cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
honeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌnid/
Forms: form: honied
Etymology: From Middle English honyed; equivalent to honey + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of honey
honeylocust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeylocusts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honey locust.
wone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəʊn/
ipa: /woʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
rhymes: -oʊn
Forms: form: wones
form: woning
form: woned
form: woned
form: won
form: wonne
Etymology: From Middle English wonen (“to abide, dwell”), from Old English wunian (“to dwell, be accustomed to”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn, from Proto-Germanic *wunāną (“to be wont; dwell”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive; wish; love”).
Senses: examples: text: This I make thi wonnyng playce, / ffull of myrth and of solace
ref: 15th c., “[The Creation]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 6:
english: This I make thy dwelling place, full of mirth and solace
translation: This I make thy dwelling place, full of mirth and solace
text: For now the best and noblest knight alive
Prince Arthur is, that wonnes in Faerie Lond;
He hath a sword, that flames like burning brond.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 2, iii:18 (see also i:51, vii:49, ix:52, and xii:69)
text: Then we entered the city and found all who therein woned into black stones enstoned[…]
ref: 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 17:
glosses: To live, reside, stay.
Derived terms: inwone
woning
wone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəʊn/
ipa: /woʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
rhymes: -oʊn
Forms: form: wones
form: won
form: wonne
form: woon
Etymology: From Middle English wone, variant of wane, from Old Norse ván (“hope, expectation”). The senses relating to dwelling-places apparently derive from the sense relating to expectation, i.e. the home as the place one is expected to be; cf. von (“place where one expects to find fish”).
Senses: examples: text: On the cool height awhile out Palmers ſtay,
And ſpite even of themſelves their Senſes chear;
Then to the Wizard's Wonne their Steps they ſteer.
ref: 1748, James Thomson, The Castle of Indolence, I:XXXVII:
glosses: A house, home, habitation, dwelling.
examples: text: What secret place (quoth he) can safely hold
So huge a masse, and hide from heaven's eye?
Or where hast thou thy wonne, that so much gold
Thou canst preserve from wrong and robbery?
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Volume 2, vii:20 (see also xii:11)
glosses: Wealth, riches.
wone
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /wəʊn/
ipa: /woʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
rhymes: -oʊn
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of one.
honey locust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey locusts
Senses: glosses: A North American deciduous tree (Gleditsia triacanthos) having fragrant flowers, hard red wood, and conspicuous thorns.
Hyponyms: sense: Gleditsia triacanthos
english: subspecies, varieties, forms of Gleditsia triacanthos
translation: subspecies, varieties, forms of Gleditsia triacanthos
word: thornless honey locust
honeymooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌn.iˌmunə/
enpr: ər
ipa: /ˈhʌn.iˌmunɚ/
Forms: form: honeymooners
Etymology: From honeymoon + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person currently on their honeymoon.
houseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊsmən/
Forms: form: housemen
Etymology: From house + -man.
Senses: glosses: A male follower or retainer; a male domestic worker or servant.
examples: text: A young houseman wearing his white coat and name-tag walked past us towards the apartment houses beside the lake.
ref: 2000, J. G. Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 184:
glosses: A medical graduate gaining practical experience in a hospital; a house officer.
Synonyms: sense: medical graduate
word: house officer
sense: medical graduate
word: intern
garbage trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garbage truck
mayflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mayflowers
Etymology: From May + flower.
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants that flower in May - especially the hawthorn (in Britain) and the trailing arbutus (in the US).
Synonyms: mayweed
Derived terms: Canada mayflower
menage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ménage.
mensurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnt͡ʃəɹəbəl/
/ˈmɛnt͡ʃɹəbəl/
/ˈmɛns(ə)ɹəbəl/
Forms: form: more mensurable
form: most mensurable
Etymology: From Middle English mensurable, from Medieval Latin mensūrābilis.
Senses: glosses: measurable
examples: text: Mensurable music is song measured by long and short units of time.
ref: 1998, William Oliver Strunk, Leo Treitler, Source Readings in Music History, →ISBN, page 227:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a fixed rhythm.
Derived terms: commensurable
mensurably
unmensurable
Related terms: mensural
mentholated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mentholated
form: most mentholated
Senses: glosses: Impregnated with menthol.
Derived terms: nonmentholated
mescal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛˈskæl/
ipa: /mɛˈskɑl/
ipa: /ˈmɛzkæl/
Forms: form: mescals
form: mezcal
form: mexcal
Etymology: From Mexican Spanish mezcal, from Nahuatl or Classical Nahuatl mexcalli (“intoxicating drink made from fermented agave juice”), perhaps from metl (“maguey (agave)”) + ixcalli (“stew”).
