cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
whosever
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuzˌɛvəɹ/
ipa: /ˌhuzˈɛvəɹ/
Etymology: From whoever with who's replacing who.
Senses: examples: text: This would make J. Dumars come off the bench and sometimes give us a nice 3 guard line-up sometimes with Hunter at SG, Dumars at SF, and whosever in between the pg's from GS.
ref: 1997 January 7, Raj Capoor, “S. Augmon wants out cont'd”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.det-pistons (Usenet):
text: People keep passing the buck to whosever left to blame.
ref: 2000 July 20, Michael J. Sacks, “It's started already”, in alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs (Usenet):
text: He can only play whosever on the other side of the net.
ref: 2004 September 12, Storm, “Will Hewitt Make Tennis Slam History Tomorrow?”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):
glosses: whoever is.
degenerate matter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: matter which has sufficiently high density that the dominant contribution to its pressure arises from the Pauli exclusion principle.
enkindling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enkindle
enkindled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enkindle
watering holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watering hole
solemnities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solemnity
aff.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of affidavit.
glosses: Abbreviation of affair.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of affix.
glosses: Abbreviation of affiliation or affiliated (with).
aff.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: affinis; having affinity with (but not identical to)
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of affirmed, in case citations.
Synonyms: sense: affirmed
word: aff'd
case citation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case citations
Etymology: From case + citation.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A combination of numbers and abbreviations used in common law countries to identify an opinion of a court, including the names of the parties, case reporter, name of the court, and year of the decision, and sometimes the page of the opinion that is cited.
misjudge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misjudges
form: misjudging
form: misjudged
form: misjudged
Etymology: From mis- + judge.
Senses: examples: text: I misjudged you. I don't like your politics but I appreciate your loyalty to your friends.
glosses: To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.
Derived terms: misjudger
misjudgingly
sound effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound effect
sorrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sorrow
sorrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorrowings
Senses: examples: text: The daily sorrowings of grief and repentance are genuine emotions. It is simply not legitimate to maintain that the real emotions are the initial bursts of high-pitched passions[…]
ref: 2011, Clifford Williams, Existential Reasons for Belief in God:
glosses: The act of feeling sorrow.
subsisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subsist
scoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scour
rosen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊzən
Forms: form: more rosen
form: most rosen
Etymology: From Middle English rosen (“rosy”), from Old English rōsen (“of roses; rosy”), equivalent to rose + -en.
Senses: examples: text: In the year 1577. he confirmed the Fraternity of the Virgine Mary, and by Bull he gave Indulgences for a year unto all who would say a Rosen crown unto the Virgine, that is, if they would say five Paternosters, and fifty Ave Maryas.
ref: 1662, Alexander Petrie, A Compendious History of the Catholick Church:
text: Prediction, the Image whereof is a Crowne with a Rose, or a Rosen Crown, with the letter F seated or planted upon the same […] a certaine English Prince, whose name should begin with F, as for example, Frederike […]
ref: 2002, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Restoring the Temple of Vision:
glosses: Made of or consisting of roses.
glosses: Rosy; rose-coloured; ruddy.
rev.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of reversed, in case citations.
glosses: Abbreviation of revised.
rev.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of review.
glosses: Abbreviation of revision.
Filipina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /filiˈpinɐ/
ipa: /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/
Forms: form: Filipinas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).
Senses: examples: text: Recently, the police station at Nei-Hu district arrested about ten Filipina domestics and nursing workers who ran away from their employers.
ref: 2006 [1997 December 16], Shu-Ju Ada Cheng, “The Global Trade in Domestic Service”, in Serving the Household and the Nation: Filipina Domestics and the Politics of Identity in Taiwan (Sociology; Asian Studies), Lexington Books, sourced from United Daily News, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
text: Whether portrayed as masculine warriors, female seducers, or wayward mothers, Huk Amazons were regarded as extraordinary and unconventional Filipinas: communist guerrillas trained to fight as soldiers against the government and women who lived in the forests, fraternized with men, and had children outside marriage.
ref: 2009 April 22, Vina A. Lanzona, Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 31:
synonyms: Pinay
glosses: A female citizen or inhabitant of the Philippines, or descendant of such.
synonyms: Spaniard
Spanish
glosses: A female Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent.
Hypernyms: sense: female inhabitant
word: Filipinx
sense: female inhabitant
word: Filipin@
sense: female inhabitant
english: male form covering all genders
translation: male form covering all genders
word: Filipino
Derived terms: Filipin@
Filipinx
Related terms: Filipino
Filipina
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /filiˈpinɐ/
ipa: /fɪlɪˈpiːnə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish filipina f (feminine form of filipino).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to female inhabitants of the Philippines.
