cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
crumble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌmbəl/
ipa: [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l]
ipa: [ˈkɹʌmbl̩]
rhymes: -ʌmbəl
Forms: form: crumbles
form: crumbling
form: crumbled
form: crumbled
form: crimble
Etymology: From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.
Senses: examples: text: The bread roll crumbled when I tried to slice it; it was too stale.
text: The empire crumbled when the ruler's indiscretions came to light.
text: Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?
ref: 1978, Dino Fekaris, Freddie Perren, “I Will Survive”, in Love Tracks, performed by Gloria Gaynor:
text: In 1989, as communism was beginning to crumble across Eastern Europe, just a few months before protesters started pecking away at the Berlin Wall, the Japanese game-making giant Nintendo reached across the world to unleash upon America its own version of freedom.
ref: 2012 April 4, Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game ...”, in The New York Times Magazine:
coordinate_terms: crumple#English:_collapse, figuratively
glosses: To fall apart; to disintegrate.
examples: text: We crumbled some bread into the water.
glosses: To break into crumbs.
examples: text: Using your fingers, crumble the ingredients with the fingertips, lifting in an upward motion, until the mixture is sandy and resembles large breadcrumbs.
coordinate_terms: fold#English:_stir gently
glosses: To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.
Derived terms: crumblable
crumblement
crumbler
crumblesome
crumble up
crumblingly
crumblingness
crumbling skull rule
that's the way the cookie crumbles
crumble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹʌmbəl/
ipa: [ˈkɹʌmbɪ̈l]
ipa: [ˈkɹʌmbl̩]
rhymes: -ʌmbəl
Forms: form: crumbles
form: crimble
Etymology: From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.
Senses: examples: text: blackberry and apple crumble
synonyms: crisp
crunch
glosses: A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.
Derived terms: fumble
Related terms: crumb cake
miosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/
homophone: meiosis
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: mioses
form: myosis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μύω (múō, “to close the eyes”) + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Horner's syndrome consists of typically unilateral miosis and eyelid ptosis, and absent forehead sweating.
antonyms: mydriasis
glosses: Contraction of the pupil of the eye.
Related terms: miotic
miosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈoʊsɪs/
homophone: meiosis
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: mioses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείωσις (meíōsis).
Senses: examples: text: Though some condemn rhetoric as the mother of lies, speaking more than the truth in hyperboles, less in her miosis, otherwise in her metaphors, contrary in her ironies, yet is there excellent use of all these […]
ref: 1642, Thomas Fuller, The Holy State, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel for John Williams, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of meiosis.
critically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/
ipa: [ˈkɹɪɾ.ɪk.li]
ipa: /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kəl.i/
Forms: form: more critically
form: most critically
Etymology: From critical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.
text: Girard critically examines Nietzsche's central contention that Christianity is a religion of sublimated vengeance or ressentiment and contents that although Nietzsche is half right about Christians he remains dangerously naive about violence itself.
ref: 2008 November 24, Giles Fraser, “On the Genealogy of Morals, part 5: Breaking the cycle of conflict”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
examples: text: a critically applauded film
glosses: In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
examples: text: Thus difficult it is to underſtand the purity of Engliſh, and critically to diſcern not only good Writers from bad, and a proper ſtile from a corrupt, but alſo to diſtinguiſh that which is pure in a good Author, from that which is vicious and corrupt in him.
ref: 1685, John Dryden, transl., “Preface”, in Sylvæ: Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
examples: text: a fortification critically situated
text: Coming critically the night before the session.
ref: a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
glosses: At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
examples: text: critically ill
text: critically injured
text: critically endangered
glosses: Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
Derived terms: critically damped
critically endangered
noncritically
postcritically
subcritically
conveying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈveɪ.ɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of convey
conveyance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈveɪəns/
Forms: form: conveyances
form: conveyaunce
Etymology: From convey + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: The times have changed in nothing more (we follow as we were wont the manuscript of Peter Pattieson,) than in the rapid conveyance of intelligence and communication betwixt one part of Scotland and another.
ref: 1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], “I. Being Introductory.”, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 13:
text: Three in a hansom cab is not, under all circumstances, the most comfortable method of conveyance […]
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: An act or instance of conveying.
examples: text: She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
glosses: An act or instance of conveying.