Senses: examples: text: He thought: 900 pesos=100 bottles of whiskey=900 ditto tequila. Argal: one should drink neither tequila nor whiskey but mescal.
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 77:
glosses: A Mexican alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented juice of the agave.
glosses: The peyote cactus.
Derived terms: mescal bean
mescaline
mescalism
dimmer switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimmer switch
trick-or-treating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricks or treats
Etymology: From trick-or-treat + -ing.
Senses: coordinate_terms: souling
glosses: The practice of going house to house on Halloween evening to receive treats.
trick-or-treating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tricks or treats
Etymology: From trick-or-treat + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trick-or-treat
garage door opener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garage door openers
Etymology: From garage door + opener.
Senses: examples: text: With your address and your garage door opener, a thief can drive right in. Hide your garage door opener, don't just store it in the glove box. Better still, carry it in your purse or bag.
ref: 1995, Louise Rafkin, “Car Safety”, in Street Smarts: A Personal Safety Guide for Women, 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 81:
glosses: A hand-held electronic device used to remotely open a garage door automatically.
Related terms: door opener
food courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food court
common area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common areas
Senses: examples: text: The dorm offered students the choice of retreating to the privacy of their rooms, or mingling in the common area.
glosses: A piece of land or a room that is designed for the use of multiple visitors to or inhabitants of a place.
topics: law
glosses: In a condominium or other cooperative residential facility, an area owned by the organization that oversees the facility, but is not owned by any specific resident.
Related terms: commons
common areas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common area
god modes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of god mode
cheat code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheat codes
form: cheatcode
Senses: examples: text: Got more patience than a tree grow / Got love that feels like a cheat code
ref: 2023, “Practice”, in Water Made Us, performed by Jamila Woods ft. Saba:
topics: video-games
glosses: A line of text or series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior, alter a character's looks and abilities, skip levels, or access other hidden features.
examples: text: How did the other folks make it? It’s not necessarily because they’re smarter. It’s not automatically that they know more than I do. It’s not because they’re more clever. It’s that they found the cheat codes or knew somebody who knew somebody.
ref: 2021, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, “Trust Where You Are”, in The Fear-Fighter Manual: Lessons from a Professional Troublemaker, London: Quercus Editions Ltd, →ISBN:
text: This gem of a book is a gathering of life’s cheat codes, put together with girls in mind.
ref: 2021, Suzie Lavington, Andy Cope, A Girl’s Guide to Being Fearless: How to Find Your Brave, Chichester, West Sussex: Capstone, Wiley, →ISBN, back cover:
text: Global agreements also focus on technology sharing—think of it as countries passing around the best cheat codes for fighting climate change.
ref: 2024, Alisha Chandran, “Global Agreements – A Game of Diplomacy”, in Beyond the Forecast: The Science, Impact, and Opportunity of Our Climate Crisis, [Bradford, West Yorkshire]: Ethics International Press Ltd, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: A way to accomplish something that bypasses some of the usual hard work; shortcut, lifehack, or advantage.
cheat codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheat code
pungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pungis
Etymology: From Hindi पुंगी (puṅgī).
Senses: glosses: A wind instrument, traditionally made from a gourd, played by snake charmers in India and Pakistan.
punge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: punges
form: punging
form: punged
form: punged
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin pungere.
Senses: glosses: To pierce, prick, puncture.
punga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pungas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ponga.
vexillophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vexillophiles
Etymology: From vexillo- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Flags with conservative meanings were flown outside Justice Samuel Alito’s home and beach house, apparently by the justice’s vexillophile wife.
ref: 2024, Michael Linhorst, The Supreme Court Is on Collision Course With Its Ethics Struggles, in: The New Republic, September 30 2024
glosses: A person who collects and displays flags.
glosses: A person who studies flags and their history and meaning.
Related terms: arctophile
audiophile
bibliophile
conspirophile
museophile
videophile
vexillology
vexillographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vĕk'sĭlŏʹgrəfə
ipa: /ˌvɛksɪˈlɒɡɹəfə/
ipa: /ˌvɛksɪˈlɑɡɹəfɚ/
Forms: form: vexillographers
Etymology: From vexillo- + -grapher, by analogy with lexicographer etc.
Senses: examples: text: Anders Holmquist is a vexillographer, or designer, maker and philosopher of flags.
ref: 1985: Linda Frye Burnham for Art in the Public Interest, High Performance, volume 8, №ˢ 29–32, page 56 (Astro Artz)
text: He turned himself into an instant vexillographer — a flag designer. […] Now 75 years old, the vexillographer has been living in Canada for the last 35 years.