Hypernyms: Philippine
Filipino
Filipin@
Related terms: Filipino
down-regulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of downregulation.
Related terms: up-regulation
up-regulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of upregulation.
Related terms: down-regulation
monoallelically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monoallelic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a monoallelic manner
monoallelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + allelic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Involving a single allele
Derived terms: monoallelically
heterozygosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterozygosities
Etymology: From heterozygous + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being heterozygous.
Derived terms: transheterozygosity
Related terms: heterozygous
homozygosity
zygosity
neuroblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroblastomas
form: neuroblastomata
Etymology: From neuro- + blastoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body
Derived terms: aesthesioneuroblastoma
ganglioneuroblastoma
Related terms: neuroblastomal
protooncogene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protooncogenes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proto-oncogene.
farceuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farceuses
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French
Senses: glosses: A female farceur
farceur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑɹˈsɝ/
ipa: /fɑːˈsɜː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: farceurs
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French farceur.
Senses: examples: text: […] and as always, the best avenue for resolving rage is positive action. For the playwright, this has and does often take the form of satire, and perhaps the most outstanding farceur of the '60s was Joe Orton.
ref: 1987 August 22, Tom Grabosky, “Who Hears an Orton?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 7:
glosses: A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
glosses: A farcical comedian.
Related terms: farceuse
casuarina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæsu.əˈɹiːnə/
/ˌkæsu.əˈɹaɪnə/
Forms: form: casuarinas
Etymology: From the genus name, ultimately a derivative of Malay kasuari (“cassowary”), from the resemblance of the leaves to the bird's feathers.
Senses: examples: text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter III, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
[…] the noise made by the beating of the waves on the land and the sighing of the wind amongst the pendulous leaves—or rather pendant fringe of the casuarina or she-oak, those aeolian harps of the Australian bush, almost drowned their voices.
text: Lower down, in a little reach of the lagoon there grew a clump of casuarinas, those timid isolates that withdraw from other trees, selecting their own privacy, which is for ever whispering secrets up in their feathery fronds, set in motion by the slightest breeze.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 134:
glosses: Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
Derived terms: casuarina cockatoo
misalliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsəˈlaɪəns/
Forms: form: misalliances
Etymology: From mis- + alliance, partly after French mésalliance.
Senses: examples: text: A misalliance is more shocking to a Frenchman than to an Englishman, and Talleyrand was very French in his appreciation of the importance of family, and in his insistence upon outward correctness of behaviour.
ref: 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 97:
glosses: An unsuitable alliance, especially an unsuitable marriage.
misdid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past of misdo
misdo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈduː/
Forms: form: misdoes
form: misdoing
form: misdid
form: misdone
Etymology: From Middle English misdon, from Old English misdōn (“to do evil, transgress, do amiss, err”), from Proto-Germanic *missadōną (“to do wrongly”), from *missa- (“mis-”), *dōną (“to do”). Corresponding to mis- + do. Cognate with Old Frisian misdūa (“to misdo”), Dutch misdoen (“to offend, do wrongly”), Middle Low German misdōn (“to misdo”), Middle High German missetuon (“to transgress, offend, blame”). More at mis-, do.
Senses: synonyms: word: damage
word: harm
word: abuse
word: afflict
word: aggrieve
word: do evil
word: do harm
word: do ill
word: ill-treat
word: ill-use
word: make mischief
word: misdo
word: mistreat
word: molest
word: oppress
word: outrage
word: overburden
word: pain
word: persecute
word: run down
word: trample on
word: tread on
word: weigh down
word: weigh heavy on
glosses: To do evil; to commit misdeeds.
examples: text: Afford me place to ſhew what recompence / Towards thee I intend for what I have miſdone,[…]
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 57:
synonyms: word: err
word: mess up
word: blow it
word: bobble
word: boob
word: crap up
word: drop a bollock
word: drop the ball
word: err
word: flub
word: flub up
word: foul up
word: fuck up
word: goof
word: goof up
word: make a mistake
word: mess up
word: misdo
word: misstep
word: put a foot wrong
word: screw up
word: slip up
word: stuff up
word: stumble
word: trip over the wire
word: trip up
glosses: To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
examples: text: thēne cam out a duchesse / & Clarysyn the countesse with many ladyes & damoysels / and knelyng bifore kynge Arthur requyred hym for the loue of god to receyue the cyte / & not to take it by assaulte for thenne shold many gyltles be slayne / thēne the kyng aualyd his vyser with a meke & noble coūtenaūce / & said madame ther shal none of my subgettys mysdoo you ne your maydens
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
synonyms: word: damage
word: harm
word: abuse
word: annoy
word: bewound
word: damage
word: damnify
word: dere
word: do damage to
word: do for
word: do ill
word: do violence to
word: forwork
word: grieve
word: harm
word: harrow
word: hurt
word: injure
word: maul
word: misdo
word: put someone in hospital
word: scaith
word: scathe
word: vulnerate
word: wet
word: wound
glosses: To do harm to; to injure, mistreat.
