cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sol-fa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.
Senses: glosses: a method of sight singing music that uses the syllables do (originally ut), re, mi, fa, sol (or so), la, and si (or ti) to represent the pitches of the scale, most commonly the major scale. The fixed-do system uses do for C, and the movable-do system uses do for whatever key the melody uses (thus B is do if the piece is in the key of B).
Synonyms: solfège
solfege
solfeggio
solmization
solmisation
Derived terms: sol-faer
sol-faism
sol-faist
Related terms: fixed-do
movable-do
sol-fa
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sol-fas
form: sol-faing
form: sol-faed
form: sol-faed
Etymology: From sol and fa, two of the sung syllables.
Senses: glosses: To sing a sol-fa
major scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major scales
Senses: examples: text: {c' d' e' f' g' a' b' c}
ref: In the key of C Major, the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C form a major scale
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: One of the diatonic scales; a group of notes or musical pitches in a particular pattern, used to make melodies. The pattern for a major scale is: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone.
Hypernyms: scale
Related terms: minor scale
modal scale
simplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɛks/
ipa: /ˈsɪmˌplɛks/
ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪsiːz/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləˌsiz/
ipa: /sɪmˈplɪsiə/
Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin simplex (“plain, simple; single”). The first part, sim-, comes from Proto-Indo-European *sem-, *sm̥- (“one; together”). The second part, -plex, may be from *pleḱ- (“to weave”).
The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural forms simplices and simplicia are learned borrowings from Latin simplicēs (masculine or feminine) and simplicia (neuter), respectively plural forms of simplex.
Noun sense 1 (“generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension”) was apparently coined by the Dutch mathematician Pieter Hendrik Schoute (1846–1913) as a short version of Simplicissimum in Mehrdimensionale Geometrie (in German, 1902). (In his pioneering works on algebraic topology, the French mathematician Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) had previously introduced the concept, but not the actual term simplex.)
Senses: synonyms: monoplex
uniplex
antonyms: complex
glosses: Having a single structure; not composite or complex; undivided, unitary.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: duplex
glosses: Of an eye: (supposedly) having pigment on only the posterior surface of the iris and not the anterior surface, and thus appearing blue; this was later found to be inaccurate, as eye colour is due to the amount of pigment in the anterior surface of the iris; also, of eye pigmentation: present only on the posterior surface of the iris; and of a person: having eyes with this form of pigmentation.
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
antonyms: bidirectional
duplex
coordinate_terms: full duplex
half-duplex
semiduplex
glosses: Of a circuit or device: involving signals which travel in one direction at a time; unidirectional.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: duplex
nulliplex
triplex
glosses: Of a polyploid organism: having one dominant allele at a given locus on all homologous chromosomes.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of heterozygous (“of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene”).
synonyms: word: heterozygous
extra: of an organism: having two different alleles in a given gene
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
antonyms: polymorphemic
glosses: Of a word: having no (derivational) affixes; simple, monomorphemic, uncompounded.
coordinate_terms: duplex
triplex
glosses: Of an apartment (or, sometimes, another type of property): having only one floor or storey; single-storey.
Derived terms: simplexity
Related terms: crux simplex
herpes simplex
simplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmplɛks/
ipa: /ˈsɪmˌplɛks/
ipa: /ˈsɪmplɪsiːz/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpləˌsiz/
ipa: /sɪmˈplɪsiə/
Forms: form: simplexes
form: simplices
topics: linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
geometry
mathematics
algebraic-topology
topology
form: simplicia
Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin simplex (“plain, simple; single”). The first part, sim-, comes from Proto-Indo-European *sem-, *sm̥- (“one; together”). The second part, -plex, may be from *pleḱ- (“to weave”).
The noun is derived from the adjective. The plural forms simplices and simplicia are learned borrowings from Latin simplicēs (masculine or feminine) and simplicia (neuter), respectively plural forms of simplex.
Noun sense 1 (“generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension”) was apparently coined by the Dutch mathematician Pieter Hendrik Schoute (1846–1913) as a short version of Simplicissimum in Mehrdimensionale Geometrie (in German, 1902). (In his pioneering works on algebraic topology, the French mathematician Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) had previously introduced the concept, but not the actual term simplex.)
