cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
apart
Language: English
Part of speech: postp
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɑːt/
ipa: /əˈpɑɹt/
enpr: ə-pärt′
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Etymology: From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Senses: examples: text: Joking apart, what do you think?
synonyms: aside
glosses: Excluded from consideration.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: a breed apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: apart from
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: apartness
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: blow apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: break apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: come apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: drift apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: fall apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: fly apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: grow apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: pick apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: poles apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: pull apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: pull-apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: rip apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: set apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: stand apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: take apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: tear apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: tease apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: tell apart
sense: terms derived from apart (adverb)
word: worlds apart
apart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɑːt/
ipa: /əˈpɑɹt/
enpr: ə-pärt′
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Etymology: From Middle English apart, aparte, a-part, a part, from Anglo-Norman a part, from Latin ad partem (“to the side”).
Senses: examples: text: in a class apart
glosses: Exceptional, distinct.
raw_tags: after a noun or in the predicate
glosses: Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces.
examples: text: The young lover was in waiting, to hand them out of the large substantial carriage, and the first quiet moment that he could find for an apart whisper, said, "What can be the reason that your mother has never taken the slightest notice of my letter?"
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 172:
glosses: Separate, on the side.
apart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɑːt/
ipa: /əˈpɑɹt/
enpr: ə-pärt′
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Senses: examples: text: I killed a man. This was never apart^([sic – meaning a part]) of the plan, Tracy was supposed to do all of the dirty work.
ref: 2016, Jasmine Railey, Carter and Ayanna 2: A Hood Love (Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 231:
glosses: Misspelling of a part.
apartment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɑːt.mənt/
enpr: ə-pärt'mənt
ipa: /əˈpɑɹt.mənt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tmənt
Forms: form: apartments
form: APT
form: apt.
Etymology: From French appartement, from Italian appartamento, from Spanish apartamiento (“separation, seclusion”). See apart.
Senses: examples: text: apartment dwellers
text: I am Jonathan. I am in apartment B4. — I am in apartment C2.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
glosses: A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
examples: text: By this contrivance I got into the inmost court; and, lying down upon my side, I applied my face to the windows of the middle stories, which were left open on purpose, and discovered the most splendid apartments that can be imagined. There I saw the empress and the young princes in their several lodgings, with their chief attendants about them.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “Mildendo, the Metropolis of Lilliput, Described, together with the Emperor’s Palace. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 69:
glosses: A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
examples: 1883 April 23, Slawson v. Grand Street R. Co., 107 U.S. 649, 2 S.Ct. 663, 664,
The specification described the ordinary fare-box used in street cars and omnibuses, consisting of two apartments, the one directly above the other.... [T]he passenger deposited his fare in an aperture in the top of the upper apartment. It fell upon and was arrested by a movable platform.... This platform turned on an axis acted on by a lever. When turned, the fare fell into the lower apartment, which was a receptacle for holding the fares accumulated....
glosses: A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: COM
glosses: A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
Synonyms: sense: domicile occupying part of a building
word: flat
sense: domicile occupying part of a building
word: unit
sense: domicile occupying part of a building; compare with
word: condominium
Derived terms: apartelle
aparthotel
apartmental
apartment block
apartment building
apartment complex
apartment hotel
apartment house
apartmentless
apartmentlike
apartmentmate
apartment-sit
apartment sit
apartments to let
apartotel
bachelor apartment
basement apartment
efficiency apartment
garage apartment
garden apartment
hotel-apartment
microapartment
mother-in-law apartment
multiapartment
nanoapartment
studio apartment
sub-apartment
Related terms: tenement
apathetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/
ipa: [ˌæpəˈθɛɾɪ̈k]
ipa: /ˌæpəˈθɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more apathetic
form: most apathetic
form: apathetical
Etymology: From apathy + -etic.