Derived terms: misdoer
misdone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌn
Senses: glosses: past participle of misdo
misdoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misdoings
Senses: glosses: Wrongdoing.
examples: text: Anti-Corn-Law League asks not, Do something; but, Cease your destructive misdoing, Do ye nothing!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VIII, ’’Unworking Aristocracy’’”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
text: She questioned her husband concerning the convict's misdoings […].
ref: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 411:
glosses: An act of wrongdoing; a misdeed.
misdoing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misdo
misdirect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misdirects
form: misdirecting
form: misdirected
form: misdirected
Etymology: From mis- + direct.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, in all contexts, markets instill antisocial motivations in buyers and sellers, misprice items that are exchanged, misdirect aims regarding what to produce in what quantities and by what means, misremunerate producers, introduce class division and class rule, and embody an imperial logic that spreads itself throughout economic life.
ref: 2008, Chris Spannos, Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century, page 96:
text: In this account of events, the cards were stacked against Clemons from the beginning. His appeal lawyers have argued that he was physically beaten into making a confession, the jury was wrongfully selected and misdirected, and his conviction largely achieved on individual testimony with no supporting forensic evidence presented.
ref: 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To direct something wrongly
glosses: To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets.
glosses: To put the incorrect address on a mail item
Derived terms: misdirectedly
misdirectedness
misdirector
midwestern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-western
Etymology: From mid- + western.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Midwestern.
examples: text: Bermuda lies in the midwestern Atlantic.
glosses: Of or pertaining to any region identified as midwest
beemer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbimɚ/
ipa: /ˈbiːmə/
rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
homophone: beamer
Forms: form: beemers
form: Beemer
form: Beamer
form: bimmer
Etymology: Clipping of BMW + -er (used to form slang equivalents).
Senses: glosses: A BMW motorcycle or automobile.
Rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊlz/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊlz/
homophone: rolls
homophone: roles
rhymes: -əʊlz
Forms: form: Rolls
Senses: examples: text: An exclusive feature is the triple-safe brakes in the Rolls—two independent hydraulic systems plus mechanical linkage to the rear wheels.
ref: 1965 January, Jim Dunne, Alex Markovich, “How Plus is a Luxury Car?”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 125, number 1, Hearst Magazines, →ISSN, page 96:
text: Thus a $100,000 Rolls could earn a tax credit of $6,000 and first-year depreciation of almost $25,000.
ref: 1985 March, “A Loophole Big Enough For A Rolls”, in Changing Times, volume 39, number 3, Kiplinger Washington Editors, →ISSN, page 9:
text: Steven was taking his time pulling the Rolls convertible around to the door.
ref: 2008, Gail McFarland, Drem Runner, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Rolls-Royce automobile
Rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊlz/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊlz/
homophone: rolls
homophone: roles
rhymes: -əʊlz
Senses: glosses: A surname.
VW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /viːˈdʌbəljuː/
note: full form
ipa: /ˈvoʊkswæɡən/
Senses: examples: text: The big German carmakers Daimler, VW and BMW have already indicated they are aiming to comply with the new CO₂ targets regardless of the current situation.
ref: 2020 March 27, Gwyn Topham, Fiona Harvey, “Carmakers accused of trying to use crisis to avert emissions crackdown”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Volkswagen, a German car manufacturer.
Caps Lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăps lŏk
ipa: /kæps lɒk/
other: /kæps lɔk/
Forms: form: Caps Locks
form: caps lock
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A lock key on a computer keyboard, which, when pressed, causes all subsequently typed letters to be capitalised except those typed while holding the shift key.
take a picture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a picture
form: taking a picture
form: took a picture
form: taken a picture
Senses: examples: text: I took a picture of my family.
glosses: To photographically capture an image
glosses: Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer.
shake hands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shakes hands
form: shaking hands
form: shook hands
form: shaken hands
Senses: examples: text: Gerald was enthusiastic. After a while they shook hands, it being time to separate. And for a long time Selwyn sat there alone in the visitors' room, absent-eyed, facing the blazing fire of cannel coal.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
text: Shaking hands is probably the most common form of social touch in the U.S., and it’s thought to have originated many centuries ago as assurance that neither party was carrying a weapon.
ref: 2020 May 27, Mandy Oaklander, “The Coronavirus Killed the Handshake and the Hug. What Will Replace Them?”, in Time:
glosses: To grasp another person's hands as an expression of greeting, farewell, agreement, etc.
examples: text: ⁠But thou and I have shaken hands,
⁠Till growing winters lay me low;
⁠My paths are in the fields I know,
And thine in undiscover’d lands.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXXIX”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 61:
glosses: To part, to say farewell.