A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
examples: text: Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:
glosses: A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
topics: law
glosses: An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
Derived terms: conveyancer
misconveyance
nonconveyance
reconveyance
conveyance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈveɪəns/
Forms: form: conveyances
form: conveyancing
form: conveyanced
form: conveyanced
form: conveyaunce
Etymology: From convey + -ance.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
crawling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crawl
crawling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ
Forms: form: crawlings
Senses: examples: text: Miss Brass […] devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.
ref: 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC:
glosses: The motion of something that crawls.
Derived terms: lob-crawling
night crawling
precrawling
wallcrawling
consisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪstɪd/
rhymes: -ɪstɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of consist
conqueror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑŋˌkɚ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɔnˌkɚ.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈkɒŋˌkə.ɹə/
Forms: form: conquerors
form: conquerour
form: conquerer
Etymology: From Middle English conquerour, from Old French conquereor, from conquerre. By surface analysis, conquer + -or.
Senses: examples: text: They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force - nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 196:
text: Croatia, England's World Cup semi-final conquerors in Moscow in July, looked set to inflict their curse once more and relegate Gareth Southgate's side from the elite group when Andrej Kramaric's twisting finish put them ahead via a deflection off Eric Dier after 57 minutes.
ref: 2018 November 18, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 1 Croatia”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Someone who conquers.
Synonyms: vanquisher
victor
subjugator
Hyponyms: sense: female conqueror
word: conqueress
Derived terms: John the Conqueror root
vanquisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanquishers
Etymology: From vanquish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: HSTs continued to provide sterling service during these years, so much so that when Virgin and Midland Mainline brought their new wave of high-speed diesel electric multiple units [...] on stream, many preferred the ride and comfort of the vanquished to the ride and comfort of the vanquisher.
ref: 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, page 53:
glosses: Someone who vanquishes; a conqueror.
commissioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪʃənd/
Senses: examples: text: And be it further enacted, &c. That any commissioned auctioneer who shall violate any of the provisions contained in this act, shall for any such offence or violation, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the manner prescribed for other forfeitures in the act aforesaid,
ref: 1836, Acts passed at the Second Session of the Twelfth Legislature of the State of Louisiana, page 52:
text: Nothing in this Act contained shall subject ot forfeiture any commissioned ship of any foreign state, or give to any British court over or in respect of any ship entitled to recognition as a commissioned ship of any foreign state any jurisdiction which it would not have had if this Act had not passed.
ref: 1870, The Law Reports: The public general statutes - Volume 5, page 571:
text: That the colonel of each regiment shall appoint his commissioned and non-commissioned staff officers as follows: One surgeon of the rank and grade of major, and one adjutant, one chaplain, one quartermaster, one commissary of subsistence, one inspector of rifle practice and two assitant surgeons, each of the grade and rank of capatin […]
ref: 1901, Acts of the General Assembly of Alabama, Passed at the Session of 1900-01, […], page 2503:
glosses: Holding a commission; officially appointed.
examples: text: Completion marks the end of the process where the commissioned artwork is delivered to the client.
ref: 2008, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, The Fundamentals of Graphic Design, page 103:
text: In Figure 47, a doodle of a cat has been added to a commissioned mural, and subsequently covered by a poster.
ref: 2019, Alexandra Parker, Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Kate Joseph, Where do we draw the line?: Graffiti in Maboneng, Johannesburg, page 99:
text: (see chapter title)
ref: 2022, Lauren Carters-White et al., “Summary of a commissioned paper on the role of product placement and social media influences in cross-border alcohol marketing, […]”, in WHO, editor, Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion, page 140:
glosses: Specially ordered.
Derived terms: commissioned officer
non-commissioned
uncommissioned
commissioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɪʃənd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commission
giving birth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give birth
giving birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to give birth.
contingency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/
Forms: form: contingencies
Etymology: From contingent + -cy (16th century).