Senses: topics: algebraic-topology
geometry
mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A generalization of a triangle or tetrahedron to an arbitrary dimension, the generalization being the simplest possible convex polytope for a given dimension; more accurately, the convex hull of n+1 affinely independent points in n-dimensional space.
examples: text: The word weak is a simplex. Its derivative weaken is not.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word which is not compound and contains no derivational affixes (inflectional affixes are usually disregarded); a monomorphemic word.
examples: text: The question is: is 139. [“Priexal Vanja. ‘arrived Vanya’”] a simplex or is it a cleft structure in which all 'superfluous' constituents were deleted. […] The only indication that 139. is a simplex is the sentence intonation and the absence of a break between the verb and the subject.
ref: 1978, Helga Harries-Delisle, “Contrastive Emphasis and Cleft Sentences”, in Joseph H[arold] Greenberg, editor, Universals of Human Language, volume 4 (Syntax), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 460:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In full simplex sentence: in transformational grammar: a simple sentence which is the product of a few transformations; a kernel sentence.
coordinate_terms: duplex
triplex
glosses: An apartment (or, sometimes, another type of property) having only one floor or storey; a single-storey property.
Synonyms: monoplex
Derived terms: n-simplex
simplex method
Related terms: simplicial
simplicial complex
duplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: do͞o'plĕks
ipa: /ˈdu.plɛks/
rhymes: -uːplɛks
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Double; made up of two parts.
Having two floors.
topics: architecture
glosses: Double; made up of two parts.
Having two units, divisions, suites, or apartments.
examples: text: Duplex stainless steels have been classified according to the first period (1930–1960) and second period (1960–1990). The designations for these duplex alloys in the United States have been primarily according to Unified Numbering System (UNS) numbers in the S3xxx.x series.
ref: 2010, Harold M. Cobb, The History of Stainless Steel, Materials Park, O.H.: ASM International, →ISBN, page 189:
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Double; made up of two parts.
Of stainless steel: having a structure containing austenite and ferrite in roughly equal proportions.
examples: text: duplex telegraphy
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
antonyms: simplex
unidirectional
glosses: Bidirectional (in two directions).
examples: text: Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]
ref: 1977, Australian Journal of Botany, volume 25, page 462:
qualifier: soil science
glosses: Having horizons with contrasting textures.
Hyponyms: full duplex
half-duplex
semiduplex
Derived terms: duplexity
duplex nail
echoplex
full duplex
half-duplex
heteroduplex
homoduplex
interduplex
intraduplex
multiduplex
nonduplex
semiduplex
superduplex
Related terms: contraplex
diplex
duplex escapement
duplex lathe
duplex pumping engine
duplex querela
duplex watch
duplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: do͞o'plĕks
ipa: /ˈdu.plɛks/
rhymes: -uːplɛks
Forms: form: duplexes
form: duplices
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
Senses: examples: text: The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.
ref: 2020, Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji, Faber & Faber Ltd, page 53:
glosses: A house made up of two dwelling units.
glosses: A dwelling unit with two floors.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: A throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A double-stranded polynucleotide.
examples: text: In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
ref: 1993, David J. Lidke, Jack Burton Epstein, Chester A. Wallace, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, page 16:
text: It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]
ref: 1995, Robert D. Hatcher, Structural Geology: Principles, Concepts, and Problems, page 211:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.
Related terms: 2-plex
diplex
oligoduplex
quadruplex
triplex
bungalow
maisonette
rowhouse
semi-detached
townhouse
duplex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: do͞o'plĕks
ipa: /ˈdu.plɛks/
rhymes: -uːplɛks
Forms: form: duplexes
form: duplexing
form: duplexed
form: duplexed
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
Borrowed from Latin duplex (“double, two-fold”), from duo (“two”) + plico (“fold together”); compare the roots of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”); compare also πλέκω (plékō, “twist, braid”). By surface analysis, duo- + -plex.
Senses: glosses: To make duplex.
glosses: To make into a duplex.
topics: arts
hobbies
juggling
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: To make a series of duplex throws.
Related terms: double
duplicity
multiplex
quadruplex
simplex
single
triple
triplex
cynosure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnəzjʊə/
ipa: /-sjʊə/
ipa: /-ʃʊə/
ipa: /ˈsaɪnəʃʊɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɪn-/
ipa: /-ʃɚ/
Forms: form: cynosures
Etymology: From French cynosure (“Ursa Minor; Polaris”), from Latin Cynosūra (“Ursa Minor”), from Ancient Greek Κυνόσουρα (Kunósoura, “Ursa Minor”, literally “dog’s tail”), from κυνός (kunós, “dog's”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Senses: glosses: Ursa Minor or Polaris, the North Star, used as a guide by navigators.
examples: text: let faith be your cynosure to walk by
glosses: That which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.
examples: text: Meanwhile the fair young Queen, in her halls of state, walks like a goddess of Beauty, the cynosure of all eyes; as yet mingles not with affairs; heeds not the future; least of all, dreads it.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, “Astræa Redux”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (The Paper Age):
text: With anglophobia driving out anglophilia, the king – as during the Seven Years War – came to represent the very cynosure of patriotic zeal.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 306:
glosses: Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.
