cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
inherit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪt
Forms: form: inherits
form: inheriting
form: inherited
form: inherited
Etymology: From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.
Senses: examples: text: After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
text: ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
antonyms: bequeath
leave
glosses: To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
examples: text: Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
antonyms: bequeath
leave
glosses: To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
To come into an inheritance.
examples: text: Your descendants will inherit the earth.
glosses: To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
examples: text: Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
examples: text: This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
glosses: To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
examples: text: ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
examples: text: For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
ref: 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To derive a new class from (a superclass).
examples: text: This, or else nothing, will inherit her
ref: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: To put in possession of.
Derived terms: classical inheritance
coinherit
co-inherit
coinheritance
coinheritor
composition over inheritance
disinherit
disinheritance
disinheriting
disinheritor
inheritability
inheritable
inheritableness
inheritably
inheritance
inheritance powder
inheritance tax
inheritee
inheriter
inheriting
inheritor
inheritour
inheritress
inheritrix
misinherit
multiple inheritance
noninheritable
noninheritance
noninherited
noninheriting
uninheritable
panoramic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Forms: form: more panoramic
form: most panoramic
Etymology: From panorama + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a panorama; with a wide view.
Derived terms: nonpanoramic
orthopanoramic
panoramically
panoramic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpænəˈɹæmɪk/
rhymes: -æmɪk
Forms: form: panoramics
Etymology: From panorama + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Scenic panoramics were not the best sellers. All commercial panoramic photographers specialized in pictures of large groups.
ref: 2003, Robert Bogdan, Henry M. Beach, Adirondack vernacular: the photography of Henry M. Beach, page 35:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A panoramic image.
Related terms: panorama
Malay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /meɪ̯ˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ̯leɪ̯/
ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /mɐˈlaɪ̯/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: melee
Etymology: Etymology tree
Malay Melayuder.
English Malay
From Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties as 木剌由, 麻里予兒, 巫來由 and 無來由. First attested in English as 1598.
The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit (dated 673) and Talang Tuo (dated 684), both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur (dated 686) on Bangka island west of Sumatra. Exonymous derivation from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.
Senses: examples: text: There were not many passengers, and the journey was uneventful until the frontier was reached at Padang Besar, although an armed escort of Malay police accompanied the train from Alor Star.
ref: 1955 April, “Notes and News: A Journey through Thailand”, in Railway Magazine, page 286:
text: “I heard the Malay fellas talking at the office.”
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 124:
glosses: Of or relating to the Malays, a people living in Brunei, on the eastern coast of Sumatra, the islands of Bangka and Belitung, the Riau archipelago and the coastal areas of Kalimantan in Indonesia, in most of Malaysia (states where they are politically dominant), in Singapore and in the southernmost provinces of Thailand.
qualifier: generally proscribed by Malays and Malaysians
glosses: Of or related to Malaysia, its people and/or culture.
glosses: In, of or otherwise relating to the languages spoken by Malays.
Derived terms: Deutero-Malay
Federated Malay States
Malayan
Malay apple
Malay bear
Malay camphor
Malay gate
Malay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /meɪ̯ˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ̯leɪ̯/
ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /mɐˈlaɪ̯/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: melee
Forms: form: Malays
Etymology: Etymology tree
Malay Melayuder.
English Malay
From Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties as 木剌由, 麻里予兒, 巫來由 and 無來由. First attested in English as 1598.
The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit (dated 673) and Talang Tuo (dated 684), both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur (dated 686) on Bangka island west of Sumatra. Exonymous derivation from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.
Senses: glosses: A person of Malay ancestry, referring to a diverse group of Austronesian peoples inhabiting the Malay archipelago and Malay peninsula in Southeast Asia.
examples: text: She ordered chicken Malay with rice.
glosses: Type of mild curry made with yoghurt and fruit, usually pineapple or lychee.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Bahasa
word: Bahasa Malaysia
word: Bahasa Indonesia
Related terms: Malaya
Malayan
Malaysia
Malay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /meɪ̯ˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /ˈmeɪ̯leɪ̯/
ipa: /məˈleɪ̯/
ipa: /mɐˈlaɪ̯/
rhymes: -eɪ
homophone: melee
Etymology: Etymology tree
Malay Melayuder.
English Malay
From Malay Melayu, from Malayu, a kingdom on Sumatra's eastern coast (today's Jambi), mentioned by the Chinese Monk Yijing as 末羅瑜國 and during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties as 木剌由, 麻里予兒, 巫來由 and 無來由. First attested in English as 1598.