Senses: examples: text: He then added a few general offers of service, but offered as if he would be glad if they were accepted; and when Guido knelt for his parting benediction, it was given with a warmth and sincerity not often used by the apathetic and haughty minister.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 167:
synonyms: indifferent
unconcerned
glosses: Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
glosses: Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Synonyms: word: adiaphroistic
word: apathetic
word: apathistical
word: blasé
word: deaf
word: cool
word: shiftless
word: dispassionate
word: dull
word: enervated
word: gallionic
word: halfhearted
word: heartless
word: impassive
word: ineffervescible
word: insouciant
word: indifferent
word: insensible
word: jaded
word: languid
word: languorous
word: Laodicean
word: lethargic
word: listless
word: lackadaisical
word: lotophagous
word: lukewarm
word: mopey
word: nonchalant
word: nonplussed
word: phlegmatic
word: pococurante
word: spiritless
word: supine
word: tepid
word: torpid
word: torpedinous
word: unaroused
word: uncaring
word: unconcerned
word: unenthusiastic
word: unimpressible
word: uninterested
word: unlively
word: unmoved
word: untouched
word: unzealous
word: world-weary
Hypernyms: word: alexithymic
Hyponyms: word: easygoing
word: viscerotonic
word: stoic
word: stoical
word: collected
word: cool-headed
word: even-keeled
word: even-tempered
word: imperturbable
word: unflappable
Coordinate terms: word: aloof
word: impartial
word: stern
Derived terms: apathetically
apatheticness
nonapathetic
unapathetic
Related terms: word: apatheism
word: apatheist
word: calm
word: carefree
word: inactive
word: lazy
word: sleepy
word: slow
word: apathy
aperture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈap.ə.t͡ʃə/
ipa: /ˈap.ə.tjʊə/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɚˌt͡ʃʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɚ.t͡ʃɚ/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɚˌtjʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈæp.ɚˌtʊɹ/
rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)tjʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æpə(ɹ)tʃʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: apertures
Etymology: From late Middle English, from Latin apertūra (“an opening”), from aperiō (“to uncover, make or lay bare”) + -tūra (“-ure”, action noun suffix). Doublet of overture.
Senses: examples: text: an aperture in a wall
text: Were the larynx of the little creature like that of the parent, the milk might—probably would—enter the windpipe and cause suffocation : but the fœtal larynx is cone-shaped, with the opening at the apex, which projects, as in the whale-tribe, into the back aperture of the nostrils, where it is closely embraced by muscles of the ‘soft palate.’
ref: 1859, Richard Owen, On the Classification and Geographical Distribution of the Mammalia, London: J. W. Parker and Son, page 29:
text: In the centre of the fleshy membrane is an aperture leading into a deep cavity, at the bottom of which is placed a prominent piston that may be retracted by muscular fibres provided for the purpose.
ref: 1860, Samuel Hannaford, chapter 7, in Sea and River-side Rambles in Victoria, page 53:
text: The door was opened — ‘on the chain.’ The old lady peered at us through an aperture of about six inches.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
glosses: A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
examples: text: This telescope has a 100 cm aperture.
topics: arts
astronomy
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
natural-sciences
optics
photography
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
topics: communication
communications
qualifier: space flight
glosses: The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
examples: text: If the generatrix makes an angle θ to the axis, then the aperture is 2θ.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
raw_tags: of a right circular cone
Derived terms: apertometer
apertural
aperturate
apertured
apertureless
aperture membrane
aperture-priority
aperture priority
endoaperture
macroaperture
multiaperture
nanoaperture
pyriform aperture
subaperture
Related terms: aperient
apéritif
aperitive
apert
apertion
apertly
apes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪps/
rhymes: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: plural of ape
apes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪps/
rhymes: -eɪps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ape
apiece
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpiːs/
ipa: /əˈpis/
rhymes: -iːs
Etymology: From Middle English a pece. By surface analysis, univerbation of a + piece.
Senses: examples: text: These melons cost a dollar apiece.
text: The engines were built in the Doncaster works at what I believe to have been the low cost, even for those days, of £2,500 apiece, [...].
ref: 1943 January and February, Chas. S. Lake, “Some C.M.Es. I Have Known: IV—H. A. Ivatt”, in Railway Magazine, page 30:
glosses: Each by itself; for or to each one.
glosses: An undetermined distance.
Derived terms: a horse apiece
apocrypha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/
Etymology: From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590.
Senses: glosses: plural of apocryphon
apocrypha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒk.ɹə.fə/
Forms: form: apocrypha
form: apocryphas
Etymology: From Middle English apocrypha, apocrifa, apocrif, from Late Latin apocryphus (“secret, not approved for public reading”), from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”, thus “(books) of unknown authorship”), from ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”). Properly plural (the singular would be apocryphon), but commonly treated as a collective singular. “Apocryphal” meaning “of doubtful authenticity” is first attested in English in 1590.
