cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
EPSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic performance support system; a computerized resource created to provide support on an as needed basis.
fraktur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæktuːɹ/
Forms: form: frakturs
form: Fraktur
form: fractur
form: Fractur
Etymology: 1886 fractur, 1904 fraktur, from German Fraktur, from Latin frāctūra (“breaking”, noun), from frangere (“to break”), past participle fractus. Compare English fracture, fraction. Doublet of fracture.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A style of black letter type, used especially in German-speaking countries from the 16th century until World War II.
glosses: A Pennsylvania German document style, incorporating watercolor illustration and fraktur lettering.
titfuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titfucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tit fuck.
wost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English wost, from Old English wāst (also wǣst), from Proto-Germanic *waist, second person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to wit, know”). More at English wit.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of wit
tuberal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tuber + -al.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a tuber
Derived terms: condylotuberal
intertuberal
perituberal
mot d'ordre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌməʊˈdɔːdɹə/
Forms: form: mots d'ordre
Etymology: Borrowed from French mot d'ordre.
Senses: examples: text: With the outbreak of full-scale war, the army received strict instructions to avoid set-piece battles with the French […]. Guerrilla warfare was the mot d'ordre.
ref: 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 238:
glosses: A watchword or slogan; a statement of policy, a plan.
Knight Templar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Knight Templars
form: Knights Templar
form: Knights Templars
Etymology: From knight + Templar (ultimately from Latin templum (“temple”), notably the Temple Mount in Jerusalem).
Senses: examples: text: [T]he ſame Caſtels were delyuered into the handes of Roberte de Poyꝛon, Toſtes de Saint Omer, and Roberte Haſtings, thꝛee Knightes templers, […]
ref: 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “Henry the seconde”, in The Laste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume II, London: […] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, page 400, column 2:
text: Heraclius patriarcha Hierosolymitanus ecclesiam militibus Templariis consecravit, […]
ref: 1610, William Camden, “[Trinobantes.] Midle-sex.”, in Philémon Holland, transl., Britain, or A Chorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press for] Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, →OCLC, page 427:
text: The rest of Prince John’s retinue consisted of the favourite leaders of his mercenary troops, some marauding barons and profligate attendants upon the court, with several Knights Templars and Knights of St John.
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 143:
text: Following these conversions, the Knights Templars noted their exhaustion from the wearisome Crusade which began over two years earlier in Rome. The French knight mentioned how he longed to once again see Friar Peter the Meek; as he too was a member of the original crusading party selected by Pope Boniface VIII and King Horik. Both Knights Templars took pride in their close friendship with the Irish monk; […]
ref: 2006, Anthony Robert Sebelin II, gods of Old, Gods of New: A Mysteriously Romantic New World Saga, volume I (Perilous Adventures of Faith and Glory), Ramsay, Mont.: Liberty Maximus Press, →ISBN, page 581:
glosses: A knightly member of the crusader age military order of Templars
glosses: A member of a York rite masonic order
Derived terms: neo-Templarism
Knight Templardom
Knight Templarism
Related terms: word: Knights Templar
word: Knight Templary
halach uinic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Forms: form: halach uinics
form: halach uinicil
form: halach-uinic
form: Halach Uinic
form: halach uinik
form: Halach Uinik
Etymology: From Spanish, from the original Mayan jalach wíinik (literally “real man (?)”).
Senses: glosses: A Mayan governor (either preconquest or colonial).
military order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military orders
Senses: examples: The Teutonic Knights, Knights Templars and St. John's Hospitallers are famous military orders which crusaded within Europe and/or in the Holy Land
glosses: An order of knighthood which has a military (typically crusading) as well as a spiritual vocation.
ecoartist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoartists
Etymology: From eco- + artist.
Senses: glosses: A person who uses art to bring about awareness of environmental issues.
glosses: A person who uses reclaimed and recycled materials as their media to create art, causing as little damage to the environment as possible.
glosses: A person who uses only natural materials found in the environment as their media to create art.
primitivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primitivist
therethrough
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + through.
