cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Gori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian გორი (gori).
Senses: examples: text: The Georgians (girt in with two mightie aduerſaries, the Perſian, and the Turke) haue endured mcuh grieuance from them both: and, in the late warres, eſpecially from the Turke, who hath taken and fortified many of their principall places of importance, Gori, Cliſca, Lori, Tomanis, Teflis, the chiefe citie of Georgia, vnto which from Derbent there yet remaine the foundation of a high and thicke wall built by Alexander.
ref: 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of Armenia Maior, and Georgia: and the neighbouring Nations.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 292:
glosses: A city in eastern Georgia, the regional capital of the Shida Kartli region.
Gori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gori.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Grossi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Grossi.
Senses: examples: text: “As Rafael Grossi said just days ago, the difference between Iran’s nuclear program before and after Operation Midnight Hammer is ‘night and day,’ and a ‘very serious level of damage’ was done,” the official said.
ref: 2025 June 29, Laura Sharman and Sophie Tanno, “UN nuclear watchdog chief says Iran could again begin enriching uranium in ‘matter of months’”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
skintest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of skint: most skint
lazyass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Dennehy drove back up to High Street, taking the curve a little too fast, almost hitting a lazyass cat that stomped proudly into the street and then ran like hell when the police car was on it.
ref: 1998, Douglas Clegg, The Halloween Man, Leisure Books, →ISBN, page 281:
text: This was a simple procedure that only took about fifteen minutes, but Kogan had time to needle one of the technicians about being a "lazyass union laborer."
ref: 1999, Len S. Burton, When No One Pursues: Inside an FBI Investigation, Golden Shield Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: Rather, after disappointing his audience with a lazyass performance in one game, Rothman found the crowd's withdrawal of affection so distressing that whatever superhuman spirits dwelled within him fueled a comeback performance that surpassed, well, average.
ref: 2004, Eric Dezenhall, Shakedown Beach, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Alternative form of lazy ass.
lazyass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazyasses
Senses: examples: text: “Hi, lazyass. What did you do? Sleep all day?”
ref: 1976, Danielle Steel, Passion's Promise, Dell, published 1989, →ISBN, page 221:
text: The only redeeming thing about dragging your ass to Baldwin on Mondays is checking your school e-mail account (technological lazyass that I am, I still haven't figured out how to access it from a remote computer).
ref: 2005, Lauren Mechling, Laura Moser, The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber, Graphia, →ISBN, page 128:
text: “No. I will not get you a Kleenex. Get it yourself, lazyass.”
ref: 2011, Rachel Herron, A Life in Stitches: Knitting My Way through Love, Loss, and Laughter, Chronicle Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of lazy ass.
Dicty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: diminutive of Dictyostelium discoideum (a soil social amoeba)
Synonyms: Dictyostelium discoideum
D. discoideum
discoideum
IACC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International America's Cup Class, a class of sailboat used for America's Cup sail yacht racing during the last decade of the 20th century and first decade of the 21st century.
Related terms: AC72
AC45
AC90
J-class
12-metre class
maxi boat
maxi yacht
maxi
AC72
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AC72s
Etymology: From America's Cup + 72, because it measures approximately 72 feet on the waterline.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup
Coordinate terms: F50
Derived terms: AC72f
Related terms: AC45
AC50
AC90
IACC
12-metre class
J-class
lazy-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazy-asses
Etymology: From lazy + -ass.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lazy ass.
AC72s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AC72's
Senses: glosses: plural of AC72
AC72's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AC72
AC45
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AC45s
form: AC45's
Etymology: From America's Cup + 45, because it measures approximately 45 feet on the waterline.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a catamaran sailing racing yacht, with a wingsail mainsail, developed for the 2013 America's Cup world tour, the 2013 America's Cup pre-regatta tune-up league, called the America's Cup World Series.
Coordinate terms: F50
Derived terms: AC45f
Related terms: AC50
AC72
AC90
IACC
12-metre class
J-class
AC45s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AC45's
Senses: glosses: plural of AC45
AC45's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AC45
Olbia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and comune in Sassari province, northern Sardinia, Italy.