Derived terms: cynosural
north and south
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: north and souths
Senses: examples: text: He's grassing me up; he could never keep his north and south shut, the huge toe rag that he is.
ref: 2016, Peter Turnbull, In Vino Veritas:
glosses: The mouth.
achroödextrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achroodextrin
Etymology: From Ancient Greek privative ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “color”) + dextrin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Dextrin not colorable by iodine.
dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: Dad
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: dads
form: dadde
Etymology: From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare West Frisian deite (“dad, daddy”).
* Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
* Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.
* Possibly from a metathetic variation of a hypothetical Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).
Senses: examples: text: His dad was always there for him.
text: A lot of the power for dads comes in the form of modeling. As much as dads can teach their sons directly and guide them in the world, they also provide an example of who their children can aim to be as they grow up, Singley said.
“There are going to be the times when as the dad I’m going to screw up,” he said.
ref: 2025 June 15, Madeline Holcombe, “How to be a dad to sons today, according to experts”, in CNN:
synonyms: word: ayr
word: ba
word: baba
word: da
word: dad
word: dada
word: daddio
word: daddy
word: father
word: Father
word: fatherling
word: old man
word: pa
word: pap
word: papa
word: papaw
word: pappaw
word: pappy
word: Pappy
word: pater
word: patriarch
word: paw
word: pawpaw
word: peepaw
word: pepaw
word: pop
word: poppa
word: poppy
word: pops
word: sire
glosses: A father, a male parent.
examples: text: Happy Father's Day, dad!
synonyms: Dad
dada
daddy
pa
Pa
papa
pop
Pop
pappa
pater
paw
glosses: Used to address one's father; often capitalized.
synonyms: daddio
pop
pops
glosses: Used to address an older adult male.
Derived terms: ballet dad
bank of mum and dad
biodad
dad-blamed
dad bod
dadbod
dad burn
dad-burned
dadchelor party
dadcore
dad dancer
dad-dancing
dad dancing
daddish
dadhood
dadication
dad joke
dadless
dadlike
dadly
dadness
dadpreneur
dadrock
dadship
dad shower
dadvice
deadbeat dad
do-dad
doo-dad
eagle dad
granddad
ho-dad
Instadad
insta-dad
seahorse dad
soccer dad
stay-at-home dad
stepdad
superdad
weekend dad
Related terms: da
dada
daddio
daddy
grandpappy
mum
mom
sire
dad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: Dad
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: dads
form: dadding
form: dadded
form: dadded
form: dadde
Etymology: From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin. Compare West Frisian deite (“dad, daddy”).
* Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
* Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.
* Possibly from a metathetic variation of a hypothetical Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).
Senses: glosses: To be a father to; to parent.
glosses: To act like a dad.
dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: Dad
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: dads
form: dod
form: dodge
form: dadge
Etymology: From dade (“to strike heavily”), dade (“a heavy blow or thud”). Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A lump or piece.
glosses: A blow; act of striking something.
dad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: Dad
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: dads
form: dadding
form: dadded
form: dadded
form: dod
form: dodge
form: dadge
Etymology: From dade (“to strike heavily”), dade (“a heavy blow or thud”). Probably onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: To throw against something; to dash.
dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dæd/
homophone: Dad
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: dads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”).
agoraphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
ipa: /əˌɡɔː.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
enpr: ăg'ər-ə-fōʹbē-ə
enpr: ə-goɹ'ə-fōʹbē-ə
ipa: /ˌæɡ.ɚ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
ipa: /əˌɡɔɹ.əˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
ipa: /əˌɡoː.ɹəˈfəʉ.biː.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Forms: form: agoraphobias
Etymology: From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia.
Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871.
Senses: examples: text: Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]
ref: 1981, Donald F. Klein, Judith G. Rabkin, Anxiety: new research and changing concepts:
glosses: The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia.
glosses: An aversion to markets.
Derived terms: agoraphobiac
agro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more agro
form: most agro
form: aggro
Senses: examples: text: Trolls turns to me agro/sexy. "You're a weirdo who makes others feel weird cause you don't fit in...leave!"
ref: 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 90:
glosses: angry
ala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.lə/
rhymes: -eɪlə
Forms: form: alae
form: alæ
Etymology: Originated 1730–40, borrowed from Latin āla (“wing”). Doublet of aisle.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A wing or winglike anatomic process or part, especially of bone.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family.
topics: architecture
glosses: In ancient Rome, a small room opening into a larger room or courtyard.
ala
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.lə/
rhymes: -eɪlə
Etymology: Borrowed from French à la, by way of its English derivation a la.
