguistic variants[…]
ref: 2003, Roxy Harris, Ben Rampton, The Language, Ethnicity and Race Reader, page 311:
glosses: Very highly formal; formal for formality's sake.
poolings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpuːlɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pooling
untemptingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untemptingly
form: most untemptingly
Etymology: From untempting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not tempting.
moonful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From moon + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: moonlit
text: She sobbed herself to sleep and then dreamed she was walking on a beach on a moonful night, a strange but distantly known city on the horizon.
ref: 1986, Steve Erickson, Rubicon Beach, Open Road Integrated Media, published 2013, →ISBN:
text: Yet let it also be known that long before that dire time, on a future moonful night, a voice shall rise up out of the yawning sea and recall it: […]
ref: 2008, Thomas Glave, The Torturer's Wife, City Lights Books, →ISBN:
text: I, Susan, remember dressing exotically, eating organic foods, and exploring the duende of deep flamenco passion, playing the guitar on hilltops on moonful nights.
ref: 2008, Susan Zwinger, Ann Zwinger, “Learning Nature Through the Senses”, in Teaching About Place: Learning from the Land, University of Nevada Press, →ISBN, page 20:
antonyms: moonless
glosses: Marked by the presence of the moon.
examples: text: The cattle-shed is equally curious, containing specimens of the genus Bos, the Brahmin cattle with their mild moonful eyes, […]
ref: 1866 January 1, Andrew Wynter, “Distinguished Settlers from Abroad”, in Good Words, page 47:
text: Muir sipped the last of his coffee, his moonful face breaking into a knowing grin.
ref: 2002, James Webb, Lost Soldiers, Dell, →ISBN, page 152:
text: There was a new respect or at least a curiosity in his limpid, moonful face as he reached me.
ref: 2009, Jake Packard, The Manhattan Prophet, Bascom Hill Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: Resembling the moon in some manner, such as being round, bright, etc.
moonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonfuls
Etymology: From moon + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: For suggestion of what one may really do, and for impelling one toward the practicable best, I find this book worth a moonful of " Consuelos."
ref: 1865 October, “Wilhelm Meisters Apprenticeship”, in The Atlantic Monthly, page 451:
text: I jumped in the river, what did I see? / Black-eyed angels swam with me / A moonful of stars and astral cars / And all the figures I used to see
ref: 2001, Radiohead, “Pyramid Song”, in Amnesiac:
text: The number of calculations became boundless; not even a moonful of machinery would be able to track and predict the trajectories.
ref: 2003, Robert A. Metzger, Picoverse, Ace Books, →ISBN, page 320:
glosses: An amount sufficient to fill the moon.
moonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonful
menisciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more menisciform
form: most menisciform
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a crescent moon.
Related terms: meniscus
hederiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hederiform
form: most hederiform
Etymology: From Latin hedera (“ivy”) + -iform.
Senses: glosses: ivy-shaped
pomiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pomiform
form: most pomiform
Senses: glosses: apple-shaped
riziform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more riziform
form: most riziform
Senses: glosses: rice-shaped
faviform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faviform
form: most faviform
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a honeycomb.
oliviform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oliviform
form: most oliviform
Etymology: From olive + -iform.
Senses: glosses: olive-shaped
limaciform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more limaciform
form: most limaciform
Etymology: From Latin limax (“slug”) + -iform.
Senses: glosses: slug-shaped
ficiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ficiform
form: most ficiform
Etymology: From Latin ficus (“fig”) + -iform.
Senses: glosses: fig-shaped
podiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podiform
form: most podiform
Etymology: From pod + -iform.
Senses: glosses: pod-shaped
drepaniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drepaniform
form: most drepaniform
Senses: synonyms: falciform
falcate
falcular
glosses: Sickle-shaped.
pelviform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: basin-shaped
forcipiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more forcipiform
form: most forcipiform
Senses: glosses: forceps-shaped
intersentential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sentential.
Senses: synonyms: intersentence
antonyms: intrasentence
intrasentential
hypernyms: sentential
coordinate_terms: cosentential
extrasentential
nonsentential
presentential
prosentential
subsentential
glosses: Between sentences.
Derived terms: intersententially
intrasentential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + sentential.
Senses: synonyms: intrasentence
antonyms: intersentence
intersentential
hypernyms: sentential
coordinate_terms: cosentential
extrasentential
nonsentential
presentential
prosentential
subsentential
glosses: Inside a sentence.