Senses: examples: text: But it may be objected, that these books being in the Jews' canon , ought to be acknowledged for divinely inspired , rather than the apocryphas that never were in it
ref: a. 1704, John Locke, An Essay for the Understanding of St. Paul's Epistles:
text: Our entymological^([sic – meaning etymological]) approaches to the I or Change in the I Ching seem to confirm one of the well known apocryphas, I-Wei Ch'ien tso-tu.
ref: 1975, Jung Young Lee, The I Ching and Modern Man: Essays on Metaphysical Implications of Change, Secaucus, NJ: University Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
text: Parts of the city were unearthed and we could clearly see an almost square citadel with massive walls and a deep moat, beyond which were the outer residential quarters, shopping centre, etc. This made me think of an apocrypha of the Bogomil teaching: 'I, the prophet Isaiah, blessed among the prophets by our Lord God Jesus Christ, have come by the Will of God to tell you what will happen in the last days of the human race...' He was talking of an uncertain future, while here before us we had a tale of realities of the past.
ref: 1976, Bogomil Nonev, translated by Petko Drenkov, A Journey Through the Ages, Sofia Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 41:
text: We are the women
with thread bags
anchored deep in our bosoms
containing blood agreements
silver coins and cloves of garlic
and an apocrypha
of Nanny’s secrets.
ref: 1993, Lorna Goodison, “We Are the Women”, in Maura Healy, editor, Quartet of Poems, Longman, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 92:
text: The story of the Arsenal mural has drifted, over the years, into something more closely resembling a myth. What should be straightforward details are now shrouded in fog, tangled by apocrypha.
ref: 2020 June 8, Rory Smith, “The Shirts Were Red. The Fans Were All White.”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2020:
glosses: Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
Related terms: apocryphal
fraternise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fraternises
form: fraternising
form: fraternised
form: fraternised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternize.
Derived terms: fraterniser
fraternize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹætənɑɪz/
ipa: /ˈfɹætɚnɑɪz/
Forms: form: fraternizes
form: fraternizing
form: fraternized
form: fraternized
form: fraternise
Etymology: PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
From French fraterniser.
Senses: glosses: To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
examples: text: Now in this world it is never wise to meddle with such things. It's better to leave them as they are. No one ever had any good come to him from fraternizing with too great familiarity with the unknown; and it's a very good thing that the children from The Other Side are as shy as they are, as Alice found out through Evelyn Dearie.
ref: 1920, Mary Heaton Vorse, Growing Up:
glosses: To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
glosses: To socialize in confidentiality.
glosses: To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden party.
Derived terms: fraternizable
fraternizer
unfraternizing
Related terms: frat
fraternal
fraternisation
fraternization
fraternity
fraternizing
fratricide
fraternal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈtɝnəl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Forms: form: fraternals
form: fraternall
Etymology: PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
Borrowed from Middle French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frāternālis (“fraternal”), from Latin frāternus (“of or pertaining to a brother, fraternal”), from frāter (“brother”).
Senses: examples: text: Here comes in the importance of the proposed bill for the uniform regulation of fraternals.
ref: 1902, “Insurance and the Fraternals”, in The Underwriters Review, volumes 11-12, page 66:
text: Accident and health insurance written by fraternals are discussed under the section on fraternals.
ref: 1967, Wisconsin Legislature Legislative Council, General Report of the Legislative Council to the Legislature:
text: The ethnic fraternals benefitted from the favorable climate for fraternalism and voluntarism that existed in the United States, and borrowed ideas and practices from native organizations such as the AOUW, and from fraternals started earlier in the century by immigrants who by now were solid members of the middle class.
ref: 2012, Ivar Berg, Sourcebook of Labor Markets: Evolving Structures and Processes:
glosses: A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.
examples: text: Her twins were adorable boy-girl fraternals who wore boy-girl clothes in the same fabric.
ref: 2001, Susan Kohl, Twin Stories: Their Mysterious and Unique Bond, page 14:
text: The bulk of the confusion concerns identicals who are really fraternals.
ref: 2005, Kevin J. Sharpe, Has Science Displaced the Soul?: Debating Love and Happiness, page 34:
text: Tests show that even in the first year of life, the fear of strangers develops more similarly along identical twins than fraternals.
ref: 2013, Ian Osborn, Tormenting Thoughts and Secret Rituals: The Hidden Epidemic of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, page 189:
glosses: A fraternal twin.
fraternity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈtɜː(ɹ)nəti/
Forms: form: fraternities
Etymology: PIE word
 *bʰréh₂tēr
From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin frāternitās, ultimately from frāter (“brother”).