Tasso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tassos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tasso.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
well-orderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
order-theory
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Capable of being well-ordered.
have one's head up one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's head up one's ass
form: having one's head up one's ass
form: had one's head up one's ass
form: had one's head up one's ass
Senses: glosses: To be oblivious to the real state of things, from either stupidity or stubbornness.
Related terms: get one's head out of one's ass
asshat
think the sun shines out of someone's arse
up one's own ass
common grackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common grackles
Senses: glosses: Quiscalus quiscula, a large, lanky blackbird with a long tail and long legs.
special unitary group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special unitary groups
Senses: examples: text: 1992 [Prentice-Hall], George H. Duffey, Applied Group Theory: For Physicists and Chemists, 2015, Dover, Unabridged Republication, page 284,
The special unitary group in two dimensions is represented by the 2 X 2 unitary matrices whose determinants equal 1.
text: The group is called the special unitary group in two dimensions, or SU(2), because it acts on matrices of degree 2.
ref: 2000, Herbert S. Green, Information Theory and Quantum Physics: Physical Foundations for Understanding the Conscious Process, Springer, page 26:
text: 2004, Roger Cooke (translator), Vladimir I. Arnold, Lectures on Partial Differential Equations, [1997, Lekstii ob uravneniyakh s chastnymi proizvodnymi], Springer, page 81, When n = 3, the group of rotations SO(3) is isomorphic to the real three-dimensional projective space ℝP³. It has a two-sheeted covering by the three-dimensional sphere (the group of unit quaternions), which in turn is isomorphic to the special unitary group SU(2), also known as the spin group of order 3, as in the following diagram
topics: group-theory
linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: For given n, the group of n×n unitary matrices with complex elements and determinant equal to one.
Cat 5
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From category + 5.
Senses: examples: text: Cat-5 UTP cable – level 5 cables have twisted-pair cores with a characteristic impedance of 100Ω (±15Ω) and a capacitance of 45.9 pF/m. Conductor resistance is around 9Ω/100 m.
ref: 2000, Bill Buchanan, Computer Busses: Design and Application, Arnold, London, →ISBN, page 60:
text: When first connecting the service, it may be necessary to connect the Cat 5 or Cat 6 Ethernet cable directly to the computer to sign up with the ISP before inserting the router/firewall and switch between the modem and the computer(s).
ref: 2006, Dennis C. Brewer, Paul A. Brewer, Wiring Your Digital Home For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:
text: On Cat 5 cable, the jacket is usually stamped with the manufacturer’s name and cable type, including the Cat 5 specification.
ref: 2010, Tamara Dean, Network+ Guide to Networks, fifth edition, Course Technology, Cengage Learning, chapter 3 “Transmission Basics and Networking Media”
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A twisted pair cable for carrying signals, particularly for Ethernet-based computer networks.
worklists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of worklist
helthe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helthes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of health.
tramplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trampling
insolational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From insolation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to insolation.
fujoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fuːˈdʒəʊ.ʃiː/
ipa: /fuˈdʒoʊ.ʃi/
ipa: /fʉːˈdʒɐʉ.ʃiː/
ipa: /fʉˈdʒo.ʃi/
ipa: /fuːˈdʒoː.ʃiː/
Forms: form: fujoshis
form: fujoshi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi, literally “rotten girl/woman”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
synonyms: fujo
fujoshit
coordinate_terms: fudanshi
fujin
glosses: A female fan of yaoi; a female shipper.
Derived terms: fujo
fujobait
fujoshi out
fujo out
fujoshit
wokejoshi
Related terms: yaoi
qamutik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qamutiks
form: komatik
form: qamutiik
Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᒧᑏᒃ (qamotiik).
Senses: glosses: An Inuit sled for travelling on snow and ice.
qamutiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qamutik
isolation pay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Additional money paid to workers based in remote communities to compensate for higher living and travel costs.
unfixedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unfixed + -ness.