Derived terms: intrasententially
backtrackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backtracking
confidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈfaɪdɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of confiding
notchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notching
imagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaging
enfoldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enfolding
easings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of easing
Morebattle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT7724).
seepings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seeping
robbings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robbing
linkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linking
resettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resetting
reparsings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reparsing
upheavings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upheaving
controversialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: controversialisms
Etymology: From controversial + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The tendency to engage in controversy.
intonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intoning
sippings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sipping
thwackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thwacking
dinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dining
throwings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throwing
sparklepire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparklepires
Etymology: Blend of sparkle + vampire.
Senses: examples: text: From the bloated, purple-faced, shroud-wrapped corpse feared throughout Europe in the 18th century to the ‘sparklepire’ brought into vogue by Stephenie Meyer, the vampire as a concept has come a long way since its folkloric origins, and horror and paranormal romance authors have brought the entire concept to an interesting evolutionary point.
ref: 2009 August 16, Janet Neilson, “The Evolution of Vampire in Fiction”, in Hub Magazine, number 95, page 5:
text: This probably includes: talking donkeys, gods, flying dragons, garden fairies, vampires, sparklepires, ghosts, and Harry Potter.
ref: 2012 April 2, Kermit [username], “Re: I am now a Creationist”, in talk.origins (Usenet):
text: KEVIN: Well, that's your classic vamp. Now factor in your Nosferatu, your Twilight sparklepires, your Thirty Days of Night nocturnal shark people and the hundred of variations on the classic...
ref: 2012 October 11, Freezer [username], “[MSTing] Unbreak My Spark - Part 4”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A vampire who sparkles, such as those featured in the Twilight series.
Related terms: glampire
Lambden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
crushings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crushing
dryings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drying
wallowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallowing
swallowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swallowing
intertwistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intertwisting
snocksnarls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Jordan sat tight against Mom's legs, the nightly position for her mandatory hundred strokes, because time, tide and snocksnarls wait for no man.
ref: 2006, Dorothy Palmer, When Fenelon Falls, page 145:
glosses: intertwistings and entanglements of thread, string, etc. when carelessly handled
overhaulings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overhauling
pardonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pardoning
slackenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slackening
furrowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furrowing
storytellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storytelling
exultings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exulting
Hallowtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hallow + tide.
Senses: glosses: Hallowmas
hell house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hell houses
Senses: hypernyms: haunted house
house of horrors
glosses: A haunted house attraction, typically run by a religious group, depicting the torments of the damned in hell.
synonyms: haunted house
house of horrors
glosses: An entertainment, at a fair etc, in which visitors pay to be frightened by gruesome exhibits etc.
examples: Near-synonym: house of horrors
glosses: A house that was the scene of a horrific incident.
manifestational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From manifestation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to manifestation.
giftings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪftɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of gifting
holorecording
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holorecordings
Etymology: From holo- + recording.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A holographic recording.
holorecordings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holorecording
erasings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These brushes will keep you from ruining your work by brushing away erasings with your hand and smearing your pencil work.
ref: 2005, Lee Hammond, Lifelike Drawing with Lee Hammond, page 17:
glosses: The shavings left behind when an eraser is used.
snarkcastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snarkcastic
form: most snarkcastic
Etymology: Blend of snarky + sarcastic.
Senses: examples: text: […] whereas shows like Joe Millionaire and The Bachelor served as the brunt of the more snarkastic forums, whose viewers are nonetheless avid viewers of the shows they pan.
ref: 2007, Mark Andrejevic, iSpy: Surveillance and Power in the Interactive Era, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 146:
text: I mean, what's the fun of seeing your friends' lives spiral out of control if you can't get in a snarkastic comment or two along the way?
ref: 2007, Paul Ruditis, The Four Dorothys, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, pages 2–3:
text: You're babbling, and because somehow your Speedo has offended me mightily, I'm going to be shitty and snarkastic until we no longer have to interface, so deal with it.
ref: 2014, Amy Lane, Behind the Curtain, Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: Sarcastic in a snide or irritable manner.
swordster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swordsters
Etymology: 1990s. sword + -ster
Senses: examples: text: Dogtanian, an endearingly gauche puppy from Gascony, travels to Paris to join the King's Own Guard, falling in love en route with the beautiful Juliette, but eventually teaming up with swordsters Athos, Porthos and Aramis.
