cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Oklahoma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoʊk.ləˈhoʊ.mə/
rhymes: -əʊmə
Etymology: From Choctaw okla (“people”) + homa (“red”).
Senses: examples: text: The next highest percentages were in Oklahoma, Nevada and New Mexico, with 26.3%, 25.6% and 25.4%, respectively.
ref: 2012 February 16, Ashley Hayes, “Study: Interracial marriage, acceptance growing”, in CNN:
text: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation, a decision that could reshape the criminal justice system by preventing state authorities from prosecuting offenses there that involve Native Americans.
ref: 2020 July 9, Jack Healy, Adam Liptak, “Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Affirms Native American Rights in Oklahoma”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2023:
glosses: A state in the central United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Oklahoma City.
glosses: A former territory (1890–1907) of the United States, encompassing the western half of the modern state.
glosses: Two communities in the United States, named for the state or territory:
A borough of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: Two communities in the United States, named for the state or territory:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Mississippi.
Derived terms: OK
Okie
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma drill
Oklahoman
Oklahoma onion burger
Oklahoma plum
Oklahomian
Texhoma
Texoma
decal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː.kæl/
ipa: /ˈdiːkæl/
ipa: /dɪˈkæl/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəl/
rhymes: (US, Central Canada, General Australian) -æl
rhymes: (Western Canada) -ɛkəl
Forms: form: decals
Etymology: Clipping of decalcomania.
Senses: glosses: A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
examples: text: Decorating each alienation, each species of withdrawal, as cufflink, decal, aimless doodling, there was somehow always the post horn.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 91:
text: But your flag decal won't get you Into Heaven any more. / They're already overcrowded From your dirty little war.
ref: 1971, John Prine, “Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore”, in John Prine:
glosses: A decorative sticker.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A texture overlaid on another texture to provide extra details.
decal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː.kæl/
ipa: /ˈdiːkæl/
ipa: /dɪˈkæl/
ipa: /ˈdɛkəl/
rhymes: (US, Central Canada, General Australian) -æl
rhymes: (Western Canada) -ɛkəl
Forms: form: decals
form: decaling
form: decalling
form: decaled
form: decaled
form: decalled
form: decalled
Etymology: Clipping of decalcomania.
Senses: glosses: To apply decals to.
scuff mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scuff marks
Senses: glosses: A mark on something caused by something else scuffing against it.
hepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈpætɪk/
ipa: /həˈpætɪk/
ipa: /hɪˈpætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Etymology: From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the liver.
glosses: Acting on or occurring in the liver.
examples: text: Polyhydrite, a silicate of oxide of iron from Breitenbrun, Saxony, is of a hepatic color, vitreous lustre and opaque
ref: 1842, Dr. Lewis Feuchtwanger, “Mineralogical Notices”, in The American journal of science and arts, page 386:
text: In fact bis weakness was for alcoholic stimulants. Hence his liver was carefully examined. It was not of the usual hepatic color ; in this case it presented a deep purple-black
ref: 1872, “Remarks on Longevity”, in The Medical and surgical reporter, page 104:
text: Among the most striking ot the internal modifications is the gradual change of the liver from the characteristic hepatic color to a bright green.
ref: 1893, The Wilder quarter-century book: a collection of original papers, page 438:
glosses: Of a deep brownish-red color like that of the liver.
Derived terms: adipohepatic
anhepatic
antihepatic
cardiohepatic
cholehepatic
cystohepatic
duodenohepatic
enterohepatic
erythrohepatic
extrahepatic
gastrohepatic
hemihepatic
hepatic air
hepatical
hepatically
hepatic cancer
hepatic capsulitis
hepatic cinnabar
hepatic duct
hepatic flexure
hepatico-
hepatic portal vein
hepatic tanager
hepatic vein
infrahepatic
intrahepatic
neohepatic
nonhepatic
pancreaticohepatic
parahepatic
perihepatic
portohepatic
posthepatic
prehepatic
retrohepatic
splenohepatic
steatohepatic
subhepatic
suprahepatic
transhepatic
unhepatic
Related terms: hepatectomy
hepatica
hepatitis
hepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɪˈpætɪk/
ipa: /həˈpætɪk/
ipa: /hɪˈpætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
Forms: form: hepatics
Etymology: From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Senses: glosses: Any compound that acts on the liver.
examples: text: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
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 viii:
glosses: A liverwort (kind of plant)
Derived terms: hepaticology
Related terms: liverwort
raisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪzən/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪzɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹiːzən/
rhymes: -eɪzən
Forms: form: raisins
Etymology: From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the fruit had turned black and shrunken — becoming, effectively, absurdly high-cost raisins.
ref: 2021 July 18, Christopher Flavelle, “Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A dried grape.