Senses: examples: Feb, 24, 1805, Joseph Lathrop, The Atrocity of Suicide
From the evil thoughts which haunt them, and from the versatility and unfixedness of their minds in holy duties, they conclude that there is nothing of the temper of religion in them.
glosses: The property of being unfixed.
rosebays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosebay
hypanthia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypanthium
neogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neogenesis
conferreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: confer + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of confer
compareth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: compare + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compare
scorefile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorefiles
Etymology: From score + file.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A file containing criteria for assigning a score to each email message received, for purposes of filtering out spam, etc.
scorefiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorefile
contracepts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contracept
contraceptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contraception + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The faculty's resolution, which we published, said […] that contraceptional measures were not injurious to health[…]
ref: 1924, Margaret Sanger, The Birth Control Review, volumes 8-9, page 101:
glosses: Relating to contraception; contraceptive.
beneficing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of benefice
unpetitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + petitioned.
Senses: glosses: Not petitioned.
repetitioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repetition
repetitioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repetition
risk-averse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more risk-averse
form: most risk-averse
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: conservative; reluctant; cautious
text: The answer, says Mark Smith (The Man in Seat 61) is "to reassure the risk-averse Treasury that prices within a new structure will not be difficult to adjust if calculations to achieve revenue neutrality are out by 2% or whatever. You're not stuck with the prices you implement on Day 1."
ref: 2022 November 30, Anthony Lambert, “Rail fares fit for the 21st century”, in RAIL, number 971, page 40:
text: Arsenal were untroubled elsewhere, Forest's risk-averse gameplan making it a relatively easy night for their defenders until Awoniyi emerged after being out with injury since October, finally giving them something to think about.
ref: 2024 January 30, Phil McNulty, “Nottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal: Gunners in title race after they close gap to leaders Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
antonyms: bold#Adjective
daring
courageous
;
hearty
glosses: Unwilling to take risks; especially (economics) reluctant to accept a bargain with an uncertain payoff rather than another bargain with a more certain, but possibly lower, expected payoff.
retorteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: retort + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retort
prosecuteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: prosecute + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prosecute
indicateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: indicate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of indicate
winal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winals
form: uinal
Senses: glosses: A period of 20 days in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar.
winals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winal
carpeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: carp + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carp
mareblobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mareblob
miniblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniblogs
Etymology: From mini- + blog.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the social media such as Twitter can be exploited to get out the miniblogs that generate a constant stream of news about schools and districts.
ref: 2011, David Carroll, Susan Rovezzi Carroll, Marketing 101: How Smart Schools Get and Keep Community Support:
text: To offer another example, Amazon.com uses interactive tools to create communities of users that connect similar individual interests with related products using miniblogs, videos, and user chats.
ref: 2011, William Aspray, Barbara M. Hayes, Everyday Information:
glosses: A small weblog.
Related terms: microblog
miniblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniblog
reblast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reblasts
form: reblasting
form: reblasted
form: reblasted
Etymology: From re- + blast.
Senses: glosses: To blast again.
reblasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reblast
reblasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reblast
reblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reblast
whitey tighties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Of course I'll dance in your ballets. What do I have to do? Famous last words from a male dancer who has never worn tights or a dance belt. Go Google male dance belt real quick if you're over 18. If you're not over 18, get your parents permission first. Who knows what actually pops up on your web browser. I didn't wear tights with a dance belt for the first six months. Whitey tighties it was for me under the tights somebody gave to me. The women didn't know how to approach me to tell me I needed a dance belt to wear.
ref: 2020, Joshua Murphy Dobbs, Secrets of an Untitled Mind:
glosses: Alternative form of tighty whities.
freeballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freeball
netspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From net + -speak, coined by British linguist David Crystal in 2001 who originally wrote it capitalized as "Netspeak".
Senses: examples: text: So, the point of this discussion is not just about the value of proofreading or the intrusion of netspeak—it's about the mistake of not understanding their impact on our ability to communicate with the customer.
ref: 2010, Ralph W. Crosby, It’s The Customer, Stupid!:
glosses: An informal form of written language used on the Internet, characterized by abbreviations and emoticons.
freeballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freeball
freeballs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freeball
offboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of offboard
offboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of offboard
offboards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of offboard
apportionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apportion + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being apportioned.