Senses: glosses: The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
examples: text: Having now so amply declared unto thee most of the principal things of this thrice-renowned and illustrious city, I will briefly by way of an epitome mention most of the other particulars thereof, and so finally shut up this narration: there are reported to be in Venice and the circumjacent islands two hundred churches in which are one hundred forth-three pairs of organs, fifty-four monasteries, twenty-six nunneries, fifty-six tribunals or places of judgment, seventeen hospitals, six companies or fraternities, whereof I have before spoken; one hundred and sixty-five marble statues of worthy personages, partly equestrial, partly pedestrial, which are erected in sundry places of the city, to the honour of those that either at home have prudently administered the commonweal, or abroad valiantly fought for the same.
ref: 1611, Thomas Coryate, Coryat's Crudities hastily gobbled up in Five Months Travels in France, Italy, &c:
text: The decision of Judge Stafford [to dismiss the case] represents an exhibition of raw power wielded by the well-organized fraternities of the medical profession against consumer groups working in the interest of women's health care.
ref: 1976 December 11, Linda Curtis, quotee, “Feminists Challenge 'Health Monopoly'”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 3:
glosses: A group of people associated for a common purpose.
examples: text: Colin Schlank said he rushed a fraternity because he wanted to expand his social circle. […] “They’re called social fraternities for a reason,” he said, “because you’re trying to branch out, you’re trying to meet new people.”
ref: 2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2024:
glosses: A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Synonyms: brotherhood
community
Derived terms: fraternitylike
fratority
interfraternity
nonfraternity
Related terms: fraternal
fraternise
fraternize
fratricide
fraternity house
sorority
crumb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹʌm/
rhymes: -ʌm
Forms: form: crumbs
form: crumbing
form: crumbed
form: crumbed
form: crimb
form: crum
Etymology: From Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume, from Old English cruma (“crumb, fragment”), from Proto-Germanic *krumô, *krūmô (“fragment, crumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *grū-mo- (“something scraped together, lumber, junk; to claw, scratch”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist, wind”). The b is unetymological, as in limb, appearing in the mid-15th century to match crumble and words like dumb, numb, thumb. Cognate with Dutch kruim (“crumb”), Low German Krome, Krume (“crumb”), German Krume (“crumb”), Danish krumme (“crumb”), Swedish dialectal krumma (“crumb”), Swedish inkråm (“crumbs, giblets”), Icelandic krumur (“crumb”), Latin grūmus (“a little heap”).
Senses: glosses: To cover with crumbs.
examples: to crumb bread
glosses: To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; to crumble.
Derived terms: crumb down
crumb up
crumbed
Related terms: crumple
Eisen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ̯zɪn/
Etymology: From the German and Jewish/Yiddish surname, from Eisen (“iron”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Won Buddhism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A religion founded in Korea in 1916 by Sot'aesan Taejongsa.
happy Easter
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: Happy Easter
Senses: glosses: An expression used during Easter to wish someone a happy time.
wikipedia: Paschal greeting
Related terms: Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
Happy Christmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Happy Christmases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Merry Christmas.
Related terms: happy Easter
Happy Fourth of July
Happy 4th of July
Happy Halloween
happy holidays
happy New Year
Happy St. Patrick's Day
happy Thanksgiving
happy birthday
Happy Valentine's Day
asymmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.səˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
Forms: form: more asymmetric
form: most asymmetric
Etymology: From a- + symmetric, as Ancient Greek ἀσυμμετρία (asummetría, “disproportion, deformity”).
Senses: examples: text: an asymmetric shape
text: asymmetric gameplay
translation: gameplay where different players have different experiences
english: gameplay where different players have different experiences
glosses: Not symmetric.
