cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hella
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Etymology: Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.
Senses: examples: text: I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
text: Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
text: Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
text: You’re right. We hella deserve it. Splish splash!
Did you actually just say "hella"? I think I’m a good bad influence on you.
ref: 2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Hannah Telle as Max Caulfield and Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:
glosses: Intensifier, modifying verbs; to a large extent; totally; very much.
examples: text: I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
text: I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
text: "And to the fella over there / With the hella good hair / Won't you come on over, baby / We can shake, shake, shake"
ref: 2014, Taylor Swift, “Shake It Off”:
text: The storm got hella crazy and... and you said we would be safe at the lighthouse.
ref: 2016, Life Is Strange, spoken by Chloe Price (Ashly Burch), Square Enix, via Dontnod Entertainment:
qualifier: potentially considered vulgar; African-American Vernacular and Internet slang; potentially considered vulgar; African-American Vernacular and Internet slang
glosses: Intensifier, modifying adjectives; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Synonyms: sense: extremely, modifies adjectives
word: wicked
hella
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Etymology: Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Compare helluv, helluva.
Senses: examples: text: "We definitely rocked that shit man!"
"Hella!"
glosses: For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
Derived terms: hellagood
Related terms: word: hecka
word: helluv
word: helluva
hella
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Etymology: Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.
Senses: examples: text: Where the hella you been?
glosses: Contraction of Hell have.
laboratory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈbɒɹətɹi/
ipa: /ləˈbɒɹətəɹi/
ipa: /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ləˈbɔɹəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ˈlæbɹəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ləˈbɔɹəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ləˈbɔɹətɹi/
ipa: /ləˈbɔɹ.ə.tɹiː/
ipa: /ˈlɛb.ɹəˌtoːɹ.iː/
note: Indic
ipa: /ləˈbɔrəʈ(ɵ)ri/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈlab(ɵ)ˌreʈ(ɵ)ri/
Forms: form: laboratories
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium.
Senses: glosses: A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
examples: text: Again she read the passage that had riveted her attention; and, rising from her seat, carried the still open volume, and laid it on a slab by the furnace in the laboratory: it was a celebrated treatise on poisons, written in the fifteenth century.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Laboratory”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 325:
text: [Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.
ref: 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
glosses: A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
Synonyms: word: lab
word: laboratorium
Derived terms: biolaboratory
collaboratory
hot laboratory
interlaboratory
intralaboratory
laboratorian
laboratorily
laboratorist
laboratory assistant
laboratory coat
laboratoryful
laboratory mouse
laboratory rat
laboratoryware
language laboratory
multilaboratory
nonlaboratory
Herbert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɝbɚt/
ipa: /ˈhɜːbət/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bə(ɹ)t
Forms: form: Hebbard
Etymology: From Old French Herbert, from Frankish *Hariberht.
Senses: examples: text: Herbert, Sydney, Milton, Seymour. You know, all the time I was growing up I thought those were the most ordinary Jewish first names, until someone pointed out that they were British last names. I guess to my great-grandparents those names must have sounded so modern, so sophisticated, so - non-Eastern European. And now they're just Uncle Miltie, Uncle Sy, Uncle Herb. Do other people have Uncle Donne and Uncle Wordsworth?
ref: 1989, David Leavitt, Equal Affections, →ISBN, page 215:
text: To be clear what we're talking about, read Cronon's piece. He offers a great introduction to the concept, and its originator, Herbert Butterfield.
ref: 2012 October 3, Rebekah Higgitt, “Why whiggish won't do”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use partly transferred back from the surname.
examples: text: And you, Sir Walter Herbert, stay with me.
ref: c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic.
glosses: A small town in North Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A rural locality in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
glosses: A former government town in South Australia.
glosses: A town in the Rural Municipality of Morse No. 165, Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Boone County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: word: Herb
word: Herbie
word: Bert
tan line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tan lines
Senses: examples: text: His sunglasses left a tan line around his eyes.
glosses: the division between skin that has darkened or tanned from exposure to sun and skin that has not been exposed to sun
farmer's tan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farmer's tans
Senses: glosses: The tan line left by clothing, especially by a short-sleeved shirt.