ref: 1996, Jon E. Lewis, Penny Stempel, Cult TV: The Essential Critical Guide, Pavilion Books, →ISBN, page 154:
text: “Not in the Dales themselves, though they are restless—there have been two blood feuds between kin clans since the Year Turning, and Imry has his hands full with these hot-tempered swordsters. […]
ref: 1996, Andre Norton, The Warding of Witch World, Warner Books, published 2001, →ISBN:
text: A boy magician, aided by various ogres and swordster Svenson battles an all-powerful wizard for control of his kingdom.
ref: 1998, Martin Connors, Jim Craddock, Video Hound's Golden Movie Retriever 1999, Visible Ink Press, →ISBN, page iv:
glosses: A person skilled at using swords in sport or combat.
Synonyms: swordfighter
swordsman
Hyponyms: swordstress
swordswoman
textversation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textversations
Etymology: Blend of text + conversation.
Senses: examples: text: Immediately after this textversation, my concentration clocked off.
ref: 2008, Zoe Foster, Air Kisses, Michael Joseph, →ISBN:
text: If we actually replied to every single message sent to you, we'd all be stuck in an endless loop, replying to one text after the other until we all died (Remember when everyone ended every textversation with a single smiley?)
ref: 2010 January 25, “2010 Techtiquette Part 2”, in Manila Bulletin:
text: You and your child are at the pirate ship park, tucked away in a gated area. Which means you can text your friend without checking your son's whereabouts every fifteen seconds. You're getting consistent LOLs and the occasional OMG—a relaxing, fun textversation.
ref: 2012, Laurie Kilmartin, Sh*tty Mom: The Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us, Abrams Image, →ISBN:
glosses: A conversation carried out through text messaging.
vlogosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vlogospheres
Etymology: From vlog + -o- + -sphere, after the pattern of blogosphere.
Senses: examples: text: A bit older than most of vlogging's main practitioners — who tend to be in their mid- to late-20s — the self-proclaimed baby boomer cites Hodson as one of two artists whose work attracted her to the vlogosphere.
ref: 2006, The Independent Film & Video Monthly, volume 29, page 32:
text: But even if you don't have movie-studio muscle to devote to your monologues, there are still ways to make a splash in the vlogosphere.
ref: 2006 September 24, Anna Kuchment, “Technology: Want to be a Video Star?”, in Newsweek:
text: The terrain conquered by these cyberpioneers? The blogopshere (and its videostreaming complement, the vlogosphere).
ref: 2013, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Inna Arzumanova, “Creative Authorship: Self-Actualizing Individuals and the Self-Brand”, in Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner, editors, Media Authorship, Routledge, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: The realm or culture of vlogs; all vlogs taken as a whole.
Related terms: blogosphere
elementaristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to elementarism
elementarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elementary + -ism.
Senses: synonyms: elementalism
glosses: The view that things are constructed from simpler elements.
topics: art
arts
glosses: A genre of painting that makes use of bold geometric shapes.
Related terms: elementarist
elementaristic
epigonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, a prehistoric culture of coastal Peru and Chile.
glosses: Near or surrounding the gonads (in the embryos of some fish).
glosses: Synonym of epigonic.
synonyms: word: epigonic
Heraclitean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to Heraclitus
YouTubian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more YouTubian
form: most YouTubian
Etymology: From YouTube + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: As large as the current Google database is, even bigger shocks are coming. An avalanche of digital video measured in exabytes (10 to the 18th power, or 1,000 petabytes) is hurtling down from the mountainsides of panicked Big Media and bubbling up from the YouTubian depths.
ref: 2006 October, George Gilder, “The Information Factories”, in Wired:
text: First I'm going to do something prototypically YouTubian: I'm going to talk about myself.
ref: 2008, John Green, "Introduction", in Alan Lastufka & Michael W. Dean, YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts, O'Reilly Media (2008), page ix
text: In these YouTubian times, there's a certain peril in conducting a multi-city stand-up comedy tour: Punch lines precede their progenitor.
ref: 2008 April 21, Teresa Wiltz, “Sharp Edge, Lethal Aim: Chris Rock Brings the Pain to D.C.”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of YouTube.