Derived terms: desert raisin
golden raisin
rabbit raisins
raisin black
raisin bran
raisin bread
raisined
Raisinet
raisinish
raisinlike
raisin moth
raisin tree
raisin wine
raisiny
raisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹeɪzən/
ipa: /ˈɹeɪzɪn/
ipa: /ˈɹiːzən/
rhymes: -eɪzən
Forms: form: raisins
Senses: glosses: guardian (A person legally responsible for a minor (in loco parentis))
emetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more emetic
form: most emetic
form: emetick
Etymology: From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: emetogenic#Adjective
;
anacathartic#Adjective
glosses: Causing nausea and vomiting.
Derived terms: antiemetic
emetically
emetin
emetize
hyperemetic
nonemetic
emetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: emetics
form: emetick
Etymology: From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
Senses: examples: text: As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.
ref: 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: emetogen#Noun
vomitive#Noun
vomitory#Noun
;
anacathartic#Noun
glosses: An agent that induces vomiting.
Derived terms: tartar emetic
Related terms: emesis
emetology
cathartic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
Forms: form: more cathartic
form: most cathartic
form: cathartick
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
Senses: examples: text: Shaving, my favorite activity, is very cathartic.
glosses: Purgative; inducing mental or physical catharsis.
examples: text: "So, there are real opportunities to create real change with enforcement." Prosser describes how some of that change is also cathartic to those who have been directly affected by incidents on the railway, such as the families who have lost loved ones.
ref: 2023 November 1, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “Safety Mission: Possible”, in RAIL, number 995, page 37:
text: For some, Saturday’s protests were cathartic, a show of force and solidarity by progressives who had struggled to pick themselves up from last November’s election defeat.
ref: 2025 April 7, Simon Montlake, Caitlin Babcock, Ali Martin, Cameron Pugh, Jingnan Peng, “Is the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ starting to find its voice again?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
text: I don’t know if [Kamala] Harris found writing 107 Days cathartic, but reading it certainly wasn’t.
ref: 2025 September 22, Arwa Mahdawi, “107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: That which releases emotional tension, especially after an overwhelming experience.
Derived terms: anacathartic
anticathartic
cathart
cathartical
cathartically
cathartine
emetocathartic
hemocathartic
uncathartic
cathartic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
Forms: form: cathartics
form: cathartick
Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin catharticus, from Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
Senses: examples: text: The disease was regarded as pneumonia so far advanced that suppuration seemed to have supervened; bleeding, blisters, expectorants, and cathartics diminished the symptoms; the pulse continued frequent, hard, full, but always regular.
ref: 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 165:
text: As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.
ref: 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A laxative.
rogering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rogerings
Etymology: From roger + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: When I get you home I'm going to give you a good rogering.
glosses: An act of sexual intercourse, especially one that is rough.
Rodger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: In 2018, a man drove a rental van onto a busy Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people and badly injuring 16, minutes after he had posted a Facebook tribute to Mr. Rodger and proclaimed, “The Incel Rebellion has already begun!”
ref: 2021 July 21, Michael Levenson, “‘Incel’ Is Charged With Plotting to Shoot Women, U.S. Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2021:
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Roger.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages; a spelling variant of Roger reinforced by the surname.
heteroscedasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɛtəɹoʊˌskɪdæsˈtɪsɪti/
Forms: form: heteroscedasticities
form: heteroskedasticity
Etymology: From hetero- + scedasticity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The property of a series of random variables in having differing variances of residuals, instead of a uniform variance.
Derived terms: heteroscedasticity-robust
Related terms: heteroscedastic
Johan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An archaic variant of Joan, from Old French Johan, from Latin Johanna. Cf. John.
Senses: examples: text: William, the youthful heir, grew up, married and died, as we have already seen, of the sweating sickness, leaving only a daughter named Johan or Jennett, who was but two months old at his death […]
ref: 1893, Frank Peel, Spen Valley, Past and Present, Senior and Co, published 1893, page 64:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew.