Senses: synonyms: word: possibility
word: unpredictability
word: option
word: choice
word: alternative
word: possibility
word: contingency
antonyms: inevitability
impossibility
glosses: The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance.
examples: text: There was also the imperative necessity of creating a reserve fund for unforeseen contingencies, and the question ever present was how was money to be found.
ref: 1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, page 29:
text: In light of the inherent survival threat posed by zombies and absent specified guidance for detailed planning to address such a contingency, USSTRATCOM has taken the initiative to develop a JOPES Level 3 plan (CONPLAN) consistent with guidance derived from other specified planning efforts to ensure U.S. and Allied freedom of action from zombie domination.
ref: 2011 April 30, United States Strategic Command, CONPLAN 8888-11 "COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE" (PDF), archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023, SITUATION:
synonyms: word: chance
word: contingency
word: contingent
word: eventuality
word: possibility
word: potentiality
antonyms: word: certainty
word: inevitability
word: possibility
word: sure thing
glosses: A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
coordinate_terms: contradiction
tautology
glosses: A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
Derived terms: contingency cost
contingency plan
contingency table
noncontingency
pairing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
homophone: paring
Forms: form: pairings
Senses: examples: text: The seeds were adjusted to make sure that there were good pairings for the tennis tournament.
text: In the past, quite some studies have shown that educational hypogamous marriages are more likely to dissolve than marriages with other educational pairings (see Schwartz and Han 2014 for a review).
ref: 2017 November 21, Lindsay Theunis, Christine Schnor, Didier Willaert, Jan Van Bavel, “His and Her Education and Marital Dissolution: Adding a Contextual Dimension”, in European Journal of Population, volume 34, →DOI, pages 663-687:
glosses: The combination or union of two things.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An agreement between two members of a legislative body holding opposite opinions to refrain from voting, so that both may absent themselves.
Derived terms: accepted pairing
assortative pairing
axiom of pairing
crack pairing
depairing
nonpairing
pairing energy
pairing function
pairing off
pairing time
pairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛəɹɪŋ
homophone: paring
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pair
unpredictability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unpredictabilities
Etymology: From un- + predictability.
Senses: examples: text: The unpredictability of Gemini was then contrasted with examples of human spontaneity, like the splatter technique of Jackson Pollock.
ref: 2025 January 30, Tessa Solomon, “AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say”, in ARTnews:
glosses: The quality of being unpredictable.
glosses: Something which is unpredictable.
congratulations
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
ipa: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒə-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
ipa: /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
ipa: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
ipa: /-tjə-/
ipa: /-tjʊ-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒə-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
Senses: examples: text: Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
text: Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?
ref: 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:
glosses: Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
Synonyms: well done
Derived terms: congraduations
congradulations
congrats
congratudolences
congratufuckinglations
congratufuckulations
grats
gratters
Related terms: congrats
congratulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
ipa: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒə-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
ipa: /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
ipa: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
ipa: /-tjə-/
ipa: /-tjʊ-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒə-/
ipa: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
Senses: glosses: plural of congratulation
twin crystal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twin crystals
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: either of two separate crystals that share crystal lattice points in a symmetrical manner and intergrow
Related terms: crystal twinning
twoling
unpredictableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpredictable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being unpredictable.
Synonyms: unpredictability
unpredictably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unpredictably
form: most unpredictably
Etymology: From unpredictable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unpredictable way.
crystal twinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
crystallography
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The intergrowth of two twin crystals.
commercially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more commercially
form: most commercially
Etymology: From commercial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.
ref: 1979 July 2, “Outdoors: Northeast Spearfishing”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a commercial manner: a manner pertaining to commerce.
dual carriageway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dual carriageways
Senses: glosses: A road in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median.
Synonyms: word: divided highway
central reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: central reservations
Senses: examples: text: The driver of one of the cars had come through the windscreen. He was lying on his back on the central reservation like the effigy on an old church tomb.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 26:
text: (UK)
text: (US)
synonyms: word: reservation
word: median strip
word: median
word: neutral ground
glosses: The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
conceivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsiːvəbl̩/
Etymology: From conceive + -able.