Senses: examples: text: When the system is in the form of a matrix with drug distributed therethrough, particles of the drug can be mixed with the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer […]
ref: 1984, D A Jones, Transdermal and related drug delivery systems:
glosses: Through that.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
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whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
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wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
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wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
transdermally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transdermal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a transdermal manner.
neo-luddite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-luddite
form: most neo-luddite
Senses: examples: text: Nick Hilton, host of a neo-luddite podcast called The Ned Ludd Radio Hour, has invited me over for a cup of tea.
ref: 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of neo-Luddite.
neo-luddite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-luddites
Senses: examples: text: Wisecracking on the brink, the TrashFuture gang have no time for the brisk dismissal of groups like the neo-luddites, but neither are they all that keen to start an assault on the world’s computer farms, delivering the pre-emptive blow to future AIs that Yudkowsky has called for in print.
ref: 2024 February 17, Tom Lamont, “‘Humanity’s remaining timeline? It looks more like five years than 50’: meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of neo-Luddite.
Praguians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Praguian
Bratislavans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bratislavan
Budapestians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Budapestian
Ljubljanans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ljubljanan
unpriced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + priced.
Senses: synonyms: word: priceless
glosses: Not having a price set or shown; not priced.
glosses: Valuable beyond price; priceless.
Samburu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samburu
form: Samburus
Etymology: From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group of semi-nomadic pastoralists of north central Kenya, related to but distinct from the Maasai.
Samburu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an old Maasai word, saamburr, for the leather bag the Samburu use.
Senses: glosses: Their Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language.
Bucharestians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bucharestian
Belgradians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Belgradian
curvilinearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more curvilinearly
form: most curvilinearly
Etymology: From curvilinear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a curvilinear way.
curvilinearity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curvilinearities
Etymology: From curvilinear + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being curvilinear.
curvilinearities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curvilinearity
therethroughout
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + throughout.
Senses: examples: text: Still another way of practicing the process is to provide cured liners or sheets having the particles distributed therethroughout […]
ref: 1980, Paul G Stecher, New dental materials:
glosses: Throughout that.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
hereinunder
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
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hitherto
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hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
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thatwise
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thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
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thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
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thereafter
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thereagain
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therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
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thereby
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therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
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theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
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whenas
whenever
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whensoever
whensomever
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whereso
wheresoever
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whereto
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whereunto
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wherewithin
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whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
monkeywrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey-wrenching
form: monkey wrenching
Etymology: From monkey wrench + -ing, popularized by environmental activist Edward Abbey in the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975).
Senses: examples: text: The solitary and relatively anonymous character of monkeywrenching gave that activity a peculiar role within the movement. To openly discuss specific actions was to invite arrest; in theory, Earth First!ers^([sic]) could not, therefore, discuss monkeywrenching activities in detail at their gatherings.
ref: 1995, Martha F. Lee, Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
text: In reality, says one of his closest friends and an active monkey wrencher who prefers anonymity, “Ed was reporting what he saw around him. Truth be told, monkey wrenching is not even controversial in many areas of the Southwest.[…]
ref: 2010, James Bishop, Epitaph For A Desert Anarchist: The Life And Legacy Of Edward Abbey, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 132:
synonyms: ecodefence
ecotage
glosses: The commission of usually illegal but nonviolent acts of sabotage motivated by environmentalism.
wikipedia: Edward Abbey
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Related terms: monkey-wrencher
ecoanarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + anarchism.
Senses: glosses: A school of thought within anarchism which puts an emphasis on environmental issues.
Derived terms: ecoanarchist
therearound
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From there + around.
Senses: glosses: Around that or them.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
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herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
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hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
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herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
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however
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howsoever
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thatwise
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thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
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thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
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thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
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whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
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wheremid
whereof
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whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
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whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Nicosians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nicosian
Sarajevans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sarajevan
Zagrebians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zagrebian
thereover
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: thereo'er
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English therover, tharover, from Old English þǣrofer, equivalent to there + over. Cognate with Dutch daarover (“thereover”), Middle Low German darover (“thereover”), German darüber (“thereover”), Danish derover (“thereover”), Swedish däröver (“thereover”).
Senses: examples: text: The collector sheet preferably has embossing to help spread liquids flowing thereover, to increase heat transfer to the liquid flowing thereover […]
ref: 1977, J. K. Paul, Solar heating and cooling: recent advances:
glosses: Over that.
