cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
brocade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹəˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: brocades
Etymology: From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.
Senses: examples: text: Madame Legarde, the "glass of fashion and the nurse of form," (alias the most fashionable of milliners,) has comfortably assured me, "that my figure has great merit, and only requires cultivation:" this is to be done by tissues, brocades, and laces, which are now scattered round me in charming confusion.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 65–66:
text: … his desire to stand in brocade and sing Rhadames in Aida was like my eagerness to go far, far beyond fellow intellectuals of my generation who had lost the imaginative soul.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 321:
text: I selected a pair of loose, dark trousers bound at the waist with a russet sash, a tunic with an open neck and large pockets, and a cloak of the true fuligin of that guild of which I am still officially a master, lined with particolored brocade.
ref: 1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXV, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149:
glosses: A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
glosses: An item decorated with brocade.
examples: text: Other species considered occasional migrants have become established in the UK in recent years, such as the ... sombre brocade, Blair's mocha, Flame brocade, and Clifden nonpareil.
ref: 2016, P.P. Mary et al., edited by Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy et al., Arthropod Diversity and Conservation in the Tropics and Sub-tropics, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
examples: text: The shrubbery around the cottages is a brocade of lawns and shrubs intermixed, in fancy patterns, with gravel walks, in various directions, which wind into the woods.
ref: 1826, Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, A picturesque and topographical account of Cheltenham, and its Vicinity:
text: It is as though the poets and mystics were weaving a colorful brocade of words with the intention to please God and to show His greatness to the world.
ref: 1976, Annemarie Schimmel, Pain and Grace: A Study of Two Mystical Writers of Eighteenth-Century Muslim India, page 126:
text: Saying this, Rikyu stepped into the garden, shook a tree and scattered over the garden gold and crimson leaves, scraps of the brocade of autumn!
ref: 2012, Kakuzo Okakura, The Book of Tea, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: A decorative pattern.
Derived terms: brocadelike
brocade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹəˈkeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: brocades
form: brocading
form: brocaded
form: brocaded
Etymology: From Occitan brocada and Spanish and Portuguese brocado, influenced by French brocart, from Italian broccato, from brocco, ultimately from Gaulish.
Senses: glosses: To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.
bodyguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒdiɡɑːd/
ipa: /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/
Forms: form: bodyguards
Etymology: From body + guard.
Senses: glosses: A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.
bodyguard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒdiɡɑːd/
ipa: /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/
Forms: form: bodyguards
form: bodyguarding
form: bodyguarded
form: bodyguarded
Etymology: From body + guard.
Senses: examples: text: The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.
ref: 2005 March 7, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate:
glosses: To act as bodyguard for (someone); figuratively, to protect.
bramble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæm.bəl/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈbɹɛəm.bəl]
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩]
rhymes: -æmbəl
Forms: form: brambles
Etymology: From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).
Senses: examples: text: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
ref: 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
text: At the same time, the encroachment of vegetation proceeds apace, and broom and brambles have already made portions of the line impassable, even on foot.
ref: 1949 November and December, “Notes and News: Festiniog and Welsh Highland Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:
text: Jeanette is making bramble jelly. She is trying to listen to the Morning Story on Radio 4 while she goes about her task. Jeanette's brow is furrowed as she weighs the deep purple fruit and tips the berries into the heavy jelly pan […]
ref: 2016, Ann Burnett, Take a Leaf Out of My Book, page 37:
text: A similar instinct for self-preservation was the cause of my first lie. My governess left me alone for half an hour with strict instructions to eat no blackberries during her absence. When she returned I was suspiciously near the brambles. ‘You have been eating blackberries’, she said. ‘I have not’, I replied. ‘Put out your tongue!’ she said. Shame overwhelmed me, and I felt utterly wicked.
ref: 1975, Bertrand Russell, chapter 1, in Autobiography:
text: There seems to be a term for just about everything… it turns out there’s even a term for the scientific study of members of the Rubus genus— batology. No, not the study of bats. In exploring batology you’ll find that the most commonly cultivated brambles come from a complex lineage…
ref: 2012 July 19, “Rubus Diversity and Obscurity…Batology!”, in The Fruit Nut:
glosses: Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
glosses: Any thorny shrub.
glosses: A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
synonyms: blackberry
brambleberry
glosses: The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A collection of mutually touching connected subgraphs, where two subgraphs touch if they share a vertex or each includes one endpoint of an edge.