The oldest known inscriptions in the Malay language were found at Kedukan Bukit (dated 673) and Talang Tuo (dated 684), both in the vicinity of Palembang in southern Sumatra, and at Kota Kapur (dated 686) on Bangka island west of Sumatra. Exonymous derivation from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”) has not been demonstrated.
Senses: glosses: The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, including under the name Indonesian.
examples: text: Malay is the lingua franca of several Southeast Asia countries and has been simplified by its use as a second language by non-native speakers.
For example, the Malay plural is formed by repeating a word twice – buku means book and buku-buku means books.
ref: 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN:
glosses: The Malay language, an Austronesian language spoken by most Malay people and by others where it is an official language, excluding the national standard known as Indonesian.
examples: Meronyms: Argao, Balabag, Balusbus, Cabulihan, Caticlan, Cogon, Cubay Norte, Cubay Sur, Dumlog, Manoc-Manoc, Motag, Naasug, Nabaoy, Napaan, Poblacion, San Viray, Yapak — barangays of Malay
glosses: A municipality of Aklan, Philippines.
Derived terms: Proto-Malay
Related terms: Malayalam
Wiktionary’s coverage of Malay terms
magnificent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/
Forms: form: more magnificent
form: most magnificent
Etymology: From Middle English magnificent, from Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficēns, a form of -ficiēns, the regular form, in compounds, of faciēns, a participle of facere (“to do”).
Senses: examples: text: “Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster.
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], chapter 1, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: Armstrong: "Isn't that something! Magnificent sight out here."
Aldrin: "Magnificent desolation."
ref: 1995, “One Small Step”, in Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal, retrieved 03 May 2023:
glosses: Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
glosses: Grand or noble in action.
examples: text: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end.
ref: 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1-6 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Exceptional for its kind.
Derived terms: magnificent bird of paradise
magnificent frigate bird
magnificent frigatebird
magnificent seven
magnificently
magnificentness
supermagnificent
Related terms: magnificence
beneficent
maleficent
munificent
omnificent
invent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: invents
form: inventing
form: invented
form: invented
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: invent
form: invent
form: invented
form: invent
form: inventest
form: invented
form: inventedst
form: invents
form: inventeth
form: invented
form: invent
form: invented
form: invent
form: invented
form: invent
form: -
form: inventing
form: invented
Etymology: From Middle English inventen, borrowed from Old French inventer, from Latin inventus, perfect passive participle of inveniō (“come upon, meet with, find, discover”), from in (“in, on”) + veniō (“come”); see venture. Compare advent, covent, event, prevent, etc.
Displaced native Old English āþenċan (literally “to think out”).
Senses: examples: text: After weeks of hard work, I invented a new way to alphabetize matchbooks.
text: Accurſt be he that firſt inuented war
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iv:
synonyms: conceive
glosses: To design a new process or mechanism.
examples: text: I knew I had to invent an excuse, and quickly.
text: We need a name to put in this form, so let's just invent one.
synonyms: make up
manufacture
spin
glosses: To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
examples: text: Far off he wonders, what them makes so glad, / If Bacchus merry fruit they did inuent [...].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To come upon; to find; to discover.
Synonyms: fangle
Derived terms: coinvent
disinvent
innovent
inventable
inventful
inventible
not invented here
outinvent
uninvent
why God invented
Related terms: invented
invention
inventive
inventor
inventory
reinvent
discover
vary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛəɹi/
ipa: /ˈvɛəɹi/
ipa: /ˈvæɹi/
ipa: /ˈvɛɹi/
ipa: /ˈveːɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈveəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈviəɹi/
ipa: /ˈveɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈveɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈvɜːɹɪ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
rhymes: -æɹi
homophone: very (only in accents with the Mary–marry–merry merger)
homophone: veery (cheer–chair merger)
Etymology: From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin variō (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.
Senses: examples: text: With euery gall, and varry of their Masters,
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: alteration; change.