Related terms: truck driver's tan
rubber-stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber-stamps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rubber stamp.
rubber-stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubber-stamps
form: rubber-stamping
form: rubber-stamped
form: rubber-stamped
Senses: examples: text: Troon: Network Rail's plans to replace the station building that was destroyed by fire on July 17 2021 with a similar design have been rubber-stamped by South Ayrshire Council, because formal permission was not legally required.
ref: 2023 March 22, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Scotland”, in RAIL, number 979, page 27:
text: When CDC Director Susan Monarez refused to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives and fire dedicated health experts, she chose protecting the public over serving a political agenda. For that, she has been targeted.
ref: 2025 August 28, Robert Mackey, quoting Mark Zaid and David Lowell, “CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of rubber stamp.
rubberstamp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rubberstamps
form: rubberstamping
form: rubberstamped
form: rubberstamped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rubber stamp.
pierce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪɹs/
ipa: /pɪəs/
ipa: /piɹs/
ipa: /piəs/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɛːs/
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)s/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)s
Forms: form: pierces
form: piercing
form: pierced
form: pierced
Etymology: From Middle English perce, from conjugated forms of Old French percier such as (jeo) pierce (“I pierce”), probably from Vulgar Latin *pertūsiō, from Latin pertūsus, past participle of pertundō (“thrust or bore through”), from per- (“through”) + tundō (“beat, pound”). Displaced native Old English þȳrlian (literally “to hole”).
Senses: examples: text: The diver pierced the surface of the water with scarcely a splash.
text: to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship
text: I pierce her open back, or tender side
ref: 1700, [John] Dryden, “Theodore and Honoria, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
text: What appliance can pierce through the outer layers of a star and test the conditions within?
ref: 1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1:
synonyms: transfix
glosses: To puncture; to break through.
examples: text: Can you believe he pierced his tongue?
glosses: To create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
examples: text: A dreadful scream pierced the silence.
glosses: to break or interrupt abruptly
examples: text: to pierce a mystery
glosses: To get to the heart or crux of (a matter).
examples: text: A stab of fear pierced my heart.
text: pierced with grief
ref: 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XI”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
text: Can no prayers pierce thee?
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
text: The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 75:
glosses: To penetrate; to affect deeply.
Derived terms: armor-piercing shot
empierce
impierce
interpierce
pierceability
pierceable
piercee
pierceless
piercement
piercer
piercing
repierce
transpierce
pierce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪɹs/
ipa: /pɪəs/
ipa: /piɹs/
ipa: /piəs/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /pɛːs/
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)s/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)s
Forms: form: pierces
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ピアス (piasu, “pierced earring”), itself from English pierce.
Senses: glosses: A pierced earring.
puncture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/
ipa: /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: punctures
Etymology: From Late Latin punctūra.
Senses: glosses: The act or an instance of puncturing.
examples: text: There were two small punctures in his arm where the snake's fangs had pierced the skin.
text: The lion may perish by the puncture of an asp.
ref: 1752 January 23 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 190. Sunday, January 12. 1752.”, in The Rambler, volume VIII, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1752, →OCLC, page 44:
glosses: A hole, cut, or tear created by a sharp object.
examples: text: On the way back we got a puncture, and we were stuck at the roadside for three hours until help arrived.
text: Dieter's car had suffered a puncture on the RN3 road between Paris and Meaux. A bent nail was stuck in the tire.
ref: 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 340:
text: A tough test for even the strongest climber, it was new to the Tour de France this year, but its debut will be remembered for the wrong reasons after one of those spectators scattered carpet tacks on the road and induced around 30 punctures among the group of riders including Bradley Wiggins, the Tour's overall leader, and his chief rivals.
ref: 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:
synonyms: word: flat tire
word: flat
word: flat tyre
glosses: A hole in a vehicle's tyre, causing the tyre to deflate.
Derived terms: acupuncture
antipuncture
apipuncture
aquapuncture
arteriopuncture
cardiopuncture
colorpuncture
counterpuncture
cryopuncture
electropuncture
encephalopuncture
galvanopuncture
laserpuncture
lumbar puncture
macropuncture
mesopuncture
micropuncture
multipuncture
pharmacopuncture
postpuncture
puncturable
puncturation
punctureless
punctureproof
puncture vine
puncture-wallah
renipuncture
repuncture
sonopuncture
vacupuncture
venipuncture
puncture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpʌŋktʃə/
ipa: /ˈpʌŋkt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: punctures
form: puncturing
form: punctured
form: punctured
Etymology: From Late Latin punctūra.