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
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herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
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heremid
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hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
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however
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thenceforth
thenceforward
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thencefrom
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thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
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thereagain
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therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
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therebetween
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thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
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thereinabove
thereinafter
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theremid
thereof
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thereout
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
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thereup
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therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
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thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
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whenever
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wheresoever
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1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
Osloite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Oslo + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Oslo.
Osloite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Osloites
Etymology: From Oslo + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Oslo.
Seoulite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Seoul + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Seoul.
Seoulite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seoulites
Etymology: From Seoul + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Seoul.
Eichmann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eichmanns
Etymology: After Otto Adolf Eichmann (1906–1962), "the architect of the Holocaust".
Senses: examples: text: Hence, no special moral or political perversion is required to produce an Eichmann; it might be said that there are thousands of potential Eichmanns.
ref: 1968, William Phillips, A sense of the present:
text: Their arguments usually involve holding variants of the claim that the life of an Eichmann or a Stalin could not have been an integrated one...
ref: 1992, Ian Shapiro, Political Criticism:
text: One can imagine an Eichmann who was capable of questioning the meaning of this or that defense for his actions that he might give...
ref: 1996, Lenore Langsdorf, Stephen H Watson, E Marya Bower, Phenomenology, interpretation, and community:
text: Does the notion of a scientific gaze and the impersonality of method allow for an Eichmann in the scientist in all of us?
ref: 2004, Alan P. Lightman, Daniel R Sarewitz, Christina Desser, Living with the Genie: essays on technology and the quest for human mastery:
text: "I've been accused of playing an Eichmann-like role in supporting an evil policy."
ref: 2005, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi, The worlds of Herman Kahn: the intuitive science of thermonuclear war:
glosses: One who willingly participates in immoral or destructive actions without ethical qualms because the actions are acceptable to society.
Related terms: little Eichmann
Skopjans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Skopjan
cordeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cordeau
solarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solarisations
Etymology: From solar + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of solarization.
solarisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solarisation
Delhian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Delhi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Delhi.
Synonyms: Delhiite
Delhian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delhians
Etymology: From Delhi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Delhi.
Synonyms: Delhiite
Sofians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sofian
solarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsoʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌsəʊləɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: solarizations
form: solarisation
Etymology: From solarize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Exposure to the rays of the sun
glosses: fumigation of soil by covering it with a plastic sheet and exposing it to the sun
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Whole or partial reversal of tone in a negative or photographic print, such that dark areas appear light or vice versa
Related terms: biosolarization
solarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solarization
tubuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubulus
Jakartan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Jakarta + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Jakarta
Jakartan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jakartans
Etymology: From Jakarta + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Jakarta.
solarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: solarizes
form: solarizing
form: solarized
form: solarized
form: solarise
Etymology: From solar + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To subject to solarization.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: To overexpose.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: To become overexposed.
examples: text: In areas with abundant sunlight, you can solarize the soil to disinfect it of fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and even weed seeds (see page 83).
ref: 2000, Beth Hanson, Natural Disease Control, →ISBN, page 97:
text: The best time to solarize is when the sun is at its hottest, at mid summer.
ref: 2005, Victoria Renoux, For the Love of Garlic: The Complete Guide to Garlic Cuisine, →ISBN, page 106:
text: Another even more effective method is to heavily douse the area with common grocery store vinegar (white or apple cider), and then cover it with plastic and solarize it for two weeks. If after two weeks you still have problems, apply more vinegar and solarize for the rest of the summer and try again next year. Remember to clean the land before you solarize.
ref: 2016, Caleb Warnock, Stress-Free Vegetable Gardening: Thriving Gardens with Minimal Effort, →ISBN:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: To treat soil by covering with plastic and exposing to sunlight.
examples: text: Other factors come into play when trying to solarize a home.
ref: 2008, David Black, Living Off the Grid, →ISBN:
text: In 2006, China passed the United States to become the world's third largest producer of the cells, after Germany and Japan -- the latter two being the two most solarized nations in the world.
ref: 2008, Brian Hicks, Chris Nelder, Profit from the Peak, →ISBN:
text: The development of the technology of utility grid feedback and the study of its economics give rise to the hope of a solarized society with homes completely powered by photovoltaic solar electric arrays and electric cars run off the sun's energy.
ref: 2012, B.B.P. Lim, Solar Energy Applications in the Tropics, →ISBN:
glosses: To convert to using solar energy.
solarizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solarize
solarizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of solarize
solarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solarize
Rangoonese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Rangoon + -ese.