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Synonyms: sense: shape: not symmetric
word: asymmetrical
word: nonsymmetric
word: unsymmetrical
Derived terms: antiasymmetric
asymmetrically
asymmetric bars
asymmetric centre
asymmetric crying facies
asymmetric cryptography
asymmetric digital subscriber line
asymmetricity
asymmetric meter
asymmetric synthesis
asymmetric warfare
enantioasymmetric
Related terms: antisymmetric
dissymmetric
non-symmetric
symmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
ipa: /sɪˈmet.ɹɪk/
note: Indic
ipa: /sɪˈmɛʈrɪk/
Forms: form: more symmetric
form: most symmetric
Etymology: From symmetry + -ic, from Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría).
Senses: glosses: Symmetrical.
examples: text: "Is a sibling of" is a symmetric relation.
topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRy if and only if yRx for all members x and y of S (that is, if the relation holds between any element and a second, it also holds between the second and the first).
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Using the same key (or keys that are trivially related) for both encryption and decryption.
Derived terms: antisymmetric
asymmetric
axisymmetric
axi-symmetric
bisymmetric
Carlson symmetric form
centrosymmetric
dissymmetric
elementary symmetric polynomial
enantioasymmetric
enantiosymmetric
hypersymmetric
isosymmetric
merosymmetric
monosymmetric
nonsymmetric
orthosymmetric
persymmetric
radiosymmetric
semisymmetric
skew symmetric
skew-symmetric
skew-symmetric determinant
skew-symmetric matrix
strongly symmetric matter
supersymmetric
symmetric difference
symmetric function
symmetric group
symmetric matrix
symmetric polynomial
unsymmetric
weakly symmetric matter
Related terms: symmetry
reflexive
transitive
symmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmɪtɹi/
enpr: sĭʹmĭtrĭ
note: Indic
ipa: /sɪˈmɛʈri/
Forms: form: symmetries
Etymology: From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: Exact correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis.
examples: text: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: The satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole.
Derived terms: antisymmetry
axis of symmetry
bilateral symmetry
bisymmetry
center of symmetry
centre of symmetry
centrosymmetry
CPT symmetry
dissymmetry
eigensymmetry
hypersymmetry
information symmetry
Lorentz symmetry
mirror symmetry
monosymmetry
orbital symmetry
order of symmetry
persymmetry
plane of symmetry
polysymmetry
presymmetry
pseudosymmetry
quasisymmetry
radial symmetry
radiosymmetry
rotational symmetry
skew symmetry
skew-symmetry
subsymmetry
supersymmetry
symlet
symmetrical
symmetrise
symmetrism
symmetrist
symmetrize
symmetro-
symmetron
symmetry group
symmetry plane
T-symmetry
unsymmetry
Related terms: asymmetric
asymmetry
symmetric
symmetrophobia
supplementary angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Let angle A = 30° and angle B = 10°, so that their supplementary angles are A′ = 150° and B′ = 170°, respectively.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: plural of supplementary angle
supplementary angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A = 30° and A′ = 150°, so A and A′ are supplementary angles.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A pair of angles that sum to 180 degrees.
Related terms: complementary angles
conjugate angles
explementary angles
complementary angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Complementary in the sense of completing, i.e. they form a complete right angle.
Senses: examples: text: Let angle A = 30° and angle B = 10°, so that their complementary angles are A′ = 60° and B′ = 80°, respectively.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: plural of complementary angle
complementary angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Complementary in the sense of completing, i.e. they form a complete right angle.
Senses: examples: text: A = 30° and A′ = 60°, so A and A′ are complementary angles.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A pair of angles that sum to a right angle.
Related terms: conjugate angles
cosine
explementary angles
supplementary angles
cyclic quadrilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclic quadrilaterals
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A quadrilateral whose vertices all intersect a single circle.
vertex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɜː.tɛks/
ipa: /ˈvɝˌtɛks/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tɛks
Forms: form: vertices
form: vertexes
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin vertex (“whirl, eddy; top, crown, peak, summit”). Doublet of vortex.
Senses: examples: text: The mountain’s vertex was covered in snow.
text: He reached the vertex of his career after decades of work.
synonyms: acme
apex
peak
top
antonyms: fundus
glosses: The highest point, top or apex of something.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: acme
apex
peak
top
antonyms: fundus
glosses: The highest point, top or apex of something.
The highest surface on the skull; the crown of the head.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
The common point of the two rays that form an angle.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: An angular point of a polygon, polyhedron or higher order polytope.