Derived terms: shaking hands and kissing babies
Related terms: handshake
shake hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Many a shake hands did I get from the neighbours’ sons, wishing me joy
ref: 1834, William Carleton, "Shane Fadh's Wedding", Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, Volume 1, p.178 (W. F. Wakeman)
text: He exchanged greetings with his rival, but their shake-hands was rather a cold one, and each looked the other askance, as if distrust was in their hearts.
ref: 1909, Frederick Lawton, translation of Jules Verne, The Chase of the Golden Meteor, p.44 (London: Grant Richards)
text: It was the first time a Minister ever left the country without a ceremonial goodbye and a shake hands at the airport, with the tall hats being doffed.
ref: 1967 July 27, Jack McQuillan, Livestock Marts Bill, 1967: Second Stage (Resumed). Seanad Debates, Vol.63 No.12 p.4 col.928
text: I wasn’t sure if it was goodbye, but as soon as I saw Terry I knew it was the last time I was going to see him, and the shake hands was the last shake hands I’d ever have with him.
ref: 2015 February 1, Brian D'Arcy, quoted in Cork Examiner "Terry Wogan's friend Father Brian D'Arcy tells of their emotional final handshake"
glosses: an instance of shaking hands; a handshake
low five
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low fives
Senses: examples: text: Lacking other options, you give yourself a celebratory low-five for becoming a master of the arcane arts.
ref: 2022, Kazerad, Katia: Embrace elitism, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), August 20 2022
glosses: A gesture of celebration or victory in which two people slap their hands together at waist level.
Related terms: high five
low five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: low fives
form: low fiving
form: low fived
form: low fived
Senses: glosses: To perform the low five gesture with someone.
anasyrma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anasyrmata
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀνάσυρμα (anásurma).
Senses: glosses: The gesture of lifting up the skirt or kilt to expose the buttocks or genitalia.
Ferrari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/
Forms: form: Ferraris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Ferrari.
Senses: examples: text: The film, written and directed by Michelle Ferrari, is filled with jaw-dropping moments: newsreel footage of white American families merrily competing in “genetic fitness” contests at state fairs where they were measured like livestock; a retelling of a pivotal court case where a teenage mother was forcibly sterilized by her mother; and the story of how the irrepressible inventor of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes became a champion of eugenics. […] One the most chilling parts of the film, which is available online, involves an appearance by Adolf Hitler. Ferrari shows how America’s sterilization policies inspired Nazi Germany’s leaders to launch their own eugenics program, which later led to genocide.
ref: 2018 October 16, John Blake, “When Americans tried to breed a better race: How a genetic fitness ‘crusade’ marches on”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
Coordinate terms: english: equivalent surname of English language origin
translation: equivalent surname of English language origin
word: Smith
Ferrari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/
Etymology: From Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari automotive company.
Senses: examples: text: Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said that he’s fulfilling a “childhood dream” by joining Ferrari in 2025 in his first social media post since his sensational move away from Mercedes was announced on Thursday.
ref: 2024 February 3, Patrick Sung, “Lewis Hamilton says he’s fulfilling ‘childhood dream’ by joining Ferrari”, in CNN:
glosses: Ferrari S.p.A., an Italian sports car manufacturer.
Ferrari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːɹi/
Forms: form: Ferraris
Etymology: From Enzo Ferrari, founder of the Ferrari automotive company.