Derived terms: nonapportionable
unapportionable
pubescences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubescence
Tagbanwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tagbanwas
form: Tagbanwa
form: Tagbanua
form: Tagbanuwa
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the oldest ethnic groups in the Philippines, mainly found in central and northern Palawan.
Tagbanwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tagbanua
form: Tagbanuwa
Senses: glosses: Any of the mutually unintelligible languages spoken by the Tagbanwa: Aborlan Tagbanwa, Calamian Tagbanwa, and Central Tagbanwa.
Tagbanwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tagbanwa
Tagbanua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tagbanuas
form: Tagbanua
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tagbanwa.
Tagbanua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tagbanwa.
Tagbanuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tagbanua
decemvirship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From decemvir + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or position of decemvir.
Calamian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a group of islands in the Philippine province of Palawan.
Calamian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Calamians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of this island group.
Calamians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Calamian
intemperated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intemperate
baby's breaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby's breath
mixdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixdowns
Etymology: From mix + down.
Senses: glosses: The process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels.
mixdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mixdown
RCW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RCWs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Runtime Callable Wrapper.
RCW
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Revised Code of Washington.
labiodentalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From labiodental + -ization.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A change to a sound that makes it labiodental.
neogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + geography.
Senses: glosses: The use of geographical techniques and tools for personal and community activities.
countermapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + mapping, coined in 1995 by Nancy Peluso.
Senses: synonyms: counter-cartography
glosses: geographical mapping as a form of activism against dominant power structures
gnaweth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gnaw + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gnaw
annexeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: annex + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of annex
doxastic logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doxastic logics
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A type of modal logic which deals with statements involving beliefs.
Couéism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Coué + -ism, after Émile Coué.
Senses: glosses: The repetition of an autosuggestion.
wikipedia: Émile Coué
bakhsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakhshes
Etymology: From Persian بخش.
Senses: glosses: An administrative division of Iran, similar to a township in the United States or a district in England.
bakhshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakhsh
subeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + economic.
Senses: examples: subeconomic resources
glosses: Not of sufficient value to be exploited for money.
non-logical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonlogical.
merked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: ugly, unattractive.
merked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of merk
untweeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tweeted.
Senses: glosses: Not having been tweeted.
biocommunication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocommunications
Etymology: From bio- + communication.
Senses: glosses: The field of medical art and illustration.
glosses: Communication within and between species of plants, animals, fungi and bacteria, by such means as vocalizations or chemical signals.
glosses: The discredited theory that plants are sentient and respond to other organisms.
biocommunications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocommunication
suppliable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supply + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being supplied.
writtenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From written + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being written.
prefinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + final.
Senses: examples: a prefinal consonant
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Immediately before the last.
prefinal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefinals
Etymology: From pre- + final.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The consonant immediately before the last.
unstately
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstately
form: most unstately
Etymology: From un- + stately.
Senses: glosses: Not stately.
slurredly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more slurredly
form: most slurredly
Etymology: From slurred + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a slurred manner; with a slurred voice.
tight as a duck's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Extremely tight (in various senses: secure, stingy, etc.).
roadcrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roadcrews
Etymology: From road + crew.
Senses: glosses: A group of workers who build or maintain roads.
examples: text: The gaggle of dykes that make up Tomlin's road crew.
ref: 1987 April 11, Ann Fry, “Filmmaker Joan Churchill on the Real & Reluctant Lily Tomlin”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: A team of roadies (crew for a musical group or other travelling stage production).
roadcrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roadcrew
commandability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From command + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being commandable.
fup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fups
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of follow-up.
f'up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: f'ups
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fup.
barmily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more barmily
form: most barmily
Etymology: From barmy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a barmy manner
barminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barmy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being barmy.
loungeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: lounge + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lounge
myxi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of myxy.
pregnants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnant
unscotched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scotched.
Senses: glosses: Not scotched.
unsketched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sketched.