The point at which an axis meets a curve or surface.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A point on the curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: node
coordinate_terms: plot
glosses: One of the elements of a graph joined or not by edges to other vertices.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A point in 3D space, usually given in terms of its Cartesian coordinates.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The point where the surface of a lens crosses the optical axis.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An interaction point.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The point where the prime vertical meets the ecliptic in the western hemisphere of a natal chart.
topics: media
publishing
typography
coordinate_terms: apex
glosses: A sharp downward point opposite a crotch, as in the letters "V" and "W" but not "Y".
Derived terms: antivertex
covertex
frontovertex
hypervertex
intervertex
intravertex
nonvertex
supervertex
vertexal
vertexial
vertex angle
vertex cover
vertex figure
vertex form
vertexless
vertex separation number
vertexwise
Related terms: word: vertical
urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PolyhedronVertex.html
word: Mathworld article on vertices of polyhedra
urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PolygonVertex.html
word: Mathworld article on vertices of polygons
homophonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈmɒfənəs/
Senses: examples: text: "Cot" and "caught" are homophonous in some American accents, as are "there" and "they're".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
semantics
glosses: Having the same pronunciation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Homophonic; sounding the same.
Derived terms: homophonously
Related terms: homophone
Anglican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/
Forms: form: more Anglican
form: most Anglican
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin anglicānus, from anglicus.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Church of England, or one of several related churches, such as those in the Anglican Communion.
glosses: English.
Derived terms: Anglican chant
Anglican Church
Anglican Communion
Anglican Community
Anglican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡlɪ.kən/
Forms: form: Anglicans
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin anglicānus, from anglicus.
Senses: hypernyms: Protestant
glosses: A member of an Anglican Church.
Related terms: Angle
Anglic
Anglicanism
anglo
Anglo-
anglo-
Anglo
English
Church in Wales
Church of England
Church of Ireland
gateau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætəʊ
-əʊ
Forms: form: gateaux
form: gateaus
form: gâteau
Etymology: Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.
Senses: examples: text: Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.
ref: 2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN:
glosses: A rich, usually iced, cake.
examples: a gateau of veal
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
Derived terms: Black Forest gateau
anglicise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋɡlɪsaɪz/
Forms: form: anglicises
form: anglicising
form: anglicised
form: anglicised
form: Anglicise
form: anglicize
form: Anglicize
Etymology: From Latin anglic(us) + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Someone who is translating into English a German novel, the hero of which is named Heinrich, will leave the name as it is; he will not Anglicize it into Henry.
ref: 1970, W. H. Auden, A Certain World, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 267:
text: Other users of non-anglo descent have also alleged Lensa whitened their skin and anglicised their features, a common complaint of image-editing software on platforms like TikTok.
ref: 2022 December 8, Caitlin Cassidy, “What does the Lensa AI app do with my self portraits and why has it gone viral?”, in The Guardian:
hypernyms: word: naturalize
english: of [[word]]s
translation: of [[word]]s
word: paronymize
glosses: To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
glosses: To dub or translate into English.
glosses: To become English.
Derived terms: anglicisation
anglicization
Anglicisation
Anglicization
anglicised
anglicized
Anglicised
Anglicized
Related terms: anglicism
Anglicism
leaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛv.ən/
ipa: [ˈlɛvn̩]
ipa: /ˈlev.ən/
ipa: [ˈlevn̩]
rhymes: -ɛvən
Forms: form: leavens
Etymology: From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).
Senses: glosses: Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
examples: text: Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 8:15:
text: On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 299:
text: The leaven of insincerity worked through all the fibres of his being.
ref: 1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 213:
glosses: Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
examples: text: On the fourteenth day of Nisan men search for leaven by candlelight.
ref: 1878, “On The Passover”, in Joseph Barclay, transl., The Talmud, page 95:
glosses: Chametz.
Synonyms: sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: leavening agent
sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: raising agent
Hypernyms: sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: agent
sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: substance
Hyponyms: sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: baking powder
sense: any agent used to make dough rise
word: yeast
Derived terms: leavenless
leavenous
natural leaven
of the same leaven
leaven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛv.ən/
ipa: [ˈlɛvn̩]
ipa: /ˈlev.ən/
ipa: [ˈlevn̩]
rhymes: -ɛvən
Forms: form: leavens
form: leavening
form: leavened
form: leavened
form: leven
Etymology: From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).