His vexillographer friends stopped him, “Hey! that is Netherlands’ flag! Careful! Queen Juliana or is it Queen Beatrix! She will shoot you on sight for stealing the colors plus the design,” they warned him. [… T]he Flag Institute has called him a “Vexillographer” — the professional title of a flag designer.
All in all the Congress was highly successful with Dr. JEHANGIR R MEDORA of Canada presenting the Zoroastrian Flag of Friendliness and Brotherhood designed by him as a Vexillographer to all Delegates […]
ref: 1995: Parsiana, volume 18, pages 18, 19, and 167 (P. Warden)
text: Had the terms been invented at the time, Miles could have called himself a vexillologist or vexillographer. He referred to the matter of flag design as “my pet hobby”.
ref: 2005: Raven: A Journal of Vexillology, volume 12, page 1 (North American Vexillological Association)
glosses: A person who designs flags professionally or semi-professionally.
Related terms: vexillology
trapunto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trapuntos
Etymology: From Italian trapunto.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Proenza Schouler line could be described as representing the best of their past hits: a palm print skirt for $24.99, a hooded cotton anorak for $39.99, a silk camisole with trapunto topstitching for $49.99.
ref: 2007 January 18, Eric Wilson, “Making Money in Multiples”, in New York Times:
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: A type of quilting producing a raised surface.
dearling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dearlings
Senses: examples: text: Thoſe daintie parts, the dearlings of delight, / Which mote not be prophan'd of common eyes, […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 463:
text: […] Auguſtius Cæſar in his very entrance into affaires, vvhen he vvas a dearling of the Senate, yet in his haranges to the people, vvould ſvveare Ita parentis honores conſequi liceat, (vvhich vvas no leſſe then the Tyranny,) […]
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:
text: And tis a common obſervation in Familites, that the moſt diſcountenanc'd child oft makes better proof, then the dearling.
ref: 1675, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] IV. Of the Surplusage of our Enjoinments above Our Sufferings.”, in The Art of Contentment. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: At the [Sheldonian] Theater […], →OCLC, paragraph 9, page 73:
text: 'Twas not satiety bade me leave the dearling of my soul, ⁕ But that she sinned a mortal sin which clipt me in its clip: […]
ref: 1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Tale of the Portress. [Night 18.]”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume I, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC, page 181:
text: "Whate'er you say, dearling." Despite her insults, Geirolf could see the love glowing in her face and he was encouraged.
ref: 1998 April, Sandra Hill, The Last Viking, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell Books, Dorchester Publishing, →ISBN, page 385:
text: "I dinna ken, dearling," he said huskily. "I wish … och, how I wish … I canna bear to think o' ye locked up in here."
ref: 2006 April, Kate Forsyth, “Liberty of the Tower”, in The Shining City (Rhiannon’s Ride; 2), New York, N.Y.: Roc, →ISBN, page 81:
glosses: Obsolete form of darling .
dearling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dearling
form: most dearling
Senses: examples: text: Do thou dred infant, Venus dearling doue, / From her high ſpirit chaſe imperious feare, / And vſe of avvfull Maieſtie remoue: […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 5, page 2:
glosses: Obsolete form of darling .
rewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈwɛd/
rhymes: -ɛd
Forms: form: reweds
form: rewedding
form: rewed
form: rewed
form: rewedded
form: rewedded
Etymology: From re- + wed.
Senses: glosses: To wed again.
kanon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanons
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κᾰνών (kănṓn, “straight rod, bar”). Doublet of cannon, canon, and canyon.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of monochord (used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music)
synonyms: word: monochord
extra: used mainly in reference to ancient Greek music
kanon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanons
Etymology: From Armenian քանոն (kʻanon).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of qanun (used mainly in reference to Armenian music)
synonyms: word: qanun
extra: used mainly in reference to Armenian music
pichvai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pichvais
form: pichhavai
Etymology: Literal meaning: "something at the back".
Senses: glosses: An Indian temple hanging consisting of cotton cloth painted with scenes from the life of the Hindu deity Lord Krishna (always blue), and used as a backdrop for his idol; also used decoratively in homes.
heat detector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heat detectors
Senses: glosses: A device that detects heat and sounds an alarm.
smoke detectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoke detector
half bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half baths
Etymology: Clipping of half bathroom.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of half bathroom.
heat detectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heat detector
hair dryer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair dryers
form: hair drier
form: hair-drier
form: hairdrier
form: hairdryer
form: hair-dryer
Etymology: From hair + dryer.
Senses: synonyms: blow-dryer#Noun
blow dryer#Noun
blowdryer#Noun
glosses: A handheld electric device for drying hair by blowing hot air on it.
glosses: A device usually located in a hair salon to sit under for drying hair by blowing hot air on it.