Related terms: variability
variable
variance
variant
variation
varied
variety
various
variable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩]
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
note: US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
ipa: [ˈveː.ɹi.ə.bl̩]
Forms: form: more variable
form: most variable
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
Senses: examples: text: variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity; a variable resistor
synonyms: word: alterable
word: flexible
word: changeable
word: mutable
word: abateable
word: alterable
word: changeable
word: dynamic
word: editable
word: inconstant
word: modifiable
word: mutable
word: variable
antonyms: word: constant
word: invariable
word: immutable
word: unalterable
word: unchangeable
word: mutable
word: nonimmutable
glosses: Able to vary or be varied.
examples: text: Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
synonyms: word: fickle
word: fluctuating
word: inconstant
word: shifting
word: unstable
word: unsteady
word: up-and-down
word: chaotic
word: instable
word: irregular
word: rocky
word: unstable
word: unsteady
word: variable
word: varying
word: changeable
word: changeful
word: changeling
word: dynamic
word: everchanging
word: fickle
word: fluid
word: inconstant
word: labile
word: mobile
word: unstable
word: variable
word: wavering
antonyms: word: constant
word: invariable
word: immutable
word: unchangeable
word: unsteady
word: changeable
glosses: Likely to vary.
synonyms: word: varying
word: catholic
word: dishomogeneous
word: diverse
word: diversified
word: eclectic
word: heterogeneous
word: liberal
word: manifold
word: miscellaneous
word: mixed
word: motley
word: multifarious
word: multifold
word: sundry
word: variable
word: varied
word: various
antonyms: word: unchanging
word: heterogeneous
glosses: Marked by diversity or difference.
topics: mathematics
sciences
antonyms: constant
invariable
glosses: Having no fixed quantitative value.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: aberrant
glosses: Tending to deviate from a normal or recognized type.
Synonyms: capricious
changeful
fickle
fitful
flexible
fluctuating
fluid
iffy
inconstant
irregular
mercurial
mobile
mutable
protean
shifting
shifty
slippery
spasmodic
temperamental
ticklish
uncertain
unequable
unsettled
unstable
unsteady
vacillating
volatile
waffling
wavering
yo-yo
Derived terms: continuous variable valve timing
controlled variable time
multivariable
variability
variabilize
variable antshrike
variable binding
variable cam timing
variable cost
variable font
variable geometry
variable neon slug
variableness
variable squirrel
variable sweep
variable tandem repeat locus
variable valve timing
variable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈvɛə.ɹi.ə.bl̩]
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
note: US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˈvɛɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
ipa: [ˈveː.ɹi.ə.bl̩]
Forms: form: variables
Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English in the 14th century from Old French variable, from Latin variare (“to change”), from varius (“different, various”). Equates to English vary + -able.
Senses: synonyms: changeable
antonyms: constant
invariable
glosses: Something that is variable.
examples: text: There are several variables to consider here.
text: Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.
ref: 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
synonyms: parameter
glosses: Something whose value may be dictated or discovered.
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: variable quantity
glosses: A quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A symbol representing a variable.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A named memory location in which a program can store intermediate results and from which it can read them.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A variable star.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A shifting wind, or one that varies in force.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Those parts of the sea where a steady wind is not expected, especially the parts between the trade-wind belts.
Synonyms: word: variable
Hyponyms: across variable
Algol variable
Bernoulli variable
Boolean variable
bound variable
cardinal variable
categorical variable
Cepheid variable
cepheid variable
class variable
cluster variable
confounding variable
continuously variable transmission
continuous variable
control variable
dependent variable
discrete variable
dummy variable
environment variable
extraneous variable
flow variable
free variable
helium variable
hidden variable
hypergeometric random variable
independent variable
indicator variable
instance variable
interval variable
latent variable
manipulated variable
member variable
metasyntactic variable
Mira variable
motor variable
nominal variable
normal random variable
ordinal variable
outcome variable
pattern variable
predictor variable
propositional variable
random variable
ratio variable
reference variable
register variable
responding variable
schematic variable
slack variable
sociolinguistic variable
standardized variable
standard normal random variable
state variable
stock variable
through variable
variable variable
Coordinate terms: word: coefficient
Derived terms: Hubble-Sandage variable
microvariable
variably
vary
Related terms: word: variable star
word: argument
word: variate
word: unsteady
candle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkændl̩/
rhymes: -ændəl
Forms: form: candles
form: candling
form: candled
form: candled
Etymology: From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
qualifier: pottery
glosses: To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
glosses: To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
vela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːlə/
ipa: /ˈvilə/
rhymes: -iːlə
Senses: glosses: plural of velum
candlepower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candlepowers
Etymology: From candle + power.
Senses: glosses: A unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas.