Senses: examples: text: Yeast is used to leaven bread, making it rise during baking.
glosses: To add a leavening agent.
glosses: To cause to rise by fermentation.
examples: text: Duke. No more euasion:
We haue with a leauen'd, and prepared choice
Proceeded to you; therefore take your honors:[...]
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: “A tinge of Jewish blood is not a bad thing. It leavens the”—she looked at him—“stolid stupidity of the ordinary Englishman.”
ref: 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 125:
text: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
glosses: To temper an action, decision, attitude, characteristic, etc.
examples: text: The comedian's jokes helped leaven the atmosphere during the serious meeting.
text: Her optimism seemed to leaven the otherwise tense environment.
text: With these and the like deceivable doctrines, he levens also his prayer.
ref: 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes, London, published 1756, page 30:
text: […] pursue virtue virtuously: leven not good actions, nor render virtues disputable. Stain not fair acts with foul intentions […]
ref: 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 7:
glosses: To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
glosses: To rise or become larger; to prove.
Derived terms: leavened
leavener
leavening
overleaven
unleavenable
unleavened
Related terms: yeast
uracil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjʊərəsɪl/
Forms: form: uracils
Etymology: From uro- + ac(etic) + -ile. Coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid.
Senses: examples: text: We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
ref: 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: U
coordinate_terms: adenine
cytosine
guanine
glosses: One of the bases of RNA, pairing with adenine.
wikipedia: Robert Behrend
Derived terms: bromouracil
dihydrouracil
iodouracil
thiouracil
uracilated
uracil mustard
Related terms: uric acid
uridine
uridylate
uridylic acid
urine
adenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.dəˌniːn/
ipa: /ˈæ.dɪˌnɪn/
Forms: form: adenines
Etymology: From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
Senses: examples: text: One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine.
ref: 2002, Nikolai L. Vekshin, Photonics of Biopolymers, page 115:
text: There are two genes in the adenine biosynthetic pathway of yeast (ADE1 and ADE2) that, apart from producing an absolute requirement for adenine when mutant, also produce a change in colony color.
ref: 2006, David Markie, “1: Markers, Selection, and Media in Yeast Artificial Chromosome Cloning”, in Alasdair MacKenzie, editor, YAC Protocols, 2nd edition, page 2:
text: The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.
ref: 2010, Debjani Roy, Rogué Schleyer, “6: Chemical Origin of Life: How do Five HCN Molecules Combine to form Adenine under Prebiotic and Interstellar Conditions”, in Chérif F. Matta, editor, Quantum Biochemistry, page 202:
text: Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.
ref: 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hypernyms: nucleobase
purine
coordinate_terms: cytosine
guanine
thymine
uracil
glosses: A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
wikipedia: Albrecht Kossel
Derived terms: adenase
arabinofuranosyladenine
arabinosyladenine
benzyladenine
cladribine
deoxyadenine
dihydroxyadenine
homoadenine
homopolyriboadenine
isopentenyladenine
methyladenine
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide
polyadenine
propyladenine
riboadenine
Related terms: adenosine
adenylate
adenylic acid
thymine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθaɪmɪn/
Forms: form: thymines
Etymology: From thymus + -ine.
Thymine was first isolated in 1893 by Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann from calves' thymus glands, hence its name.
Senses: examples: text: Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.
ref: 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 164:
text: In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].
ref: 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
related: word: mul:Thy
word: mul:T
coordinate_terms: adenine
cytosine
guanine
glosses: A heterocyclic base, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione; it pairs with adenine in DNA.
wikipedia: Albert Neumann
Albrecht Kossel
Related terms: thymidine
thymidylate
thymidylic acid
centum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛntəm/
ipa: /ˈsɛntəm/
rhymes: -ɛntəm
Forms: form: Centum
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin centum (“hundred”), attested at least since 1890s. Its use in linguistics is due to it being a canonical example of a word retaining an original velar stop, as opposed to Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬙𐬆𐬨 (satəm). Doublet of hundred and satem.