Senses: glosses: of, from or pertaining to Rangoon (Yangon)
Rangoonese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rangoonese
Etymology: From Rangoon + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Rangoon.
jardinières
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jardinière
Tiranans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tiranan
Genevans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Genevan
Osloites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Osloite
Seoulites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seoulite
Delhians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delhian
Bangkoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bangkokers
Etymology: From Bangkok + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Bangkok.
Synonyms: Bangkokian
Jakartans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jakartan
Hanoian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːˈnɔɪ.ən/
ipa: /həˈnɔɪ.ən/
rhymes: -ɔɪən
Etymology: From Hanoi + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Hanoi
Hanoian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɑːˈnɔɪ.ən/
ipa: /həˈnɔɪ.ən/
rhymes: -ɔɪən
Forms: form: Hanoians
Etymology: From Hanoi + -an.
Senses: examples: text: In his first visit to Vietnam, the U.S. president was welcomed by Hanoians and Saigoneers in ways he's never seen before.
ref: 2016 May 25, Kim Thuy, “Obama fever: Hanoi & Saigon styles”, in VnExpress:
text: Again, Hanoians are more cautious than Saigoneers, as more claim that they almost never sharing their locations (15% vs 22%).
ref: 2020 July 24, “Data Privacy – Are We Too Confident or Too Reckless?”, in Indochina Research:
glosses: Someone from Hanoi.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dialect of Vietnamese spoken in and around Hanoi.
sifflets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sifflet
Kabulese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kabul + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kabuli (“of, or pertaining to Kabul”).
synonyms: word: Kabuli
extra: of, or pertaining to Kabul
Kabulese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kabulese
Etymology: From Kabul + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kabuli (“a resident or native of Kabul”).
synonyms: word: Kabuli
extra: a resident or native of Kabul
Baghdadi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Bagdadi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَادِيّ (baḡdādiyy). By surface analysis, Baghdad + -i.
Senses: synonyms: Baghdadian
glosses: Of, from or relating to Baghdad.
Baghdadi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Baghdadis
form: Bagdadi
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بَغْدَادِيّ (baḡdādiyy). By surface analysis, Baghdad + -i.
Senses: synonyms: Baghdadian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Baghdad.
Baghdadis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Baghdadi
off one's chump
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: See chump (“the head”), and compare off one's head.
Senses: examples: text: “Ay, sure ’ave ur; and wot the devil I be to do agin that there Snooks, as ’ll lie through a brick wall, I beant able to say. I be pooty nigh off my chump wot wi’ one thing and another.”
ref: 1883, Richard Harris, The Humourous^([sic]) Story of Farmer Bumpkin′s Lawsuit, Gutenberg eBook #30551:
text: 1888, Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne), A Sydney-Side Saxon, Gutenberg Australia eBook #0607291,
‘ […] I′m not off my chump, no more than you are, and I haven't smelt spirits since last Christmas.’
text: 1890, Catherine Martin, An Australian Girl, 2002, Margaret Ellen Allen (biographical information), Rosemary Campbell (introduction and notes; editor), University of Queensland Press, page 90,
It put him off his chump entirely. He went completely to the bad.
text: Such luck as he was going for was literally impossible, and he was regarded as “off his chump,” as someone put it expressively.
ref: 1891, The Australian journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, science, and Art, volume 26, page 477:
text: What with the shock of him going in this awful rash way, and thinking myself a made man by that chance, I was nearly off my chump for a week.
ref: 1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter VI, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC:
text: I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 125:
text: So I′m back to square one, worrying again about whether I′m off my chump even considering doing an MA in Creative Writing, MAICW.
ref: 2010, Gwyneth Daniel, The Word Mountain, page 53:
glosses: Crazy, insane.
syntagmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more syntagmatically
form: most syntagmatically
Etymology: From syntagmatic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a syntagmatic way.
unacademically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unacademically
form: most unacademically
Etymology: From unacademic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unacademic way.
Eurofag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurofags
Etymology: From Euro- + -fag.