Derived terms: bramblebush
brambled
bramble net
bramble shark
brambling
brambly
mountain bramble
roseleaf bramble
stone bramble
bramble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæm.bəl/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈbɹɛəm.bəl]
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩]
rhymes: -æmbəl
Forms: form: brambles
form: brambling
form: brambled
form: brambled
Etymology: From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).
Senses: glosses: To pick or collect blackberries from brambles.
briar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪə/
ipa: /ˈbɹaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: briars
form: brier
form: breer
form: brere
form: breare
Etymology: From Middle English brere, from Old English brēr [Old Mercian], brǣr (“briar, bramble”); further origin unknown, perhaps related to Old French bruiere (“heather”) (French bruyère). Compare Old Norse brǫrr (“briar”), whence Icelandic brörr.
Senses: examples: text: Youngthes folke now flocken in every where,
To gather May-buskets and smelling brere
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye. Ægloga Quinta.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Any of many plants with thorny stems growing in dense clusters, such as many in the Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax genera
examples: text: ¶ And thou ſonne of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their wordes, though bryars and thornes be with thee, and thou doeſt dwell among ſcorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be diſmayed at their lookes, though they be a rebellious houſe.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 2:6:
text: Rov'd far, and gather'd much : some harsh, 't is true, / Pick'd from the thorns and briers of reproof, / But wholesome, well-digested;[…]
ref: 1785, William Cowper, The Task^(https://books.google.co.in/books?id=HqtbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA168&dq=The+thorns+and+briers+of+reproof.+(Cowper)&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSlr2ewLXkAhUOcCsKHWbMBSgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=The%20thorns%20and%20briers%20of%20reproof.%20(Cowper)&f=false):
glosses: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
Derived terms: briared
briar-patch
briarwood
briary
grin like a mule eating briars
smile like a mule eating briars
sweetbriar
sweet briar
sweet-briar
briar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹaɪə/
ipa: /ˈbɹaɪɚ/
rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: briars
form: brier
form: breer
form: brere
form: breare
Etymology: From French bruyère, assimilated with Etymology 1, above.
Senses: glosses: White heath (Erica arborea), a thorny Mediterranean shrub.
examples: text: Then he put the insulted pipe in his pocket, corked himself up with the immense briar, and sneered at Cripps over the top of it.
ref: 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 12:
glosses: A pipe for smoking, made from the roots of that shrub.
Derived terms: briar-pipe
briar-root
infringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒəɹ/
Forms: form: infringers
Etymology: From infringe + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who infringes.
Derived terms: noninfringer
klezmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛzmə/
ipa: /ˈklɛzməɹ/
Forms: form: klezmers
form: klezmorim
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish קלעזמער (klezmer), from Hebrew כְּלֵי זֶמֶר (kléy zémer, “musical instruments”).
Senses: examples: text: The entire Muzikant family of klezmorim, enough for half a symphony orchestra.
ref: 2007, Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, 4th Estate (2010), page 213:
glosses: A Jewish folk musician.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of popular Jewish folk music especially associated with Ashkenazi cultures.
Derived terms: klezmerish
klezmerlike
klezmer-like
objet trouvé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objets trouvés
Etymology: French objet (“object”) + trouvé (“found”)
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Synonym of found object.
synonyms: word: found object
Related terms: trouvaille
paleontologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleontologists
form: palaeontologist
form: palæontologist
Etymology: From paleontology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: An alternative approach is to break down cultures into ab-
 stract elements and to establish, between elements of the same
 type in different cultures, rather than between cultures themselves,
 the same kind of relationships of historical descent and progressive
 differentiation which the paleontologist sees in the evolution of
 species.
ref: 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 4:
text: In the late nineteenth century, paleontologists began to catalog the many curious correspondences exhibited by fossils gathered on different continents.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: One who studies paleontology.
Derived terms: micropaleontologist
Pilates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈlɑːtiːz/
Etymology: Named after German physical trainer Joseph Pilates.