Related terms: english: comparable but much hotter
translation: comparable but much hotter
word: heat gun
Jingpho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jinghpo
form: Jingpo
form: Jinghpaw
form: Chingp'o
form: Chingpaw
Etymology: From Jingpho Jinghpaw.
Senses: glosses: The Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Kachin State, Myanmar, and also in China.
wikipedia: + language
Synonyms: Kachin
Marip
eighteen hundreds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The period of time consisting of the years 1800 through 1899.
nineteen hundreds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The decade consisting of the years 1900 through 1909.
glosses: The century consisting of the years 1900 through 1999.
for rent
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Being offered for renting.
Related terms: for sale
Tiergarten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Tiergarten (“zoo”).
Senses: glosses: A large public park in Berlin.
numnah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numnahs
form: numna
Etymology: Modification of numdah.
Senses: synonyms: numdah
glosses: A pad, often of sheepskin, placed under a horse's saddle; a saddle blanket
chicken cannon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken cannons
Senses: examples: text: The Air Force has a device known as "the chicken cannon." Recently killed chickens are fired, feathers and all, from a converted cannon.
ref: 1987 November 22, “Military has long history of using animals”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, page A15:
text: The most unusual thing sold is the "chicken cannon," a 10-foot-long pneumatic gun used at a test site to fire dead chickens at aircraft wings.
ref: 2004, Mark Bryant (AP), "Boeing's surplus store is the 747 of garage sales," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 17 Feb
glosses: A device used during aircraft testing to discharge bird carcasses into airframes and engines to determine resistance to such impacts.
Synonyms: chicken gun
rooster booster
Related terms: birdstrike
skewbald
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From skew + bald (where bald means having patches of white).
Senses: glosses: Marked with patches of white and non-black colours.
raw_tags: of horses
skewbald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skewbalds
Etymology: From skew + bald (where bald means having patches of white).
Senses: glosses: A skewbald horse.
Related terms: piebald
underrun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underruns
Etymology: From under- + run.
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A condition in which the read/write buffer is fed with data at a slower rate than required; a buffer underrun.
Derived terms: buffer underrun
underrun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underruns
form: underrunning
form: underran
form: underrun
Etymology: From under- + run.
Senses: examples: text: He spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words.
ref: 1904, Katherine Cecil Thurston, The Masquerader, page 26:
glosses: To run or pass under.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.
renumber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: renumbers
form: renumbering
form: renumbered
form: renumbered
Etymology: From re- + number.
Senses: glosses: To number again, to assign new numbers to.
Derived terms: renumberer
renumbering
repackage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repackages
form: repackaging
form: repackaged
form: repackaged
Etymology: From re- + package.
Senses: examples: text: These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.
ref: 2023 April 5, Mark Hay, “Does Testosterone Affect Your Politics?”, in VICE:
glosses: To package again or differently.
rewarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rewarms
form: rewarming
form: rewarmed
form: rewarmed
Etymology: From re- + warm.
Senses: examples: text: Her book has perhaps been a good one; it has refreshed, refilled, rewarmed her heart; […]
ref: 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Two Lives”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 265:
glosses: To warm again; to bring back to a state of warmth.
reauthorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reauthorizes
form: reauthorizing
form: reauthorized
form: reauthorized
form: reauthorise
Etymology: From re- + authorize.
Senses: examples: text: Even in the ultrapolarized atmosphere of Capitol Hill, it should be possible to secure broad bipartisan agreement on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, the 1994 law at the center of the nation’s efforts to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking.
ref: 2012 February 9, “Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence”, in The New York Times:
text: The legislation, which passed both chambers of Congress this month by wide margins, essentially reauthorizes a Clinton-era law that provided money to states and cities for job retraining.
ref: 2014 July 22, David S. Joachim, “Obama Signs New Job-Training Law”, in The New York Times:
text: In April, Judge Brian M. Morris of the Federal District Court in Montana suspended the program, which is administered by the Army Corps of Engineers, saying that it had been improperly reauthorized in 2017.
ref: 2020 July 6, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Won’t Block Ruling to Halt Work on Keystone XL Pipeline”, in The New York Times:
text: A top national security official at the Justice Department is expected to urge Congress to reauthorize Section 702 during a speech at the Brookings Institution on Tuesday.
ref: 2023 February 27, Charlie Savage, “Security Agencies and Congress Brace for Fight Over Expiring Surveillance Law”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To authorize again, to give authority to anew.
recolonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recolonizes
form: recolonizing
form: recolonized
form: recolonized
form: recolonise
Etymology: From re- + colonize.