Senses: examples: text: The Ferraris pressed the self-destruct button, Lewis Hamilton lost his spot on the podium, and there were champagne moments for Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz Jr.
ref: 2019 November 17, Sarah Holt, “Verstappen wins Brazilian GP as Ferraris collide AND Gasly and Sainz claim first F1 podiums”, in CNN:
text: If ever in your life you have the opportunity to drive a Ferrari, you should take it. Ferraris are, by and large, a special combination of power and speed smoothed over with a level of refinement other supercars can’t quite match.
ref: 2020 September 19, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “I hate to say it, but Ferrari’s new convertible is worth every penny”, in CNN:
synonyms: 'rari
glosses: A car manufactured by Ferrari.
brami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæmi/
ipa: /ˈbɹɑːmi/
Forms: form: bramis
Etymology: Blend of bra + cami
Senses: examples: text: Janay by played Ardelia Lovelace skates in a sports brami and a heavy pant that brings to mind 90's singer Aaliyah's Tommy Hilfiger look.
ref: 2020 August, Brittany Swearingen, “Skate Fashion as Seen on HBO's Betty”, in The Spot Mag, page 12:
glosses: An item of clothing which combines elements of a bra and a camisole.
clean sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clean sheets
Senses: glosses: An absence of debts or indictments.
examples: text: Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.
ref: 2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
text: Nigeria had scored only three goals in three games, all against Australia, but they had also kept two clean sheets and their defensive organisation continued to frustrate England immensely.
ref: 2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A game played without having conceded a goal.
raw_tags: not in the US and Canada
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clean, sheet.
Derived terms: start with a clean sheet
Related terms: english: same concept applied to ice hockey and US/Canadian soccer
translation: same concept applied to ice hockey and US/Canadian soccer
word: shutout
chinkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinky
glosses: plural of chinkie
SFDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SFDRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of spurious-free dynamic range.
misgovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misgovernments
Etymology: From mis- + government.
Senses: glosses: Bad government.
examples: text: DON JOHN. (talking of the alleged "vile encounters" of Hero with her lover)
Fie, fie! they are not to be nam'd, my lord,
Not to be spoke of;
There is not chastity enough in language
Without offence to utter them. Thus, pretty lady,
I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.
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 IV, scene i]:
glosses: Failure to restrict oneself; improper behavior; misconduct.
Synonyms: misgovernance
misgovernance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misgovernances
form: misgouvernance
form: misgouvernaunce
form: misgovernaunce
Etymology: From mis- + governance.
Senses: glosses: Bad governance.
misgovern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misgoverns
form: misgoverning
form: misgoverned
form: misgoverned
Etymology: From mis- + govern.
Senses: glosses: To govern badly or wrongly.
Derived terms: misgovernance
misgoverned
misgoverning
misgovernment
misgovernor
fluorescent lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorescent lamps
Senses: glosses: A gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.
Derived terms: compact fluorescent lamp
mishandle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈhændəl/
Forms: form: mishandles
form: mishandling
form: mishandled
form: mishandled
Etymology: From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mishondelje, West Frisian mishandelje, Dutch mishandelen (“to mistreat”), German misshandeln (“to mistreat”).
Senses: examples: text: If you mishandle a fragile package, the contents may break.
text: The obvious advantages of this method of new motor vehicle delivery over long distances,, which the L.M.R. says dealers and ultimate customers are beginning to appreciate, are all-weather reliability, arrival in mint condition and with only a very small mileage "on the clock", and the assurance that the car has not been mishandled during its running-in period; […].
ref: 1962 October 24, “Talking of Trains: L.M.R. car-carrying success”, in Modern Railways, page 224:
glosses: To manipulate something roughly, causing physical damage.
examples: text: The prime minister was accused of mishandling the diplomatic crisis.
text: Naturally, the wisdom of striking to remedy grievances was questioned; but there were few dissentients from the view that the Government and B.T.C. are mishandling the human relations involved.
ref: 1962 November 24, “Talking of Trains: The one-day strike”, in Modern Railways, page 291:
text: On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and overuses antibiotics in ways that harm us all.
ref: 2009 August 22, Nicholas Kristof, “Food for the Soul”, in The New York Times:
text: Mr. Trump faces 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act, which makes it a crime to mishandle national security secrets.
ref: 2023 July 18, Charlie Savage, “Trump Documents Hearing Could Set Off Lengthy Fight Over Classified Evidence”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
Synonyms: sense: manipulate roughly
word: misuse
sense: manipulate roughly
word: abuse
sense: manipulate roughly
word: handle roughly
sense: manipulate roughly
word: handle incorrectly
sense: manipulate roughly
word: maul
sense: handle a situation incorrectly
word: mismanage
mishandle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈhændəl/
Forms: form: mishandles
Etymology: From Middle English mishandlen, equivalent to mis- + handle. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mishondelje, West Frisian mishandelje, Dutch mishandelen (“to mistreat”), German misshandeln (“to mistreat”).
Senses: glosses: Rough manipulation which causes physical damage.
glosses: Ineffective or incorrect deal.
glosses: Improper, wrong, or bad usage or treatment; abuse.
misjudgment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misjudgments
form: misjudgement
Etymology: From mis- + judgment.