Related terms: candle
power
candela
candlestick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
ipa: /ˈkændl̩ˌstɪk/
Forms: form: candlesticks
form: canstick
Etymology: From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
Senses: examples: text: Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 5:15:
text: Sorcerers and other practitioners of witchcraft used to make a variety of candlestick called the Hand of Glory, chiefly from the flesh of criminals[.]
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114:
synonyms: candle holder
glosses: A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
examples: text: Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled.
ref: 1930, Ford Madox Ford, No More Parades, Grosset & Dunlap, page 20:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.
Coordinate terms: candelabrum
candelabra
chamber candlestick
menorah
Derived terms: candlesticklike
candlestick pattern
candlestick telephone
candlestick phone
flat candlestick
rub one's face with a brass candlestick
the darkest place is under the candlestick
candlestick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkændəlˌstɪk/
ipa: /ˈkændl̩ˌstɪk/
Forms: form: candlesticks
form: candlesticking
form: candlesticked
form: candlesticked
form: canstick
Etymology: From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
Senses: examples: text: Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked.
ref: 1998, Sandler Stanley, Segregated Skies, page 104:
text: Archie Jack had a second lucky escape in a later attempt when his pilot, nervous of flying over the high mountain ranges, made him jump out at a much greater altitude than was usual. What initially seemed inconsiderate saved Jack's life as his parachute 'candlesticked', ...
ref: 2003, Heather Williams, Parachutes, Patriots and Partisans:
text: Others with chutes aflame candlesticked into the sea.
ref: 2013, Rick Atkinson, The Liberation:
glosses: To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
raw_tags: of a parachute
examples: text: The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”
ref: 2003, Cynthia Pirl, Intentional Investing:
text: “You wouldn't happen to be the B. J. Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true. Candlesticking is one of the trickier methods of charting stock.
ref: 2014, Sarah Graves, Wreck the Halls:
qualifier: investing
glosses: To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
examples: text: The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office.
ref: 1962, John Wilson, The Faith of an Artist, page 71:
text: 3 When I get my room arranged, it will be carpeted, cushioned, curtained (one set crimson dama[s]k, one white), mirrored, silver candlesticked, etc., etc., etc.
ref: 1988, William Reynolds, Anne Hoffman Cleaver, E. Jeffrey Stann, Voyage to the Southern Ocean, page 2:
glosses: To adorn with candlesticks.
examples: text: If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick."
ref: 1957, The American Rose Annual - Volume 42, page 50:
text: Initially, the end of the shaft is ragged, but then begins to taper smoothly, exhibiting the "candlesticking" or "pencilling" referred to in the literature (Fig. 13).
ref: 1976, Journal of the American Podiatry Association:
text: Caught there on a candlesticked overhang of ice, Quaid turned to peer down at his buddy.
ref: 1991, Renee Roszel, Valentine's Knight, page 192:
glosses: To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
candelabra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candelabrum
candelabra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candelabras
Senses: examples: text: […] his head was like a sturdy candelabra holding his eyes transfixed as hers sparked amber crystals for this man.
ref: 2006, Richard R. Kennedy, Angel Queen: A Medieval Epic Fantasy, Lulu Publishers, →ISBN, page 230:
glosses: A single candelabrum.
Derived terms: candelabraform
candelabralike
candelabra lily
candelabra tree
candelabrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/
ipa: /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/
ipa: /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/
ipa: /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/
Forms: form: candelabra
form: candelabrums
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).
Senses: examples: text: The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass […] Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra / Reflecting light upon the table as / The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it, […]
ref: 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 17:
text: Cyby followed us holding up his candelabrum—I suppose more for his benefit than mine, but it permitted me to see well enough to keep from colliding with the dark oak shelves we passed.
ref: 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter 6, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 58:
glosses: A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
Related terms: candela
candid
candidate
candle
chandelier
chandler
chandlery
chandelier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: chandeliers
Etymology: Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.
Senses: examples: text: She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
ref: 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, in A House Is Built, section vi:
hyponyms: electrolier
gasalier
gasolier
glosses: A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
hyponyms: electrolier
gasalier
gasolier
glosses: A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
One lit by candles.
qualifier: originally
examples: text: 2007, Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.