Katie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪti/
rhymes: -eɪti
Forms: form: Katies
form: Catie
form: Caty
form: Katy
Senses: examples: text: There is one Emily, one Charlotte, no Catherine, but two Kates, and innumerable Katies, which seems to be the latest form that Catherine has taken—Catherine, Kate, Katie.
ref: 1890 August 8, “Girls’ Names Change. The Decline of Susan, Mary, Jane and All the Old Favorites.”, in Benj[amin] H. Sincell, editor, The Republican, volume 14, number 25, Oakland, Md., →ISSN, →OCLC, page [3], column 3:
text: And "Mable"'s a name that ever sounds sweetly / And charms and enchants a mortal completely / While "Katie" suggests brown eyes and brown tresses / Created for love and lover's caresses.
ref: 1892 Walter Malone, Narcissus: and Other Poems, J.B.Lippincott Company 1892, page 133 ("Mary")
text: The pixels’ use in a taxpayer context resulted in the “reckless” sharing of legally protected data that could put taxpayers at risk, according to the report by Warren and her Democratic colleagues Sens. Ron Wyden; Richard Blumenthal; Tammy Duckworth; and Sheldon Whitehouse; Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats; and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter.
ref: 2023 July 12, Brian Fung, “Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds”, in CNN:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Catherine or any of its variant spellings.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Katy (“the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad”).
raw_tags: with the
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"
pro bono
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /prəʊ ˈbəʊnəʊ/
ipa: /proʊ ˈboʊnoʊ/
Etymology: Abbreviated from Latin prō bonō publicō (“for the public good”).
Senses: examples: text: The firm currently has about half a dozen pro bono cases at any one time.
text: After he retired, he offered representation pro bono from time to time.
text: Esther Lardent, chief consultant to the ABA's Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project, which has helped recruit pro bono lawyers for death row appeals since 1987, begs to differ. Finding a lawyer to represent a death row inmate has never been easy, Lardent says. And finding one now, she says, will be harder than ever.
ref: 1996 June, Mark Hansen, “Death’s Door”, in Gary A. Hengstler, editor, ABA Journal: The Lawyer’s Magazine, volume 82, Chicago, Ill.: American Bar Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 64, column 1:
text: While the media sneerocracy only came round to Oliver because of his pro bono project, the huge number of people buying his books and wheeling their Sainsbury's trolleys in his wake had already responded to his charisma.
ref: 2002 December 5, Mark Lawson, “The fall and rise of Jamie”, in The Guardian:
topics: law
medicine
sciences
glosses: Without charging a fee, done without fee, generally for clients or patients of limited means.
jean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jēn
ipa: /d͡ʒiːn/
enpr: jān
ipa: /d͡ʒeɪn/
rhymes: -iːn
homophone: gene
homophone: Gene
Forms: form: jeans
Etymology: From the Middle English Gene (“Genoa”), from the Old French Jannes. Bleu de Gênes (“Genovese blue”) was a blue dye made in Genoa used to tint the denim cloth produced in Nîmes (de Nîmes). Doublet of Genoa and Geneva and distantly related to knee.
Senses: examples: text: She wore a tattered jean jacket.
text: Lastly, he took out a common frock of coarse dark jean, which he drew over his own under-clothing; and a felt hat—he had purposely left his own upstairs.
ref: 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:
glosses: Denim.
Derived terms: bejeaned
jean jacket
jeaned
jeans
satin jean
partner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑːtnə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈpɑɹtnɚ/
ipa: [ˈpɑɹʔnɚ]
ipa: /ˈpɐːtnə/
Forms: form: partners
form: partnering
form: partnered
form: partnered
Etymology: From Middle English partener, partiner, alteration (due to Middle English part) of Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, parçonneour (“joint heir”) from parçon (“partition”), from Latin partītiōnem, singular accusative of partītiō (“portion”). The word may also represent Old French part tenour (“part holder”). Compare also Middle English partifere (“partner”), partifelewe (“partner”). Doublet of parcener.
Senses: glosses: To join as a partner.
examples: text: “In the current period, when people are embedded in social and informational bubbles with like-minded friends and relatives,” he says, “the idea of partnering with someone from a different bubble is understandably daunting. At a minimum it’s awkward and complicated.”
ref: 2020 October 6, Belinda Luscombe, “Would You Date Someone With Different Political Beliefs? Here's What a Survey of 5,000 Single People Revealed”, in Time:
text: Tesco has partnered with Direct Rail Services (DRS) to launch a new refrigerated rail freight service from Tilbury to Coatbridge.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: New freight trips for Tesco and DRS”, in RAIL, number 948, page 12:
glosses: To work or perform as a partner.
raw_tags: with with
Derived terms: repartnered
bubblehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubbleheads
Etymology: * From bubble + head.
* (diver): Inspired by the shape of the old spun-copper diving helmet.
Senses: examples: text: I rather enjoyed it, but my niece said Audrey Hepburn was a “bubblehead”.
ref: 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
glosses: A stupid person.
glosses: A submariner; bubble-head.
glosses: A navy hard hat or salvage diver.
Synonyms: sense: stupid person
word: airhead
aw
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ô
ipa: /ɔː/
ipa: [ɔ̃ː ~ ɒ̃ː]
ipa: /ɑ/
homophone: awe
homophone: or (non-rhotic)
homophone: oar
homophone: ore
homophone: o'er (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
rhymes: -ɔː
Forms: form: aww
Etymology: Natural exclamation.