Senses: glosses: To colonize again, especially after decolonization.
Derived terms: recolonization
recolonisation
redrawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rē-drôn′
ipa: /ˌɹiːˈdɹɔːn/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈdɹɔn/
ipa: /ˌɹiˈdɹɑn/
rhymes: -ɔːn
Senses: glosses: past participle of redraw
undershoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undershoots
form: undershooting
form: undershot
form: undershot
Etymology: From under- + shoot.
Senses: glosses: To shoot not far enough or not well enough.
glosses: To fail to go far enough when trying to reach a goal.
examples: text: The first day, I think I undershot how much I should've been drinking, because it had almost no effect on me.
ref: 2014, Dave Schilling, One of Our Writers Went on an All-Alcohol Diet for a Week:
text: Just weeks ago, however, America’s top epidemiologists badly undershot how quickly COVID-19 would spread.
ref: 2020, Brendan Kirby, Experts made coronavirus forecasts in mid-March; they whiffed badly:
glosses: To underestimate.
glosses: To record too little photographic footage.
undershoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undershoots
Etymology: From under- + shoot.
Senses: glosses: The situation where a neuron's membrane potential falls below the normal resting potential.
examples: text: In this model, a fiscal or saving shock in one country leads to an overshoot of the real exchange rate between the two countries and of the real interest rate in the other country, and an undershoot of the real interest rate in the first country.
ref: 1994, Peter B. Kenen, Francesco Papadia, Fabrizio Saccomanni, The International Monetary System, →ISBN, page 109:
glosses: An instance of undershooting.
prerecord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prerecords
form: prerecording
form: prerecorded
form: prerecorded
Etymology: From pre- + record.
Senses: glosses: To record in advance.
hockey sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hockey stick
disbarment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈbɑːmənt/
Forms: form: disbarments
Etymology: From disbar + -ment.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The disqualification of a lawyer from membership in a bar association, usually as punishment for wrongdoing; the result of being disbarred.
disbarments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disbarment
disbarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disbar
disbarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disbar
disbarring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disbarrings
Senses: examples: text: The peak years were 1933 and 1934, and the overwhelming majority of disbarrings were for stealing from clients and related offences.
ref: 2015, Christopher Moore, The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797-1997:
glosses: A disbarment.
Savanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in the south of Mauritius.
refulge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refulges
form: refulging
form: refulged
form: refulged
Senses: glosses: To shine brightly; to be refulgent.
glasswasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glasswashers
Etymology: From glass + washer.
Senses: glosses: A machine designed and used for the washing and rinsing of drinking glasses, typically used in restaurants, bars and hotels.
glasswashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glasswasher
disarrange
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disarranges
form: disarranging
form: disarranged
form: disarranged
Etymology: From dis- + arrange.
Senses: examples: text: Stay, dear, you will disarrange your curls—let me untie your hat.
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
text: In his short life Ricky had known two sudden deaths, and that is enough to disarrange any placid outlook on the world.
ref: 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, VI [Uniform ed., p. 69]
glosses: To undo the arrangement of; to disorder; to derange.
Derived terms: disarrangement
disarranger
wyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wyns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wynn.
vaccimulgence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vacci- (“cow”) + Latin mulgentia (“milking”).
Senses: examples: text: Will you try to look out for a fit servant for us,—simple of heart, physiognomically handsome, and scientific in vaccimulgence.
ref: 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge and Sara Coleridge Coleridge, Biographia Literaria, volume 2, published 1817, letter to Mr. Poole, 5, November, 1796, page 381:
text: Vaccimulgence. Who knows also, but that the human character may undergo strange mutations from quadrupedian sympathy, and that some modern Pasiphae may rival the fables of old.
ref: 1993, Marc Shell, “Pasiphae, or On Vaccination and Vaccimulgence”, in Bestia: Yearbook of the Beast Fable Society, volumes 4-5, page 34:
text: 'Garford. There are perplexities there, beyond a doubt. And not wholly remote from what we must call the Solo problem. Mrs Carson, so prodigal of potatoes and the products of vaccimulgence, is dotty in her own way.'
ref: 2008, Michael Innes, Carson's Conspiracy, page 97:
glosses: The milking of cows.
zograscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzɒɡɹəskəʊp/
Forms: form: zograscopes
Etymology: First part of Unknown origin and meaning, + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A device used for viewing perspective prints, consisting of a lens and a slanting mirror on a stand.
fustilugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fustilugs
Senses: glosses: An unattractive, grossly overweight person.