Senses: examples: text: The era that brought us Valley Girls and Eurofags, power suits and parachute pants, Rick Springfield and Samantha Fox, and the personal computer revolution […]
ref: 1996, Matthew Rettenmund, Totally Awesome 80s:
text: We must cease to find glamour in the mondo-expensivo Eurofag Gucci footwear camps, just because magazines tell us they're glamorous. We must learn to be more impressed by the dignified, esoteric details […]
ref: 2000, Cintra Wilson, A massive swelling:
text: […] you're getting ready to go out to another fucking charity ball you're dreading and you hear her on the phone talking to her pansy-ass Eurofag lover.
ref: 2005, Carrie Karasyov, Jill Kargman, Wolves in chic clothing:
text: And when Dennis Fairchild finally made his appearance at 1:30, arm in arm with Jean Paul and a coterie of Eurofag fashion models […]
ref: 2006, Jaffe Cohen, Tush:
glosses: A European who is pretentious, snobbish, and/or effeminate, or a non-European who emulates such people.
hyperpolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperpolitical
form: most hyperpolitical
Etymology: From hyper- + political.
Senses: examples: text: The left is incapable, like the right — and every other hyperpolitical faction — of the self-perception that it is in a muddle […]
ref: 1993, Sande Cohen, Academia and the Luster of Capital:
text: […] a more complete picture of how the law system functions in a hyperpolitical environment such as that found in regimes-in-transition situations.
ref: 2000, Stuart S Nagel, Handbook of global legal policy:
text: […] and finally, a controversial war with Iraq that heightened the fault lines among Washington's hyperpolitical residents.
ref: 2005, Aprodicio A Laquian, Beyond metropolis: the planning and governance of Asia's mega-urban regions:
glosses: Extremely political.
hereinunder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From herein + under.
Senses: synonyms: hereinafter
hereafter
hereunder
hereforth
henceforth
antonyms: hereinabove
hereabove
hereinbefore
heretofore
herebefore
hypernyms: hereinelsewhere
glosses: In and under this (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.).
Related terms: —
henceafter
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards
hencefrom
hereabout
hereabouts
hereabove
hereafter
hereafters
hereagainst
hereamong
hereanent
hereat
hereaway
herebefore
hereby
herefor
herefore
hereforth
hereforward
hereforwards
herefrom
herehence
hereinabove
hereinafter
hereinbefore
hereinbelow
hereinelsewhere
hereinsoever
hereinto
heremid
hereof
hereon
hereout
hereover
herethrough
herethroughout
hereto
heretofore
hereunto
hereupon
herewith
herewithal
herewithin
herewithout
hitherto
hitherunto
hitherward
hitherwards
howbeit
however
howso
howsoever
howsomedever
howsomever
thataway
thatwise
thenceafter
thenceforth
thenceforward
thenceforwards
thencefrom
thenceout
thereabout
thereabouts
thereabove
thereacross
thereafter
thereafters
thereagain
thereagainst
therealong
thereamong
thereamongst
thereanent
therearound
thereat
thereaway
therebefore
therebeside
therebetween
therebeyond
thereby
therever
therefor
therefore
thereforth
therefrom
therehence
thereinabove
thereinafter
thereinbefore
thereinbelow
thereinto
thereinunder
theremid
thereof
thereon
thereout
thereover
theresoever
therethrough
therethroughout
thereto
theretofore
thereunto
thereup
thereupon
therewith
therewithal
therewithin
therewithout
thisaway
thiswise
thitherinsoever
thitherto
thitherward
thitherwards
whatever
whatso
whatsoever
whatsomedever
whatsomever
whatwise
whenabout
whenabouts
whenas
whenever
whenso
whensoever
whensomever
whenceafter
whencever
whenceforth
whenceforward
whencefrom
whenceward
whencewards
whereabout
whereabouts
whereabove
whereafter
whereafters
whereagainst
wherealong
whereamong
whereamongst
whereanent
wherearound
whereas
whereat
whereaway
wherebefore
wherebeside
wherebetween
wherebeyond
whereby
wherever
wherefor
wherefore
whereforth
wherefrom
wherehence
whereinabove
whereinafter
whereinbefore
whereinbelow
whereinsoever
whereinto
whereinunder
wheremid
whereof
whereon
whereout
whereover
whereso
wheresoever
wheresomever
wherethrough
wherethroughout
whereto
wheretofore
whereunto
whereup
whereupon
wherewith
wherewithal
wherewithin
wherewithout
whitherever
whitherinsoever
whitherso
whitherto
whithertofore
whitherward
whitherwards
whyever
whyfor
whyso
whysoever
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form
heightist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heightist
form: most heightist
Etymology: From height + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or exhibiting, the prejudice of heightism.