Senses: examples: text: The needle punctured the balloon instantly.
text: The couple all bloody / Tongues punctured by each other's teeth / Died and didn't let go
ref: 2013, clipping., “story”, in midcity:
glosses: To pierce; to break through; to tear a hole.
examples: text: The woebegone children have their aspirations slowly snuffed. Grace’s artistic dreams (of animation, of course) are punctured by her isolated existence; Gilbert’s pyrophilia is smothered by religious extremism.
ref: 2024 October 23, Jacob Oller, “Clay weepy Memoir Of A Snail crawls through a gauntlet of misery”, in AV Club:
glosses: To destroy the vitality or strength of.
Derived terms: puncturer
punctured interval
punctured neighborhood
go to town
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes to town
form: going to town
form: went to town
form: gone to town
Senses: examples: text: She really went to town with the party preparations.
text: Never slow to bang the drum, the English press went to town, calling Lineker the “Matador of Madrid” and announcing that “Spain are Linekered.”
ref: 2018 October 15, Steven Pye, “When Gary Lineker scored four goals to help England win 4-2 in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The news channels had been the first to figure out that particular wrinkle, but the religions really went to town with it.
ref: 2018 November, N. K. Jemisin, How Long 'til Black Future Month?, Hachette, →ISBN:
text: Oh, I went to town in the last lockdown, spent a lot of money on the paints, the brushes, the figurines for a game called Hero Quest.
ref: 2022 May 29, Tom Lamont, quoting Jim Howick, “‘We were always trying to push boundaries’: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life and the joy of dogs”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: To proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.
examples: text: Pa went to town to buy a new plough.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, town.
Synonyms: go to work
Related terms: go to town on
go all out
have a field day
go all out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes all out
form: going all out
form: went all out
form: gone all out
Senses: examples: text: They went all out for his eightieth birthday party and chartered a tour boat on the bay.
text: In Longnan Prefecture [Long nan di qu 7150 0589 0966 0575], people have gone all out to grow trees and grass in recent years, creating a new experience in developing mountainous areas.
ref: 1985 October 8, Chaoren Guo, Huang Chang Changlu, “Hu Yaobang Revisits Route of Long March”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 195, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 1:
synonyms: empty the tank
give one's all
go for broke
go for the burn
pull out all the stops
put pedal to the metal
glosses: To reserve nothing; to put forth all possible effort or resources.
Related terms: all in
all out
give one's all
major in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: majors in
form: majoring in
form: majored in
form: majored in
Senses: examples: text: John majored in Computer Science, while Jane majored in Art.
topics: education
glosses: To take (something) as one's major field of study in an institute of tertiary education (such as a college or university).
pull out all the stops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pulls out all the stops
form: pulling out all the stops
form: pulled out all the stops
form: pulled out all the stops
Etymology: An allusion to organ stops, which are pulled out to turn on each set of sounds in a pipe organ. When all stops are pulled out, the organ will play all variations of its sounds at once, therefore being as loud as possible.
Senses: examples: text: They pulled out all the stops for the gala wedding.
text: Despite missing the target to open for the Commonwealth Games, work on site hasn't slowed down. VolkerFitzpatrick and its contractors have pulled out all the stops to get the job done.
ref: 2024 January 24, Peter Plisner, “Rising to the University challenge”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 61:
glosses: To reserve or hold back nothing.
Synonyms: sense: reserve nothing
word: empty the tank
sense: reserve nothing
word: give one's all
sense: reserve nothing
word: go all out
sense: reserve nothing
word: go the whole nine yards
sense: reserve nothing
word: go up to eleven
sense: reserve nothing
word: go balls to the wall
sense: reserve nothing
word: open the floodgates
purely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjɔːli/
ipa: /ˈpjʊəli/
rhymes: (UK) -ɔːli
rhymes: (UK) -ʊəli
Forms: form: more purely
form: most purely
Etymology: From Middle English purely, equivalent to pure + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I am fascinated by the entire scene, I purely am.
ref: 1962, Warren Miller, Flush Times:
glosses: Wholly; really, completely.
examples: text: The IRA should "lead by example" and "unilaterally" abandon paramilitary violence and adopt a purely political strategy, a leading Sinn Féin MP urged yesterday.