Derived terms: fustilarian
galligaskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother's heels, equipped in a pair of his father's cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather.
ref: 1819 June 23, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “Rip Van Winkle”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number I, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, pages 64–65:
glosses: Large, loose breeches, fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Related terms: gaskin
Ceibhfhionn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Celtic goddess of intelligence, inspiration and knowledge.
glosses: A female given name.
pedascule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedascules
Etymology: It is probable that William Shakespeare first coined this word in his play Taming of the Shrew, (See example below), as a repetition of the word 'pedant' but in Latinised form to shame the other character.
Senses: examples: text: How fiery and forward our pedant is!
:: Now, for my life, the knave doth court my love.
:: Pedascule, I'll watch you better yet.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
glosses: a pedant, schoolmaster.
chirugion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chirugions
form: chirugeon
form: chirurgion
form: chirurgeon
Senses: glosses: apothecary
glosses: surgeon, doctor usually learned by apprenticeship
glosses: One who studies chirurgian
boniface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonifaces
Etymology: After Boniface, the innkeeper in George Farquhar's 1707 comedic play The Beaux' Stratagem.
Senses: glosses: The proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
wikipedia: George Farquhar
The Beaux' Stratagem
blvd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blvds
form: blvd.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of boulevard.
Synonyms: bd
maritorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəs
Forms: form: more maritorious
form: most maritorious
Etymology: Formed like uxorious, based on Latin marītus (“husband”).
Senses: examples: text: Dames maritorious ne'er were meritorious.
ref: 1607, George Chapman, Bussy D'Ambois:
glosses: Being fond of one's husband to the point of obsession; excessively doting on one's husband.
Coordinate terms: uxorious
belomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛl.əʊ.mæn.si/
Forms: form: bellomancy
form: bolomancy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βέλος (bélos, “an arrow, dart”) + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Studying the flight of arrows, an ancient form of divination used by the Greeks and Arabs.
Related terms: rhabdomancy
rhapsodomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French rhapsodomancie, from Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós) + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: Rhapsodomantia sive divinatio ex rhapsodia aliqva poëtæ.
ref: 1723, Fabricii, Bibliographia Antiquaria xii:
text: 1953, Gaynor (ed.), Dict. Mysticism
Rhapsodomancy: A form of divination, based on a line in a sacred book or book of poetry which strikes the eye when the book is opened, or which is the last line to be pierced by a needle stuck through the closed book.
text: Using chance to arrive at a particular passage in the I Ching is a form of rhapsodomancy: the seeking of guidance through the chance selection of a passage in a literary work. Another early form of rhapsodomancy is represented by the sibylline books. [...]
ref: 1998, Deborah J. Bennett, Randomness, Harvard University Press, page 42:
glosses: Divination by reading a random passage from a poem.
Related terms: bibliomancy
dactylomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dækˈtɪləmænsi/
Forms: form: dactyliomancy
form: dactalomancy
Etymology: From dactylo- + -mancy (“divination”), from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”).
Senses: examples: text: Dactylomancy, by rings […]
ref: The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
text: Dactyliomancy was divination by means of a ring. The ring was suspended by a thread above a round table, on the edge of which letters of the alphabet were marked. The ring, in shaking or vibrating over the table, stopped over certain of the letters, which, on being connected, supplied the answer asked.
ref: Mysteries of all Nations xiii, J. Grant, 1880
glosses: Divination by various methods using rings, such as using silver or gold rings placed on the fingernails in patterns in conjunction with the planets.
daphnomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæfnəˌmænsi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”) + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination by laurel branches or trees, leaves etc.
Bemberg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bembergs
Etymology: The fabric was invented in 1918, and named after J. P. Bemberg, the German developer.
Senses: glosses: The trade name for a type of rayon yarn. Fabrics made from this yarn are frequently used for presentation flags, and for lining suits and coats. Bemberg silk is a less costly, and versatile, substitute for natural silk.
gadgetbahn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡædʒɪtbɑːn/
ipa: /ˈɡæd͡ʒətˌbɑn/
ipa: /ˈɡædʒɪtˌbɑːnən/
ipa: /ˈɡæd͡ʒətˌbɑnən/
Forms: form: gadgetbahns
form: gadgetbahnen
Etymology: From English gadget + German Bahn (“route, trail; rail transport; train, tram”).