Senses: examples: text: "Watto will spend the entire winter stretching and doing Pilates, and do a hamstring after bending down to pick up his petrol cap after dropping it filling his car at Caltex Cronulla."
ref: 2014 April 14, Matt Cleary, “What do Australia's cricketers do on holiday?”, in ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 21 Jul 2015:
glosses: A physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates.
Synonyms: Contrology
Derived terms: Yogalates
cephalagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cephalalgia.
rickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkɪts/
Etymology: Unknown. Originally a local name for the disease in Dorset and Somerset, England. Occasionally postulated to be derived from a Dorsetian dialectal term *rucket (“to breathe with difficulty, wheeze”), but the semantic connection is tenuous. See rachitis, but the medical name was chosen purposefully by English physician Daniel Whistler from phonetic similarity to rickets.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: rachitis
rhachitis
glosses: A disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones.
Related terms: ricketiness
rickety
osteomalacia
rachitic
ricket
rickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkɪts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ricket
brigandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brigandish
form: most brigandish
Etymology: From brigand + -ish.
Senses: glosses: like a brigand or robber
Derived terms: brigandishly
found object
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: found objects
Etymology: A calque of French objet trouvé.
Senses: examples: text: Over a period of years David brought me a series of found objects to use in my work. I treasure those objects too much to use them. Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.
ref: 2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, page 76:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A natural object, or one manufactured for some other purpose, considered as a work of art.
Synonyms: objet trouvé
ready-made
found art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The fundamental principle of found art is the fact that the source of the esthetic impulse is found not in the objet d'art but in the eye of the beholder of the objet d'art.
ref: 2005, John Robert Colombo, All the poems of John Robert Colombo, volume 3, page 691:
text: Found art is created when odd, disparate, unlikely, even long-abandoned castoffs are put together with other similarly unexpected remnants to create something new and, if all goes as planned, lovely.
ref: 2009, Leeana Tankersley, Found Art: Discovering Beauty in Foreign Places, page 13:
text: Found art is made out of natural (or sometimes unnatural) things that you find when out and about exploring. If you want some examples look at the sculptures of Andy Goldsworthy […]
ref: 2009, Steve Mynard, Learning through Adventurous Activities, page 108:
text: Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses [in Houston] has evolved from a young, hard-working artist whose found art is cultural preservation.
ref: 2016, Robert Craig Bunch, The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists, page 76:
glosses: Art consisting of found objects.
rescission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈsɪʃən/
ipa: /ɹɪˈsɪʒən/
Forms: form: rescissions
Etymology: 1651, Late Latin rescissio, from Latin rescindō (“I cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“I cut”).
Senses: glosses: An act of rescinding: removing, taking away, or taking back.
examples: text: According to him, they said, "'Resign or we'll fire you.'" Frein resigned and left the school building. However, that same day, he called his union representative, who advised him to withdraw his resignation, which he did, within 24 hours. The school district, however, refused to accept his recission ^([sic]), insisting that Frein was no longer employed by the school district.
ref: 1983 December 3, Christine Guilfoy, “Houston Teacher Fired Over Ad Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 1:
text: The House narrowly approved a rescissions package from the White House that aims to cancel billions in unspent funds from the prior fiscal year, much of which would not have been spent otherwise.
ref: 2018 June 7, Ashley Killough, “House approves package that would cut $1 billion in spending”, in CNN:
text: But the rescission of the spending-freeze memo, which followed a White House effort to respond to confusion about the initial memo, raises questions about how much [President Trump and his team] learned from the experience of 2017.
ref: 2025 January 30, Linda Feldmann, “Understanding the Trump chaos: It’s about wielding executive power”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
topics: law
glosses: The undoing of a contract; repeal.
Synonyms: rescindment
rescinsion
Related terms: rescind
rowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
rhymes: -aʊən
Forms: form: rowans
form: roan
Etymology: Originally Scots and northern English, from Middle English ron, rone, compare also Northern English raan, ran. At first referring to its fruits, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse reynir.
Also related to Norwegian Bokmål rogn, Danish røn. Ultimately related to the root of red.
Senses: synonyms: mountain ash
quickbeam
wicken
wicky
glosses: Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.
glosses: Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.
glosses: wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.