Senses: examples: text: But asked by “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan whether parents can send their kids to summer camp without vaccines, Fauci said, “It is conceivable that that will be possible.”
ref: 2021 March 28, Naomi Thomas and Dakin Andone, “Conceivable that unvaccinated children could go to camp or playgrounds this summer, Fauci says”, in CNN:
synonyms: imaginable
possible
credible
thinkable
glosses: Capable of being conceived or imagined.
Derived terms: conceivability
conceivableness
conceivably
unconceivable
biparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪp.ə.ɹəs/
Etymology: From bi- + -parous.
Senses: glosses: producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning
micronation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ.neɪ̯.ʃən/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌneɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: micronations
form: micro-nation
Etymology: From micro- (“very small”) + nation (“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life or ethnicity”).
Senses: examples: text: Careful groundwork had given Germany a highly unified micronation within the boundaries of Argentina, in many ways better prepared and better organized than the Argentine nation itself.
ref: 1943, Sax[tone] E. Bradford, The Battle for Buenos Aires, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 95:
text: We are faced with micronationalisms that need be tamed, micronations that will have to be organized.
ref: 1961, Mamadou Dia, translated by Mercer Cook, The African Nations and World Solidarity, Frederick A. Praeger, →ISBN, page 143:
text: Margery Perham once remarked that white Rhodesia was a micronation equivalent to a medium-sized British town. How has this micronation, about 80 per cent of whom live in the urban areas, been able to develop and retain control over the African population for so long?
ref: 1975, Patrick O'Meara, edited by Gwendolen M. Carter, Rhodesia: Racial Conflict or Coexistence?, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Leaving aside micro-nations, the Soviet Union is a large Slavic nation state to which are attached some reluctant Europeans in the west.
ref: 1990 January 12, Martin Woollacott, “How the Soviet empire should be dismantled”, in The Guardian, page 10:
glosses: A small nation (“historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and manifested in a common culture”).
Synonyms: word: countercountry
word: ephemeral state
word: model country
word: model nation
word: micropatria
word: microcountry
word: micronational entity
word: mini-country
word: mini-nation
word: mnation
word: mrnation
word: nationette
word: new country project
word: new nation project
word: project nation
Hypernyms: word: community
word: nation
word: people
word: aspirant state
word: government
word: political entity
Related terms: micronationalism
nationalism
thinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθɪŋkəbəl/
Forms: form: more thinkable
form: most thinkable
Etymology: From think + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “Nothing can separate us; not hatred, not hunger, not homelessness, not threats, not even sin, not the thinkable or unthinkable can get between us,” it reads.
ref: 2023 May 27, Ray Sanchez, “Does Brian Laundrie’s mom risk criminal charges over her ‘burn after reading’ letter? Here’s what legal experts say”, in CNN:
glosses: Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.
glosses: Morally acceptable or legal.
town twinning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: town twinnings
Senses: glosses: The pairing of towns or cities from geographically distinct areas, in order to foster human contact and cultural links.
concurrence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concurrences
Etymology: From Old French concurrence.
Senses: glosses: Agreement; concurring.
examples: text: The time came when they ceased to cry and began to think; by the way, if Georgiana had not, from a concurrence of circumstances, been enabled to eat her breakfast, this operation of the mind could not have been engaged in without further injury, for she was, indeed, weak and exhausted;...
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 11:
text: This book owes its existence to a concurrence of accidents.
ref: 1862, John Hill Burton, The Book-hunter, etc., Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood & Sons, Advertisement:
glosses: An instance of simultaneous occurrence.
Derived terms: nonconcurrence
Related terms: concur
conclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈkluːsɪv/
ipa: /kəŋˈkluːsɪv/
Forms: form: more conclusive
form: most conclusive
Etymology: From French conclusif, from Late Latin conclusivus, from Latin conclūsīvē (“conclusively”), from past participle of concludere.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a conclusion.
examples: text: The set of premises of a valid argument is conclusive in the sense that no further evidence could possibly be added to the set of premises which would make the argument invalid.
text: conclusive evidence
glosses: Providing an end to something; decisive.