A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.
text: The bids are usually real but can be fake or ‘chandelier’ bids (non-existing bids taken ‘off the chandelier’) on behalf of the consignor, or bids left with the auctioneer in advance.
ref: 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
synonyms: wall
qualifier: auction
glosses: A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
examples: text: Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.
ref: [1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume IX, page 37:
text: Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").
ref: 1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, page 32:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
Derived terms: chandelier bid
chandelier bidding
chandelier earring
chandeliered
chandelier exit
chandelierlike
chandelier plant
chandelier stop
electrolier
gasalier
gasolier
not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
Related terms: candela
candelabrum
candid
candidate
candle
candlepower
candlestick
chandler
chandlery
lustre
sconce
drought
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹaʊt/
ipa: [dɹʌʊt]
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: droughts
form: drouth
form: druft
Etymology: From Middle English droghte, drouȝte, druhhþe, druȝþe, drouȝth, from Old English drūgaþ. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde. By surface analysis, dry + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: His village had faced a drought twice.
text: The weather looked like drought―a thoroughly wicked drought; if the rain did not come before long, their crops would be burnt up.
ref: 1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.4, at p.33
text: Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.
ref: 2012 January 24, Donald Worster, “A Drier and Hotter Future”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012, page 70:
glosses: A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
examples: text: Sri Lanka ended their ten-game drought with a consolation win over Bangladesh.
text: Kane had been going through something of a drought by his own standards. His previous England goal came 500 days ago, in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Kosovo, and his header in Tirana ended a run of 496 minutes without scoring.
ref: 2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: losing streak
antonyms: winning streak
glosses: A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
examples: text: Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 31:40:
text: The consequences are, that a few days of severe drought, in the early parts of summer, or even when the grain is ripening, is sometimes fatal to the crop on moss.
ref: 1814, The Right Honorable Sir John Sinclair, chapter XI, in Appendix to the General Report of the Agricultural State, and Political Circumstances, of Scotland, page 16:
text: The seasons most unfavourable to the crop are those of excessive drought or excessive rain.
ref: 1817, Adam Smith, chapter V, in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, volume 2, page 344:
glosses: dryness, aridness, dry heat
Derived terms: absolute drought
antidrought
droughted
droughting
droughtless
droughtproof
drought-tolerant
droughty
flash drought
megadrought
predrought
demon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː.mən/
rhymes: -iːmən
homophone: daemon
Forms: form: demons
Etymology: From distinct electron motion + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
Synonyms: word: DEMon
word: Pines' Demon
word: Pines Demon
word: Pines' demon
word: Pines demon
word: Pines's demon
word: Pines's Demon
word: barghest
word: bogie
word: bogeyman
word: boggard
word: bogle
word: cacodemon
word: daeva
word: devil
word: evil genius
word: fiend
word: flibbertigibbet
word: ghoul
word: goblin
word: imp
word: kobold
word: nis
word: spook
word: troll
Hypernyms: word: plasmon
word: quasiparticle
word: creature
word: monster
word: spirit
word: See Thesaurus:spirit
Hyponyms: word: Ahriman
word: Belial
word: Devil
word: dragon
word: Fury
word: harpy
word: incubus
word: lamia
word: larva
word: loup-garou
word: Moloch
word: nix
word: nixie
word: Satan
word: succuba
word: succubus
word: Titan
word: vampire
word: werewolf
Related terms: electron
exciton
magnon
phason
phonon
plasmon
demon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː.mən/
rhymes: -iːmən
homophone: daemon
Forms: form: demons
form: daemon
form: dæmon
Etymology: From Maxwell's demon; a derivation from “disk and execution monitor” is generally considered a backronym.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of daemon.
Synonyms: word: barghest
word: bogie
word: bogeyman
word: boggard
word: bogle
word: cacodemon
word: daeva
word: devil
word: evil genius
word: fiend
word: flibbertigibbet
word: ghoul
word: goblin
word: imp
word: kobold
word: nis
word: spook
word: troll
Hypernyms: word: creature
word: monster
word: spirit
word: See Thesaurus:spirit
Hyponyms: word: Ahriman
word: Belial
word: Devil
word: dragon
word: Fury
word: harpy
word: incubus
word: lamia
word: larva
word: loup-garou
word: Moloch
word: nix
word: nixie
word: Satan
word: succuba
word: succubus
word: Titan
word: vampire
word: werewolf
Manx
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: mănks
ipa: /mæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
homophone: Mancs
Forms: form: more Manx
form: most Manx
form: Manks
Etymology: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Isle of Man and/or its Celto-Germanic people.
glosses: Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
glosses: Relating to the Manx cat breed.