Derived terms: flying rowan
rowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
rhymes: -aʊən
Forms: form: rowans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rowen (“aftermath”).
rowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
rhymes: -aʊən
Forms: form: rowans
Senses: glosses: Dated form of roving (“an elongate bundle of fiber”).
rowan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊ.ən/
ipa: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊən
rhymes: -aʊən
Forms: form: rowans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rown (“fish-eggs”).
Related terms: Sorbus subg. Sorbus
corymb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏʹrĭmb
ipa: /ˈkɒɹɪmb/
Forms: form: corymbs
form: corymbus
Etymology: From the French corymbe, from the Latin corymbus, from the Ancient Greek κόρυμβος (kórumbos). Doublet of corymbus.
Senses: examples: text: Hoya carnosa (Thick-leaved).—Foliage large, flowers in large drooping corymbs; they are of a pinkish-white colour, and contain, or rather yield, drops of pure sweet honey; hence this fine old plant is known as the Honey plant.
ref: 1855 June 5, T. Appleby, “Plants for Baskets”, in George W. Johnson, Robert Hogg, editors, The Cottage Gardener, and Country Gentleman’s Companion: A Journal of Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany, and Natural History, volume XIV, number CCCXLIX, London: Published for the proprietors, […], →OCLC, page 161, column 2:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A cluster of flowers with a flat or convex top.
Derived terms: corymbed
corymbiferous
corymbiform
corymbose
corymbous
manly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænli/
Forms: form: manlier
form: manliest
Etymology: From Middle English manli, manlich, manly, from Old English *manlīċ (suggested by adverb manlīċe (“in a way befitting a person; nobly, stately”)), from Proto-West Germanic *mannlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz, equivalent to man + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Cognate with Old High German manlīh (“manly”) (whence German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).
Senses: examples: text: what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth,
Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape,
Or of what mould or mettel he be made,
What ſtar or ſtate ſoeuer gouern him,
Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vi:
coordinate_terms: womanly#Adjective
glosses: Having the characteristics of a man.
examples: text: Let's briefly put on manly readiness.
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, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain / The load of life.
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
text: Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.
ref: 2001, Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy, page 86:
glosses: Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.
Derived terms: hypermanly
manlihead
manlihood
manlily
manliness
unmanly
manly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmænli/
Etymology: From Middle English manli, manlich, manly, from Old English manlīċe, equivalent to man + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Senses: examples: text: [Y]ou will not only confer a favor on them but if appointed will add two Officers to our Army who will fight manly to defend their Country.
ref: 1812 February 4, Reuben Attwater, “From Reuben Attwater”, in Stephen R[ow] Bradley, edited by Dorr Bradley Carpenter, Stephen R. Bradley: Letters of a Revolutionary War Patriot and Vermont Senator, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, published 2009, →ISBN, “Correspondence, 1771 to 1831” section, page 333:
text: “[…] Permit me to bandage it, while, at the same time, I tell you how well Hamet did leading the charge.” “Did he?” Eaton questioned. “He did! and he did it manly! Our rightful heir for once behaved more like a ruler than I ever would have imagined. I believe he won quite a few converts this day.”
ref: 2001 September 27, Raymond F. Aubé, chapter 31, in Across Troubled Waters, [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1stBooks, →ISBN, page 625:
text: Curious, Courtney opened up the little black book and flipped several pages before coming to one where the names hadn't yet been lined through. The first was Harper Isaac. Mmm, the name sounded manly.
ref: 2008, Brenda Jackson, Her Little Black Book, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 16:
text: The crowd loves those who fight manly and nobly, but it laughs at those who are pathetic cowards. If any gladiator were to run off at the mere sight of his opponent raising his sword, he would be mocked as feeble and effeminate and inexperienced.
ref: 2014, Jerry Toner, “How to Be a Roman”, in The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino: Understanding the Roman Games (Witness to Ancient History), Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 90:
synonyms: manlily
coordinate_terms: womanly#Adverb
glosses: In a way befitting a man.
mademoiselle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmædəmwəˈzɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: mademoiselles
form: mesdemoiselles
form: mamzelle
Etymology: Borrowed from French mademoiselle.