Derived terms: conclusively
conclusiveness
conclusive presumption
final and conclusive
inconclusive
nonconclusive
unconclusive
microstate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microstates
Etymology: From micro- + state.
Senses: glosses: A country that has a very small population and land area.
examples: text: However, the number of microstates in which the excess of molecules in one bulb over the number in the other bulb is sufficient to permit the measurement of a pressure difference is a quite discountably small fraction of the total number of microstates.
ref: 1989, H. E. Avery, D. John Shaw, Physical Chemistry, page 33:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The specific detailed microscopic configuration of a system.
Derived terms: microstate continuum
geographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geographic + -ally or geographical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I don’t like geostates (I don’t think many people truly do), but I think geographically localized governance is effective because it reduces interaction by people with contradictory conceptions about good behavior and so reduces conflict while supporting order.
ref: 2014 March 22, Rick Weber, “Polystate: Book 2”, in Notes on Liberty:
text: South West London and Surrey may be geographically close to the airport, but there is no way of reaching Heathrow by rail, short of travelling via central London.
ref: 2019 October 24, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 72:
glosses: In terms of geography.
Derived terms: ecogeographically
geographically challenged
ichthyogeographically
microgeographically
paleogeographically
Related terms: geographical
shitatedashinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitatedashinage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手出し投げ, literally pulling underarm throw.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker turns away from his opponent and pulls him forward and down.
shitatehineri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitatehineri
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手捻り, literally twisting underarm throw.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker twists his opponent down with an inside grip.
shitatenage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitatenage
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 下手投げ, literally underarm throw.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent straight down with his inside arm as he twists away.
sump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: sumps
form: sumph
Etymology: From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
Senses: glosses: A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
glosses: The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
glosses: A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
examples: text: then, seating himself thus, he replied to him of the east.—'Sounding sump o' rain Saunders Creeshmeloof—saw ye ever a drap o' rain for eight and forty hours after the bonnie sinking sun that sat sae red and sae lang on the summit of Blackwood hills this blessed afternoon? That starry plow o' thine is […]'
ref: 1821, “Mark Macrabin, the Cameronian”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 147:
text: "Me and the lads did it this morn."
"It was pouring!" Brody said.
"If I was tae stop an activity because of a sump o' rain, I'd never get anythin' done," Finn remarked with a twinkle in his eye.
ref: 2024 January 23, Traci Hall, Murder at a Scottish Castle, Kensington Cozies, →ISBN, page 12:
glosses: A sudden or heavy fall of rain; a deluge.
Derived terms: dry sump
sump oil
sump pit
sump pump
sump tank
wet sump
sump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌmp/
rhymes: -ʌmp
Forms: form: sumps
form: sumping
form: sumped
form: sumped
form: sumph
Etymology: From Middle English sompe, either from Middle Dutch somp, sump or Middle Low German sump from Old Saxon *sump, from Proto-West Germanic *sump, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sumpaz. Doublet of swamp.
Senses: examples: text: We discovered a new passage, but it sumped after 100 metres.
text: This low passage sumps quickly after moderate rainfall.
glosses: Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
shumokuzori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shumokuzori
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 撞木反り, literally "bell hammer backwards body drop".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker ducks under his opponent's arm and lifts him up and takes him over backwards.
sokubiotoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sokubiotoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 素首落とし, literally head chop down.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker chops down on his opponent's neck, forcing him to touch down.
sotogake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sotogake
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 外掛け, literally "outside leg trip".