Senses: examples: text: Aw, that's too bad...
glosses: Used to express disappointment or dismay.
examples: text: Aw, dad, why can't we go to Legoland?
glosses: Used to express mild protest, entreaty, consternation, or disapproval.
examples: text: Aw, you've got such a cute baby bird!
glosses: Used to express affection.
examples: text: Aww, you said a bad word!
synonyms: oh
ooh
glosses: Used to anticipate telling a person in authority that the listener has done something wrong.
Derived terms: aw man
aw shucks
aw well
aw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ô
ipa: /ɔː/
ipa: [ɔ̃ː ~ ɒ̃ː]
ipa: /ɑ/
homophone: awe
homophone: or (non-rhotic)
homophone: oar
homophone: ore
homophone: o'er (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
rhymes: -ɔː
Forms: form: aws
form: aww
Etymology: Natural exclamation.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. McGuire, 64, a retired science teacher and two-term incumbent on the Town Council, selected a card, the six of hearts, drawing approving oos and aws from his supporters.
ref: 2009 June 17, Randal C. Archibold, “Election at a Draw, Arizona Town Cuts a Deck”, in New York Times:
glosses: An instance of aw.
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
Forms: form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.
Senses: examples: text: These hot dogs are pretty good, eh?
text: Well, what dost thou think then of seeing the world? Do ye wish to go round Cape Horn to see any more of it, eh? Can’t ye see the world where you stand?
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick 16
glosses: Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
examples: text: —I've been studying Graphiurus murinus. —Eh? Studying what?
synonyms: what
pardon
sorry
come again
glosses: In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said.
examples: text: —You're going to be a dad! —Eh? You're joking!
synonyms: what
wha
huh
za
sorry
come again
glosses: In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion
examples: text: I went to the restaurant, eh, but my friends didn't show up.
synonyms: y'know
glosses: An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker.
examples: text: —Do you feel like going out tonight?
—Eh, I don't know.
text: “Look, Mom; I made the real rocket, based on the macaroni prototype!” “…Eh.”
ref: 2010, Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, directors, Despicable Me:
glosses: Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.
examples: text: —Why is it like this?
—Eh, It's like that eh.
glosses: Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh.
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
Forms: form: ehs
form: ehing
form: ehed
form: ehed
form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.
Senses: glosses: To use the interjection eh.
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
Forms: form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.
Senses: examples: text: My French fries were eh.
glosses: Of mediocre quality; unremarkable.
Related terms: english: possibly etymologically related
translation: possibly etymologically related
word: eh up
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
note: Sense 1
ipa: [ˈe˦˧]
ipa: [ˈe˧]
note: Sense 2
ipa: [eɪ˧˨]
note: Sense 3
ipa: [eɪ˩˦]
enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
Forms: form: ay
form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: From Hokkien 欸 (--eh) and Mandarin 欸 (ê̄ / ế / ê̌, interjection).
Senses: glosses: Hey, oi; said to get someone's attention.
examples: text: Eh, please don’t say that...
glosses: An interjection expressing disapproval.
glosses: Huh?; expresses confusion.
raw_tags: with rising pitch
Related terms: english: possibly related to the above
translation: possibly related to the above
word: eh eh eh
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
note: Sense 1
ipa: [ˈe˦˧]
ipa: [ˈe˧]
note: Sense 2
ipa: [eɪ˧˨]
note: Sense 3
ipa: [eɪ˩˦]
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: A
enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
note: Sense 1
ipa: [ˈe˦˧]
ipa: [ˈe˧]
note: Sense 2
ipa: [eɪ˧˨]
note: Sense 3
ipa: [eɪ˩˦]
Forms: form: aye
form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: Probably of multiple motivations, the sounds having been chosen for functional reasons.
Senses: examples: text: Eh, come here!
text: Eh, what do you have?
text: E-, e-, eh, I'm on vacation / Every single day 'cause I love my occupation
ref: 2017, Dirty Heads, Vacation:
synonyms: hey
oi
I say
qualifier: regional African-American Vernacular
glosses: an attention grabber
glosses: A greeting between friends (typically male) or display of approval.
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
note: Sense 1
ipa: [ˈe˦˧]
ipa: [ˈe˧]
note: Sense 2
ipa: [eɪ˧˨]
note: Sense 3
ipa: [eɪ˩˦]
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: A
Forms: form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: A reduced form of ain't.