heightist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heightists
Etymology: From height + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in heightism.
hyponymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyponym + -ic. By surface analysis, hyp- + -onym + -ic = hypo- + -nym + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The word dog is hyponymic to the word mammal.
glosses: Being a hyponym.
examples: text: That other thesaurus labels the hyponymic or hypernymic relation more clearly than this one does.
glosses: Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
Synonyms: hyponymous
Coordinate terms: synonymic
synonymous
More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations
Derived terms: hyponymically
Related terms: hyponymously
hyponymically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hyponymic + -ally. By surface analysis, hyp- + -onym + -ic + -ally = hypo- + -nym + -ic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a hyponymic way.
Synonyms: hyponymously
Coordinate terms: synonymically
synonymously
More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations
essenceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From essence + -less.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Without essence.
Synonyms: inessential
Derived terms: essencelessness
inessentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inessentially
form: most inessentially
Etymology: From inessential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inessential way.
unessentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unessentially
form: most unessentially
Etymology: From unessential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unessential way.
eponymy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eponymies
Etymology: From eponym + -y.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.
eponymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eponymy
verbosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verbosity
wharenui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wharenuis
form: wharenui
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori wharenui (literally “big house”).
Senses: glosses: An ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of a tupuna, forming part of the larger marae complex.
stringlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stringlike
form: most stringlike
Etymology: From string + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling string or a piece of string.
myelofibrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪ ə loʊ faɪˈbɹoʊ sɪs/
Forms: form: myelofibroses
form: MF
Etymology: From myelo- + fibrosis.
Senses: glosses: collagen deposition by fibroblasts in the bone marrow, whether primary or secondary to other causes such as medication.
Barr body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barr bodies
Etymology: Named after discoverer Murray Barr.
Senses: examples: text: Men with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY karyotype) have a single Barr body, whereas women with a 47,XXX karyotype have two Barr bodies.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.
Related terms: lyonization
Pru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prue
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Prudence.
Pru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Pru
Etymology: Shortening of Prudential.
Senses: examples: text: So, against its original aims in buying the firm — but convinced by Mr Ball that this was the direction in which to go — the Pru followed.
ref: 1991, The Economist:
text: Also during the 1990s, the Pru aggressively jumped into the group insurance business, the purchase by companies of insurance policies for groups of workers.
ref: 1995, Kathleen Sharp, In Good Faith:
text: In B2B situations where The Pru and Equitable Life jointly provide products, the business has tended to shift towards The Pru.
ref: 2006, Frances Brassington, Stephen Pettitt, Principles of marketing:
glosses: Prudential plc, a financial services company based in the United Kingdom.
hen-witted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hen-witted
form: most hen-witted
form: henwitted
Senses: examples: text: Quite half of them were those hen-witted middle-aged women who have lately escaped from good Christian homes and are trying to be literary.
ref: 1956, George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying:
text: It's a good offer, but I am not prepared to take a bullet for any hen-witted politician.
ref: 2007, Gaelen Foley, Her Secret Fantasy:
text: "So the only reason I can think of for this burst of pique is that you're jealous." "Of you and that hen-witted tart with her rhinoceros-sized breasts?"
ref: 2008, Sabrina Jeffries, Let Sleeping Rogues Lie:
glosses: Foolish; birdbrained.
anthroponomastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + onomastics.
Senses: glosses: Anthroponymy.
toponomastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From topo- + onomastics.
Senses: glosses: branch of onomastics studying toponyms in a scholarly way
casteless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæstləs/
Etymology: From caste + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a casteless society
glosses: Without caste.
Derived terms: castelessness
Related terms: outcaste
cruxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crux
thwaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thwaite
Bangkokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bangkoker
snots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snot
snotlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snotlike
form: most snotlike
Etymology: From snot + -like.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, when sodium is burned, it becomes a snotlike goo that fouls boiler tubes and drives engineers nuts.
ref: 2007, Jeff Goodell, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future:
glosses: Resembling snot; gooey.