ref: 8 April 2005, Owen Bowcott, The Guardian:
text: "But this meal tonight is not a date, not in the traditional sense. It's purely platonic, I assure you."
ref: 2007, Helen Brooks, His Christmas Bride:
glosses: Solely; exclusively; merely, simply.
examples: text: faith and troth, / Strain'd purely from all hollow bias drawing: / Bids thee with most diuine integritie, / From heart of very heart, great Hector welcome.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:
glosses: Chastely, innocently; in a sinless manner, without fault.
examples: text: By some means or other the water flows purely, and separated from the filth, in a deeper and narrower course on one side of the rock, and the refuse of the dirt and troubled water goes off on the other in a broader current [...].
ref: 1823, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Table Talk:
glosses: Without physical adulterants; refinedly, with no admixture.
Synonyms: sense: wholly
word: thoroughly
word: totally
word: completely
sense: solely
word: alone
word: solely
sense: chastely
word: guiltlessly
word: sinlessly
word: innocently
sense: refinedly
word: pristinely
word: unadulteratedly
word: undilutedly
Derived terms: purely and simply
purely imaginary
purely imaginary number
script
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: skrĭpt
ipa: /skɹɪpt/
ipa: /skɹəpt/
ipa: /skɾipʈ/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: scripts
Etymology: From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Senses: synonyms: cursive
hand
handwriting
manuscript
glosses: A writing; a written document.
glosses: Written characters; style of writing.
topics: media
publishing
typography
synonyms: cursive
glosses: Type made in imitation of handwriting.
topics: law
glosses: An original instrument or document.
synonyms: play
glosses: The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
examples: I wrote a Python script to put all the files into the right format.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A brief and simple program.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: batch file
macro
shell script
glosses: A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of behavioral script, a sequence of actions in a given situation.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: language script
writing system
glosses: A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
examples: text: He located a doctor in Brooklyn who was a writing fool. This croaker would go three scripts a day for as high as thirty tablets a script.
ref: 1977 [1953], William S. Burroughs, edited by Allen Ginsberg, Junky, Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Shit, he got the scripts for the cough / In the H, gotta hit Johnny for the frost, swerved off
ref: 2014, “Don't Play”, performed by Travis Scott ft. Big Sean and The 1975:
text: She gave me a Bipolar II diagnosis and a script for epilepsy medicine that could be used off-label in cases like mine.
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Clipping of prescription (for drugs or medicine).
Derived terms: artificial script
beat-script
Bengali script
clerical script
clerkly script
conscript
constructed script
cultural script
Cyrillic script
flip the script
Fraser script
grass script
great seal script
here-script
Indic script
Indus script
inscript
Khitan large script
Khitan small script
large seal script
Latin script
lesser seal script
love script
oracle bone script
Pollard script
post script
Qin script
regular script
retroscripting
Roman script
running script
script doctor
script editor
script fill
scripting language
script kiddie
script kiddy
script monkey
scriptorium
scriptwriter
seal script
small seal script
spec script
square script
subscripting
Sundanese script
Tibetan script
Related terms: scripture
script
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: skrĭpt
ipa: /skɹɪpt/
ipa: /skɹəpt/
ipa: /skɾipʈ/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: scripts
form: scripting
form: scripted
form: scripted
Etymology: From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).
Senses: glosses: To make or write a script.
examples: text: Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487:
glosses: To devise, concoct, or contrive.
Derived terms: script out
thriller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: thrĭl′ər
ipa: /ˈθɹɪl.ə/
ipa: /ˈθɹɪl.əɹ/
ipa: /ˈθɹəl.ɐ/
ipa: /ˈt̪ʰɾi.ləɾ/
rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: thrillers
Etymology: From thrill + -er (suffix: agent noun).
Senses: examples: text: While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle level for the third time in the 69th minute.
ref: 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: generally
glosses: Something that thrills.
examples: text: She loves to read thriller books.
topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
synonyms: pulp novel
hypernyms: detective story
mystery novel
whodunit
crime fiction
glosses: A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.
Derived terms: ecothriller
Related terms: chiller
page-turner
machismo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑːˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
ipa: /məˈt͡ʃiz.moʊ/
ipa: /mæˈt͡ʃɪz.məʊ/
ipa: /məˈkɪz.məʊ/
rhymes: -ɪzməʊ
Forms: form: machismos
Etymology: First attested 1940, from American Spanish machismo, from Spanish macho (“male”), + suffix -ismo (“-ism”).