Senses: glosses: Not sketched.
-sion
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ʒən/
Etymology: From Latin, from words suffixed with -iō with a preceding -s-.
Senses: examples: allusion, confusion, vision
glosses: Variant of -tion, most common in words inherited directly from Latin with an accusative singular ending in -sionem.
manubria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manubrium
nom de voyage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noms de voyage
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: text: …it shows that she is sore upon some point, and we are almost tempted to fear she is angry that her title of My Lady has not proved to her as good a nom de voyage in England as it has done in France…
ref: 1830, November, unknown author, The Dublin Literary Gazette and National Magazine, number 5, volume 1, article “Lady Morgan’s France”, page 517
text: His nom de voyage is Mr. Von Natas (which, it will be noticed, is his more familiar name read backwards.)
ref: 1836, William Hauff, The American Monthly Magazine, volume 1, article “Horæ Germanicæ”, page 58
text: … But I beg your pardon, Eccellenza; I meant to say, that the person who sent you here should have told you my nom de voyage.—Gitano, I call myself.
ref: 1849, Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington, Lucille Belmont: A Novel, volume 1, second edition, page 176
text: It was fortunate for Mr. and Mrs. Mann—the names were noms de voyage—that they left us so soon.
ref: 1867, Richard Francis Burton, chapter 1, in The City of the Saints and Across the Rocky Mountains to California, page 63:
text: I tap the screen and accept the incoming signal from Shakti, who I know I can trust to remain in character as my assistant and adhere to our current noms de voyage. “Yes, Bree, what is it?”
ref: 2012, David Mack, chapter 12, in Star Trek: The Next Generation — Cold Equations Book One: Persistence of Memory:
glosses: A pseudonym used while travelling.
noms de voyage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nom de voyage
neglector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neglectors
Senses: examples: text: Specificly we must understand the disadvantaged nature of the position migrant, migrant child abuser and migrant child neglector within this network.
ref: 1979, A Manual For: Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect Among Mexican-American Migrants, page 45:
text: Stances which the state may adopt towards disabled employment are the pitiless spurner, the benign neglector, the economiser, the duty discarder, the meagre measurer, the tactics director, the positive player and the elite keeper.
ref: 1982, Sally Tolliday, Physical handicap and employment discrimination, page 67:
text: One trend neglector variant has the “stick-to-your-knitting” mindset that is not motivated to stay informed about market trends.
ref: 2009, David A. Aaker, Brand Portfolio Strategy, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: One who or that which neglects.
nervule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nervules
Etymology: From either nervure + -ule or nerve + -ule.
Senses: examples: text: D. reticulata (Blum l.c.) leaves 3-nerved, besides the 2 marginal nervules, ovate-oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, or somewhat cordate, reticulated beneath and covered with ochraceous dots; panicles terminal; calyx almost quite entire; anthers fixed by the back, furnished with somewhat rhomboid, inappendiculate connectives.
ref: 1832, Geoge Don, A General System of Gardening and Botany, volume 2, page 783:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A minor, nonsupporting vein in a leaf of a plant; a branch vein of a nervure (supporting vein) or of another nervule.
examples: text: A close examination of the wing will always show a partially atrophied disco-cellular, connecting these nervules of the discoidal with either the subcostal or the median nervures, even when one of them has been described as quite free.
ref: 1845, Edward Doubleday, “Remarks on the Genus Argynnis”, in Transactions of the Linnean Society, volume 19, page 481:
text: The origin of the first and second median nervules corresponds to that of the two superior subcostal nervules; and the nervule closing the cell unites with the apical portion of the median nervule at a right angle.
ref: 1875, S. H. Scudder, “On the Structure and Transformations of Eumæus Atala”, in Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History, Volume 2, Part 4, Number 2, page 415:
text: 2003, W. J. Holland, Cassia B. Farkas (editor), Field Guide to Butterflies, Revised and Updated Edition, page 12,
The branches of these compound veins are known as nervules. The median vein always has three nervules. The nervules of the subcostal veins branch up and outward, with from four to five subcostal nervules, toward the costal margin and the apex of the forewing.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A minor vein in a wing of an insect.