Senses: examples: text: And she: "Ay man, watch you one foot ass. Wen I want a man, I want a good man. Me eh want man like you."
ref: 1972, Harold Sonny Ladoo, No Pain Like This Body, Toronto, Ont.: Anansi, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Used to negate the following verb; (am/are/is/do/does) not.
eh
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: enpr: ā
ipa: /eɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
enpr: ĕ
enpr: â
ipa: /ɛ/
ipa: [ɛː]
ipa: /e/
rhymes: -ɛ
note: Sense 1
ipa: [ˈe˦˧]
ipa: [ˈe˧]
note: Sense 2
ipa: [eɪ˧˨]
note: Sense 3
ipa: [eɪ˩˦]
ipa: /eɪ/
homophone: A
Forms: form: ay
form: ehh
form: ehhh
Etymology: From Hokkien 咧 (--leh), with the l dropped.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of leh.
shh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ̩ː/
Forms: form: sh
form: shhh
form: ssh
Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).
Senses: glosses: Demanding silence.
glosses: Comforting one who is crying.
Synonyms: hush
shush
shh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ̩ː/
Forms: form: shhes
form: shhs
form: sh
form: shhh
form: ssh
Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).
Senses: examples: text: “Shh,” says Jenny’s mother, “shh. / Give a shh and a giddyap with your borscht.” / A knock is heard on Gloria’s door. / “Remember is someone asleep in the house!” / Jenny gives a shh and laps up her borscht.
ref: 1946, Helen Wolfert, Nothing Is a Wonderful Thing, Simon and Schuster, page 54:
text: Twenty-five million dollars each?! There were hmms and shhs around the table.
ref: 1997, Southwestern American Literature, volume 22, page 121:
text: And, unlike with a film, or a TV show, or a dreary drinks party, you can’t just leave when the boredom descends like an itchy blanket. You are imprisoned by the etiquette of theatre. You can’t even commit suicide without attracting a chorus of shhes as you splash arterial blood all over the orchestra pit.
ref: 2009, Jeremy Clarkson, Driven to Distraction, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: An utterance of shh.
shh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ̩ː/
Forms: form: shhes
form: shhs
form: shhing
form: shhed
form: shhed
form: sh
form: shhh
form: ssh
Etymology: From hush. Likely imitative of a nonverbal utterance. Compare Scots whisht (“hush!”).
Senses: examples: text: “Hey,” the test-taker who’d shhed sat up, glared, saw the exec, shut up, and hunched down over the test.
ref: 1992, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, volume 112, page 70, column 1:
text: ‘No!’ Matt shhes.
ref: 2007, Bonnie Rozanski, Borderline, The Porcupine's Quill, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Deep breathing in your baby’s ear is just as effective as white noise, if not more. Try to avoid ‘shhing’ your baby as this can become more violent if done frequently and loudly. The other drawback is that shhing involves your stomach muscles and when you shh you become tense; the more you shh the more tense you become.
ref: 2015, Chireal Shallow, The Gentle Sleep Solution: The Naturally Nurturing Way to Help Your Baby Sleep, Vermilion, →ISBN, “Deep breathe, don’t ‘shh’”:
text: “I brought coffee,” Landon says but Aurora shhs him.
ref: 2019, Hanleigh Bradley, “Chapter Two: Tallulah”, in The Intimacy Series:
glosses: To utter shh.
shh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃ̩ː/
Forms: form: SHH
form: Shh
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of SHH (“sonic hedgehog”); Abbreviation of sonic hedgehog.
karaoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/
enpr: kâ'rē-ōʹkē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkɛɹ.iˈoʊ.ki/
enpr: kä-rä-ō'kā
ipa: /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkɛ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəˈrɑw(ɵ)ke/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəˈroke/
Forms: form: karaokes
Etymology: Etymology tree
Japanese 空
Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)
Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră)
Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor.
Latin orchēstrabor.
English orchestrabor.
Japanese オーケストラ
Japanese カラオケbor.
English karaoke
Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.
Senses: examples: text: The karaoke has been well received by those who frequent the oriental cabaret scene and adopt its particular social behaviors such as conversation, companionship, being seen, and showing off.
ref: 1993 March, Michael J. Wagner with John S. Brick, “Using Karaoke in the Classroom”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 79, number 7, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 44:
text: American Idol will always have a place in my heart. It's where I met Clay. And what could be more exciting than televised karaoke?
ref: 2006 February 24, Real Time with Bill Maher, season 7, episode 2, Bill Maher (actor):
text: I was always split on Henley. Then I found out that he doesn’t want people to sing his songs at karaoke. In fact, Henley actually forbids karaoke companies from rerecording songs in his catalog.
ref: 2008 December 9, Brian Raftery, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life, Cambridge: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:
glosses: A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
glosses: A karaoke session.
synonyms: word: noraebang
raw_tags: in the Korean context
glosses: A karaoke parlour.
qualifier: fitness
glosses: An exercise in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other while walking sideways to stretch various parts of the lower body and core.