Synonyms: YouTubular
YouTubian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YouTubians
Etymology: From YouTube + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: YouTubians, as many of us now refer to ourselves, have started to focus not only on the events of our own lives and the expression of our own views, but on the welcome response of others, from not only around the nation, but around the world.
ref: 2006, Andrew Riggins, "Blogging will lead to face-to-face interaction" (letter to the editor), The Arkansas Traveler (University of Arkansas), Volume 101, Number 14, 20 September 2006, page 5
text: Millions of us YouTubians laughed, out-loud some of us, as we watched a middle aged lady walk into the retaining wall of an ornamental fountain, fall head first into the water, thrash around as if being attacked by piranhas for a few seconds, clamber out and then continue to shop as if nothing had happened.
ref: 2011 May, Tony Millin, “Public inconvenience”, in Cardiff Now, page 26:
text: I took a video and posted it to YouTube, where my fellow YouTubians charitably pointed out I was crazy.
ref: 2013 December 13, Del Stone Jr., “Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snap out of it!”, in Northwest Florida Daily News:
glosses: A user of video-sharing website YouTube.
Synonyms: YouTuber
e caudata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtə/
/ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtə/
Forms: form: e caudatae
form: e-caudata
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ē caudāta (literally “tailed e”).
Senses: glosses: A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
Used in Latin for a long ē that represents an etymological ⟨ae⟩ or ⟨oe⟩ diphthong, both of which diphthongs had phonologically merged into ⟨ē⟩ by the early Mediaeval period.
glosses: A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
Used in Middle and Early Modern Irish for ⟨e⟩, ⟨ae⟩, and ⟨ea⟩.
glosses: A form of the letter e modified by the addition of a diacritical “tail”: ⟨ę⟩.
Used in Old Norse for /æ(ː)/, representing the Proto-Germanic *a (as opposed to the Proto-Germanic *e).
Related terms: ogonek
o caudata
Goldonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɒlˈdəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ɡɔlˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ɡɑlˈ-/
ipa: /ɡoʊlˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Goldonian
form: most Goldonian
Etymology: From Goldoni + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of, the Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707–1793).
e caudatae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiː.kaʊˈdɑːtaɪ/
/ˈiː.kɔːˈdeɪtiː/
Etymology: From the Medieval Latin ē caudātae, the nominative plural form of ē caudāta.
Senses: glosses: plural of e caudata
gravicembalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹævɪˈtʃɛmbələʊ/
Forms: form: gravicembalos
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early form of piano derived from the harpsichord
neusis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεῦσις (neûsis).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A line segment of prescribed length, fitted between two given curves, part of a line that passes through a given point.
Synonyms: verging
neuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neusis
intensimetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to intensimetry
glosses: Measured using an intensimeter
anthros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthro
intensimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of acoustic power
Related terms: intensimetric
hypodorian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəʊˈdɔːɹi.ən/
Etymology: From hypo- + Dorian; see Dorian mode.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from A to D.
Hypophrygian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypophrygian.
hypolydian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + Lydian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from C to F.
hypomixolydian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + Mixolydian.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Describing a mode of church music represented by a major scale from D to G
melopiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melopianos
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of piano in which a system of hammers allows a note to be prolonged indefinitely
Petrarch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛtɹɑːk/
enpr: pĕtʹrärk
ipa: /ˈpɛtɹɑɹk/
ipa: /ˈpitɹɑɹk/
enpr: pĕtʹrärk
enpr: pēʹträrk
Etymology: From Petrarcha, Latinized version of Italian Petrarca.
Senses: glosses: Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374), Italian scholar and poet.
Derived terms: Petrarchal
Petrarchan
Petrarchesque
Petrarchian
Petrarchise
Petrarchism
Petrarchist
Petrarchistic
Petrarchistical
Petrarchize
polytextual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + textual.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Set to two or more texts simultaneously
couturial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From couture + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to couture
thoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thoil
revealings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revealing
Anzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒉎𒂂𒄷 (AN.IM.DUGUD^(MUŠEN) /⁠Anzû⁠/, “a mythical dragon-like bird”), origin unknown, perhaps from 𒀭 (An, “heaven”) + 𒍪 (zu, “to know”).