Synonyms: snotty
Hanoians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanoian
clouder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: clowder
Forms: form: clouders
Etymology: From cloud + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of cloud.
Synonyms: beclouder
clouders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clouder
crystallophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crystallophone
crystallophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crystallophones
Etymology: From crystallo- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.
goblet drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goblet drums
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A drum (membranophone) with a goblet-shaped body, usually one-headed.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A drum, shaped like a goblet, from the Middle East and North Africa; a darbuka.
Synonyms: chalice drum
annona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annonas
Senses: examples: text: The annona is called custard apple
ref: 1842, Lady Maria Callcott, A Scripture Herbal, page 21:
text: This evergreen tree is the most tropical of the annonas.
ref: 1989, National Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Lost Crops of the Incas: Little-known Plants of the Andes with Promise for Worldwide Cultivation:
text: The edible annonas have important features which are given in Table 1.
ref: 2004, Niir Board, Cultivation of Fruits, Vegetables and Floriculture, page 29:
glosses: custard apple (tree of the genus Annona and its fruit)
ad inventory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad inventories
Senses: glosses: The number of page views that a website receives.
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: The types of advertisements (web banners) that can be displayed.
annuloplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annuloplasties
Etymology: From annulo- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surgical repair of the annular aspect of a cardiac valve.
biotransference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + transference.
Senses: glosses: The process by which a chemical or element is absorbed from one organism by another. It is most commonly due to that organism being eaten.
ceroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceromata
Senses: glosses: A mixture of oil and wax.
glosses: A cloth with which ancient wrestlers rubbed themselves, to make their limbs not only more sleek and less capable of gripping, but more pliable and fit for exercise.
cessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cessors
Etymology: From cess (“to cease to perform a legal duty”) + -or.
Senses: examples: text: If there be lord and tenant, and the tenant take a wife, and afterwards cesseth, upon which the lord bringeth a cessavit, and recovers, and enters into the tenancy, and the tenant dies: it seems clear, that the wife shall have dower; for no laches or default can be deemed in the wife as to the cessor. But some say, the wife shall not have dower in this case, because the cessor does not lie in any act done by the husband; but it is his not doing...
ref: 1827, John Perkins, A Profitable Book, Treating of the Laws of England:
topics: law
glosses: In English law, one who is dilatory, negligent, and delinquent in his duty or service, and who thereby incurred the danger of the law, and was liable to have the writ of cessavit brought against him.
Related terms: cesser
cesseth
cessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cessors
Etymology: From cess (“to determine the amount of a cess”) + -or.
Senses: examples: text: [Y]et some there be of that nature, that though they be in private men, yet their evil reacheth to a general hurt, as the extortion of sheriffs and their sub-sheriffs, and bayliffes, the corruption of victuallers, cessors, and purveyors, the disorders of seneschalls, captaines, and their souldiers, and many such like: […]
ref: 1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […] (Ancient Irish Histories), Dublin: […] Society of Stationers, […] Hibernia Press, […] [b]y John Morrison, 1809, →OCLC, page 144:
glosses: One who determined the amount of a cess; an assessor.
Kiracofe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Respelling of Dutch Kircove or German Kirchhoff, topographic names for someone living by the churchyard.
Senses: glosses: A rare American surname from Dutch or German.
Kiracofe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Кира́ков (Kirákov) (compare the name Кирил (Kiril)).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Bulgarian.
local battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: local batteries
Senses: glosses: In telegraphy, the source of power that actuates the telegraphic station recording instruments, as distinguished from the source of power that furnishes current to the line.
glosses: In telephony, a source of local power for a telephone instrument, as opposed to being powered from the central office.
Mayberry Machiavelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mayberry Machiavellis
Etymology: Coined by John J. DiIulio, Jr., who ran President George W. Bush's Faith-based Initiative. See Machiavelli. Mayberry was the name of a small rural town in The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., US TV shows that ran from 1960 to 1971.
Senses: examples: text: That Mayberry Machiavelli thinks that anybody who didn't support the Iraq war is a Saddam Hussein supporter.
glosses: A person who furthers a cause by "reducing every issue to its simplest, black-and-white terms for public consumption", i.e., denying nuance by presenting stark but fallacious alternatives.
wikipedia: John J. DiIulio, Jr.