Derived terms: bandaoke
karaoke bar
karaoke box
karaoke club
karaoke lounge
karaoke machine
karaoke parlour
karaoke system
movieoke
videoke
Related terms: karate
a cappella
amateur hour
amateur night
bathroom singer
KTV
open mic
karaoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/
enpr: kâ'rē-ōʹkē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌkɛɹ.iˈoʊ.ki/
enpr: kä-rä-ō'kā
ipa: /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɑːɹɑːˌoʊkɛ/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəˈrɑw(ɵ)ke/
note: Indic
ipa: /kəˈroke/
Forms: form: karaokes
form: karaokeing
form: karaoked
form: karaoked
Etymology: Etymology tree
Japanese 空
Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)
Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră)
Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor.
Latin orchēstrabor.
English orchestrabor.
Japanese オーケストラ
Japanese カラオケbor.
English karaoke
Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.
Senses: glosses: to perform karaoke
Frauen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Frauen.
Senses: glosses: plural of Frau
technophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: technophiles
Etymology: From techno- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: 1966 Editor. Ingenor, Autumn 1966 p.30, College of engineering, University of Michigan
Most of us simply ignore technology in its depth effects; the few who don't ignore it tend either to glow with technophilia. . . or to glower with technophobia. . . But both technophilia and technophobia are superstitious relapses in which, let me repeat, we impute to the dynamic a direction that it does not have. Our one hope of humanizing technology is by humanizing ourselves: gaining the courage and the humility to get a hold on ourselves, we might gain the wit and the will to get a hold on it. In this bootstrap effort, neither the technophile nor the technophobe is likely to be helpful, for what we need is not a simple assessment of how technology affects the world "out there" or the world "in here." We need, rather, an assessment of how it affects both, in interplay. And for that effort, both the technophile and the technophobe have disqualified themselves — the one by his dogmatic fixation on what he claims to be objective certainties, the other by his equally dogmatic fixation on what he claims to be subjective imperatives.
text: It is naive to think it likely that technology can be phased out in a smoothly managed, orderly way, especially since the technophiles will fight stubbornly at every step.
ref: 1995, Theodore Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future:
glosses: A person who is enthusiastic about technology, especially the technology of emerging fields such as aeronautics, space engineering, computing, or communication technology, during their respective phases of introduction and development.
Related terms: word: technophilia
word: technophilic adj
platypus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplætɪpəs/
ipa: /ˈplætɪˌpʊs/
ipa: /ˈplætɪpəs/
Forms: form: platypuses
form: platypus
form: platypi
form: platypodes
Etymology: From New Latin Platypus (originally a genus name already in use for a type of beetle), from Ancient Greek πλατύπους (platúpous, “flat-footed”), from πλατύς (platús, “flat”) + πούς (poús, “foot”). Piecewise doublet of flatfoot.
Senses: examples: text: Victoria's Healesville Sanctuary is celebrating the births of two baby platypuses, in a major milestone.
ref: 2008 March 2, “Captive platypus twins make history”, in ABC News:
synonyms: duck-billed platypus
duckbill
duckmole
mallangong
tambreet
water mole
glosses: A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a waterproof pelt, and flat webbed feet (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
Derived terms: platypusary
Related terms: echidna
People's Republic of China
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
rhymes: -aɪnə
Forms: form: the People's Republic of China
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó).
Senses: examples: text: Meronym: mainland China
text: Near-synonym: China
text: While the People's Republic of China claimed in the late 1950s that Shanghai had regained its importance as a leading seaport, this was not borne out by observations of foreign travelers nor by official shipping statistics.
ref: 1968, “Shanghai (Shang-hai)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 20, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 346, column 1:
text: I disagreed completely—and still do—with President Nixon's initiative to "normalize" relations with the People's Republic of China. The American people […] have been forced to go along with the Carter administration's decision to repudiate our mutual defense treaty with the free Chinese regime on Taiwan […]
ref: 1980, Spiro Agnew, Go Quietly . . . Or Else, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, page 34:
text: Politically, China proper […] and frontier areas of China were brought together under the Qing dynasty, mostly during the 18th century. Incursions by earlier dynasties into Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and southern Manchuria did occur, but were later reversed. It is this latest process of expansion that accounts for the enormous size of the People's Republic of China today.
ref: 1991, Carol Stepanchuk, Charles Wong, “Festivals of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire”, in Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China, San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 108:
text: Before the death of Deng Xiaoping, many observers were debating whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would collapse, just like the former Soviet Union. It did not come to pass.
ref: 2005, Peter Kien-hong Yu, Hu Jintao and the Ascendancy of China: A Dialectical Study, →ISBN, page xi:
related: word: PRC
word: PR China
synonyms: China
Communist China
People's Republic
Red China
West Taiwan
coordinate_terms: Republic of China
ROC
glosses: Official name of China: a country in East Asia.
tawdry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːdɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɔ.dɹi/
ipa: /ˈtɑ.dɹi/
rhymes: -ɔːdɹi
Forms: form: tawdries
Etymology: Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.