Related terms: nerve
nervure
neuration
bakhshish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakhshishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
bakhshish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bakhshishes
form: bakhshishing
form: bakhshished
form: bakhshished
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
present company excepted
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: present company excluded
Senses: examples: text: Everybody it appears, the present company excepted, has plotted against Mrs Snagsby’s peace.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 54, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
text: "I say, Reggie, old thing—present company excepted—have there been any loonies in your family?"
ref: 1920 March – 1921 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 26, in Indiscretions of Archie, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published 1921, →OCLC:
text: Am I glad we finally got rid of all those Klingons—er, present company excepted, of course.
ref: 1995 October 2, Ira Steven Behr, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, “The Way of the Warrior”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 1, spoken by Quark:
text: Well, even Stanford guys aren't perfect (present company excepted, of course).
ref: 2009 December 2, Romesh Ratnesar, Bill Saporito, “How Will Tiger Woods' Apology Affect His Image?”, in Time:
glosses: These negative remarks do not pertain to anyone who is currently listening to them (including the speaker).
Related terms: no offense
present company excluded
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of present company excepted.
Antichthonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antichthonic
form: most Antichthonic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antichthonic.
Jephthah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jephtha
form: Jephte
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A judge described in the Book of Judges of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
Chthonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A daughter of Phoroneus or Colontas.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the Alkyonides.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An epithet for several chthonic deities, including Demeter, Hecate, Melinoe, and Nyx.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient mythical and poetic name for Crete.
Related terms: chthonian
chthonic
Ashkhabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Ашхаба́д (Ašxabád). Doublet of Ashgabat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ashgabat.
paraconsistent logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraconsistent logics
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A particular formal logical system which allows some contradictions to be true without all contradictions or all statements becoming true; i.e. in which the principle of explosion does not hold.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The study of such systems.
ekiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese えきり.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: Ekiri syndrome
glosses: Childhood shigellosis.
dodoitsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dodoitsu
Etymology: From Japanese 都都逸 (dodoitsu).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: A specific form of Japanese poem without rhyme, having lines of 7-7-7-5 morae.
bruz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹʌz/
rhymes: -ʌz
Senses: examples: Chaz Fenwick, Paul Vanderloos, Hooligans: A Heavy Metal Story
“Look at all da hectic cunts, hey bruz.” Het impersonated the stereotypical voice of a homeboy before his tone turned hostile. “You want a fuckin' war! Let's get it fuckin' started!” he shouted over the blaring music.
glosses: Brother, mate, friend.
dandy stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dandy sticks
Senses: examples: text: He ran after the depredator that had been pointed out to him, and struck him with his dandy stick so smartly that he broke at once his own cane, and the assaulted man’s temper, for, turning fiercely round, the person exclaimed, “Who are you, you ruffian who dare to strike me?”
ref: 1833, March 30, Samuel Lover, The Irish Penny Magazine, article “Illustrations of National Proverbs.—No. VII”, page 102
text: To figure a New York judge aright, and to describe his costume in its true colors, I would dress him in a bottle-green velvet shooting-coat, with a crimson cravat, a flashy diamond to his shirt, and with light gray or yellow trousers; for the “ray of glory about his head,” I would put a jaunty “wide awake;” for “the balance in his right hand,” a dandy stick; for “Mercy on his left,” should stand some dog-fancier, horse-jockey, or Ward politician.
ref: 1869, November, Philip Quilibet, The Galaxy: an Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, volume 8, article “Drift-Wood”, page 709
text: In June, John Loveday being then at Westring, one morning O’Hara arrived, he, too, having left mediæval chasubles to grind at war, and though he no longer taught Hogarth, a relation persisted between them; and always not far from O’Hara was to be found Harris, living now on the pinnacle of dandy bliss, twisting a dandy stick.
ref: 1901, M. P. Shiel, The Lord of the Sea, chapter 32 “Wonder” (ebook)
glosses: walking stick
dandy's stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There the beauty’s word supreme is,
There the dandy’s stick is twirl’d:
“All the world’s a stage;” my theme is—
All the stage a world!