Senses: glosses: Courtesy title for an unmarried woman in France or a French-speaking country.
examples: text: It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well / You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle...
ref: 1964, Chuck Berry, “You Never Can Tell”:
qualifier: humorous or affected
glosses: A young woman or girl, especially one who is French or French-speaking.
Related terms: madam
m'lady
Droge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Droges
form: Droke
Etymology: Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from German Dröge, a nickname of uncertain derivation.
* Borrowed from Dutch Droge, a nickname from Middle Dutch drôge (“dry, boring, unfriendly”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rausch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rausches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rausch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
fashion house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashion houses
Senses: glosses: a company employed in fashion design; a couturier
vom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɒm/
Etymology: Clipping of vomit.
Senses: glosses: Vomit.
vom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɒm/
Forms: form: voms
form: vomming
form: vommed
form: vommed
Etymology: Clipping of vomit.
Senses: examples: text: Bogle the diplomat tried to hide the sound of his gagging as he vommed the night away.
ref: 1998, Robert McLiam Wilson, Ripley Bogle, page 185:
text: Then the waft of puke and stale bourbon reaches my nostrils and I get that shorp^([sic]) taste in my mouth that you get when you know you're going to vom.
ref: 2010, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Rhino What You Did Last Summer:
text: “Okay, boss. Boss. You're short-circuiting. We wrote great jokes. Stay the course.” “Absolutely. Yeah, you're right. Um... yeah. I'm gonna make a pit stop at the bathroom for a quick vom. And then, yeah, I'll be right back.” “That's my girl!”
ref: 2025 January 23, Sam Shanker, “Baby Kangaroos and Chickens” (9:39 from the start), in Animal Control, season 3, episode 4, spoken by Emily Price (Vella Lovell):
glosses: To vomit.
hin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: hins
Etymology: From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).
Senses: examples: text: 500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.
ref: 1973, Bible (New International Version), Exodus 30:24
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
examples: text: The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹⁄₃₂ = 1 ro.
ref: 1997, Helaine Selin, Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Westen Cultures:
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
Meronyms: sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: log (1⁄12 hin)
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: cab
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: kab (1⁄3 hin)
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: bath (6 hins)
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: cor
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: kor
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: homer
sense: Hebrew unit of measure
word: chomer (60 hins)
sense: Egyptian unit of measure
word: ro (1⁄32 hin)
sense: Egyptian unit of measure
word: khay (1⁄3 hin)
sense: Egyptian unit of measure
word: hekat
sense: Egyptian unit of measure
word: heqat (10 hins)
sense: Egyptian unit of measure
word: khar (100 hins, later 160 or 200 hins)
bein
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːn/
homophone: bean
homophone: been
Forms: form: more bein
form: most bein
form: been
form: bene
form: bien
Etymology: From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.
Senses: examples: a bein farmer
qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: Wealthy; well-to-do.
qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: Well provided; comfortable; cosy.
Derived terms: beinly
bein
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːn/
homophone: bean
homophone: been
Forms: form: more bein
form: most bein
form: been
form: bene
form: bien
Etymology: From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.
Senses: qualifier: Now chiefly dialectal
glosses: Comfortably.
bein
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /biːn/
homophone: bean
homophone: been
Forms: form: beins
form: beining
form: beined
form: beined
form: been
form: bene
form: bien
Etymology: From Middle English been, beene, bene (“gracious, generous, pleasant”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Old Norse beinn (“straight, right, favourable, advantageous, convenient, friendly, fair, keen”), from Proto-Germanic *bainaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“to hit, beat”).
Cognate with Scots bein, bien (“in good condition, pleasant, well-to-do, cosy, well-stocked, pleasant, keen”), Icelandic beinn (“straight, direct, hospitable”), Norwegian bein (“straight, direct, easy to deal with”). See also bain.
Senses: glosses: To render or make comfortable.
glosses: To dry.
eyra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyras
Etymology: Native South American name.
Senses: glosses: A slender, reddish-yellow wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas.
ganga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gangas
Etymology: From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.
Senses: glosses: The sandgrouse.
ganga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ganja.
sandur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandurs
form: sandar
form: sandr
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic sandur (“sand”). Doublet of sand.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.
pendulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛndjʊləs/
ipa: /ˈpɛndʒʊləs/
Forms: form: more pendulous
form: most pendulous
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pendulus (“pendant”), from pendeō (“I hang”).