Senses: examples: text: To cite a favorite example of gadgetbahnen enthusiasts, automated train operation is as easily applied to conventional rail as monorails, as demonstrated by the Vancouver, BC, Skytrain (which uses standard railroad technology, not monorail as some Seattle monorail boosters apparently believe). […] To some extent, the promising concept of bus rapid transit (BRT) has also suffered from the "gadgetbahnen" mentality.
ref: 2002 November 25, Michael D. Setty; Leroy W. Demery, Jr., “Conventional Rail vs. ‘Gadgetbahnen’”, in Planetizen, Los Angeles, Calif., archived from the original on 02 May 2021:
text: Ken Avidor, a Minnesota transit advocate and critic of similarly proposed systems, called the project the latest iteration of "gadgetbahn," a play on "autobahn" the German word for freeway. Gadgetbahn refers to highly technological transport systems relying on untried innovations. "All of these gadgetbahn projects always rely on totally unrealistic cost estimates," he said.
ref: 2007 March 16, Marc Albert, “Newfangled rail system for Alameda Point questioned”, in The Alameda Sun, Alameda, Calif.: Eric J. Kos and Dennis Evanosky, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2013:
text: In transit communities, projects that sound complicated and unnecessary go by the German epithet "gadgetbahn." If early gondolas are successful, advocates hope gondolas can shake this label.
ref: [2016 June 6, Josh Zumbrun, “Uphill climb: Cities push gondolas on skeptical commuters”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2021:
text: Have you heard the word "gadgetbahn"? It's a portmanteau coined to describe transport proposals that, to all intents and purposes, ought to be delivered using proven railway technology … and yet go out of their way to be anything but a railway.
ref: [2020 November 18, Gareth Dennis, “Can Cambridgeshire plan transform transportation?”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64:
text: [I]t is important to remember that we have to design the railway now on the basis of current engineering possibilities, as opposed to unidentified and untested technologies – sometimes referred to as ‘gadgetbahns’ – that may or may not be available, suitable or safe in the future.
ref: 2021 April 28, “East West Rail Company responds over debate on northern approach into Cambridge, freight and technology”, in Paul Brackley, editor, Cambridge Independent, Milton, Cambridgeshire: Iliffe Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2021:
topics: transport
glosses: A public transportation scheme based on modern technology which seems to be infeasible or unnecessary.
governor-general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: governors-general
form: governor general
Senses: examples: text: It is a historical and analytical study of the position of Viceroy and Governor-General in the Indian constitutional system.
ref: 1940, Abani Bhushan Rudra, The Viceroy and Governor-General of India, page xi:
text: The vulnerability of the Governor-General should not be overstated.
ref: 1997, New Zealand Law Journal, page 217:
text: 2003, The Far East and Australasia 2003, Europa Publications, page 122,
The legislative power of the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a Federal Parliament, consisting of HM the Queen (represented by the Governor-General), a Senate, and a House of Representatives.
glosses: An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
examples: text: Nikolai Bobrikov served as governor-general of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1898 until his untimely death in 1904.
text: […]the proper warrants thereon shall be issued by the auditor and countersigned by the governor-general.
ref: 1901, Puerto Rico Governor, Annual Report, page 311:
text: The Governor-General of Amur resides at Khabarovka (哈巴羅甫喀，即，伯利), in the Primorsk Province (東海濱省).
ref: 1904, C. D. Tenney, “俄屬 [RUSSIA IN ASIA]”, in Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 36:
english: RUSSIA IN ASIA
translation: RUSSIA IN ASIA
text: A real acuerdo (decision reached by a full session of the high court presided over by the governor-general) gradually came to have the force of law in the form of administrative ordinances embracing a wide range of subjects.
ref: 1996, Greg Bankoff, Crime, Society, and the State in the Nineteenth-Century Philippines, page 105:
text: 2007, Taiwan under Japanese Rule, 1895—1945, Murray A. Rubinstein (editor), Taiwan: A New History, page 222,
In the meantime the Taiwan governors-general were gradually brought under closer supervision of the home government in Tokyo.
glosses: An official in a similar position in other countries.
glosses: A zongdu.
Synonyms: word: GG
word: G-G
word: G.G.
word: G.-G.
word: G. G.
Derived terms: governor-generalship
Related terms: Government House
Lord-Lieutenant
viceroy
lampadomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “torch”), + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: 1652, The Magastromancer xix, Gaule
Lampadomancy, by candles and lamps […]
text: A divination based on the observation of the movements of the flame of a lamp was called lampadomancy.
ref: 1931, Picture Museum of Sorcery viii, Lock tr. de Givry:
glosses: divination by the interpretation of the flame of a lamp. A type of pyromancy.
Related terms: lychnomancy
honorable mention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honorable mentions
form: honourable mention
Senses: examples: text: How good are DCGs from a linguistic perspective? Well, mixed. At one stage (in the early 1980s) they were pretty much state of the art. They made it possible to code complex grammars in a clear way, and to explore the interplay of syntactic and semantic ideas. Certainly any history of parsing in computational linguistics would give DCGs an honourable mention.
ref: 2006, Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §8.3
glosses: An award or recognition given to a person or thing who does not achieve a higher standing but whose performance or entry was noteworthy.