Senses: glosses: Tawdry lace.
examples: text: That fiddling, parading fellow (you know who I mean) made us wait for him two hours […] only for the sake of having a little more tawdry upon his housings […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter LXV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
Orthodox Judaism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The most traditional Rabbinic branch of Judaism, characterized by the belief in the continued relevance and binding nature of the Rabbinic interpretation of Jewish law.
Related terms: Chasidism
Conservative Judaism
Jew
Jewish
Judaism
Reconstructionist Judaism
Reform Judaism
ism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪz.əm/
rhymes: -ɪzəm
Forms: form: isms
Etymology: From the suffix -ism (“belief”), particularly (in the 19th century) in the sense of "social movement". Compare phobia, from -phobia, sophy, from -sophy, itis, from -itis, and ana, from -ana.
Senses: examples: text: […] his religion, his worship was like his daily bread to him; — which he did not take the trouble to talk much about; which he merely ate at stated intervals, and lived and did his work upon! This is Abbot Samson’s Catholicism of the Twelfth Century; — something like the Ism of all true men in all true centuries, I fancy! Alas, compared with any of the Isms current in these poor days, what a thing!
ref: 1843, Thomas Carlyle, chapter XV, in Past and Present, book 2:
text: If it gives way to sentimentalism, or sensibility, or political mysticism, or adopts an affectation of radicalism, or any other ism, or molds its institutions so as to round out to a more complete fulfillment somebody's theory of the universe, it may fall into an era of revolution and political insecurity […]
ref: 1887 August, W[illiam] G[raham] Sumner, “State Interference”, in North American Review:
text: An ism does not have to possess the fearful implements of state power to cut off a deviant or heretical member.
ref: 1965, Bertram David Wolfe, Marxism, One Hundred Years in the Life of a Doctrine, page 357:
text: In his exposition, he has failed to achieve the identification of situation, theory, and policy necessary to create an ism.
ref: 1969, Walter E. Minchinton, Mercantilism; System Or Expediency?, page xi:
text: Isms in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism – he should believe in himself.
ref: 1986, John Hughes, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, spoken by Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick):
text: It is important to distinguish between an ism and a mere generalization about group differences. Generalizations that have statistical validity are not isms. An ism assumes that the generalization applies to an individual.
ref: 1994, Kenneth Kaye, Workplace Wars and How to End Them, page 70:
synonyms: whateverism
glosses: An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
examples: text: Parents and educators play a critical role in helping children of all ages navigate current events and talk openly about the historical roots of the various ‘isms in our country.
ref: 2020 June 6, Lisa Selin Davis, “Children aren’t born racist. Here’s how parents can stop them from becoming racist.”, in CNN, spoken by Sarah Gaither:
synonyms: whateverism
glosses: An ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism.
A form of discrimination, such as racism or sexism.
Derived terms: isms and schisms
Related terms: ideology
ist
philosophy
wasm
New Testament
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Testament
form: New Testaments
Senses: examples: text: Muslims believe that the Final Testament, the Quran, is a continuation of the New Testament.
topics: Christianity
biblical
lifestyle
religion
holonyms: Bible
glosses: The second half of the Christian Bible, which includes the four Gospels, the Book of Acts, the Epistles, and the Book of Revelation.
Derived terms: New Testamental
Related terms: neo-testamentary
Old Testament
Final Testament
gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒspəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɑspəl/
Forms: form: gospels
Etymology: From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell (“gospel”), corresponding to God + spell (“talk, tale, story”), literally “the message of God”, believed to be an alteration of earlier *gōdspell (literally “good news”), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”) (English evangel). Compare Old Saxon gōdspel and godspell (“gospel”), Old High German and Middle High German gotspel (“gospel”), Icelandic guðspjall (“gospel”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ).
Senses: glosses: The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.
glosses: An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
examples: text: Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont
ref: 1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title:
glosses: A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
examples: text: took her words for gospel
text: If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Edipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.
ref: 1881, George Saintsbury, Dryden:
glosses: That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
glosses: Gospel music.