Senses: examples: text: In view of the excessive difference in permitted and actual speeds the Inspecting Officer rejects any claim to misjudgment of speed and considers the driver had not sufficient control over the train.
ref: 1960 September, “Talking of Trains: Accident at Holmes Chapel”, in Trains Illustrated, page 522:
glosses: An act of misjudging; a mistake in judgment.
misjudgments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misjudgment
misname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsneɪm/
ipa: /mɪsˈneɪm/
Forms: form: misnames
Etymology: From mis- + name.
Senses: examples: text: Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences.
ref: 1994, Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Folk Roots and Mythic Wings in Sarah Orne Jewett and Toni ...:
text: And it was a misname, because the woman who stood before him now in all her naked glory presented a picture beauteous beyond belief—to Vagn, leastways.
ref: 2010, Sandra Hill, A Tale of Two Vikings:
glosses: A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
misname
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsneɪm/
ipa: /mɪsˈneɪm/
Forms: form: misnames
form: misnaming
form: misnamed
form: misnamed
Etymology: From mis- + name.
Senses: examples: text: Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers.
ref: 1990, Library Journal, page 9:
synonyms: miscall#Verb
hypernyms: misidentify
glosses: To call by a wrong name.
examples: text: Near-synonym: misnomer
text: Elsewhere is pain in looking back on the blotted page misnamed Experience.
ref: 1860 September, J. W. E., “Our Autumnal Haunts in Leicestershire”, in Macphail’s Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal and Literary Review, volume XXX, number CLXXVII, Edinburgh: Myles Macphail, […]; London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., published October 1860 (number), 1861, section V (The Bridge across the Soar), page 140:
text: The Intelligence Office proved to be as much misnamed as those institutions usually are, and varying degrees of unintelligence were shown in the candidates offered for the position of cook at Boxley Hall; […]
ref: 1904, Carolyn Wells, “Servants”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, pages 69–70:
glosses: To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly.
Derived terms: misnamer
Related terms: give a bad name
misplay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈpleɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɪspleɪ/
Forms: form: misplays
form: misplaying
form: misplayed
form: misplayed
Etymology: From mis- + play.
Senses: examples: text: I misplayed that tennis shot: I should have hit it to her right instead of her left.
text: If there were any misplayed notes or misplucked strings, this listener blissfully unaware of them.
ref: 1979, High Fidelity Incorporating Musical America - Volume 29, page 32:
glosses: To play incorrectly or poorly.
misplay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈpleɪ/
ipa: /ˈmɪspleɪ/
Forms: form: misplays
Etymology: From mis- + play.
Senses: examples: text: His misplay in the bridge tournament was penalized when it was noted he'd broken the rules.
glosses: A wrong play.
misquotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misquotations
Etymology: From mis- + quotation.
Senses: examples: text: My misquotation of Hamlet during the Shakespeare lecture brought laughs. I wish I'd done it on purpose.
text: There were some misquotations of a conversation with another member of the cast after the show, but rather than nitpick about misinterpretation, I want to address the real issues […]
ref: 1986 August 9, Gail Ann Williams, “Ladies Against Women Responds”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: An incorrect quotation.
misquotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misquotation
misreport
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈmɪsɹɪˌpɔː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: misreports
form: misreporting
form: misreported
form: misreported
Etymology: From Middle English misreporten, equivalent to mis- + report.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: misstate
text: The wrong judgment that misleads us , and makes the will often fasten on the worse side , lies in misreporting upon the various comparisons of thes
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
text: Often, she would discover facts that had been overlooked or misreported by the mainstream press.
ref: 2009, David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, Roy Morris, Seeking a Voice, page 156:
hypernyms: misrepresent
coordinate_terms: missummarize
glosses: To report erroneously; to give an incorrect account of.
Derived terms: misreporter
Related terms: misspeak
misreport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsɹɪˈpɔː(ɹ)t/
ipa: /ˈmɪsɹɪˌpɔː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: misreports
Etymology: From Middle English mysreport, equivalent to mis- + report.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: misstatement
hypernyms: misrepresentation
glosses: A false report.
misspend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misspends
form: misspending
form: misspent
form: misspent
Etymology: From Middle English misspenden, equivalent to mis- + spend.
Senses: examples: text: I misspent my youth making friends and meeting people. Wait a minute: that's the secret of my success!
text: Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
glosses: To spend poorly, incorrectly or unwisely.
Derived terms: misspender
misspending
misguidance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misguidances
Etymology: From mis- + guidance.