Derived terms: Anglo-Manx
Manx English
Manxie
Manxman
Manxness
Manxwoman
Manx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mănks
ipa: /mæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
homophone: Mancs
Forms: form: Manx
form: Manxes
form: Manks
Etymology: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of the Celto-Germanic people of the Isle of Man; a Manxman or Manxwoman.
glosses: the Manx; Manx people.
glosses: A breed of domestic cat native to the Isle of Man, principally characterized by suppression of the tail, and with a short-haired coat and rounded, cobby body.
examples: text: At the rear there is a cut-off Manx tail, similar to those of the early Cooper sports cars, and as currently used by Feirari.
ref: 1962, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar: A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage:
text: The Manx Rat: This tailless rat variety is usually smaller than the standard rat with front legs that are shorter than its hind legs.
ref: 2006, Colin Patterson, Pet Rats, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 23:
ref: 2016 April 29, Rebecca Boyle, “Strange Manx comet is time capsule from the early solar system”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), New Scientist:
glosses: With a truncated or missing tail.
glosses: A cat of the Manx breed; a Manx cat.
Synonyms: sense: cat of the Manx breed
word: Manx cat
Manx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: mănks
ipa: /mæŋks/
rhymes: -æŋks
homophone: Mancs
Forms: form: Manks
Etymology: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
Senses: synonyms: Manx Gaelic
glosses: A Goidelic language spoken on the Isle of Man.
Related terms: Cymric
the long-haired version of the Manx cat breed
Wiktionary’s coverage of Manx terms
Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Mayas
form: Maya
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”), a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
Senses: glosses: A member or descendant of various peoples:
a flourishing Mesoamerican civilization that existed in and around Guatemala from the 3rd century to the 9th century.
glosses: A member or descendant of various peoples:
various Mesoamerican peoples that continued in competing civilizations from the 10th century onward until conquered by Spain
glosses: A member or descendant of various peoples:
various Mesoamerican peoples living in the Spanish Empire, and now parts of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras
glosses: A member or descendant of various peoples:
a variety of Mesoamerican peoples with farming from around 1000 BC onward, who developed a large civilization from the 3rd century onward
Derived terms: Maya blue
Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish maya, from Yucatec Maya mayab (“flat”), a self-designation of the northern Maya for themselves, in the form maya’ found in compounds and phrases e.g. maya’ wíinik (“Maya man”).
Senses: glosses: The Yucatec Maya language.
glosses: Any of the other various Mayan languages, such as Quiché, Mam and Tzotzil.
Related terms: Aztec
Inca
Mesoamerica
Olmec
Toltec
Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: From Maria, ultimately from Hebrew, and from Maia, from Latin.
Senses: examples: text: When her little friends asked her what her name was, her father replied that it was Conchita - his diminutive for Maria de la Concepción. "Con-what?" they would ask again, aware, apparently, that con in French is a fool, an idiot. So her parents started calling her Maria, which from the little girl's lips soon began to sound like Maya. "Maya!" exclaimed her father. "It's perfect. It means the greatest illusion on earth." So Maya it was from then on - Maya Walter.
ref: 1988, Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, Picasso, Creator and Destroyer, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 240:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.
Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā).
Senses: glosses: In Sanskrit, illusion; God's physical and metaphysical creation (literally, "not this").
examples: text: Eventually, Pran and Savita decided by correspondence on Maya. Its two simple syllables meant, among other things: the goddess Lakshmi, illusion, fascination, art, the goddess Durga, kindness, and the name of the mother of Buddha. It also meant: ignorance, delusion, fraud, guile, and hypocrisy; but no one who named their daughter Maya ever paid any attention to those pejorative possibilities.
- - - 'Why ever not, Ma?' said Meenakshi.'It's a very Bengali name, a very nice name.'
ref: 1993, Vikram Seth, A Suitable Boy, Phoenix House, →ISBN, page 891:
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit माया (māyā́) or Pali Māyā.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The mother of Gautama Buddha.
Papago
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Papagos
form: Papago
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Pápago, itself from O'odham Ba꞉bawĭkoʼa (“they eat tepary beans”).
Senses: examples: text: In the valley of the Gila and on its tributaries from the northeast are the Pimas, Maricopas, and Papagos.
ref: 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: A Uto-Aztecan people of southern Arizona and Sonora in northern Mexico. Today they are known as the Tohono O'odham ("the Desert People").