Senses: examples: text: The film is told in reverse ala Memento.
ref: 2006, WorstPreviews.com, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2020:
text: […] interactive plasma screens with flashing digits and what not, ala “Minority Report,” […]
ref: 2008 November 14, admin, “Quantum of Solace”, in Film Threat:
text: […] we might be getting to the point where Palin is a bona fide liability—ala Pelosi—for the GOP.
ref: 2011 March 11, Aaron Blake, Chris Cillizza, “Palin: The GOP's Pelosi?”, in The Fix, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2011:
text: […] the NYSE didn't implode ala Merrill […]
ref: 2011 April 11, Charles Gasparino, “Duncan Niederauer Calling the Shots for NYSE Is Bad News for Shareholders”, in HuffPost:
glosses: Alternative form of a la.
vale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vāl
ipa: /veɪl/
ipa: [veɪɫ]
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: veil
homophone: vail
homophone: Vail
Forms: form: vales
Etymology: From Middle English vale, from Old French val (“valley”), from Latin vallis, valles.
Senses: examples: text: In those fair vales, by nature form'd to please, / Where Guadalquiver serpentines with ease,
ref: 1767, Walter Harte, “The Vision of Death”, in The Works of the English Poets, volume 16, published 1810, page 370:
text: "Make me a cottage in the vale," she said, / "Where I may mourn and pray.
ref: 1832, Alfred Tennyson, The Palace of Art:
text: Beyond this vale of tears / There is a life above,
ref: a. 1854, James Montgomery, “Hymn 214”, in The Issues of Life and Death:
text: The short sweet turfage of the hills renders "Portland mutton" almost as famous as Welsh, while the luxuriance of the vales lends itself to the breeding of fine cattle.
ref: 1910, Arthur L. Salmon, Dorset, page 6:
text: But now a cry went up, passing up the wind from the south from vale to vale, and Elves and Men lifted their voices in wonder and joy.
ref: 1977, J. R. R. Tolkien, “Of the Fifth Battle”, in The Silmarillion:
synonyms: word: dale
word: valley
word: combe
word: dale
word: dell
word: slade
word: vale
antonyms: hill
glosses: A valley.
Derived terms: Aigburth Vale
Arnos Vale
Ashton Vale
Ash Vale
Aylesbury Vale
Barkestone-le-Vale
Birch Vale
Blackmore Vale
Castle Vale
Clara Vale
Cliffe Vale
Ebbw Vale
Furness Vale
Maida Vale
Merthyr Vale
Miltonvale
Moss Vale
Ogmore Vale
Stanford in the Vale
Staunton in the Vale
St John's in the Vale
Streatham Vale
Trent Vale
Vale of Clwyd
Vale of Evesham
Vale of Glamorgan
Vale of Grwyney
Vale of Health
Vale of Neath
Vale of Pewsey
vale of tears
Vale of Tempe
Vale of White Horse
Vale of York
West Vale
Related terms: valley
vale
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: vāl
ipa: /veɪl/
ipa: [veɪɫ]
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: veil
homophone: vail
homophone: Vail
enpr: väʹlā
ipa: /ˈvɑːleɪ/
enpr: vāl
ipa: /veɪl/
ipa: [veɪɫ]
rhymes: -eɪl
homophone: veil
homophone: vail
homophone: Vail
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin valē, singular imperative of valeō (“be well”).
Senses: examples: Vale, Sarah Smith
qualifier: usually seen in obituaries
glosses: Farewell.
Related terms: valediction
valiant
dale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /deu/
enpr: dāl
ipa: /deɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: dales
Etymology: From Middle English dale, from Old English dæl, from Proto-West Germanic *dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.
Senses: examples: text: And we will all the pleasures prove / That hills and valleys, dales and fields, / Woods, or steepy mountain yields
ref: c. 1587, Christopher Marlowe, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love:
text: Five miles meandering with a mazy motion, / Through wood and dale the sacred river ran, / Then reached the caverns measureless to man, / And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean: [...]
ref: 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 57:
text: The country about Nuncombe Putney is perhaps as pretty as any in England. It is beyond the river Teign, between that and Dartmoor, and is so lovely in all its variations of rivers, rivulets, broken ground, hills and dales, old broken, battered, time-worn timber, green knolls, rich pastures, and heathy common, that the wonder is that English lovers of scenery know so little of it.
ref: 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “The Clock House at Nuncombe Putney”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume I, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 113:
text: Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.
ref: 1908, Edmund Louis Gruber, The Caissons Go Rolling Along:
synonyms: dell
dells
vale
qualifier: slightly dated outside Yorkshire etc.
glosses: A valley, often in an otherwise hilly area.