Senses: examples: text: They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.
ref: 2015, Mustafa Khattab, transl., The Clear Quran, →ISBN, surah 2, verse 16:
glosses: Bad guidance.
misguidances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misguidance
misguide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misguides
form: misguiding
form: misguided
form: misguided
Etymology: From mis- + guide.
Senses: examples: text: On the whole it were better to misguide a child in knowledge, which it can remedy later, than to mistone it in feeling, for which there is no remedy. A jarring note implanted in its nature might spoil the music of its life […]
ref: 1895, Henry Maudsley, The Pathology of Mind, page 541:
text: 1988, Michael Weikath, "Keeper of the Seven Keys", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II.
Will o' the wisps / Misguiding your path / You can't throw a curse / Without takin' their wrath
hyponyms: misinform
synonyms: mislead
glosses: To guide poorly or incorrectly; to lead astray or into error.
Derived terms: misguider
misguidingly
misplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misplacements
Etymology: From mis- + placement.
Senses: examples: text: His misplacement of his foot sprained his ankle.
text: The misplacement of the supply shed at the far corner of the field resulted in great loss of time.
text: The surveyor is usually called in after the occupation is discovered to be foreign and therefore an encroachment; then the misplacement is found to be the result of a missurvey, or no survey.
ref: 1967, American Society of Civil Engineers, Journal of the Surveying and Mapping Division, page 122:
glosses: Bad placement.
misplacements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misplacement
misshape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsʃeɪp/
ipa: /mɪsˈʃeɪp/
Forms: form: misshapes
Etymology: From mis- + shape.
Senses: examples: text: The one of them, that elder did appeare,
 With her dull eyes did seeme to looke askew,
 That her mis-shape much helpt [...].
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A misshapen person; a misshapen body.
examples: text: Mis-shapes, mistakes, misfits
 Raised on a diet of broken biscuits.
ref: 1995, Jarvis Cocker et al., Mis-Shapes:
glosses: A misshapen object; now especially, a broken item (especially food) sold individually at a cheaper price.
misshape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsʃeɪp/
ipa: /mɪsˈʃeɪp/
Forms: form: misshapes
form: misshaping
form: misshaped
form: misshaped
form: misshapen
Etymology: From mis- + shape.
Senses: examples: text: Major Rawls drove us to our motel […] where a swimming pool with underwater lights had the disturbing effect of substantially enlarging and misshaping the swimmers.
ref: 1989, John Irving, chapter 9, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1990, page 601:
glosses: To shape badly or incorrectly.
Derived terms: misshaper
Related terms: misshapen
mistakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mistakable
form: most mistakable
form: mistakeable
Etymology: From mistake + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Frankie "Its okay Chunk. Any of us could've made that mistake, right guys?"
Pipsqueak/Num Nuns "uh huh" / "of course"
Mr. Squiggles "Absolutely mistakable."
ref: 2017, “If Wishes Were Rainbows”, in The ZhuZhus:
glosses: Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.
Synonyms: confusing
Derived terms: mistakably
muckrake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muckrakes
Etymology: From muck + rake.
Senses: glosses: A rake for scraping up dung.
muckrake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: muckrakes
form: muckraking
form: muckraked
form: muckraked
Etymology: From muck + rake.
Senses: examples: text: To think that he cares about nothing save the possibility of being found out and made ridiculous! All his friends have been ‘muckraked,’ as he calls it, and he has sat aloft and smiled over their plight; he was the landed gentleman, the true aristrocrat, whom the worries of traders and money-changers didn’t concern.
ref: 1914, Upton Sinclair, Sylvia's Marriage:
text: His book, published this month, combines the muckraking approach of Eric Schlosser’s “Fast Food Nation” with the wry travelogue approach of a Michael Moore movie.
ref: 2020 September 24, Alex Williams, “The Ugly (and Glorious) Truth About American Supermarkets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2020:
glosses: To search for and expose corruption or scandal, especially as a form of investigative journalism.
Related terms: muckraker
muckraking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muckrake
double-park
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double-parks
form: double-parking
form: double-parked
form: double-parked
form: double park
form: doublepark
Senses: glosses: To park a car next to a car already parked on the side of a street, obstructing traffic.
double-digit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Taiwan proposed on Thursday $19 billion in defence spending for next year, a double-digit increase on 2022 that includes funds for new fighter jets, weeks after China staged large-scale military exercises around the island it views as its territory.
ref: 2022 August 25, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan aims for big rise in defence spending amid escalating China tension”, in Himani Sarkar, Gerry Doyle, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2022, Aerospace & Defense:
glosses: Being a number between 10 and 99 inclusive, a number that requires two digits to write in base 10.