Senses: examples: text: The prehistorian Andre Leroi-Gourhan has identified it as "a woman holding a bison horn." With her large pendulous breasts, great stomach, and immense hips, this Paleolithic Madonna is of a type found with countless other figurines in excavations from Spain to the Soviet Union.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 103:
glosses: Hanging from, or as if from, a support.
glosses: Indecisive or hesitant
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having branches etc. that bend downwards; drooping or weeping
Derived terms: pendulous abdomen
pendulously
pendulousness
SCOTUS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskoʊ.təs/
rhymes: -əʊtəs
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Acronym of Supreme Court of the United States.
Kirgizstan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kyrgyzstan: A country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China
Federal Reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Federal Reserve
form: Fed
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The Federal Reserve System.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The Federal Reserve Board.
glosses: The Federal Reserve building.
Derived terms: Federal Reserve note
D and C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D and Cs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of dilation and curettage.
heliosheath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heliosheaths
Etymology: From helio- + sheath.
Senses: examples: text: We encroach deeper into the furthest extent of the heliosheath, which thins out all the time.
ref: 2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 388:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A zone between the termination shock and the heliopause, in the heliosphere, at the outer border of the Solar System, where the solar wind is dramatically slower than within the termination shock.
Coordinate terms: heliosphere
heliopause
termination shock
stellar magnetosphere
stellar wind
hyperoxaluria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperoxalurias
Etymology: From hyper- + oxal(ic) + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: oxaluria
glosses: The presence of an excessive amount of oxalic acid or oxalates in the urine.
Related terms: hyperoxalemia
hyperoxaluric
stratosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stratospheres
Etymology: From French stratosphère, a word coined by its discoverer, meteorologist Léon Teisserenc de Bort. From strato- + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: Variation in height of the stratosphere (isothermal layer).
ref: 1909, Scientific Abstracts, A., volume 12, page 208 (heading)
text: The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
ref: 2008, Kshudiram Saha, The Earth's Atmosphere: Its Physics and Dynamics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 102:
text: The technique would involve spraying large amounts of sulfate particles into the Earth’s lower stratosphere at altitudes as high as 12 miles. The scientists propose delivering the sulfates with specially designed high-altitude aircraft, balloons or large naval-style guns.
ref: 2018 November 23, Matthew Robinson, “Dimming the sun: The answer to global warming?”, in CNN:
text: Even if you’ve run an ironclad household budget and managed your retirement accounts on your own, you’re about to be at a level of wealth in a different stratosphere. It’s time to hire professionals.
ref: 2025 March 19, Jessica Roy, “She hit the $1.2 billion jackpot. But the California winner must do this to make it last a lifetime”, in San Francisco Chronicle:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: tropopause
mesosphere
glosses: The region of the uppermost atmosphere where the temperature increases along with the altitude due to the absorption of solar ultraviolet radiation by ozone.
examples: text: So great is the part played by stratified deposits in the structure of the earth’s crust that we might be tempted to speak of the stratosphere of the earth in contradistinction to the scoriosphere of the moon.
ref: 1908, Eduard Suess [aut.], Hertha Beatrice Coryn Sollas and William Johnson Sollas [trs.], The Face of the Earth (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), volume 3, chapter 1, page 2
text: The stratosphere, or younger sedimentary envelope has been formed almost entirely at the expense of the Sal envelope.
ref: 1909, Eduard Suess [aut.], Hertha Beatrice Coryn Sollas and William Johnson Sollas [trs.], The Face of the Earth (Oxford, at the Clarendon Press), volume 4, chapter 15, page 546
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Collectively, those layers of the Earth’s crust which primarily comprise stratified deposits.
Derived terms: in the stratosphere
troposphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tropospheres
Etymology: Borrowed from French troposphère. Equivalent to tropo- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: The lower levels of the atmosphere extending from the surface of the Earth or another celestial body up to the tropopause. It is characterized by convective air movements and a large vertical temperature change.
mesosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesospheres
Etymology: From meso- + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
ref: 2008, Kshudiram Saha, The Earth's Atmosphere: Its Physics and Dynamics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 102:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The part of the Earth's mantle below the asthenosphere and above the outer core.