Senses: glosses: An excessive masculine pride.
examples: September 1971, Germaine Greer, "My Mailer Problem", in Esquire
The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
glosses: exaggerated masculinity
glosses: characteristic, behavior or particularity of Male; Macheza.
examples: text: PSP [Puerto Rican Socialist Party] spokesperson Victor Lopez-Tosado told GCN: "[…] The party is mainly organized in a Latin American country where oppression, as a result of machismo, etc., to homosexuals is very common."
ref: 1979 April 7, Rebecca Chase, “PSP Supports Gay Rights”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
text: The Dominican Republic is traditionally regarded as a patriarchal island brimming with machismo — where, indeed, a recent U.S. ambassador was publicly vilified for bringing his husband to his posting. It was, and is, an unlikely place to find an enclave of acceptance. So what explains this unique tolerance?
ref: 2017, Sarah A. Topol, “Sons and Daughters”, in Harper's Magazine:
qualifier: Latin American
glosses: male chauvinism, misogyny
Synonyms: machoism
machoness
Coordinate terms: word: femismo
Derived terms: antimachismo
Related terms: macho
machoism
machoistic
machoistically
braggadocio
marianismo
masculinism
testeria
principe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principi
Etymology: From Italian principe. Doublet of prince and princeps.
Senses: coordinate_terms: principessa
glosses: An Italian prince.
Filipinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Filipina
glosses: the women's national football representative team of the Philippines
Malinois
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: [ˈmælɪnˌwɑː]
Forms: form: Malinoises
form: Malinois
form: malinois
Etymology: From French Malines + -ois, Malines being the French name for the Flemish city Mechelen.
Senses: examples: text: I remember him so well because I love dogs and he had a malinois, which is quite a special dog. He was always in a good mood.
ref: 2024 March 4, Kate Connolly, “German prosecutors urge Red Army Faction suspects to surrender”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Ellipsis of Belgian Malinois.
compendium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpɛn.di.əm/
Forms: form: compendiums
form: compendia
Etymology: From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together; a sparing, a saving, an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“to weigh”).
Senses: glosses: A short, complete summary; an abstract.
examples: text: It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
ref: 2008, Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess, page 157:
glosses: A list or collection of various items.
glosses: A list or collection of various items.
A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
glosses: A list or collection of various items.
A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.
qualifier: pharmaceutical industry
Synonyms: encyclopedia
cyclopedia
Derived terms: biocompendium
compendial
Related terms: compendious
binary digit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary digits
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Either of the characters 0 and 1, used in the binary numeral system.
Synonyms: bit
binary numeral system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary numeral systems
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A system for representing numbers in which a radix of two is used; that is, each digit in a binary numeral may have either of two different values.
wikipedia: binary numeral system
neuro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊ/
ipa: /ˌnjʉː.ɹɐʉ/
ipa: /ˌnjʉː.ɹoː/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-), combining form of νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, tendon, cord”).
Senses: examples: text: neuro- + dynamics → neurodynamics
text: neuro- + pathy → neuropathy
text: neuro- + spinal → neurospinal
text: There's been a proliferation of “neuro-” fields. Some, like neuroendocrinology and neuroimmunology, are stodgy old institutions by now.
ref: 2017, Robert Sapolsky, chapter 2, in Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Relating to the nerves, nervous tissue, or the nervous system.
examples: text: neuro- + queer → neuroqueer
text: neuro- + spicy → neurospicy
glosses: Relating to neurodivergency or neurodiversity.
Champagne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shampine
Etymology: Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.
Senses: glosses: A cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region.
glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: champagne
Related terms: Champenois
Champagne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Champagnes
form: Shampine
Etymology: Borrowed from French Champagne. Doublet of Campania.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of champagne (“type of sparkling wine made in France”).
chili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
rhymes: -ɪli
homophone: Chile
homophone: chile
homophone: chilli
homophone: chilly
Forms: form: chilis
form: chilies
form: chile
form: chilli
form: chilly
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish chile, from Classical Nahuatl chīlli.