ref: 1880, H. Savile Clarke, editor Clement W. Scott, Stories of the Stage, part 2 “The Green Room”, poem “The Stage World”, second page 34
text: He saw me backing towards the trap and rapped over my heedless shoulders his dandy’s stick, saying to Dick Townsend: “There’s a Johnny Look-in-the-Air for you!”
ref: 1920, James Gibbons Huneker, Steeplejack, page 83:
text: They traded blows with wooden swords, Grey getting the better of him with every strike. “Stop treating the sword as a tool.” He grabbed at his groin. “Use it like you do your own cock, man. It’s an extension of yourself, not a dandy’s stick.”
ref: 2011, Maria Zannini, chapter 36, in Apocalypse Rising, Carina Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dandy stick.
work-to-rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of work-to-rule
sea monsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea monster
Siachen Glacier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Balti term meaning "abundance of roses".
Senses: glosses: A glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas, at about 35.421226°N 77.109540°E, which (along with the area around it) is claimed by both India and Pakistan, and has been occupied by India since 1984.
metasystemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + systemic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to metasystems.
bigenerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + generational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to two generations.
trigenerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + generational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to three generations.
unigenerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + generational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to one single generation.
monogenerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + generational, by analogy with multigenerational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to one single generation.
dexterities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dexterity
octopartite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octo (“eight”) + partitus.
Senses: glosses: Having eight parts.
dodecapartite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dodeca- + partite.
Senses: glosses: Having twelve parts.
Woosterian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Woosterian
form: most Woosterian
Etymology: From Wooster + -ian, after Bertie Wooster, the protagonist of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series of comic novels.
Senses: synonyms: word: dandy
word: buckish
word: beauish
word: buckish
word: coxcombical
word: dandiacal
word: dandified
word: dandy
word: dandyish
word: dandyistic
word: dudish
word: foppish
word: foppy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: lily-handed
word: macaronic
word: swellish
word: Woosterian
word: affected
word: effete
word: fey
word: recherché
word: hoity-toity
word: overrefined
word: pansified
word: precious
word: pretentious
word: smug
word: stagy
word: stilted
word: theatrical
word: Woosterian
glosses: foppish and affected
wikipedia: Bertie Wooster
P. G. Wodehouse
Related terms: Woosterism
Jeevesian
Wooster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwʊstəɹ/
note: outside southern Ohio
ipa: /ˈwuːstəɹ/
Etymology: From Worcester in England.
Senses: examples: text: In this manner Mr. Wooster's party had been arranged, and to this party the Grangers were bidden.
ref: 1871, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, The Lovels of Arden, volume 2, page 16:
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms: Woosterian
Woosterism
Braddonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹædˈdəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /bɹædˈdoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Braddonian
form: most Braddonian
Etymology: From Braddon + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike other Braddonian detectives, Faunce is […] an avid reader of international literature ranging from Scott to Balzac[…]
ref: 2010, Saverio Tomaiuolo, In Lady Audley's Shadow:
glosses: Of or relating to Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915), British popular novelist of the Victorian era.
Barnumized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Barnumize
Barnumizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Barnumize
Barnumizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Barnumize
Lindmania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lind + -mania.
Senses: glosses: enthusiasm for Jenny Lind (Johanna Maria Lind, 1820–1887), Swedish opera singer
unrewardable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrewardable
form: most unrewardable
Etymology: From un- + rewardable.
Senses: examples: text: If good performance is unmeasurable, and hence unrewardable, why perform?
ref: 1976, Production and Inventory Management, volumes 17-18, page 118:
glosses: For which no reward can be given.
examples: text: For some time, I, in common with many others, considered this fascinating writer as having done an unrewardable service to his age, by the death blow he has given to that host of female scribblers who did much worse than waste the paper […] by their voluminous tomes of sentimental nonsense […]
ref: 1825, Samuel Lorenzo Knapp, Boston Monthly Magazine, volume 1, number 2, page 78:
glosses: For which no reward would be sufficient.
lazyasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazyass
overreference
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overreferences
form: overreferencing
form: overreferenced
form: overreferenced
Etymology: From over- + reference.