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
sumo
war
wrestling
glosses: A kimarite in which the attacker pulls his opponent towards him, hooks his leg, and drives him over backwards.
trashy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæʃi/
rhymes: -æʃi
Forms: form: trashier
form: trashiest
Etymology: From trash + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a trashy novel
text: It was nonsense this being in love; there wasn't such a thing as love outside of trashy novelettes.
ref: 1899, H. G. Wells, “Chapter 5”, in Love and Mr. Lewisham:
text: Take to your bed with a trashy book or meet someone amusing for lunch. Even better, take to your bed with a trashy man or woman who's amusing; but if you knew someone trashy and amusing, you probably wouldn't be feeling depressed.
ref: 2011, Joey Reynolds, Myra Chanin, The Ultimate Cheesecake Cookbook, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 10:
text: "Michigan's taste in beer is so good, even its "trashy" brew of choice is an icon and a staple..."
ref: 2021, Stroh's is Michigan's most popular 'trashy' beer, study says:
synonyms: cheesy
low-rent
mediocre
useless
worthless
coordinate_terms: camp
corny
tacky
glosses: Like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.
glosses: Indecent or lacking class.
glosses: Having or generating a lot of trash.
examples: text: trashy cymbals
text: I needed to have a cymbal setup that allowed me the flexibility to play with a clean or trashy sound at any time.
ref: 2001, Johnny Rabb, Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass for the Acoustic Drum Set, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having a sound like white noise.
Derived terms: trashily
trashiness
Related terms: white-trashy
strath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹæθ/
rhymes: -æθ
Forms: form: straths
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic srath, from Old Irish srath, from Proto-Celtic *stratos, from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-. The meaning was likely influenced by a Cumbric/Pictish cognate (cf. Welsh ystrad). Doublet of stratus.
Senses: examples: text: The place of exit from the hills of one or other of the Punjab rivers could generally be pointed out to me; the straths and gorges that opened upon the plains would often afford a peep into the interior of the mountains...
ref: 1874, Bayard Taylor, chapter IV, in Central Asia. Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet, and Central Asia:
text: Agatha and Inga rode their horses with style across the strath.
ref: 1972, George Mackay Brown, Greenvoe, Polygon, published 2019, page 237:
glosses: A wide, flat river valley.
Related terms: Strathallan
Strathclyde
Strathcona
Strathisla
Strathmore
Strathspey
glen
traumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
Forms: form: more traumatic
form: most traumatic
Etymology: From the Latin traumaticus, from the Ancient Greek τραυματικός (traumatikós), from τραῦμα (traûma). By surface analysis, trauma + -tic.
Senses: examples: text: It's a sort of disease. There's a scientific name for it. Trau- something. Traumatic symplegia, that's it. This cat has traumatic symplegia. In other words, putting it in simple language adapted to the lay mind, where other cats are content to get their eight hours, Augustus wants his twenty-four.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII:
text: "I've seen more patients, but never this many patients with this number of severe injuries," said Dr. Michael Morkin, chief of Renown's emergency department[…]. "It was traumatic."
ref: 2011 September 18, Don Thompson, Ken Ritter, Reno air race crash scene shows violence of impact, Associated Press:
glosses: Of, caused by, or causing trauma.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to wounds; applied to wounds.
examples: text: traumatick Decoctions
ref: 1676, Richard Wiseman, Several Chirurgical Treatises:
glosses: Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary.
examples: text: traumatic tetanus; traumatic brain injury
text: Repeated trauma or shaking to the brain can be even worse, leading to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
ref: 2020 January 26, Leah Asmelash, “Why traumatic brain injuries can be dangerous”, in CNN:
glosses: Produced by wounds, especially as opposed to disease or other process.
Derived terms: atraumatic
barotraumatic
biotraumatic
calciotraumatic
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
geotraumatic
monotraumatic
neurotraumatic
peritraumatic
phonotraumatic
polytraumatic
posttraumatic
post-traumatic
post-traumatic stress disorder
pretraumatic
psychotraumatic
traumatic acid
traumatically
traumatic alopecia
traumatic amenorrhea
traumatic amputation
traumatic anesthesia
traumatic arrest
traumatic asphyxia
traumatic brain injury
traumaticin
traumatic insemination
traumatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɔːˈmætɪk/
Forms: form: traumatics
Etymology: From the Latin [medicāmentum] traumaticum, from traumaticus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine for wounds; a vulnerary.
travel agency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel agencies
Etymology: From travel + agency.
Senses: glosses: A company that arranges travel and accommodation for travellers.
Related terms: travel agent
foodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From food + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An exaggerated interest in the preparation, presentation and consumption of food.