Senses: examples: text: Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.
ref: 1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, →OCLC, pages 442–443:
text: Kama Indian Bistro, […] Everything is made from scratch, including the spice blends and sauces; the ingredients are quality; and the heat is no-holds-barred. Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Olvera, “Suburban Stunners, Stalwarts & Surprises”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Chicago: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), 2nd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 187:
synonyms: chili pepper
glosses: The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
synonyms: chili powder
glosses: Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.
topics: Chinese-cuisine
Indian-Chinese-cuisine
glosses: A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.
Derived terms: bird's eye chili
chili crab
chili dip
chilidog
chilified
chilihead
chili mac
chili oil
chili pepper
chili powder
chili sauce
ghost chili
malagueta chili
white chili
chili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪliː/
rhymes: -ɪli
homophone: Chile
homophone: chile
homophone: chilli
homophone: chilly
Forms: form: chile
form: chilli
form: chilly
Etymology: Ellipsis of chili con carne, from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”).
Senses: synonyms: chili con carne
glosses: A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.
glosses: Cincinnati chili.
Derived terms: chiliburger
chili cheese
chili dog
chili parlor
chili powder
chili queen
chili size
Cincinnati chili
Texas chili
keep up appearances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps up appearances
form: keeping up appearances
form: kept up appearances
form: kept up appearances
Senses: examples: text: For my father's sake, I thought I must keep up appearances, but the food stuck in my throat, and I could not swallow another mouthful.
text: With tact and management it would be possible to partially satisfy creditors, and keep up appearances for six months more.
synonyms: maintain appearances
save appearances
glosses: To artificially maintain an outward sign of normality; to maintain an appearance of wealth, comfort, or propriety.
Related terms: save face
chili con carne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɪli kɑn ˈkɑɹni/
ipa: /-ˈkɑɹneɪ/
Forms: form: chile con carne
form: chilli con carne
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Spanish chile con carne (literally “chili with meat”), influenced by chili.
Senses: glosses: A dish of meat and beans in a tomato sauce flavoured with chili peppers.
Related terms: chili con queso
chili non carne
chili sin carne
a fortiori
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: Latinized
ipa: /ˈɑː fɔːɹtɪˈoʊɹiː/
ipa: /ˈeɪ fɔɹʃˈjɔˑɹaɪ/
Forms: form: more a fortiori
form: most a fortiori
Etymology: From Latin ā (“from”) and fortiōrī, comparative of fortis (“strong”).
Senses: glosses: With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
a fortiori
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: note: Latinized
ipa: /ˈɑː fɔːɹtɪˈoʊɹiː/
ipa: /ˈeɪ fɔɹʃˈjɔˑɹaɪ/
Forms: form: more a fortiori
form: most a fortiori
Etymology: From Latin ā (“from”) and fortiōrī, comparative of fortis (“strong”).
Senses: examples: text: Now starting and stopping cannot themselves have starts or stops, or, a fortiori, middles either.
ref: 1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 103:
text: We're bound to accept an a fortiori claim because of our prior acceptance of a weaker application of the same reasoning. Frank can't run to the store in less than five minutes, and the restaurant is several blocks further away than the store. Thus, a fortiori, Frank can't run to the restaurant in less than five minutes.
ref: 2011, Mortimer Jerome Adler, How to Prove There Is a God:
glosses: With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim.
Related terms: a posteriori
a priori
lynching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Forms: form: lynchings
Etymology: From lynch + -ing, see lynch.
Senses: examples: text: The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.
ref: 1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes:
text: Atlanta newspapers fanned the flames of racial hatred by carrying stories of lynchings and calling for a renewed Ku Klux Klan to “control” blacks.
ref: 2012, Sarah Boslaugh, “Atlanta, Georgia”, in Wilbur R. Miller, editor, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia, Sage Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
Derived terms: antilynching
Related terms: lynch
show trial
kangaroo court
lynching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪnt͡ʃɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃɪŋ
Etymology: From lynch + -ing, see lynch.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lynch
lynch mob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lynch mobs
form: lynchmob
Senses: glosses: A group of vigilantes intent on lynching someone.
Related terms: lynching
kangaroo court
show trial
show trial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show trials
Senses: examples: text: We demand an end to these "Revere" showtrials. The indictments were drawn through forced testimony of gay youth and coerced testimony of gay men. The indictments were inspired by those seeking to use homophobia for political purposes. The trial is now being used by those who would exploit hatred of homsexuals.
ref: 1978 December 23, John Mitzel, Charley Shively, Ed Hougen, Tom Reeves, “Boston/Boise Committee”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 22, page 5:
topics: law
glosses: A trial held for appearance's sake, but whose verdict is predetermined, especially a "guilty" verdict with the purpose of making an example of the accused.