Derived terms: mesospheric
thermosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermospheres
Etymology: From thermo- + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: The mesosphere may be described as the earth's intermediate or middle atmosphere, which separates the thermosphere above from the ozonosphere (or stratosphere) below, both of which are responsible for absorption of most of the ultraviolet part of the solar radiation and preventing it from reaching the earth's surface.
ref: 2008, Kshudiram Saha, The Earth's Atmosphere: Its Physics and Dynamics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: The layer of the Earth's atmosphere directly above the mesosphere and directly below the exosphere.
exosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exospheres
Etymology: From exo- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: the uppermost layer of a planet's atmosphere
examples: "Scientists weren't even sure Dione would be big enough to hang on to an exosphere" ('Cassini Detects Hint of Fresh Air at Dione', , JPL, Mar. 02, 2012)
glosses: an extremely thin atmosphere, as on Saturn's moon Dione
Derived terms: exospheric
psychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/
Forms: form: more psychotic
form: most psychotic
Etymology: Derived in English from psychosis + -tic; compare French psychotique, German psychotisch. Attested from the late 19th century. Compare earlier neurotic.
Senses: examples: text: Direct evidence on psychotic behavior is the presence of either delusions or hallucinations (without insight into their pathological nature).
ref: 1995, José A. Valciukas, Forensic Neuropsychology, page 277:
text: Increasing data suggests that regular marijuana use in adolescence may also be a risk factor for developing very serious psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia.
ref: 2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN:
text: She suffered psychotic episodes during which she believed herself to be spied upon by light bulbs.
ref: 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018), page 152:
text: She couldn't possibly know that I was parking in the same spot to visit my psychotic wife on the third floor of the hospital, the floor that needed a special elevator for access.
ref: 2017, Mark Lukach, My Lovely Wife: A Memoir of Madness and Hope:
glosses: Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
examples: text: Full-bodied tribal rhythms, weird bendy bass lines, screechy high-end guitar melodies, and more psychotic lyrics about "Tension," "Butchers," and "Madness."
ref: 2012, Jodi.C.King, I Was a Killing Joke: A Bird's Eye View:
text: This had left the mother feeling "psychotic" and "helpless" because she could not change the family, the school, and society that she said had all caused the son harm.
ref: 2013, Trent Bax, Youth and Internet Addiction in China:
text: And if you ever try to record one of our conversations again, I'll set the dogs on you and your psychotic friends, and let them tear you all apart.
ref: 2017, John Connolly, A Game of Ghosts, page 14:
glosses: Out of control, bizarre, or crazy.
Derived terms: antipsychotic
BLIPS
micropsychotic
neuropsychotic
nonpsychotic
postpsychotic
prepsychotic
propsychotic
psychotically
psychotic disorder
psychoticism
psychoto-
quasipsychotic
sarchotic
semipsychotic
unpsychotic
psychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪˈkɒtɪk/
Forms: form: psychotics
Etymology: Derived in English from psychosis + -tic; compare French psychotique, German psychotisch. Attested from the late 19th century. Compare earlier neurotic.
Senses: glosses: A person affected by psychosis.
solar flare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar flares
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere.
Hypernyms: flare
Hyponyms: B-type flare
C-type flare
M-type flare
nanoflare
X-type flare
Related terms: coronal hole
coronal mass ejection
solar filament
solar prominence
superflare
synchronicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synchronicities
Etymology: From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
qualifier: Jungian psychology
glosses: Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".
Synonyms: topics: state
word: synchronization
raw_tags: of being synchronous
word: synchroneity
word: simultaneousness
Coordinate terms: serendipity
Derived terms: synchronicitous
encumber
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɛnˈkʌmbə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ʌmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: encumbers
form: encumbering
form: encumbered
form: encumbered
form: incumber
Etymology: From Middle English encombren, from Old French encombrer, from en- + combrer (“to hinder”); see cumber. By surface analysis, en- + cumber.