antonyms: hill
glosses: The sunken or grooved portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
Derived terms: acre-dale
Airedale
Annandale
Banksiadale
Borrowdale
Calderdale
Castle Dale
Chapel-le-Dale
Clarksdale
Cloverdale
Clydesdale
Coverdale
Cozaddale
daleman
daleside
dalesman
Dalton
Darley Dale
Denby Dale
Dentdale
Derbyshire Dales
Dovedale
Dove Dale
Elmsdale
Eskdale
Ferndale
Foxdale
Glendale
Helendale
Hillsdale
Honesdale
Jarrahdale
Lawndale
Limedale
Longville in the Dale
Lucedale
Martin Dales
Miller's Dale
Monsal Dale
Nether Wyresdale
Newton Dale
Nidderdale
Nithsdale
Oakdale
Palmdale
Peak Dale
pissdale
Ribblesdale
Riverdale
Rochdale
rundale
Sunningdale
Swaledale
Teesdale
Teviotdale
Thornton-le-Dale
Thornton Dale
Tindall
Tweeddale
up hill and down dale
Weardale
Wensleydale
Wharfedale
Related terms: dollar
dale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /deu/
enpr: dāl
ipa: /deɪl/
rhymes: -eɪl
Forms: form: dales
Etymology: Related to Low German daal or Dutch daal (“lowers, descends”) and French dalle (“trough; conduit”). Attested in English since the seventeenth century.
Senses: examples: text: The pump-dale scupper is that to which the dale leads, that conveys the water from the pumps to the side on the lower deck of large ships.
ref: 1853, John Fincham, An Outline of Ship Building in Four Parts, page 40:
glosses: A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump.
calve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑːv/
ipa: /kæv/
rhymes: -ɑːv
rhymes: -æv
homophone: carve (some non-rhotic accents, e.g. Received Pronunciation)
Forms: form: calves
form: calving
form: calved
form: calved
Etymology: From Middle English calven, from Old English *calfian, cealfian, from Proto-West Germanic *kalbōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalbōną (“to calve”), from *kalbaz (“calf”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian koolvje, Dutch kalven, German Low German kalven, German kalben, Swedish kalva, Icelandic kálfa.
Senses: examples: text: The farmer could tell Bessie was about to calve.
glosses: To give birth to a calf.
examples: text: The farmer calved Bessie for almost two hours.
glosses: To assist in a cow’s giving birth to a calf.
glosses: To give birth to (a calf).
examples: text: The glacier was starting to calve even as we watched.
qualifier: a glacier; an ice sheet; or even an iceberg; a glacier; an ice sheet; or even an iceberg
glosses: To shed a large piece, e.g. an iceberg or a smaller block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
raw_tags: of an ice shelf
examples: text: The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier.
glosses: To break off.
raw_tags: of an iceberg
examples: text: The glacier was starting to calve an iceberg even as we watched.
qualifier: a glacier; an ice sheet; or even an iceberg; a glacier; an ice sheet; or even an iceberg
glosses: To shed (a large piece, e.g. an iceberg); to set loose (a mass of ice), e.g. a block of ice (coming off an iceberg).
raw_tags: of an ice shelf
Derived terms: calver
down-calver
Related terms: calf
calves
pasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pastie
rhymes: -eɪsti
Forms: form: pastier
form: pastiest
form: pastey
Etymology: From paste + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: These mashed potatoes aren’t cooked well; they are very pasty.
glosses: Like paste, sticky.
examples: text: He is pasty-faced.
text: (figuratively) He was feeling pasty.
text: Are you feeling OK? You look a bit pasty.
synonyms: pasty-faced
glosses: Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
examples: text: He smoothed his tailored suit and red tie. "Boy, does it look like I ain't rich now? My pockets are already full of paper! Why the fuck would I want to risk doing business with some pasty cracker? For all I know, you a cop!"
ref: 2008, John Lacombe, Winter Games, page 184:
text: “So, snow bunny, what should black women do? How do we...oh, how do I say this... cure our brothas of this widespread, pasty disease?” I didn't reply. Again, I tried to step away. Again, she grabbed my arm.
ref: 2010, James W. Lewis, Sellout, page 107:
glosses: Whiteskinned.
Derived terms: pastily
pastiness
semipasty
pasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pastie
rhymes: -eɪsti
enpr: păstʹi
ipa: /ˈpæsti/
enpr: pästʹi
ipa: /ˈpɑːsti/
rhymes: -æsti
rhymes: -ɑːsti
enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pastie
rhymes: -eɪsti
Forms: form: pasties
form: pastie
Etymology: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
Senses: glosses: A type of seasoned meat and vegetable hand pie, usually of a semicircular shape.