Related terms: foodist
raw foodism
foodist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodists
Etymology: From food + -ist. Piecewise doublet of foodista.
Senses: examples: text: But questions remain. Is Waitrose prohibitively expensive? If it costs more, is it worth it? Is it, genuinely, the foodist's supermarket?
ref: 2010, Tony Naylor, Should we all be shopping at Waitrose? (in The Guardian online: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/jul/14/should-we-all-shop-waitrose)
glosses: A person who is very interested in food; a foodie.
glosses: A person who discriminates against other people because of the food they eat.
Related terms: foodism
raw foodist
analgesic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.zɪk/
ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.sɪk/
rhymes: -iːzɪk
Forms: form: analgesics
form: antalgesic
Etymology: From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
Senses: examples: text: I am taking an analgesic. Is it safe to drink alcoholic beverages?
ref: 2004, Jocoby, David B. and Youngson, R. M., Encyclopedia of Family Health, Marshall Cavendish, page 137:
text: 2010, Associated Press staff, Cadence signs option to buy Incline (original copy), Bloomberg Businessweek
roman: Incline makes Ionsys, a potential analgesic for adult inpatients requiring opioid pain treatment after surgery.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: painkiller
glosses: Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
Synonyms: word: analgesic
word: antalgic
word: painkiller
word: PK
word: anodyne
Hypernyms: word: pharmaceutical
Coordinate terms: word: antidepressant
word: anticonvulsant
word: muscle relaxant
word: placebo
Related terms: word: painkiller
word: analgesia
analgesic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.zɪk/
ipa: /ˌæn.l̩ˈd͡ʒiː.sɪk/
rhymes: -iːzɪk
Forms: form: more analgesic
form: most analgesic
form: antalgesic
Etymology: From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
raw_tags: of medicine
examples: text: With the exception of the foot and a small area over the malar bone, the entire left side of the body is analgesic and anaesthetic. This extends to the exact median line of the body, including the left half of the tongue, nose and chin, […]
ref: 1896, Philadelphia General Hospital, Reports: Collected Reprints, page 138:
text: (I find that he is analgesic and anaesthetic; evidently he is in a state of passive somnambulism.)
E. A. Did you feel anybody touch you?
K. No. There's no one near me. (He continues laughing and talking. […])
ref: 1924, Maurice Walter Keatinge, Suggestion in Education:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to analgesia; anodyne.
Unable to feel pain.
qualifier: etc
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: analgesically
analgesize
coanalgesic
equianalgesic
nonanalgesic
foodways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foodway
rule on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rules on
form: ruling on
form: ruled on
form: ruled on
Senses: examples: text: The judge hasn't ruled on the case yet.
topics: law
glosses: To make a decision in an official capacity regarding some matter.
Related terms: ruling
Hesperian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hesperian
form: most Hesperian
Etymology: From Latin Hesperius + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: the parting Sun/ Beyond the Earth’s green Cape and verdant Isles/ Hesperian sets
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 630-632:
glosses: Of or relating to the land where the sun sets; western
glosses: Of or relating to the Hesperides nymphs
glosses: of or relating to the Martian geological period between Noachian and Amazonian
Hesperian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Hesperius + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Our wild Hesperians humanize at last
ref: 1807, Joel Barlow, The Columbiad:
glosses: An inhabitant of the western lands
glosses: The Hesperian geological time period of Mars
Related terms: Hesperia
Noachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/
Etymology: From Noach (“variant of Noah”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: At the next meeting he was back on a geological topic illustrated by maps, diagrams and specimens, and the following year he spoke on "The Noachian Deluge, universal with regard to man, but very restricted with regard to the earth"[.]
ref: 1977, K.M. Elizabeth Murray, Caught in the Web of Words, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 47:
text: The victims of the Noachian flood would add another 20 million or so to the total.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 13:
text: At the time of my visit, EVACC was down to just one Rabbs' Frog, so the possibility of saving even a single, Noachian pair had obviously passed.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 1, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Pertaining to Noah or his time.