Related terms: kangaroo court
lynching
trundle bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trundle beds
form: trundlebed
form: trundle-bed
Etymology: From trundle + bed.
Senses: glosses: A low bed, designed to be rolled/stored away, usually on casters, under a higher bed, e.g. for temporary use by guests.
Synonyms: high-riser
truckle bed
Coordinate terms: bunk bed
Murphy bed
Murphy bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Murphy beds
Etymology: From inventor William L. Murphy + bed.
Senses: examples: text: We lived in just one room with a Murphy bed and a kitchen that looked out on the alley.
ref: 2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 104:
glosses: A light type of bed designed to be folded up or swung into a wall or closet for storage when not in use.
Related terms: bunk bed
trundle bed
frenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more frenetic
form: most frenetic
form: phrenetic
form: phrenetick
form: phrentic
form: phrentick
Etymology: From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic.
Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic.
Senses: examples: text: After a week of working at a frenetic pace, she was ready for Saturday.
glosses: Frenzied and frantic, harried; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
glosses: Mentally deranged, insane.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Characterised by manifestations of delirium or madness.
Synonyms: frantic
frenzied
Derived terms: frenetically
freneticism
unfrenetic
Related terms: frantic
frenzy
schizophrenia
frenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈnɛt.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛ.nɪt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: frenetics
form: phrenetic
form: phrenetick
form: phrentic
form: phrentick
Etymology: From Middle English frenetik (also frentik, frentyk, frantike > modern English frantic), from Old French frenetike, from Latin phreneticus, from Ancient Greek φρενητικός (phrenētikós, “delirious”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “delirium”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”). Doublet of frantic and phrenitic.
Etymologically, initial stress would be expected (compare the syncopic form phrentic); the modern pronunciation with stress on the second syllable is due to the influence of other words ending in -etic such as phonetic and sympathetic.
Senses: glosses: One who is frenetic.
frantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæntɪk/
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: more frantic
form: most frantic
form: frantick
form: phrantic
form: phrantick
Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.
Senses: examples: text: Master have mercy on my sonne, for he is franticke: and ys sore vexed.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
text: If with myself I hold intelligence,
Or have acquaintance with mine own desires;
If that I do not dream, or be not frantic—
As I do trust I am not—then, dear uncle,
Never so much as in a thought unborn
Did I offend your Highness.
ref: c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: Insane, mentally unstable.
examples: text: They returned the missing child to his frantic mother.
text: Sir George bore the annoyances of the night as a very vain man does totally unaccustomed to mortification. He was frantic with passion; he longed to kill somebody, but he did not know who.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Assignation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 247:
glosses: In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
examples: text: frantic music
text: At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
ref: 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Extremely energetic.
Synonyms: frenetic
frenzied
Derived terms: frantically
franticity
franticly
franticness
semifrantic
Related terms: frenetic
frenzy
phrenitis
phrenology
schizophrenia
frantic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæntɪk/
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: frantics
form: frantick
form: phrantic
form: phrantick
Etymology: From Middle English frantike, frentik, variant of frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Late Latin phreneticus, alteration of phreniticus, from φρενιτικός (phrenitikós, “mad, suffering from inflammation of the brain”), from φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”), from φρήν (phrḗn, “the brain”). Doublet of frenetic and phrenitic.
Senses: examples: text: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 3-5,
How nowe fellowe Franticke, what all a mort? Doth this sadnes become thy madnes?
text: […] who but senseless Franticks would have thoughts so poor? My Reason forsakes the government of this weak Frame, and I am fall’n into disorder […]
ref: 1657, Aston Cockayne, The Obstinate Lady, London: Isaac Pridmore, act V, scene 3, page 56:
text: 1721, Cotton Mather, diary entry for 16 July, 1721 in Diary of Cotton Mather, 1709-1724, Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Seventh Series, Volume VIII, Boston: 1912, p. 632,
The Destroyer, being enraged at the Proposal of any Thing, that may rescue the Lives of our poor People from him, has taken a strange Possession of the People on this Occasion. They rave, they rail, they blaspheme; they talk not only like Ideots but also like Franticks, […]
glosses: A person who is insane or mentally unstable, madman.
larger-than-life
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of larger than life.
kludgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /klʌd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈkluːd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -uːdʒi
Forms: form: kludgier
form: kludgiest
form: kludgey
form: klugey
form: kluggy
form: klugy
Etymology: From kludge + -y.