Senses: qualifier: Mesopotamian mythology
glosses: A divine storm-bird in several Mesopotamian religions.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Certain depictions of lion-headed eagles in Sumerian art.
embracings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embracing
semi-syllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semisyllabic.
glistenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glistening
semi-syllabary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-syllabaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semisyllabary.
get some air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets some air
form: getting some air
form: got some air
form: got some air
form: gotten some air
form: take some air
Senses: examples: text: [I]t was enough to send her rattling away again in a cab, through deserts of gritty streets, where many people crowded at the corner of courts and byways to get some air.
ref: 1870, Charles Dickens, chapter 20, in The Mystery of Edwin Drood:
text: [H]e took occasion to remark that it was lovely on the balcony: one really got some air, the breeze being from that quarter.
ref: 1891, Henry James, chapter 1, in The Patagonia:
text: "Ah, I see! You went for a little walk to get some air!"
ref: 1907, F. Marion Crawford, chapter 6, in The Diva's Ruby:
text: "You'd better begin to get some air and exercise and quit hanging about in the house all day."
ref: 1918, Booth Tarkington, chapter 30, in The Magnificent Ambersons:
text: "We got out of the van to get some air on the Gower peninsula."
ref: 1995 September 26, Nick Coleman, “Ropin' and a-rhymin'”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 23 Mar 2014:
text: Gaza City had become generally calmer on Thursday after a cease-fire between Fatah and Hamas, and residents had emerged into the streets to buy food and get some air.
ref: 2007 May 17, Steven Erlanger, Jon Elsen, “Israeli air strikes target Hamas in Gaza”, in New York Times, retrieved 23 Mar 2014:
glosses: To invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.
Related terms: catch one's breath
clear one's head
take a breather
take some air
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes some air
form: taking some air
form: took some air
form: taken some air
Senses: glosses: Synonym of get some air.
synonyms: word: get some air
wringings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wringing
adornings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adorning
hoverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hovering
summings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summing
joustings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jousting
braggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bragging
revisitings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revisiting
tootings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tooting
unburdenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unburdening
tunewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tune + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In terms of a tune.
rostralmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rostral + -most.
Senses: glosses: Most rostral.
ventralmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ventral + -most.
Senses: glosses: Most ventral.
mazework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maze + work.
Senses: examples: text: The deep plexus or fourth layer is a complicated mazework, frequently confused with certain adjacent structures.
ref: 1965, Facundo Valverde, Studies on the Piriform Lobe, page 83:
glosses: A labyrinthine structure.
multiprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + protection.
Senses: examples: text: MONY MODULE is a Completely New Multiprotection Plan. In one package, it offers various combinations of: 1. Retirement pension for the employee. 2. Death benefits for his dependents. 3. Income to his widow to supplement Social Security.
ref: 1953, Burroughs Clearing House, volume 38, page 50:
glosses: Offering multiple forms of protection.
Moyses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Mō̆ȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Moses (the Hebrew prophet)
synonyms: word: Moses
extra: the Hebrew prophet
dallyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dallying
loiterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loitering
waylayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waylaying
chantings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chanting
puffings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puffing
stationmistress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stationmistresses
Etymology: From station + mistress.
Senses: examples: text: At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line.
ref: 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: On the Corris and Festiniog Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 114:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.
stationmistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stationmistress
inlayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inlaying
inuendoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inuendo
forecastings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forecasting
tradings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trading
bumpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmpɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of bumping
nachleben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Despite the recent appearance of several excellent studies of Chaucer's nachleben over the last two centuries […]
ref: 2012, George G. Shuffleton, The Chaucer Review, volume 47, number 1, page 1:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nachleben.
reelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reeling
feelinglessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From feelingless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Lack of feelings or emotions.
sharings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharing
chalkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalking
squabblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squabbling
watchspring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watchsprings
Etymology: From watch + spring.
Senses: glosses: The mainspring in a mechanical watch (timepiece).
watchsprings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watchspring
bewilderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bewildering
engulphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engulph
engulphs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engulph
redoublings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redoubling
earmarkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earmarking
unmessupable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmessupable
form: most unmessupable
Etymology: From un- + mess up + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The error messages showed above seems to occur twice before the file is finally decoded! Is this just a little bit of quirkyness in Potato or have I really messed up the unmessupable? :)
ref: 1998 July 1, RProcess (quoting Samson), “Re: Potato questions”, in alt.privacy.anon-server (Usenet):
text: Vince Young made things – how can I say this is in a G-rated setting? – unmessupable in many respects.
ref: 2006 September 14, Michael Mosteller, “Inside Texas Football-post tO$U edition”, in alt.sports.college.utexas (Usenet):
text: Your father manages to outdo even me in the ability to mess up the unmessupable.
ref: 2007 July 13, bethgsd, “Re: OT - ripping music help”, in rec.pets.dogs.behavior (Usenet):
synonyms: word: unfuckupable
glosses: That cannot be messed up; impossible to get wrong.
chillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chilling
smellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smelling
seeings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seeing
perceivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perceiving
philosophisings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philosophising
deceivings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deceiving
guillotinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guillotining
purloinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purloining
imbezlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imbezlements
Senses: examples: c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court
[…] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
glosses: Obsolete form of embezzlement.
imbezlements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imbezlement
swappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swapping
druggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌɡɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of drugging
dismountings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dismounting
transformings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transforming
punishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of punishing
reboundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebounding
indrawings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indrawing
paperings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papering
corrodings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corroding
chauntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaunting
snowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowing
rainings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raining
rearrangings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rearranging
unwindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unwinding
whiskings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whisking
radicool
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radicool
form: most radicool
Etymology: Blend of radical + cool.
Senses: examples: text: Antonio sent me a tape and some radicool toys in a throw-up bag that was duct-taped closed.
ref: 1997 June 20, Genny De Suave, “checking in.....”, in alt.punk (Usenet):
text: It was a metal band that played Metallica and Black Sabbath covers. Cool thing was, instead of a bass, they had a tuba. Radicool.
ref: 1998 February 15, Noah Clockout, “Re: Poseur”, in alt.punk (Usenet):
text: Oh Zoinks! This really smurfs things up for me! Well, at least I now know why many of my friends might feel my slang isn't as radicool as I do.
ref: 1998 March 28, David W Miller, “Re: Slang (was: REVIEW: Vampire Science)”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
glosses: Cool, awesome.
mimickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimicking
repentings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repenting
clockspring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clocksprings
Etymology: From clock + spring.
Senses: glosses: A spring in a mechanical clock.
clocksprings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clockspring
wakenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakening
whackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whacking
convertible marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convertible mark
glampire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glampires
Etymology: Blend of glam + vampire.
Senses: examples: text: Well, it's basically a supernatural Dawson's Creek—a humiliatingly addictive soap opera in the meadows, with glampire Edward (Pattinson) as Dawson and Native American beefcake Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as Pacey.
ref: 2009 November 19, Aaron Mesh, “Women Who Run With the Werewolves: New Moon Reviewed”, in Willamette Week:
text: “Because they couldn't even tell a real vampire from a glampire. Lucy didn't know anything.”
ref: 2011, Hannah Jayne, Under Wraps, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 171:
text: […] Anyway, you have to go to Annandale today. It's your cure day surprise. You get to kill a glampire."
"Christ. One of those vampire poseurs?"
"Oh yes. With the white face paint and dopey satanic rituals and everything. […]
ref: 2011, Drew Magary, The Postmortal, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A glamorous or beautiful vampire; a person who pretends to be a vampire.
Related terms: sparklepire
polygonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polygonises
form: polygonising
form: polygonised
form: polygonised
Senses: glosses: UK spelling of polygonize.
nanny goats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanny goat
Lilliesleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village south-east of Selkirk, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5325).
Dryburgh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet beside the River Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Berwickshire (OS grid ref NT5932).
glosses: A surname.
Reston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛs.tən/
rhymes: -ɛstən
Forms: form: Restons
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, southwestern Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England, including the villages of North Reston (OS grid ref TA3883) and South Reston (OS grid ref TA4083).
glosses: A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8862).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Gadsden County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Restonian
Nisbet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Nesbitt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6725).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
because reasons
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: because of reasons
Senses: examples: text: Why would I change the syntax like that? Because reasons. Good or bad, what's done is done […]
ref: 2013 February 18, Steven D'Aprano, “Re: Differences creating tuples and collections.namedtuples”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet):
text: FW shoe-horned AM into Isstvan in HH2: Massacre, because reasons.
ref: 2013 October 25, Playa, “Re: [GW] Local Celebrity?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):
text: HotKrust just got the Orlando Sentinel award for "best of Orlando" in some category, I think "lunch spot" or something.
At any rate, I've not eaten there but I plan to next time I'm in town.
Because reasons.
ref: 2014 January 13, TC10K, “Re: Best Places to eat in Orlando?”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet):
text: They couldn't restore his hand since because reasons!!! ...that's why. honest. It's actually that simple. see television doesn't have to explain itself.
ref: 2014 January 17, ultra.m...@hotmail.com, “Prime Technology Question”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):
glosses: for reasons that are tangential, dubious or unknown