Related terms: honorary mention
libanomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: libranomancy
form: livanomancy
form: knissomancy
Etymology: From Greek libanos, frankincense.
Senses: glosses: Divination by interpreting burning incense smoke
Hypernyms: capnomancy
tensometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensometers
Etymology: tension + -meter
Senses: glosses: A device for evaluating various tensile properties of a material, such as Young's modulus, ultimate tensile strength and Poisson's ratio.
glosses: Alternative spelling of tensiometer.
trainmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainmasters
Etymology: From train + master.
Senses: examples: text: In the past, trainmasters were promoted brakemen or conductors who retained their union seniority.
text: Trainmasters are American officials, who perform duties somewhat akin to those of a British controller, but with obvious differences dictated by the different operating conditions in America.
ref: 1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: The Duties of Yardmasters, Controllers and Trainmasters”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A superintendent or supervisor of a freight railroad, responsible for train movements, crew assignments, derailments and more.
lithomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From litho- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
public good
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public goods
Senses: glosses: The general welfare of the people; the best interests of the community.
topics: economics
sciences
coordinate_terms: private good
club good
common good
glosses: A good that is non-rivalrous and non-excludable.
Related terms: free rider
let George do it
tragedy of the commons
metopomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈtɒpəmænsi/
ipa: /mɪˈtɑpəmænsi/
Etymology: From French métopomantie (from Ancient Greek μέτωπον (métōpon, “forehead”)), later reformed after + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: These elaborate systems of divination, with their subdivisions, such as divination by moles on the face, or lines on the forehead (metopomancy), had been set out in many medieval treatises […].
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 231:
glosses: Divination by interpreting the facial lines and wrinkles, especially the forehead.
Synonyms: metoposcopy
aeromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈeə.ɹə.mæn.si/
Forms: form: aeromancie
form: æromancy
form: aëromancy
form: aeromanty
form: eromancy
form: heromancy
Etymology: From aero- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros, “air”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
Senses: examples: text: "If these apparitions are in the Ayre, then it is called Aeromancie." -- Astrologaster, J. Melton, 1620
ref: "heromancy" -- OED, 1546
text: "Have you a mind, quoth Her Trippa, to have the truth of the matter yet more fully and amply disclosed unto you by..aeromancy, whereof Aristophanes in his Clouds maketh great estimation..?" -- Works of Rabelais III, 1951
glosses: Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
Related terms: anemoscopy
austromancy
ceraunoscopy
chaomancy
cometomancy
meteoromancy
nephomancy
everclear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a brand name, from ever + clear.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: white lightning, moonshine, mountain dew
synonyms: jet fuel
coordinate_terms: rotgut
red-eye
hooch
qualifier: genericized trademark
glosses: Any home-brewed distilled grain alcohol, especially one with a very high concentration of alcohol (such as 90-some percent, that is, 180-some proof); but generally not one rife with impurities or adulterants.
Related terms: alcohol poisoning
ailuromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ailuro- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination by the appearance and behaviour of cats.
Synonyms: felidomancy
alectyromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: "Alectoromancy, or alectryomancy, is divination by a cock; it is a famous and very ancient method." -- Picture Museum of Sorcery, Lock tr. de Givry, 1931
glosses: Alternative spelling of alectryomancy.
aleuromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aleuro- (“wheat flour”) + -mancy (“divination”).
Senses: glosses: divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
halomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alomancy
Etymology: From halo- + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: Halomancy is the origin of the superstition surrounding spilled salt.
glosses: Divination by use of salt.
alphitomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλφῐτόμαντις (alphĭtómantis, “diviner who used barley meal”), from ἄλφῐτον (álphĭton, “barley meal”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”).
Senses: examples: text: Aleuromancy and alphitomancy were almost analogous processes; cakes were made of wheat or barley flour which could not be swallowed by anyone guilty of a given misdeed.
ref: 1931, Lock translating de Givry Picture Museum of Sorcery
glosses: An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
amniomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amnio- + -mancy.
Senses: glosses: Divination based on the characteristics of the amniotic sac at childbirth.
anthropomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + -mancy, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man, mankind, human, humanity”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”).
Senses: glosses: divination by the interpretation of human sacrificial entrails.
Synonyms: antinopomancy
vexilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪlə
Senses: glosses: plural of vexillum
elephant seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elephant seal
walaʻau
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hawaiian walaʻau (“to talk”).
Senses: glosses: garrulous
walaʻau
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Hawaiian walaʻau (“to talk”).
Senses: glosses: to chatter, talk incessantly