Related terms: Pima
Wiktionary’s coverage of O'odham terms
Papiamento
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Papiamentu
Etymology: From Papiamentu Papiamento. Compare Portuguese papeamento (“chatter”).
Senses: glosses: A Creole language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire.
pidgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒɪn/
enpr: pĭjʹən
ipa: /ˈpɪ.d͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɪdʒən
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪn
homophone: pigeon
Forms: form: pidgins
Etymology: From pidgin English, from a Chinese Pidgin English pronunciation of English business during trade in the Far East. All attestations of pidgin from the first half of the nineteenth century given in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary mean “business; an action, occupation, or affair” (the earliest being from 1807). Other suggested derivations include:
* Hebrew פִּדְיוֹן (pidyón, “exchange; trade; redemption”)
* Chinese pronunciation of Portuguese ocupação (“occupation; business”)
* South Seas pronunciation of beach
* Portuguese baixo (“low”)
Senses: examples: text: ‘I didnʼt know you can speak pidgin,’ he said and laughed.
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 79:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: baragouin
glosses: An amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a small, utilitarian vocabulary and no native speakers.
examples: text: Forget money. That's my pidgin.
ref: 1950, Robert A. Heinlein, The Man Who Sold the Moon:
text: It's up to the detective sergeant to ask his own questions, that's not my pidgin. But I did wonder if either of you gentlemen had an idea of the exact time of the shot.
ref: 2015, Guy Cullingford, Post Mortem:
glosses: A person's business, occupation, work, or trade (also spelt as pigeon).
Derived terms: Chinese pidgin English
expanded pidgin
Melanesian Pidgin English
New South Wales Pidgin English
NSW Pidgin English
pidginisation
pidginization
pidginise
pidginize
pidginist
pidginogenic
Pijin
Port Jackson Pidgin
prepidgin
Queensland Pidgin English
Tok Pisin
West African Pidgin Portuguese
Related terms: pidgin English
creole
Creole
heretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
Forms: form: heretics
form: hæretic
form: heretike
form: hæretick
form: heretick
Etymology: From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “I choose”).
Senses: examples: text: He semeth a sysmatyke
Or els an heretike,
For fayth in hym is faynte.
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 17–19:
text: In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and was willing to become one.
ref: 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 11, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: Someone whose beliefs are contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion they claim to belong to.
glosses: Someone who does not conform to generally accepted beliefs or practices.
Synonyms: dissident
nonconformist
sectarian
separatist
withersake
Hyponyms: apostate
Derived terms: antiheretic
arch-heretic
arch-heretical
hereticaster
hereticide
hereticize
heretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛɹɪtɪk/
Forms: form: more heretic
form: most heretic
form: hæretic
form: heretike
form: hæretick
form: heretick
Etymology: From Middle English heretyk, heretike, from Old French eretique, from Medieval Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin haereticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose, factious”), itself from Ancient Greek αἱρέω (hairéō, “I choose”).
Senses: antonyms: orthodox
glosses: Heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
Related terms: heresy
heretical
carillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/
ipa: /kəˈrɪljən/
Forms: form: carillons
Etymology: Borrowed from French carillon.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
glosses: A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Derived terms: carillonic
carillonist
carillonistic
carillonneur
Related terms: chimes
glockenspiel
carillon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛɹɪˌlɑn/
ipa: /kəˈrɪljən/
Forms: form: carillons
form: carilloning
form: carillonning
form: carilloned
form: carilloned
form: carillonned
form: carillonned
Etymology: Borrowed from French carillon.
Senses: glosses: To play a carillon.
examples: text: High carilloned Anne's laughter.
ref: 1899, Matthew Phipps Shiel, Cold Steel, page 157:
glosses: To ring out like a carillon.
Mohican
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːkən
Etymology: From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”).
Senses: examples: text: The Mohican are an Algonquian-speaking people.
glosses: An indigenous people of New England; the Mohicans.
qualifier: erroneous
glosses: The Mohegan people.
Mohican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːkən
Forms: form: Mohicans
Etymology: From their self-designation in Mahican [Term?] (literally “people of the estuary”).
Senses: glosses: A member of this tribe; a Mohican.
qualifier: erroneous
glosses: A Mohegan.
synonyms: Mohawk
Mowie
Iroquois
glosses: A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair in the centre kept long and made to stand on end.