Senses: examples: text: In the reverse direction, creature comforts were not closely studied, and the vessel left Antwerp at 1 p.m., to arrive in Harwich at the awkward hour of 2 a.m. The boat train was waiting for the weary stream of passengers, who straggled up George Street, encumbered with luggage, or following burdened porters in the darkness.
ref: 1951 November, K. Westcott Jones, “Parkeston Quay and the Antwerp Continental Service”, in Railway Magazine, page 760:
glosses: To load down something with a burden.
examples: text: He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.
ref: 1906 – 1921, John Galsworthy, “Encounter”, in The Forsyte Saga, volume 1:
glosses: To restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment.
glosses: To burden with a legal claim or other obligation.
Derived terms: encumberer
encumberment
encumbrance
encumbrous
overencumber
unencumberable
Related terms: cumber
cumbersome
incumbrance
unencumber
exonerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English exonerated, equivalent to exonerate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
Derived terms: unexonerated
exonerated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exonerate
Cerenkov effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tʃɛˈɹɛŋkəf ɛˈfɛkt/
Forms: form: Cerenkov effects
form: Cherenkov effect
Etymology: Named after Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The emission of light (Cerenkov radiation) that occurs when a charged particle passes through an insulator at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium; the characteristic blue glow from a nuclear reactor.
wikipedia: Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov
Cherenkov effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cherenkov effects
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cerenkov effect.
Cerenkov radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cherenkov radiation
Senses: glosses: Light emitted by the Cerenkov effect.
Cherenkov radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They were going to remain stealthed, no matter what the cost, and fissile materials exiting Slipspace lit up with Cherenkov radiation—a signal flare to any Covenant ship within light-minutes.
ref: 2006, Eric Nylund, Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, New York: Tor, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 187:
glosses: Alternative form of Cerenkov radiation.
spec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
homophone: speck
Forms: form: specs
Senses: examples: text: job spec
text: The specs don't say anything about this behavior.
text: We'll go into more depth with all the specs shortly so anyone less well versed in espresso speak will understand what I'm harping on about, but firstly let's just talk about using the machine.
ref: 2025 May 3, Kev, “Rocket Appartamento TCA Review”, in Coffee Blog:
glosses: Clipping of specification.
examples: text: This is told in confidence to the servant-man or woman who opens the door—‘be so good as tell the lady as much,’ says the hawker, ‘for really I’m afraid to carry the goods much longer, and I have already sold enough to pay me well enough for my spec—go, there’s a good girl, tell your missus I have splendid goods, and am willing almost to give them away, and if we makes a deal of it, why I don’t mind giving you a handsome present for yourself.’
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861:
glosses: Clipping of speculation.
glosses: Clipping of specialization.
glosses: Clipping of specialist.
glosses: Clipping of special.
glosses: Clipping of spectrum.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of specifier.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Clipping of specifier.
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
Derived terms: a-spec
high-spec
mass spec
mil-spec
m-spec
on spec
spec home
spec script
spec
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
homophone: speck
Forms: form: specs
form: spec's
form: specing
form: spec'ing
form: speced
form: speced
form: spec'd
form: spec'd
form: spec'ed
form: spec'ed
Senses: examples: text: I've found some professional yards want everything specced out completely while a home builder will just do things the way he wants.
ref: 1999, George Buehler, The Troller Yacht Book:
text: Could they still include the kinds of playful animations Ballinger had specced now that the scenes were more realistic-looking and less whimsical?
ref: 1995, Fred Moody, I Sing the Body Electronic: A Year with Microsoft on the Multimedia Frontier:
text: And if that is my only criticism, then these trains are pretty well 'specced'. These are an out-and-out commuter train - fast, quiet, and well-designed for their role.
ref: 2024 January 24, Pip Dunn, “Adventure on a GA Class 720 Aventra”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 53:
glosses: To specify, especially in a formal specification document.
Derived terms: spec out
spec up
spec
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛk/
rhymes: -ɛk
homophone: speck
Senses: glosses: Clipping of special
glosses: Clipping of specified
glosses: Clipping of speculative
Related terms: spec evo
spec ops
specification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specifications
Etymology: From Middle French specification, from Medieval Latin specificationem (accusative of specificatio).
Senses: examples: text: The contractor followed the architect’s specifications.
text: Each computer is built to the customer’s exact specification.
text: The product failed to meet the required safety specifications.
glosses: An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
glosses: An act of specifying.
Derived terms: open-specification
Related terms: species
specific
specify