Derived terms: Cornish pasty
Karelian pasty
nasty pasty
party pasty
Pastygate
pasty tax
windy pasty
Related terms: meat pie
sausage roll
pasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pastie
rhymes: -eɪsti
enpr: păstʹi
ipa: /ˈpæsti/
enpr: pästʹi
ipa: /ˈpɑːsti/
rhymes: -æsti
rhymes: -ɑːsti
Forms: form: pasties
Etymology: From paste + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Nonchalantly she bared one succulent pasty-topped breast.
ref: 1989, Joe David Bellamy, Suzi Sinzinnati: A Novel, Pushcart Press, →ISBN, page 29:
text: One of the experienced dancers dabbed a bit of rubber cement inside a silver-sequinned pasty and told Betty to place it over her nipple
ref: 2001, Irene Pence, Buried Memories, Kensington Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 52:
text: There really is no other purpose for wearing a pasty than to avoid being arrested for indecency.
ref: 2004 February 2, Jake Drake, “Janet Jackson and American Slut Culture”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):
text: "What's a pasty?" ¶ "That's what strippers and showgirls used to wear to cover their nipples in teh old, tamer days of yore. They were round paper disks with spangles on one side and paste on the other; hence the term pasty."
ref: 2009, Jeffry S. Hepple, “Mancha, Mexico”, in The Treasure of La Malinche, volume 2, Jeffry S. Hepple, →ISBN, page 164:
synonyms: nipple pastie
nipple pasty
glosses: Alternative spelling of pastie (“a small item of clothing that conceals little more than the nipple of a woman's breast, primarily worn by female exotic dancers”).
pastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pasty
rhymes: -eɪsti
Forms: form: pasties
form: pasty
Etymology: From paste + -ie. First use appears c. 1954, in the publications of E. J. Abbot.
Senses: examples: text: My health has much improved; I could probably go back to wearing bras if I wanted to. But I’ve grown fond of my strange-looking pasties.
ref: 2025 April 28, Kathryn Bromwich, “The one change that worked: I took my bra off during lockdown – and never put it on again”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: nipple pastie
glosses: An item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples.
Related terms: paste
pastie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pasty
rhymes: -eɪsti
other: /ˈpæsti/
rhymes: -æsti
other: /ˈpɑːsti/
rhymes: -ɑːsti
enpr: pāst'i
ipa: /ˈpeɪsti/
homophone: pasty
rhymes: -eɪsti
Forms: form: pasties
form: pasty
Etymology: From Middle English paste, from Anglo-Norman paste and Old French pasté. Doublet of patty.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pasty (“a type of seasoned meat pie, usually of a semicircular or distinctive shape”).
glosses: A circular, battered and deep-fried meat pie usually consisting of minced pork, onion, potato and seasoning and served in a bap or with chips. A peculiarity of Northern Irish "chippy" cuisine, rarely (if ever) seen outside the area.
Derived terms: party pastie
Related terms: pie
sausage roll
saintly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪntli/
Forms: form: saintlier
form: saintliest
Etymology: From Middle English *saintli (suggested by seyntly (adverb)), equivalent to saint + -ly. Compare saintlike.
Senses: examples: text: Sophie led a saintly life.
text: Since my sother is nothing short of saintly, she fetches me daily from work and transports me here and there.
ref: 1983 August 6, Nancy Walker, “Odyssey of a Unicorn”, in Gay Community News, page 17:
text: She met more than a quarter of all the American presidents who have ever lived, five popes, hundreds of national leaders, from the saintly, such as Nelson Mandela, to the tyrannical, including Robert Mugabe and Nicolae Ceausescu[…]
ref: September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Like or characteristic of a saint; befitting a holy person; saintlike.
Synonyms: holy
pious
saintlike
Derived terms: saintlihood
saintlily
saintliness
clothing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
rhymes: -əʊðɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clothe
jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ət/
rhymes: -ækɪt
Forms: form: jackets
Etymology: From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
Senses: glosses: A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
glosses: A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
glosses: A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
examples: text: We got a crowd of black, white customers, out-of-state license plates, what have you. Somebody gonna check that out. They gonna drop a dime on me, call 911. And you know with my jacket I can't go back to jail.
ref: 1995 September 13, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:27:05 from the start, in Clockers, spoken by Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures:
text: Yo's jacket shows possession with intent, possession of unlicensed firearm, and assault, for which he still owes three years.
ref: 1995 September 13, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:43:50 from the start, in Clockers, spoken by Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks; distributed by Universal Pictures:
text: "I need to look up somebody's jacket."
ref: 2014, Inherent Vice, 01:54:00
glosses: A police record.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
examples: text: Cook the potatoes in their jackets.
glosses: The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
glosses: A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that he is not the child’s biological father.
glosses: A vest (US); a waistcoat (UK).