Synonyms: double-figure
double-dealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double-dealers
form: double dealer
Senses: glosses: One who double deals; a cheat or crook.
Related terms: double-crosser
double-dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double-dealer
double-dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌdʌbəlˈdiːlɪŋ/
Forms: form: doubledealing
Etymology: From the practice of dealing oneself multiple cards in order to gain an advantage in a game.
Senses: examples: text: You low-down, no-good, double-dealing sidewinder!
glosses: Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.
raw_tags: of a person
double-dealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdʌbəlˈdiːlɪŋ/
Forms: form: double-dealings
form: doubledealing
Etymology: From the practice of dealing oneself multiple cards in order to gain an advantage in a game.
Senses: glosses: deceit or treachery
ordinal numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinal number
couldst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kʊdst/
/kʊtst/
/kədst/
/kətst/
Forms: form: cou'dst
form: could'st
form: couldest
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of can
non-smoking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonsmoking
Etymology: From non- + smoking. The noun is back-formed from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: We want a table in the non-smoking section.
text: The practice of labelling non-smoking compartments originated in Great Britain on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, which made the innovation on March 1, 1920. Compartments so labelled had been a familiar feature on Continental railways for many years before that time.
ref: 1957 May 24, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Non-Smoking" Compartments”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
text: A recent public-opinion poll in local trains to and from representative large cities showed 52 per cent of passengers to prefer travel in non-smoking and 38 per cent in smoking accommodation, whilst 10 per cent expressed indifference. The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke.
ref: 1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205:
text: It amused me, by the way, when I was told on the Jacobite steam service in Scotland that "this is a non-smoking train". I was looking up at the sky and saw a quarter-mile-long duvet of steam and smoke that the locomotive had laid there.
ref: 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54:
synonyms: smoke-free
glosses: Having restrictions on smoking.
examples: text: We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.
glosses: Using no tobacco products.
Related terms: non-smoker
no smoking
non-smoking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsmoking
Etymology: From non- + smoking. The noun is back-formed from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, your Honor: non-smoking has been our policy in all of our hotel rooms for at least twenty years, and Mr Jones clearly knew that.
text: Regular exercise, a healthy diet, moderation of alcohol use, non-smoking, and annual checkups can all reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
glosses: The act of abstaining from smoking; a policy of doing so.
enthroned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From enthrone + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enthrone
enthroned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enthrone + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Placed upon a throne.
glosses: Formally inaugurated.
Synonyms: bethroned
drinking water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinking waters
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: tap water (for washing and, ideally, drinking too)
text: One day a saint, wandering in the vicinity in search of drinking water, fainted. As he regained his senses, he could hear the trickle of water running from the Pot. He drank his fill and since then the spring has never gone dry.
ref: 2001, Philip E. LaMoreaux with Judy T. Tanner, Springs and Bottled Waters of the World, →ISBN, page 166:
text: It seems unlikely that the ancient Maya would have ventured into Actun Pech in search of drinking water when it could have been more easily and regularly procured from local wells. Rather, the water collected from Actun Pech and other caves discussed below, was likely valued for its remote and sacred origin.
ref: 2013, James E. Brady with Keith M. Prufer, In the Maw of the Earth Monster: Mesoamerican Ritual Cave Use, →ISBN:
hypernyms: water
drink#Noun
beverage#Noun
<
liquid#Noun
<
substance#Noun
glosses: Water that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.
hymnography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From hymn + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: Parallel to this - and at the same time - hymnography flourishes, reaching its high point at the end of the first millennium.
ref: 2005, Maria Vasilakē, Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium, →ISBN, page 76:
glosses: The art of composing hymns.
Related terms: hymnographer
hymnographical
hymnographically
-eous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: -ēəs
ipa: /-i.əs/
enpr: -ĭəs
ipa: /-ɪəs/
Forms: form: -uous
Etymology: From earlier -uous, alteration of -wose, -wos, a variant of -wise, from Middle English -wise, -wis, -wys, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”). More at -wise.
Senses: examples: righteous, mighteous, thefteous, lighteous, misteous, timeous, wrongeous
glosses: Used with nouns to form adjectives with the sense of resembling or having the characteristics of the suffixed term; similar to -ous.
-eous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: -ēəs
ipa: /-i.əs/
enpr: -ĭəs
ipa: /-ɪəs/
Etymology: Chiefly from -ous with preceding vowel (compare -ious); compare also Latin -eus; but also by concatenation with English -te (an earlier form of -ty).
Senses: glosses: Used to form adjectives meaning resembling or having characteristics of the related term.
Related terms: -aceous
-aneous
-ious
-uous