Synonyms: evangel
Derived terms: antigospel
bluegrass gospel
contemporary gospel
Gin and Gospel Gazette
gospel bird
gospel blues
gospel-blues
gospeler
gospelesque
gospelize
gospeller
gospellike
gospel-like
gospelly
gospelmonger
gospel music
Gospel Oak
gospelphile
gospel side
gospel truth
gospely
gospelypso
infancy gospel
nongospel
prosperity gospel
protogospel
Southern gospel
gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒspəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɑspəl/
Forms: form: gospels
form: gospeling
form: gospelling
form: gospeled
form: gospeled
form: gospelled
form: gospelled
Etymology: From Middle English gospellen, from Old English godspellian (“to preach the gospel, evangelise”), from the noun (see above).
Senses: examples: text: Are you so gospelled, to pray for this good man and for his issue, whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours forever?
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: I stood there wondering how often they had “gospeled” each other's hearts like this.
ref: 2014, Caesar Kalinowski, Small Is Big, Slow Is Fast:
text: Hopefully you will get to the point where gospeling one another becomes a natural part of your language, and you will not need a set of phrases anymore.
ref: 2014, Trevor Joy, Spence Shelton, The People of God: Empowering the Church to Make Disciples:
text: But the very act of “seeing” for anyone—both those within and beyond the fold of Christian communions—is possible only as a gospel being gospeled anew in and through the most pertinent issues of their particular contexts.
ref: 2021, Sarosh Koshy, Beyond Missio Dei, page 339:
glosses: To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise.
sectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more sectarian
form: most sectarian
Etymology: From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.
Senses: examples: text: We were discussing solutions to the sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shias.
glosses: Of, relating to, or partial to a sect.
glosses: Dogmatic or partisan.
glosses: Parochial or narrow-minded.
glosses: Bigoted.
Derived terms: anti-sectarian
asectarian
bisectarian
counter-sectarian
ethnosectarian
intersectarian
multisectarian
polysectarian
postsectarian
presectarian
sectarianist
sectarianly
unisectarian
unsectarian
sectarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛkˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /sɛkˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: sectarians
Etymology: From Medieval Latin sectarius + -an. Its corresponding etymology per the first sense is sect + -arian.
Senses: examples: text: An American sectarian, who has always lived within the high walls and in the close atmosphere of our intense sect-life here, and has always been accustomed to the dragonism of sect-authority and sect-jealousy, —is utterly amazed when for the first time he looks over his native sect-walls and comes to see the freedom of thought and utterance within the old churches of Europe.
ref: 1870, The Millennial Harbinger - Volume 41, page 423:
glosses: A member of a sect.
glosses: A bigot.
Related terms: sectarianism
sectarianize
Lucifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluːsɪfə/
rhymes: -uːsɪfə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer (from lūx (“light”) + ferō (“bear, carry”)). Attested in Old English as Lūċifer. Replaced native calque lēohtberend (“lightbearer”) also from the same Latin source. Application of the name to Satan results from what is probably a misinterpretation of Isaiah 14:12 (whence also the corresponding sense of morning star).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: Vesper, Hesperus, evening star, Venus
synonyms: Phosphorus
Eosphorus
glosses: The planet Venus as the daystar (the morning star).
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The King of Babylon who was compared to the planet Venus in first the Wycliffe version then the King James Version of Isaiah 14:12; it is unclear whether this verse refers to a specific king or to a representation of the entire line of kings of Babylon.
synonyms: word: Aduwallah
word: Adversary
word: Al-Shaytaan
word: Antichrist
word: archfiend
word: Ash-Shaytan
word: Azazel
word: Beast
word: Beelzebub
word: bogey
word: cosmocrat
word: deceiver
word: deuce
word: Devil
word: diablo
word: Diabolus
word: dickens
word: Dragon
word: Enemy
word: Evil One
word: Father of Lies
word: Gog
word: Iblis
word: Jack Ketch
word: leviathan
word: lord of the flies
word: Lucifer
word: Mephistopheles
word: Old Gentleman
word: Old Hairy
word: Old Harry
word: Old Nick
word: Old One
word: Old Scratch
word: Old Serpent
word: Prince of Darkness
word: Prince of Demons
word: Prince of Evil
word: Sam Scratch
word: Satan
word: Serpent
word: shaitan
word: Son of the Dawn
glosses: Satan, the Devil.
Derived terms: Lucifer hummingbird
Luciferian
Luciferic
Luciferist
Lucifer sheartail
proud as Lucifer
illegible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈlɛd͡ʒəbəl/
Forms: form: more illegible
form: most illegible
Etymology: From il- + legible.
Senses: examples: text: illegible handwriting
text: illegible scribbles
text: illegible symbols
text: illegible writing
antonyms: legible
glosses: Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
Synonyms: dirty
foul
indecipherable
marked-up
unclear
undecipherable
unreadable
Derived terms: illegibleness
illegibly
Related terms: eligible