Related terms: Noahide
Noahite
Noachian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/
Etymology: From Latin Noachis + -ian (after Etymology 1, above).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the earliest Martian geological time period characterized by large craters.
Noachian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈeɪkɪən/
Etymology: From Latin Noachis + -ian (after Etymology 1, above).
Senses: glosses: The Noachian geological period.
Related terms: Hesperian
Amazonian
head-the-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head-the-balls
Etymology: From the supposed effect of repeatedly heading a football.
Senses: qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: a stupid person; a nutcase
coating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ]
homophone: coding
rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: coatings
Senses: examples: text: They painted on a coating to protect it from the weather.
text: "Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.
ref: 1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106:
text: You can, if you like, give the completed cork wall a protective coating of sealer, stain, varnish, wax or polish, so you will be able to use liquid cleaners on it.
ref: 1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: A thin outer layer.
glosses: Cloth for making coats.
examples: text: The bogey gave him a right coating.
ref: 1931, The Police Journal, volume 4, page 501:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A telling-off; a reprimand.
Derived terms: biocoating
covert-coating
curtain coating
electrocoating
mouthcoating
multicoating
nanocoating
powder coating
sputter coating
coating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkoʊtɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈkʰoʊ̯ɾɪŋ]
homophone: coding
rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ
Senses: examples: text: We spent hours coating the truffles with cocoa powder so they wouldn't be sticky.
glosses: present participle and gerund of coat
It boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: It boys
Etymology: By analogy with It girl.
Senses: glosses: A sexually attractive male celebrity, such as a film star with sex symbol status.
appearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɪəɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of appear
appearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɪəɹ.ɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: appearings
Senses: examples: text: Sudden and extensive disappearings and fresh appearings would startle and confound us, and if continued, would shatter our sense of personality out of us.
ref: 1866, Caleb Webb, Discourses on 'the Lord's prayer, page 120:
glosses: appearance; act of coming into view
kissy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪsi
Forms: form: kissier
form: kissiest
Etymology: From kiss + -y.
Senses: glosses: Sentimentally affectionate.
examples: text: "Oh, and one of the kissy girls was Prom King and Queen! I know they said it was a mistake, but I'm still so confused!"
ref: 2020 January 29, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1228 - Lovely Morning:
glosses: Tending to kiss.
examples: text: We sat behind an obnoxiously kissy couple in the cinema.
glosses: Tending to kiss frequently.
examples: text: kissy lips
text: Kissy face, kissy face / Sent to your phone, but / I'm tryna kiss your lips for real (uh-huh, uh-huh)
ref: 2023 November 7 (date recorded), Chae Young Park [i.e., Rosé]; Bruno Mars [pseudonym; Peter Gene Hernandez] [et al.], “Apt.”, in Rosie, performed by Rosé and Bruno Mars, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Records; Seoul, South Korea: The Black Label, published 18 October 2024:
glosses: Suited to kissing; resembling or relating to kissing.
Derived terms: kissiness
kissy-kissy
kissy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪsi
Forms: form: kissies
Etymology: From kiss + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “You can't tell anyone about this.” “Oh, I won't tell anyone, Sarah, as long as I can get a kissy.” “What?” “If I can get a kissy, I won't tell a soul what happened here today. But if I don't, who knows what I'll do...?” “OK, fine. One kiss.”
ref: 2020 August 10, Michael Cusack, “Maddison's Birthday Party” (8:05 from the start), in YOLO: Crystal Fantasy, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Lucas the Magnificent (Michael Cusack):
glosses: Diminutive of kiss.
Riojan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈɒxən/
Etymology: From Rioja + -an.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to Rioja in Spain, or to its wine
Riojan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiˈɒxən/
Forms: form: Riojans
Etymology: From Rioja + -an.
Senses: glosses: a native or inhabitant of this region
glosses: the dialect of Spanish spoken there
Rioja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: Received Pronunciation, Spanish-influenced
ipa: /ɹiˈɒxə/
ipa: /ɹiːˈɒxə/
ipa: /ɹiːˈɒkə/
ipa: /ɹiˈoʊhə/
Senses: glosses: La Rioja: An autonomous community and province in northern Spain.