Senses: examples: text: Despite considerable overreferencing, which sometimes intrudes into the text sufficiently to disturb the thought processes of the reader, the book is well written.
ref: 1979, Environment and Planning A, volume 11, page 964:
text: The concept of normalization has to be one of most overreferenced yet misunderstood concepts in programming.
ref: 2010, Robert Vieira, Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming:
antonyms: underreference
glosses: To reference too much or too often.
overreferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overreference
overreferenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overreference
overreferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overreference
lazy asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazy ass
jarreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: jar + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jar
fee-fees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fee fees
form: feefees
Etymology: From feelings by shortening and reduplication.
Senses: examples: text: Well, 'sorry to have bruised your fee fees with an intelligent, opposing viewpoint […]
ref: 1998 December 15, Mikey, “Re: New Troll (was Re: Big Steve's Weekly Voyager Review (will not say Waterworld...will not say Waterworld...)”, in alt.fan.jeri-ryan (Usenet):
text: “Oh yes, we mustn't let sweet Sarah get her fee-fees hurt. God knows how fragile she is. […]
ref: 2006, Lauren Dane, Tri Mates, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 56:
text: I can see why you want me to stop making your fee fees hurt.
ref: 2010 August 21, Aratzio, “Re: Meat Plow Caloed Out as a Pussy was: Violent Crime In Maricopa County up 58% Under Sheriff Joe Arpiao (Cross posts removed)”, in 24hoursupport.helpdesk (Usenet):
glosses: Feelings.
Synonyms: feels
fishboning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fishbone + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The use of fishbone diagrams.
antidopaminergics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidopaminergic
swartest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swart: most swart
godparental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From godparent + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to godparents.
kringle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪŋɡəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋɡəl
Forms: form: kringles
Etymology: From Danish kringle, ultimately from Old Norse kringla (“ring, circle”).
Senses: glosses: A Scandinavian pastry, a variety of pretzel.
Related terms: krendel
kringles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kringle
unconceitedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unconceitedly
form: most unconceitedly
Etymology: From unconceited + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unconceited manner.
unconceited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconceited
form: most unconceited
Etymology: From un- + conceited.
Senses: glosses: Not conceited.
wringed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wring
overkindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overkind + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: O noble sir,
Your over-kindness doth wring tears from me!
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: The pony stepped out at an invariable ten-mile-an-hour trot. The breeze raised by the motion tempered the overkindness of the sun […]
ref: 1908, James Prior, chapter 12, in A Walking Gentleman, New York: Dutton, page 108:
text: He had no intention of enduring this smothering by overkindness any longer than it took him to figure out how to run away, and where to run to.
ref: 1959, George O. Smith, The Fourth “R”, Dell, published 1979, Chapter , p. 37:
glosses: Excessive kindness.
maltreateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: maltreat + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maltreat
sterlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sterling
antireparations
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antireparations
form: most antireparations
Etymology: From anti- + reparations.
Senses: glosses: Opposing reparations.
repairings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repairing
intermetamorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + metamorphosis.
Senses: glosses: A delusional syndrome, related to agnosia, in which the patient believes he/she can see others changing from one person into another.
zolly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zollies
Etymology: Blend of zoom + dolly.
Senses: examples: text: Another, though less common, use of depth of field can be found in the zolly, or zoom-with-a-counter-dolly shot. In this camera move, the characters or object being viewed will often stay the same relative scale while the lens length changes.
ref: 2001, Marcie Begleiter, From word to image: storyboarding and the filmmaking process:
text: In Jaws, Spielberg used the zolly effect when Brody witnesses a little boy eaten by the shark. Brody is sitting on the beach and as the camera dollies toward him, the zoom lens is pulled back.
ref: 2005, Wendy Tumminello, Exploring Storyboarding, page 51:
glosses: A dolly zoom.
zollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zolly