Senses: examples: text: This is kind of a kludgy solution, but it will work for now.
text: What is still kludgy is how the data is gathered and passed to the function InjectHTML.
ref: 2006, Christian Gross, Ajax Patterns and Best Practices, Apress, →ISBN, page 174:
text: Even if you imagine a political earthquake that eliminated the power of the insurance industry and objections to higher taxes, you’d still have to protect the interests of workers with better-than-average coverage, so that in practice single-payer, American style, would be almost as kludgy as Obamacare.
ref: 2016 January 18, Paul Krugman, “Health Reform Realities”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: […] It’s kludgy language to describe a kludgy process.
ref: 2018 January 21, Peter Suderman, “The Shutdown Shows the Twisted Rules of a Broken Congress”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: All you'd need to do is pour your kludgy old application into a container and run it in Kubernetes, and you're cloud native now, right? Nope. All you've done is make your application harder to deploy and harder to manage.
ref: 2021, Matthew A. Titmus, Cloud Native Go, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Sloppy, hasty, shoddy, or inelegant.
Related terms: kludge
kludgie
sloppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslɒp.i/
ipa: /ˈslɑ.pi/
rhymes: -ɒpi
Forms: form: sloppier
form: sloppiest
Etymology: From slop + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The dog tracked sloppy mud through the kitchen!
glosses: Very wet; covered in or composed of slop.
examples: text: The carpenter did a sloppy job of building the staircase.
text: Among the key criticisms: the writing in the finale was “some of the sloppiest … I’ve ever watched”, while the show in general was a “hot mess of faux character archs [sic]” which made “repeated heavy-handed attempts” to show that “Man=Problem”. (Now that’s a tattoo-worthy phrase if ever there was one).
ref: 2024 February 23, Paul MacInnes, “‘Some of the sloppiest writing I’ve ever watched’: how True Detective’s creator turned on his own show”, in The Guardian:
text: The likes of Liv may be gone from Meta for now, but our online future seems to be getting sloppier and sloppier.
ref: 2025 January 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “AI-generated ‘slop’ is slowly killing the internet, so why is nobody trying to stop it?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Messy; not neat, elegant, or careful.
examples: text: a sloppy measurement; a sloppy fit
text: My Greek is not the tongue of Homer or Aeschylus but a sloppy ungrammatical sabir lacking Attic salt and tending to a saccharinity which sets my teeth on edge.
ref: 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked:
glosses: Imprecise or loose.
Derived terms: sloppily
sloppiness
sloppy drunk
sloppy joe
sloppy-minded
sloppy seconds
sloppy toppy
frenzy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnzi/
Forms: form: frenzies
form: phrenzy
form: phrensy
Etymology: From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.
Senses: examples: text: international media frenzy
text: She went into a cleaning frenzy to prepare for the unexpected guests.
text: It is during these frenzies that sharks have been known to bite everything in sight, including other sharks engaged in the same activity.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 170:
text: The early years of Norman occupation saw a frenzy of castle building.
ref: 1999, Linda Flavell, Roger Flavell, “1066[:] The Normans Begin to Erect Castles”, in dictionary of english down through the ages[:] words & phrases born out of historical events great & small, 2005 edition, London: Kyle Cathie Limited, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: A state of wild activity or panic.
examples: text: All else is towering frenzy and distraction.
ref: 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii, page 1:
text: The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: A violent agitation of the mind approaching madness; rage.
Derived terms: feeding frenzy
frenzical
frenzily
Related terms: frantic
frenetic
frenzied
schizophrenia
frenzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnzi/
Forms: form: more frenzy
form: most frenzy
form: phrenzy
form: phrensy
Etymology: From Middle English frensy, frenesie, from Old French frenesie, from Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”): see frantic and frenetic. Doublet of phrenesis.
Senses: examples: text: They thought that some frenzy distemper had got into his head.
ref: 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress:
glosses: Mad; frantic.