Synonyms: sense: piece of a person's suit
word: coat
sense: removable protective cover
word: sleeve
Derived terms: air jacket
Baja jacket
battle jacket
bed-jacket
bedjacket
between-seasons jacket
biking jacket
bluejacket
body jacket
bomber jacket
bookjacket
bumfreezer jacket
bush jacket
cork jacket
dinner jacket
donkey jacket
down jacket
dressing jacket
dust jacket
dust someone's jacket
ear jacket
Eisenhower jacket
Eton jacket
field jacket
flak jacket
flight jacket
full metal jacket
half-jacket
hose jacket
hunting jacket
Ike jacket
jacketless
jacket potato
jacketwise
jackety
jean jacket
jeans jacket
kangaroo jacket
kilt jacket
lagging jacket
leatherjacket
leathery jacket
letter jacket
letterman jacket
life jacket
lumber jacket
lumberjacket
Mao jacket
matinée jacket
matinee jacket
mess jacket
metal jacket
monkey jacket
Nehru jacket
Norfolk jacket
pea jacket
pilot jacket
polka jacket
potato in its jacket
Prince Charlie jacket
puffer jacket
rainjacket
reefer jacket
rejacket
safari jacket
shacket
shell jacket
shooting-jacket
smoking jacket
sport jacket
sports jacket
steam jacket
straight jacket
suit jacket
teddy bear jacket
teddy jacket
transitional jacket
varsity jacket
warm-up jacket
warmup jacket
water jacket
yellow jacket
jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒæk.ət/
rhymes: -ækɪt
Forms: form: jackets
form: jacketing
form: jacketting
form: jacketed
form: jacketed
form: jacketted
form: jacketted
Etymology: From Middle French jacquet, diminutive of Old French jaque.
Senses: examples: text: ‘None of your gab, I tell you! If you speak another word, I'll have you jacketed[…]!’
ref: 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, volume VII, Fragment:
synonyms: straitjacket#Verb
glosses: To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
examples: text: ...to...prevent...the loss of heat...there is also a layer of silicate cotton or slag wool. This latter material is also employed to jacket the chimney for a certain portion of its length.
ref: 1897, Alexander James Wallis-Tayler, Motor Cars Or Power-carriages for Common Roads:
text: By jacketting the mercury tube determinations can be made at any temperature desired.
ref: 1918, Wilfred E[mil] Guttentag, “Examination and Testing”, in Petrol and Petroleum Spirits: A Description of Their Sources, Preparation, Examination and Uses, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, page 63:
text: By jacketting the rod and putting the whole resonant-bar device in a pressure vessel, the intrinsic attenuation can be measured under helium confining pressure.
ref: 1989, Bernard Zinszner, “Is acoustic wave attenuation a useful parameter for well logging reservoir analysis?—Learning from laboratory experiment”, in G. Imarisio, M. Frias, J.M. Bemtgen, editors, Hydrocarbons: Source of Energy […], London; Norwell, Mass.: Graham & Trotman for the Commission of the European Communities, →ISBN, session I […], page 87:
text: Jaw has been exposed for preserving and jacketting. Note other bone fragments near jaw.
ref: 1999, Maxine R. Kleindienst, Charles S. Churcher, Mary M.A. McDonald, Henry P. Schwarcz, “Geography, Geology, Geochronology and Geoarchaeology of the Dakhleh Oasis Region: […]”, in Charles S. Churcher, Anthony J. Mills, editors, Reports from the Survey of the Dakhleh Oasis, […] (Dakhleh Oasis Project: Monograph 2; Oxbow Monograph 99), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxbow Books, →ISBN, page 7, column 2:
glosses: To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
Derived terms: bad-jacket
jacket up
snitch-jacket
magus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmeɪɡəs/
rhymes: -eɪɡəs
Forms: form: magi
form: maguses
Etymology: From Latin magus, from Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos, “magician”), from Μάγος (Mágos, “Magian”), of an indeterminate Old Iranian origin (see Μάγος for details). Doublet of mage.
Senses: examples: text: In the middle of the fifth century, Empedocles testified to the vitality of these maguses, who were capable of commanding the winds and of bringing the dead back from Hades and who presented themselves, not as mortals, but as gods.
ref: 1987, Jean-Pierre Vernant, translated by Anne Marzin, “Greek Religion”, in Mircea Eliade, editor, The Encyclopedia of Religion, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Company; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 116, column 1:
text: It’s from our venerable maguses Gominik Halvor and his son. They’ve cast the runes for our enterprise.
ref: 1997, Robert Silverberg, Sorcerers of Majipoor (The Majipoor Cycle), New York, N.Y.: HarperPrism, →ISBN, page 435:
glosses: A magician; (derogatory) a conjurer or sorcerer, especially one who is a charlatan or trickster.
examples: text: Court astrologers, who were drawn from the race of the Magi, were among those that formed the royal court [...]
ref: 1922, Maneckji Nusserwanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 230:
text: Mocenigo / [satisfied at last] / Good! Now, tell me, Prior, / What is Rome’s greatest fear? What gives the Pope / More night-mares than bad sausage? / Prior Gabrielli / Heresy! / The rendering of the seamless robe of truth. / This rabble of mountebanks and maguses / Who shout reform, defile the Eucharist, / Flout all authority, elect false bishops, / Deny the Trinity and saving grace, / Abolish marriage, set their private minds / Against the long tradition of the Faith / And Peter’s dictates and the Holy Writ . . .
ref: 1969, Morris L[anglo] West, The Heretic: A Play in Three Acts […], New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →LCCN, pages 11–12:
topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Zoroastrian priest.