Senses: examples: text: Table 10.1 shows the relative chronology of centum and satem entries to the west. Along each trajectory, centum languages precede satem languages, and the frontier languages, thos most clearly showing peripheral type shift, are centum.
ref: 2003, Johanna Nichols, Archaeology and Language II: Archaeological Data and Linguistic Hypotheses:
antonyms: satem
glosses: Referring to an Indo-European language that did not produce sibilants from a series of Proto-Indo-European palatovelar stops.
Derived terms: centumization
centum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛntəm/
ipa: /ˈsɛntəm/
rhymes: -ɛntəm
ipa: /ˈsɛntəm/
ipa: /ˈkɛntəm/
ipa: /ˈsɛntəm/
rhymes: -ɛntəm
Forms: form: centums
form: Centum
Etymology: Calque of Sanskrit शतक (śataka, “a hundred; a satakam”). The latter meaning is attested at least since 1991 and is explained by 100-point academic grading in India.
Senses: examples: text: Tonda-mandala-sātacam, a centum of verses on the Conjeveram country, No. 148, C. M. 73. The sātacam is a poem of one hundred stanzas, in its appropriate metre.
ref: 1847, William Taylor, Madras Journal of Literature and Science:
text: Norman Cutler's Songs of Experience: The Poetics of Tamil Devotion (1987) provides a partial translation, choosing to translate just 50 hymns from the first two centums and a few phalasrutis, or the signature stanzas.
ref: 2017, Language, Culture and Power: English–Tamil in Modern India, 1900 to Present Day:
qualifier: Sanskrit and other Indian philology
glosses: Satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic.
examples: text: Achyuta Satakam is a centum in Prakrit Language; Devanayaka Panchasat (the fifty on Devanayaka), in sanskrit and several poetical works in Tamil.
ref: 1991, A. Srinivasa Raghavan, The Life and Works of Sri Nigamanta Maha Desikan:
text: Though he secured a centum in mathematics, he failed to secure pass marks in other subjects.
ref: 1998, K. Srinivasa Rao, Srinivasa Ramanujan: A Mathematical Genius:
text: Ramesh scored a centum in mathematics.
ref: 2004, K. R. Narayanaswamy, A Teacher's Grammar of English:
glosses: Perfect score on a board exam.
Related terms: per centum
cytosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪtəsiːn/
Forms: form: cytosines
Etymology: After German Cytosin, equivalent to Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos) + -ine. Cytosine was discovered and named by the German biochemists Albrecht Kossel and Albert Neumann in 1894 when it was hydrolyzed from calf thymus tissues.
Senses: examples: text: Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.
ref: 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 164:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: nucleobase
pyrimidine
coordinate_terms: adenine
guanine
thymine
uracil
glosses: A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
wikipedia: Albert Neumann
Albrecht Kossel
Derived terms: arabinosylcytosine
azacytosine
cidofovir
cytarabine
cytosine arabinoside
deoxycytosine
fluorocytosine
hydroxymethylcytosine
methylcytosine
polycytosine
thiocytosine
Related terms: cytidine
cytidylate
cytidylic acid
guanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡwɑː.niːn/
rhymes: -ɑːniːn
Forms: form: guanines
form: guanin
Etymology: From guano + -ine. Guanine was named by the German chemist Julius Bodo Unger in 1846 who isolated it from guano.
Senses: examples: text: Then he found them, the substances that made up the four-letter alphabet in whose language all life is written — adenine and cytosine, guanine and thymine.
ref: 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 164:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: nucleobase
purine
coordinate_terms: adenine
cytosine
thymine
uracil
glosses: A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
wikipedia: de:Bodo Unger (Chemiker)
Derived terms: alkylguanine
azaguanine
benzylguanine
deoxyguanine
epiguanine
guanase
isoguanine
methylguanine
oligoguanine
oxoguanine
pentaguanine
polyguanine
thioguanine
tioguanine
Related terms: word: guanosine
word: guanylate
word: guanylic acid
alt: a nucleobase susbstitute for guanine
word: inosine
regicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕj'ə-sīd
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/
Forms: form: regicides
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)
Senses: hyponyms: tyrannicide
coordinate_terms: reginacide
glosses: The killing of a king.
Derived terms: regicidal
regicider
regicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕj'ə-sīd
ipa: /ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/
Forms: form: regicides
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).
Senses: examples: text: The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.
ref: 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
synonyms: regicider
kingslayer
hyponyms: tyrannicide
coordinate_terms: reginacide
glosses: One who kills a king.