Derived terms: animagus
archimagus
archmagus
Related terms: Magi
arcanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪnəm/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkɑːnəm/
Forms: form: arcana
form: arcanums
Etymology: From Latin arcānum.
Senses: glosses: A mystery or deep secret.
glosses: An elixir or secret remedy.
Related terms: arcane
occult
tarot
stella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɛl.ə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
homophone: Stella
homophone: stellar
homophone: steller
homophone: Steller (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: stellae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stēlla (“a star”). Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stelo; related to aster and star.
Senses: examples: text: Plants of this collection are several decimeters taller; the pedicels are more remote in the inforescence; the stellae are larger and form a less dense cover on plant parts, and the siliques are slightly larger than in the usual form of the species.
ref: 1939 June, Reed C. Rollins, “Studies in the Genus Lesquerella”, in American Journal of Botany, volume 26, number 6, →DOI:
text: Stems and young branches terete, viscid, densely ferruginous-tomentose with sessile to short-stalked pauciradiate stellae bearing greatly prolonged 4-6-celled midpoints, these 0.1-0.2 cm long, gland-tipped, strongly armed with ferruginous laterally compressed prickles, these broad-based and sparsely glandular in the basal quarter.
ref: 1997 July, Maria de Fátima Agra, Michael Nee, “A new species of Solanum subgenus Leptostemonum (Solanaceae) from northeastern Brazil”, in Brittonia, volume 49, number 3, →DOI, page 350:
text: The morphological and statistic analyses are also given to the stellae structure of Olivooides and Punctatus, which indicates that this structure is a result of adaptive evolu- tion to a lifestyle of fast-attaching after hatching, probably with the function of mucilage secretion.
ref: 2008 December, Fang Chen, XiPing Dong, “The internal structure of Early Cambrian fossil embryo Olivooides revealed in the light of synchrotron X-ray tomographic microscopy”, in Chinese Science Bulletin, volume 53, number 24, →DOI, page 3860:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A star-shaped structure.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Stella.
Derived terms: stellar
stellate
stelliform
stellify
Related terms: constellate
constellation
constellatory
Estella
Estelle
Estrella
Stella
stella octangula
stellion
kit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: kits
form: kitting
form: kitted
form: kitted
Etymology: From Middle English kyt, kytt, kytte, from Middle Dutch kitte (“a wooden vessel made of hooped staves”). Related to Dutch kit (“tankard”) (see below). The further etymology is unknown. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kitjō-, *kut-, which would be related to the root of Dutch kot (“ramshackle house”), itself of non-Indo-European origin.
The transfer of meaning to the contents of a soldier's knapsack dates to the late 18th century, extended use of any collection of necessaries used for travelling dates to the first half of the 19th century.
The further widening of the sense to a collection of parts sold for the buyer to assemble emerges in US English in the mid 20th century.
Senses: examples: text: We need to kit the parts for the assembly by Friday, so that manufacturing can build the tool.
glosses: To assemble or collect something into kits.
synonyms: kit out
glosses: To equip (somebody) with something.
kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: kits
Etymology: [Alt: A young red fox emerging from a burrow, looking at the camera]
A short form of kitten or kitling. From the 16th century, spelled kytte, kitt. From the 19th century also extended to other young animals (beaver, fox, mink, muskrat, etc.), and to a species of small fox (kit fox). Later usage (for other animals) perhaps influenced by chit.
Senses: glosses: A kitten (young cat).
glosses: A kit fox (Vulpes macrotis).
glosses: A young fox.
glosses: A young beaver.
glosses: A young ferret.
glosses: A young skunk.
glosses: A young rabbit.
glosses: A young weasel.
Derived terms: kittie
kitty
kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: kits
Etymology: 16th century, perhaps from cithara.
Senses: examples: text: A dancing master's kit.
ref: 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or A Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham Colledge. […], London: […] W. Rawlins, for the author, →OCLC:
text: Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
ref: 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
glosses: Synonym of kit violin.
synonyms: word: kit violin
kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪt/
rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: kits
Etymology: Borrowed from German kitte, Kütte (“flock of doves”) (circa 1880).
Senses: glosses: A school of pigeons, especially domesticated, trained pigeons.
mandragoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandragora